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F. G. Cottam’s The Memory of Trees is definitely better than just three stars but not quite a four. The pacing is stunted and the action slowly driven. The main characters are hard to bond with and you are not so sure you are wanting them to win as much as you want the villain to win even less. What it does have and what makes it so intriguing; is story. This is a well developed and written story. In fact, in my opinion, could have been developed and built upon even more. Spanning centuries in its scope and blending science and mythology, Cottam’s The Memory of Trees is as moving in story as it is unsettling.
…Yes, you honoured the old gods. They had known that in the ancient world. Even when the sum of human knowledge had been compiled in the library of Alexandria, When the answers to every possible question had been within reach of the scholars there, they had remembered in ancient times the oldest and most universal rule: if you wish to survive and prosper, you honour the gods…
Eccentric billionaire Saul Abercrombie has decided to do something quite radical on a remote strip of land on Welsh coast. He plans to restore the ancient forest that once ruled the land. It will be a grand undertaking that will leave his mark on this land long after he is gone. To help him he hires the young scientist Tom Curtis. Tom sees this as a last opportunity to win back his family and cement his reputation in his own field.
However Abercrombie is keeping a truth of this barren land from Curtis. A truth of an ancient evil once defeated that is binding its time to return. A forgotten power, that if restored, may heal Abercrombie from the disease that is ravaging his body. An evil, that craves the forgotten forest to live again.
The Memory of Trees is a story that spans the dawn of time to medieval battles to modern day horror. It creeps along, sometimes a little too slowly with the twists that are coming easily seen, but steadily it does build. Until the end where our heroes, flawed and weak as they are, face down the evil that awaits them.
A good read.

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Being in the city or in the rural areas of the UK means you may have difficulty accessing your doctor at times that suit, there is a new NHS initiative called 111. This is a service that you can call anytime of the day 7 days a week and offers you the ability to talk to an NHS trained member of staff and analyse weather your symptoms may need a doctor or hospital visit or you can go to the chemist and get an over the counter remedy. Since its launch in March 2013 the NHS 111 service has reached millions of callers and has not been without its criticism. There have been more recent upgrades to the service which has enabled them to move forward from the errors that where happening. Since this time the service has helped lift waiting times from the 999 phone service that is offered and reportedly out of hour doctors surgeries have had a positive effect on appointment availability and surgery waiting times. ALl this with a positive association with the 111 number it seems the NHS have made this into a positive for the general public.


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Disadvantages of eating mango
Summer has started in India and mango season, the favorite fruit of summer has begun. Everyone likes mango, which is considered to be the king of fruits, and if you are eating too much or thinking about eating it, they also know its disadvantages, do not eat too much of mango in the taste of taste.
Mango is called the king of fruits in India, which is liked by all. There will probably be very few people who do not like mango food. Along with being excellent in taste, mangoes contain vitamins A, C, and D along with many nutrients. Mango comes in the summer season and mango is eaten the most during this season. What happens many times is that people eat too much mango in taste. The disadvantage of eating more common is that body heat increases. Mango increases the blood sugar level in the body. People allergic to mangoes should not eat mangoes. Eating more mango causes stomach upset. The disadvantages of eating mango are many more. Which is like this?
Here are Disadvantages of Eating Mango
A medium size mango has about 135 calories. Although it is not harmful to human body, but if it is consumed more than it can cause weight gain.
Pimple and acne problem
Mango is hot fruit and if you eat mango in balanced quantity then there is no harm like it is fine if you eat a mango daily, but if you eat more mango then it can increase body heat. Pimples, boils and pimples can come out on the face due to heat. So eat mangoes but in a limited quantity.
Mango is in a fruit that has a good amount of fiber. If you consume mango more in taste, it can cause diarrhea. Excess of fiber can cause diarrhea. Excessive craze for mangoes can spoil your stomach. Therefore, if you eat a little mango, then it will be good for both your stomach and digestion.
Increase blood sugar
Mango has a natural sweetness, that is, it is rich in natural sugar. If you eat more mango then it can increase the blood sugar level. In such a situation, patients with sugar and diabetes should be cautious in eating mangoes.
Many people also get allergic to mango food. If you eat more mango then avoid it and eat only one mango a day for taste.
Hard to digest
If you consume raw mango in large quantity then it can cause problems in digestion process. Fresh and raw mangoes cause digestive enzymes, causing digestive problems.
Actually, calcium carbide is added to the mango for quick cooking. It damages chemical health in many ways. The effect of this chemical does not completely disappear even after washing the mangoes, so it should be avoided to eat large amounts of mangoes. Because eating small amounts of mangoes, this chemical does not cause much harm.
A kind of fluid comes out near the head of the mango. If you do not clean it well before eating mango then it can go in your throat. Due to which you may have problems ranging from a sore throat to a sore throat and swelling.
Arthritis and Sinus
People who are troubled by arthritis and sinus problems are advised to eat less mangoes. If such people consume mangoes, then this problem can increase further. Therefore, such people should not be lured by mangoes.
This is the harm caused by mangoes – If you want to avoid all these problems and also enjoy eating mangoes, then do not be tempted to eat more mangoes and consume mangoes in limited quantity.

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New large-scale communities provide a unique opportunity to create places which enable people to live in healthy, happy places that reduce their impact on the environment, while enhancing social and economic wellbeing and tending to the future needs of residents. They are in the ideal position to provide innovative transport solutions from the outset, and as businesses and industries develop.
Sustainable transport in new communities relies on everything from the right location, to the design, delivery and stewardship of place to embed active travel and make sustainable transport the most affordable and convenient option for residents.
This webinar explores how different places are setting up the appropriate infrastructure to adapt to new technologies incorporating transport solutions such as automated vehicles, micro-mobility devices or demand-responsive transport and enabling sustainable transport, cycling and walking in new communities.
This is part of the TCPA New Communities Group programme of events.
This webinar is sponsored by SLR Consulting and Active Travel England.
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|Welcome and introduction from the Chair
Prof Simin Davoudi, Newcastle University and Trustee of the TCPA
|Update from the Department for Transport
Robert Singleton, Head of Planning, Housing and Transport, Department for Transport
|Embedding active travel
Lynsey McGarvey, Principal Inspector, Active Travel England
|Putting people rather than traffic first
David Bird, Director, SLR Consulting
|Non-car travel within and to Northstowe and Waterbeach New Towns
Tam Parry, Principal Transport Officer, Cambridgeshire County Council
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Celestron NexStar 4SE
Computerized catadioptric telescope with 102mm (4") aperture
Item # 87211049 | MFR # 11049
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The Celestron NexStar 4SE is computerized and motorized so the whole family can enjoy astronomy.
Computerized for your convenience
Get the whole family involved in astronomy with the NexStar 4SE. It's computerized and motorized, so you can scan the stars with push-button ease. Aligning your telescope is simple and painless, as well: just center three bright objects in your eyepiece and press the align button, and your scope will do the rest. Use the built-in, removable NexStar+ hand control to locate over 40,000 celestial objects, or take a Sky Tour and let your telescope show you the best objects currently visible.
A versatile, portable 'scope
Celestron's patented single fork arm mount is portable and makes setup quick and easy. You'll have no problem getting the NexStar SE to your favorite observing site, or setting it up quickly in your own backyard. There's enough light-gathering ability to observe the rings of Saturn, cloud bands on Jupiter, and geographic features on the surface of the Moon. When it comes to deep sky objects, take your 4SE to a dark-sky site and you'll see hundreds of pinpoint stars in the Hercules Globular Cluster, the spiral arms of the Whirlpool Galaxy, and more.
- SkyAlign technology gets your telescope aligned and ready to observe in minutes
- fully computerized, motorized mount with database of 40,000+ celestial objects automatically locates and tracks objects for you
- breaks down into several lightweight and compact pieces for easy transport
- let your telescope show you the best objects currently visible in Sky Tour mode
- aperture: 102mm
- 25mm eyepiece included (1-1/4" diameter)
- highest useful magnification: 241X
- 53X maximum magnification with included eyepiece
- 1325mm focal length
- light gathering power 212X that of the human eye
- single fork arm altazimuth mount and tripod included
- built-in adjustable equatorial wedge allows smooth tracking for astrophotography
- built-in, removable hand controller included
- 13.5" optical tube
- weight: 21 lbs. (with tripod)
- warranty: 2 years parts and labor
- Our 60-day money-back guarantee
What's in the Box:
- NexStar 4SE telescope (with lens cap and eyepiece cap)
- Steel tripod
- Center leg brace/accessory tray
- Hand controller with coiled cord
- 25mm Plössl eyepiece (with 2 caps)
- Star Pointer finderscope
- Self-adhesive bubble level
- 6.5' RS232 control cable (RS232 9-pin connector on one end and an RJ14 connector on the other end)
- 7.5" Camera Shutter cable (with RJ25 connector on one end and a female 2.5mm sub-mini jack on the other end)
- Product Registration card
- Celestron The SkyX First Light Edition Astronomy Software CD-ROM
- Remote Control Software CD-ROM
- Owner's Manuals on CD-ROM
- Instruction Manual
- NexStar+ Hand Control instructions
- Quick Set-up Guide
- NexRemote Telescope Control Software installation instructions
Overview: The NexStar 4SE, one of Celestron's signature "orange tube" telescopes, has a Maksutov-Cassegrain optical system, and comes with a built-in motor drive and a removable hand controller. It can be used for both terrestrial and celestial viewing. The 4SE comes with a sturdy pre-assembled steel tripod.
Maksutov-Cassergrain: The Maksutov-Cassergrain optical system uses a combination of mirrors and lenses, and is referred to as a compound or catadioptric telescope. This system uses large-diameter optics while maintaining very short tube lengths, which makes the telescope very portable. The Maksutov-Cassergrain design consists of a corrector plate, a spherical primary mirror, and a secondary mirror spot, requiring light rays to travel the length of the optical tube a total of three times.
StarPointer Finderscope: The telescope comes with a StarPointer red-dot finderscope which helps you to aim the telescope at a distant target. The finderscope must first be aligned with the telescope before use. This is done in the daytime by pointing the telescope at an object at least a quarter mile away, centering the object in the eyepiece, and aligning the finderscope's red-dot LED to the distant object. The StarPointer is powered by a CR2032 Lithium (coin-type) battery (supplied).
Hand Control: The NexStar 4SE comes with a removable, 19-button hand controller. It attaches to the telescope's fork arm via a coiled cord. The hand control has a backlit LCD window with a dual-line, 16-character display screen, direction keys, and catalog keys to help you search through the nearly 40,000-object database. The telescope comes with a 6.5' RS232 cable and NexRemote software that allow you to interface with a computer and control the telescope remotely.
Sky Align: During setup, Celestron's Sky Align technology can quickly and simply align the telescope. By pointing the telescope at three bright objects in the sky, and entering date, time, and your location on the hand control, the telescope automatically and accurately aligns itself. In addition to Sky Align, other alignment procedures include Auto Two-Star Align, Two-Star Align, One-Star Align (for locating large bright objects only), and Solar System Align. Using the tripod's built-in wedge, you can also perform an EQ (equatorial) Auto Align, EQ Two-star Align, EQ One-star Align and an EQ Solar System Align.
Motor Drive: The NexStar 4SE is equipped with a fully automated GoTo mount with a database of over 40,000 celestial objects. This allows you automatically locate the object you desire via the built-in motor drive. Once you have the object in the eyepiece, the motor drive will also help track the object as it moves across the sky. When the drive is properly set, the object you are viewing should be centered in the eyepiece for long periods of time.
Equatorial Wedge: The included tripod comes with a built-in equatorial wedge tilt plate with an adjustable angle. The tilt plate is used for polar aligning the telescope. There are two equatorial alignment modes, one for the northern hemisphere and one for the southern.
Eyepiece: The NexStar 4SE features a 25mm Plössl eyepiece, which gives the telescope a magnification of 52x. Plössl eyepieces have a 4-element lens, designed for low-to-high power observing. You can change the power of the telescope just by changing the eyepiece (ocular).
Camera Control: The telescope includes a camera control feature (along with a camera shutter cable) that allows you to remotely take a series of exposures using your DSLR body. The Camera Wizard allows you to save a list of up to nine targets. With a DSLR attached to the telescope, the NexStar 4SE will automatically slew to the specific targets and take a photo of each one.
Power Requirements: The NexStar 4SE can be powered by eight "AA" batteries (not included), which are stored in the telescope's base. In addition, you can operate the telescope using the optional PowerTank 12-volt power supply, or your vehicle's battery using the optional Car Battery Adapter (#18769).
Accessory Tray: The telescope comes with an accessory tray which provides a place to put extra eyepieces or other items while you're using the telescope.
Included Software: Included with the telescope is "TheSkyX -- First Light Edition" astronomy software on CD-ROM. The disc contains a 10,000 object database with printable sky maps and 75 enhanced images.
- Optical Design: Maksutov-Cassegrain
- Aperture: 102mm (4.02")
- Focal Length: 1325mm (52")
- Focal Ratio: f/13
- Eyepiece Focal Length: 25mm
- Eyepiece Magnification: 53x
- Highest Useful Magnification: 241x
- Lowest Useful Magnification: 15x
- Optical Tube Length: 13.5"
- Light Gathering Power: 212x (compared to human eye)
- Weight (with tripod): 11 pounds
- Overall Dimensions:
- Length: 13-5/8"
- Maximum Height (on tripod): 60" (including eyepiece)
- Minimum Height (on tripod): 42" (including eyepiece)
- Height (on base): 16-1/8" (including eyepiece)
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The Gulf of Mexico is just four years removed from one of the worst oil spills in history. At the time, if someone told you that oil production in the Gulf would be back in full swing by 2014, you might have thought they were crazy. That would be especially so if one of the companies back in business in the Gulf is BP (BP 3.41%), the operator of the rig that exploded in 2010.
However, the truth is that not only is production ramping up once again in the Gulf, but BP is playing a big role once again. This is a significant development, because the Gulf is one of the highest-producing areas in North America.
The U.S. government recently held a major lease sale for drilling contracts in the Gulf of Mexico. In a surprise twist, BP was heavily involved, just days after reaching an agreement with the U.S. to lift its suspension from making bids on Gulf contracts. BP, along with another company that may surprise you, are making big bets on Gulf oil.
BP is back with a bang
Just a few days ago, BP reached a settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency to allow the company to resume bidding on new Gulf contracts. BP wasted no time, making $53 million in bids to secure 31 tracts.
The Gulf of Mexico is a major focus for oil and gas companies like BP, and for good reason. According to the U.S. Energy Information Agency, Gulf of Mexico federal offshore oil production represents 23% of total U.S. crude oil production.
Not surprisingly, BP desperately wants to get back into the Gulf, and it's on its way. In all, BP operates 10 drilling rigs in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico. In its most recent quarterly results presentation, BP specifically attributed ongoing success in Gulf production as a major reason for why it was able to increase fourth-quarter production by nearly 4%.
Another surprising entrant emerges
Not only is it a surprise to see BP back in business in the Gulf, but it was surprising to see that Freeport McMoRan (FCX 2.16%) was active in the oil lease sale as well. That's because Freeport McMoRan has a relatively new energy business, but it's clear that its energy business is rapidly emerging. Freeport McMoRan's energy subsidiary, Freeport McMoRan Oil & Gas, was the highest bidder for federal oil contracts. It made 16 separate bids for a grand total of $321 million, including the sale's single biggest bid of nearly $70 million.
Freeport McMoRan's winning bids were concentrated mostly on what it calls high-impact, drillable targets, with the goal of adding several new exploration plays to its portfolio. Freeport has an emerging oil and gas business, and its recently secured contracts will complement its existing production profile.
Since its oil and gas production first started up over the final seven months of 2013, Freeport produced 38 million barrels of oil equivalents. In 2014, it's planning to produce nearly 61 million barrels of oil equivalents, and its winning bids for Gulf contracts will support its efforts.
When Freeport McMoRan first started building out its energy business, it stated its intention to derive a quarter of its cash flow from oil and gas. Its oil and gas segment produced $1.8 billion in operating cash flow in just seven months of operation last year. Considering Freeport as a whole generated $6.1 billion in cash flow all of last year, it's clear that it's well on its way to reaching its goal.
The Foolish bottom line
BP is just in the beginning stages of getting back to business in the Gulf of Mexico, and Freeport McMoRan is a relatively new entrant into oil and gas production in general. However, both companies secured several contracts in the most recent round of Gulf of Mexico sales. Each company has a clear desire to boost oil and gas production, and considering how much production potential the Gulf holds, is making a wise strategic decision to secure dozens of Gulf contracts.
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Residence "this property", 7 storeys. In the district of Preyerand, 500 m from the centre. Public parking on the road. Grocery 200 m, shopping centre 500 m. Skisport facilities 200 m, slopes 10 m, ski school 500 m. Please note: lift to 5th floor. The photograph shows a typical example. There are more similar properties for rent in this same residence. The district of Preyerand is connected by cable car (free, from 08.00 - 23.00) to the centre "La Croisette".
2-room apartment 30 m2 on 3rd floor. Comfortable furnishings: living/dining room with 1 pull-out bed (2 pers. 2 x 80 cm), flat screen. Exit to the balcony. 1 room with 2 beds (80 cm). Kitchenette (2 hot plates, mini-oven, dishwasher, microwave). Shower, sep. WC. Electric heating. Large balcony, south facing position. Beautiful view of the mountains and the ski run. Facilities: Internet (WiFi, extra). Entrance 1.
Please note, short stays (stays less than 7 nights) may incur an additional supplementary fee, please contact Travelopo for short stay pricing.
This is a beautiful 1 bedroom property located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
This apartment, in Levassaix, is a comfortable property sleeping 4 people.
The property has 1 bathroom.
The apartment offers superb accommodation, including modern luxuries such as internet access and a television.
You can easily kick back and relax, making use of its great facilities.
This rental is perfect for a ski holiday. The nearest ski resort is only away.
The nearby ski slope is great for skiiers.
This wonderful apartment does not allow pets.
The apartment unfortunately does not currently have disabled access.
If you’re interested in staying in this lovely apartment for your dream holiday, get in touch with the Travelopo team today!
This property has the following amenities:
Dishwasher, internet access, television
ski lift: 10 metres

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That puts it in the same general size class as the object that exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk in February 2013, injuring more than 1,000 people.
Meanwhile, this asteroid which is nearly the size of a house will pass somewhere between 18,000-40,000 kilometers of the Earth's surface, just inside the space where geostationary satellites orbit in general. Its distance from the Sun is around 1.4 AU or astronomical units, with one AU equal to the average Earth-Sun distance or 93 million miles.
Early calculations conducted this summer by JPL led scientists to believe 2012 TC4 could come as close as 4,200 miles (6,800 km).
According to JPL, "The new calculations indicate that TC4 will fly safely past our planet on October 12, at a distance of about 43,500 km (27,000 miles) above the surface, or about one-eighth of the distance to the Moon".
"Slooh will train its telescopes on 2012 TC4 in an attempt to capture the fast-moving space rock as it passes between Earth and the moon", Slooh representatives said in a statement. Also, as the TC4 is expected to return to earth in 2050 and 2079, hence, we can get well prepared to counter its danger in future, if any.
In other words, if there's a real, Armageddon-style asteroid threatening Earth, expert bodies around the world will be able to detect it and hopefully be able to come up with a better plan than sending a bunch of oil drillers up in space to divert it away from sending us into oblivion.
Michael Kelley, a scientist working on the Nasa TC4 observation campaign, said: "Scientists have always appreciated knowing when an asteroid will make a close approach to and safely pass the Earth because they can make preparations to collect data to characterise and learn as much as possible about it".
As it stands, no asteroid now known is predicted to impact Earth for the next 100 years.


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Rieju to manufacture former Gas Gas enduro motorcycles
Torrot agree the sale of the previous Gas Gas Enduro model ‘platform’ to fellow Spanish motorcycle manufacturer Rieju, reviving the Girona-built two-stroke machines...
In a press release dated March 3, 2020, Torrot Electric Europa and Rieju SA have announced the sale of the platform and rights to the previous Gas Gas model range – the bikes previously developed and manufactured in Girona before Pierer Mobility AG acquired the brand.
The release states the “intellectual and industrial property of the well-known Spanish enduro motorcycle platform will now be manufactured and marketed under the RIEJU brand.”
This give Rieju the rights to continue production of the 250 and 300cc EC, XC and GP models developed from 2017 plus the Ranger model from 2019. Rieju is already promoting the 2021 models which look pretty familiar to us and which Rieju claim will begin to appear in dealers in June 2020.
“An immediate presence in the off-road competition segment with larger capacity machines.” – Rieju
Since the sale of the GasGas brand to Pierer Mobility, aka KTM, speculation has been rife as to how much of the previous GG models would survive. It became clear pretty quickly that would amount to zero and indeed the new-breed GasGas 2020 motorcycles broke cover for the first time at the MXGP in Great Britain.
See the 2020 GasGas MX bikes here: First look: new-breed GasGas 2020 motorcycles break cover
Since then we have seen different speculation as to exactly who might take over the previous model rights and what might happen to parts supply for the older models. Reiju it is then in a move which makes sense for a manufacturer based nearby, already with toes in the off road market and a strong dealer network. It's good to see those bikes going to what we think is a good home and see a “new” manufacturer enter the competitive enduro market – we hope we'll see them at the highest level racing again.
The key elements here are two-fold: the existing and well-developed two-stroke enduro model range from Gas Gas, as was, will go back into production and Rieju will now enter the enduro market in a meaningful way with some quality bikes. Torrot claim to have sold 4,500 bikes in more than 50 countries across that period so this is not an insignificant volume.
We know the bikes work of course. Riders such as Christophe Nambotin, Antoine Basset, Jonathan Barragan, Danny McCanney and Alex Snow proved those bikes on the world and respective national stages.
The statement says Rieju will take over manufacture of the enduro models at its plant in Figueres, Spain and will begin distributing them from June 2020.
For the record Rieju has a 75-year history and currently manufactures more than 12,000 motorcycles annually near Barcelona and exports 85% of its production to more than 40 countries.
Jordi Riera, CEO of RIEJU: “This agreement allows RIEJU an immediate presence in the off-road competition segment with larger capacity machines than usual for Rieju, as well as a significant expansion of our client portfolio, and important openings to new markets.
“We are very excited for this new adventure and the enormous challenge that this entails. We have enormous experience in our design, manufacture and distribution structure, so we are convinced that this project will be a success for our company.”
José Antonio Lombardía, Managing Director of TORROT ELECTRIC EUROPA, S.A: “We are very satisfied with this agreement, since it represents continuity for our local industry. We have valued the offer of RIEJU, SA over other candidates for its long history, its high production capacity and quality and because it allows us to preserve the manufacturing of these motorcycles specialist and support auxiliary suppliers in our territory.
“Endorsed by the success of the product since its launch and its great acceptance in the market, we foresee that RIEJU, S.A. will have a great success in this new challenge.”

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I'm reading few proofs which prove a given problem is NP complete. The proof technique has following steps.
- Prove that current problem is NP, i.e., given a certificate, prove that it can be verified in polynomial time.
- Take any known NP-complete problem (call "Easy") and reduce all of it's instances to few instances of given problem (call "Hard"). Note this is not necessarily an 1:1 mapping.
- Prove that above reduction can be done in polynomial time.
All is well here. Is this knowledge right "if you can solve any NP-complete problem in polynomial time, then all NP-complete problems can be solved in polynomial time" ?
If yes, then as per above proof technique, let's say "Easy" problem can be solved in polynomial time, how does that imply "hard" can be solved in polynomial time? What am I missing here? Or is this true, that "hard" problem can be reduced to the "easy" problem too?

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Elementary School Crossing Guard Killed by Vehicle - Rockwall, TX
On the morning of September 20, 2021, an Elementary school crossing guard was killed after being struck by a vehicle. Preliminary reports state the driver of the vehicle may have suffered a medical emergency at the time, causing the tragic accident. The vehicle also struck another vehicle after hitting the crossing guard. The crossing guard was taken to a hospital but died.

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Rav Chaim Kanievsky: Living A Life of Halachah
The Day-to-Day Customs of the Sar HaTorah
Hardcover | 10" x 10" | 334 Pages
Written by: Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Shteinman
Published by: Artscroll Mesorah Publications
About this Book
A Portrayal of Rav Chaim In a Way You’ve Never Seen Before
Rav Chaim Kanievsky ztz”l – the Sar HaTorah – lived a life that was “kulo Torah” – ,” completely Torah. His every action, every step, every moment was directed and defined by the Shulchan Aruch and the poskim, and by the practices and minhagim of his uncle, the Chazon Ish, and his father, the Steipler Gaon.
In this unique work, Rav Chaim’s grandson, Rav Avraham Yeshaya Shteinman, brings us the Rav Chaim’s practices with their halachic sources and background. Hundreds of beautiful photos, some of them rare, give us a powerful visual glimpse of his actions.
We will follow the Sar HaTorah throughout his day – , from his first moments of awakening to reciting Kriyas Shema before he went to sleep. We will sit with him at his Shabbos table, in his succah and at his Seder. We will be with him as he answers thousands of letters and, of course, as he learns Torah.
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A Tennessee woman captured amazing video footage of a hail storm that hit Gatlinburg, Tennessee, on June 2, 2015. The video shows an immense amount of hail pouring from the sky onto the cars below. The woman noted in the video description that the skies were sunny just before the intense storm hit the area.
The video was uploaded to YouTube by Kelly Champagne and shows the June 2 hail storm as it pummeled her Gatlinburg home. In the video, it appears as though someone has opened a giant ice chest and dumped it down on the area. Ice can be seen falling from the sky in an almost endless stream. Kelly noted that it was a bright and sunny day up until the storm hit.
“Video of a hail storm that hit on what was a beautiful sunny day on June 2nd 2015.”
Towards the end of the video, Kelly pans to what appears to be an umbrella stuck in the ground so that you can get a better taste for exactly how much ice has fallen in such a short span of time. After the storm was over, Kelly got out her camera once more and filmed some “aftermath” footage.
In the video description, Kelly notes that all of this ice accumulated in a short 10-minute hail storm. The woman can be seen shuffling her feet through the piles of tiny ice pellets that have covered her driveway. When placing her foot into the icy pellets, the pellets reach the top of her foot.
What do you think of the amazing hail storm video?
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GEORGE TOWN, Oct 10 — Penang’s financial performance is going on strong with a clean audit certification, Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said today.
He said the state’s total consolidated funds balance was RM1.859 billion for 2022, as seen in the Auditor-General’s (A-G) report for the same year released this morning.
He added that Penang’s state debts owed to the federal government to fund development projects have also reduced from RM45.41 million in 2021 to RM41.11 million at the end of 2022, which is a reduction of RM4.3 million or 9.5 per cent.
“The reduction in debts was because no new loans were taken and repayment of the debts were made according to schedule,” Chow said in a statement.
He added that he was informed that the state government has not taken any new loans from the federal government since 2016.
He said Penang had received the clean audit certification in previous years and had continued to maintain its financial performance by obtaining it again for the year ending 2022.
“According to the Auditor General’s report, Penang’s financial performance is strong with a balance of its consolidated funds totalling at RM1.859 billion as compared to RM2.117 billion for the year ending 2021,” he said.
He said in 2022, a total 2,420 projects were planned and from that number, 2,332 projects or 96.4 per cent were fully completed.
Chow said the state will continue with its efforts to increase its revenue in strengthening the state’s development and performance.
He thanked the A-G and the state Audit Department for the 2022 certification and also thanked the commitment of those in the state and federal agencies in obtaining the certification.

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“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.” I love that quote by Kurt Vonnegut, and I don’t think it’s a coincidence that he was a writer. To set out to write a novel for the first time is a cliff-jump. Anytime you set out to try something you’ve never done before it’s like jumping off a cliff. With no parachute and no wings. Except the ones you grow on the way down.
When I talk to friends and acquaintances about the fact that I’ve written a book and that it’s getting published, most of them seem impressed or astonished that I’ve been able to make it this far. And don’t get me wrong, I’m proud of the time and effort I’ve put into my writing career, but I also don’t see it as that extraordinary. I decided what I wanted to do, and I did it. Is that so unusual?
But…I guess…it is. All of us have dreams that end up ditched in the gutter. Why? Why don’t we even try to achieve them? Sometimes circumstances outside of our control get in the way: financial hardship, health issues, obligations. But more often, we get in our own way. We are afraid. Afraid to take the leap of faith, to trust in ourselves, to risk failure or vulnerability. It’s safer to stay in our comfort zone where we know that we can handle what comes our way.
What else gets in the way? Self-doubt. Feeling we aren’t good enough/smart enough/rich enough/productive enough/etc. to accomplish our dreams. That we don’t measure up to the people around us, or worse, to who we want to be. That we can’t start working on our dreams until we are _________ enough.
Right now, I am close to publication. Close to the point where my work will be out there for the world to see, to judge as a success or failure, to love or hate, to debate, critique, and pick apart. And so I feel those things—fear and self-doubt. They are there and ever present. But they also aren’t crippling me. And it makes me wonder why. Why was I able to overcome them?
First, perhaps, it was a gut thing. A feeling, a passion, that I could do this. I was recently listening to a podcast interview with Joanna Penn, who is a wildly successful fiction and non-fiction author. She was joking about how new authors come with what she called a “heavy dose of over-confidence.” It’s true. I have it. You have to have it to dare to dream.
But more importantly, I think it was because though my goals were measurable in an external way my main goal was an internal one: don’t be satisfied with the status quo if it isn’t fulfilling. Inside me was desire to set aside fear and self-doubt and try to develop a life that makes me more happy and more fulfilled. Perhaps try and fail, but perhaps try and succeed. Without the try, there only ever could be failure. (Sorry Yoda, but I think you sold the try a little short). Isn’t the chance to achieve your dream worth the risk of failure? For me, it was. And even though I’m just on the path, and who knows where it will take me, it feels damn good. It feels like a win.
I also think I’ve been able to overcome fear and self-doubt because my external goals were generally things that I had control over. They weren’t totally dependent on what other people think or other people’s acceptance.
First, what was my short term goal? To sell a million copies? Nope. To write and publish a book. I could accomplish that even if I self-published and never sold a copy. I will hold it in my hands knowing I created it. Selling more than 10 copies to my immediate family will be just icing on the cake. Do I want to sell a million copies? Of course. Will part of me be disappointed if I don’t? Yup. But it’s made better by the fact that I’ve already accomplished my goal.
Second, I have a long-term perspective. I’m not chasing instant gratification; I’m playing the long game. It takes the pressure off tremendously. If I could write and publish a book every year, by the time I retire from lawyering, I will have thirty books! That’s pretty awesome. Even if they weren’t all runaway hits, if I’m doing things right and improving my craft as I go along, I should have some sales to show for my efforts. And how cool to have a legacy of writing as a part of my life. To leave that behind. So even if my first book doesn’t find much success, maybe my second will. Or my seventh. Or twelfth. You get the picture.
And so there is is. I love being on this journey. Even if I’m like Edison who takes a thousand tries to figure out how to build a light bulb, it’s ok. I’m still gonna try.
You can reach for it too. Your dream. You know what it is. What you really wish you could be doing when you are typing away in your office, or rushing out of the house, or stuck in traffic. It feels so good to step through fear and self-doubt and walk on a path you create for yourself. Even if it’s just the first step, try.

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As well as these core cockpit components we offer an extensive range of add-on modules which allow you to configure your sim-pit just the way that you want it. Of course you don't have to be a flight sim enthusiast to make full use of the GameCAB Flight, it makes a fantastic setup for any ardent gamer and was especially designed with Space Games such as Star Citizen or Elite Dangerous in mind, and we have modules that support these games too.
The four main cockpit modules are all built from High Density Fibreboard, and come flat packed along with high quality fixings and detailed assembly instructions.
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The design process has been undertaken by our own in-house pilots and with input from commercial and military pilots. Testing has been done by Air Cadets, as well as seasoned simulation experts. So whether you are a budding pilot and need something to practice on, or just want the ultimate home flight sim setup, then you know that GameCAB Flight will exceed your expectations.
The GameCAB flight desk and chair setup places the flight sim pilot in a much more relaxed and comfortable flying position than a regular desk and chair setup. The chair is lower and slightly more reclined than a regular office / desk chair and the front cockpit / desk section is appropriately lower to match. The desk section has been designed specifically to provide enough space to accommodate a three monitor setup without the need for a special three monitor support bracket, and the angled back leading edges of the unit give an ergonomic wrap around feel with ample room to bolt on Saitek flight throttle and associated items.
As anyone who has played flight or racing sims using an ordinary desk will testify you can get arm and neck ache after a few hours due to the desk being too high and the sitting position all wrong. The GameCab Flight has a central section with a lower shelf which is sized to take a Saitek pro flight yoke or Cessna licensed yoke, all of which are comfortably placed directly in front of the pilot. This positioning is both more comfortable and realistic than being sat at a standard desk and that really enhances the flying experience for any flight sim enthusiast, and means no more arm and neck ache!
About the Side Pods
There are two variations of the side pod units.
The HOTAS Side Pod has a flat section that is designed to support a joystick or can be used as a mouse pad, the aft of the pod features a slightly angled back padded elbow rest, the reason this is angled back is to let your arm move back fully when pulling back on a joystick. Under the elbow pad is a generous storage compartment.
The EMFS Side Pod is slightly larger than the HOTAS type. The front section rises up to meet the front cockpit desk and has a mounting panel that can take a range of instrument or switch panels. The rear section has a padded elbow rest that hides a large storage compartment, which is big enough to house a standard Tower PC, or mid Tower PC (it may not fit some odd shaped or over sized PCs).
You can have the same side pods on each side, or you can mix and match. We find that an EMFS pod on the left and a HOTAS pod on the right makes for a very adaptable set-up.
Mdf chair base unit.
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The GameCAB Flight is 130cm wide, and 67cm high. The length, when not in use, is 85 cm or around 165cm in use.
Width 140 cm
Length (stored) 85cm (or approx 140cm when in use)
Footwell 46cm Wide 57 cm deep (large enough to fit CH Products or Saitek rudder pedals)
The side pods although they make the unit look larger, do not actually add to required floor space as they sit under the sides of the desk when not in use.
We have a black version of thie GameCAB Flight in our Space Sim section.

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Some people, we think, just talk too much and end up putting their foot in their mouths. If they would only learn the value of listening (silence) then they might see that we don’t always need to hear their opinion about everything and may, in fact, learn something that may challenge their perceived intelligence. Consider the saying “Speech is silver, silence is golden.” Indeed sometimes silence is preferred to words, such as when parents want their children to be quiet in the presence of guests, or even in the spiritual sense when one is, for example, meditating on the word of God.
And, in a sense, words only have meaning against their counterpoint, silence. Without (some) voluntary silence our words would be an endless chatter and indistinguishable from each other.
We can only imagine the silence of eternity. What was being said when we were not there? (we are self-centered creatures after all) All men are lost in the awesomeness but also the coldness of the question of eternity because it is incomprehensible to us. Whether we believe it was some divine Creator or impersonal force(s) that is responsible for the creation of the universe, someone or something always was. So before we were, there was. For many, believing there is nothing in the universe but impersonal forces, it just was.
Out of this meaningless cosmos we have arrived with our millions of years of evolution to the point of being able to speak intelligibly with one another (even to the extent that each language carries the potential to be understood or translated into any other language known to man). But our chatter has been understood to merely be a higher form as found in animal kingdom who, it is claimed, also communicate.
The problem is that if our speech is merely a product of random forces (even if seemingly intelligent and purposeful) they ultimately have no meaning in light of something that just happened for no reason whatsoever; that just was. The meaning we ascribe to our words and thoughts then is only apparent and not real. We may think it has meaning today in the context of certain events and we may even feel inspired by the speech of others but in this worldview of nothingness it is difficult, if not impossible, to see some ultimate or transcendent purpose to our words.
But then we have to face the reality of anarchy, at least as far as communication goes. Consider the law of non-contradiction which states that something cannot be something and not the opposite of that something at the same time and in the same way. A cannot be not A when it is A. Or, to make it simple, a dog cannot be a dog and not a dog at the same time and in the same way. If a dog is no longer a dog then don’t call it a dog. Call it something else. Like a whale or an apple or whatever it has become (or whatever it was).
Now is that law, as some have pointed out, merely a convention? Something we have invented in our minds? Something that does not really exist independently of our thoughts? It certainly should be if there if everything just is. I suppose too that if that is the case then this whole post would have no meaning at all or could mean the opposite of what I had intended it to be.
For some reason, though, some people would get quite upset if we had the courage to ascribe to them the opposite of what they said (or whatever meaning we might want to give it). Imagine the consternation of our evolutionist friends if after they gave a rousing speech on the veracity of Darwin’s theory of evolution and a condemnation of the dim-wittedness of creationist sympathizers, we said “So you totally agree with me.” They would undoubtedly reply “No I don’t! Didn’t you listen to anything I said?” And we say “You really have changed your views, haven’t you? So when are you going to start coming to our church’s Bible study?” Stunned silence would naturally follow.
It appears necessary then to propose an alternative; one that I will leave to the reader to comprehend whether or not it makes more sense (although in reality if this alternative is true they have no choice but to believe it for all words to the contrary are a suppressing of the truth – Romans 1:18).
In the beginning was God (Genesis 1:1). If there was silence in eternity past it was because God willed it. In the midst of this silence, then, God spoke and whatever he willed was done by the words that He spoke. That is the reality that God wanted appeared by His words, immediately and without fail (see Hebrews 11:3). Moreover, He made man in His image (Genesis 1:26-27). So He did not make man like the rest of His creation. He did not speak them into existence but formed him out of the dust of the ground (Genesis 2:7). He was because God made Him be.
But because God created him in His image, man spoke too. Man has meaning and his communication has meaning because God made him to reflect his Creator who gave meaning to everything. Though he could not speak anything into existence man could name things and thus, in this way, be like God. He named the animals and he even named his wife. And when we look at it from this perspective we see the preciousness of words, or better that words are a gift from God.
For even God and man could talk, they could speak with one another. Precious words flowed between the Creator and His creature. They could understand each other, and man could be thankful for the many blessings he received and obey the commands of God.
But someone else spoke too. It was another creature. He spoke lies and persuaded man to believe in his lies. His lies through man’s rebellion or belief in the lies brought death and misery into the world. Now when man speaks he does so according to the lies that he believed (Genesis 3; Romans 3:13-14).
Yet God was not willing that that would be the final word. No, He said that He would put enmity between the seed of the serpent and the seed of the woman. Indeed the seed of the woman would crush the head of the lying serpent (Genesis 3:15). He said it would happen, in fact He guaranteed it because His words are not only given meaning by His Godhead and eternal existence but also because He always keeps His promises and is fully capable of fulfilling or doing everything He said He would ever do (2 Corinthians 1:18-20 & Hebrews 6:13ff.)
Though man could say nothing to convince God to stop Him from judging Him for His sins, though he couldn’t take God to court (Job 9:32) and defend himself, some said that God would provide salvation (Genesis 22:8). And God graciously spoke to His people (Israel) of old through His appointed prophets, guiding them through His Spirit in order that the people might know that He was sending a Saviour (2 Peter 1:21).
Indeed God spoke to us though we didn’t want God to speak to us anymore. He sent the Word (His Son) into the world (John 1:1&14) so that all who would with the heart and mouth confess Him would be saved (Romans 10:8-13) from the judgment to come. This Word saves because He was silent before His accusers and opened not His mouth (Isaiah 53:7). He did not defend Himself but went to His death. A man called Truth (John 14:6) was killed for a lie (Matthew 26:60ff). Yes heaven was silent too; no words were given in response to His statement “My God, my God why hast thou forsaken me?” as He suffered and died on the cross (Matthew 27:46). Forsaken that we might live forever, before the presence of our God, our Lord and Saviour because Christ took the penalty due to believers for their sin.
We have learned now to be silent before him. Much like a child, as we considered earlier, has learned to wait for their turn to speak. We are not silent because our speech is ignorant or evil (though before salvation everything we say is such) but rather because we have seen our folly and consider our speech to be vain outside of Christ. “But the LORD is in His holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before Him” (Habakkuk 2:20). We wait at the feet of our Master, Jesus. He talks; we listen. And we have begun to form good speech now, much like an infant learns to talk (for better or worse) by listening to the adults in their home. But our Lord’s speech is always sweet savour to us (2 Corinthians 2:14-16), like honey from a comb (Psalm 19:10), peace (Ephesians 2:17), as the choirmaster leading and directing us in our holy speech before God (Hebrews 2:12).
So we have also learned, by God’s Spirit, to be “swift to hear, slow to speak” (James 1:19). We understand and follow the command that our “speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt” (Colossians 4:6); that lies and deceit are to be replaced with the words of the gospel: the good news, the good words, the good speech of God’s grace and mercy to fallen man.
Perhaps you don’t agree. Maybe you don’t believe. But before you say anything, think: is what you are going to say mean something? anything? If not, why say anything at all? In the end, God will have the last word. But my hope for you is that His word is not final but also effectual for your sake: “who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were” (Romans 4:1).


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text: NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft is the first to orbit Mercury, the small planet close to the sun. The very bright crater at the top of the picture is the Dominici crater. Scientists studying the data from MESSENGER are trying to estimate how deep Dominici is. The brightness of the rays extending from Dominici indicate a younger crater than the other faded craters nearby. This picture was acquired in early September.


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Raspberry beer cooler made with wheat beer like Paulaner or Spaten, frozen raspberries, raspberry syrup and sparkling wine.
Fresh fruits and berries combine with dark German beer in this tasty punch, perfect for summertime entertaining.
Germany's most spectacular holiday drink of red wine, juice and spices, prepared in a fireproof bowl. Please read important safety note.
A typical German alcoholic drink for the month of May made from white wine, sparkling wine and sweet woodruff.
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Classic German woodruff flavored punch known as Maibowle, made from German dry white wine, woodruff herb, brandy, and sugar, festively garnished with colorful fruit and more woodruff herb.
A flavorful hot fruit drink for young guests. Goes especially well with freshly-baked Christmas cookies and holiday celebrations.
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A refreshing summertime cooler made with German Hefeweizen (wheat beer), sparkling wine and raspberries. Quick, easy, and delicious.
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A summertime punch made from fresh berries, a touch of citrus and German white and sparkling wines. Perfect for a spring picnic or summer barbecue party.
A festive holiday cocktail with a brilliant red hue features Asbach brandy and the fresh fruit flavors of cherry, red currants, and pomegranate seeds.


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James Moore, the Minister of Industry, will officially open ING Robotic Aviation’s new Ottawa facility on Monday.
More from the company’s news release:
ING Robotic Aviation is Canada’s leader in delivering airborne sensing solutions. The company developed its skills through extensive operational surveillance work with the Canadian military. From these beginnings, ING Robotic Aviation is now providing commercial mapping, inspections, and monitoring services with robotic aircraft throughout Canada and internationally.


- Does the universe repeat?
- What is Schrodinger’s model?
- Is the cat alive or dead in the box?
- Do things exist when not observed?
- What is Schrodinger’s cat trying to prove?
- What is Schrodinger’s cat in layman’s terms?
- How do things become quantum entangled?
- Is the quantum realm real?
- Who invented electron?
- Who is Schrodinger and what did he do?
- What did Schrodinger discover?
- What is the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle and why is it important?
- What is outside the universe?
- What is Schrodinger’s model called?
Does the universe repeat?
Eternal return (also known as eternal recurrence) is a concept that the universe and all existence and energy has been recurring, and will continue to recur, in a self-similar form an infinite number of times across infinite time or space..
What is Schrodinger’s model?
Erwin Schrodinger. A powerful model of the atom was developed by Erwin Schrödinger in 1926. … The Schrödinger model assumes that the electron is a wave and tries to describe the regions in space, or orbitals, where electrons are most likely to be found.
Is the cat alive or dead in the box?
Physicist Erwin Schrödinger’s cat can’t seem to catch a break. The fictitious feline is famous for being alive and dead at the same time, as long as it remains hidden inside a box. Scientists think about Schrödinger’s cat in this way so that they can study quantum mechanics.
Do things exist when not observed?
An item truly exists only as long as it is observed; otherwise, it is not only meaningless but simply nonexistent. The observer and the observed are one.
What is Schrodinger’s cat trying to prove?
Schrodinger constructed his imaginary experiment with the cat to demonstrate that simple misinterpretations of quantum theory can lead to absurd results which do not match the real world. … Now, the decay of the radioactive substance is governed by the laws of quantum mechanics.
What is Schrodinger’s cat in layman’s terms?
In simple terms, Schrödinger stated that if you place a cat and something that could kill the cat (a radioactive atom) in a box and sealed it, you would not know if the cat was dead or alive until you opened the box, so that until the box was opened, the cat was (in a sense) both “dead and alive”.
How do things become quantum entangled?
Quantum entanglement is a physical phenomenon that occurs when a pair or group of particles is generated, interact, or share spatial proximity in a way such that the quantum state of each particle of the pair or group cannot be described independently of the state of the others, including when the particles are …
Is the quantum realm real?
The quantum realm (or quantum parameter) in physics is the scale at which quantum mechanical effects become important when studied as an isolated system., respectively. The quantum realm can also sometimes involve actions at long distances. …
Who invented electron?
ThomsonDuring the 1880s and ’90s scientists searched cathode rays for the carrier of the electrical properties in matter. Their work culminated in the discovery by English physicist J.J. Thomson of the electron in 1897.
Who is Schrodinger and what did he do?
Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger was a noted theoretical physicist and scholar who came up with a groundbreaking wave equation for electron movements. He was awarded the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics, along with British physicist P.A.M. Dirac, and later became a director at Ireland’s Institute for Advanced Studies.
What did Schrodinger discover?
Assuming that matter (e.g., electrons) could be regarded as both particles and waves, in 1926 Erwin Schrödinger formulated a wave equation that accurately calculated the energy levels of electrons in atoms.
What is the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle and why is it important?
The uncertainty principle is one of the most famous (and probably misunderstood) ideas in physics. It tells us that there is a fuzziness in nature, a fundamental limit to what we can know about the behaviour of quantum particles and, therefore, the smallest scales of nature.
What is outside the universe?
In our own backyard, the Universe is full of stars. But go more than about 100,000 light years away, and you’ve left the Milky Way behind. Beyond that, there’s a sea of galaxies: perhaps two trillion in total contained in our observable Universe.
What is Schrodinger’s model called?
In 1926 Erwin Schrödinger, an Austrian physicist, took the Bohr atom model one step further. Schrödinger used mathematical equations to describe the likelihood of finding an electron in a certain position. This atomic model is known as the quantum mechanical model of the atom.


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Bayelsa State Task Force on Covid-19 has reprimanded Islamic leaders in the state for non-observance of coronavirus guidelines during their last Friday Jumat prayers.
Technical Assistant, Security Sub-Committee of the task force, Dr Boma Spero-Jack, gave the warning on Monday, during a meeting with Islamic leaders in Yenagoa, the state capital.
A statement by Freston Akpor, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Orientation and member Bayelsa State Task Force on Covid-19, quoted Spero-Jack as warning the Imams and Islamic leaders in the state to take personal responsibility of their respective worship centres by ensuring the enforcement of all guidelines.
He said the meeting was necessitated by the non-observance of Covid-19 guidelines by worshippers at last Friday’s Jumat prayers at the Arietalin Road Central Mosque and other prayer centres in the state capital.
Spero-Jack said social distancing, use of face masks, hand washing and use of sanitisers were not observed by worshippers.
He emphasised that the approved guidelines by government on compulsory wearing of face masks were still in force and that the task force had a duty to ensure that all religious leaders and their followers adhered to the measures.
He warned against spill over of worshippers to the road, thereby obstructing traffic during prayers.
He explained that the guidelines issued by government were applicable to all worship centres and were not targeted at religious leaders, but rather aimed at containing the spread of the pandemic in the state.
He recalled that nine churches were earlier sealed off and the pastors arrested for failure to adhere to the prescribed protocols.
Spero-Jack warned that the task force would not hesitate to seal any worship centre that refused to adhere to the guidelines and take stern measures against its leaders.
He said the task force had ramped up its monitoring efforts on mosques on Fridays and churches on Sundays, being the only days allowed for worship in the face of the pandemic.
Other speakers from the task force urged the Imams to educate their members on the need to observe the measures to contain the pandemic and to take personal responsibility without being compelled to do so.
In their separate remarks, the over 20 Islamic leaders promised to be abreast with the guidelines and keep their followers informed.

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The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Tom Brabazon, has paid tribute to ALONE founder Willie Bermingham on the 30th anniversary of his death by calling him a “Hero of Dublin.”
Mr Bermingham passed away on this day in 1990.
A Dublin firefighter, he founded the charity ALONE after seeing the appalling conditions some older people were living in throughout the city in tenements in the cold winter of 1976.
“Willie Bermingham was a hero of Dublin,” said the Lord Mayor Tom Brabazon. “He saw something that wasn’t right and he took action. Not many people are willing to act when they see injustice, but he did. It’s fitting that his 30th anniversary should fall at a time when so many of the men and women of Dublin Fire Brigade are doing their city proud during the Covid-19 crisis.”
As a tribute to Mr Bermingham, Dublin City Council will project an image of him onto its building on Palace St tonight.
“Willie was and remains a huge loss to his family, ALONE and all of us,” said ALONE CEO Seán Moynihan. “His ethos of hard work and his drive to support those most in need remains at the heart of what we do at ALONE as we have adapted and grown to meet the needs of older people today. Today on the 30th anniversary of his passing, we remember Willie, the enormous impact he had, and the legacy he has left us, which will never be forgotten.”
Dublin Fire Brigade would also like to extend its deepest sympathies to Mr Bermingham’s family.
“Today we take a moment to remember our Firefighter Willie Bermingham who died so tragically young in 1990. Dublin Fire Brigade remains proud of Willie’s legacy and the inspiration he provided to so many,” said Chief Fire Officer Dennis Keeley. “ALONE is as important now as it was in 1977. Today Willie Bermingham Junior, one of Willie Senior’s five children, carries on his father’s legacy as a Dublin fireman.”


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Silvia and Florin couldn´t resist the sun and the charm of the Algarve coast and chose our little country to celebrate their wedding day. It was a celebration of love and friendship with their closest family and friends travelling from all corners of the globe to be together with them. Despite a few little drops of rain in the morning, the Algarve didn’t disappoint and offered us a glorious sunset that we watched with our feet in the sand. Gracias for picking me to document your special day and Multumesc for your kindness and smiles and for taking such good care of me, all the best for your future adventures together.
Wedding Planner: El Sofa Amarillo

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Trees as a Legacy in Design & Development
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Samsung Galaxy S4 release date in India confirmed for April 2013
The latest rumors peg the arrival of Samsung's flagship smartphone, Galaxy S4 on March 15. The device is expected to go on sale by end of April
The world has been awaiting the launch of Samsung's next flagship, the Galaxy S4 with baited breath. With rumors suggesting a March release on the cards, we might get our hands on the new-age smartphone sooner than expected.
The news which comes via SamMobile indicates that the Korean giant will unveil the Android powdered handset on March 15 at the Samsung’s unpacked event ( the dates have not been disclosed yet for the unpacked event.)
The Samsung fanatics also state that the company will be sending out the invites for the Samsung unpacked event, soon after the MWC concludes. The device which will go on sale early April in Europe followed by Asia before the end of the month. Other countries like US, Australia and Africa are likely to receive the Galaxy S4 around May or June.
As most of our readers already know, Samsung's next powerhouse is expected to flaunt a 5-inch 1080p display along with the recently-announced Exynos 5 Octa SoC, Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean and 2GB RAM.
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Standing under the old sugar maple, I want to sing a hymn. Kneel down and pray. Its tall branches tower above me like flying buttresses, its wide canopy is a sanctuary. It is my favorite tree on the farm.
I measure its girth: 13.5 feet in circumference. Not as large as the maple that was felled in New Hampshire in 2021. That tree was a national champion: 19 feet in circumference, 101 feet tall with a canopy that stretched 100 feet. Our maple, no record-holder, is smaller, about 90 feet tall with a 70-foot canopy, but still of a size one doesn’t see every day.
I can stand underneath the tree in the rain and barely get wet. My husband and I guess the tree is about the age of our old log house, circa 1860, but we’re not sure. Young, perhaps, for maples, which can live up to 300 years. I don’t know if it ever provided sweet sap as other maples have in this valley, but a friend who grew up here and has tapped sugar maples for fifty years says he’s never seen a bigger Acer saccharum.
The maple lives at the bottom of a hill where our children used to ride sleds in winter and jump into colorful leaf piles in autumn. Sometime, long before we arrived at our western Pennsylvania farm 34 years ago, the main trunk split into four. I remember our son climbing into the hollow that formed, where ferns now grow. We hung maple samaras, those winged seeds like helicopters, on our noses. The maple’s gnarly roots protrude out of the ground like those you’d see illustrated in “Alice in Wonderland.”
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The old sugar maple sits next to the spring and the spring house, which we turned into a chicken coop — good and bad, I’ve observed, for while the maple’s maze of branches offers the chickens some protection, it also offers multiple perches for owls and hawks to plan attacks. Fox, raccoon, fisher and opossum circle the tree furtively, scouting out their next meal. Snakes and mice do, too. Squirrels, which presumably call the maple home, race to and fro, gathering nuts for their winter larder.
Bird life fills the tree. In spring, the tree erupts with a dawn chorus of migrating birds and, in summer, the tiny Carolina wren belts out its glorious song. After the birds have flown south, I look up to see a multitude of nests. One, very high up, might be that of a Baltimore oriole, which I love because of the way their nests hang like sporrans.
Today when I collect eggs, though, I worry a branch will hit me on the head. I’m concerned for the chickens, too, wise as they are to impending danger. I have heard them squawk and seen them race away from the cracking branches before they tumble.
The old maple is dying.
It faded slowly at first, but last summer it began to go fast, its lichen-covered limbs snapping and falling to the ground, the gray bark covered with dark green moss. It has far fewer leaves. A crack runs up the middle. More plants grow in the tree’s crevices: purple blackberry canes, spiky grasses and red-tinged euonymus. For the first time, I see three woodpecker holes, so beautifully aligned they look like Orion’s belt.
I do not know why the tree is dying, so I do some research. Maples are prone to many diseases, such as anthracnose, verticillium wilt, and powdery mildew, but I am still confused, so I call Brian Crooks, a forester with the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. The giveaway, he says, are the small honey-colored mushrooms at the tree’s base, which indicate the maple has a fungus: Armillaria root rot.
The Armillaria fungus affects many hardwoods and conifers, especially maples, oaks, and elms. Black, stringy rhizomorphs grow through the soil into the roots and trunk of the tree and attack the wood. If I remove the bark, I might see bright, white mycelial fans. But none of that is visible yet. I learn that the Armillaria fungus is the world’s largest known organism, bigger than the 200-ton blue whale. A patch of Armillaria was discovered in Oregon in 1998 covering 2384 acres.
I don’t know how large ours is, but I do worry about it encroaching on a nearby tree, a large red oak that is a favorite of my husband’s.
I wonder if the maple doesn’t like our new western Pennsylvania weather: the extreme heat, the drought, then the microbursts of rain and wind and the flash floods. When our floods come now, the water runs down the hill so fast that the maple sits in the middle of a pond, a stream running through it. I do know from maple sugaring with my friend and his 89-year-old uncle that changing climatic conditions are making sugaring more difficult. For the sap to run in February or March, the days must be warm and the nights cold. The timing is less predictable now. But I am not a scientist, so I ask Crooks.
He tells me that while Armillaria fungus is not new, western Pennsylvania is becoming more favorable for fungal development. Sudden periods of wet and then dry increase stress on the tree and allow fungi to more easily infiltrate a tree’s root system. Individual trees and entire forests are becoming less resilient against pests and disease because of climate change.
For our old maple, the Armillaria fungus is a death knell. There is no way for the tree to recover. “Once it colonizes the root system and displays visible mushrooms, the fungus is well progressed within the tree,” Crooks says. “Sorry to have to share bad news.”
“Standing people” is what the Cherokee called trees.
I feel as if I am losing a member of the family.
Now when I close the chicken coop at night, I stand in the altar and give a eulogy. I say how grateful I am to have spent a third of a century under its gaze. I thank the tree for its contribution to this farm, for standing by my family in good times and bad. I whisper a prayer for whatever is the afterlife of trees, and hum a favorite hymn, “Ein Feste Burg,” singing a sad goodbye to what was, indeed, a mighty fortress.
Daryln Brewer Hoffstot’s book “A Farm Life: Observations From Fields and Forests” will be published by Stackpole Books in April.

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Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 615A, 78-78 (2018/7-1)
Spectral models for binary products: Unifying subdwarfs and Wolf-Rayet stars as a sequence of stripped-envelope stars.
GOTBERG Y., DE MINK S.E., GROH J.H., KUPFER T., CROWTHER P.A., ZAPARTAS E. and RENZO M.
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Stars stripped of their hydrogen-rich envelope through interaction with a binary companion are generally not considered when accounting for ionizing radiation from stellar populations, despite the expectation that stripped stars emit hard ionizing radiation, form frequently, and live 10-100 times longer than single massive stars. We compute the first grid of evolutionary and spectral models specially made for stars stripped in binaries for a range of progenitor masses (2-20M☉) and metallicities ranging from solar to values representative for pop II stars. For stripped stars with masses in the range 0.3-7M☉, we find consistently high effective temperatures (20000-100000K, increasing with mass), small radii (0.2-1R☉), and high bolometric luminosities, comparable to that of their progenitor before stripping. The spectra show a continuous sequence that naturally bridges subdwarf-type stars at the low-mass end and Wolf-Rayet-like spectra at the high-mass end. For intermediate masses we find hybrid spectral classes showing a mixture of absorption and emission lines. These appear for stars with mass-loss rates of 10–8-10–6M☉/yr, which have semi-transparent atmospheres. At low metallicity, substantial hydrogen-rich layers are left at the surface and we predict spectra that resemble O-type stars instead. We obtain spectra undistinguishable from subdwarfs for stripped stars with masses up to 1.7M☉, which questions whether the widely adopted canonical value of 0.47M☉ is uniformly valid. Only a handful of stripped stars of intermediate mass have currently been identified observationally. Increasing this sample will provide necessary tests for the physics of interaction, internal mixing, and stellar winds. We use our model spectra to investigate the feasibility to detect stripped stars next to an optically bright companion and recommend systematic searches for their UV excess and possible emission lines, most notably HeII λ4686 in the optical and HeII λ1640 in the UV. Our models are publicly available for further investigations or inclusion in spectral synthesis simulations.
© ESO 2018
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Water crisis to deepen in Bulawayo
Bulawayo’s water woes are set to deepen as council could be forced to decommission a second dam this month as the city’s dam levels have dropped to 40 percent.
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) had projected to decommission Umzingwane dam in November after it stopped drawing water from Upper Ncema dam in July.
BCC Deputy Director of Engineering Services engineer Sikhumbuzo Ncube expressed concern that the city’s water consumption levels were very high and could lead to Umzingwane dam being decommissioned earlier than projected.
If that happens, council will be left with four water supply dams, Lower Ncema, Insiza, Mtshabezi and Inyankuni.
The water crisis has seen council introducing a 48-hour water shedding programme which sometimes goes beyond the scheduled period.


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2002 Porsche 911 GT3 RS/R for sale!
Chassis No. WP0ZZZ99Z2S692063
2002 Daytona 24 Hours entry, driven by Fitzgerald/Jackson/Matos/Marino Franchitti. Competed in the Sebring 12 Hours in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006. Competed at Petit Le Mans, at Road Atlanta, in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005. ALMS Class podium finishes at Mid-Ohio in 2002 and Trois-Rivieres in 2003. Upgraded to full GT3-RSR specification in late 2005 by Porsche Motorsports North America. Ideally suited to Masters Endurance Legends, Endurance Racing Legends and HSR events.
First announced in 1997, the internally designated 996 represented the first all-new Porsche 911 in more than three decades. Featuring four-valve technology, four-camshaft valve operation and water cooling, its engine was ideally suited to race development; something which Porsche first evaluated in 1999 with the experimental 3.2-litre 996 GT3 R. Superseded by the production-based 3.6-litre version in 2000, Porsche further raised the stakes with the 410 horsepower 996 GT3 RS in 2001, its 2002-specification, 435 horsepower counterpart a year later and finally in 2004 with the ultra-rare, ultimate-specification 996 GT3 RSR. Remarkably, by the time the 996 race programme concluded in 2005, Porsche had recorded a perfect run of seven consecutive GT class victories at Le Mans: two with the GT3 R, four with the GT3 RS and one with the GT3 RSR.
Identifiable as a 2002-specification car by virtue of its “Z2S” chassis prefix, chassis 692063 is the third of just 48 GT3 RSs constructed that year. Ordered by Buford, Georgia-based J3 Racing, the car was duly entered for its first race – the Daytona 24 Hours, no less – in which it was to be driven by team co-owner Justin Jackson, Mike Fitzgerald, Manuel Matos and emerging British GT star Marino Franchitti. To the team’s delight, “063” proved to be competitive immediately, qualifying within a second of the pace-setting Seikel Motorsport GT3 RS. However, the race would end in disappointment when the car suffered engine failure just after half distance.
In March, J3 entered the car in the Sebring 12 Hours; the first round of the American Le Mans series. Jackson and Fitzgerald were joined on this occasion by experienced IMSA racer David Murry, but although the car qualified a promising seventh in class, a clash with a Prototype class car after just two hours eliminated them from the race. Reverting to gentleman drivers Jackson and Fitzgerald for the shorter ALMS races, the team finished fourth in the GT class at Sears Point and Miami, and third at Mid-Ohio. The latter result proved particularly satisfying, as the pair finished just one position behind the much-fancied Alex Job GT3 RS piloted by factory Porsche drivers Timo Bernhard and Jorg Bergmeister. However, the year ended disappointingly with another engine failure in the season-ending Petit Le Mans.
The 2003 season started with another tilt at the Sebring 12 Hours, in which 063 was driven by Jackson, David Murry and Brian Cunningham; the last-named a grandson of three-time race-winning team owner Briggs. However, the notoriously bumpy Florida track took its toll on the car, its race ending in retirement with suspension failure after barely an hour. Once again, the mid-season ALMS races proved productive for 063, with Murry accompanying Jackson to fourth in class at Road Atlanta, and third in the 3 Hours of Trois-Rivieres. In contrast to 2002, the season ended positively, with the Sebring driver line-up reconvening to finish a respectable fifth in class – and 15th overall – at Petit Le Mans.
For 2004, J3 acquired a brand new GT3-RSR, with 063 reassigned to operating in a supporting role. Both cars were entered in the season-opening Sebring 12 Hours, with 063 to be driven by former BMW works driver Niclas Jonsson and gentlemen drivers Romeo Kapudija and Dorsey Porter Jr. In qualifying Jonsson underlined his prodigious speed to better the team’s new RSR, although the roles were reversed in the race with the RSR finishing 14th overall and 063 21st; both highly commendable class positions of sixth and eleventh respectively. The remainder of the season proved to be a frustrating one as far as 063 was concerned, with an eleventh in class – in the hands of paying drivers Randy Wars and Melanie Paterson – in the ALMS round at Lime Rock the only other noteworthy result. Thereafter, the car remained unused until Petit Le Mans; the season once again ending frustratingly with its elimination in a first lap crash.
The 2005 season proved to be similarly challenging for 063 and its drivers, starting with an unexpected withdrawal of the car at Sebring prior to qualifying. Thereafter, a tenth in class – courtesy of gentlemen drivers Rick Skelton and Michael Cawley – at the ALMS round at Road Atlanta proved the car’s only finish all season; the subsequent rounds at Sonoma, Petit Le Mans and Laguna Seca all ending in retirement.
Having seen success with their new RSR, J3 sought to purchase a duplicate car, yet demand was high and new RSRs were in short supply. Thus, J3 in turn decided to return 063 to Porsche Motorsport North America in late-2005 for a full upgrade to RSR specification; one of just four US-based cars believed to have benefitted from such modification, and of less than forty RSRs built in total. Newly equipped with a seam-welded monocoque chassis, enlarged 3.8-litre engine, Hollinger sequential gearbox, wide-track suspension, revised bodywork and new three-piece carbon floor, the car was readied for the 2006 season – and what would be its final appearance at the Sebring 12 Hours. Driven by Spencer Pumpelly, Jep Thornton and Mark Patterson, 063 qualified an encouraging ninth in class – just over a second off the class pole – although another engine failure eliminated them from the race, bringing 063’s prolific and itinerant contemporary race career to a close.
Following its Sebring swansong, 063 was retained by J3 Racing until January 2009, at which point it was sold to sometime ALMS competitor Ross Bleustein of Miami, Florida. Mr Bleustein retained the car until March 2012, when it was sold to Sam Viviano of McDonald, Pennsylvania. Significantly, in May 2013 Mr. Viviano commissioned Porsche Motorsports North America to perform a comprehensive rebuild of the car’s engine; the total cost of which amounted to more than $40,000. Changing hands again to an owner in the U.K., the car also benefitted from a new fuel cell, safety harness, fire extinguisher system and a comprehensive service in mid-2019, prior to its sale to the vendor.
Boasting generous remaining engine and gearbox mileage – and immaculately presented in its evocative 2011 Daytona 24 Hours livery – 063 is ready for an immediate, if long overdue, return to the track. Ideally suited to race series such as Masters Endurance Legends and Endurance Racing Legends, its prolific period competition history – encompassing the Daytona 24 Hours, four Sebring 12 Hours, four Petit Le Mans and some 17 other ALMS events – also renders the car a natural entry for Porsche-focussed celebratory events such as Rennsport Reunion. Accordingly, 063 offers an irresistible blend of versatility, practicality and historical authenticity, and is surely amongst the most engaging of all modern-era Porsche Competition GT cars currently available.
Please note that this car is offered with a small selection of spare parts. Please contact the RM Sotheby’s Private Sales team should you require any further details.
|Year of construction:||2002|
|Model:||996 GT3 RS|
|Cylinder capacity:||3,8 Liter|
|New / used:||Used car|
|Ready to drive:||yes|

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