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Дашкі́єв Мико́ла Олекса́ндрович ( , смт. Краснокутськ, Харківська область — , Київ, Українська РСР) — український письменник-фантаст, поет і перекладач. Автор двох фантастичних романів, чотирьох повістей, кількох десятків оповідань, перекладів, віршів, біографічних нарисів, багатьох документальних та одного науково-фантастичного сценаріїв.

Біографія
Народився в родині вчителів.

Після закінчення десятирічної школи вчився на геофізика на фізико-математичному факультеті Ленінградського університету. Навчання перервала Друга світова війна.

У перші армійські призови Микола Дашкієв не потрапив через свій поганий зір (до мінус 8), тому він повертається додому, в Краснокутськ, і у вересні 1941 року починає працювати вчителем, одночасно викладаючи фізику, хімію та математику. З часом, після відступу наших військ, опинився на окупованій території, і ця обставина потім довго труїла його життя.

На третьому році війни ніхто не зважав на діоптрії, тому, по першому звільненні Краснокутська, Микола Дашкієв все-таки потрапив до діючої армії, і з лютого 1943 по жовтень 1945 року прослужив в Радянській Армії: спочатку рядовим бійцем, потім — радистом, а пізніше — командиром відділення радіо. Воював на лівому фланзі Курської дуги, форсував Дніпро під Ржищевом у Київській області, брав участь у Корсунь-Шевченківській операції, у бойових діях в Карпатах, у Польщі (визволяв місто Бельсько-Бяла) і Чехословаччині (звільняв місто Моравська Острава).

Нагороджений орденом Червоної Зірки, медалями «За відвагу», «За бойові заслуги», «За перемогу над Німеччиною у Великій Вітчизняній війні 1941—1945 років».

Після війни, у 1948 році, Микола Дашкієв закінчив Харківський педагогічний інститут — за спеціальністю «фізика і математика». У 1947—1950 роках працював у школі вчителем фізики. По виході першої прозової книжки повністю перейшов на творчу роботу. Паралельно з писанням книжок, задля заробітку, якийсь час працював зав. літ. частиною у Харківському театрі музкомедії, де написав лібрето для оперети «Черевички», протягом 50-х—70-х років писав сценарії на замовлення Київської студії науково-популярних фільмів. У 1964 році переїхав до Києва, де прожив до кінця життя.

Творчість
Писати Микола Дашкієв почав з дитинства. І, звичайно ж, це були вірші. Ну а про рівень його «дорослих» віршів красномовно свідчить той факт, що його, попри тодішній порядок, прийняли до лав Спілки письменників без обов'язкових тоді двох надрукованих книжок, лише за журнальною публікацією віршованого роману «Правда». Щоправда, рекомендації йому давали Ю. Яновський та П. Тичина. А перша його книжка — поезії «На перевалі» — вийшла за півроку по тому. Вірші Микола Дашкієв писав все життя, але для себе, для жінки, для друзів. А для того, аби висловити те, що він хотів сказати, була потрібна проза.

Сучасній молоді важко зрозуміти, чому твори старих українських фантастів здаються такими приземленими, несміливими, «фантастикою близького прицілу». Для пояснення умов, в яких працювали тодішні письменники, можна навести один красномовний факт: будинок, де у 1948 році отримав кімнату молодий письменник Микола Дашкієв, знамените «Слово», в ті часи у Харкові називали ДПЗ (), бо чимало його мешканців у сталінські часи відправили туди, куди Макар телят не ганяв, а багато хто так звідти і не повернувся. На кожному кроці з різних боків чулися, бува, нагадування про перебування на окупованій території…

Зараз у це важко повірити, але, готуючи до друку своє «Торжество життя», Микола Дашкієв мав прикласти до рукопису довідку провідного фахівця в галузі за темою роману (біології), про те, що наукова фабула твору цілком можлива. З часом письменникам стало дихати трохи легше, хоча, як на наш час, не дуже. Щоправда, письменники потроху вчилися писати так, аби була змога читати по-між рядків.

Інший вихід підказувала фантастика — змальовуєш те, що бачиш, але кажеш: «Це відбувається на іншій планеті, на Піреї», і цензор все ковтає. Однак видати, скажімо, книгу на історичну тему — зась! Втім, було перекрито не все минуле, так, зовсім маленький шматочок — останні 300—400 років, і не вся поверхня Землі — лише територія України. Тим-то й не побачив Микола Дашкієв за життя свою «Страчену пісню», яку він закінчив у 1968 році, бо у ній йшлося про часи Катерини ІІ…

А от з фантастикою все було більш-менш добре. Фізик за освітою, учитель за фахом, радіоаматор з дитинства, Микола Дашкієв знав радіотехніку та електроніку, кібернетику та медицину, хімію і біологію. Батьки-вчителі прищепили йому безмежну жадобу до знань, а ще — любов до книг, які він збирав усе життя, черпаючи з них без упину. Ґрунтовні знання основ різних наук та життєвий досвід допомогли йому створити колоритні образи мужніх і сміливих людей — вчених, інженерів, творців складних машин і механізмів. Герої його творів штурмують простори космосу і проникають у таємничі глибини атома, зводять дивовижні споруди на Землі і за її межами, створюють нові небачені матеріали…

Публікуватися Микола Дашкієв почав у 1943 році як поет. Деякі з його віршів, написаних під час війни, згодом увійшли в поетичну збірку «На перевалі» (1948). У віршах Дашкієва — і ненависть до ворога, і захоплення героїзмом радянських солдат, і мрія про повернення до рідної домівки.

Тобою звеличена наша країна, Об'єднані труд і натхнення — тобою!
Дерзай же, могутня радянська Людино, Щасти вам, прийдешні й сучасні герої!

Романтика — це не у джунглях бродити, Не зводити прапор на щоглі фрегата,—
Романтика — це коли хочеться жити
Яскравим життям… І не страшно вмирати!

У 1950 році вийшов перший варіант першого науково-фантастичного роману Дашкієва — «Торжество життя», до якого він постійно повертався і загалом пропрацював над ним понад двадцять років. З появою нових знань в царині біології і медицини, постійно переробляв і доповнював книгу, дописував нові розділи. В 1966 році у видавництві «Молодь» вийшов другий варіант першої книги роману. Письменник мав намір написати і другу, де хотів розвинути основну сюжетну лінію, але зробити це так і не встиг. Дія роману відбувається в недалекому майбутньому, де вчені намагаються розгадати причини найпідступнішої недуги ХХ століття — раку, і врешті перемагають злоякісну пухлину.

Коли була готова перша версія роману, Микола Олександрович показав її своєму другові, письменникові Ігорю Муратову. Той, побоюючись, що роман викличе колотнечу, сказав:

Згодом, уже після виходу роману в світ, Микола Дашкієв писав:

.

Через десять років письменник публікує ще один роман — «Загибель Уранії» (1960), дія якого відбувається як на Землі, так і на далекій планеті Піреї, в зоряній системі Двох Сонць, яка переживає страшну трагедію. Дві держави в атомному протистоянні поставили свій світ і цивілізацію на межу знищення. В цьому романі Микола Дашкієв вперше вказав на можливість ведення метеорологічних війн, коли термоядерними вибухами можна спровокувати або скерувати на територію ворога нищівні тайфуни.

Крім двох романів, Микола Дашкієв написав чотири повісті і кілька десятків оповідань, більшість яких були зібрані в двох збірках «Галатея» (1967) і «Право на ризик» (1974).

Одна з повістей була опублікована в 1970 році під назвою «Кришталеві дороги». Серед шанувальників фантастики панує думка, що це — перероблений варіант роману українського письменника і поета Дмитра Бузька «Кришталевий край» (1935). Насправді ж, у 1968 році Микола Дашкієв вирішив переробити свою, написану на початку 50-тих років повість, дія якої відбувалася в атомному центрі. Зрозуміло, що у той час подібна книга вийти не могла, тим більше, що, фізик за фахом, Микола Дашкієв в загальних рисах описав в ній відповідне наукове приладдя. Ясно й те, що наприкінці 60-х атомний антураж був не таким актуальним, тому, за його власними словами, від попередньої книжки залишилася хіба що стежка із скла. Чому він зробив своїх героїв вченими-сілікатниками — неясно. Можливо, першою ланкою в цьому ланцюжку і була скляна доріжка.

Повість «Зуби Дракона» (1957) була відзначена третьою премією на Республіканському конкурсі на найкращу науково-фантастичну і пригодницьку книгу для дітей і юнацтва. В ній — як водиться, на тлі боротьби радянських і індійських учених-біологів з англійськими шпигунами за право володіння секретами «Їжі Богів» і «Зубів Дракона»  — розповідалося про унікальні біологічні каталізатори, за допомогою яких можна було б вирішити споконвічну проблему голоду в усьому світі або робити унікальні операції з трансплантації органів.

Твори Дашкієва перекладалися англійською, болгарською, угорською, грузинською, китайською, корейською, монгольською, німецькою, польською, сербсько-хорватською, словацькою, французькою, чеською і японською мовами.

На початку 1950-х років Микола Дашкієв написав біографічну книгу «Неходженою стежкою». Справа в тому, що під час роботи на своїм романом «Торжество життя» він познайомився з тодішньою зіркою на біологічному небосхилі, «червоним професором» Ольгою Борисівною Лепешинською, що виявилася незвичайно цікавою людиною: старою більшовичкою, соратницею Леніна, яка у свій час тримала у Женеві їдальню для більшовиків-емігрантів. Яке ж було здивування Миколи Дашкієва, коли він дізнався, що вона, виявляється, була донькою відомої мільйонерки Протопопової. Отож він, після виходу «Торжества життя», написав повість про цю непересічну людину. На жаль, наукові здобутки його героїні були не такими яскравими, як її доля і невдовзі потрапили на звалище разом із надбанням Т. Д. Лисенка. А рукопис довго лежав у шухляді письменника. Але одного разу Микола Дашкієв наважився запропонувати видавництву книжку про незвичайну, як на той час, долю мільйонерки-більшовички. А коли на пропозицію відгукнулися, дуже пожалкував, що в книзі не можна залишити те, що розповідала О. Б. Лапешинська про колоритні «нрави» кремлівської верхівки 20-х—30-х років. Разом зі своїм молодшим сином Миколою він переклав рукопис на українську, і у 1973 році книжка побачила світ.

Крім письменства Микола Дашкієв займався і перекладами. Так він переклав українською роман свого друга, чеського фантаста Володимира Бабули «Сигнали з Всесвіту». Втім, термін «переклав» не зовсім відповідає дійсності. Бо оригінальна версія книги «Сигнали з Всесвіту» скоріше технічна, ніж фантастична, і більше схожа на великий науково-фантастичний нарис. Власне, Микола Дашкієв не переклав, а переробив її у повноцінний художній твір. Однак за кілька років, коли Володимир Бабула написав повість «Пульс Всесвіту», тут від Миколи Дашкієва дійсно був потрібен лише переклад.

Єдиною книжкою Миколи Дашкієва, що й досі не надрукована — літературна обробка спогадів льотчика-винищувача Еміра-Усейна Чалбаша, який вчився в Качі разом із синами Сталіна та Фрунзе, був інструктором «Школи червоних асів» під час Другої світової війни, а після війни — льотчиком-випробувачем, що брав безпосередню участь у впроваджуванні нової, реактивної техніки. У 1975 році ніяке видавництво не наважувалося на їхній друк. Проблема полягала у тому, що льотчик був кримським татарином, ну а кримські татари були у радянські часи темою закритою.

Микола Дашкієв — член Спілки письменників СРСР з 1947 року. Крім української писав також російською мовою. Товаришував з такими українськими письменниками, як вже згаданий Ігор Муратов, Наум Тихий, Юрій Герасименко, Сергій Мушник, Олесь Жолдак, Анатолій Дрофань, Володимир Владко, Юрій Дольд-Михайлик, Володимир Савченко, Олесь Бердник.

У фантаста було чимало творчих планів, задумів, нарисів майбутніх книжок: основними в його архіві залишилися матеріали для другого тому «Торжества життя» та прикидки для великого роману «Під знаком нейтрона» про події, що відбувалися на його очах: колективізація, голодомор, війна. В цій книзі йому хотілося б на писати правду, але, знаючи, що таке не надрукують ніколи в житті, з сумом казав: «Не хочеться писати в стіл». Та нічого із замріяного здійснити йому не судилося. Тяжка хвороба, напружена праця, якій він віддавався весь, — міг працювати по 14—16 годин на добу, — підірвали його здоров'я: 23 лютого 1976, на 55-му році життя, Микола Дашкієв помер.

Не була видана за його життя і лебедина пісня — роман «Страчена пісня». Вважається, що це — біографічний твір про композитора Максима Березовського (1745–1777). Ні, все не так! Микола Дашкієв скористався тим, що всі відомості про життя Максима Березовського вкладаються на одній-двох сторінках, і написав роман про творчість і творця в задушливій атмосфері жорстокої за своєю суттю влади. «Страчена пісня», значно пошарпана цензурою, була надрукована через 9 років після його смерті.

Похований у Києві на Міському кладовищі «Берківці» (ділянка № 66).

Скорочена бібліографія
 Торжество життя: Науково-фантастичний роман. — К.: Радянський письменник, 1952. — 414 с. — 10 000 пр.
 Володар Всесвіту: Науково-фантастична повість / Худ. В. Якубич. — К.: Молодь, 1955. — 176 с. — 5 крб. 25 коп. — 65 000 пр. (рос. — 1957)
 Зуби дракона: Пригодницька повість / Оформл. Л. Склютовського; Мал. А. Іовлєва. — К.: Видавництво ЦК ЛКСМУ «Молодь», 1957. — 212 с. — (Бібліотека пригод та наукової фантастики). — 4 крб. 45 к. — 30 000 пр. (рос. — 1960)
 Загибель Уранії: Науково-фантастичний роман / Обкл. Р. Ліпатова; Іл. В. Савадова. — К.: Видавництво ЦК ЛКСМУ «Молодь», 1960. — 356 с. — (Пригоди, подорожі, наукова фантастика). — 7 крб. — 15 000 пр.
 Галатея: Оповідання. — К.: Веселка, 1967. — 258 с. — (Наукова фантастика). — 36 коп. — 65 000 пр.
 Кришталеві дороги: Фантастична повість. — К.: Веселка, 1970. — 372 с. — (Наукова фантастика). — 54 коп. — 30 000 пр.
 З безодні минулого: Науково-фантастична повість / Худ. Е. А. Ахунов. — К.: Радянський письменник, 1970. — 260 с. — 56 коп. — 65 000 пр.
 Право на ризик: Оповідання / Худ. Георгій Зубковський. — К.: Веселка, 1974. — 352 с. — (Пригоди. Фантастика). — 48 коп. — 65 000 пр.
 Твори в двох томах — К.: Веселка, 1981.
 Страчена пісня: Роман. — К.: Радянський письменник, 1985. — 288 с.

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Посилання
 Карацупа В. Про Миколу Дашкієва  // Сайт «Архів фантастики»: archivsf.narod.ru
 Твори Миколи Дашкієва у е-бібліотеці «Чтиво»
 Твори Миколи Дашкієва на УкрЦентрі

Література
 Карацупа В., Левченко О. Минуле української фантастики  // Український фантастичний оглядач (УФО). — № 3 (5). — 2008.

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ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS (NORTHERN TERRITORY) ACT 1976 - SECT 28B
Variation or revocation of a delegation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation
(1) If a delegation by a Land Council is in force under subsection 28(3) in relation to an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation, the Council may, in writing, vary or revoke the delegation:
(a) on its own initiative; or
(b) in accordance with a request or application made by the corporation.
(2) Before varying or revoking a delegation on its own initiative, the Council must consult the corporation concerned.
Variation to add functions or powers--application by corporation
(4) If a delegation by a Land Council is in force under subsection 28(3) in relation to an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation, the corporation may, in writing, apply to the Council for a variation of the delegation to:
(a) apply to all of the Council's functions or powers that are delegable to the corporation; or
(b) add specified delegable functions or powers; or
(c) add specified delegable functions or powers in relation to specified matters.
The Council must, in writing, vary or refuse to vary the delegation.
Note: For example, the corporation may seek to increase the part of the area of the Council in respect of which the corporation wants to perform functions or exercise powers.
(4A) The application must:
(a) set out the names of the corporation's members; and
(b) set out evidence that a majority of the members of the corporation are either:
(i) the traditional Aboriginal owners of land in the part of the area of the Council in respect of which the corporation will, if the variation is made, be able to perform the delegated functions or exercise the delegated powers; or
(ii) Aboriginals who live in that part; and
(c) set out the reason the corporation seeks the variation; and
(d) if the variation is to increase the part of the area of the Council in respect of which the corporation wants to perform functions or exercise powers--set out:
(i) the areal extent of the increase; and
(ii) the reason the corporation selected that areal extent; and
(e) set out a description of any consultation by the corporation with the following persons in relation to the variation:
(i) traditional Aboriginal owners of land in the part of the area of the Council affected by the variation;
(ii) any other Aboriginal community or group that may be affected by the variation; and
(f) set out a description of any conflict of interest arrangements the corporation has in place; and
(g) set out the qualifications and experience of:
(i) the corporation's officers (within the meaning of the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 ); and
(ii) the corporation's employees (within the meaning of that Act);
that are relevant to the variation; and
(h) set out how the corporation proposes to make decisions in relation to the functions or powers covered by the variation, including any proposed ongoing consultation with the persons mentioned in paragraph (e); and
(i) set out an estimate of the resources required to perform or exercise the functions or powers covered by the variation; and
(j) set out the following breakdown of the resources mentioned in paragraph (i):
(i) resources the corporation has at its disposal;
(ii) resources the corporation proposes to obtain from the Council;
(iii) resources the corporation proposes to obtain from another source, and the name of that source; and
(k) contain any other information prescribed by the regulations; and
(l) be accompanied by:
(i) a copy of the general report that the corporation has most recently lodged with the Registrar of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 ; and
(ii) a copy of the financial report that the corporation has most recently lodged with the Registrar of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 ; and
(iii) a copy of the directors' report that the corporation has most recently lodged with the Registrar of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 ; and
(iv) if the financial report mentioned in subparagraph (ii) has been audited as required under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 --a copy of the auditor's report.
Note: Examples of resources for paragraphs (i) and (j) are money, employees, premises and equipment.
(4B) The Council may, by writing, exempt the corporation from compliance with any or all of the requirements set out in subsection (4A) in relation to the application.
(4C) The Council must give the Minister a copy of the application.
(5) If the Council refuses to vary the delegation:
(a) it must give the corporation written notice of the refusal including reasons for the refusal; and
(b) it must give the Minister a copy of the notice.
(6) The Council must take all reasonable steps to ensure that a decision is made on the application within:
(a) 6 months after the day the application was made; or
(b) if a longer period is agreed in writing by the corporation--that period.
(7) If a longer period is agreed under paragraph (6)(b), the Council must notify the Minister, in writing, of the agreement.
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Workers' compensation rates in Arizona declining | Jerome, Gibson, Stewart, Stevenson, Engle & Runbeck, P.C.
On behalf of Jerome, Gibson, Stewart, Stevenson, Engle & Runbeck, P.C. posted in Workers' Compensation on Thursday, October 22, 2015.
It was good news for Phoenix employers last year when workers' compensation insurance premium rates fell by 6 percent statewide in 2015. This markdown outpaced 2014's rate increase of 3.2 percent. Now, for 2016, a major workers' compensation rating organization is recommending further cuts in insurance rates for this state, having requested that Arizona regulators approve a 2.2 percent reduction.
The apparent market trend that has led to lower rates also has meant more profits for big insurance companies. Although numbers for 2015 are not reported, Arizona workers' compensation insurance carriers made a profit on their underwriting in 2014, meaning that they collected more premium than they paid in claims. While this is good news for the insurance companies, it is not good news for injured workers whose claims were denied.
Arizona employers are doing particularly well with respect to avoiding claims for lost wages. Arizona boasts one of the lowest rates of claims for lost time at work in its geographical area, with only 647 workers of 100,000 having to take time off work for a workplace injury. By comparison, Nevada has a rate of 1,078 per 1000,000 and Colorado's rate is 986 per 100,000. Moreover, most payouts, over 75 percent, were for medical expenses paid on behalf of Arizona workers.
From these statistics, it is hard to tell whether Arizona has safer workplaces when compared to nearby states. However, the numbers may indicate that the employers and employees of this state are avoiding many injuries that cause an employee to miss time at work. The numbers may also indicate, however, that insurance companies operating in Arizona are particularly aggressive in denying injured workers' claims. If that is the case, it is all the more reason for injured workers to pursue their claims with experienced legal help.


Halloween was here. My favorite time of the year! We celebrated back in medieval times with the ladies and lords from Game of Thrones. Oh what fun it was!
Buffet spread by "the Wall". Guests feasted on: shrimp diavolo, ground pork + mushroom ravioli, beef fajita street tacos, nachos, bbq ribs, pulled pork sliders, creamed corn, cole slaw, potato salad, macaroni noodle soup and more!
Every dish was home cooked and so delicious!
House Hoang ready for battle!
Jon Snow.. who wore him better?
Off with his head again!
Drogo's facial hair on fleek!
King Joffrey got that inbred look down. loll Just kidding honey!
How dare you not dress up.. off with your head too!
No one's scared of this Ghost. She's too cute!


Join the three ethnic chambers as they come together to celebrate the holiday season. Network with over 150 local small businesses from around the Sacramento region.
Please bring a toy for the toy drive!


This has been a big week for Mars with the new NASA discovery of flowing water on the red planet, and the release of a blockbuster movie "The Martian" based on the New York Times best seller of the same name by Andy Weir and starring Matt Damon. An excellent book by the way! So, this is a good time to remind everyone that Google Earth also can portray Mars just like it does for the Earth. Mars in Google Earth has a fantastic archive of data from NASA (and other sources) from orbital imaging platforms, and Mars landers including 3D terrain, global imagery, high resolution orbital imagery, lander photos, and even lander 360 panoramas. The lander locations and tracks can be viewed, as well as their last known positions. Most of the data is current showing even the latest position of Curiosity and Opportunity. Mars for Google Earth only works in the desktop application (not on Google Earth for mobile).
To get started, you simply look for the little planet icon at the top center of Google Earth and click on it for a list of options including Mars (you'll see there are also versions for Sky and Moon). Click on Mars, and the Earth globe will turn into Mars. Mars was released in February 2009 (see original Mars review).
You can spend hours exploring Mars and the layers Google created to explore the data from the various landers and orbiters. I especially enjoy the panoramas by Opportunity and Curiosity. An important tip if you want to explore the panoramas is that you might need to expand the time slider selectors that appear in the upper left so they show the full time span. Otherwise the panoramas may load up invisible until you find the time when it was taken.
And here's a cool trick even long-time users of Google Earth might not have discovered. Fans know that Google Earth has a built-in flight simulator (read more), well you can also use the flight simulator on Mars! Kind a fun to fly around the crater at the top of Mons Olympus, or through the huge canyon of Valleris Maneris. Just look for the menu choice "View->Flight Simulator". I recommend the F-16 for faster flying. You'll need to learn the flight simulator a bit to fly well. Here's a view of flying on Mars.
I'm planning to see the movie this weekend. Can't wait to see it!
Frank, awesome work. And what a sail! Lucky dog!
On the mac Version (Google Earth Version 7.1.5.1557)the window with the planet is not activated. What do I make wrong ?
and points to the latest update (sol 1439).


Games are a great way to learn and acquire new skills, and this is true of good online games for kids as well. The free games for nine year olds provided here help kids develop important skills including cognitive skills like memory, hand-eye coordination and critical thinking. For example, playing World Capitals Quiz is an activity that allows nine year olds to put their knowledge of Geography into use. Playing the online game Clueless Crossword puts a nine year old's vocabulary and spelling skills to the test. Knowledge Adventure's entire collection of online games and activities for nine year olds allows kids to learn while having fun.
The online games and activities for nine year olds are designed to let kids have a great time playing games, but playing these games can be great fun for the entire family. Help your nine year old learn how to solve a Rubik's cube, or crack the Clueless Crossword together. Children greatly benefit from time spent with the family, and playing an online learning game with your child is an activity that will boost learning while you're having fun together.


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Pros and cons of Franz Joseph's plans
Discussion in 'Fan Art' started by TIN_MAN, Feb 7, 2009.
TIN_MAN Fleet Captain Fleet Captain
Thought I'd start my own (first time) thread to discuss whether FJ's work is really irreconcilable with the TOS source material (not the later stuff, I know that's hopeless). Mainly interested if anyone has actually tried any more or less successful retcons?
TIN_MAN, Feb 7, 2009
FalTorPan Vice Admiral Admiral
Out there... thataway.
As an FJ aficionado, I think very highly of his work. Before criticizing its lack of full compatibility with what was seen in the TV series, it's important to keep in mind a 100% faithful translation from screen to blueprint was never the design goal.
FalTorPan, Feb 7, 2009
Praetor Vice Admiral Admiral
The fine line between continuity and fanwank.
I always found the placement of engineering and the arrangement of the secondary hull's innards interesting. I think with certain rearrangements, they're fine.
Praetor, Feb 7, 2009
Hey FalTorPan, love your website, been a fan for years! Just wish you'd finish your engine room articles. I think FJ's intent was more to present the ship as it could really have been built, rather than to slavishly adhere to every redressed set-of-the-week or every throwaway line here and there about what was on what deck? Even so, I have no problem watching TOS and appreciating MJ's set design, and at the same time looking at FJ's designs and appreciating how everything can be made to fit together in the greater structure of the ship, and it doesn't bother me that the bridge doesn't line up on the centerline.
Bernard Guignard Fleet Captain Fleet Captain
For me the Blueprints read USS Constitution but Design is not a Static matter. There would have been Yard changes in the design of the ship due to engineering and design problems that solutions had to come up with. F.J. BPs don't show those changes. They would have been incorporated into the next ship design as well as other changes and upgrades to the technolgy Ultimately each ship in the Constitution class Lineage could look slightly Different on the outside and radically different on the inside. Yes modular design and standardized components would make the ships of the class similar but I still think that there would be differences.
So for me F.J.s Blueprints are as legitimate as any one elses who wants
to show thier intepretation.
Bernard Guignard, Feb 7, 2009
Klaus Vice Admiral Admiral
Beach condo, Bay of Eldamar
Well my copies have holes in the corners from being pinned to wall when I was in high school , so I love them. The bridge offset made me go "hmmmm" as a kid but doesn't make me as riled as some, and though I quickly realized they didn't match all the references on the show I also quickly realized that the show wasn't consistent so it was a Catch-22. [Lost in Space had already taught me the concept of continuity glitches at an early age, so I was cool with that. ]
I've had mine since they came out, cover price $4.95!
I agree that they're just an interpretation, like everyone else's...
I have been a passionate Trekfan since seeing snatches of TOS' original broadcast as a young child, but the height of excess this question brings out in some folks here make these among the truest words e'er sung:
"Just repeat to yourself 'It's just a show/I should really just relax' "
Klaus, Feb 7, 2009
Forbin Admiral Admiral
I said out, dammit!
I have no idea where I got it, but I have a set of the blueprints untrimmed, all together as one giant poster.
Forbin, Feb 7, 2009
Forbin, you lucky guy!
Warped9 Admiral Admiral
Brockville, Ontario, Canada
TIN_MAN said: ↑
I still have a copy of his plans in the vinyl pouch as well as two copies of the Tech Manual. The first is an older "hardcover" version and the other is a more recent Ballantine reissue for reference.
I keep them for nostalgia because FJ was a significant inspiration for my own forays into Treknical material even though I can easily spot how divergent and inconsistent much of what he did was with what we saw on TOS.
My own TOS shuttlecraft project is an open tip-of-the-hat to FJ's work in terms of style and striving for a reasonable measure of credibility. In like manner I'll go on to other Trek related projects.
Warped9, Feb 7, 2009
Forbin, those wouldn't happen to include copies of Gene Roddenberry's authentication signiture, would they?
Bernard, you hit the nail on the head, the "in Universe" explanation is that no two ships are ever exactly alike, for all the reasons you mentioned, plus improvements with each sub-class from original Conie to Bonie to Achernie etc.
But I still think that Internally, the ships of a major class would still be pretty close in specs of one another, just as the outside seems to be. That's why I'm interested in "retcon" ideas, something along the lines of McMaster, Mandel and Everhart. That is, something that respects the integrity of FJ's functional realism, but at the same time, incorporates the details of MJ's set/model elements as we actually saw them onscreen.
Jimini Lieutenant Junior Grade Red Shirt
Forbin said: ↑
The dreadnaught, tug, scout/destroyer, and Enterprise?
There was a short-lived (IIRC) sci-fi magazine from the late 70's whose 20nd issue had those four ships on a fold-out poster. I forget what artwork was on the other side, but there ws something. Sadly my copy is packed away somewhere and no longer in pristine condition.
Jimini, Feb 8, 2009
Jimini said: ↑
No, the deck plans. All the pages on one big untrimmed sheet. It's huge!
ancient Vice Admiral Admiral
^^Oooo shiney!
I think they're great blueprints, extremely good quality, well planned, all around awesome, especially considering the times (no computer help, little other work for reference.)
And now a list of nitpicks:
-rotated bridge. That's never, ever going to look right to me, and that's that.
-engineering. Not what we saw on screen. Close, but not right. Noooooooo!
-I think the fact that there is no real deflector machinery or warp core leaves the engine hull looking not...enginey enough.
-The ship doesn't have the same proportions as the 11-footer, which is the version of the ship I consider closest to 'real'.
-Window/hatch placement on the models seems to be largely ignored.
But those are nitpicks, minor annoyances at best.
ancient, Feb 8, 2009
ancient, You do great work too, by the way. As for FJ's stuff, the lack of deflector machinery always bothered me also, but as you say the dimensions are somwhat off, especially in that area. MJ's original seems to be somewhat longer in front of the dorsal conection, so maybe there's enough room to retcon at least a little bit of machinery in there? And as for a warp core? Well, maybe in FJ's secondary hull engine room there might be space for at least a small warp core, like we saw in TAS? Which brings up another angle on all this, the comparisons between FJ's stuff and the TAS interiors, here we have a little more leeway at least, in cherry picking what we want to use and what we want to ignore.
uniderth Commodore Commodore
I think FJ's work is a Trek classic. NOt only holding a important place in Trek history but in my life. I remember borrowing the Starfleet Technical Manual from the library and study every aspect of the drawings. One day the library lost the copy of the book and spent years looking for the book. One day I found it at the book store and had my dad switch it with the book I was going to buy(TNG technical manual). I've cherished that book ever since then. A few years ago I bought another copy of the book so I wouldn't wear out my original.
As far as accuracy is concerned I didn't even notice it as a kid. Nowdays it's just fun to look at.
This book has even been inspiration for my own technical manual projects I'm working on. I love FJ's work. It's amazing, takes me back to my childhood(and plans of making a real starfleet).
uniderth, Feb 8, 2009
Forbin, that is great. You need a frame for those.
ancient said: ↑
Those are basically my issues/feelings too. The bridge I could go either way on. The lack of deflector and warp machinery has always bugged me. The deflector area itself isn't accurate to the model, either - the indents on the rings behind the dish don't go in far enough. Of course FJ was going for the idea that the engine machinery was almost totally in the engines, so that explains that. But there still seems to be a lack of machinery.
So one of us should probably just take and whittle down and rearrange FJ's plans to fit within the Casmiro drawings, accurize, and see where we are.
Boy... it may just be me, but that sounds like no fun at all.
Vance Vice Admiral In Memoriam
FJ released a handful of these as convention 'posters' within the first couple of years of the blueprint's release. If it's legitimate (sadly, a lot of illegal copies are around, though not many of the pre-cuts, for obvious reasons), then it's worth quite a bit to certain collectors.
Vance, Feb 8, 2009
^Thanks, Vance, that mystery has been hovering around me for years. I still can't remember what con I got it at, but it's nice to know what it is.
I have no reason NOT to think it's a legit copy.
Anybody wanna buy it?
So one of us should propably just take and whittle down and rearange FJ's plans to fit within the casimiro drawings, accurise, and see where we are
Capital Idea Praeter, I was hopeing someone would volunteer. I have some ideas for such a project, but my drafting skills are mediocre at best and my computer art skills are non-existant. However, a good place to get some ideas on what would be required in the project is "Dave's Holodeck", He has an article w/ a deck-by-deck internal/external comparison, I don't agree w/ everything he says , but its a good place to get started?
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"Paradise in Season: New Works by Beverly A. Smith, Vladislav Yeliseyev and Joseph Palmerio" March 14-April 30 • Celery Barn in Towles Court
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"Paradise in Season:
New Works by Beverly A. Smith, Vladislav Yeliseyev and Joseph Palmerio"
March 14-April 30 • Celery Barn in Towles Court
The exhibit includes abstract and impressionistic landscapes in oil and watercolor.
(Sarasota, FL) "Paradise in Season: New Works by Beverly A. Smith, Vladislav Yeliseyev and Joseph Palmerio" runs March 14 through April 30 at the Celery Barn in Towles Court, 266 South Links Avenue, Sarasota. The exhibit includes abstract and impressionistic landscapes in oil and watercolor. The artists, who represent themselves in this show, will be available on the opening weekend, March 14-15, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., with a life painting demonstration by Vladislav Yeliseyev on March 15 at 2 p.m. A reception, with the artists in attendance, is March 21, 6-9 p.m. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday, noon-4 p.m. For more information, call 941-330-6865.
Beverly A. Smith has been a teacher, coach, mother, exercise physiologist but now devotes most of her time to creating art. "My expressionistic work is intuitive," says Smith. "As I add more paint, movement, shape and texture to the work, it develops itself and becomes a painting. The experience is not a deliberate, intellectual one—but a journey, from beginning to end. I enter the painting feeling like climbing in and tiptoeing around. This is how I get the depth in my work by experiencing it first hand. I become part of the painting." Smith says she's been continuing her studies at the Renaissance School of Art in Sarasota, where she's concentrating on anatomy and figure drawing. She also studies at The Southern Atelier in Bradenton. The works in this exhibit will be
abstract expressionist and impressionistic landscapes in oil. For more information about Smith, visit www.beverlyasmith.com.
Classically trained, Vladislav Yeliseyev combines an artist's eye with an architect's obsession. After graduating in fine art from Moscow School of Arts, Yeliseyev earned a master's degree in architecture from the Moscow Institute of Architecture in 1983. "My every work is a manifest of light existence. Understanding the nuances of light is a matter of life and death in landscape painting," he says. Vladislav's works won numerous awards at the juried art competitions in the United States and Russia. To share his passion and expertise, Vladislav founded the Renaissance School of Art in Sarasota where he teaches a formal curriculum and educates his students in classical drawing and painting. In this exhibition, Vladislav will show his most recent plein air works in watercolor and oil painted in Florida and France. For more information about Vladislav Yeliseyev, visit www.yeliseyevstudio.com.
Joseph Palmerio is a graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia Pa. His work is part of numerous private collections throughout the country, including the Coville collection in Sarasota, the Grant collection in Reston Va., and the Havard collection in Philadelphia. Palmerio has exhibited in the Coutts Museum in Kansas as one of the top "100 National Parks Artists," and has completed large murals for the city of Philadelphia, the Acme Market Corporation in Great Valley, Pa., and Motivation Inc. in the Orlando Airport. Palmerio has served as artist-in-residence for the Everglades National Park and the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado. He teaches painting and plein air techniques privately and holds workshops up and down the east coast. Palmerio will exhibit butterfly abstractions and landscapes in this show. For more information, visit www.palmerioart.com.
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The children are provided with many learning opportunities throughout all the age groups, experienced staff plan activities for their individual key children making sure that their needs and interests are met and developed.
The rooms are bright and stimulating with a wide range of resources available, each age group has access to the garden area where the children have opportunities to explore the outside environment.
Our Chef provides the children with delicious freshly made meals which are nutritionally balanced and healthy. We have a three week rolling menu which takes advantage of local, seasonal produce and encourages our children to experience a wide variety of tastes. We are able to cater for children with allergies and/or any dietary requirements. We always provide a vegetarian option to meat dishes and a weaning menu for the younger babies.
The nursery has a Parent Partnership Group if you would like to ask any questions or advice (contact details can be found via the nursery). The group consists of parents whose children already attend the nursery and are happy to give support when you are leaving your child for the first time or even when making transition from room to room. Please feel free to use this service if you have any questions or would like some feedback on the nursery.
Individual garden areas for each age group, including a large planting area for the oldest children to grow vegetables.
He has been extremely happy and contented little boy from his first week. They always cater for all his needs and he loves going.
At parents evening it was a delight to view my child's folder that recorded her achievement and involvement in activities. This can only have a positive effect on her future progress.
A big thank you to all at Busy Bees for our raffle prize of family tickets to Drayton Manor from your 'Help for Heroes' Day. We had a wonderful time.


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By Pellet Mill Magazine | October 01, 2020
Spotlight: Vecoplan
From processing raw material to bagging finished pellets, Vecoplan Midwest designs, builds, and installs complete pellet production systems. In the wood processing market for longer than 50 years, the company is known for its shredder machines, but also builds complete systems for sawmill discharge, boiler infeed, wood waste recycling and comprehensive pellet plants in a vast range of sizes, says Ralf Rosenkranz, Vecoplan AG area sales manager.
Vecoplan's real core competency is resizing raw material, an essential component to manufacturing high-quality pellets, Rosenkranz says. "This can be done with shredders, but also with chippers or mills. Factors to be considered when choosing equipment include material composition—such as the amount of bark on the log—moisture content and raw material particle size."
To maintain the homogenous material quality that wood pellet manufacturing requires, it is important to have a system capable of processing raw material effectively while simultaneously accommodating these factors, Rosenkranz says. "In a pellet plant, multiple pieces of equipment are used to obtain the end result. For example, in installations Vecoplan has done in Texas and Louisiana, plants that process 500,000 tons each year, virgin logs get debarked and chipped, milled prior to drying, and then milled again."
While three-stage resizing systems are common in Europe, in the U.S., two-stage is the norm, according to Rosenkranz. "We recommend the three-stage resizing because material can be dried in a more homogenous way, but we offer both concepts," he says. "The machinery is the same, but the configuration is different."
Material resizing systems are not just an assembly line of different types of equipment, Rosenkranz points out, but rather, different process steps that must smoothly interact. "The goal of the systems is to achieve a homogenous product for pelletizing while maximizing energy efficiency," he says.
"Combined with Vecoplan conveying, storing and sorting equipment, preparation of the raw material should end just before the actual pelletizing process to result in a consistent, high-quality fuel pellet."
Vecoplan works with its customers on all aspects of pellet plant design, from supplying the automation controls for the entire system to installation with in-house and outsourced experts. Rosenkranz notes the crucial task of obtaining accurate information from its clients to deliver the best solution for each specific operation, particularly regarding raw material details. "To enable us to choose the right equipment, it is of the essence to know the characteristics of the material to be used—hardwood, softwood, with or without bark, input size, etcetera—as well as the type of pellets that will be produced, whether its industrial or home heating pellets. This tells us where we're coming from, and where we need to go."
If such details are uncertain, Vecoplan will help customers select a flexible resizing solution, Rosencranz adds. "The more information we have from the input material and the destination, the better we can choose the right equipment to make your facility efficient and profitable."
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When Billy, the hero of Billy Elliot the Musical, auditions for London's National Ballet, the adjudicators ask what he feels when he dances. He says words are inadequate, but if they really need a word, it's electricity.
I'm going to borrow Billy's explanation to help describe the experience I had watching Theatre Calgary's production of Billy Elliot the Musical with the opening night audience. It was electric.
There were moments when the shared surges of excitement felt more like being at a rock concert than a play and, when the exuberance of the performers poured from the stage into the capacity audience at the Max Bell Theatre, they sent it back ten-fold.
The scene where Billy (Rhett Udsen on the opening night) goes to ask his friend Michael (Marc-Emile Fallu) if he should audition for the ballet school and Michael convinces Billy to join him in dressing in women's clothes is a triumph of pure musical theatre magic.
It would have been enough to simply allow Udsen and Fallu to amaze the audience with their tap dancing skills but director Stafford Arima and choreographer Yukichi Hattori have the doors on the closet burst open to allow a quartet of drag queens to join the boys, turning the song Expressing Yourself into a showstopping production number.
Arima and Hattori's approach to Expressing Yourself is not extravagance or kitsch but a clear understanding of the theme of this show. It's all about being free to live one's passions and dreams. It is the same wonderful cheeky euphoria they bring to We Were Born to Boogie when they have Mr. Braithwaite (Joel Schaefer), the piano player at Billy's dance lessons, join him and his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson (Caitlynne Medrek) in the number.
To top everything, Arima and Hattori have created a post curtain call extravaganza which earned a much-deserved second ovation.
Arima is to be applauded on so many levels. He is able to take the audience from scenes of hilarity to those of powerful sentiment. He never lets us forget Billy isn't the only one suffering oppression. With Dennis Robert Dubbin playing Billy's father, Alex Smith as his brother and Kathryn Kerbes as his grandmother, Arima has triple-threat actors who can immediately ground this play in reality. We care about these people because they are so identifiable.
Dubbin's version of the ballad Deep in the Ground is heartwrenching and it explains the source of this man's anger, frustration and depression.
Arima cast this production entirely with Calgary performers and they do him proud. Even the smallest roles are invested with sincerity.
Udsen impresses as much with his mature understanding of Billy's dilemma as he does with his dancing, whether tap, jazz or ballet. He personifies angst in Billy's Angry Dance and then an ethereal poise and boldness when he dances Swan Lake with the remarkable Ryan Maschke, who plays the exquisitely athletic dancer Billy will become.
The young Fallu exudes self-confidence and self-esteem, which is what endears him and his character Michael so thoroughly to the audience.
As the woman who sees and nurtures the special talent in Billy, Medrek is a marvel. In her dance classes and when she stands up to Billy's father, Medrek is a fiery tornado but when she lets us see glimpses of the woman who was never allowed to pursue her own dream, she's devastatingly poignant.
It takes outstanding dancers to play little klutzes which is the magic which Jaya Del Greco, Robyn Newmann, Julianne Smith, Kelsey Woodard, Nicole Woodard and Siena Yee bring to Mrs. Wilkinson's ballet students.
Theatre Calgary's Billy Elliot the Musical is also a technical hit with Scott Reid's sets, Cory Sincennes' costumes, Alan Brodie's lighting and Joshua D. Reid's sound designs.
We only get to see them projected on screens during the curtain call but there is an 18-piece orchestra backing the singers and dancers. To Don Horsburgh, Mark Limacher and Dave Reid's immense credit, the orchestra never upstages the performers. It's impressive as well as being complementary.
The most overheard comment in the lobby at intermission and after the show was that people intend to see Billy Elliot a second time before it closes on May 12. There's added incentive in that Dex Drewitz plays Billy in alternate performances and the word on social media from cast members is that it makes for a richly different experience.
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Colin & Morris orderlies for the rest of the voyage. Sighted land about 9:30 A.M. Passed between Grand Canary on our left and another Island on our right. Light House on Canary Island. Could see a snow clad mountain peak above the clouds. Ocean very smooth but serf breaking 25 to 30 ft. high on the island. Saw some porpoises in distance. Washed some of Colin's and my own clothes. 3 P.M. sighted an island on our right. A Heavy mist around most of the island. Native barber around shaving boys for 3d. each. Don't exactly realize what I'm going through. It all seem like a dream. If I get home again it is then I will realize it.


I haven't been to flicks in a few weeks and recently had a very slender window of time to go see something. Hadn't heard a buzz on anything recently and wasn't very optimistic about finding anything good. Figured I would just end watching something not very good and taking a good nap.
Visited old friend moviefone.com and the only movie that fit the schedule and had decent reviews was a film called "Safe Haven". In fact, moviefone.com only had 8 viewer reviews (4.5 stars out of 5 which is very good) and 0 critic reviews which scared me.
Had absolutely no knowledge of this movie's story nor any of the actors. Right from the start the movie was compelling. Clearly there was the love story/romantic comedy angle to about 90% of the movie.
The two primary stars (Josh Duhamel and Julianne Hough) looked familiar but I couldn't place them in anything. She was a knockout/girl next door to look at, and I'm sure for many, he was the same.
The other 10% was a darker/thriller part and it was really well woven into the story in the smallest of snippets so you knew it was there.
An ending that totally shocked me. This was a really, really enjoyable and different sort of movie. Compelling and captivating, you were really rooting for this couple to find each other (and happiness) at the same time knowing trouble lurked around the corner.
If you like chick flicks with a slight edge, I recommend you see this film. I really enjoyed.


Do you hold the final piece to the annuity puzzle?
What might be considered the purest type of annuity is a contract with an issuer, often an insurance company, for a stream of cash flow. Such contracts have been called immediate annuities, although they now may be labeled income annuities or payout annuities because those labels may be more appealing to consumers.
Example 1: Marie Jenkins pays $100,000 to an insurer for an income annuity. Every month thereafter the company sends Marie a check.
That may sound simple, but complications soon arise. Does Marie want to receive those checks for her lifetime, no matter how long that might be? Does she want the checks to continue to her husband Tony if he outlives Marie? A joint annuity will pay less than a single life annuity because the insurer has more risk of an extended payout.
This type of annuity has a great advantage: the promise of lifelong cash flow. More people are living into their 90s and beyond, so a lifetime annuity can help keep them from running short of money in very old age.
At the same time, Marie may worry that she'll pay $100,000 for this annuity and get run over by the proverbial truck the next month, ending her life and stopping the payments after a scant return. Even with a joint annuity, both Marie and Tony could die prematurely after receiving much less than the $100,000 outlay.
Insurers have come up with various methods of addressing these fears. One method is the period certain annuity.
Example 2: Marie pays $100,000 for a single life income annuity that includes a 10-year period certain. If Marie lives for 25 years, the insurer will keep sending her checks. However, if Marie dies after 3 years of payments, the annuity will continue for another 7 years to a beneficiary named by Marie.
Again, an annuity with this type of guarantee will produce smaller checks than a straight life annuity because the insurer has more risk. Other features may be added to an income annuity, such as access to principal, but all of these variations will reduce the amount of the checks paid to consumers.
Annuity taxation can also be complex. If this type of annuity is held in a taxable account, part of each check to Marie will be taxable, but part will be a tax-free return of her investment. Eventually, after Marie has received her full investment tax-free, ongoing checks will be fully taxable.
Some annuities start distributing cash right away, as described, but others are deferred. The deferral could be a wait for some years until an income annuity starts.
Alternatively, there may be some provision for the invested amount to grow untaxed until the payouts start. These annuities may peg growth to a promised interest rate or to results in the financial markets. Often, there is some type of guarantee from the insurer of a minimum return or protection against loss. The manner of future payouts can be left up to the consumer.
Example 3: Marie invests her $100,000 in a deferred annuity taxable account. That $100,000 investment might grow over the years. At some point, Marie can "annuitize" the contract using her account balance to fund an income annuity. As mentioned, Marie's payments then will be part taxable and part an untaxed return of her investment.
As an alternative, Marie can avoid annuitizing the contract. Instead, she can withdraw money from her account balance for cash flow when she wants it. Some annuities guarantee certain withdrawal amounts. Annuity withdrawals may be fully taxable, and a 10% penalty also may apply before age 59½.
Critics charge that some annuities, especially deferred annuities, can be complex, illiquid, and burdened with high fees. Read the fine print of any annuity before making a commitment.
Periodic annuity payments are amounts paid at regular intervals—weekly, monthly, or yearly—for a period of time greater than one year.
Between the simplified and general methods of computing income tax on such payments, you must use the general method if your annuity is paid under a nonqualified plan, rather than under a qualified plan such as a 401(k) or an IRA.
With the general method, you determine the tax-free part of each annuity payment based on the ratio of the cost of the contract to the total expected return.
The expected return is the total amount you and other eligible recipients can expect to receive under the contract, as per life expectancy tables from the IRS.
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I've been trying to get this for a while now. I was wondering if someone would be willing to PM me. I've read the PNB article ref'd in the forums but I'm not sure I know how to apply it to php. It'd be a great help if someone could explain it to me. I just can't seem to get it to work.


Greg Sarris is an American writer based in Northern California, where he is professor of Native American Studies and Creative Writing at Sonoma State University. He is the author of several books, including Keeping Slug Woman Alive: A Holistic Approach to American Indian Texts (1993), a widely anthologized collection of essays; Grand Avenue (1994), a collection of short stories that was adapted for an HBO miniseries of the same name; and the more recent story collection, How a Mountain Was Made (2017). He has also written numerous plays — such as "Mission Indians," which was staged at Intersection Theatre in San Francisco in 2002 — and television scripts for HBO and Showtime.


Paros is the Grand Central Station of the Aegean. Most boats stop here. The town, full of foreigners and bars, is the head of the smaller villages and the island of Antiparos. The tiny idyllic fishing village of Naoussa is so crowded in the summer that you have to stand in line to walk past the cafes that surround the port. The beaches of Paros though popular are also quite nice. Antiparos has nice beaches and cafes and is more relaxed then Paros . There is also the gigantic Cave of Antiparos which is the most popular site on the island. Paros is the windsurfing capital of Greece.
Paros is the island for every man : just about every ferry stops here, once people stop here, most of them do not want to leave. There are plenty of beautiful beaches of different sizes and shapes. There are hotels of every category, from luxury villas to simple rooms. There are great restaurants and plenty of night life including bars and hordes of people to interact with.
It may not be the Greece you are looking for but there's a good chance you will have as much fun as you could have had in Mykonos and you will still be able to afford to buy some gifts for your family and friends without using the credit card you were saving for emergencies.


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Synthesis of calcium silicate hydrate (C‐S‐H) was conducted over the range of 50°C–90°C and C/S ratio of 0.86–2.14 in the highly alkaline Na2O–CaO–SiO2–H2O system for silicon utilization in high alumina fly ash. Structural change in C‐S‐H formed in the highly alkaline system was investigated using XRD and 29Si MAS NMR spectra. X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy was used to confirm the amount of sodium ions in C‐S‐H. Conversion of Si may reach 99% under optimum conditions. A higher degree of polymerization of silicate was obtained at lower temperature and C/S ratio. Na+ was confirmed to exist as Na–OSi and Na–OH. The amount of Na+ is the least at C/S ratio of 1.43, which conform to the prediction of topological constraint theory. High Ca/Si ratio leads to the increasing in Na+ combined in the interlayer. Increasing in the Na+ concentration in the system also increases the amount of Na+ combined in the interlayer and reduces the polymerization. Ion exchange was proven to be an effective way to remove Na+ combined in the interlayer of C‐S‐H.


WGCNC are conducting an "Order of Merit" competition in 2018. The competition will be open to junior girl players registered with any CNC District club at the time each Junior & Cadet Open Day is conducted.
(b) Gross Score 7 points to the winner, 5 points to the 1st R/Up and 3 points to the 2nd R/Up.
(c) Net Score 7 points to the winner, 5 points to the 1st R/Up and 3 points to the 2nd R/Up.
Prizes will be awarded on the basis of the CUMULATIVE points accumulated throughout the 2018 year.
Most Improved – Highest reduction in handicap – minimum 40% of events conducted.
Most Enthusiastic Participant – Attends a minimum of 70% of events.
WGCNC Junior golfers must have an AWGU handicap and be Under 18 years of age at the time of each event.
WGCNC Junior golfers who have their 18th birthday during the Order of Merit year will accumulate Junior Order of Merit points until their 18th birthday but from the next Order of Merit competition after their 18th birthday they will be classified as Colts or Fillies.
WGCNC Cadet golfers must be a registered player at their home course with a handicap allocated/approved by their home course Cadet / Junior Coordinator. Maximum handicap for each Girl Cadet event will be 45.
Only one event will be conducted for each category of competition on each Junior Open Day. I.e. on occasions where the competition is separated into "age group" or "handicap" divisions, the Order of Merit Competition will disregard these divisions and allocate Order of Merit points based on one single Junior Girl event.
WGCNC Order of Merit Competition will run during the calendar year 2018 and final Order of Merit point tallies will be determined after the last CNC Junior Open Day is held in 2018.
Junior and Cadet Golfers will only be awarded one prize in the event they conduct. I.e. the Gross Winner in any event will not be entitled to a Net Winner prize as well.
WGCNC Junior Co-ordinator Catherine Robinson will co-ordinate the Order of Merit Competition.


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I recently attended a workshop where the teacher said (and I'm quoting loosely): 'This practice isn't about feeling good.' That's not to say it's about feeling lousy, either. It's about detaching yourself from aversions and attractions, noticing when you are present and when you are not. It's about resolving the ebb and flow of polarities and their sway upon you, the tugging at your senses that makes you confuse your abiding Self with what you have or what you do.
In becoming aware and fully present, however, you're bound to encounter some discomfort. It's part of living. For example, if you're completely honest with yourself, you're going to find emotions like envy and anger and greed. If you want to maintain or change relationships, you're going to have to have uncomfortable conversations. If you're doing asana, you'll come across a few poses that aggravate you and your muscles. While I would never advise a student to deny injury or ignore acute pain, I think it's important that we don't settle or give up out of habit. Both on and off your mat, it's vital not to shy away from discomfort; the key is to show up, confront it and still maintain your balance. Accept that the business of getting to know yourself and moving through life with equanimity can be extremely challenging. I firmly believe, though, that it's well worth it. It's the way we evolve and flourish as human beings. So... come on in to class and make yourself uncomfortable!


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This guy did pretty darn good for a dam that had a bad limp for almost 2 months of the pasture season. Her first 2 calves had an average 205 day ratio of 100. This is the only yearling bull we are offering that didn't quite make the 700 lbs. threshold we strive for. He weaned off at 677 lbs. @ 204 days. He's out of an A.I. sire who's renowned for his ability to pass on the Docility trait; rated in the top 1% of breed. His sire also ranks in the top 1% of breed for heifer pregnancy.


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Clone Saga Chronicles Episode 76: The End of An Era… The Final Episode.
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It's the End of an Era here on the Spideydude Radio Network. The Final Episode of Clone Saga Chronicles. This isn't easy for me to type or write, nor was it easy to edit or even create this episode. We recorded this back in late April or early May and…
Amazing Spider-Man Classics Episode 35: Peter Parker (Vol II) 1 & Webspinners 1
Zach Joiner 02/04/2021 03/02/2021 Amazing Spider-Man Classics, Podcasts Amazing Spider-Man Classics, Donovan Morgan Grant, Jon M Wilson, Joshua Lapin-Bertone, Mysterio, Peter Parker: Spider-Man, Ringer, Volume 2, Webspinners: Tales of Spider-Man
The month of new #1s continues! But this time, it's Peter Parker: Spider-Man and Webspinners that get the podcasting treatment from barely legal Jon, pubescent Bertone, and preteen Donovan! What new plot has Howard Mackie cooked up for the ex-webhead, and will the Gang ever survive the art of Michael…
CSC Episode 68: What IF?!…. And More!
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In the first new Episode of 2019, Zach Tackles a HodgePodge of issues dealing with either, Ben Reilly, Mendell Stromm, Scirer, and more. A whole BOAT LOAD of issues are covered and they will be here for you to listen to! The next two episodes are going to be Solo…


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by Debadrita Chakraborty
The Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement is here to stay. Catalysed by one of the most heinous racial homicides of the twenty-first century, BLM protests have since snowballed into one of the greatest 'domino' resistance movement in the U.S. The sustained nature of the movement and its organized approach towards decolonising the Global North's white-washed history and curriculum have resonated with other minority and racially targeted communities as well. While expressing solidarity by dissenting against institutional racism and police brutalities, some of them took to reflecting on their own complicity in anti-black racism. Acknowledging their participation in promoting colourism and anti-black prejudices, many Arab and Latino activists have come forward to educate members of their own communities about the history of slavery and the nature of systemic racism in America. However, a visible and prominent minority group that has remained relatively apolitical in a deeply political time, despite its own history of colonial oppression and state-sanctioned policing, is the Indian migrant community in America.
Before George Floyd's death,1 and even before the emergence of the BLM movement in the Global North, India has grappled with its own civil rights protests around the controversial Citizen Amendment Act (CAA).2 The CAA aims to ethnically profile and label Muslim minorities as 'outsiders' in a supposedly Hindu nation. Upon government directive, peaceful anti-CAA protestors, especially Muslim activists and students, were targeted and profiled as criminals by the Delhi police. Some were charged under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), which empowers the state to proscribe individuals as 'terrorists'. While India's unconstitutional, anti-secular move was resisted by Indian student-led and activist groups across American cities, the majority within the Indian migrant community who still maintain strong ties with their home country have either remained silent or they have openly supported Indian administrative and police actions against the protesters back in India.
Given this complicity (both active and passive) in systemic racism and police brutalities in their home (India) and host (America) countries, it is important to understand what contributes towards this 'moral deficit'.
Brown Privilege, Brown Complicities
Non-Muslim Indian migrants in the United States include both highly skilled professionals and a sizeable segment of working class and lower income groups. As a minority community, they have had their own share of racial discrimination, ethnic violence and marginalisation within the American public sphere. However, the Indian community soon gained prominence within American mainstream society, positioned as 'a model minority' – a label that placed them socio-politically a notch above other minority groups, especially black communities. The perpetuation of this idea of being part of a model minority rendered invisible the socio-economic struggles of the lower classes. Instead, it chose to view the wider Indian community through the lens of the higher income group and their apparent economic accomplishments. Moreover, professionals who migrated from postcolonial India did so with the baggage of caste, colour and class differences, contributing to a visible disregard and further marginalisation of lower income Indian groups.
These underlying tensions among different sections of the Indian migrant community have disrupted a collective move for racial justice, which would help create the possibility of dismantling the model minority discourse that pits minority communities against each other and endorses hierarchies of citizenship.
For privileged class and caste-conscious Indian migrants, the preservation of their model minority and assimilationist status has entailed 'political incorporation'3 through complicity. What began as simple compliance to state rules and policies soon turned into complicity in structural injustices when upper-class Indian migrants, especially Hindus, distanced themselves from Muslims after 9/11 by over-emphasizing their American-ness alongside their Hindu identity. 'Political incorporation' also meant the realisation of vested political interests and long-term economic ambitions for the elite Hindu upper class (according to reports about 20% in the Indian community is said to have voted Trump in 2016), which for some was attainable by electing an anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant Trump to power. Among these powerful upper-caste Hindu migrants are those who have supported the political camaraderie of Trump and Modi and have actively contributed towards organising the much talked about 'Howdy Modi' event held in Houston in 2019. Affiliated to Hindu nationalist organisations in India, these influential migrants have been complicit in promoting Hindutva nationalism, defending Modi's authoritarian regime in India in the hope of a Hindu cultural revivalism that would privilege upper caste Hindus over religious and cultural minorities in India. In order to be conferred with socio-political and economic benefits and to strengthen the presence of Hindu nationalist organizations with its anti-Muslim agenda, influential Indian upper-class and caste migrants have ticked most of the boxes of complicity.4 In other words, this group has contributed to the ensuing structural and institutional injustices which in recent years have been meted out to politically and racially disadvantaged minorities in America.
Then there are those among the upper- and middle-class Indian community who, not playing a causal role in Trump's victory and having shown no signs of political aspiration, support and comply with state policies even as they are cognisant of the foreseeable consequence of racial injustice and inequalities. This section largely identified as Democrats, having voted Hillary Clinton in the 2016 elections, showed their support to Modi's nationalist agenda by attending the 'Howdy Modi' event. It is this category of privileged upper caste Indian migrants that have condoned the far-right Indian government's revocation of Kashmir's autonomous status and have preferred to remain silent (and hence complicit in the state's actions) vis-à-vis mass arrests of protestors who have resisted against the government's decision on Kashmir. It is this group who, over years, has passively perpetuated the disenfranchisement of Dalits, Adivasis (tribals), religious minorities and student activists. Such compliance happens, I would argue, because they have benefited from caste and class privileges prior to migration from India to America. As such, they have found it easier to ignore narratives of oppression, discrimination and violence on ethnic and religious minorities both in India and America. Such compliance and obedience to state injustices are mainly because as an upper-caste, highly-skilled class of migrants, they have been recipient of caste and class privileges prior to migration from India and have been conferred with material benefits post their professional success in America. In a bid to maintain this status quo, this segment of the Indian community has found it easier to ignore narratives of oppression, discrimination and violence on ethnic and religious minorities both in India and America.
Lived Experiences beyond the Single Axis Framework
The Indian migrant community is perhaps slowly coming to terms with what I am describing as its 'complicity,' thanks in large part to first and second generation Indian-Americans like Rahul Dubey, who sheltered BLM protestors from police violence, and Hassan Minhaj, who in a recent political commentary called out the Indian community for their perpetuation of anti-black racism. However, in order for the community to come out collectively in solidarity with the BLM movement to fight systematic discrimination, it needs to begin by recognizing and addressing intersectionality.5 In recent years, Dalit activists like Thenmozhi Soundararajan, the executive director of Equality Labs, have mobilized U.S. lower caste and Dalit communities around their rights. Besides this, last June marked a watershed moment for caste-oppressed Americans with the 2020 lawsuit against Cisco for caste discrimination towards an Indian American engineer. While such initiatives have been undertaken by members of the lower caste communities, including Indian feminist and queer groups, it is important to question whether such movements have had far reaching effects in Indian upper-caste and upper-class homes in America.
Having migrated from India where lived experiences are treated as generic and undifferentiated, without acknowledging the multiple forms of discrimination based on colour, caste, class, religion, gender and sexuality that overlap to create different experiences for marginalised communities, the upper caste and privileged classes within the Indian migrant community in America have so far deprived the marginalised of their rights and agency. In order to support a movement, it is imperative to first lift up those who have fallen through the cracks of society that privileges a select few. The intersectional approach is among the first of many steps that privileged U.S. Indian migrants need to undertake to be constantly reminded of their privilege and complicity in both America and India's socio-political injustices.
Debadrita Chakraborty is a research scholar in Literature, Gender and Culture Studies at Cardiff University. Her research focuses on examining the shifting nature of the construction and performance of South Asian masculine identities catalysed by major political and socio-cultural events from the 1980s until the contemporary period in Britain. She has contributed papers in the fields of postcolonial theory, decoloniality, diaspora literature and culture and subculture narratives.
1 "How George Floyd Was Killed in Police Custody", The New York Times, May 31, 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/31/us/george-floyd-investigation.html
2 "Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019: What is it and why is it seen as a problem", The Economic Times, December 31, 2019 https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/et-explains/citizenship-amendment-bill-what-does-it-do-and-why-is-it-seen-as-a-problem/articleshow/72436995.cms?from=mdr
3 Sanjoy Chakravorty, Devesh Kapur, Nirvikar Singh, "Becoming American" The Other One Percent: Indians in America, (Oxford University Press, 2017), pp. 131 – 182.
4 Sanjay K. Mishra, Desis Divided: The Political Lives of South Asian Americans, (University of Minnesota Press, 2016).
5 "She Coined the Term 'Intersectionality' Over 30 Years Ago. Here's What It Means to Her Today," Time Magazine, February, 20, 2020 https://time.com/5786710/kimberle-crenshaw-intersectionality/
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Escape to the quaint Bavarian village of Leavenworth, nestled deep in the snowy Cascade Mountains, for this annual Christmas Lighting Festival on an all-day tour from Seattle. This fun-filled event is overflowing with holiday cheer — like carolers strolling through the village, the scent of roasted chestnuts in the air, sledding at Front Street Park and so much more. The highlight is watching a half million Christmas lights come to life during a special ceremony at dusk.
De manhã, encontre-se no Museum of Pop Culture, no centro de Seattle, para embarcar em um ônibus confortável para começar essa jornada de férias. A partir daqui, é uma viagem panorâmica de 3 horas a leste da cidade de Leavenworth, no coração das belas Montanhas Cascade. Esta pitoresca cidade bávara se transforma em uma vila de luzes neste momento a cada ano, atraindo visitantes de perto e de longe para testemunhar o Festival de Iluminação de Natal.
Há muita música ao longo do dia, de cantores e coros de sinos a uma banda de alto nível da Guarda Nacional do Exército Dixie, artistas solo e alguns dos melhores colégios e corais profissionais no noroeste do Pacífico.
Um passeio pela cidade dará as boas-vindas ao cheiro de castanhas assadas no ar. Assista os sledders no Front Street Park. Pare na Tenda Gluhwein para tomar vinho quente e cidra. Faça um passeio de carruagem de inverno puxado por cavalos. Compre em qualquer número de lojas temáticas e desfrute de autêntica comida alemã de restaurantes locais e carrinhos de rua. Existe realmente algo para todos.
Ao entardecer, a aldeia explode em um mar de cores, como meio milhão de luzes ganham vida em um brilho comemorativo. Então é hora do relaxante retorno a Seattle com memórias de férias que durarão a vida toda.
Aviso: Este tour sazonal só funciona em fins de semana selecionados durante o mês de dezembro.
Had a great time in Leavenworth. A few items I would like to state. Since it's a higher priced trip to Leavenworth. Instead of stopping at Safeway coming/going maybe set up with a bakery or other type venue.The driver shouldn't use personal opinions about Amazon stick to facts. It was uncomfortable.
I am very disappointed about this experience... to only have 3 hours in Leavenworth and 12 hours total in the bus was not my way of having this experience. I understand the weather was a factor, however they should've been more prepared for the weather. Thankfully another passenger helped.
The Viator tours I've taken in Las Vegas or Seattle have always been a great experience. Since the town of Leavenworth only has its Tree Lighting on three Saturday's in December, I was worried that the trips would sell out, but luckily it didn't, and having a small minibus made it easier for our driver, Joe, to navigate the passes vs. the large full-size tour buses. There was more than enough time to tour the city and take a sleigh ride, have lunch, and shop. Highly recommended when the weather conditions (ie, snowy/icy roads) can be a challenge for anyone. Lots of rest stops along the way for breaks and food.


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Time and Labor Mobile Applications is now available in PUM Image #9 for HCM. With PeopleSoft Fluid User Interface and related Mobile Applications functionality, users can perform Time and Labor related tasks from a smart phone or a tablet.
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Q: How do you earn Utopium in game? I've found out you can get Utopium by tapping on trees and by buying it with real money. Are there any other ways?

A: You can also get Utopium daily from the Utopium mine (the first building reward you get). You have to tap it to show the building details and press the button that says "It's mine".
If you have the Sheriff's office, you can find one Utopium hiding among the credits.
If you have the Police Station, you can collect Utopium for clearing achievements.
Most of your Utopium will probably come from collecting hearts - every time you fill up all the hearts, you can get an animal gene, some coins, or 1 or 2 units of Utopium.
I'm sure there must be more buildings that give bonuses, but this is all I've encountered so far.

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Operation Slapstick var en del af de allieredes invasion af Italien under 2. verdenskrig den 9. september 1943.

Operation bestod af landgange fra havet af den britiske 1st Airborne Division ved Taranto, en vigtig flådebase. Da den italienske regering havde overgivet sig den foregående dag og da der kun var få tyske styrker i området, blev tropperne landsat direkte i havnen fra krigsskibe i stedet for at lave et amfibieangreb. Modstanden var lille og byen og havnen blev erobret næsten lige med det samme. Briterne fik kun få tab.

Den amerikanske 5th Army gik også i land ved Salerno den samme dag. Allierede styrker havde allerede besat Italiens "tå" i Operation Baytown.

Se også
 Felttoget i Italien

Eksterne henvisninger

Royal Engineers Museum  Royal Engineers and Second World War (Italian Campaign)

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