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Australian retail giant Wesfarmers has once again drawn on its powerhouse banner groups such as Coles supermarkets, Bunnings, Officeworks and Kmart, to deliver an 11.2 per cent jump in half-year profit.
The A$1.4 billion ($1.3 billion) profit exceeded analyst expectations, with group revenue of A$31.9b, up 4 per cent, also overshooting the hopes of investors.
But while Wesfarmers, which is celebrating its 100th year in 2014, has seen its December half earnings power ahead courtesy of key retail stores, its struggling Target business was once again a drag on profit, with insurance also weaker and earnings for its often volatile resources division swinging to a large slide in pre-tax earnings.
Wesfarmers, which released its half-year results this morning, said earnings before interest and tax rose 5.4 per cent to A$2.15b, with earnings per share 11.5 per cent better at A$1.24 per share.
Return on shareholders funds, which had been dented by the decision to buy the Coles supermarket chain in 2007 for A$19b, was up to 9.4 per cent from 6.8 per cent.
Across its retail divisions, which now form the bulk of Wesfarmers' revenues and profits, the company said Coles maintained its trajectory of strong earnings growth and an increased return on capital.
Cole, Target, Kmart and Bunnings
The Coles supermarket business - which on Tuesday night announced boss Ian McLeod would soon leave to take up a commercial advisory role with the Wesfarmers group - reported a 10.7 per cent increase in ebit (eanings before interest and tax) to A$836 million.
Return on capital for Coles rose to 10 per cent from 9.2 per cent.
The supermarkets' food and liquor division saw ebit jump 11.5 per cent to A$755m. Ebit margin actually fell slightly to 1.9 per cent from 2 per cent.
Kmart continued to shine despite the tough retail environment and skittish consumer confidence, with EBIT for the division up 5.7 per cent to A$260m.
But for Target, the cost of its restructure and shake-up to better perform in the trading landscape, as well as intense competition and problems around seasonal launches, saw ebit fall by more than half, or 52.7 per cent, to A$70m.
The powerhouse hardware big-box group Bunnings is not showing any signs of hurting from the roll out of a rival hardware banner group by Woolworths, with the chain reporting an 8.5 per cent rise in ebit to A$562m.
Return on capital for the hardware division rose to 27.6 per cent from 25.5 per cent.
Insurance, resources and industrial and safety
The non-retail divisions dragged down Wesfarmers' first half earnings. Insurance, which recorded a strong increase in underlying underwriting earnings, saw its results crunched by a A$45m Christchurch earthquake reserve increase. Insurance earnings slipped 4.8 per cent to A$99m.
Its resources division booked a 36.6 per cent dive in earnings to A$59m as lower export coal prices resulted in a significant decline in export revenue.
Its industrial & safety division reported a 17 per cent fall in pre-tax earnings to A$73m.
Wesfarmers boss Richard Goyder said the conglomerate would seek to strengthen its existing businesses, secure new growth opportunities and renew and redevelop its sprawling portfolio of businesses to drive shareholder returns.
He said a new management team at struggling merchandise chain Target would implement a strategic plan to turn around its performance, with the retail group's earnings in the second half expected to be better than the same period last year.
However, trading would remain ''challenging'' as Target underwent significant change in order to achieve long-term and sustainable growth.
Wesfarmers would invest further in its online retail sites, with online activity from across its businesses generating A$1.1b in sales for calendar 2013.
The company declared a half year dividend of 85 cents per share, payable on April 2, and up against the payout of 77 cents for the same time lat year.
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Burst encoders
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Dutch stay-behind version of the SP-15
- wanted item
was a complete self-contained modular
spy radio station
, developed in Germany in the early 1960s by Wandel & Goltermann and H. Pfitzner, for use by the
, Special Forces (SF) and the German Stay-Behind Organisation (SBO). In the late 1960s, the set was also introduced with the
Dutch Stay Behind Organisation O&I
, where it became known as the
(also as FS-7).
The set was supplied in a
green military watertight container
that was supplied by the Dutch Army, and contained an
FS-7 transmitter
, an
FE-8 receiver
, a
mains AC power supply unit (PSU)
and a
DC battery PSU
. The
, like the wire antennas, connectors, lamp fittings, morse key, headphones, isolators, tools, cables, etc., were supplied in
two grey plastic lunch boxes
Initially, the transmitter was crystal operated and a suitable set of crystals was supplied in a small metal container. The FE-8 receiver had a built-in VFO and was suitable for all SW frequencies.
Around 1975, by which time the Germans had already swapped their
sets for the newer
, the FSS-7 was given a mid-live upgrade by the addition of a purpose built
. This required modifications to all
FS-7 transmitters
and the addition of an extra
junction box
This junction box acted as an interface that connected all parts of the transmission chain together. It was made by the Dutch themselves and contains additional circuitry for calibrating the receiver, switching the antenna between transmitter and receiver, powering the Racal synthesizer and performing FSK modulation.
FSK, or Frequency Shift Keying, was necessary to support the much higher speed of a new burst encoder that was also part of the set. The image on the right shows the upgraded FSS-7 set
including synthesizer, junction box and key.
The unit at the front left is the
FE-8 (BN-58) receiver
which is also part of the set. Although it works independently from the transmitter, its antenna is connected via the
junction box
and an
extra cable
provides it with the
side tone
from the keyer. The FSS-7/SP-15 was used in The Netherlands until the introduction of the
and later the
In the Netherlands the SP-15 set was named after the FS-7 transmitter (Funk-Sender), but it was also known as FSS-7 (Funk-Sender-Synthesizer). The name
is also found in some documentation.
The FSS-7 set shown here is from the collection of Museum Jan Corver in The Netherlands. Many thanks for allowing us to take detailed pictures of this special version of the SP-15 and its container.
The Dutch Stay Behind Organisation
Like most other Europeans countries during the
Cold War
, The Netherlands had its own
Stay-Behind Organisation (SBO)
, a secret army that would be activated in the event of an invasion by the Soviet Union. The Dutch SBO was established in 1946 or 1947, just after WWII had ended, and became known as O&I (later: A&B). After much debate, the organisation was dismantled in 1992.
During the initial years, O&I used its own
ZO-47 radio sets
, develop by Dutch electronics giant Philips, but once the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
was established in 1949, newly developed
American radio sets
were used instead, such as the
and later the
Around 1968, it was decided to replace the American radios by the SP-15 radio set, that had been in use by German organisations since the early 1960s. As the Dutch operated in small unlinked cells, each cell was given its own radio set and radio operators were trained on its use.
Each radio operator was given two watertight metal containers like the one shown above. One was filled with money, juwelry, a pistol and ammunition. The other one contained the radio set. The containers were generally stored in the attic or burried in the garden on in a secret cache and were only retrieved for test, trainings and, of course, in the event of a war. After a series of incidents, both nationally and internationally, the secret network became known to the public which led to public debates and investigations. As by that time the
Berlin Wall
had come down and the
Soviet Union
had collapsed, the Dutch government dismantled the organisation in 1992.
More about O&I
Transmission chain
The diagram below shows the complete FSS-7 transmission chain. The FE-8 receiver is not shown here. The transmitter and the PSU, that are normally connected to each other, are separated and the new junction box is placed inbetween them. The new synthesizer is attached to the front of the junction box and a high-speed burst encoder is connected to the DIN socket at the top.
Note that both the RX and TX antenna connections are routed via the new junction box as well, so that from now on only one antenna is needed. Switching between RX and TX antenna is done automatically by the circuitry inside the junction box. It also contains a calibrator for the receiver.
The FS-7 transmitter was developed by Pfitzner in Germany and is built around two valves (EL95 and EL81) and just one transistor (OC450).
Around 1975 it was modified for use in combination with the new Racal synthesizer. As a result, the crystal socket at the far left of the front panel was
More information
The FE-8 receiver was developed by Wandel & Golterman (W&G) in Germany in 1958 and can be used stand-alone. It can be powered by an internal battery or by an external DC source.
The receiver has two ranges (2-5.1 MHz and 5.1-9 MHz) with permeability tuning, resulting in a linear scale for both ranges. This receiver was also used with the later
SP-20 radio sets
More information
AC Power supply
The FSS-7 was supplied with a highly compact mains power supply unit (PSU) that was suitable for all common AC mains voltages in the world, between 95 and 235 V. It produces the LT and HT voltages for the transmitter.
It is normally slotted into the left side of the transmitter or, in the case of the modified Dutch FSS-7, into the left side of the
junction box
DC Power supply
When no mains AC network was available, it was also possible to power the FSS-7 from a 12V DC source, such as the battery of a car. This was done by swapping the AC PSU for a DC one.
It contains a power inverter that converts the 12V DC input into 6.3V for the filaments and a HT AC voltage for the transmitter's valves. Like the AC PSU, it is slotted into the left side of the transmitter or the junction box.
Burst encoders
In the early days of the SBOs, radio messages were sent by means of
morse code
, for which operators had to be trained especially. The downside of using manual morse code is the fact that the transmitter is on the air for long periods of time, especially when sending long messages, giving the enemy a chance to locate the station by means of
Radio Direction Finding
, or
With the arrival of the first
American radio sets
, like the
, the use of
high-speed burst encoders
was introduced. These devices allowed a message to be pre-recorded on some kind of medium, and then sent via a transmitter at very high speed. This reduced the on air time and, hence, the chance of detection and interception.
In the early days of the FSS-7 the old American
GRA-71 burst encoder
was used, as supplied with the
sets, but they were soon replaced by the newly developed fully electronic German
(Memory) that is shown here.
The Speicher was initially connected directly to the morse key DIN socket on the transmitter, but later (after the introduction of the
) to the black
junction box
at the centre. It required a text-based message to be converted into numbers first, using some kind of manual encoding scheme. The numbers were then entered into the device in groups of five, separated by spaces.
Once the message was complete, the transmitter was powered up and Speicher was set to PLAY, after which the entire message was sent in just a few seconds, with far less risk of being captured.
Around 1973/1974, some (but not all) Speicher units were replaced by the more advanced MMP that is shown in the image on the right. It is suitable for alphanumerical messages. The MMP was not supplied with the FSS-7 set shown here.
More about the Speicher
More about the MMP
Around 1974, the German SBO swapped their
units after 15 years of service for the newer
with had a synthesizer-driven transmitter. Although The Netherlands desperately wanted to switch form crystal-based operation to synthesizers, their sets were just 6 years old, making a transition to the newer sets not economically justifiable, and another solution had to be found.
It was decided to give the FSS-7 a mid-live upgrade by adding an external synthesizer to the transmitter. A suitable one was subsequently developed by
(UK) and 160 units were ordered for a total price of NLG 2 million.
A budget for the development and manufacture of the units was arranged and the sythesizers were delivered by Racal during the following year. A typical unit is shown in the image on the right. Is has four rotary selectors for setting the frequency in a recessed bay at the top front, and a single 9-pin male sub-D connector
at the rear
All voltages and HF signals are guided to and from the synthesizer via this connector. The device is higher than the other modules and has a typical Racal-look. In order to use it with the FS-7 transmitter, the latter had to be modified and a special
junction box
had to be fitted inbetween.
Taking away the bottom panel of the synthesizer reveals a rather
complex structure
of metal cans of varying sizes and a lot of wiring to connect it all together. Although this Racal unit definitely would not have won the prize for most beautiful design, it reflects the state of technology in 1974, when synthesizers were just beginning to find application in professional equipment.
All in all, the Racal synthesizer proved to be a very reliable addition to the radio set and greatly improved the overall flexibility of the set as it eliminated the limitations of the old crystals.
Once connected to the set, the four rotary selectors on top of the device are used for setting the transmission frequency. The leftmost knob can be set from 2-8 MHz. The other three knobs have the full 0-9 range. This means that frequencies can be generated from 2.000 MHz to 8.999 MHz.
This means that each synthesizer had a price tag of NLG 12,500 (EUR 5680) in 1975.
Junction Box
When the
Racal synthesizer
was added to the FSS-7, the transmitter had to be modified as it would no longer be used directly with crystals. Furthermore, the signal from the synthesizer had to be fed to the oscillator stage of the transmitter and the synthesizer itself had to be powered.
In order to fit all units together in the upgraded set, a special junction box or common interface was built by the technical department of O&I. It consists of a small rectangular metal box with connectors on all sides. It is fitted in between the transmitter and the PSU. The synthesizer is connected to the sub-D connector at the front.
The FS-7 transmitter is modified and can no longer be used stand-alone. The crystal socket at the front left is
and its lines are now routed via the large connector at its left side, where the new junction box is now connected.
The signal from the synthesizer is fed to the transmitter via the junction box. For emergency purpuses, e.g. when the synthesizer is broken, it is still possible to use crystals, by inserting them into the socket at the
front of the junction box
. For this the synthesizer has to be removed.
On top of the junction box is a 6-pin 270° female DIN socket, for connection of the burst encoder or, in case the burst encoder is broken or can't be used, the small standard morse key.
Towards the front right is a small red push button that can be pressed to activate the built-in reference oscillator that is used for calibrating the receiver, much like the
separate calibrator
does with the
standard version of the SP-15
. Just behind the CAL button is a 2-position slide switch marked FS/OO. It is currently fixed to OO. The function of this switch is currently unknown.
The junction box also handles automatic switching of the antenna between transmitter and receiver, a feature that is missing from the standard SP-15 set which requires separate send and receive antennas. The
antenna connections
are at the rear, close to the internal antenna relay.
In addition to all of this, the junction box also contains a small PSU for the synthesizer which needs its own stabilized power source. It works by taking the HT voltage from the main PSU to the FS-7, and feeding it to a small transformer.
The image on the right shows the interior of the junction box as seen from the rear right. At the bottom right is the long conector that is fitted to the socket at the left side of the transmitter. At the left is the transformer of the synthesizer's PSU. It also powers the electronic circuits inside the junction box. The stabilizer is at the right.
The junction box contains a modulator for Frequency Shift Keying, or FSK, which is needed to support the much higher data rate of the Speicher burst encoder. At the rear of the junction box, between the antenna sockets, is a 3.5 mm jack socket that provides the
side tone
from the keyer. It should be connected to the side-tone input of the receiver and is used to monitor the sound. Although the junction box may seem like a simple device at first, it implements the following:
Antenna switcher
Interface between synthesizer and transmitter
Frequency Shift Keying (FSK) modulator
Crystal oscillator
Side-tone generator
PSU for synthesizer and circuitry
Like most spy radio sets of the era, the FSS-7 (SP-15) was supplied with a wide range of accessories, many of which were used to rig up the set under improvised conditions. There are various types of mains plugs and even adapters for 'stealing' power from a lamp fitting.
In addition there are the standard accessories, such as the antenna wires, counterpoise, wind-up antennas, morse key, earpieces, isolators, tools and even a small pocket lamp. Examples of some of the accessories in the images below.
Museum Jan Corver,
Exhibition Secret Messages
The Dutch version of the SP-15 was on display during this exhibition.
Many thanks for allowing us to take detailed photographs of this set.
Louis Meulstee,
Wireless for the Warrior, volume 4
ISBN: 0952063-36-0, September 2004.
Museum Verbindingsdienst,
Burst Encoders for Stay-Behind use
Dutch Signals Museum. Photographed by Crypto Museum. 25 February 2009.
Geschiedenis van de Sectie Algemene Zaken, Hoofdstuk VI, Consolidatie
History of the Section General Affairs, Chapter 6, Consolidation. pp. 79 - 80 (Dutch)
Describing the period May 1970 - December 1981. Dutch National Archives. Top Secret. Partly declassified and released in 2007 under the FOI Act.
Further information
Standard version of the SP-15
Dutch Stay Behind Organisation (O&I)
FE-8 Receiver used with the SP-15
Other Gladio spy radios sets
Other spy radio sets
Index of spy radio sets
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Mr. Speaker, I rise today for the first time on the floor of the United States House of Representatives to make a case for a very important piece of legislation, namely H.R. 2, the health care repeal bill.
Mr. Speaker, there are a multitude of reasons why this law should be repealed, but the most important is because it is a major impediment to job creation for small businesses and job creators in South Dakota and across this country. According to one study, an employer mandate alone could lead to the elimination of 1.6 million jobs between 2009 and 2014, with 66 percent of those coming from small businesses.
Mr. Speaker, one of the most important jobs and job-creation measures that we can do this year is to repeal this bill and to replace it with commonsense policies that actually lower costs for families and for small businesses, expand access for affordable care, and protect American jobs. What I heard time and time again on the campaign trail last year from South Dakota's small business owners is that they are simply waiting. They are waiting to hire another worker or to invest in new technology because of the looming threat of this health care law.
Whether it's a foundry owner in northeastern South Dakota or a motorcycle parts manufacturer in central South Dakota, the refrain is the same: get the government off our backs, and we'll be the small business job-creation engine that this country so desperately needs right now.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to listen to the citizens of this great country on this important issue.
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A guy I've been dating for 8 months had sex with another woman. I found the evidence. We weren't in a committed relationship or talked about being exclusive but he made it seem like he was only with me. When we are together we are very comfortable with each other and get along very well. Sex with him is the best we are very passionate with each other, except the night after he had sex with this other girl. Before I found the evidence he swore up and down he wasn't seeing anyone else. When I got home I text him saying I found a panty that wasn't mine I tore it because I was hurt and it's now hanging on the door knob in his bedroom. I got no response from him. Could he have been embarrassed because he lied or is just a coward? We are supposed to be having a conversation about this soon, he wants us both to cool off first. My question is do you think he is going to stop seeing me? or maybe make more of a commitment with me? Or tell me he wants her and not me? I know i'll find out soon but I just want some opinions. Thanks
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Dating isn't commitment. Dating is just dating and a person can date multiple people at once. Until exclusivity is discussed and a commitment is made there are no rules. That said. If you feel betrayed have the 'what are we?' talk with him or just walk away from the situation.
I think he just doesn't want to have an argument about it. That is why he wants things to cool down. He didn't answer because he doesn't have to answer. As I say, you are just dating.00|00|0
Yes i agree with you. I did ask him if he was seeing someone and he flat out said NO!! So he did led me to believe it's just me so i was shocked to see the panty. Thanks for your opinion!
Usually it becomes a tit for tat. If someone I want wants to talk about other men with me I will start bringing up my activities with other women.
If I am asked I'd say no automatically because in that moment it's all about that woman (Unless I want angry sex but I don't want to complicate the issue). A man can sleep with as many women as he wants to while he isn't committed. That doesn't mean he'll tell the women he's doing that.
Life is supposed to be fun and there are many forms of fun. If he was doing this after commitment I'd tell you to ditch him but right now what he is doing technically isn't 'wrong'. I'm not saying it's right but dating is a grey area that get's used and abused a lot.


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Men are less likely to talk than women with 54% of women having had a conversation compared to 37% of men.
A woman's been injured after a giant metal billboard fell from the side of a three storey building in Tooting.
The woman, thought to be in her thirties, was taken to hospital with hip and leg injuries after the sign hit her at around 7.30am on Tuesday 12 May 2015, just yards from where hundreds of commuters were making their way to work.
The heavy steel billboard is thought to have been put up just two weeks ago, next to flats above an Age UK charity shop on the corner of Mellison Road and Mitcham Road, near Tooting Broadway Underground station.
Rubble was left strewn across the pavement and the billboard, along with heavy steel joists used to attach it to the building, lay across the path and in the road.
Residents have questioned whether the joints used to fix it in place were too weak.
Edward Phillips, who lives in Mellison Road and is a homeware supervisor at Morleys department store, opposite where the hoarding fell, said it was lucky the incident was not more serious.
He said: "It is extremely large, heavy and is steel as well. It would have fallen from about 20ft off the ground so it could have easily killed somebody.
"Some children go to a local school up that way and there could have been a lot of children out if it had been a bit later, and people also go to work down that road to get to the Tube and bus stops.
"We are not sure what happened but the whole thing came away from the wall where it was attached.
"It was only put up a few weeks ago. It was put up in segments, so whether it was too heavy for the wall I don't know. Some of the wall came away with it so we are not too sure if the joints were too weak.
"It is lucky that nobody was killed - it could have done serious damage to any person or vehicle."
The woman, who was not trapped, was taken to nearby St George's Hospital. The scene was cordoned off and fire crews made the area safe.
Kevin McKenzie, a London Fire Brigade station manager who was at the scene, said: "This could have been a much more serious incident. It is extremely lucky that there weren't more people underneath it, cars parked or major utility networks."
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police added: "Police were called at 7.35am to reports of a fallen billboard which had injured a woman.
"The ambulance, fire brigade and ourselves attended, and the woman, who is believed to be in her 30s, was taken to hospital with minor injuries."
The Health and Safety Executive has also been informed.
The hoarding was later moved on to a flat-bed lorry and taken away.
Commuters said the incident caused traffic delays and "massive queues".
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Fedora 13 beta goes live
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Today the Fedora Project announced the launch of Fedora 13 beta, codenamed Goddard, after the rocket scientist of the same name.
"Rather than spend our time inefficiently trying to depart from the collaborative model, we embrace it. That means that our distribution serves as a force to better integrate technology from upstream -- not hack around it," said Paul Frields, Fedora Project Leader.
With Goddard comes a number of updates and new features for end users and developers alike. For the first time in Fedora history it's possible to install a Python 3 stack in parallel to the current Python 2.6, allowing developers to better optimize and increase the compatibility of their work.
Another treat for developers is an improved GNU debugger that allows unified information for C/C++ libraries and Python, all in the same running process.
Sys admins can now roll back entire file system states thanks to improvements to the btrfs file system.
In addition to plenty of improvements for developers and sys admins, The new release includes some new features for end users. Zarafa replaces Exchange as the included email client and PackageKit, an entirely new application, detects a user's actions and offers to install software assistants.
These automated features help to make Fedora more accessible, something Frields and his team strive for with each release of the OS. "I'm very excited about the improvements we've made to how the hardware 'just works' in Fedora."
Included in the beta are open source drivers for most NVidia, ATI and Intel video cards, automatic print driver support, automatic codec installation, and automatic content syncing for music devices –– yes, even for the iPhone and iPod line. The Fedora 13 beta runs the Gnome 2.30 desktop as its default UI.
The beta, documentation, and wiki can be found here. Frields says the beta period will last through May 4 and recommends that people interested in the beta create a live USB key. Instructions on how to do that can be found here.
"The feedback we get from community testers is a vital part of open source development. We can't fix bugs we don't know about," he said.
Re: ErrorsThanks for catching the 2.3 typo, but Zarafa, which is being packaged with Fedora for the first time, is a drop-in replacement for Microsoft's Exchange Server messaging and groupware. http://press.redhat.com/201...ra-13-goddard-beta-blasts-off/
A clarification would help, but it's not an outright error.
How's this: Included for the first time in Fedora's history Zarafa. Zarafa can serve as a drop-in groupware replacement for Exchange and features the standard email, calendar and other collaboration tools we've come to expect from an email client.
Few mistakes in articleJust some quick nots.
First, Zarafa is email server, competition to MS Exchange.
It cannot replace Exchange in Fedora as Exchange is proprietary windows-only software.
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ST. LOUIS — Right-hander Yordano Ventura threw another side session in St. Louis prior to game one of the Royals-Cardinals series, and all signs point to Ventura making his scheduled start Thursday at Kauffman Stadium.
Ventura, who missed his last start after some elbow discomfort, last pitched on May 26 against Houston.
On Monday, Ventura threw about 40 pitches in his side session and pitching coach Dave Eiland told me that Ventura didn't hold back.
"Very good. He looks strong, very healthy," Eiland said. "He threw extremely well. Command was a little off but that's because he didn't really throw beyond 60 percent his last (session).
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Will Ventura will be on a short leash in his next start?
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- 2 (850.48 g) can red kidney beans, rinsed, drained
- 59.14 ml lemon juice
- 59.16 ml extra-virgin olive oil, divided
- 14.79 ml mild cajun seasoning
- 1 garlic clove, more to taste
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This article is about the videogame "TwinBee". For an overview of the TwinBee series, see here, or the same-name character.
Twinbee is a cartoon-themed vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up game originally released by Konami as a coin-operated video game in 1985 in Japan. It was the very first game to run on Konami's Bubble System hardware, like Gradius. TwinBee was ported to the NES and MSX and has been included in numerous compilations released in later years.
TwinBee can be play by up to 2-players simultaneously. The player takes control of a cartoon-like anthropomorphic spacecraft, with Player 1 taking control of TwinBee, the titular ship, while Player 2 controls WinBee. The game controls consists of an eight-way joystick and two buttons: one for shooting enemies in the air and for dropping bombs to ground enemies (similarly to Xevious).
The player's primary power-ups are bells that can be uncovered by shooting at the floating clouds where they're hidden. If the player continues shooting the bell after it appears, it will change into of four other colors: the regular yellow bells only grant bonus points, the white bell will upgrade the player's gun into a twin cannon, the blue bell increases the player's speed (for up to five speed levels), the green bell will allow the player to create image copies of its ship for additional firepower, and the red bell will provide the player's ship a barrier that allows it to sustain more damage. The green and red bells cannot be combined together. Other power-ups can also be retrieved from ground enemies such as an alternate bell that gives the player's ship a three-way gun, a star which eliminates all on-screen enemies.
As with other games of the same genre, getting shot by a single enemy bullet will cause the player to lose a life. However, if the bullet only strikes either side of the ship instead, the player's ship will only lose one of its arms. If the player's ship loses both arms, it will lose the ability to throw bombs and the player must wait for an ambulance to arrive. The player must navigate their ship to the ambulance to repair their arms.
If two players are playing at the same time, they can align their ships vertically or horizontally together to perform more powerful attacks.
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TwinBee originally appeared as an arcade game. It was later ported to MSX and the NES. The Famicom version was re-released only in Japan under the Famicom Mini label for the Game Boy Advance. This game was officially released for the first time outside Japan as part of the Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits for the Nintendo DS in March , under the name RainbowBell in North America, although the TwinBee name was restored for the European release. TwinBee is slated for release on the Nintendo 3DS, and may feature camera support, 3D support, or analog support. This release was featured amongst other games from the Nintendo Entertainment System and Super NES to be released for the 3DS on a tech demo called Classic Games at E3 2010.


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My daughter recently had her first baby at James Cook Hospital. I would like to thank the superb Midwives that cared for my daughter in the Central Delivery Suite. The Midwives involved provided excellent care delivery and were truly professional in all aspects. The Central Delivery Suite Midwives offered excellent support and were extremely patient centred. The aftercare on Ward 17 sadly, was not of the same high standard as had been given in the Central Delivery Suite. Having had an emergency Caesarian Section I feel my daughter was not provided with the level of care that she should have had following surgical intervention. My daughter was pretty much left to fend for herself and her new born whilst she was still numb from the epidural she'd had for surgery. The baby was left in a crib next to my daughter's bed and despite being unable to function properly, there was an assumption my daughter was able to attend to her baby. In addition there was little support to help with bottle feeding and more emphasis was given to those breast feeding. From my own perspective, there needs to be more support for new parents at a ward level i.e. to advise them about how to bathe baby, feed baby and also with giving advice on what to expect following Caesarian Section. In addition, the hospital car parking situation is such that new parents can have quite a trek from the Maternity Unit to the main car park. Not such a long time ago it was common practice that one of the nurses would walk out of the ward area with new parents and support them. As a result of the difficulties my daughter experienced, she would only stay in hospital for a short period of time due to the lack of support on the ward.
Response from The James Cook University Hospital 2 years ago
Good morning Thank you for your comments regarding the care and treatment your daughter received during her admission to The James Cook University Hospital for the birth of her baby. I am pleased to learn the care given to your daughter in the Central Delivery Suite was excellent and I have forwarded your kind words to the staff involved. I am sorry however, to learn the aftercare received on Ward 17 was not not of the same standard and we will of course investigate this. I should be grateful therefore if you would contact the Patient Relations Department at your earliest convenience on 01642 854500, to discuss these issues further and the options available to take them forward. Many thanks for taking the time to contact us. Your comments are valuable to us. With best wishes Mrs Karen Harwood Lead Nurse/Patient Relations Manager
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