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Historisches Landhotel Studentenmuehle (1.4 miles from Ruppach) | ||
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This family-run hotel is in a quiet and idyllic setting in the Eisenbachtal, one of the prettiest valleys in the Westerwald forest.
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Ringhotel Nassau-Oranien (7.1 miles from Ruppach) | ||
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There are 61 rooms in this family-run hotel - 37 double rooms and one junior suite. They are all furnished in an elegant and comfortable country-house style and they are accessible with an elevator.
" Stayed in this hotel on our way to Frankfort. We were surprised how clean and pleasant this establishment was. The staff is extremely friendly even though they hardly speak any English. We were a family ... " |
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Hotel Zugbrücke Grenzau (9.8 miles from Ruppach) | ||
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Hotel Zugbrücke Grenzau offers a large spa with large indoor pool and a country-style lounge with bowling alley. It is located near Grenzau in the idyllic Brexbachtal Valley, 12 miles from Koblenz.
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Hotel Restaurant Krone (10.3 miles from Ruppach) | ||
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This family-run hotel in the town of Nassau lies close to the new Freiherr-vom-Stein-Park and the Lahn River.
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This hotel in Heiligenroth lies off the A3 motorway, in the direction of Frankfurt, directly after the Montabaur exit. It offers air-conditioned rooms, free parking and free Wi-Fi in public areas.
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Freimühle Hotel-Restaurant (1.3 miles from Ruppach) | ||
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This hotel is a restored mill outside Girod in the Westerwald region. The Freimühle offers a summer pool and classic rooms with a flat-screen TV and free Wi-Fi.
" Good location in countryside only a few minutes from the main motorway. Helpful staff, good rooms and great food. Perfect for overnight stay or longer to explore area. " |
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"To stay with Harlan you have to score points."
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"The problem in the first half is that we didn't score a lot of points. We scored 14 in the third quarter and (23) in the fourth quarter ... Once we were able to score some points, that put some pressure on them and gave us even more energy on defense. To hold them to one third-quarter point, that's what made it outstanding."
Rodney Wesley
"We just didn't score. They had 12 points at halftime and yet they were within a point. And the longer it remained a close game, the more pressure I think we felt was because of the finality of this single elimination."
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We can be fairly certain that humans did not live on Antarctica, the continent, before the 20th century.
Since about 15 Ma, the continent has been mostly covered with ice.
Ref: Trewby, Mary, ed. Antarctica: An Encyclopedia from Abbott Ice Shelf to Zooplankton. Firefly Books. ISBN 1-55297-590-8.
Intermittent warm periods allowed Nothofagus shrubs to ...
This is a marble plinth or capital for a decorative column, likely of Classical Roman origin - the harpies and the immodesty of the subjects particularly give it away. There was a major Roman city nearby at Caesarea.
It will be impossible to give you more information over the internet - your best bet would be to report its discovery to the Antiquities ...
In the story of the Trojan War, if not necessarily in the text of Homer's Iliad, Agamemnon's wife Clytemnestra learns of the fall of Troy via a relay of fire beacons. In Aeschylus' Agamemnon, she's said to have received the news in Mycenae (approximately 400 miles away) the very same night that Troy fell, and Aeschylus describes the path of the transmitted ...
It is quite possible to examine diet through archeological means (composition of bones and teeth). However, I don't know that anybody has done a systematic study of such records with an eye towards looking for vegetarianism.
The one piece of similar information I am aware of is that teeth of hunter-gatherers are often discernible at a glance, due to the ...
An archaeological evidence I think could be impossible: if they analyze the content of the digestive system like they did with Ötzi,even if they can find some bodies like this preserved under some special conditions, will be evidence for a few days of diet. If they analyze some lack of nutrients in the bones that lack might be also due to some other factors, ...
The one pandemic disease we know of that has a good chance for having an origin in the Americas is syphilis.
When it first hit Europe in 1494 it spread rapidly and the mortality rate was very high (as is typical with new diseases that hit an immunologically naieve population).
As Jared Diamond describes it, "[W]hen syphilis was first definitely
For reference, here is the official classification from Wikipedia of the conditions necessary for a "pleasant" Antarctic day:
Condition 3
Windspeed below 48 knots (55 miles per hour)
Visibility greater than 1/4 of a mile (402 meters)
Wind chill above −75 °F (−60 °C)
Description: Pleasant conditions; all outside travel is permitted.
Condition 3 ...
The article does not actually claim pre-Viking contact.
We already know, from both the Icelandic Sagas and archaeology finds, that around 1000 AD, Vikings settled in Greenland, then tried it again in Newfoundland ("Vinland")(*). This latter expedition first cruised past two other pieces of land, called Helluland and Markland. These two most probably ...
"How likely is this pre-Viking contact looking?": Not very likely. The linked newspaper article mainly focuses on the finds and that they may be Viking, but is pretty vague on timing, talking about " from 1000 AD to 1450 AD or even earlier." and only later about dating of some yarn that "predates the Vikings". It it not clear that Sutherland (the ...
Not that I know of, but I'd think that such a process would be so far removed from quantifiable science that it'd be rendered pointless.
The job of a historian is to make best guesses given the evidence that's presented itself. Given that it's easy for two different historians to look at the same evidence and draw different conclusions. Then without really ...
Although opinions differ, the overwhelming academic view as things stand is that construction at Machu Picchu began around 1450. I don't think anyone is completely ruling out an earlier temple being built on the site before that, but the 'evidence' in the video is pretty scanty: it's well-established that precision stone-working had been in place in the ...
Even in England, where given the size of the country and the number of battles you can't help tripping over them, the site of a few very important ones are missing or wrong.
Bosworth field, the end of the War of the Roses is certainly commemorated in the wrong place.
The site of Boudica's defeat is unknown.
You can find the answer to that question in Jared Diamond's book Guns, Germs and Steel. He states that people get infected by their pets and that all great epidemics (variola, tuberculosis, malaria, plague, influenza ...) evolved from animals. Microbes needs a mass of people to spread around so big societies, living in cities and connected with good trading ...
This controversy is analyzed in detail under http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphinx_water_erosion_hypothesis
In addition to the other answers I would add that Antarctica is well protected by the Westerlies, a zone of westerly winds surrounding it from 30-60° S. These bands are named
"Roaring Forties", "Howling Fifties" and "Screaming Sixties", try to guess why.
Apart from mostly bad weather with regular storms of hurricane force and freak waves you must cross the ...
That's a very interesting question, and the result does not only evolve when one deciphers a text, but also when new inscriptions are found.
Thus, even though only one tablet was found outside of Crete before 1973, I would say the answer to your question is Linear A: there are 1427 Linear A documents with a total occurrence of 7362-7396 signs.
The linear A ...
First off, it really shouldn't shock anyone that some ancient mummies in the Tarim Basin show European-esque features. That is the far, far western extreme of what is now considered China. Until as late as the middle ages (6-8 AD) an Indo-European language was spoken there. It really shouldn't be surprising that an area whose culture left behind ...
I'm not clear what your question is exactly. I believe it's were some of the blue-eyed or pale characters in Chinese legend based real people of European origin.
Pale skin and blue eyes aren't exclusively European. Kafiristan is an example of somewhere which has blue-eyed people. While living in Kazakhstan I once met someone (an ethnic Kazakh, not a ...
The list from the Wikipedia:
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Pharaoh Thutmosis I, Karnak Temple, Luxor
Pharaoh Ramses II, Luxor Temple
Pharaoh Hatshepsut, Karnak Temple, Luxor
Pharaoh Senusret I, Al-Masalla area of Al-Matariyyah district in Heliopolis, Cairo
Pharaoh Ramses III, Luxor Museum
Pharaoh Ramses II, Gezira Island, Cairo, 20.4 m (67 ft)[16]
Yes a buried piece of wood, or other biological tissue, could survive for thousands of years without decomposing. While the conditions for this are rather specific; anaerobic and antiseptic environment or at least one which limits microbial growth. These conditions can be found in a quite few situations; tar pits, bogs, the Arctic/Antarctic, some deserts ...
A page from www.ancient-code.com shows up in a Google search for "Gobekli Tepe shepherd", but won't display for me (at least not right now). However it states in the search blurb:
It was an old Kurdish shepherd named Savak Yildiz who discovered Göbekli Tepe in October 1994 when, spotting something, he brushed away the dust to expose a large oblong-shaped ...
When I was out west a number of years ago, a friend asserted that the disappearance of the "Anasazi" civilization of native Americans could have occurred for any number of reasons, including disease. Unfortunately, I don't think modern scholarship on the subject agrees with his assertion.
Widespread disease generally ...
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Schwetzingen Palace
Schloss Schwetzingen, or Schwetzingen Palace is a schloss in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Schwetzingen was the summer residence of the Electors Palatine Charles III Philip and Charles IV Theodore (of the House of Wittelsbach). It is situated in Schwetzingen, roughly equidistant from the electors' seats at Heidelberg and Mannheim, and is most notable for its spacious and ornate gardens. Other than these exceptionally well preserved gardens and the palace proper, the compound also features the Schlosstheater Schwetzingen, the principal venue for the annual Schwetzingen Festival.
The palace[edit]
The main building replaces a 17th-century hunting lodge built on the foundations of an older moated castle of which it also retains some foundations and walling (hence the slightly irregular layout). It was built in its current form in several building campaigns between 1700 and 1750, in part to plans of the Heidelberg architect, Johann Adam Breunig. Construction began in the reign of Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz, for whom the palace was not yet to be an official summer residence, but a simple hunting lodge. However, an ornate, if comparatively modestly scaled first garden was laid out at the same time, which was retained and embellished by Karl Philip. When the new, greatly expanded gardens of Charles Theodore began to take shape in the 1750s and 60s, plans were commissioned from the court architect, Nicolas de Pigage, for a new palace that would have been of a scale on a par with its surroundings. However, mostly due to concurrent projects that siphoned off funds (the completion of the gigantic new residential palace at Mannheim and the reconstruction of Schloss Benrath), nothing came of these plans. As a result, the modest building as it stands today is completely overwhelmed by the garden's sheer size and magnificence. It would, therefore, be more appropriate to call it "the gardens and palace of Schwetzingen", and not the reverse.
Much of the original interior decoration and furnishings survive. Following a major restoration effort in the late 20th century, several of the electoral and ducal apartments are now back in the state their previous occupants would have known. These rooms may not have the supreme splendour found elsewhere in German princely dwellings, but they do convey a particularly vivid image of the court's everyday life. The building was too small to also accommodate the reception rooms required for the gatherings of the court. These - comprising two large halls and the theater- were instead incorporated into the two symmetrical curved outbuildings (the Zirkelbauten) on the garden front, initially intended to serve only as orangeries.
The gardens[edit]
During the second half of the 18th century, when the current Schwetzingen garden was created, the "French" formal garden was gradually being supplanted by the "English" landscape garden as the prevalent style of gardening. The numerous princely estates in the Holy Roman Empire were quick to pick up the change, often remodelling older gardens according to the new taste. The Schwetzingen garden perhaps uniquely reflects this fundamental change in attitude, as its creators actually sought to reconcile the two conflicting styles. Accordingly, while the oldest portions are strictly formal, the newer ones subsequently introduced more "natural" features. However, great care was taken so that the finished work would still form a coherent whole. As a result, Schwetzingen is sometimes described as the principal surviving example of an intermediary style, the "anglo-chinese" garden, but in its diversity actually transcends the boundaries of that particular - and short-lived - style.
The first plan, devised by the gardener Petrie of Zweibrücken, introduced one highly unusual motive, namely the layout of the main parterre as a full circle. This remains unchanged and is a prominent feature that distinguishes Schwetzingen from most contemporary creations. Other than that, the first design was fairly conventional, even somewhat antiquated, in character.It appears to have relied heavily on French theorist Dezallier d'Argenville's influential textbook Théorie et practique du jardinage, with a certain penchant for the less revolutionary solutions Dezallier d'Argenville proposed; as a case in point, the design of the parterre's broderie ("embroidery") plantings, pretty though it is, looks rather timid when compared to some of d'Argenville's bolder suggestions.
Under the auspices of Nicolas de Pigage, the garden's plan was thoroughly updated and substantially expanded, all the while preserving most of its original features. Unlike his predecessor, Pigage was familiar with the latest developments in style. Most of the designs he prepared for Schwetzingen, spanning a period of more than twenty years, have to be considered progressive and up-to-date. However, not all of them were carried out, and as time progressed, the prince's (and possibly also the architect's) reluctance to make a full switch towards the "English" style also provoked critical scorn (most notably from the garden-design theorist Christian Cay Lorenz Hirschfeld[1]). Exempt from Hirschfeld's criticism were only the numerous fabriques that Pigage built in various parts of the garden. The outstanding architectural quality of these small, yet elaborate, buildings was universally acknowledged (Hirschfeld, in fact, objected mostly to their number - he would have preferred fewer of them). On the newer, more fully developed landscaped portions, Pigage collaborated closely with the up-and-coming garden designer Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell.
The sculpture throughout the garden is of varied quality, with a few mediocre decorative pieces, salvaged from the earlier garden and various other locations, as well as some impressive works by Gabriël Grupello and Peter Anton von Verschaffelt, among others. One sculpture in particular, a depiction of Pan sitting atop a cliff and playing his flute, was very highly regarded in its time. It is a work by the Mannheim sculptor, Simon Peter Lamine. A replica, by the same master, was unveiled some twenty years later at Nymphenburg Palace. Most of the sculpture within the parterre, and some of the works scattered elsewhere, was acquired at auction in the 1760s. Most of it is the work of then-celebrated French artist Barthélemy Guibal and had previously adorned the Lunéville palace of the deposed Polish king Stanisław Leszczyński. The majority of the sculpture is now replaced with modern replicas to avoid further degradation. The originals are on display within the premises themselves, in the "new orangery" building.
The theatre[edit]
Much like the gardens, the theatre is in many ways a synthesis of conflicting styles. Originally built in 1753, to the plans of Pigage and in a very short time, it could be considered a pure rococo creation. In the course of a later refurbishment, this was blended with early neoclassical tendencies. In its first state, the theatre, following the example of French court theatres of the time, did not have boxes (these were a staple of "Italian" theatres). In order to enlarge it, the auditorium's back wall was then pierced with a row of arcades, thus creating a more "box-like" impression. As a result, the theatre can, at least visually, also be considered a combination of the customary "French" and "Italian" layouts, even if the adjustment was, in this case, made mostly for practical reasons. As with the garden, the overall effect is very homogeneous as well as esthetically pleasing. Well into the 20th century, the theatre had preserved its original stage machinery. This was then lost and replaced with modern facilities, first in the 1950s, and again in the 1970s, when the backstage area was also expanded.
The mosque[edit]
The mosque (German: "Moschee") in the gardens complex is the earliest mosque-style building in Germany. It was built in 1779-1791 by a French architect for the Prince Elector of the Palatinate. Built at a time when the "Turkish" style was fashionable in Germany, it was never intended for prayer but later served religious purposes at various times.[2]
After many years of restoration, and at great expense, the mosque is fully restored and open to the public.
- ^ Wolfgang Schepers, "C. C. L. Hirschfelds Theorie der Gartenkunst ( I779-85) und die Frage des 'deutschen Gartens'", in Park und Garten im 18 Jahrhundert 1976.
- ^ "Architecture and Migration: Germany : Mosques in Germany". Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- Carl Ludwig Fuchs, Claus Reisinger: Schloss und Garten zu Schwetzingen. 2. Auflage. Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 2001, ISBN 3-88462-164-5 (GERMAN)
- Oswald Zenker: Schwetzinger Schlossgarten. Ein Führer durch das Französische Gartenparterre und den Englischen Landschaftsgarten, mit Informationen über Schloss und Rokokotheater sowie Sehenswürdigkeiten der Umgebung. K. F. Schimper-Verlag, Schwetzingen 2002, ISBN 3-87742-170-9 (GERMAN)
- Wiltrud Heber: Die Arbeiten des Nicolas de Pigage in den kurpfälzischen Residenzen etc.. Düsseldorf 19xx (GERMAN)
- Ingrid Dennerlein: Die französiche Gartenkunst des Régence und des Rokoko", Worms 198x (GERMAN)
External links[edit]
- Media related to Schloss Schwetzingen at Wikimedia Commons
- Information about and photos of the theatre
- official site
- [1] Information about German Castles and Germany in general]


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With lottery numbers climbing into the hundreds of millions of dollars these days, what in the world would you do with that much cash?
With lottery numbers climbing into the hundreds of millions of dollars these days, what in the world would you do with that much cash?
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'Spectre', the upcoming 24th James Bond movie, is currently filming in Austria where it is probably as cold and snowy as wherever you are right now (damn you, Polar Vortex!). The cast and crew took some time out to update 007 fans on the progress of the upcoming film with a video blog on what they're currently shooting, which they promise manages to top even 'Skyfall'.
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The opening statements of Eddie Routh's case in the murder of Chris Kyle are today (Feb. 11) in Stephenville, Texas.
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Edited: I realize the content is not the real article for "Installing IPFire on Raspberry Pi", instead of IPFire I mistook it by PwnPi so here is the rewrite. Thanks for Jeremiah to point it out.
Raspberry Pi, a small computer powered by ARM architecture is a very interesting board for learning embedded system. In this article we will discuss about how to install how to install IPFire distribution.
For this article I use following:
- Slackware64 14.0
- Windows 8.1
- Raspberry Pi model B
- IPFire 2.15 Core Update 86
You can use either Linux (in this article, Slackware) or Windows (in this article Windows 8). Just pick one and follow the rest of article for your choice.
What is IPFire?
IPFire is a hardened Linux appliance distribution designed for use as a firewall. It offers corporate-level network protection for anyone who needs it, from home users all the way up to large corporations, school networks and authorities.
IPFire focusses on security, stability and ease of use. A variety of add-ons can be installed with a single click, to add more features to the base system.
Obtain the Materials
Prepare the Disk (SD Card)
To boot the Raspberry Pi, an installation media and storage media is needed. All we need is a single SD card. On this article I use my 8GB SD card. You can use any SD card you want, but I recommend to use at least 4GB SD card. The image we download on previous section will be stored on this card and later installed. Make sure you have a way to write on SD card.
Windows-based Instruction
For Windows user, you can follow this section to "burn" the image. For this purpose you need additional software for writing to SD card, such as Win32DiskImager utility.
- Extract the image (in this caseipfire-2.15.1gb-ext4.armv5tel-full-core86.img.gz) so you will get an .img file. To extract the file in Windows, you can use 3rd party tools such as 7zip.
- Insert SD card into SD card reader and check what drive letter it assigned to. For example G:\
- If it is not new, format it. Or at least make sure there is only one partition (FAT32 is recommended).
- Run the Win32DiskImager with administrator privileges.
- Select the image we have extracted.
- Select the drive letter of the SD card on our machine. Make sure you have the correct drive, or you will destroy data on that drive.
- Click Write and wait. The process should be not long.
- Exit the imager and eject the SD card
Beside Win32DiskImager, you can also use other tool such as Flashnul.
- Follow step 1 to step 3 for Win32DiskImager's solution
- Extract Flashnul from the archive
- Open command prompt with elevated privilege (administrator privilege).
- Go to your extracted directory and run flashnul with argument "-p". For example: flashnul -p
- You will get list of physical drive attached on your machine, and list of drive. Make sure the drive is correct. At time of writing this article, the SD card is detected as device number 1 with and mounted to drive G:
- Load the image to flashnul: flashnul 1 -L ipfire-2.15.1gb-ext4.armv5tel-full-core86.img
- If you get an access denied error, try re-plugging the SD card and make sure to close all explorer windows or folders open for the device. If still get denial, try substitute the device number with its drive letter: flashnul G: -L ipfire-2.15.1gb-ext4.armv5tel-full-core86.img
At this point, you have successfully written image to your SD card. And I assume you are. You can proceed to next stage.
Linux-based Instruction
Writing image on Linux is easier, in my opinion. The utility we use is "dd" which is already bundled on most distro. Make sure you know the correct device file for your SD card. In my machine I use a built in card reader and detect my SD card as /dev/sdb. It might be different on your system so better check it. For this article I use /dev/sdb to refer to SD card.
- Extract the image (in this case ipfire-2.15.1gb-ext4.armv5tel-full-core86.img) so you will get an .img file.
- Insert SD card into SD card reader .
- If it is not new, format it. Or at least make sure there is only one partition (FAT32 is recommended).
- Unmount the SD card if it is mounted. We need the whole SD card so if you see partition such as /dev/sdb1, etc its better you unmount them all.
- Write the image to SD card. Make sure you replace the input file after if= argument with correct path to .img file and "/dev/sdb" in the output file of= argument with your device. Also make sure to use whole SD drive and not their partition (i.e. not use /dev/sdb1, /dev/sdb1, etc). The command: dd bs=4M if=ipfire-2.15.1gb-ext4.armv5tel-full-core86.img of=/dev/sdb
- Run sync as root. This will ensure the write cache is flushed and safe to unmount SD card.
- Remove SD card from card reader.
If you hesitate to use terminal and prefer to use GUI method, here is the tutorial. Note that we
- Do step 1 to step 3 for previous tutorial. Make sure your directory or image file doesn't contain any spaces.
- Install the ImageWriter tool from https://launchpad.net/usb-imagewriter
- Launch the ImageWriter tool (needs administrative privileges)
- Select the image file (in this case ipfire-2.15.1gb-ext4.armv5tel-full-core86.img) to be written to the SD card (note: because you started ImageWriter as administrator the starting point when selecting the image file is the administrator's home folder so you need to change to your own home folder to select the image file)
- Select the target device to write the image to. In my case, it's /dev/sdb
- Click the "Write to device" button
- Wait for the process to finish and then insert the SD card in the Raspberry Pi
At this point, you have successfully written image to your SD card. And I assume you are. You can proceed to next stage.
Running the Pi
You have write image and at this point your raspberry pi is ready. Now set up raspberry pi to boot: insert your SD card back to raspberry pi, put on power, plug video output (either HDMI or RCA).
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While mother Judy faces her end, unrepentant of her days with the Bhagwan or any of it, her children Libby and Nick approach middle age without ever having found coherent paths for themselves, and now worry that Judy might be about to sell the family's incongruous Art Deco house on the Devon coast (a wonderful set design by Vicki Mortimer). Libby's 15-year-old daughter Summer is being a difficult teenager, visiting doctor Peter has one eye on Libby and her curvaceous property inheritance, and neighbour Daniel trains in the family's pool and catches the eye of pretty much everyone.
Actor Stephen Beresford's first play as a writer is a lovely bit of work. Its comedy is deliciously sardonic, a fine match for the central trio of actors Julie Walters, Helen McCrory and especially Rory Kinnear. Beresford doesn't make the anti-permissiveness argument I mention above (although all too many will); rather, he balances the second-act straight-talking scene well between all three, and sums up the play's own conclusions in a line of Nick's: "Nobody's to blame for anybody else's fuck-ups." The laughs and the more sombre moments are skilfully blended, and the temptation is resisted to tie matters up nicely in ribbons at the end.
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When Cryptic expanded the Klingon faction with Legacy of Romulus, they added a prerequisite mission called "Test of mettle" that enables you to get your free Lt.Commander ship.
It's a bit silly that they did it that way because if players do other things to level instead of the story mission, which I supose is your case as well, they are confused about the free ship. You're not the first one though, many people have come on the KDF forum to ask about this.
Anyway, what you need to do is the "Test of mettle" mission. You can find it in your 'Episodes' tab under the 1-st set of missions. As a part of the mission you'll be assigned to go to the shipyard and obtain your new free Lt.Commander ship - Qul'Dun Bird of Prey, Somraw Raptor or K'tanco Battlecruiser.
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I went to four auto suppliers including a gm dealer, and tried replacing the icm with the specified part, but to no avail. My original part ( Ignition Control Modual ) is a gm stamped part with no identifiable part number, is going bad and no matter who the manufacturer of the replacement part is, the new icm's don't work at all. Has anyone else had this problem or can anyone point me to someone who may know what the heck is going on?
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Derek answered 4 years ago
You could always try a junkyard. Sometimes the made in china crap that places sometimes sell just doesnt work. Youll get it cheaper there too. Of course it could also be that the ICM isnt the problem. If you have replaced it multiple times from multiple suppliers and you are still getting the exact same problem then the problem may be somewhere else.
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Thank you for the prompt reply. I perhaps did not clarify that I tried replacing the part yesterday at 4 different stores, placing the old one back in to go between them. None of the four replacements would start the van but when I put the old one back in, the van would start. I have all the right info for the van and even tried to cross years in case there was a different computer replaced at some time or initially installed from old stock at the plant. None of the mechanics or tech people I've spoken to have ever heard of such a thing and yet here it is a seemingly unsolvable problem. I will try a junk yard though as there may be another original GM icm among the dead.
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It is important to recall that during the Cast Lead operation in Dec. 2008- Jan. 2009 many of the major media outlets frequently repeated Palestinian claims that the vast majority of fatalities were civilians. The Israelis gave a figure of at least 709 combatants or terrorist operatives out of a total 1166 fatalities. But the media usually favored the Palestinian narrative and portrayed Israel as making little effort to avoid killing civilians. Later, the UN Human Rights Council-sponsored mission headed by Richard Goldstone also gave greater credence to Palestinian figures in its harsh condemnation of Israel's actions.
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People put up with Windows because they feel like their computers aren't theirs. Which of course is the case, Microsoft is in charge here. When they finally wake up and realize that they own their computers they'll kick Microsoft out. My experience with Linux for the past 3 years has taught me that incredible injustices can be carried out on a national scale with hardly anyone noticing. It's rather scary and it will take me a long while just to ponder the significance of it.
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US 6467114 B1 Abstract A multi-functional lifesaving apparatus is provided in which a cylindrical tool has a main body portion and a cap portion, the cap portion defining a hollow enclosure. The enclosure is adapted for securing to the main body portion of the main body tool. A blade extends from one terminus of the main body portion and has a curved cutting blade adapted for cutting safety belts. A capped terminus defines a terminal point used to strike and break a glass window or screen.
Claims(18) 1. A multi-functional lifesaving apparatus comprising:
a cylindrical tool having a main body portion and a cap, said cap defining a hollow enclosure therein;
a blade secured to a first terminus of said main body portion, said blade extending along an axis defined by the main body portion;
a rubber ring secured along an exterior of said first terminus of said main body portion, said rubber ring adapted for engaging an interior wall of said hollow enclosure, thereby reversibly securing said main body portion to said cap.
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a cylindrical tool having a main body portion and a cap, said cap defining a hollow enclosure therein and said cap further defining a terminal end defining a hardened point;
a blade carried by said main body portion, said blade having a storage position wherein a cutting edge is stored within said cylindrical tool and said blade having a cutting position which extends from the main body portion;
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Description The invention is relative to a multifunctional lifesaving device in particular for freeing passengers locked and/or strapped in a vehicle which device comprises a striking part, for example for shattering the windowpanes and comprises a cutting device for cutting the safety belts. DE 3530 363 A 1 teaches a lifesaving device comprising a striking part for striking the pane and a cutting device for cutting the belt. The cutting device is formed by a knife inserted in a slot of the housing with a handle-shaped grip, which slot tapers to the rear. A portion of the housing is widened out like a fist on one end of the handle-shaped housing. The fist-shaped housing part of the slot receiving the knife is located on the one side of the housing and on the opposite side a striking part is attached. This lifesaving device can be used like a customary hammer during which the belt to be separated is placed in the insertion slot extending to the knife and is separated there. Such a design has the disadvantage that the knife is arranged on the lifesaving device in an unsecured fashion. Thus, it is to be feared that when the lifesaving device is being transported objects will make inadvertent contact with the knife and damage it or in some instances even injure the person carrying the lifesaving device. Another disadvantage is the fact that the hammer must be designed to be rather large in its dimensions due to its hammer-like shape. This makes it so large that the user cannot always take the lifesaving device along with himself. Thus, it can happen that just when the person needs the lifesaving device it is not in the vicinity of the person to be rescued. DE-GM 84 12 077 discloses a lifesaving device comprising a shaft-like housing whose upper end is provided with a striking part. A knife for cutting the belt is arranged in an attachment running back at an acute angle and forming a slot. The other end comprises a loop-shaped grip provided for operating the knife when cutting the belt. There is also the danger with this device, just as with the previously described lifesaving device, that objects are introduced inadvertently into the slot and damaged by the knife since the knife is arranged in an unprotected manner on the lifesaving device. The present invention therefore has the problem of creating a multifunctional lifesaving device with which at least one striking device and one cutting device are available as needed which cutting device is arranged in the lifesaving device in a protected manner. The invention has the further problem of creating a lifesaving device combining several functions in a very small space so that people can readily carry it at any anytime without the danger that the person or other objects carried by the person are damaged by the lifesaving device. The problem is solved by the features of the present invention. If the striking piece is arranged on one end of the lifesaving device the rest of the device advantageously functions as a grasping part with which the striking part can being used as needed. According to the invention the cutting device is located in a hollow chamber of the lifesaving device from which it can be removed prior to being used. In this manner the cutting device is reliably stored when not being used without any danger of injury by the cutting device. The danger of injury is very large because the cutting device, which is meant to be used, for example, for cutting safety belts in a vehicle, is very sharp. If the cutting device were to be arranged openly on the lifesaving device there would be a danger of injury to the person with a lifesaving device with such a sharp cutting device. They would also be the danger that the cutting device would destroy other objects located in the vicinity of the lifesaving device. The hollow chamber of the lifesaving device can be designed as a slot into which the cutting device can be lowered. A design is also possible in which the hollow chamber is inserted or screwed like a cap or a casing over the cutting device as a result of which the cutting device is reliably protected from making contact with other objects. When needed, the cap or casing is removed from the cutting device or the cutting device is folded out from or drawn out of the slot-shaped hollow chamber of the lifesaving device. If the lifesaving device is designed essentially like a shank it does not take up much space and can therefore be readily taken along by people. In addition, the shank-like design of the lifesaving device makes it possible for it to be readily used for shattering windowpanes and cutting safety belts since it fits well in the hand and offers a good grip. The lifesaving device is advantageously designed in at least two parts. This brings it about in an especially simple embodiment of the invention that the protection of the cutting device is achieved in that a cap or casing is inserted over the cutting device when it is not needed, which cap or casing can be removed simply and rapidly as needed from the cutting device. It is advantageous if the two parts are screwed together so that no inadvertent separation of the two parts occurs, thus creating the possibility of injury. If the two parts are inserted into one another this also creates a reliable protection of the cutting device by means of an appropriate clamping connection and on the other hand assures a very rapid removal of the protective device from the cutting device in case of need. In such two-part embodiments the cutting device is arranged with advantage on the first part. The second part comprises the hollow chamber that receives the cutting device when it is not needed. In an advantageous embodiment the cutting device is connected in a pivotable or movable manner to the lifesaving device. The cutting device is lowered into the hollow chamber of the lifesaving device by a pivoting movement or a sliding movement, which stores it in a protected manner. A cutting device has proven to be advantageous which comprises a hook-shaped knife. A hook-shaped knife assures that the belt can be automatically threaded into the knife, thus making it possible for the belt to be reliably and rapidly separated. An advantageous embodiment of the invention provides that the cutting device is arranged on the first part and the striking part on the second part. This makes it possible for different materials to be able to be used in the lifesaving device. Thus, it is particularly advantageous if at least one of the parts of the lifesaving device, in particular the striking part, is made of steel. This large mass of the lifesaving device makes it possible to break through a windowpane in a reliable manner in case of rescue. Another part of the lifesaving device can be manufactured, e.g., from aluminum, which makes it possible to carry the lifesaving device, as its total weight is not too heavy. In order to always have the lifesaving device ready to be used it is advantageous if it is provided with a magnet, which makes it possible for it to be fastened to a piece of metal, in particular in a vehicle. Another possibility of fastening is that the lifesaving device comprises a through bore running transversally to the longitudinal axis, with which the lifesaving device can be fastened, e.g., to a key chain. As a result of the compact and small design of the lifesaving device made possible by storing the cutting device in the hollow chamber of the lifesaving device it has proven to be especially advantageous if the lifesaving device is designed as a keyring pendant. In order to reliably shatter the windowpane of the vehicle it is advantageous if the striking piece has a sharp-edged or pointed, essentially conical end. It is possible to shatter the windowpane with this edge or point even with little expenditure of force. This makes it possible in an advantageous manner to shatter the windowpane without any danger of injuring the person using the lifesaving device. In order to keep the hand guiding the lifesaving device from slipping, it is advantageous if the parts of the lifesaving device comprise grippable surfaces such as, e.g., patterns, grooves or crosspieces or an edging with the same effect. This assures on one hand that the lifesaving device can be reliably held and guided in the hand when shattering the windowpane and cutting the belt and on the other hand it is also advantageous that the lifesaving device can be rapidly disassembled and the cutting device exposed as a result of the appropriate, grippable surface. In order to be able to use the lifesaving device in an even more versatile manner and to create an inducement for the user to constantly keep the lifesaving device at his side a light can be additionally provided in the lifesaving device. It proved to be especially advantageous if this light is located in the end of the lifesaving device facing away from the striking part. This makes it possible for the striking-part side and the light side to be designed independently of one another. The lifesaving device itself can be designed in such a manner that it advantageously comprises an opening for receiving a battery in the one part of the lifesaving device which battery is provided for operating the light. This part can furthermore comprise a switch with which the light is put in operation. The switch can either be designed as a slider switch or also by rotating the parts, given a multipartite design of the lifesaving device. The lifesaving device can also receive a self-protection device. To this end a gas cartridge with a release mechanism is arranged in a hollow chamber of the lifesaving device. An exit opening is advantageously provided in one of the parts through which opening a gas released from the gas cartridge can escape. Such a self-protection device can be used with advantage for defense against attackers, who are driven off by the use of the gas. The lifesaving device can also comprise an electroshock device as self-protection device which when triggered repels an attacker by means of electroshock. The multifunctional lifesaving device in accordance with the invention thus exhibits great versatility of use. It is not limited to the exemplary embodiments described in the following. Thus, the invention can absolutely also be provided in a different design, e.g., in a square design or with surfaces provided with grip strips. Further advantages of the invention are presented in the following exemplary embodiments. FIG. 1 shows a two-part lifesaving device in accordance with the invention with a cap. FIG. 2 shows a lifesaving device in accordance with the invention with a foldable cutting device. FIG. 3 shows the lifesaving device in accordance with the invention with a light. FIG. 4 shows a lifesaving device in accordance with the invention with a self-protection device. FIG. 5 shows a lifesaving device in accordance with the invention with a movable cutting device. FIG. 1 shows lifesaving device 1 in accordance with the invention consisting of a first part 5 and a second part 6. Cutting device 3 is arranged in first part 5. Cutting device 3 is arranged in a protected manner in hollow chamber 4 of second part 6. This reliably prevents any injury or damage due to cutting device 3. Second part 6 comprises striking part 2 that has conical end 16 on one end. Conical end 16 is used to reliably destroy a windowpane when it is used. Bore 10 is provided in second part 6 through which bore a key chain ring can be inserted. This makes it possible to reliably store lifesaving device 1. It also ensures that lifesaving device is always at hand in case of need if lifesaving device is fastened to the automobile key chain by means of bore 10. First part 5 and second part 6 are connected to one another by thread 7. Cutting device 3 can be rapidly exposed by rotating first part 5 and second part 6 in opposite directions. In order to obtain a grippable surface of first part 5 and second part 6 a plurality of crosspieces 8 is arranged on first part 5. These crosspieces 8 bring it about that the hand guiding lifesaving device 1 does not slip off lifesaving device 1 during a striking motion. Edging 9 on second part 6 is designed in such a manner that a reliable rotation of first part 5 and second part 6 in opposite directions can take place without the hand or the fingers slipping off. Cutting device 3 is arranged on first part 5. In the present instance cutting device 3 consists of knife 11 with a hook-shaped plate. Knife 11 is connected to first part 5 by pin 12. Hollow chamber 4 in second part 6 is designed in such a manner that it can receive knife 11 in its entirety. Pin 12 assures that knife 11 is not torn out of first part 5 during a cutting motion with which the belt is caught and cut in the hook-shaped blade of knife 11. Crosspieces 8 can either be formed out of the material of first part 5 or can also be rubber rings which are slipped over first part 5 and held in small grooves of first part 5. It proved to be advantageous if first part 5 is manufactured out of aluminum and second part 6 out of steel. This assures a good compromise between the weight of lifesaving device 1, which should not be too great, and on the other hand a powerful mass and resistive force of striking part 2 when shattering a windowpane. Bore 10 for fastening to a key chain can also be located in first part 5. This assures that the key chain hanging on lifesaving device 1 does not hinder a shattering of a windowpane. However, tests have shown that even a key chain located in the vicinity of conical tip 16 of striking piece 2 permits a shattering of a windowpane. As a result of the conical design of striking piece 2 customary vehicle windowpanes can be shattered with only a very slight application of force. In FIG. 2 striking part 2 is integrated in lifesaving device 1′ at one end. Striking piece 2 consists essentially of conical end 16 with a sharp tip for shattering a windowpane. The lifesaving device comprises hollow chamber 4′ into which knife 11 is partially lowered. In this exemplary embodiment hollow chamber 4 is designed as a longitudinal slot in lifesaving device 1′. Knife 11 can pivot about axis of a pivot pin 14. In the position of knife 11 shown it is in the protected position. After having been rotated about pin 14 knife 11 is folded out in an axial extension of lifesaving device 1′. In order to be able to move knife 11 out of the position shown into the folded-out position, grip notch 13 is provided on the blade of knife 11. Knife 11 can be grasped at this grip notch 13 and moved out of hollow chamber 4′. In the folded-in state the bent blade of knife 11 is advantageously directed toward the bottom of hollow chamber 4′. This assures additional protection against being injured. Ring 18 is provided to make lifesaving device 1′ easier to carry. Ring 18 is located on one end, preferably on the end opposite striking part 2. Lifesaving device 1′ can be fastened by ring 18 to a key chain or a chain or can be suspended from a hook in the vehicle so that is available at all times. Knife 11 can be secured by a spring (not shown) so that it does not inadvertently slip out of hollow chamber 4′. Moreover, a spring can also be used to position knife 11 in a stable manner in the folded-out position. FIG. 3 shows a lifesaving device 1″ in accordance with the invention with integrated light 20. Light 20 is located in first part 5 of lifesaving device 1″. First part 5 functions at the same time as a grip for striking part 2. Light 20 comprises lamp 21, preferably a halogen lamp, and battery 22. Lamp 21 and battery 22 are located in hollow chamber 26. In addition, contact lead 24 is housed in hollow chamber 26 which lead supplies current to lamp 21. The current supply can be interrupted by switch 23. Lamp 21 and battery 22 are pressed against one another in the present exemplary embodiment by glass cover 25. To this end glass cover 25 is screwed into first part 5. In addition, first part 5 comprises magnet 15. Lifesaving device 1″ can be arranged on a metallic body with magnet 15. This is very advantageous in particular for positioning it in a vehicle. Second part 6″ of lifesaving device 1″ functions at the same time as a cap for cutting device 3 and as striking part 2. Hollow chamber 4″ is arranged in second part 6″ which chamber is inserted over cutting device 3. Cutting device 3 is covered in such a manner by second part 6″ in the present exemplary embodiment that second part 6 is thrust solely over rubber ring 17. This achieves a sufficiently firm seat with a connection of first part 5 and second part 6″. This embodiment has the advantage that the two parts can be separated very rapidly from one another so that cutting device 3 can be used very rapidly. Knife 11 of cutting device 3 is again bent so that the cutting of the belt can be reliably guided. In order to prevent knife 11 from coming loose from first part 5 knife 11 is secured on first part 5 by pin 12. FIG. 4 shows lifesaving device 1′″ in accordance with the invention which device comprises a self-protection device. The self-protection device consists of gas cartridge 30 and release device 31 shown only in schematic fashion. Gas cartridge 30 is located in a hollow chamber of lifesaving device 1 and secured there by cover 32. Cover 32 comprises exit opening 33 from which gas escapes as needed and after the release of gas cartridge 30. Such a lifesaving device 1′″ can be very advantageous in case of an attack and repels the attackers with the exiting gas. Due to the fact that lifesaving device 1′″ can be used in many ways and takes up only a little space it can be taken along by the user at all times. It is therefore available at all times in case of such an attack. The self-protection device is arranged in the present exemplary embodiment just as in the exemplary embodiment the FIG. 3 on the end of lifesaving device 1′″ facing away from striking part 2 which makes possible an independent design of striking part 2 and of the self-protection device. The self-protection device may also be provided in the form of an electro-shock device. Cutting device 3 in the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 4 is recessed in hollow chamber 4′ of lifesaving device 1′″. Cutting device 3 with its knife 11 can be pivoted out of this hollow chamber 4 via pivot pin 14 and grip notch 13. In contrast to the preceding exemplary embodiments knife 11 is then standing essentially at a right angle to the longitudinal axis of lifesaving device 1. As a result, lifesaving device 1′″ can be held in the hand of the user in the form of a T-piece like a corkscrew. This achieves an even better grip of lifesaving device 1′″, which means that even more force can be applied when cutting the belt. FIG. 5 shows a lifesaving device 1″″ with striking part 2 and with cutting device 3 integrated in a hollow chamber. Cutting device 3 with knife 11 is arranged so that it can shift along the longitudinal axis of lifesaving device 1″″. Cutting device 3 is moved by slide 19, which can be actuated from the outside of lifesaving device 1″″. Cutting device 3 is moved out of the hollow chamber of lifesaving device 1 as needed by a longitudinal movement of slide 19, which brings it rapidly into a position of use. Cutting device 3 can be locked by means of notches or indentations (not shown) that are put out of operation when slide 19 is actuated, e.g., by pressing down slide 19. The present invention is not limited to the exemplary embodiments. Variations of the exemplary embodiments and combinations of the individual designs are to be considered as falling within the scope of the invention. Aside from the invention other shapes such as round or unround cross-sections of lifesaving device 1 as well as other deviations of shape are possible. Likewise, knife 11 can have a shape different than a curved shape, e.g., an oblong shape, or it can be provided with an insertion slot. In any case, it is important thereby that a reliable and rapid cutting of the belt be achieved. First part 5 and second part 6 can also be connected by a groove plug. To this end a pin, e.g., of first part 5, is introduced into a bent groove of second part 6 so that after parts 5,6 have been rotated the two parts 5, 6 are either locked or unlocked. Patent Citations
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Bency (15), one of the HIV-infected siblings victimised by society a decade ago passed away at the Sree Avittam Thirunal Hospital in Thiruvananthapuram at 3 p.m. on Thursday. Doctors who attended on her said measles was the immediate cause for her death. She was admitted to the hospital on Monday. The doctors said Bency had the HIV encephalitis syndrome.
The funeral rites will be held at a date to be declared later since the arrival of her maternal uncle is awaited. Together with her HIV-infected brother Benson (13), she was under the care of their blind grandmother at Kaithakuzhy near here. The funeral will be held under the supervision of the Kerala State AIDS Control Society.
The body was brought to Kollam later in the eveningto be placed at the mortuary. A spokesman for the AIDS Control Society said a decision on how to handle the dead body before the funeral would be taken by the Society on Thursday. There is no harm in conducting the funeral as per Christian rites, the spokesman has said.
Bency and Benson are children of AIDS-infected parents. Their father C.K. Chandy died in 1997 and their mother, Princy, in 2000. At the time Bency was 5 years old and Benson, 3. They then came under the care of their maternal grandparents. Their grandfather Geevarghese passed away in 2006.
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The siblings were one of the best publicised cases of HIV-positive children being denied access to school. The issue had attracted the attention of even the international media. Attempts by the grandparents to get them admitted in several schools were denied mainly because parents of other students threatened to withdraw their children from the schools if the siblings were allowed to study there.
This compelled Geevarghese to undertake a fast in Thiruvananthapuram in 2003, which in turn resulted in the then Chief Minister A.K. Antony, calling a high-level meeting to solve the issue. Initially, a private tutor was appointed at their home and exams were also written separately.
Later, as the constant campaign on AIDS awareness began producing results, the siblings were given admission to one of the schools that earlier denied them admission. Bency and Benson were presently studying at the Adichanalur Panchayat High School with other children. Bency was in Class 9 and had been promoted to Class 10.
In September 2003, during an interaction with the siblings in Thiruvananthapuram, the then Union Minster for Health and Family Welfare, Sushma Swaraj, hugged them in public in an attempt to dispel myths and the stigma attached to the condition. On that occasion, Ms. Swaraj announced the public-sector Hindustan Latex would meet the educational expenses of the siblings for five years. Benson and Bency also had a meeting with former President of India A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
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