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The no confidence vote taken by SAPP on the PM is a serious blow to the BN. Of course Yong and his party can use this to further push the BN to submission. Yong said that the party needs to use this as a window of oppurtunity or else they will be forgotten by August. We say….There is too much at stake for the other parties or MPs to follow suit and we know that in Politics its a numbers game. I just came out of a bitter fight within our party PRS and this will be no different. The playing fields might be bigger but the tactics and strategies are no different.
The war is already wage at all levels and the offensive strategy taken by PM has to be meticulous. The invading forces of Pakatan are near the castle and he needs now," Unite BN in spirit,conserve their strength and plan the next move." There should be nobody fleeing in the face of adversity. We keep saying,"PM knows what he is doing." and he will be as swift as hare when the opening is ready for the treatments and his injections. Do read our analysis "Scorpions and Tadpoles" https://audie61.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/scorpion-and-tadpole/
In Malaysiakini, Tricia Yeoh from the Centre for Public Policy Studies said that Sapp is a minor member of the coalition but its decision could be the tipping point for the government. "This will have a ripple effect. Public perception, both nationally and internationally, will be affected because the prime minister will be perceived as a weak leader,"
"This might provoke other lawmakers, who are equally dissatisfied with Abdullah, even those internally from the Umno party itself, to act," she said, referring to the party which heads the coalition.The premier has refused to step down after the coalition's worst ever election results, but he faces a major hurdle at Umno internal leadership polls in December,when dissatisfaction could bubble over.
We do agree as Lim Kit Siang in his blog painted a clearer picture and the PM still commands the government of the day. The speaker to fall sick……? and deputy takes over..? Highly unlikely..Both were handpicked by PM.
But will the bombshell land in Parliament on Monday ?
With the ruling coalition commanding unbroken two-thirds parliamentary majority in the 11 general elections since Merdeka in 1957 until the recent political tsunami of the March 2008 general election, there had never been any no confidence motion against the Prime Minister in Malaysian parliamentary history.
The Parliamentary Standing Orders do not have special provision for a no confidence motion.
In the circumstances, a no confidence motion may be regarded as an ordinary motion under Standing Order 27 which requires notice of 14 days to be given – making it impossible for such a no confidence motion to be tabled on Monday, June 23, 2008 as the earliest would be July 2 if the no confidence motion is submitted today.
Standing Order 18 which allows an MP to move a motion to adjourn the House to discuss a definite matter of urgent public importance will be inappropriate and unhelpful as it only allows one hour debate on the specified issue without any vote being taken at the end of the debate.
The only way for a no confidence motion to be tabled and debated on Monday is for the Speaker ito treat it as a substantive and extraordinary motion which should take precedence and priority over all parliamentary business which does not need to comply with the requisite 14-day notice and publishing it as the first item of parliamentary business after Question Time in the Parliamentary Order of Business on Monday.
In doing so, however, the Speaker is likely be in direct loggerheads with the government of the day and must be prepared to pay the consequences of such decision.
I see little possibility of SAPP's No Confidence Motion against Abdullah as Prime Minister being tabled and debated on Monday unless there is a second political tsunami in the next few days, with waves of support from other Barisan Nasional MPs from Sabah, Sarawak and Peninsula Malaysia making it a credible parliamentary move.
We say BN is not yet ready to throw in the towel and the strategies which PM practises will be the truth and will all be brought out no matter who is involved as he tries to stay on to power at least until December. Are you so sure that he will not go beyond that…? His immediate tasks are to counter Tengku and his UMNO faithfuls and to a lesser extend Mahathir eventhough he is out of UMNO. Anwar is still outside his castle and PMs arrows are rightly "poised and positioned."
Will Umno's general assembly be "Tengkus or PMs Battle of Waterloo." which has been scheduled to be held from Dec 16 to 20,and where they will be some keen contests expected for the top positions. Ku Li has upped his tempo by telling Sabahans that he has no problem accepting a Sabahan to contest the deputy and vice-president's posts. The quota is simple and Ku Li has hedged his bets here as he knows "dangling the carrot" to UMNO Sabah will see one of their own being made a Deputy President if KU Li wins.
UMNO Sabah members aligned to Tengku who will wage this bitter battle has got SAPP moving to fight the little wars. Anyway June 18th 1815 was the start of the decisive battle. What a coincidence…!!


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Harmful ants in the Pacific
In 2014, with support from the French Government, Wallis and Futuna informed SPREP of its intention to identify nationally significant wetlands for future designation as wetlands of international importance (Ramsar Sites) under the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971).
Invasive ants.
Invasive ants are a diverse group of aggressive, competitive, dominating ant species that can rapidly establish and spread. Several ant species are amongst the most serious global invasive species. Their broad diets, nesting habits, ability to breed rapidly, high densitites and adaptibility to varied habitats make them excellent invaders. Agricultural economic, environmental and social wellbeing are threatened by these ants, many of which have been introduced to, and established in, many countries

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Washington D.C.'s Impressive Housing Recovery
Following trends for much of the year, housing inventory remained tight in August in Washington D.C. as the housing market here continues to make significant strides toward recovery.
Last month, the average number of days a home was on the market dropped 30% from a year prior, according to the Greater Capital Area Association of Realtors. It means this strong sellers' market shows no signs of abating in favor of buyers any time soon.
Housing inventory in Washington D.C. started to loosen from March to June this year, but supplies have been shrinking the past few months through August to significant lows. Available condo inventory dropped 20.8% in August and single-family home inventory dropped 5.4%.
And while inventory is tight and moving quickly in the District. Condo contracts rose 7% and condo settlement activity saw a 43.6% increase over August 2012 condo activity.
Furthermore, D.C. area real estate prices rose in tandem with the low inventory trends. The average price of a condo rose 6.5% in August compared to August 2012 while single family home prices here increased a 14.3%.
The median condo sales price last year was $385,000. Now? Condos are selling on average for $410,000. All while active condo listings dropped from 698 to 553 last month.
Median single family home prices in the city were $525,000, but they've since surged to $600,000.
Perhaps the significant number of new developments in progress in D.C. – as evidenced by the plethora of construction cranes piercing the cityscape skyline – signal some price easing in the next couple years. After all, large scale development projects take years to be approved and plans for these projects have likely been in place during the housing market collapse.
New development means new inventory, which means a less competitive buying environment. For the moment, however, clearly the hot D.C. housing market is still in full swing.
For More Information:
Rock Creek Realty: http://www.rcrdc.com/
Greater Capital Area Association of Realtors: http://gcaar.com/
Slate, D.C. Housing Market Prices: http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/08/12/dc_house_prices_soaring.html


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We do not stock these items. THIS SALE IS FOR AN UNASSEMBLED SHORT-BLOCK; DO IT YOURSELF, (DIY), PARTS KIT ONLY.This kit is intended for use up to 1,500hp. Higher HP kits are also available. If you're looking to build your own small-block Chevy Turbo engine, this is the kit for you. Special features of the SMALL-BLOCK CHEVY Turbo SHORT-BLOCK DIY KIT. (All items are subject to availability and may be changed without notice). Bore: 4.125" Stroke: 4.000" CID: 427. Dart "Little M" SBC Iron engine block; 4.125-B, 9.025-D, 400-M, Billet Steel 7/16 4-bolt Mains 1-5, Splayed 2-4, Left-Hand Dipstick, 2-pc seal, Made in USA; Includes cam bearings, dowel pins, freeze/galley plugs; SEMI-FINISH MACHINED BLOCK, REQUIRES FINAL BORE AND/OR FINISH HONE. Eagle Specialty SBC 6.0", H-beam, 4340 Forged Steel, ST WT, 7/16" ARP L19 capscrews, bushed pin end, wt matched. Lunati "Signature Blower Series" 4.00"-S, 6.000" x 2.100"-R, 2pc-RMS, 400-M (2.648"), BBC snout, Dual Key Ways, Int Bal required, 4340 Forged Steel, Pulsed Plasma Nitrided.
2618-F 4.125-bore, floating pin, 23°. Wiseco "GFX" Hi-Tensile Steel, File-fit required. Terms: Minimum deposit: 20% of total item cost, due at close of sale. The remaining balance due will be divided into 11 equal payments due each month thereafter until balance is paid in full. Engines may take approximately 6-12+ weeks to build.All Deposits and Layaway payments are non-refundable. All items are subject to availability and may be substituted without notice. We Make It Go Fast!! WARNING Some products may contain chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm.
California Health and Safety Code Section 25249.6. The item "427ci Small Block Chevy Parts Kit DIY Turbo Short Block 2pc RMS 1,500hp GAS" is in sale since Wednesday, November 2, 2016.
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When Lousy Ideas Fly
The Heavy Airbus and The Wall Street Journal Lite
Nov. 29, 2005: Vol. 1, Issue No. 51
Change in Rules Needed for Wake of Big New Jet
Airliners may have to fly twice the normal distance behind the new Airbus A380 superjumbo jet to avoid potential hazards from its unusually powerful wake, according to preliminary safety guidelines.
--Andy Pasztor and Daniel Michaels, The Wall Street Journal, Nov. 22, 2005
Picture this.
For you, it's been a solid week of nasty, contentious meetings and sleepless nights in London, Brussels and Paris. Finally, very early Friday morning you take a taxi to de Gaulle Airport and stagger aboard an Air France Airbus A380 along with 799 other bleary-eyed passengers.
You arrive at LAX after a 12-hour flight, where another A380 flight has landed within the hour. A total of 1,600 travelers from those two flights alone--plus 950 additional passengers from a 747 and other assorted jetliners--have arrived at passport control, which is being very picky because of a recent terrorist threat.
Once through passport control, you proceed to collect your luggage, forced to stand six-deep in front of the carrousels.
After nearly four hours in the airport, you retrieve your car and spend two more hours in stop-and-go Friday night traffic on the Santa Monica Freeway. You get home, kiss your spouse, wave to the children and hit the sack at 9:45 p.m., hoping to sleep around-the-clock.
At 3:00 a.m., jet lag kicks in and you're wide-awake.
At 5:00 a.m. you hear the thwack of the newspaper against the front door. You get up, lurch downstairs and retrieve the Times and--WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?
You thought it was Saturday, so why are you getting The Wall Street Journal? Is it Friday? No, you're not losing your mind. This must be The Wall Street Journal's Saturday edition.
Denny Hatch is the author of six books on marketing and four novels, and is a direct marketing writer, designer and consultant. His latest book is "Write Everything Right!" Visit him at dennyhatch.com.


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Professional thieves are like ninjas in the night, next thing you know, your house has been robbed! There will be sleepless nights after because you feel your safety has been compromised. Of course, locks need to be changed and it will be a really stressful task of comparing and deciding which is better. But why go through the ordeal of being robbed when you can prevent thieves from doing so? I'll save you the trouble of looking for the best doorknobs and locks in the market – try Kwikset Smart Locks! I have seen and tested it myself!
I attended the Kwikset Roadshow Manila 2018 event last month because I intend to replace our old doorknobs and locks. When you buy at the mall, you won't be able to test the durability, you just have to be content with the sales talk and trust your gut. It doesn't always work to your advantage. Most often you'd be disappointed, even if you buy the most expensive locks. So, for me, seeing is believing because your family's safety and lives depend on it.
Watch this short video to see what I meant above. Photos won't do justice so you need to watch to believe. I actually hammered the lock with all my might and channeled all anger just so I can at least make a dent. I did make a slight scratch but who would do something like this when you want to rob a house? You'd be calling the attention of the whole neighborhood, hahaha. But, now I know which brand to buy – Kwikset Smart Locks!
Kwikset is the leading lock manufacturer in the world, and they want to educate the Filipinos about the importance of doorknobs safety features. At the Kwikset Roadshow Manila 2018 Vice President and Managing Director of APAC Spectrum Brands Inc., Dave Albert, personally discussed the different forms of locks in the market that was presented to different booths at the event.
In the first booth was the product station where Asia Sub Region Product Marketing Manager of Specterum Brands Inc., Alivin Tan, showed the difference of common deadbolt lock that most of Filipino's use and Kwikset Smart Locks.
The participants experienced first-hand how easy it was to pick a lock on the deadbolt lock and witnessed how Kwikset locks worked wherein not a single person succeeded in attempting to open it.
Watch this video and see for yourself!
It was explained that from the traditional key-inserted deadbolt to the sophisticated touchscreen that has an additional safety feature, it also has the convenient and easy to use Kevo deadbolt technology that turns your mobile device to a door key.
Meanwhile, in the booth number two was the Style station wherein Kwikset showed the variety of designs and inspiration behind every door knob and lock from massive architectural structures like the Sydney Opera house to common household fixtures and materials.
In the last booth, Product Manager International for Kwikset, Kevin Sander, showed how every part of Kwikset products was made and tested to uphold the objectives of the brand and that was to provide safety to every households.
The Kwikset doorknobs were placed in a container and Mr. Sander poured a strong chemical and let it stay for a good few minutes, so we could see if discoloration will happen as it did with a German-made pair which can also be bought locally. As you can see, color still golden, no sign of damage.
Here's another video to show you that Kwikset Locks are truly durable! Imagine yourself trying to saw the lock!
To see is to believe and for mommies like me, I'd rather test the product before buying rather than believe in sales talk. If you want the best security for your homes or offices, Kwikset is the go to brand!
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6 Pumpkin Nutrition Facts You Didn't Know
Fall's signature squash is more than a decoration for doorsteps or a carveable craft project – it also offers an impressive list of health benefits. The vitamin- and nutrient-rich flesh and seeds of pumpkin can help you see better, improve heart health and even lose weight! Eat up as you read about the perks of this fall superfood.
- Pumpkin is good for your eyesight. One cup of cooked, mashed pumpkin contains more than twice the recommended daily intake of vitamin A. Vitamin A protects the cornea, the surface of the eye, and allows you to see in low-light conditions.
- Pumpkin seeds are good for the heart. Like many seeds, pumpkin seeds pack a big nutritional punch. They contain plant compounds which have been shown in studies to reduce "bad" LDL cholesterol. They also are a good source of a variety of nutrients ranging from manganese and magnesium to zinc, copper and protein.
- Pumpkin seeds help boost the immune system. Pumpkin seeds are a rich source of zinc, a mineral that is essential to immune function to fight infection more effectively. It also increases killer cells that combat cancer and supports wound healing.
- Pumpkin seeds make you feel fuller for longer. Shelled pumpkin seeds contain 7 grams of dietary fiber per ounce, while one cup of canned pumpkin delivers about 7 grams. This fiber helps keep you fuller for longer, which can reduce hunger and lower calorie intake.
- Pumpkin and pumpkin seeds help reduce cancer risk. A large study found that eating pumpkin seeds was associated with a significantly reduced breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women. Other studies have included pumpkin as part of a diet that reduces the risk of lung, breast, colorectal and prostate cancers.
- Pumpkin seeds might give your mood a boost. Pumpkin seeds are a natural source of L-tryptophan, an amino acid which may improve mood and may even be effective against depression.
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I pray.
All the time.
They are usually short minute prayers – here and there.
I've always done this since I fell in love with Jesus when I was 7 or so.
Certain things, places or smells remind me of a certain stories. When they come to my remembrance – I use them as way to springboard a prayer, so to speak. I call them a minute prayer. But, they are probably more like a few seconds prayer.
When I see an airplane, I think of my eldest son. His dream is to become an aeronautic engineer. So, if I happen to be driving and see a plane – I will pray for him. Nothing drawn out. Usually it will be – Lord, please show Him Your Glory and give Him Your wisdom today.
Another prayer might be when I see my overworked husband's tool that he left on my dining room table – I TRY (as I grit my teeth that he left another tool in the kitchen but hey – we are remodeling – grace abounds) to pray that he would be encouraged today by someone other than a family member. (This doesn't happen very often in his line of work, so when it does it is a complete blessing!)
As I do laundry, I pray for each family member as I wash their clothes.
I also pray for complete strangers. If you have a bumper sticker that I can't see the words – I pray for your eyes to be open to Jesus.
I pray for our postman or post lady every time I open the mailbox.
I pray for my Facebook friends – if they post something weird or just have a comment – I ask the Lord to bless them and to show them more of Him.
I also pray for you.
Again, nothing fancy.
Just like sweet text messages to the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth.
I love that He hears every one of them. He is kind like that. I know He will never get tired of my incessant rattling on. He loves that His child wants to talk with Him.
Blessings to you! You are loved!


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Design work for an improved transit station at Grand Boulevard and 12th Street is underway with a goal of easing passenger and pedestrian congestion near the stop.
RideKC plans to widen the sidewalks at the southeast corner of 12th and Grand and upgrade the shelters. The bus stop is one of the busiest in the city with more than 30 routes used by about 2,200 people each day.
The remodeled stop would be the first along RideKC's developing transit emphasis corridors where downtown bus service would be concentrated on Grand Boulevard as well as 11th and 12th Streets so routes are easier to find.
The stop enhancements will make it easier for our riders to board buses at 12th and Grand while providing more room for pedestrians to maneuver. The upgrades also will improve access for anyone with a disability.
Preliminary design work calls for widening the sidewalks by about 14 feet on 12th Street and by about 12 feet on Grand. A second bus shelter is planned for the northbound side of Grand Boulevard.
The area may be spruced up with trees and shrubbery. A digital kiosk similar to ones along the streetcar route may be added as well. The digital kiosks at streetcar stops provide information about transit schedules as well as information about theater, arts and sporting events.
The city has agreed to let KCATA use a portion of one of its parking lots for the stop improvements. Construction of the new stop is not expected to begin until later this year.
Above is how 12th & Grand might look when it's upgraded.
Above is how the 12th & Grand stop appears today.


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Shell Color: White
Size: 11.4 x 6.1cm/ 4.4 x 2.4inch (L x D)
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Voltage: 100-240V AC
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7. Timer function: Use the timer option to schedule actions, turn your led light bulbs on or off at specific time.
8. Small night light
9. Shake on/off
10. Customized circumstance light
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- RGB color changable: Dimming from 0% to 100% , over 16 million supported colors; color temperature changable from 2700K-6500K Warm White to Cool White, dimming from 0% to 100%.
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29 Saint Mary's Terrace, Midleton, East Cork
For Sale by Private Treaty
Overall Floor Area:
79 m2
**Virtual Tour Available on request**
Colbert & Co Estate Agents Midleton are excited to launch this fantastic home to the open market. looks can be deceiving and that is most certainly the case with 29 St. Marys Terrace in Midleton. what appears to be an older style terraced home is in fact a newly refurbished property with open plan living and modern appliances throughout.
Back in 2014 the current owners took this run down 3 bed property and gave it an amazing make over. Everything was ripped out so that this could become a more functional home for themselves and their little one. Sliding sash PVC double glazed windows give it a classical look form the outside whilst the open plan interior give it the modern feel on entering. Looks cant be everything however and the current owners were sure to upgrade everything including the plumbing, electricity and they even insulated the walls. the result is now a fresh, metropolitan and comfortable home ideal for a small family or investor.
Space may be at a premium here but the owners made use of every area. Never is this more evident than in the bright south facing bedroom upstairs where another wise useless over stairs area has been cleverly turned into a fitted wardrobe. The bright colors throughout make this property come alive and even down to the barn style half door to the rear, there is a sense of fun and functionality.
A must see and already our property of the month
Front room/dining 6.9m x 4.3m
Walnut laminate flooring. Floating electric fireplace. South facing PVC double glazed sash windows. Under stairs storage. Open plan living. Built in ope in chimney for tv.
Kitchen 3.7m x 2.6m
Newly fitted units and worktop. Integrated oven and microwave. PVC sash windows. Recessed lighting.
Utility 1.9m x 1.7m
Fitted units and counter. Plumbed for washing machine. Half barn style rear PVC door
Downstairs toilet 1.7m x 1.3m
Basin and toilet. Storage
Main bedroom 4.3m x 3.4m
Laminate flooring. Painted paneled roof. South facing PVC double glazed windows with fitted blinds. Exposed bespoke wardrobe. Tv point. 3 x double sockets.
Main bathroom. 2.2m x 1.5m
Tiled throughout. Large shower basin with tropical shower head. Heated towel rail. Toilet and basin.
Bedroom two. 4.3m x 2.5m
Laminate flooring. PVC double glazed sash windows with fitted blinds. paneled roof. Fitted wardrobe. 2 x double sockets.
Parking for 2 cars
Complete finish
Warm home
Walking distance to town
1 min drive to N25
Clever use of storage
Garden area to front
- Tel: 0129838748
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Lyttos Beach
Holidays to Nea Kydonia take you to a lively region in northwestern Crete that has sandy beaches and hillside tavernas covered. And nearby Chania fills things in with some lively nightlife.
A whole lot of Crete
Nea Kydonia is a region on the northwest coast of Crete. It's an all-in-one kind of place that takes you from swathes of sand at Stalos and Kalamaki to vineyard-backed villages like Galatas. The green hillsides are scattered with tiny, hidden-away tavernas doing a roaring trade in Greek classics, while waterfront restaurants make freshly-netted fish their centrepiece. There's all this, and the shops and bars of Chania close by.
A cluster of beaches
Nea Kydonia boasts a coastline dotted with full-sized sandy beaches and little scalloped coves. The main beach is Kalamaki, a Blue Flag bay surrounded by lush green hillside and topped with sunloungers and umbrellas along the shoreline. A little further along is the long, quiet stretch of Stalos, which comes with some near-deserted patches. And not forgetting Agii Apostoli Beach – here, a sandy path takes you across to a secluded peninsula with tiny coves.
Daytrips to Chania
Wherever you are in Nea Kydonia, you're never more than 15 minutes' drive from Chania. There's a really Venetian feel to the place as you'll see from the narrow streets that tumble down to the harbour. There's a 17th-century fortress here, and inside it you've got a maritime museum filled with wreck finds, navigational instruments and seashells. The main square of Eleftherios Venizelos has lots of café-bars, though most people can't resist the buzz of the harbourside restaurants.
At a glance
Go beach-hopping along Nea Kydonia's coast
Sample Greek cuisine in a hillside taverna
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Nowadays many people believe that the Soviet Union was the first in the field of space exploration. However, only few know that USSR also had great achievements in another close field – astronomy. During a long time the world's biggest telescope called The Big Azimuth Telescope or the BAT was located in this country. Moreover, it was constructed exclusively using Soviet technologies and developments, which demonstrated the country's leadership in the field of optical instruments.
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The decision to build the reflecting telescope with mirror diameter of 6 meters was made by the Cabinet of Ministers of USSR on March 25, 1960. Numerous leading Soviet enterprises were commissioned to work on the project. Authorities decided to construct the object at height of 2100 meters above the sea level near mt. Pastukhova located near Zelenchukskaya Cossack village in Karachayevo-Cherkessia.
All works related to the telescope's details manufacture and construction of associated buildings and facilities were finished only in 1971, although with great success. The next stage was transportation of all components to the assembling site and construction of the object itself.
The main load was transported by river transportation (Moscow-Volga canal, Volga river and Volga-Don canal) and then by land (through Northern Caucasus), accompanied by numerous scientists and police forces. Due to extreme importance and fragility of the load there even was a full-scale test transportation of a main lens' mockup.
Experimental operation of the telescope started in 1974 and lasted for two years. After that normal operation became possible.
General area of the site is about 50 hectares. BAT main tower and technical block, hotels, scientific and utility buildings and other infrastructural elements are all located there.
Some of the BAT characteristics:
Clear aperture of the main mirror: 6000 mm.
Focal distance of the primary focus system without correction: 24000 mm.
Focal distance of the static focus system with lens extension system: 349400 mm.
Rotating accuracy of the vertical axis of the telescope: about 2".
Accuracy of automatic setting based on input coordinates: ± 10".
Accuracy of object following: 0.2 of diameter of the star image.
Mass of the main mirror: 42 tons.
Mass of the movable part of the telescope: about 650 tons.
General mass: about 850 tons.
Height with vertical telescope tube: 42 m.
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The Gunners were outgunned, outfought and outplayed as the Merseyside outfit ran riot over Arsene Wenger's shambolic side.
It was a special display from the home side and it didn't take long for the Reds strong start to be reflected on the score board. Joe Gomez, replacing the injured Alexander Arnold clipped the ball into the area, his cross was met by the on running Firmino, whose glancing header handed the Brazilian his first goal from open play in the premier league this season.
Liverpool was firmly in the driving seat and started to accelerate far too quickly for Arsene Wenger's liking, so much so, Klopp's side turned an Arsenal attack into a Liverpool goal in the space of 20 seconds. The effervescent Sadio Mane marauded down the left-hand flank, cut inside and delivered an exquisite finish to double the clubs lead.
After the break, Liverpool showed no signs of slowing down and had a third on the 57th-minute mark. The home outfit took the term counter-attacking to another level, a poor Arsenal corner was easily cleared, Mohamed Salah picked the pocket of Hector Bellerin and cantered towards Petr Cech's goal. The Egyptian caressed the ball into the far left-hand corner and hands him his second goal in three Premier league games.
Daniel Sturridge completed the comprehensive performance, Salah's delicious cross into the box was turned home by the English International from point-blank range.
This was the second time in three games already this season that the Reds front three have all scored in a game, with potential additions to the side before the transfer window slams shut coupled with the likely returns of Coutinho and Lallana, Liverpool looks primed for an exciting season ahead!
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History of Egypt and the Fertile Crescent from the Ottoman conquests to the post-World War I period. 337pp, illustrated, maps. Bright, clean copy with a sound binding. Previous owner's name/address on ffep. Dustjacket has price-clip but otherwise bright and clean.
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IELTS Speaking topic: Study time
1. What time do you like to study?
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I will probably go with studying in the evening, because it would be very quiet at that time and there would be no much other distractions; whereas, you know, I cannot concentrate on the books in the morning, and even drowsy after breakfast.
I prefer to study with someone else, especially my girlfriend. There are several advantages. Firstly, if I find something difficult, I can discuss with him/her, and solve the problem much easier; besides, group study can help you find something important but you have ignored; what more important is that studying alone is much more stressful, especially when facing the final test.
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text: Is screen time affecting the brains of children? So far global medical and academic advice is conflicting 13 May 2019 14:09 GMT It's hard raising children and the list of worries and fears is never ending. But should digital screens added to the list of things to fear, or should they be embraced as a part of the modern world of parenting? There are mixed messages from both academia, and families. In April the World Health Organization issued new guidelines on how much time parents should permit young children to spend on screens - phones, tablets, or TVs. Kids younger than 1 year old shouldn't have any screen time, and kids ages 2 to 4 should have their passive screen time capped at an hour a day. These are similar to recommendations by the American Academy of Pediatrics which recommends children under 18 months get no screen time, kids between 2 and 5 should limit their use to an hour, and ideally, any screen time should be spent "co-watching" with engaged adults. But are limits and guidelines one size fits all? The Royal College of Pediatrics in the UK says evidence of screen harm is often overstated. They also say that connections between screen time and adverse effects are more around socialising, exercise and sleep, and are unable to recommend a cut-off for children's screen time. More evidence based advice for screen time may be on the way. The National Institutes of Health in the US is conducting a Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study. This study is following more than 11,000 9- and 10-year-olds at 21 sites throughout the United States. So far the two most significant findings: MRI scans found significant differences in the brains of some children who reported using smartphones, tablets, and video games more than seven hours a day. And children who reported more than two hours a day of screen time got lower scores on thinking and language tests. Advocates for screen time argue that it leads to advanced learning, improved language skills and should be embraced as a normal part of life. On the next episode we'll discuss whether there really is such thing as guidelines for screen time, or are there still too many unknowns? On this episode of The Stream, we speak with: Florence Breslin @floebe2822 Co-investigator, Laureate Institute for Brain Research abcd-study.org Jordan Shapiro @jordosh Author, The New Childhood thenewchildhood.com Dr. Kara Bagot Psychiatrist & Assistant Professor, University of California, San Diego profiles.ucsd.edu/kara.bagot Read more: Children need digital mentorship, not WHO's restrictions on screen time - Brookings WHO says limited or no scren time for children under 5 - New York Times What do you think? Record a video comment or leave your thoughts in the comments below. Tell us what you think


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Right now we have a single data point- one person timed their study and it took 10 hours of study to get to the point where they could write a few paragraphs discussing their trip to the Czech (which then sparked a minor war on the forums, but that is another story) with fairly few errors and it was more or less understandable.
Can anyone else remember how how it took them to get to that level of proficiency?
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Separate sealed or electronic bids for the construction of ELEVATED WATER STORAGE TANK REPAIR AND REPAINT (NELLE STREET), BID 2020-001WL, will be received by the CITY OF TUPELO until 10:00 A.M., LOCAL TIME ON THURSDAY, THE 13TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2020 and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud. Sealed bids will be received until the designated date and time at TUPELO CITY HALL, 71 EAST TROY STREET, TAX OFFICE, ATTENTION: TRACI DILLARD, TUPELO, MS 38804. Electronic bids will be received until the date and time via electronic online submission through www.centralbidding.com.
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Repair & Repaint a 250,000 gallon welded steel elevated water storage tank (Nelle Street) and foundations, with Instrumentation and Automation/SCADA.
Additive Alternate 1: Instrumentation and Automation/SCADA for North & South Thomas Elevated Storage Tank
The Contract Documents, in printed form, may be examined at the CITY OF TUPELO, AT CITY HALL, 71 EAST TROY STREET, TUPELO, MS 38804 and at Cook Coggin Engineers, Inc., 703 Crossover Road, Tupelo, Mississippi 38801. The Contract Documents, in electronic form, may also be viewed on line.
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Software Defined Networking (SDN) is technology that has promised to bring openness and flexibility to the network and disrupt incumbent, market-leading network vendors as new entrants aim to disaggregate the software from hardware. Guest speaker, Doug Murray, CEO of Big Switch Networks joined Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Woo Jin Ho to discuss the evolution and the current state of SDN technology, the competitive landscape, and market opportunities.
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Police say two women were killed in southern Utah when a pickup truck collided with a group of motorcyclists traveling from California to Sturgis, South Dakota, ahead of a well-known motorcycle rally.
The Utah Highway Patrol says it happened after a rider realized he forgot a bag at a McDonald's near Kanab on Thursday, and he stopped to tell other group members he was turning back.
Troopers say some of the motorcycles stopped in the travel lane and the driver didn't see them in time.
Sixty-two-year-old Ingreborg Treitinger of Los Angeles and 50-year-old Brigit Stein of Germany were killed. A third unidentified motorcyclist suffered critical injuries.
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The trailer of Ajay Devgn's Golmaal Again, which is the 4th version of the Golmaal series, is release today.
Rohit Shetty is the makers of the Golmaal Series. He makes the fourth series of the Golmaal Again as well. Golmaal Again releases the trailer of the film on Friday, September 22, 2017.
Talking about the short clip of Golmaal Again. One can say director Rohit Shetty is always takes the comedy as a main element of the movie. It will also show in Golmaal Again and will surely takes audience for a fun and madness drive. The movie looks to be bigger and better than the previous version of Golmaal.
Ajay Devgn, Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor, Kunal Kemmu and Shreyas Talpade is in lead role of Golmaal while Tabu and Parineeti Chopra are new member to the crazy family. There is big buzz around Golmaal Again. The trailer promises that the movie will run up to audience expectations.
Golmaal series is running around 10 years since the first version of the Golmaal released. Needless to say all the series is very entertaining and even can watch again and again.
Poster of the Golmaal Again is also release with the hilarious tagline : "Is Diwali Logic nahi sirf magic (This Diwali forget logic, only magic),". It clearly indicating that viewers need to leave their brains at home. Because they need lots of craziness with this Golmaal family.
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Parineeti Chopra is the new entry in Golmaal series instead of Kareena Kapoor Khan. She is very much excited after doing Golmaal Series. She all ready spokes lots about her working experience with super stars like Ajay Devgan & Rohit Shetty.
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According to her "All of these people are mad – right from the director to the last crew member. The reason we are able to show all the fun onscreen is only because we have so much fun off-screen. I never thought I'll have so much fun on the set of a movie,".
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CRIMEBEAT:V IS FOR VENGEANCE (Mantle, £17.99) is the 22nd offering in Sue Grafton's "alphabet mysteries" series, which is set in the fictional Californian town of Santa Teresa during the 1980s and features the private eye Kinsey Milhone.
This book opens with Kinsey witnessing, and reporting, a shoplifter in action; when the woman subsequently dies in an apparent suicide, her boyfriend commissions Kinsey to investigate the circumstances of the death.
Writing her protagonist in the first person, Grafton switches to third-person narration for a pair of parallel storylines, which feature a woman who discovers that her wealthy husband is having an affair and an upmarket loan shark being investigated by a slew of law-enforcement agencies.
Kinsey Milhone is an iconic figure in the world of the contemporary crime novel, a feminine, feminist private eye in the mould of Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe and a tough-talking, no-nonsense woman who prizes justice above all other values as she prowls the mean streets of Santa Teresa (in reality, Santa Barbara).
There's an admirable realism to Kinsey's methodical investigation – it being 1988, the detective has no access to mobile phones and internet searches, for example, which results in a lot of shoe leather being worn out – but it's telling that the pair of stories running parallel to Kinsey's investigation are the most vibrantly rendered aspects of the novel. Kinsey Milhone is now 38, and the weary tone of her delivery suggests that she's running out of steam as quickly as Grafton is running out of letters of the alphabet.
From veteran to debutant, and Parker Bilal's The Golden Scales (Bloomsbury, £11.99). Set in 1998, this private-eye story has for its protagonist a former Sudanese police inspector called Makana, exiled from his country and now grubbing a living from the bottom-feeding wretches of Cairo. Commissioned by one of Egypt's wealthiest men to find a missing football star, Makana gets sucked into a grim underworld of seedy film-makers, desperate glamour models, Russian gangsters, heroin addicts and Muslim extremists.
Parker Bilal is the crime-writing nom-de-plume of the literary author Jamal Mahjoub, who paints a vivid picture of an effervescent Cairo, a city that could have been tailor-made as a crime-fiction backdrop. In Makana, Bilal has created a private detective who ticks all the usual boxes of doggedness, valour and ragged nobility, but it's his backstory, and the political ferment in neighbouring Sudan, that mark him out as a fascinating protagonist.
The tale itself follows the conventions of the genre, as Makana uncovers the links that tie Cairo's criminal element to the power-brokers at the apex of polite society, but the setting and characterisation are sufficient to make The Golden Scales an auspicious debut.
The Glass Room (Macmillan, £16.99) is the fifth Vera Stanhope mystery written by Ann Cleeves, and her 25th book. A bluff, uncompromising Northumberland woman, Vera is here more broadsword than scalpel as she dissects the aspirations of a group of authors attending a creative-writing workshop, during the course of which a literary critic is murdered. Cleeves is very obviously having a little postmodern fun at the expense of her more pretentious peers – the authors were engaged in writing crime stories at the time of the murder, and the killer leaves a series of literary red herrings for Vera and the reader to decipher – but, overall, The Glass Room is a solid and enjoyably old-fashioned police-procedural yarn that harks back to the "locked-room mysteries" of the UK's golden age, with Vera in the role of a significantly less dapper Hercule Poirot.
Kevin Brophy's third novel, The Berlin Crossing (Headline Review, £12.99), opens in Brandenburg in 1993, not long after the Berlin Wall has fallen. Michael Ritter, an English teacher, has just lost his job, being politically suspect in the newly unified Germany for his pro-GDR attitude, which means he has plenty of time to embark on a quest to discover the meaning of his dying mother's last words. His journey takes the novel back to 1962 and the height of the cold war, when a young Irishman, Roland Feldmann, was blackmailed by MI5 into travelling to East Berlin. The time and place will be familiar to fans of John le Carré and Eric Ambler, but while Brophy is happy to employ the tropes of the spy thriller, The Berlin Crossing is very much a personal tale of one man's investigation of what it means to gain a new identity, be it that of an individual or a state. The love story at the heart of the novel may lack credibility at times, but Brophy's labyrinthine exploration of the human heart is given a poignant twist by the repetition of Pontius Pilate's timeless query, "What is truth?"
Crete is the setting for Paul Johnston's 13th novel, The Silver Stain (Crème de la Crime, £19.99), which sees a film producer commission Johnston's Athens-based private eye, Alex Mavros, to find a movie star's personal assistant. A straightforward assignment, but Mavros quickly discovers that the events being depicted on the film set – the Nazi invasion of Crete in 1941 – have contemporary resonances that prove lethal.
A Scottish author living in Greece, writing about a detective who is half-Scottish, half-Greek, Johnston employs an observer who is ideally placed to make an outsider's caustic observations about modern Crete, yet he knows the terrain well enough to give the setting a vividly authentic feel. The island's time-honoured love-hate relationship with law and order, allied to pacy narrative and deadpan black humour courtesy of a knowingly archetypal private eye, all delivered in deceptively elegant prose, make The Silver Stain an early contender for one of the best private-detective novels of the year.


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For me, that was my biggest reservation about a Henry. I'm hoping for a Big Boy with a loading gate.
Remlin is in trouble. https://www.henryusa.com/henry-media...20Announcement
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For me, that was my biggest reservation about a Henry. I'm hoping for a Big Boy with a loading gate.
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Competition is Good! Maybe this will nudge Marlin to 'step up their game'!
At least I hope so.
Photo there shows a loading gate but still the tube feeder...maybe either/or?
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I'm thinking it would be cool to have the loading gate and the tube. At the end of a day hunting you could unload them from the tube. But I'm sure having both will add cost.
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I'm really impressed.
As I mentioned in the other thread:
Way to go Henry.
Good move on Henry's part and noted they've decided to chamber 35REM! Good looking lever rifle.
I'm going to contact the owner regarding a Henry Long Ranger in 338FED which would be an awesome big game lever rifle. That and when the H010 Steel Lever Action .45-70 will be available with a loading gate. I'll jump all over both of these!
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Looks like the new side gate will be available in.35 Remington and .38-55, too. Nice. That's the difference in management and production styles of the two companies. Henry is innovative and aggressive, Remington is asleep with its thumb up its arse.
If Henry would make a .444, there would be some real sales interest. They already cornered a market share by offering a .41 Magnum.
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Now all they need to do is add the loading gate to their Big Boy series, and I am in!!!
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Factors to Consider on ADA Signs When Starting a Business.
Every business owner requires being concerned with every customer no matter their condition and also in accordance with the law set for every business. An individual having the prospects to start a business of any kind require knowing the law that governs those businesses before they commence to start them. There are some rules specific to a certain business, while others are common to every venture started anywhere within the state. One of the rules in a business involves the ADA signs installation. The ADA signs are designed for the sake of the individual living with the disability in order for them to have a capacity of getting adequate information of the availability of the business entities such as restaurants, stores, offices, rooms, among others.
The right place to install the ADA signs include the doors and by doing so helps in giving the directives toward accessing the rooms of various facilities such as hospitals, or in offices. There is a wide array of the ADA signs in the market that a businessperson can buy and install in their business and can be the simplest way to comply with the law or according to the ADA sign Act. The most common requirement for the ADA signs is to design them with the right font as well as where to be placed around the business place. The reason toward the formulation of such act is in order to cater to those people with the disabilities not to be discriminated and denying them liberty of doing or accessing various business facilities and also the social amenities. The description below indicate the requirements of any ADA signage for businesses.
The right place to install the ADA sign require being given the first priority since without being recognized becomes useless. The door become one of the most suitable places to locate ADA sign. It is the most and easiest way to notify somebody with the disability the availability of the business facility nearby.
The ADA signs require being non-glare. The anti-glare ADA signs do not hinder the people with the vision disabilities from reading and understanding the characters on the signs and that makes them have an easy time to understand. Quite a large number of the people in the society have vision problems and in order to cater for their needs, it is good to put ADA sign with anti-glare. The correct range of the contrast of the ADA sign character require being of light to high dark contrast. The other requirement is the font of the information require being of the size of two inches and above.
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Build water piping systems to pump and collect gallons of water from ponds. You'll earn money for every gallon of water you collect. Build more pipes and pumps to increase the size and capacity of your piping network. As you level up, you'll unlock better equipment. Watch out for other players trying to sabotage your network!
How To Play
Use pipes to connect your pumps with ponds. Protect your base pump at all costs! Choose the location of your base pump carefully. Once placed, you cannot move it. If another player destroys your base pump, you're out of the game. As you level up, you'll unlock better equipment such as bigger pipes, more powerful weapons, placeable defense objects and water processors. Water processors can be used to heat, filter and purify the water which increases the flow rate of your pipes. Ponds will be depleted over time, so make sure you plan ahead.
Ask the Community (6)
How much money do you get per gallon? It's weird to see, but I think the gallons flow too quickly to accurately count the $ per gallon.
By BaseShiny on Jan 24, 2019
You get $0.75 per gallon collected with pipes, the bucket collects 6 gallons at a time and gives you an extra $10 in cash for every bucket -> pond hit.
How full will the gallons.io servers get?
By Proffirs on Jan 24, 2019
The dev said on discord that the servers support up to 50 players, but that might change.
When you destroy one of your own pipes or filters, how much money do you get back for it. I can see my money increase when i destroy it, but i don't think i get the full amount back.
By Richricsch on Jan 24, 2019
I just tested this now, and I'm pretty sure you get 75% back, so for my $1,000 pump, I got $750 back after I destroyed it. This also applies to pipes and all other objects.
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Posted Sep 6, 2019
I liked it but it's kind of boring
Posted Jan 24, 2019
I didnt really understand the point at first, maybe a tutorial for new players or something, i don't know. First weapon hammer is really way to weak
Posted Jan 24, 2019
Not bad at all. I'll keep playing this. Kind of has a moomoo.io feel to it, but with way more items and cool powerups. I think speed pills are way too fast though, devs will probably need to balance.
Posted Jan 24, 2019
OK this IS my kind of game, i had pipes running like 2km way across the map, needs more players online tho
Posted Jan 24, 2019
Neat game! Still very new, so its still unblocked at my school. hopefully they keep it unblocked
Posted Jan 24, 2019
Really good, but the combat system needs work, seems a bit off right now
Posted Jan 24, 2019
Didnt expect much from this but damn gallons.io is pretty cool!
Posted Jan 24, 2019
Totally dominated dallas server, freezing pipes is super fun
Posted Jan 24, 2019
I reached like 2k gallons per second, it would be harder with more people playing tho
Posted Jan 24, 2019
This is fun af


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Maybe when the Nets' new ownership decided over the summer that Kenyon Martin was too pricey to keep, the evaluation was based on points and rebounds.
They certainly couldn't have based it on defense, or the Nets would never be in the mess they're in today.
So as they journey to the Garden tonight to face the Atlantic Division-leading Knicks, the Nets aren't worried about matching the point production of Stephon Marbury, Allan Houston and Tim Thomas. Not with Jason Kidd, Vince Carter and Richard Jefferson, they're not.
No, the bigger concern is from the bigger players, the Nazr Mohammeds and Kurt Thomases of the Knicks' frontcourt world. Mohammed also showed himself to be a defensive force when the Nets and Knicks last met: He blocked a career high eight shots and was huge in a stunning stretch of 15:42 (from 6:43 of the third to 3:01 of the fourth) where the Nets were without a field goal in an 87-79 loss Dec. 14. Still, the Nets put on a happy face about their frontcourt.
"We've shown that we can do it. In Detroit, our interior defense was good, real good," said Nets coach Lawrence Frank, whose 10-18 gang is coming off a 96-83 mugging Thursday by the Pacers, who used interior strength to win out. "We got into foul trouble and Jermaine O'Neal is an elite.
"This is what we have to work with. We definitely have to mix. With the guys we have, we can get the job done."
Especially if Kidd, Carter and Jefferson combined for, oh say, 120 points a night. Kidd still looks like a guy coming back from knee surgery and it's taking time. Carter and Jefferson are still learning to play with one another, although Carter admitted, "I had some pretty good nights" at the Garden. Still, up front, well, the Nets need help.
Rookie Nenad Krstic is going to be special. But for now, the key word is "rookie." Jason Collins is tough, a solid defender, a great help guy but he averages 6.2 points and 5.4 rebounds. Jabari Smith has been pressed into service and has shown some flashes, but he joined the Nets with a total of 415 NBA minutes to his credit.
Yes, the Nets are searching for help, seeking to make a trade. Problem is, everyone in the league knows it, especially after they gave up Alonzo Mourning, Eric Williams and Aaron Williams to obtain Carter. Suddenly, all price tags in the league doubled. And the Nets' best bargaining chips are a pair of trade exceptions picked up in the deals for Martin ($10.266 million) and Kerry Kittles ($5.128 mil).
"You can only do what you can do. And if there's something there that makes sense, we'll do it," said team president Rod Thorn, who stressed there is nothing imminent for the Nets. "You can't just go out and get what you want."
Why not? Steinbrenner does.
"People just don't give away good players," Thorn sighed. "There just aren't as many good big men as you'd like. People are loathe to deal size."
So the Nets will try to make do with three nuclear weapons and a mix-and-match frontcourt. Jefferson reminded the Nets' problems Thursday night were courtesy of All-World Jermaine O'Neal, who scored 31 points but was always a guy handled by Martin.
"He's a three-time All-Star," Jefferson said. "You can't focus in on Jermaine O'Neal . . . That would be like Kobe [Bryant] coming in here and saying our perimeter defense isn't what it needs to be because he scored 40. Sometimes you have to tip your hat to the three-time all-star who's going against a rookie, an unheralded post player and a guy, Jabari Smith, who really hasn't had consistent minutes in the league."


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Monday, security sources said 20 militants and two Turkish soldiers were killed in clashes in South-East Turkey, where Kurds constitute the majority of the population.
The PKK militants blew up explosives on a road in Dajlija in Hakkari province on the border with Iraq during the passage of a military vehicle, killing two soldiers and wounding a third.
According to a statement issued by the governor of Hakkari and the Information Office of the security sources that soldiers had killed 20 PKK fighters in total during two days of operations in the hostel area adjacent province of Şırnak Province.
It classifies Turkey and the United States and the European Union the party a "terrorist organization."
PKK took up arms against the Turkish state in 1984 and killed more than 40 thousand people, mostly Kurds, in the conflict since then.


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Inside Play
Every day the children and staff create new and interesting play experiences with familiar materials in six thematic play rooms.
Outside Play
Outside Play
We have an expansive out-door play space surrounded by old trees on a historically preserved ravine. We play outside whenever weather permits.
Children develop vast pools of experiential knowledge accumulated during years of happy, self-directed, constructive play. Kindergarten teachers consistently tell us that our kids are great students.
Visit Us
We are open Monday – Friday from 7:00am to 6:00pm. We are located just west of the river, close to UI Cambus and Iowa City bus stops.
Interested parents may drop in, unscheduled, during our visiting hours Monday – Friday from 9:00am – 11:30am or 3:00pm – 5:30pm. We prefer not to give tours during nap time. Allow at least 30 minutes for a tour.


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Portal:Nazi Germany
Germany made increasingly aggressive demands, threatening war if they were not met. Britain and France responded with appeasement, hoping Hitler would finally be satisfied. Hitler invaded Poland in September 1939, starting World War II in Europe. In alliance with Benito Mussolini's Italy, Germany conquered France and most of Europe by 1940, and threatened its remaining major foe: Great Britain. Concentration camps, established as early as 1933, were used to hold political prisoners and opponents of the regime. The number of camps quadrupled between 1939 and 1942 to 300+, as slave-laborers from across Europe, Jews, political prisoners, criminals, homosexuals, gypsies, the mentally ill and others were imprisoned. The system which began as an instrument of political oppression culminated in the mass genocide of Jews and others deemed undesirable in the Holocaust.
Following the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, the tide turned against the Third Reich with the major military defeats of the Battle of Stalingrad and the Battle of Kursk in 1943. The Soviet counter-attacks became the largest land battles in history. Germany was overrun in 1945 by the Soviets from the east and the Allies from the west. After the surrender of Nazi Germany, the victorious Allies initiated a policy of denazification and put the Nazi leadership on trial for war crimes at the Nuremberg Trials.Template:/box-footer
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Australia was remote from the main battlefronts, there was considerable Axis naval activity in Australian waters during the Second World War. A total of 54 German and Japanese warships and submarines entered Australian waters between 1940 and 1945 and attacked ships, ports and other targets. Among the best-known attacks is the sinking of HMAS Sydney by a German raider in November 1941. In addition, many Allied merchant ships were damaged or sunk off the Australian coast by submarines and mines.
Due to the episodic nature of the Axis attacks and the relatively small number of ships and submarines committed, Germany and Japan were not successful in disrupting Australian shipping. While the Allies were forced to deploy substantial assets to defend shipping in Australian waters, this did not have a significant impact on the Australian war effort or American-led operations in the South West Pacific Area.
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Third Reich. Speer was Adolf Hitler's chief architect before assuming ministerial office. As "the Nazi who said sorry", he accepted responsibility at the Nuremberg trials and in his memoirs for crimes of the Nazi regime. His level of involvement in the persecution of the Jews and his level of knowledge of the Holocaust remain matters of dispute.
As Hitler's Minister of Armaments and War Production, Speer was so successful that Germany's war production continued to increase despite massive and devastating Allied bombing. After the war, he was tried at Nuremberg and sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in the Nazi regime, principally for the use of forced labor. He served his full sentence, most of it at Spandau Prison in West Berlin.
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Initially, the Soviet forces conducted a strategic defence of the Moscow Oblast by constructing three defensive belts, and deploying newly raised reserve armies as well as bringing troops from the Siberian and Far Eastern Military Districts. Subsequently, as the German offensives were halted, a Soviet strategic counter-offensive and smaller-scale offensive operations were executed to force German armies back to the positions around the cities of Oryol, Vyazma and Vitebsk, nearly surrounding three German armies in the process.
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Media: Putin trots out 'invincible' nukes and war on poverty in State of the Nation
On Thursday, March 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered the State of the Nation Address to the Federal Assembly, which carried on for twice as long as usual, and for good reasons: the president needed to outline a number of key goals for the coming years. According to the Russian media, the future of the country depends on how it realizes itself in the very literal sense of the word.
- Vladimir Putin's annual State of the Nation Address
- Putin: Russia sets up continuous radar field of missile early warning system
- Putin vows instant retaliation against any nuclear attack on Russia or its allies
- Putin points to failure of West's arms race policy
- Putin declares creation of unstoppable nuclear-powered missile
In his very first sentence, Putin indicated that the speech was important and different, Izvestia wrote. According to the newspaper, for example the president did not mention new sanctions, accusations of alleged Russian interference in the American elections, the Ukrainian crisis, the doping scandal and other topics, usually discussed at every recent event. The first, socio-economic part of the address had one distinguishable feature - it set goals for the medium term of 5-7 years, however usually the address tends to be focused on more short-term goals, the newspaper wrote.
The main ideas of this part of the speech included stepping up 1.5 fold per capita GDP by 2024, stabilizing social expenditures at a slightly higher level than in 2017, supporting urbanization and the mortgage boom, encouraging self-employment, and raising the investment rate. According to Kommersant, this generally represented the main ideas of ex-Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin's group. The program did not seem overly ambitious, the newspaper wrote, "in any case, a fundamentally new government for its implementation is not necessary."
According to Kommersant, the president laid out only a general policy. Some of the topics he covered will be discussed in March-April 2018 (competition policy, infrastructure mortgage), the rest will be hashed over by the new government by the fall of 2018 (for example, adjusting the tax system).
There is a lot of uncertainty in the sources of financing for the new economic policies, Nezavisimaya Gazeta wrote. "The president described a vicious cycle - the economy needs to grow, so that additional resources will appear, but this requires additional assets. Despite the fact that the president spoke about the role of private business, the feeling from the address is different. The state will be the main source of investments. Although, primarily private capital reigns globally for technological innovations," the newspaper wrote. Experts told the newspaper, they also expect the programs to be bankrolled primarily by the state.
According to Nezavisimaya Gazeta, "seemed like the address was delivered by two different presidents" - the domestic agenda was quite "downcast", especially when contrasted with the part of the speech on breakthroughs in the military-industrial complex, one of the key messages of the address being the country's defense capabilities. For the first time, Putin talked about the progress of new strategic nuclear developments and hypersonic weapons, declassifying some of their characteristics, and other new weapons. According to Kommersant, all these projects are included in the state program of armaments for 2018-2027, which Putin signed in a decree on December 14, 2017.
Two sources familiar with the preparation of the "military" part of the speech told Kommersant, until the last moment, representatives of the presidential administration, the Defense Ministry and the top managers of the defense industry were discussing the "degree of transparency " of the address. According to one of the sources, on the one hand, it was necessary to demonstrate the real growth of defense capacity on specific examples, on the other - to prevent leakage of "excessively delicate information".
Kommersant: East and West getting tough on Rosneft
Rosneft risks losing two key foreign partners - US-based ExxonMobil has quit the offshore projects in Russia, and China's CEFC might have lost the support of Beijing's officials, according to Kommersant. The founder and chairman of the board of directors CEFC Ye Jianming was detained under suspicion of fraud, which calls into question the big 14.2% Rosneft stake purchase deal by CEFC. In turn, ExxonMobil has recently acknowledged that due to sanctions, the US will withdraw from all joint offshore projects with Rosneft.
According to Kommersant, in 2019, Rosneft and ExxonMobil were expected to start drilling on the Tuapse Trough in the Russian Black Sea basin. Now Rosneft intends to implement such projects independently, the company said.
However, working without the Western partner is difficult, and this might affect the timing, the newspaper noted. Sources in the industry told Kommersant, they do not rule out that Rosneft would postpone the terms of the license for the Tuapse Trough. Similarly, ExxonMobil currently tallied up the losses from withdrawing from the Rosneft partnership at $200 mln after taxes.
According to Kommersant, Rosneft's offshore projects with ExxonMobil have been practically frozen since 2014 and the formal departure of the Americans does not change things much. However, the CEFC problem can have consequences that are more serious. Because of Ye Jianming's detention, the deal for CEFC purchasing the 14.2% stake in Rosneft for $9.1 bln from Qatar's QIA and Switzerland's Glencore remains up in the air. Kommersant's sources in the industry fear that CEFC may not get the funding. According to the newspaper, not only the fate of Ye Jianming, but also of CEFC itself, which in China was considered being close to the authorities, currently hangs in the balance.
Kommersant: Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine convene to discuss 'the Russian threat'
An inter-parliamentary conference entitled "Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine: Eastern Partnership and Current Security Challenges" will be held on Friday in Chisinau. This conference is presumed to become a regular event. Its main participants are the three countries' parliamentary speakers. However, other high-ranking representatives will be attending the summit, among them representatives from the European Parliament, the US Congress and the Atlantic Council research center. The participants plan to sign a joint declaration on regional security and European integration. According to Kommersant, Moldovan President Igor Dodon warned of the threat to the process in advance, criticizing the architects of the conference for taking "another anti-Russian step".
According to the newspaper, if the conference actually becomes a regular event, a new format might emerge for discussing cooperation between countries, "all of which accuse Moscow of violating their territorial sovereignty."
A portion of the conference will be devoted to the issues of "propaganda and disinformation" (in January, Moldova banned the broadcast of Russian news programs). The second and third parts will touch upon economic development and energy security. The final part will be dedicated to unresolved territorial conflicts in all three countries.
Although Russia is directly mentioned in the declarations of two out of the four panels in the conference, Moldovan MP Sergey Syrbu told the newspaper that the conference "can in no way be called anti-Russian." However, Moldova's president vehemently disagrees.
Georgian lawmakers interviewed by Kommersant consider the Chisinau conference to be important both from the perspective of European integration and from the standpoint of opposing Moscow's policy. "Our states face multi-faceted aggression from Russia, therefore, consultations on uniting efforts are expected, and we welcome them," legislator from the European Georgia party, member of Foreign Relations Committee Giga Bokeria told the newspaper.
Vedomosti: Stockholm court fuels Russian-Ukrainian gas transit dispute
Instead of resolving the dispute over the contract for gas transit through Ukraine, the Stockholm Arbitration court initiated a new round of conflict between Gazprom and Naftogaz, according to Vedomosti. On February 28, the court decided that in the years since the gas transit contract was signed, the Ukrainian company had received less than $4.63 bln for the transit. In addition, the Russian company was ordered to pay for an annual transit of 110 bln cubic meters through the territory of Ukraine.
Gazprom does not agree with the court's decision saying that the arbitrators ignored "the decline in purchases by European customers," a narrative that Gazprom uses as the main reason for the decrease in transit through Ukrainian territory. According to Head of Naftogaz of Ukraine Andrey Kobolyev, if Gazprom does not fulfill its transit obligations, Naftogaz will once again appeal to the court and "sue the Russian company for compensation".
To fulfill the decision of the arbitrators, Gazprom will have to reduce transit to other areas, primarily through the Nord Stream project, analyst at the energy center of the Skolkovo business school Alexander Sobko told Vedomosti. "But the contract with the Nord Stream operator has a "pump or pay" condition," he pointed out.
Gazprom has funds for paying compensation, Fitch Analyst Dmitry Marinchenko told the newspaper. "Most likely, Gazprom will have to increase its record program of borrowing even more," he said, since Gazprom is even feeling the pinch from the fine.
Izvestia: Prague may say no to Washington and Moscow on Russian hacker's extradition
The Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic suspended the process of extraditing Evgeny Nikulin, who was detained in Prague in 2016 at the request of the United States. The decision was made after considering the appeal filed by the defense counsel of the Russian citizen, according to Izvesita. Nikulin's lawyer Vladimir Makeev told the newspaper that Prague might refuse to extradite his client not only to the Americans, but also to Russia. However, the main goal of the defense was to prevent the extradition of the detainee to the US, where he faces up to 54 years in prison for "cybercrimes".
"The Constitutional Court ruled that the Czech Justice Minister cannot make any decision on the case. We pointed to serious violations of the principle of due process, when my client was significantly limited in the ability to represent his own interests," Czech lawyer Martin Sadilek told Izvestia.
"The court can make a decision not to extradite the detainee to a particular country, that is, to the United States or Russia. From a legal perspective, all the preconditions are in place for this. The main thing now is to prevent his extradition to the United States," Makeev told the newspaper.
Moscow has repeatedly stated that it insists on the extradition of the detainee to Russia. According to the generally accepted legal norms, the request takes precedence, since the detainee is a citizen of the Russian Federation.
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Hilton Head Island - a piece of paradise
Hilton Head Island's Coligny Beach has been named one of the top beaches in the country!
The Hilton Head beach — the only South Carolina beach to make the U.S. list — joins nine beaches in Hawaii, eight in Florida, four in California and one each in Massachusetts, Georgia and Virginia.
Each beach on the list had a review highlight included, such as "Beautiful, clean and well kept" Coligny's was listed for "Lots of amenities."
Coligny's TripAdvisor page shows it has more than 3,200 reviews with 67 percent saying it's "excellent" and 25 percent saying it's "very good," and it has an overall 4.5 out of 5 rating. It's also listed as the No. 9 thing to do (of 116) on Hilton Head Island.
Feedback from visitors include:
- This beach is wide, fairly flat and very clean. Great place to walk, even in winter though be prepared for wind and chill on colder days.
- All I can say is AWESOME beach...Very clean water and surroundings. Bathrooms are also very clean and there's some really nice Restaurants within walking distance. I can't remember the name of the place we had lunch, but it was upstairs in the shopping area, which was just a few steps over from the beach, but overall, a very pleasant beach.
- We can walk to the Hilton Head Island Beach from our condo. We love it. As soon as we unpack, we change & head over to the beach. It's like coming home! It is one of the best family beaches we've ever been too!!! Even if you're not a really social person, by the end of the day, you have a whole new beach family :) It's such a clean beach, not too many seashells though if you're a seashell hunter. We love it !