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Катастрофа Ил-76 под Белградом — авиационная катастрофа, произошедшая ночью 19 августа 1996 года. Грузовой самолёт Ил-76Т авиакомпании SPair выполнял чартерный рейс PAR3601 по маршруту Екатеринбург—Белград—Валлетта, но через 3 минуты после вылета из Белграда на его борту произошло полное обесточивание электрооборудования. Пилоты в течение 2,5 часов пытались совершить аварийную посадку в аэропорту Белграда и в итоге во время 7-го захода самолёт рухнул на землю в 800 метрах от взлётной полосы. Погибли все находившиеся на его борту 12 человек — 10 членов экипажа и 2 пассажира (сопровождающие груз).

Самолёт
Ил-76Т (регистрационный номер RA-76513, заводской 083414451, серийный 12-03) был выпущен Ташкентским авиационным производственным объединением имени В. П. Чкалова (ТАПОиЧ) 20 октября 1978 года. 23 ноября того же года с б/н СССР-76513 был передан авиакомпании «Аэрофлот» (МГА СССР, Тюменское УГА). В сентябре 1993 года был куплен у «Аэрофлота» авиакомпанией SPair (при этом принадлежал авиакомпании «Тюменские авиалинии»). Оснащён четырьмя турбореактивными двигателями Д-30КП производства Рыбинского моторостроительного завода.

Экипаж
Состав экипажа рейса PAR3601 был таким:

 Командир воздушного судна (КВС) — 38-летний Владимир Александрович Стариков. Пилот 1-го класса, окончил Актюбинское высшее лётное училище. В авиакомпании SPair проработал 5 лет (с 1991 года). Управлял самолётами Ту-134, Як-40, Ил-18 и Ил-86. Налетал 9160 часов.
 Второй пилот — 35-летний Дмитрий Юрьевич Батищев. Пилот 2-го класса, окончил Актюбинское высшее лётное училище. В авиакомпании SPair проработал 4 года (с 1992 года), до этого работал в авиакомпании «Аэрофлот» (Рижский ОАО, с 1984 по 1992 годы). Налетал 4800 часов.
 Штурман — 43-летний Василий Деомидович Ольков. Штурман 1-го класса, окончил Ленинградскую академию гражданской авиации. В авиакомпании SPair проработал 5 лет (с 1991 года). Управлял самолётами Ил-18 и Ту-154. Налетал 8870 часов.
 Бортинженер — 43-летний Виктор Александрович Исаков. Бортинженер 1-го класса, окончил Рижский институт гражданской авиации. В авиакомпании SPair проработал 4 года (с 1992 года). Налетал 8785 часов.
 Бортрадист — 49-летний Николай Андреевич Тимофеев. В авиакомпании SPair проработал 5 лет (с 1991 года). Налетал 1610 часов.
 Бортоператор — 37-летний Михаил Константинович Пугач. Изначально работал бортпроводником, но в 1991 году перешёл в авиакомпанию SPair на должность бортоператора Ил-76 (проработал в ней 5 лет). Налетал 9830 часов.
 Бортоператор — 36-летний Александр Викторович Воробьёв. Также изначально работал бортпроводником и в 1991 году перешёл в авиакомпанию SPair на должность бортоператора Ил-76 (также проработал в ней 5 лет). Налетал 10 180 часов.
 Наземный инженер — 25-летний Евгений Борисович Клюшин. Окончил Киевский институт гражданской авиации. В авиакомпании SPair проработал 5 лет (с 1991 года).
 Авиатехник — 36-летний Александр Михайлович Куликовских. В авиакомпании SPair проработал 4 месяца (с апреля 1996 года).
 Проверяющий — 49-летний Владимир Георгиевич Береснев. Пилот 1-го класса, окончил Бугурусланское лётное училище. В авиакомпании SPair проработал 2 года (с 1994 года). Управлял самолётами Ан-2 и Ан-12. Налетал 16 160 часов.

Хронология событий
Рейс PAR3601 без груза на борту вылетел из Екатеринбурга 18 августа; его выполнял Ил-76Т борт RA-76513, на его борту находились 10 членов экипажа. Вечером 18 августа рейс 3601 приземлился в аэропорту Сурчин в Белграде, где на его борт погрузили партию автомобильных и авиационных шин, а также партию пиропатронов для катапультных кресел (такой груз значился в договоре авиакомпании SPair с одной из черногорских фирм). Также на борт самолёта поднялись 2 пассажира, сопровождающих груз (оба были гражданами Югославии).

Вылет рейса 3601 из Белграда в Валлетту изначально был запланирован на 23:00, но вылет был задержан из-за технического осмотра (после того, как пилоты запустили все 4 двигателя, на борту обесточилось всё электрооборудование). В итоге рейс PAR3601 вылетел из Белграда в 00:10 19 августа, но уже через 3 минуты после взлёта всё электрооборудование самолёта снова обесточилось (погасли все приборы в кабине экипажа, частично прервалась связь с авиадиспетчером аэропорта Сурчин и отказала гидросистема рулей направления). В 00:25, когда самолёт пролетал над Валево, КВС удалось связаться с авиадиспетчером аэропорта Белграда и сообщить о проблеме на борту (сообщение в итоге оборвалось из-за полной потери связи с землёй). Пилоты приняли решение совершить аварийную посадку в аэропорту Белграда.

В 01:30 рейс 3601 пролетел над Белградом на очень малой высоте (впоследствии свидетели на земле сообщили, что на самолёте не горело никаких проблесковых огней). В ту ночь в Белграде была ненастная погода (сильный ветер и кучево-дождевые облака), поэтому пилоты пытались найти ВПП № 12 аэропорта Сурчин, полагаясь на своё зрение (как впоследствии выяснилось во время расследования, бортоператор Воробьёв лежал прямо на стекле фонаря штурманского отсека кабины экипажа и из него пытался разглядеть ВПП № 12 и также указывал пилотам направление полёта и моменты для стабилизации горизонтального полёта во избежание крена). Запись речевого самописца оборвалась на словах бортрадиста: Да здесь почти ничего не действует; вот и выпрямительное устройство уже не работает.

Примерно в 02:15 командир попытался посадить самолёт на взлётную полосу № 12, но в итоге тот пролетел над ней. Всего рейс 3601 произвёл 6 неудачных заходов на посадку, поскольку КВС опасался, что самолёт упадёт на городские кварталы.

В 03:14, когда экипаж решил аварийно посадить самолёт на поле и тот снизился до высоты 50 метров, пилоты увидели землю. КВС решил совершить 7-й заход на посадку и, развернув самолёт на 180°, повёл его к аэропорту Сурчин; при этом выпустить шасси экипажу так и не удалось. Рейс PAR3601 пролетел над торцом ВПП № 12, затем развернулся, пролетел рядом с диспетчерской, покинул зону аэропорта Сурчин, совершил разворот на посадочный курс 121° и в 03:16 CEST рухнул на кукурузное поле в 800 метрах от ВПП № 12. От удара о землю самолёт полностью разрушился и сгорел (уцелела только хвостовая часть), многие обломки фюзеляжа воткнулись в землю на большую глубину, а часть уцелевшей партии груза пиропатронов взорвалась уже после падения самолёта. Все 12 человек на его борту погибли.

Расследование
Согласно выводам Комиссии Государственного центра безопасности полётов Федеральной авиационной службы России, проводившей расследование причин катастрофы:
Обесточивание бортовой сети ИЛ-76Т RA-76513 произошло по причине взлёта самолёта с отключёнными выпрямительными устройствами ВУ-6А и практически полностью разряженными аккумуляторными батареями.

Во время погрузки в аэропорту Сурчин экипаж не использовал ни ВСУ, ни аэродромные источники питания постоянным током. Питание потребителей постоянного тока осуществлялось от аварийной системы постоянного тока 20 НКБН-25 (4 щёлочные аккумуляторные батареи).

После запуска двигателей (примерно в 23:00 18 августа) пилоты забыли включить выпрямительные устройства ВУ-6А (преобразующие переменное напряжение 200 В, вырабатываемое генераторами переменного тока основной системы электроснабжения, в постоянное напряжение 28,5 В) и в итоге питание системы постоянного тока 27 В продолжало осуществляться от аварийной шины, а электрический ток от работавших генераторов переменного тока в эту систему не поступал.

В процессе подготовки к взлёту, руления и взлёта (в 00:10 19 августа) аккумуляторные батареи продолжали разряжаться. Работа потребителей на аварийной шине привела к падению напряжения в системе ниже 18 В, при котором выпрямительные устройства уже не работали. Через 3 минуты после взлёта напряжение в сети упало ниже 14 В и сработал контактор блока защиты и управления. Отказ в работе системы электроснабжения постоянного тока напряжением 27 В в итоге привёл к полному обесточиванию авиационного и радиоэлектронного оборудования.

Последствия катастрофы
После катастрофы под Белградом авиакомпания SPair была лишена лицензии и впоследствии была закрыта.

Память
Все члены экипажа рейса PAR3601 были похоронены в братской могиле на Широкореченском кладбище Екатеринбурга. На этой могиле также установлен обелиск.

См. также
 Катастрофа Ил-18 под Верхней Хавой — также произошла из-за обесточивания электрооборудования

Примечания

Ссылки
 Описание катастрофы на Aviation Safety Network
 Катастрофа Ил-76 Т а/к SPair в районе а/п Белграда (борт RA-76513), 19 августа 1996 года.
 Last Flight Over Belgrade. August 24, 1996
 Полёт во тьму бездушия

Авиационные происшествия с Ил-76
Авиационные происшествия в Сербии
Авиационные происшествия 1996 года


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Матро́на Моско́вска (имена по рождение Матрона Дми́триевна Ни́конова; 1881 – 1952) е прорицателка и светица на Руската православна църква.

Биография
Родена е незряща в с. Себино, Епифански уезд, Тулска губерния, Руска империя (днес Кимовски район, Тулска област) като 4-то дете в семейство на вярващи.

Според нейно житие тя показва чудодейни лечебни и предсказателски способности още на 8-годишна възраст. Посещава Киевско-Печорската и Троице-Сергиевата лаври. При поклонението си в Андреевския събор в Кронщат се среща с праведника Йоан Кронщадски през 1899 г. Според преданието в края на службата си той я повикал с думите:

След Октомврийската революция Матрона заживява в Москва, на улица "Арбат". Според книга на Жданов тя се среща със Сталин преди Битката при Москва и му казва:

До смъртта си Матрона извършва още много чудеса за вярващите. Умира в работническо селище Сходня (днес район в гр. Химки), Московска област, РСФСР, СССР през 1952 г.

На 8 март 1998 г. Алексий ІІ Московски разкрива мощите на Матрона Московска и ги полага в Покровския манастир в Москва.

Почит
На 2 май 1999 г. Матрона Никонова е канонизирана като светица от местно за Москва значение. Нейните мощи са изложени за поклонение също и във Вологда, Красноярск, Липецк, Новокузнецк, Перм.

Част от нейните мощи се намират и в България. Положени са в храма "Света Матрона Московска", наименуван на нея, в Пловдив.

Много храмове (ктедрали, църкви, параклиси) на светицата са осветени: в Русия (поне 36 храма) – главно в Москва (5) и Московска област (12), както и в други селища (в Екатеринбург, Богородск, Белгород, Станко, Верея, Икша, Любимовка, Здравница, Шкотово, Ногинск, Себино, Лобня, Сходня, Раменское, Сочи, Домодедово, Обухово, Казан, Есентуки, Майск и Архангелск), но също и в чужбина – в Гърция (3 храма), Армения (Гюмри), Босна и Херцеговина, България (Пловдив), САЩ (Маями).

Източници

Външни препратки
 Святая блаженная Матрона Московская (svyatmatrona.ru)
 Първият храм на света Матрона Московска на Балканите в България
 Блаженная Матрона Московская на сайта "Православие.Ru"
 Сокращённое житие блаженной Матроны Московской

Християнски светци от XX век
Православни блажени
Руски светци
Родени в Тулска област
Личности (Химки)

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As for Ika spending some valuable time with Alex, I have to say that he is like his owner. He tries to act like a macho man, but ends up being a total coward. However, he redeems himself by saving Ika when a vicious dog attacks her while trying to rescue him. This make it felt like they have finally understood each other. Sadly, the jealousy continues shortly after the walk ended, so I guess they need more time to bond with each other.
No matter what, I couldn't stop laughing when the children was helplessly smacked down to the ground by Ika while she did the routines.
If you went out for run or jog on a summer morning, it's not exhausting and actually feels pleasant. This is what the children exactly did through the various routines that looked like a ritual. When Ika tries to perform them at the Lemon stand, I couldn't stop laughing as she got the wrong impressions from everyone. Essentially it scared Nagisa, got Cindy excited, misled Sanae and annoyed Eiko. To make things more hilarious, she unintentionally throws a bowl of ramen at Chizuru and clearly, she got freakishly angry from it.
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There is a great deal of truth to the statement that "God works in mysterious ways", and there is no better illustration of this, than the way He molded the events that led to the birth of CardioKinetics, Inc.
Growing up, the third child in a very close and athletic family, our founder, Tom Hall, was inspired and motivated by his older brother, Chuck. In 1972, following an All American football career at the University of Delaware, Chuck signed a professional contract with the Baltimore Colts of the NFL. During a routine team physical, the Colts discovered a shadow between his heart and his lungs. What was at first thought to be a minor genetic problem soon was determined to be Hodgkin 's disease. At that time, Tom, then 18 years old decided that he would one day spend his professional life helping people cope with chronic illness. One year later, Chuck was gone.
During his four years at the University of Delaware, Tom was mentored by Dr. Robert Neeves, a Health Science professor who was the Director of the Human Performance Laboratory. He was accompanied by his close college friend, Rich Shaw. One year after graduation, Tom was convinced that the time was right to open his clinic. With the full support and unconditional love from his wife Patti, Tom designed a strategy. The problem was, he needed to borrow a significant amount of money in order to purchase the equipment necessary to perform his medical services. He decided to go back to Dr. Neeves for help with financing. Amazingly, the professor agreed to collateralize his home in order to obtain the loan, and in the fall of 1979, CardioKinetics was established.
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'You're Debating Someone Else's Child': 30 Years Later, Milwaukee's School Voucher Program Divides a City Whose Public Schools Struggle
Students at Milwaukee's St. Marcus Lutheran School where Superintendent Henry Tyson bristles at suggestions that his school has harmed the low-performing public schools surrounding it. (stmarcus.org)
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Ron Kelly saw a crowd of protesters as he turned into the parking lot to drop off his daughters at St. Marcus Lutheran School.
Their signs read "Save our public schools" and "Public dollars for public schools." Several people held up a yellow and green banner with a caricature of U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, who was visiting the private school that September morning last year as part of a nationwide "Back-to-School Tour." She didn't plan to visit any of the city's traditional public schools, and the protesters opposed her advocacy for market-based school reform.
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America's experiment with school choice started here three decades ago, when an unusual alliance formed between school reform advocates and black parents, helped by the political backing of a white Republican governor and a black Democratic state legislator. Together, they pushed for the creation of a school voucher program to help low-income children pay tuition at private schools. In its first year in 1990, fewer than 350 students participated. Small though it was, Milwaukee's program was the start to redefining education in this country.
For Maverick Polly Williams, the Mother of School Choice, The Point Was Always to Empower Parents and Improve Education for Black Children
Programs in other areas soon followed, including Cleveland in 1995 and Florida in 1999. Because of the political divisiveness and legal questions swirling around school vouchers, Democrats threw their support behind charter schools, which are publicly funded but independently run.
Today, 43 states and the District of Columbia have charter schools. Sixteen states and the District of Columbia offer school vouchers, which provide public money directly to families to pay for private school tuition. Eighteen states provide tax-credit scholarships, which are like vouchers but are paid for by contributors who receive a tax break in exchange for giving money to the scholarship fund. Five states offer education savings accounts, which give parents tax dollars in an account for approved educational expenses.
The spread has provoked a fierce backlash from supporters of traditional public schools, who say such programs drain resources and children from an already underfunded public system. Ahead of the presidential election, prominent Democratic candidates have cooled on charter schools, a position that puts them at odds with many black and Hispanic families.
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Some of those fault lines were evident when DeVos visited St. Marcus Lutheran. Most of the students going into school were black. Most of the protesters were white. Kellie Hayes, who was walking her daughter to school, noticed the racial divide.
"The protesters didn't look like us," she said.
Milwaukee's voucher program arose from a history of segregation. Some parents were frustrated by under-resourced public schools in predominantly black neighborhoods and integration plans that put most of the burden on black students to travel to white schools.
Howard Fuller, one of the original proponents of Milwaukee's voucher program, led an effort to create a new school district out of a cluster of predominantly black schools in the city. When that failed, he and others got behind the concept of school vouchers, which had been advocated for years by Milton Friedman, a conservative economist and Nobel Prize winner.
"For us, it was never a free-market issue. It was a social justice issue," Fuller said.
Fuller, a former Milwaukee schools superintendent who founded a charter school and is a nationally known school choice advocate, drew criticism from other voucher proponents about a decade ago when he pushed for greater accountability for Milwaukee's voucher schools. He said he was trying to preserve the program at a time when the governorship and state legislature were controlled by Democrats. Voucher schools now administer state standardized tests and report the results alongside public schools.
Despite those changes, the debate about school choice is as polarizing as ever in the city, perhaps even more so after years of declining enrollment in Milwaukee Public Schools. The school district now enrolls about 65,000 students in its traditional schools. The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program has grown to 28,978 students this school year. Other students attend charter schools or use open enrollment to enroll in schools outside Milwaukee.
"It's been a bit of a political football over the last 30 years," said Patrick Wolf, professor of education at the University of Arkansas, who has studied school choice programs, including Milwaukee's.
School vouchers also haven't driven widespread improvement in student achievement. In a five-year study of the program, students using school vouchers performed, on average, about the same as public school students, except for a small boost in reading scores for voucher students in the last year of the study. That year, voucher students were required to take state standardized tests and the results were released publicly. Researchers were unable to determine if the jump in reading achievement was related to the voucher program, the new testing requirements or a combination of the two, Wolf said.
Voucher students were, however, more likely to graduate from high school, enroll in college and finish their degree, he said.
New Analysis Shows Milwaukee's Religious Schools Now Overwhelmingly Enroll Voucher Students
Last spring, a slate of public-school advocates was elected to the school board, and the new board members face myriad challenges. Some schools are drastically under-enrolled. Parents also have complained about large class sizes and cuts to music and art programs.
At a school board meeting in January, comments from the public painted a dire picture.
Sue Pezanoski Browne, who has taught art in the school district for more than 20 years, moved to a middle school in 2011 after her position at an elementary school was cut. Many of the older students at the new school had never been in an art class before, she said. She has since returned to the elementary level.
Saniya Booker, a 16-year-old sophomore at Bradley Tech High School, said she has at least 40 students in one class.
"We can't even take our books home because we don't have enough," she said.
Amy Mizialko, president of the Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association, told board members that the school district hasn't received enough money from the state, and financial problems have been "exacerbated by private charter schools and private voucher schools."
Of the students, she said: "They're asking you for their basic needs."
District leaders plan to ask voters in April for $87 million in additional funding, money they say will be used to lower class sizes and restore arts programs. Even if it passes, Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent Keith Posley said it won't be enough. "It will not solve all of our problems," he said.
Milwaukee's school vouchers will cost about $230 million this year, primarily from state dollars. The school district will contribute about $37 million to that total.
At St. Marcus Lutheran, Superintendent Henry Tyson takes issue with the idea that his school has hurt the public schools. He has a map on a wall with the locations and test scores of about a dozen nearby schools. Most are public and most are low-performing. Two had zero students test proficient or better in reading last year, scores that he describes as "almost criminal."
"The failure of a lot of these schools predates vouchers," he said.
Milwaukee Public Schools board member Marva Herndon (Milwaukee Public Schools)
Marva Herndon, a retired computer programmer who won a seat on the board after years as a public school advocate, said the school district needs to do a better job of promoting its schools. A black woman who grew up in Milwaukee, she believes that an unintended consequence of past desegregation plans is that some black parents think their children need to leave their neighborhood schools to get a better education. Some black students were bused to predominantly white schools in the city or chose to attend white suburban schools through a voluntary integration program.
"That mindset hasn't changed," she said.
The school district also was caught up in a scandal last year when Michael Bonds, the former president of the school board, was convicted in federal court of taking bribes from a Philadelphia-based charter school company in exchange for votes that helped it renew and expand contracts despite financial concerns. The company, Universal Cos., opened three schools in leased public school buildings and took about $11 million in public dollars before abruptly closing the schools midyear. Bonds hasn't been sentenced yet.
Herndon became concerned about school vouchers about a decade ago after she saw new charter and voucher schools opening in "dilapidated buildings, factories and garages." She successfully pushed for a city ordinance in 2012 that required that new elementary schools have access to a playground.
She also wants to start collecting better data to show how many students leave voucher schools and charter schools after enrollment counts that determine school funding. She suspects some are pushed out afterward.
"It becomes a moneymaking venture," she said.
For many of Milwaukee's parents, the politics of school choice have little to do with the day-to-day decisions they're making about their children's education.
Hayes, who walked by the protesters at St. Marcus Lutheran last fall, said her daughter attended a high-performing public Montessori school before enrolling at the private Christian school. The public school offered chess, art and Spanish. But when she moved to a new neighborhood, she needed a school within walking distance.
"This was the closest school to us," she said of St. Marcus Lutheran. "It was a blessing and a surprise."
Jiquinna Cohen sent her three children to St. Marcus Lutheran with school vouchers. Her oldest daughter graduated from a Lutheran high school, but the younger two attend a public high school. Her son, Bakari Cohen, wanted to go to a more diverse school, she said, and her youngest daughter followed him there.
Ron Kelly and his wife, Von, with their three daughters (from left to right) Avana, ShaRonn and Ronna, and their nephew, Lavelle, at St. Marcus Lutheran Church in Milwaukee. (Photo courtesy of Ron Kelly)
Kelly, who has three daughters at St. Marcus Lutheran, said his mother sent him to predominantly white schools outside Milwaukee through the voluntary integration program. When it came time to select a school for his daughters, Kelly said he didn't have a good opinion of city schools and he didn't want them to ride a bus outside the city like he did. School vouchers allowed him to look for what he wanted, a faith-based school with structure and discipline.
"A public school was never an option," he said.
Cara Fitzpatrick is a former reporter for the Tampa Bay Times. She is currently writing a book on the history of school choice due out in 2021.
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Naughts & Cross stitches: Life always gets in the way.
I am finally getting around to posting my progress today... I meant to post it a couple of days ago... but as the title says life gets in the way.
I haven't been feeling the best for a couple of months now so I went to the doctor for a blood test so hopefully it can be solved really easily. That was on Friday morning, by Friday evening I was in bed with a migraine. I haven't had a migraine for years. I don't know if it was lack of water, or a reaction to the blood test or something else entirely! So I spent most of the weekend recovering from a really sore head and didn't stitch a thing.
I have been stitching a lot, just not this weekend, as I haven't been working much with the new year. I have a big update on Winter Fairy.
I've even done some back stitching which is great as it gets some of that task out of the way, and it makes the rabbit look better.
You can also see the bits of sparkle as I've added some of the metallic threads in as well.
I do have other stuff to show you but I'm exhausted so I will show you more pictures tomorrow!
Winter fairy is coming along nicely...love the fabric you have her on!
I feel your pain (literally)! I think it must be a weather thing because my migraines have been going nuts! Hold in there and hopefully it will get better!
But at least you got some stitching done!
Lovely progress and hope you feel better soon.
Great progress Caitlin. I hope your feeling better soon.
Winter Fairy looks beautiful! I'm so sorry about your migraine!


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Q: Regex on positive numeric with dollar sign Could someone post some tip on what's the pattern for Regex for postive numeric number with decimal and dollar sign.
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A: This one should do it:
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A: (\$\s*)?([1-9]\d+|\d+)(\.\d+)?

This one also excludes $05.00
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Home Latest News A man of solitude celebrates a healing Mass
A man of solitude celebrates a healing Mass
Several hundred people came to Assumption Church in Wildwood Crest on a recent Wednesday afternoon, drawn by admiration for two Franciscan friars — one a hermit and the other a saint who bore the wounds of Christ — and the promise of healing.
Father Pio Mandato of the Diocese of Scranton, Pa., celebrated a healing Mass at the church, one of the worship sites of Notre Dame de la Mer Parish, Wildwood, on Wednesday, June 27.
At the end of Mass people lined up to be blessed with a relic of the Italian stigmatist St. Padre Pio, a glove he wore on one of his bleeding hands.
It was from the hands of St. Padre Pio, who was canonized by Pope John Paul II 10 years ago, that Father Mandato received his first holy Communion.
Father Mandato was born in Pietrelcina in Southern Italy, the same town where St. Padre Pio was born. He grew up in New Jersey and he entered the Capuchin Franciscans — the community of St. Padre Pio — at age 17, where he received his Franciscan formation and later priestly formation.
Ordained in 1985, he served as a hospital chaplain and ministered to the homeless. In 1998, he was accepted into the Diocese of Scranton and has lived a life of prayer as a hermit in solitude, occasionally traveling around the country to celebrate healing Masses.
Hermits, according to Catechism of the Catholic Church, "devote their life to the praise of God and salvation of the world through a stricter separation from the world, the silence of solitude and assiduous prayer and penance."
Concelebrating the June 27 Mass with Father Mandato was Father Joseph D. Wallace of Notre Dame de la Mer Parish.
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LB&I announced the identification and selection of five campaigns on July 2, 2018.
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LB&I announced the identification and selection of 13 campaigns on Jan. 31, 2017. This is a significant milestone for LB&I. The launch of campaigns is the culmination of an extensive effort to redefine compliance work and build a supportive infrastructure. LB&I continues to position the division to address compliance and resource challenges. Campaign development requires strategic planning and deployment of resources, training and tools, metrics and feedback.


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Ecological Systems	Randal Rust	2018-03-01T20:13:00+00:00
Written by Richard P. Gildrie
Tennessee is an Upper South state approximately 432 miles long and 112 miles wide, constituting 42,244 square miles, with elevations ranging from peaks of over 6,000 feet to sea level, containing a wide variety of natural and human environments. A growing season that ranges from an average of 160 days in the mountainous east to 260 days in the southwestern corner provides another source of variation. The state contains significant portions of three of the major ecological regions, or biomes, of North America. Within each of those larger zones are also smaller environmental areas.
Much of the Unaka, or Great Smoky, Mountains of East Tennessee is in the Boreal, or Conifer Zone, where the climate and environment, due to the high altitude, more nearly resembles that of upstate New York than that of the Upper South. Consequently, trees commonly associated with more northern climes–firs, spruce, hemlock–are native. The area's topographical complexity of peaks, ridges, valleys, and coves creates a setting for a wide variety of plant life, including some 1,300 species of flowering plant and 131 species of trees, compared to 85 for all of Europe. In the heart of the region is the Cherokee National Forest (625,350 acres), which includes the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (241,206 acres), one of the region's most popular parks.
At the opposite end of the state are the Mississippi River Bottomlands, which are some 50 miles wide and contain over 900 square miles. A swampy, deciduous forest is the ecological system dominating this geophysical region. Its almost subtropical appearance is typified by Reelfoot Lake, approximately 14 miles long and five miles wide, with its cypress and abundant waterfowl, including egrets and herons. Reelfoot Lake, in fact, is one of the state's few bald eagle nesting areas. This ecological zone, together with much of the rest of West Tennessee and the western portion of the Tennessee River Valley, is crucial to the Mississippi Flyway. Consequently the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service maintains seven National Wildlife Refuges, totaling 91,073 acres, in the region.
The vast majority of the state's territory, ranging from the Valley of East Tennessee through the Gulf Coastal Plain bordering on the Mississippi Bottoms, is within the Deciduous Forest Zone. This zone is characterized by oaks, maples, beech, walnut, hickory, poplar, and other hardwoods mixed with pine and cedar. The wildlife complex–deer, raccoon, opossum, and turkey–is typical for the American South. Given the zone's topological diversity and its complex drainage patterns and varying soils, there is considerable environmental variation.
West of the Unaka Mountains is the Valley of East Tennessee, varying in width from 30 to 60 miles and containing some 9,000 square miles drained by the eastern reaches of the Tennessee River and its tributaries. It is an undulating region of small farms with two major urban centers, Knoxville and Chattanooga. Forest patches are frequent. West of the Valley is the Cumberland Plateau, portions of which reach an elevation of 2,000 feet. To the south the Sequatchie Valley bifurcates the plateau as far north as the Crab Orchard Mountains. The Cumberland Plateau, totaling 4,300 square miles, is also cut by deep and sometimes wide river valleys which create some of the most spectacular vistas in the state. The Cumberland Plateau descends into the Eastern Highland Rim, averaging 1,000 feet above sea level. This region of some 2,500 square miles is reasonably fertile, except for the western edges where poor drainage and soils create broad "barrens" and where forests develop and recover more slowly than in other nearby regions.
The Great Central or Nashville Basin (5,000 square miles), with its average elevation just over 500 feet and scattered hills termed "knobs," is often called the "Garden of Tennessee" for its relative fertility. It is a region of larger farms and cattle operations, comparatively cleared of forest. Nashville is the hub of the region. It is well drained by portions of the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers and their tributaries including the Duck, Caney Fork, Buffalo, and Harpeth Rivers. To the south and west are the Western Highland Rim (7,500 square miles with an average elevation of 1,000 feet) and the Tennessee River Valley, which are much more heavily forested than the Basin. Between the Tennessee River Valley and the Mississippi Bottoms is the Gulf Coastal Plain (9,000 square miles) of West Tennessee. Parallel to the Tennessee River in the eastern portion of the plain is a belt of sand hills and mixed pine and hardwood forests about 35 miles wide where farming is difficult. Much of this land is in the Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge. The bulk of the Coastal Plain is both flatter and more fertile and, consequently, more heavily farmed than other areas of the state.
Human occupation and exploitation, of course, have had a massive impact on these natural environments. Agriculture is the greatest of these influences. There were approximately ninety-one thousand farms in Tennessee in 1999, constituting about 45 percent of the state's land area, despite the fact that around one-third of the state's territory is unfit for farming. About 20 percent of this farmland is in woodland and forest rather than field and pasture. Tennessee's forests, public and private, were sufficient to allow the cutting of 960 million board feet of hardwood in 1999, making the state one of the nation's leaders in hardwood production, along with another 156 million board feet in softwood. According to 1995 estimates, one-half of the state's area is wooded, with some 200 species of trees, of which one-third have commercial value. There are more acres (156,000) in Tennessee's thirteen state forests than in any other southern state. The Tennessee State Park system contains over 131,000 acres.
The rivers, streams, and lakes are vital parts of the state's ecological systems. The Tennessee Valley Authority operates seventeen dams on the Tennessee and its tributaries, while the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has built seven on the Cumberland. These projects for flood control and hydroelectric power have created a series of slack water lakes of ecological value as well as of recreational and economic importance. Also the state's five largest cities have, over the last twenty years, increasingly recognized the importance of urban ecology. For instance, there have been projects to preserve green areas and provide better public access to riverfronts for recreational and cultural uses.
Enforcement of state environmental laws and regulations rests mainly with the Department of Environment and Conservation. Created in 1991 to consolidate programs from a variety of departments and agencies, the department oversees the state park system, air and water pollution control, and solid waste management. The Wildlife Resources Agency is independent while the Forestry Division is part of the Department of Agriculture and maintains the state forests.
Article Title Ecological Systems
Author Richard P. Gildrie
URL http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/ecological-systems/
Thematic Essay
Cumberland River System
Cherokee National Forest
Geological Zones
Reelt Lake State Park
Tennessee River System
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Five First Chances
by Sarah Jost
Pub Date 18 Apr 2023 | Archive Date 23 Apr 2023
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For anyone who has ever felt stuck on the wrong path comes a stunning, time-bending love story that challenges what it means to get things "right," and who's at your side through it all
What would you do if you had one more chance for the life of your dreams?
Lou feels like she is stuck on the wrong path: alone, in a city far from home, watching other people be happy. When the man she's in love with announces his engagement to someone else, Lou is consumed by 'what ifs'.
That's when she finds herself slipping back in time to a night two years ago, where one small decision changed everything...
Suddenly, Lou has a chance to fix her mistakes. But as her choices lead her down roads she never could have imagined, she finds herself stuck in a time loop of her own making. And with each slip, Lou notices her life intersecting with one person again and again. A friend of a friend who once lived on the periphery, who is slowly becoming the one person who makes her feel like she might finally be on the right track.
Lou is about to realize that our greatest love stories aren't always the ones we expected, but are the ones we choose to fight for.
For fans of In Five Years and Out of Love comes a life-affirming debut that blends déjà vu, a poignant exploration of friendship and loss, and a truly unforgettable love story. This is the kind of book that will pull at your heartstrings and make you realize that if you just open yourself up to the possibilities, our world is full of inspiring people poised to change everything...and you might just be one of them.
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Network Rail requires supplier/s to provide the following health related employee benefits: Employee Assistance Programme.
United Kingdom-London: Company health services
Contract notice – utilities
Section I: Contracting entity
Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd
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E-mail: Nobu.Ndlovu@networkrail.co.uk
Internet address(es):Main address: https://www.networkrail.co.uk/
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=33892
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via: https://networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=33892
Reference number: Bravo Project Number: 10418
Network Rail requires supplier/s to provide the following health related employee benefits:
— Employee Assistance Programme,
— Executive Health Assessment,
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Each of the benefits will be awarded for a contract term of maximum of four (4) years.
The commencement date of the contracts will be 1.8.2019 and naturally end on 31.7.2023.
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Network Rail requires a supplier to provide a confidential Employee Assistance Programme service to their employees for information, and advice or counselling which is free to their employees and available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
This service is not only available to employees of Network Rail but also to their partner or any dependents if they need to use the service.
Re-tender after four (4) years
Executive Health Assessments
Network Rail offers a provision of executive health assessments for eligible employees in their executive positions.
These executive health assessments promote Network Rail's commitment to support positive health and wellness by providing an in-depth look at all health areas for Network Rail executives.
Health Cash Plans
In line with Network Rail's commitment to a key focus on the Health and Wellbeing Strategy, Network Rail are looking to introduce the promotion of health cash plan provision to all employees to provide access to a wide range of health and wellbeing offerings which can be claimed back through the plans.
Re-tender after (four) 4 years
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On this day in 1997, the Sci Fi Channel era of MST3K began with Experiment 801 - Revenge Of The Creature!
After seven seasons on Comedy Central (stretching back to when it was still The Comedy Channel) and one film, the Satellite of Love crew turned into pure energy at the edge of the universe. In 801, they return to their bodies and the SOL after hundreds of years to continue riffing on cheesy movies, this time under the watchful eye of Pearl Forrester.
The episode was Bill Corbett's inaugural performance as the voice of Crow and kicked off a beloved run of the series that brought such fan-favorite episodes as Prince of Space, Space Mutiny and The Final Sacrifice.
Revenge Of The Creature can be seen on the Volume XXV DVD set.


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Justia Patents Jacob C. Howell Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications
Patents by Inventor Jacob C. Howell
Jacob C. Howell has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Systems and Methods for Generating a Custom Campaign
Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for personalizing a campaign to a recipient based on interactive surveys. A link to the interactive survey, unique to each recipient, is sent to each recipient to track survey responses. The systems and methods may track the answers, the time spent in each section, and the recipient's eye movement. Based on the tracked information, the systems and methods identify one or more interests of the recipient and match a related product to that interest. The systems and methods generate a campaign for the recipient based on the identified interests for the related product.
Applicant: Verb Technology Company, Inc.
Inventors: Brycen Squire, McKinley Oswald, Jason Matheny, Colby Allen, Jeremy James Oswald, Alex Dayton Cooper, Jacob C. Howell, Curtis John Gibby
DEPLOYABLE ORIGAMI-INSPIRED BARRIERS
Abstract: An example barrier can be switchable between an at least partially collapsed state and at least partially expanded state (e.g., a deployed state). For example, the barrier can be formed from a sheet and a plurality of rigid sections (e.g., rigid panels) attached or incorporated into the sheet. The barrier can also include a plurality of hinges, such as hinge lines, between the panels that are formed from the sheet. The hinges enable the barrier to be rigid foldable (e.g., the hinges can fold and unfold while the rigid sections remain stiff and rigid) between the expanded and collapsed states.
Inventors: Larry L. Howell, Spencer P. Magleby, David C. Morgan, Terri Bateman, Jeffrey E. Niven, Alex Avila, Erica Crampton, Kyler Tolman, Jacob Greenwood, Peter Schleede, Kendal Hal Seymour, Joseph Tyler Eddington
Assignee: Verb Technology Company, Inc.
Abstract: An example barrier can be switchable between an at least partially collapsed state and at least partially expanded state (e.g., a deployed state). For example, the barrier can be formed from a continuous sheet and a plurality of rigid sections (e.g., rigid panels) attached or incorporated into the continuous sheet. The barrier can also include a plurality of hinges, such as hinge lines, between the panels that are formed from the continuous sheet. The hinges enable the barrier to be rigid foldable (e.g., the hinges can fold and unfold while the rigid sections remain stiff and rigid) between the expanded and collapsed states.
Inventors: Larry L. Howell, Spencer P. Magleby, David C. Morgan, Terri Bateman, Jeffrey E. Niven, Alex Avila, Erica Crampton, Kyler Tolman, Jacob Greenwood, Peter Schleede


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Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostles
1And he called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, 2and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal. 39:3 For 9:3–5 see parallels Matt. 10:9–15; Mark 6:8–11And he said to them, "Take nothing for your journey, no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not have two tunics.9:3 Greek chiton, a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin 4And whatever house you enter, stay there, and from there depart. 5And wherever they do not receive you, when you leave that town shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them." 6And they departed and went through the villages, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.
Herod Is Perplexed by Jesus
79:7 For 9:7–9 see parallels Matt. 14:1–12; Mark 6:14–29Now Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was perplexed, because it was said by some that John had been raised from the dead, 8by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the prophets of old had risen. 9Herod said, "John I beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?" And he sought to see him.
10On their return the apostles told him all that they had done. 9:10 For 9:10–17 see parallels Matt. 14:13–21; Mark 6:32–44; John 6:1–13And he took them and withdrew apart to a town called Bethsaida. 11When the crowds learned it, they followed him, and he welcomed them and spoke to them of the kingdom of God and cured those who needed healing. 12Now the day began to wear away, and the twelve came and said to him, "Send the crowd away to go into the surrounding villages and countryside to find lodging and get provisions, for we are here in a desolate place." 13But he said to them, "You give them something to eat." They said, "We have no more than five loaves and two fish—unless we are to go and buy food for all these people." 14For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, "Make them sit down in groups of about fifty each." 15And they did so, and made them all sit down. 16And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing over them. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd. 17And they all ate and were satisfied. And what was left over was picked up, twelve baskets of broken pieces.
189:18 For 9:18–20 see parallels Matt. 16:13–16; Mark 8:27–29Now it happened that as he was praying alone, the disciples were with him. And he asked them, "Who do the crowds say that I am?" 19And they answered, "John the Baptist. But others say, Elijah, and others, that one of the prophets of old has risen." 20Then he said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" And Peter answered, "The Christ of God."
Jesus Foretells His Death
21And he strictly charged and commanded them to tell this to no one, 229:22 For 9:22–27 see parallels Matt. 16:21–28; Mark 8:31—9:1saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised."
23And he said to all, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. 24For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. 25For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself? 26For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels. 27But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God."
28Now about eight days after these sayings he took with him Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to pray. 29And as he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became dazzling white. 30And behold, two men were talking with him, Moses and Elijah, 31who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure,9:31 Greek exodus which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. 32Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep, but when they became fully awake they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him. 33And as the men were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good that we are here. Let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah"—not knowing what he said. 34As he was saying these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud. 35And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my Son, my Chosen One;9:35 Some manuscripts my Beloved listen to him!" 36And when the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent and told no one in those days anything of what they had seen.
Jesus Heals a Boy with an Unclean Spirit
37On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him. 38And behold, a man from the crowd cried out, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child. 39And behold, a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out. It convulses him so that he foams at the mouth, and shatters him, and will hardly leave him. 40And I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not." 41Jesus answered, "O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here." 42While he was coming, the demon threw him to the ground and convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father. 43And all were astonished at the majesty of God.
Jesus Again Foretells His Death
But while they were all marvelling at everything he was doing, Jesus9:43 Greek he said to his disciples, 44"Let these words sink into your ears: The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men." 45But they did not understand this saying, and it was concealed from them, so that they might not perceive it. And they were afraid to ask him about this saying.
Who Is the Greatest?
46An argument arose among them as to which of them was the greatest. 47But Jesus, knowing the reasoning of their hearts, took a child and put him by his side 48and said to them, "Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For he who is least among all of you is the one who is great."
Anyone Not Against Us Is For Us
49John answered, "Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not follow with us." 50But Jesus said to him, "Do not stop him, for the one who is not against you is for you."
A Samaritan Village Rejects Jesus
51When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. 52And he sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans, to make preparations for him. 53But the people did not receive him, because his face was set towards Jerusalem. 54And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said, "Lord, do you want us to tell fire to come down from heaven and consume them?"9:54 Some manuscripts add as Elijah did 55But he turned and rebuked them.9:55 Some manuscripts add And he said, "You do not know what manner of spirit you are of; 56 for the Son of Man came not to destroy people's lives but to save them" 56And they went on to another village.
The Cost of Following Jesus
579:57 For 9:57–62 see parallel Matt. 8:19–22As they were going along the road, someone said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go." 58And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head." 59To another he said, "Follow me." But he said, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father." 60And Jesus9:60 Greek he said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God." 61Yet another said, "I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home." 62Jesus said to him, "No one who puts his hand to the plough and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God."
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  Движения должны быть медленными, необходимо задействовать каждый сантиметр подошвы.

08. Продвижение себя вперёд-назад используя только пальцы стоп. Упражнение выполняется стоя. Движение будет напоминать движение гусеницы. 20-30 см вперёд и назад. Повторить 2-3 раза.

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ACTION! In a new study, the hippocampus (blue) was active during parts of films times when one event ended and another began. That boundary-marking may help the brain package continuous experiences into discrete memories.
The brain's hippocampi may be the film editors of our lives, slicing our continuous experiences into discrete cuts that can be stored away as memories. That's the idea raised by a new study that analyzed brain scan data from people watching films such as "Forrest Gump." "Research like this helps us identify 'What is an event, from the point of view of the brain?'" says memory psychologist Gabriel Radvansky of the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. Many laboratory tests of memory involve taking in discrete, dull lists of information. "So much research is done with these little bits and pieces - words, pictures, things like that," Radvansky says. But those dry tidbits aren't what the human brain usually handles. "The mind is built to deal with complex events." As a closer approximation to real life, researchers used brain imaging data collected earlier as part of a larger project: While undergoing a functional MRI, 15 people watched "Forrest Gump," and 253 people watched Alfred Hitchcock's television drama "Bang! You're Dead." A separate group of 16 observers watched each of the productions and pressed buttons to indicate when they thought one event ended and another began.
With the data in hand, cognitive neuroscientists Aya Ben-Yakov and Rik Henson, both of the University of Cambridge, aligned participants' brain activity with the transition points marked by the 16 observers. A brain structure called the hippocampus, known to be important for memory and navigation, seemed particularly active at these junctures, the team reports October 8 in the Journal of Neuroscience. When the researchers looked at hippocampus behavior over the entire shows, the brain structure was most active when the observers had indicated a shift from one event to another.
That response "was actually quite striking," Ben-Yakov says. "I wasn't expecting it to be this strong and this clear." These transitions didn't always involve jumps to new places or times in the story. One such boundary came near the beginning of "Forrest Gump" as Forrest sits quietly on a bench. Suddenly, he blurts out his famous greeting: "Hello. My name's Forrest. Forrest Gump." The hippocampus may have helped slice that continuous bench scene into two events: before talking and after talking. Such divisions may help package information into discrete pieces that can then be stored as memories, the researchers suspect. Of course, films only approximate firsthand experiences, Ben-Yakov says. It's not clear how the hippocampus behaves when people are personally involved in events. "Our goal is to understand real life," she says.


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Liverpool winger Mohamed said that he was very happy and proud after becoming the fastest player to score 50 goals for Liverpool in the Premier League.
Liverpool gets a major boost up as Klopp is all set to recall his star defender for the upcoming Premier League battle.
The Reds conceded a ninth-minute Shane Long goal before Naby Keita opened his Liverpool account with a 36th-minute header.
Jurgen Klopp was then made to wait a long time for Salah to score the second of the game, and after nerves were settled Jordan Henderson nabbed his first of the season to make things safe.
Only two other players in the Premier League era have reached the landmark quicker - Manchester United's Ruud van Nistelrooy and Alan Shearer for Blackburn Rovers.
If Liverpool are going to win the title, these are the kind of games they have to win.
Salah's record-breaking debut campaign was capped by the Premier League player of the year award - only Suarez and former England worldwide Michael Owen had previously won it as Liverpool players. "That's the most important thing for us".
"It was brilliant", Klopp said after the game.
The victory lifted Liverpool to 82 points from 33 games, with City on 80 from 32, while Southampton remained five points above the relegation zone.
Henderson proved to be a calming influence for Liverpool after coming on for Georginio Wijnaldum in the 59th minute. "As a striker you have chances and because each striker is a human being as well, maybe you have better moments and less good moments". Manchester City's comfortable 2-0 win over Cardiff city in midweek saw them regain top spot, but Liverpool can go back to the summit tonight should they win at St Mary's.
When asked if he considered playing in the Brazilian, Salah told Sky Sports: "Not at all".
"We found a way to go into half time level, which was big for us".
Star man Mo Salah scored the winning goal with 10 minutes to go before Henderson grabbed the third.
Liverpool also have three of their final five games at home, as Anfield has become a fortress with Klopp's men now on the second-longest unbeaten home run in PL history which is 37 games. I am really proud.
The goal was Henderson's first since September 2017 and was undoubtedly a much-needed one for the Liverpool captain, who appears to have dropped down the pecking order at Anfield over the course of the campaign in a crowded midfield.


Information Technology Leadership: Operations Critical Projects?
What are "Operational Critical" projects? They are the most important projects that you'll ever "not" manage. That sounds like a mis-statement, because you do actually manage operational critical projects... often at the expense of your planned projects.
So, the sky has fallen, and you need to "circle the wagons", "round up the troops" and "take the hill." Why would you do this at the expense of your projects? There are a number of reasons why you would do this. You may have discovered a critical issue that would have a major impact on your business, your reputation, or that is critical because of some legal issue. DON'T BE A DOLT - GO FIX IT!
Yes, your project plans are important, and you must schedule to achieve every deadline. This would not be prudent if you were overlooking something which has major implications to your business. Remember in a prior post... be honest... open... and accept responsibility for any projects that you must postpone. Postpone the projects, and address the issue.
Manage the process for the operational critical project. It is the MOST critical project you have to manage. Give it your first priority, then assign available resources to your other projects, in order of priority. Priority? Yes, your projects need prioritized. Nobody wants the number 2 project, and they'll tell you they are all number one. I'll do another post on this... here's a trick... ask them which project they can postpone if you don't have resources each time you add new projects. The one that never get's postponed... it's really their top priority. It's a little trickier when you serve multiple customers, but the same concept applies.
Give constant updates... over... over... over communicate. I cannot stress enough the critical nature of open, honest, frequent communications.
Manage the project as if your job depends on it... it probably does, or at least your reputation and next raise will get impacted if you drop the ball on operational critical issues.
Operational critical issues could be critical because of their nature... risk... or timing necessary to resolve the issues positively.
Look outside the box for ways to help solve the operational critical issue, and turn every rock necessary to solve the operational critical issue. It could be a crashed system, broken manufacturing equipment, a rush order from your largest customer, or a data integrity issue.
Don't expect recognition... you're fixing a problem... that probably should not have occurred... or one at least that your organization wished it could forget.
Create realistic timelines... nobody wants to see a plan for a critical project that's destined to fail from being too aggressive. Be realistic... and stay on top of the project.
Reset expectations when it's necessary. Don't wait too long and hope for a miracle.
Keep a bulleted list on tasks, and cross off the successes.
I don't know of too many people who want to manage a crisis. The key is to manage the crisis, learning from it, and then reset expectations if there is insufficient slack to recover from diverted resources.
You should always expect to have some slack in your schedule to accomplish difficult tasks when they arise... that are unplanned. Unless there is a loss of resources, no person wants to hear why you've postponed most project you manage for some excuse or the other. That's not a legitimate reason... that's poor planning, regardless of the reason. Plan for what's reasonable, and realistic for YOUR environment. What ever you do, plan well... and don't plan to "create" a crisis.
It may rain today... but the sun will come out tomorrow.


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package com.wzl.wzl_vanda.vandaimlibforhub.controller;

import android.util.Log;

import com.avos.avoscloud.AVException;
import com.avos.avoscloud.AVGeoPoint;
import com.avos.avoscloud.im.v2.AVIMConversation;
import com.avos.avoscloud.im.v2.AVIMTypedMessage;
import com.avos.avoscloud.im.v2.callback.AVIMConversationCallback;
import com.avos.avoscloud.im.v2.messages.AVIMAudioMessage;
import com.avos.avoscloud.im.v2.messages.AVIMImageMessage;
import com.avos.avoscloud.im.v2.messages.AVIMLocationMessage;
import com.avos.avoscloud.im.v2.messages.AVIMTextMessage;
import com.wzl.wzl_vanda.vandaimlibforhub.BuildConfig;
import com.wzl.wzl_vanda.vandaimlibforhub.data.DBHelper;
import com.wzl.wzl_vanda.vandaimlibforhub.data.IMConv;
import com.wzl.wzl_vanda.vandaimlibforhub.data.IMMsg;
import com.wzl.wzl_vanda.vandaimlibforhub.messagehelp.MessageHelp;
import com.wzl.wzl_vanda.vandaimlibforhub.utils.PathUtils;
import com.wzl.wzl_vanda.vandaimlibforhub.utils.PhotoUtils;
import com.wzl.wzl_vanda.vandaimlibforhub.utils.Utils;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Created by lzw on 14/11/23.
 */
public class MessageAgent {

    public static final String MAPKEY = "infoID";
    public static final String NICKNAME = "nickname";

    private Map<String, Object> map = new HashMap<>();
    private String objectId;
    private AVIMConversation conversation;
    private ChatManager chatManager;

    private MessageHelp messageHelp;

    private SendCallback sendCallback = new SendCallback() {
        @Override
        public void onError(IMMsg message, Exception e) {

        }

        @Override
        public void onSuccess(IMMsg message) {

        }
    };

    public MessageAgent(AVIMConversation conversation, String objectId) {
        this.conversation = conversation;
        this.objectId = objectId;
        messageHelp = new MessageHelp();
        map.clear();
        if (objectId != null && !objectId.equals("")) {
            Log.e("objectId -> ", "" + objectId);
            map.put(MAPKEY, (Object) this.objectId);
        }
        chatManager = ChatManager.getInstance();
    }

    public void addNicknameMap(String nickname) {
        map.remove(NICKNAME);
        map.put(NICKNAME, nickname);
    }

    public void setSendCallback(SendCallback sendCallback) {
        this.sendCallback = sendCallback;
    }

    private void sendMsg(final AVIMTypedMessage msg, final String originPath, final SendCallback callback) {
        if (!chatManager.isConnect()) {
            Utils.log("im not connect");
        }
        conversation.sendMessage(msg, AVIMConversation.RECEIPT_MESSAGE_FLAG, new AVIMConversationCallback() {
            @Override
            public void done(AVException e) {
                if (e == null && originPath != null) {
                    File tmpFile = new File(originPath);
                    File newFile = new File(PathUtils.getChatFilePath(msg.getMessageId()));
                    boolean result = tmpFile.renameTo(newFile);
                    if (!result) {
                        throw new IllegalStateException("move file failed, can't use local cache");
                    }
                }
                if (callback != null) {
                    IMMsg imMsg = messageHelp.convert2IMMsg(ChatManager.getInstance().getImClient(), msg);
                    if (BuildConfig.DEBUG)
                        Log.i("IM", "onMessage, imMsg:" + imMsg);
                    DBHelper.getInstance().insertMsg(imMsg);
                    IMConv conv = messageHelp.genConvData(conversation, imMsg);
                    DBHelper.getInstance().insertAndIncrtUnread(conv, true);
                    if(MessageHelp.getMessageFragment() != null){
                        MessageHelp.getMessageFragment().refreshData();
                    }
                    if (e != null) {
                        callback.onError(imMsg, e);
                    } else {
                        callback.onSuccess(imMsg);
                    }
                }
            }
        });
    }

    public void resendMessage(final AVIMTypedMessage msg, final SendCallback sendCallback) {
        conversation.sendMessage(msg, AVIMConversation.RECEIPT_MESSAGE_FLAG, new AVIMConversationCallback() {
            @Override
            public void done(AVException e) {
                IMMsg imMsg = messageHelp.convert2IMMsg(ChatManager.getInstance().getImClient(), msg);
                if (BuildConfig.DEBUG)
                    Log.i("IM", "onMessage, imMsg:" + imMsg);
                DBHelper.getInstance().insertMsg(imMsg);
                if (e != null) {
                    sendCallback.onError(imMsg, e);
                } else {
                    sendCallback.onSuccess(imMsg);
                }
            }
        });
    }

    public void sendText(String content) {
        AVIMTextMessage textMsg = new AVIMTextMessage();
        textMsg.setText(content);
        textMsg.setAttrs(map);
        sendMsg(textMsg, null, sendCallback);
    }

    public void sendImage(String imagePath) {
        final String newPath = PathUtils.getChatFilePath(Utils.uuid());
        PhotoUtils.compressImage(imagePath, newPath);
        try {
            AVIMImageMessage imageMsg = new AVIMImageMessage(newPath);
            imageMsg.setAttrs(map);
            sendMsg(imageMsg, newPath, sendCallback);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public void sendLocation(double latitude, double longitude, String address) {
        AVIMLocationMessage locationMsg = new AVIMLocationMessage();
        AVGeoPoint geoPoint = new AVGeoPoint(latitude, longitude);
        locationMsg.setLocation(geoPoint);
        locationMsg.setText(address);
        locationMsg.setAttrs(map);
        sendMsg(locationMsg, null, sendCallback);
    }

    public void sendAudio(String audioPath) {
        try {
            AVIMAudioMessage audioMsg = new AVIMAudioMessage(audioPath);
            audioMsg.setAttrs(map);
            sendMsg(audioMsg, audioPath, sendCallback);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public interface SendCallback {

        void onError(IMMsg message, Exception e);

        void onSuccess(IMMsg message);

    }
}


Villa in Finestrat in exclusive luxury urbanization with surveillance, sports center with gym, spa, tennis, massages and sauna, close to all amenities including supermarkets, schools and golf courses. The housing is distributed on two levels in which you will find 4 bedrooms with fitted wardrobes, 4 full baths, fully equipped kitchen with appliances and large dining room with access to the garden and the pool. The housing offers parking within the plot and magnificent views to the sea, mountains and the city.


Leapfrogs is a child focused therapy centre that offers children with social and academic challenges life changing solutions to Learn, Engage, Adapt, and Progress with their friends, family, school, and society. We believe that all children have a right to pursue their dreams and our mission is to enable them by providing the understanding, therapy and love they need to succeed.
We are invested in your child's development and dedicated to achieving the best outcome. Our team sets strict standards on our own clinical benchmarks, effectiveness and performance. Additionally, we continuously educate ourselves from globally renowned institutions and strictly adhere to the best practices for therapists worldwide.
We believe in having a close partnership with the parents and extended families of our children and actively collaborate with their teachers and other professionals.
We proactively educate parents and teachers by initiating pro-bono community outreach workshops to bring awareness of child development issues. We also challenge, train and teach upcoming therapists as clinical mentors with National University of Singapore programmes.
Our team diligently seeks and creates new resources to customise ways to make learning engaging and meaningful for each child.
We seek and celebrate all victories and achievements. Our favourite moments as a team are when we can share and laugh together about all the amazing changes and growth that we see in our children. This is what inspires us everyday.
We are so delighted to be here to work with you and your child! We know how important each little person that walks through our door is and how special they are to those who have brought them here, so thank you for this opportunity to be your partner.
We founded Leapfrogs in 2005 out of a strong zeal and passion for working with children with special needs. The roots of Leapfrogs go back to May's love for early childhood education, Michelle's keen interest in speech therapy, and our devotion to child development. This has formed the unique mother-daughter partnership that is Leapfrogs. It became very clear that our work with children was more than just a job when research, laughter, and discussions filled a lot of our family time together. Each child has touched our lives in his and her own way, and we remember vividly his cheekiness, her tears, their joy! Through our desire to change the lives of these children, we realised that our lives also changed in profoundly positive ways.
One fundamental lesson we have learned over the years is that all children have the drive to succeed. They may not have the words to communicate, movement to explore, or the learning to connect, but they have the same desire to succeed like everyone else. This simple, basic right fuels everything that we do. For every child with a learning disability, a communication impairment, and faces challenges, we are here.
Welcome to Leapfrogs. We can't wait to meet you.
Leapfrogs currently has a staff of 10 trained professionals who are grounded into three specialist disciplines: speech, occupational and educational therapy. To date, over a thousand children with special needs have been helped, enabling them to improve their daily lives and the lives of those around them.
Leapfrogs is recognised by the Singapore government as one of the approved and accredited private institutions for early intervention and was selected as one of four early pioneers in their Pilot for Private Intervention Program (PPIP). Here families can access grants for the Early Intervention Programme which was previously limited to government or public special schools.
Leapfrogs participates in outreach programs to local schools in Singapore and has trained over 100 local preschool principals, head, and teachers about early detection and intervention, and 70 Allied Educators on strategies and ideas to support children with special needs in the Primary and Secondary ages. Leapfrogs also supervises students in the master of Speech Pathology Programme from the National University of Singapore proving practical experience and training.
We have also been privileged to be able to support over 40 families that needed financial support over the years through subsidies and creative collaborations with parents and public organizations.