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Conflict, Israel, Jewish Community, Jewish Values, Judaism, Mental Health, Parenting
Avoiding the army
A couple of weeks back, we got a letter through from the IDF telling my 16 ½ year old daughter that she had to report to the IDF recruiting office in Jerusalem, to discuss joining the army in another year and a half.
Lest you think these letters are only sent to secular / dati-leumi girls, you should know that we met up with a large handful of Beis Yaacov girls in the Jerusalem Beit Din's offices, where we had to go to start the process of getting my daughter formerly exempted on religious grounds.
But while the Beis Yaacov schools then deals with the process of actually submitting the documents proving a girl is 'religious' to the army, we had to actually go down there ourselves to hand in the papers.
As I got to the gate of the recruiting office with my daughter, a youngish chareidi guy suddenly popped up out of nowhere and asked us if we were going to try to get my kid out of the army. The word try kind of bothered me a little, as I thought these things were routine, very simple, a done deal.
The chareidi guy explained it would be much easier if I left my daughter outside, a little way off, while I handed in her documents from the Beit Din and asked for a receipt. "It's better that way for you," he told me, and as he was clearly on a mission to help religious girls avoid being drafted, I believed him.
Thank God, the soldier on the gate had braces and a kippa, so he wasn't exactly intimidating. There was a big mix-up for five minutes when he thought that I was the one trying to get out of the army, but the female soldier who was on duty with him, Etti, took one look at my wrinkles and burst out with a ma pitom!!! that cleared that small misunderstanding up immediately.
Eventually, I managed to hand in the form from the Beit Din, and I got back a square piece of paper telling me that the IDF had formally received the paperwork, and would come back with a decision in two weeks.
In the car coming home, I was discussing the army with my kid, who is extremely idealistic and 'zionistic' in the classical sense of loving Israel, loving Jews, and being prepared to sacrifice a lot to help her people.
But not in the army.
This is the kid who went to protest Amona, and whose friends are in in Yad L'Achim, and who has big plans to make a lot of money – just so she can give it away to charity.
But after Elor Azaria, and after Shaul Goldin, H'yd, and after Amona, and after all the ridiculous political correctness about having women serving in combat positions – the IDF is looking less and less like the place that idealistic, Zionistic young Jews should be even if they were men.
The people running the country and controlling the army don't fear Hashem. They don't consult daat Torah before making their decisions about sending Jews into battle. They don't have siyatta di shmaya (Heavenly help) – and very often they issue orders that go directly contrary to the Torah.
For idealistic mothers of idealistic young Jewish men, serving in the IDF presents a fearsome moral dilemma in 2017.
Thank God, I don't have sons, so I don't have to wrestle with that particular question in the deepest recesses of my soul. But what's clear is that the IDF is certainly no place for Jewish women, religious or not.
When you teach a woman to kill, even in self-defense, you are cutting her off from that loving, feminine, caring, mothering, compassionate part of herself. Woe to the children of such a Rambo-mom, and woe to her husband.
In this violence filled world, we need more of that feminine vibe of unconditional love, kindness, compassion and yes, fragility. Fragile people know they need God to get by in the world, not just an Uzi to protect them.
So I breathed a huge sigh of relief that, b'ezrat Hashem, my daughter got out of the army. I know there are no simple answers here, in terms of how we protect ourselves, tachlis.
But yet, the answer is the same as it's ever been: put God in the picture, keep His commandments, respect daat Torah – and then watch our enemies melt away by themselves.
Tags: Israeli Army, Jewish Emotional Health, Jewish Issues, Jewish Mother, Jewish World, Life in Israel, Mother and Child, Secret Diary of a Jewish Housewife
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500 steht für:
 die natürliche Zahl Fünfhundert
 das Jahr 500
 Avro 500, britisches Flugzeug
 Fiat 500, italienisches Automobil
 Ford Galaxie 500, US-amerikanisches Automobil, siehe Ford Galaxie
 Mitsubishi 500, japanisches Automobil
 Puch 500 (Motorrad), österreichisches Motorrad
 Puch 500 (Kleinwagen), österreichischer Kleinwagen
 Nord 500 Cadet, französisches experimentelles VTOL-Wandelflugzeug

Siehe auch:
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San Diego is offered up as a great destination for people looking to take a vacation on the beach. Here are some recommendations on San Diego beaches from a local.San Diego Beaches.When people think of San Diego, they inevitably imagine year around sun and beautiful beaches.
Ironically, the worst time to visit San Diego is from the middle of May through the middle of June. During this time period, the coast is socked with low clouds and the sun breaks through for no more than a couple of hours a day. In fact, we call the annual process by the name of June Gloom.Assuming you come at a different time, the beaches of San Diego offer up plenty of variety and beauty.
There are literally hundreds of beaches you can visit, but a select few are worth a mention.If you are looking for the beach with college kids and a party scene, Pacific Beach is the place to be. The beach is wide, wild and packed. A sidewalk runs the length of the beach to the south and is a great place to people watch. If you prefer an alcoholic beverage with your people watching, the outdoors deck at Lahainas is the place to be. The suds flow all day, but make sure to get there early as the deck is small.
For a more relaxed experience, the beaches of Del Mar offer a choice spot. The beaches are designated by the numbered streets that intersect them. If you are looking to surf, 9th street is the place to be if you are willing to walk down the cliff. If you just want to loaf, play a little volleyball and so on, anywhere from 19th to 25th street should do the trick. Del Mar is a particularly good place to be during the fourth of July since the racetrack on the back side of the beach puts on a fireworks show. Keep in mind there will be tons of people.
If you prefer to have most of the beach to yourself, you need to look to the beaches backed by cliffs. People are lazy, so they tend not to congregate in these area since you have to hoof it up and down the paths to get to the beach. Stone Steps in Encinitas is a personal favorite.
The beach is used sparsely, which makes it a good place to swim and just loaf.The honest truth is you really cannot go wrong with San Diego beaches as long as you avoid June gloom. If you decide to visit, give me a wave.
.Rick Chapo is with NomadJournals.com - makers of travel gifts.Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Richard_Chapo.


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Significant OSA Prevalence in Pediatric Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension
Armand Butera
Conference | American Thoracic Society International Conference
Obstructive sleep apnea has previously been associated with pulmonary hypertension in literature, with investigators citing a "complex and bidirectional relationship" between the 2 conditions.
A recent investigation into obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in pediatric patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) found that a majority of patients were affected by the sleep disorder, prompting investigators to suggest routine screening for OSA in this population.
The new data was presented this weekend at the American Thoracic Society 2020 International Conference in San Francisco during the session, "Risk for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Pediatric Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension".
Though previous research has indicated a relationship between OSA and PH, little is known of the risk factors for the sleep disorder in younger populations. A better understanding of these risk factored could result in earlier and more meaningful treatment.
As such, and investigative team led by Daniel Ignatiuk, MD, of the Cincinnati Children's Hospital, conducted an analysis of OSA risk factors documented in a 10-year cohort of pediatric patients with PH at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital.
The team conducted a retrospective chart of patients 0-21 years with a documented diagnosis of PH who underwent diagnostic polysomnogram (PSG) between January 2010 and August 2020.
The first polysomnogram was analyzed in patients with multiple studies.
Exclusion criteria were PSG with sleep time less than four hours, tracheostomy tube, positive pressure ventilation, oxygen titration with less than 2 hours of diagnostic sleep time, and PSG more than 90 days before PH diagnosis or more than 90 days after PH resolution.
Meanwhile, PH was classified according to 6th World Symposium on PH criteria.
Only 2 patients with PH were excluded due to small group size.
Incidence of sleep disorders and OSA risk factors based on documented diagnoses and PH classification were the outcome variables.
A total of 403 patients were identified, with the final cohort including 89 patients with a median age of 3.6 years.
Classification of PH included group 1 (n=25, 28.1%), group 3 (n=31, 34.8%), and group 1/3 for patients meeting both group 1 and 3 criteria (n=33, 37.1%).
Diagnosed sleep disorders included OSA (n=79, 88.8%), central sleep apnea (n=11, 12.4%), hypoventilation (n=6, 6.7%), non-apneic hypoxemia (n=28, 31.5%), and periodic limb movement disorder (n=5, 5.6%).
Investigations observed that OSA risk was increased with a diagnosis of trisomy 21 (RR 1.24, 95% CI 1.09-1.42) (P<0.05).
Notably, OSA risk was decreased with group compared to group 1/3 PH (RR 0.84, 95% CI 0.71-0.99) (P<0.05) or group 3 PH (RR 0.81, 95% CI 0.68-0.96) (P<0.05), and no difference in OSA risk between group 1 and group 3 PH was seen.
Overall, OSA was diagnosed in a majority of pediatric patients in the study, most notably in patients with trisomy 21 or PS classification meeting both group 1 and 3 criteria.
"Our research supports routine screening for OSA in this population, and especially among patients with trisomy 21 or PH classification meeting both group 1 and 3 criteria," the team wrote. "Further studies are needed to examine the impact of intervention on clinical outcomes."
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Baugrygr ou Ringkvinna  était le titre porté par une femme, non mariée, lorsqu'elle héritait de la charge de chef de famille en général au décès de son père ou de son frère qui lui conférait l'ensemble des tâches et des droits associés à la position qui exista en Scandinavie durant l'Âge des Vikings et jusqu'au Moyen Âge.

Histoire du titre
La première mention du terme Ringkvinna apparait dans les Grágás islandais et dans les lois  et Gulating norvégiennes. Dans ces textes, le terme est décrit de manière similaire. Une femme non mariée portait le qualificatif de maer ou mey et était confirmée dans ses droits d'indépendance: à l'âge de vingt ans, elle accédait aux droits de la majorité légale et avait le droit de décider de son lieu de résidence et pouvait se représenter elle-même devant toute instance juridique et sur toute question. Ces mêmes droits s'appliquaient également aux veuves. La seule limitation dans ce statut particulier concernait le choix d'un époux qui restait une prérogative de la famille entière.

En l'absence de mâle proche, une femme non mariée et sans fils héritait ainsi du statut de chef de famille au décès de son père ou d'un frère et devenait une ringkvinna et conservait son statut de chef de clan jusqu'à ce qu'elle se marie et qu'il soit transféré à son époux. Le droit d'hériter s'appliquait autant à la tante paternelle, à la nièce paternelle ou à la petite-fille paternelle du défunt, qui étaient toutes nommées odalkvinna, mais le droit d'hériter de la position de chef de famille était un droit qui ne pouvait être hérité que par la fille ou la sœur d'un homme mort.

La ringkvinna disposait de l'entier soutien de la loi dans l'exercice des tâches normalement assumées par un chef de clan comme le droit de réclamer et obtenir des dédommagements lorsqu'un membre de la famille était assassiné.

Ces dispositions furent maintenues même lors de la christianisation et semblent avoir existé jusqu'à la fin du  au delà duquel plus aucune mention du terme ne peut être trouvée dans les textes de loi.

Article connexe
 Guerrière viking de Birka
 Condition des femmes en Suède (section Vikings)
 Aude la Très-Sage

Références

Bibliographie
  Borgström Eva (2002) Makalösa kvinnor: könsöverskridare i myt och verklighet (Stockholm: Alfabeta/Anamma)
  Ohlander, Ann-Sofie & Strömberg, Ulla-Britt (2008)  Tusen svenska kvinnoår: svensk kvinnohistoria från vikingatid till nutid  (Stockholm: Norstedts Akademiska Förlag)

Droit des femmes
Histoire du féminisme
Vikings
Droit des peuples scandinaves
Titre social féminin


Not sure what happens over here (I'm from Australia)but when my Mum passed away in Aust,we had to show proof of the designated plot within the cremo grounds.Mum had "brought"it so she could be laid to rest next to my Dad.It was within a rose garden,and yes they have plaques too.
Thats a real shame Weedo!I can recall when we brought an old place up in the hills,it had a huge walnut tree.I heard cracking noises,looked up to the top of the tree,and discovered a flock of lorikeets having a free lunch!
Eh?How does that work?lol Shows they're not really listening to their clients does'nt it?


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I do not think that Mr. Wolfgang Schultz intended to 'spam' the list.
that use the Zefania modules.
> struck me after 5 seconds of examining the schema.
offer them to Sword). There are some that Sword does not have.
the lexicons from Zefania to OSIS.
are working to publish the Gospel. We are all united in purpose, aren't we?
I myself write Bible study software that does not use the Sword Api.
Costas helped with was the NASB Greek Lexicon, and the new WHAC.
that Mr. Schultz had anything other than good intentions.


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Motionless In White premiere "America" music video on VEVO
By Alan D. Welding on June 4, 2013
Motionless In White has premiered the official music video for "AMERICA" today on VEVO.
Directed by M. Shawn "clown" Crahan of Slipknot, and featuring a cameo from Ashley Costello of New Year's Day, the video features lead singer Chris Motionless as the ringmaster in the band's twisted freak show.
Motionless In White "America" Official Music Video
In regular rotation on Sirius XM Octane, the song "AMERICA" (Ft. guest vocals from Michael Vampire) is featured on the band's most recent album Infamous, which is set to re-release as a Deluxe Edition on June 11th on iTunes, including previously unreleased and re-mixed tracks.
Alongside the "AMERICA" music video premiere, the band has launched a contest for fans to enter to win the ultimate prize bundle including a pair of tickets to Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, a Motionless In White prize pack, and a subscription to Revolver Magazine. The page also features a bonus "Shred To Win" contest where fans send in their rendition of the guitar solo from "AMERICA", where one winner will receive a custom Ibanez guitar. Check out the official contest page to enter.
The Scranton, PA rockers have just wrapped a slew of radio festivals including Rock On The Range and Rocklahoma, a U.S. tour withAsking Alexandria, are gearing up for a slot on the Download Festival in the UK, and a massive summer on the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival.
MOTIONLESS IN WHITE – Chris Motionless (vocals), Ricky Horror (guitar), Ryan Sitkowski (guitar), Balz (keys), Ghost (bass) Brandon Richter (drums) – From underground heroes to internationally acclaimed act, hotly-tipped rockers Motionless In White have slayed audiences worldwide. Unafraid to make music as intense as it is intricate, their ability to interweave powerful lyrics and strong musicianship with striking imagery that has captivated both fans and media around the globe.
Featured on the cover of Outburn Magazine's April/May issue, Motionless In White has been nominated as Breakthrough Artist of 2013 for the Metal Hammer Golden God Awards 2013. The band's cinematic thriller "Devil's Night" has garnered nearly 2 million views and was noted as one of Revolver Magazine's Top 10 Music Videos of 2012. Matching the musical elements with equally creative marketing and visual concepts, Motionless In White has constantly challenged the concept of "playing it safe", and on Infamous, they deftly deploy their most dynamic and diverse tracks to date.
MOTIONLESS IN WHITE – TOUR DATES 2013
6/14 – UK – Download Festival w/ Slipknot, Rammstein, Korn, HIM, Iron Maiden, Queens Of The Stoneage, Stone Sour, Papa Roach, Motorhead, Alice In Chains
ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL
6/29 – San Bernadino, CA @ San Manuel Amphitheatre
6/30 – Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
7/3 – Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheatre
7/5 – Phoenix, AZ @ Ashley Furniture Homestore Pavilion
7/6 – Albuquerque, NM @ Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Amphitheatre
7/7 – Denver, CO @ Comfort Dental Amphitheatre
7/12 – Burgettstown, PA @ First Niagara Pavilion
7/13 – Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank center
7/14 – Mansfield, MA @ Comcast Center
7/19 – Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live
7/20 – Saratoga Springs, NY @ SPAC
7/21 – Hartford, CT @ The Comcast Theatre
7/26 – Noblesville, IN @ Klipsch Music Center
7/27 – Tinley Park, IL @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
7/28 – Clarkson, MIW @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
7/30 – Atlanta, GA @ Lakewood Amphitheatre
7/31 – Tampa, FL @ 1-800-Ask-Gary Amphitheatre
8/2 – Austin, TX @ Tower Amphitheatre
8/3 – The Woodlands, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
8/4 – Dallas, TX @ Gexa Energy Pavilion
Tagged as: Ashley Costello, M. Shawn Clown Crahan, Motionless In White, NEW YEARS DAY, Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festiva, Slipknot
idobi Radio Welcomes All Time Low and MXPX to the Family with Two New Shows
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Before you turn on that air conditioner and find it not working it is time to find an air conditioning company that you trust to make sure that everything is in working order.
All too often many homeowners make the mistake of not having their air conditioning checked prior to turning them on. Even worse, many homeowners find themselves in this trouble because they do not have an ac repair service that has checked on these devices throughout the year. In fact, air conditioning companies say that your systems should be serviced at least once a year, and that your filters should be changed every one to three months in order to prevent problems from rising. Here are a couple of common problems to look for when it comes to your air conditioning unit.
One of the leading causes that requires you to call an air conditioning company for further help in fixing broken products is through the filters. These items should be changed out a couple of times per year.


I am using mode_ss to read a number of entities that have been added to a selection set. My experience is that the entities are returned in the order in which they were added to the selset (i.e. ent_first returns the first entity added to the selset and so on).
My code is relying on the entities being returned in order (and appears to be working just fine), but does anybody know if the order can be guaranteed?


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The Honorable Josh Hawley
Raised in rural Missouri, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley previously served as Missouri's Attorney General. There he earned a reputation for taking on the big and the powerful to protect Missouri workers and families. He has battled big government and big business, special interests, organized crime, and anyone who would threaten the well-being of Missourians.
A native of small-town Lexington, Missouri in rural Lafayette County, Hawley graduated from Rockhurst High School in Kansas City. After graduating from Stanford University in 2002 and Yale Law School in 2006, he moved back home to mid-Missouri with his wife, Erin, where they started a family. They are the proud parents of three young children: Elijah, Blaise, and Abigail.
Hawley is recognized as one of the nation's leading constitutional lawyers. He has litigated at the Supreme Court of the United States, the federal courts of appeals, and in state court, fighting for the people's liberties. He previously fought ObamaCare at the Supreme Court—and won—as one of the lead attorneys in the landmark Hobby Lobby case. He was also a lead attorney in the Hosanna-Tabor case at the Supreme Court, protecting the rights of churches.
Since taking office, Hawley has been a leading champion in Congress for working families. He's worked across the aisle to deliver protections for kids online, led the fight for direct payments to working people during the COVID-19 pandemic, and taken steps to crack down on predatory landlords. He has also rolled out proposals to protect American workers from foreign trade cheating, especially from China, and has been an advocate for ending the offshoring of jobs and boosting manufacturing the United States.
Hawley has taken on corporate special interests to level playing field for the American worker as well. He boldly stood up to the abuses of Big Tech and Wall Street and has worked to reign in the power of these mega companies while championing innovation, entrepreneurship, and small businesses. Hawley has also worked to keep our communities safe by confronting illegal immigration, and challenging big opioid manufacturers and human traffickers – during his time as the former Attorney General of Missouri and in the U.S. Senate. As a fierce defender of the Constitution, he Hawley is committed to protecting Missourians' First and Second Amendment rights.
Hawley serves on the Senate Committees on the Judiciary, Armed Services, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Family Research Council is a sponsor only of the educational portion of Pray Vote Stand Summit. FRC does not sponsor the appearance of any candidate for public office, nor does it support or oppose any candidate for elective public office.


Yes the cups run by the MUFL are as below Marshall Cup - All MUFL First teams Premier Cup - Intermediate A Alan Wilson Cup - Intermediate B Alexandra Cup - Division 1 Foster Cup - Division 2 Beckett Cup - Division 3 John Magee Memorial Cup - Division 4 Wilmor Johnston Cup, O'Hara Cup and Mid Ulster League Cup are as you say all Reserve competitions and not as straightforward!
Wow - very in depth. Looking forward to seeing how it turns out. You've mentioned cups there, regards Mid Ulster then are you intending to add the likes to Marshall Cup (all MUFL) as well as the the Premier, Alan Wilson, Alexandra, Foster, Beckett and John Magee divisional cups?
Can cunning coach create Chimney Corner continental champions?
Enjoying following your progress here!
Just started into my fourth season with PSG, and as you'd expect I've made the most of the bucket loads of money available to me. In all my years playing CM and FM, I've never seen so much money at one club! 4 x French Champions Trophy 3 x Ligue 1 2 x Coupe de la Ligue 1 x French Cup 1 x Champions League Won the league title comfortably in all 3 seasons, with a 27 point gap in the first season, 22 points in the second, and 19 points in the third. Disappointing return in the Champions League in the first 2 seasons, losing to Chelsea in the First Knockout Round in 2015/16, and then to Barcelona at the same stage in 2016/17! Managed to go all the way in the Champions League in the third season. Topped my group of Dortmund, Malmo and Red Bull Salzburg. Beat CSKA Moscowin the First Knockout Round, Tottenham in the Quarter Final and Bayern in the Semi Final. Then faced Real Madrid in the final. Marquinhos gave me a 1-0 lead, Ronaldo equalised. Substitute Ibrahimovic missed a penalty on 88 minutes in his last game before retiring (now a Reserve Coach with PSG). Another sub, Harry Kane got the winner with a 92nd minute header. van der Wiel, Motta, Di Maria, Sirigu, Kurzawa, Pastore, Lucas Moura, Thiago Silva, David Luiz and Matuidi are all amongst those who have moved on one way or another Quite a few of them went to English clubs. I've went all out with big money transfers coming in. Pogba, Hazard, Isco, Neymar, Dybala, De Bruyne, Oscar, De Gea, Stones, Gaya, Kane, Odegaard, Icardi, Romagnoli, Rulli, Ruben Neves and Tielemans giving ridiculous strength in depth.
Could you post a list of the manageable leagues?
Probably the most insane regen you have ever seen....!!!
Thanks guys, didn't realise doing it that way would work! Will give it a try later!
I'm wondering if this can be done for English Reserve Teams they way it happens in Spain. Is there any way to have Man Utd's Reserve side for example playing in League Two in the game? And if so, has it been done by anyone? I've had a look through the forum a bit and can't see anything about it.


The greatest natural resources of the municipality are the Drina River and Tara Mountain. The Drina is especially significant for its water power potentials. Specialists have estimated that it is possible to erect several hydroelectric power plants on this river. The annual flow of the Drina River is about 12.5 cubic kilometers of water. The Bajina Bašta Hydroelectric power plant was built on the Drina to harness that energy. The dam is located 12 km west of Bajina Bašta, near Perućac. Its average annual production amounts to 1,625 GWh of electric power. For the sake of better utilization of water power potential, the first reversible hydro-electric power plant in Europe was built in Zaovine, near the top of Tara Mountain.
Tara Mountain has long been a well-known tourist resort owing to its pleasant moderately continental and sub-continental climate. In 1981, Tara became a national park. It covers an area of 300 square kilometres and is the largest natural park in Serbia. The mountain has an abundance of flora and fauna. Apart from white pine tree, maple-trees and famous Serbian Spruce (Picea omorika), here you can find rare game including bear, roe deer, and chamois. The Drina River is a part of the local cultural identity and has great potential in rafting sports and fishing.
Moderate continental and mountainous climatic conditions are especially suitable for recovery and medical treatment of patients with bronchial asthma, chronic bronchitis, anemia and other diseases. Special attention is paid to tourism development and different tourist manifestations utilizing the clean and clear air of Tara Mountain.
The closing of some of these companies threw a majority of Bajina Bašta's and surrounding region's population into unemployment. The only company still functioning well is Drinske Hidroelektrane (Drina Hydroelectrics), headquartered in downtown Bajina Bašta, owners of the "Bajina Basta" Višegrad hydroelectric power plants.
Thanks to exceptionally good climatic conditions, Bajina Bašta has exceptional potential for agricultural profit. High-quality types of tobacco and medicinal herbs flourish in the valley of the Drina, grown by Bajinovac, an agriculture company. Plums, used for the making of Bajina Bašta's own regional juniper brandy Klekovača, grow in abundance. Wheat is a mainstay of the valley, growing well during both the summer and winter growing seasons. The Bajina Bašta municipality is famous for its raspberry farms.
Located near the Bosnia-Herzegovina border, the small village of Mokra Gora is best known for its spectacular Šargan Eight Railway. Designed in a figure eight loop, engineers in the early 1900's were able to work around the steep cuttings and narrow gorges (300 m vertical difference between the two stations Mokra Gora and Šargan-Vitasi even though it was only a 3.5 km horizontal difference) to create this beautiful section of railway. Although the train route no longer serves its original purpose of connecting rural villages between Belgrade and Sarajevo, this short section has been restored back to its original 1925's glory and is now a successful tourist attraction.
Nearing the train station, I spotted a traditional-looking village on top of a hill. It was the set constructed for the 2004 film release Life is a Miracle. Like other buildings of the area, the roofs were quite steep to accommodate the heavy snowfall. Wood was the dominant building material, used both for construction and decoration. I especially enjoyed the unique church with its carved interior wood and the views from the plateau. The taxi driver pointed to the hills in the distance, which he said were in Bosnia.
The road to the Šargan train station paralleled the train tracks in several places. In other areas the railway went through tunnels. Even though I wasn't taking the museum train, the view still was beautiful. At the train station were restored buildings including a museum with souvenir shop and café. Climbing up the steps, I walked past the end-of-line turnstile and up to the constructed waterfall. Walking through the pine forest (and pretty pink pine-like flowers), I saw another train tunnel and great views of the area.
On the way back to Zlatibor, we spotted an older woman by the roadside. Beneath her black scarf one could see her white hair with a thin braid across the top. When the driver asked her if I could take her photo, she smiled (many teeth missing), tapped her wooden "cane" and seemed thrilled. After I took a few photos, she held my hand, kissed my cheeks several times, and reached into her pocket to pull out a few nuts. Such warmth and generosity. Shortly after waving goodbye, it began to rain. Back in Zlatibor, I ordered Komplet Lepinja at a restaurant recommended by a teacher. After looking through the crafts stalls and purchasing some of the famous Sirogojno sweaters for my family, the sky once again grew heavy. It would be a good time to get caught up on some reading in the hotel and look at my photos.
Perućac is a village in western Serbia in the immediate proximity of the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated near the 346 km-long Drina River, which constitutes the natural border between Serbia and Bosnia.
The main feature of the village is the Bajina Bašta hydro-electric power plant, which is the second largest of its kind in Serbia. It was built in 1966 as a result of a joint venture by ex-Yugoslavian and Japanese companies. Between 1976 and 1983 a reversible pumping station was built, which was the second phase of the project. Excessive electrical power produced during the rain season was used to pump water from Lake Perućac up to Mountain Tara, some 600 metres above. Therefore, a new artificial lake was created in the mountains, called Beli Rzav.
Perućac features what is reputdely Serbia's smallest river — the Vrelo. The latter is known as the "One-year-long River", due to its length—365 m—from its source to its end, with the length in metres corresponding to the number of days in a year. The Vrelo flows into the Drina just a few hundred metres below the artificial lake.
During the summer days, Lake Perućac is the place where many of the residents of the and the town of Bajina Bašta come to sunbathe, swim and fish. Perućac is also where the 56 km-long canyon of the River Drina begins.
Raca-monastery - the beauty of the building and the miracle of the faith and maintain.
Raca-monastery is located among the spurs of the Tara-mountain, near mountain river, "decorated with pines and marble".
This medieval monastery was built up by the king Dragutin (1273-1275),and it is dedicated to the Ascension. Thanks to it the influence of the king Dragutin became stronger and the Orthodoxy was deeply rooted in this part of Serbian Empire. Inspired by the vivid tradition and christian spirituality, monks of the Raca-monastery had been working on the strenghtening of the national identity; they had been copying religion books in the style of medieval illuminated scriptures. When the dramatic times begun, monastery shared the destiny of the people. Many times it was devastated and reconstructed. When conflicts between two empires- Turkey and Austria- begun, at the end of the 17-th century, Serbian people saw its historic chance to free itself under Turkish slavery. National uprisings begun in order to help Austrian christian army on it's victorious way. At the time, Uzice and Sokol were liberated .
Many destroyings and migrations of the Serbian nation were caused by the Austrian withdrawal from Serbia in 1688. With the patriarch Arsenie III Carnojevic at the head , monks from Raca-monastery ran away, carrying sacred things from monastery. Then Raca "was burnt in the fire". One century passed until monastery resurrected again.After his visit to Jerusalem, to Jesus grave, prior Milentije Stefanovic succeeded to get the licence from sultan Selim III in Constantinopole to restore the Raca-monastery. The restoration begun in 1795 by prior Milentije Stefanovic and it was finished in 1799, the 8-th of September. According to some notes, new building resembled previous one.Spiritual and national rising of Hadzi Milentije during the First Serbian National Uprising was , actually, facing with new sufferings. During the fall of Karadjorde's Serbia (1813), Turks crossed river Drina in Raca, near Pleskovo (Bajina Basta) and started destroying, killing people, taking slaves.
Again, rivers of refugees from this area moved to the north , and many voivodes went with them. Hadzi Melentije escaped to Austria. These were hard times for Raca-monastery. In their victorious delirium Turks devastated and burnt down church, turning it into ruin and ashes. Suffering of the people and monks, while defending monastery, had remained in people's memory. In the restored Serbia, the present building was built up from bricks in style of well known 'raska school' (1826).
Impressive and harmonic building has a rectangle base with twofolded roof , small windows and emphasized cupola. Modest iconostasis was painted by Georgie Bakalopic (1840); walls were painted by famous painter Dimitrie Posinkovic (1854), who inspirely, warmly and vividly transposed legend about Jesus Christ's life. Unfortunatelly, legend about maintain of the monastery and the nation , about faith and sufferings continued in our time, in this century, in World War I. Then, monastery and people from this area had been tortured by severe Bulgarian occupants.
and excellences of the nature. As many of canyons in Serbia it has also his Monastery, built in the XIII century, once upon a time when, as people say, it had been much closer to the canyon, that enabled faster and bigger protection for the inhabitants, books and other worths of the Monastery. Today the Monastery is in front of the Canyon, the picturesque place, in the crag part of the same called river, surrounded with a few villages. Building a Monastery and Church in the vicinity. of the Canyon is not unintentional phenomenon, it is in fact in a very close connection with the pleasant climate, very rich flora and vegetation, and healthy water rich with the various kinds of fish and possibility of biding, that the whole surroundings gives a bigger importance, as the other canyons in Serbia have, such as - Gornjak, Vitovnica, Vratna, Zamna, Suvodol, Resava with the Monastery of Manasija, Sicevicka, Jerma, Pcinja, Ovcar-Kablar etc. The Monastery in the Canyon is pointing to the very rich flora world and vegetation that had existed in that area during the past ages.
Very near by to the Monastery of Raca starts a relic wood of the beech and the walnut (fagetum submontanurn jugladentosum) with a numerous very big walnut trees especially near the coast of the river, and also on the hillside in the same forest. There are a lot of hornbeam trees near the riverside, height of about 20 m and more, and the diameter more than half of the metre.
At the other side of the river there is a wood of alder (alnetum glutinosae) with very nice and high trees. On the left side of the river, in the very narrow part of the shore we are aware of the very reliet forest of the beech, walnut, cerris, black hornbeam, white linden, elm, wild pear trees, ash forest and many other sorts. The similar mosaic of community we could also see near the source of the river Raca, on the 520 m height above the sea level. On the right side of the canyon there is a jungle of wood of hill beech that none could use, nor any man nor a company because of the unapproachable sides of the canyon, very sheer drops, without any path. The beeches are 35 m of height with diameters from 50 to 200 cm, and there are a lot of them in the jungle forest on the area of 4 h of surface.
Very near by to the Monastery of Raca starts a relic wood of the beech and the walnut (fagetum submontanurn jugladentosum) with a numerous very big walnut trees especially near the coast of the river, and also on the hillside in the same forest. There are a lot of hornbeam trees near the riverside, height of about 20 m and more, and the diameter more than half of the metre. At the other side of the river there is a wood of alder (alnetum glutinosae) with very nice and high trees. On the left side of the river, in the very narrow part of the shore we are aware of the very reliet forest of the beech, walnut, cerris, black hornbeam, white linden, elm, wild pear trees, ash forest and many other sorts.
The whole landscape of crag and canyon of Raca from the Monastery to the source of the river should have been declared for the landscape of the special beauties and forms with two very severe protected reservations. The law should forbid as soon as possible the consumption of the source of the water and river.
Drina River, river in the central Balkans, originating with the confluence of the Tara and Piva rivers and following a 215-mi (346-km) course, mainly northward, to enter the Sava. Its upper course is through canyons and gorges, while its lower course is wider. The river Drina, green and fast, like the time that marches by, a witness to human goodnes and human evil, for sure is the best described in novels of Ivo Andric, winner of the 1961 Nobel Prize in Literature. Here we try to represent to you some facts about this great river.
Drina is one of the most beautiful rivers in Serbia. In ancient times it was called Drinos and people named it Zelenika or Zelenka (Green in Serbian) after colour of its water. It meanders through picturesque mountainous and plain regions of Bosnia and Serbia. On its banks are settled broad ravines with cultivable and inhabited fields as well as steep banks of rugged and canyon type overgrown with willows, poplars and short bushes. The most beautiful and the biggest canyon in its course Drina engraved from Zepa to Klotijevac, 24km long. Length of its course from Scepan pole, where it originates from Piva and Tara to its mouth in Sava is 340 km. The difference in height above sea level between its spring and mouth is 358 km. Width of its course varies from 100-200m in Perucac and Zvornik to 15m in place called Tijesno (Narrow). At Bajina Basta, 54,4 to698 m3/s of water flows and water level is 34-356 cm. Water temperature is from 8,7-16,3 C. Colour of water is mostly green and it is second class of quality.
The main tributaries into Drina in Bajina Basta area are Pilica, Rogacica, Raca and number of springs and fountainheads, which arise in limestone and shale area on Tara edges, empty into Drina. The biggest is fountainhead of Perucac. It is almost river situated on 265 m above sea level and average water capacity is 300 l/s. From the fountainhead water flows few hundred meters over the lowest Drina terrase and then falls down into Drina. At present, unsurpassable wild- natural harmony of Drina is tamed by dams and lakes (Visegrad, Perucac, Zvornik) and the beauty of Drina canyons is disturbed but not destroyed. The river lost its seasonal (autmn and spring) temper when many arable fields and settlements down the course suffered and it gained navigability, possibilities for tourism and economic importance (production of electricity).
In present time Drina is famous for its attractive canyon landscapes, reservoirs, fish resources (trout, huchen, carp, chub..). There is say in peoples' memory for its curved course "who can straighten curved Drina". It is say for useless job similar to Greek-antique mythological story on Sisyphus. That is why Drina is mythological, historical and real picture of men's living in these places.
The region in western Serbia, just along the river Drina and dominated by mountain Tara, has also been known as th region of Raca (pronounced as "racha"). It consists of 37 settlements and 29 local communities within the administrative borders of Bajina Basta municipality. Covering the surface of 670 square kilometers and with population of 30.0001 inhabitants, it used to be a peripheral, undeveloped area, but over the course of years it became an outstanding Serbian center of forestry, electrical industry and tourism.
The name Raca region originally came from the time of liberation uprisings against the Turkish rule and later, wheri administrative division into districts was done, the District of Raca got its name after the Raca Monastery situated close to the river Drina. Its first headquarters were in Rogacica and Uzice and then in 1858 they were moved to Bajina Basta.
For a long time symbols of Bajina Basta and the Raca region had been their fir lumber from Tara, the rafters on the river Drina, as well as the well-known tobacco brand called "Bajinovac". One of the most beautiful and preserved areas of th country had been out of public sight until the botanist Pancic discovered the Serbian spruce on Tara in 1875. Half a century later, the first tourists and the true nature lovers became its regular visitors.
Between the two World Wars it was possible to stay in two small but comfortable hotels "Bosna" and "Evropa". At the same time there were two rest homes on Tara at Kaludjerske bare and Sljivovica which could be reached from Kremna railway station. "The management of the Raca Monastery resort", placed in Bajina Basta, would send a horse-driven carriage to fetch the guests who had already sent a word of their arrival, so that they could get to their destination in two hours. However, since the river Drina's powerful potential has become the center of attention, visitors and tourists choose to come to Bajina Basta via Valjevo and Uzice.
Time didn't make any damage to the ancient gifts of nature. The dams of hydroelectric power plants in Perucac, with their artificial lakes on the river Drina and on Tara mountain, have just completed the postcard of the Raca region. Eventually, Tara was officially proclaimed a national park. With its surface area of 19.200 ha, the National Park Tara covers of the largest part of this beautiful and powerfull mountain.
In Serbia which doesn't have enough coniferous forests, this area is one of the last f oases of almost all autonomic coniferous trees. The symbol of more than a thousand plant species is certainly the Serbian spruce (Picea omorika). Within the rich, best-preserved hunting grounds, the excepional attention is given to protection of the bear, roe-deer and chamois, as well as it is to the huchen in the Drina. The water currents of the National Park Tara are enriched by more than ten fish species, while a number of fine views from the cliffs of the Drina canyon and the gorges of the Raca and Derventa rivers leave a special impression. The famous juniper brandy, popular called "BB kleka", then mushrooms, the trout and game are the privilege of the caterers of this area. Biodiversity, cultural and historical monuments« and several tourist centers within the National Park Tara are the basis of the tourist offer of the Raca region.
There are some traces of the Neolitic Age, the Roman sacrificial altars and necropolis, which were left here by other cultures. The ruins of the ancient town Solotnik, the log cabin Church in the village Dub and Raca Monastery are the important part of the Serbian cultural legacy. Kaludjerske bare and the hotels "Omorika" (spruce), "Javor" (maple) and "Beli bor" (white pine), as well as Mitrovac with its children rest-home, are the representative tourist destination wich offer swimming pools, skii-lifts and sport facilities.
In the near vicinity of the river Drina, Bajina Basta(prounce as Bayina Bashta) with its population of 12.000 inhabitants, has its own place in tourism of our community. The "Drina" hotel and the Sports-Tourist Center "Bajina Basta" are expecting the most from the recreation and fishing tourism. Sporting, tourist, recreation and cultural events are just one segment of the local tradition. The "Drina" hotel is the traditional host to the Athletic camp of the forthcoming Olympic hopes in athletics called "Olimpijske node", as well as to the well known motor car rally-races and also to the events such as the Days of huchen fishing, The Drina Regata, the Days of Raca by the Drina and the Art colony. Moreover, it is the triple, absolute "Champion of quality" at The Hunting, Fishing, Sport and Tourism Fair (oka "LORIST") which is annually held in Novi Sad.
Variety is the essential feature of our local tourist offer. For decades, the region of Raca has had its outstanding place on the tourist maps of the District of Zlatibor and Serbia.
Bajina Basta (pronounced as Bayina Bashta) , town in the Western Serbia on the right bank of the river Drina. It is placed on the 43.57' of the north geographical latitude and 19.33' of the east geographical longitude. Area of the commune is 673 km2.
According to the 1991's Census, 29,747 people lived in the area of the municipality; 8,555 people live in the town. Settlement grew up in the broad alluvium of the river Drina in the foot of the sides of Tara-mountain 257 m above the sea level. Climate is moderate continental with increased humidity after reservoirs in Perucac and Zaovine were built. Average annual quantity of the falls is 700-800 mm. Hydrographic picture of the area comprise course of the river Drina with its tributaries, small rivers: Pilica, Raca and Rogacica river. Reservoir was built on the river Drina, the biggest one in the whole course, reservoir Perucac, which covers 12 squre km of area, 50 km in length, 70 m deep, 290 m above the sea level.
Flora and fauna are characteristic of temperate continental zone. In Tara national park in the area of 19 000 ha different kinds of deciduous forests are present ( beech, oak, black locust, hornbeam), and higher in the hills evergreen forests (fir, pine, spruce). In the area of national park there is Panciceva spruce (discovered and explored by famous serbian geographist Josif Pancic) as well as numerous medow communities (jeremicak).Fauna is represented as small and large game (rabbit, fox,bear, chamois, wild boar) as well as feathery game (hawk, eagle, sparrow hawk). In the water of river Drina and reservoir Perucac there is plenty of different fish, among which the most famous are huchen, carp, trout,sheatfish.
Commune and town are connected with asphalt roads of regional significance over the saddle Debelo brdo (1090 m) with Valjevo and further with Belgrade, alongside Drina with Ljubovija, Sabac, and over the saddle Kadinjaca (880 m) towards Uzice. The network of local village roads, mostly asphalt, is well developed . Economy of Bajina Basta is represented by "Hydroplant" Bajina Basta, metal industry IKL, electric industry "Sloboda", "Electroizgradnja", factory of knitted fabrics and ready-made clothing, cardboard factory "Laminat", "Crni Vrh" as wll as around ten mini sections of wood manufacturing. Bajina Basta surrounding is focused on tobacco production ( berlej, type virginia, for purchase of which company "Bajinovac" is in charge), raspberry production ( cooperative farms) as well as production of different kinds of fruits (plums, peras, apples), vegetables (potatoes, beans, cabbage, maize).
Extraordinary beaty of Tara-mountain, reservoir Perucac, course of river Drina, cultural and hystorical monuments (Raca monastery, medieval ruins of Solotnik town, church-shack in Dub, neolithic tracis of a menkind) make town Bajina Basta with its surrounding a tourist attractive area. Besides hotel of high category "Inex-Drina" in town, tourist offer is complemented with hotel "Jezero"- Perucac, "Omorica", "Beli bor" and "Javor" in Tara-mountain as well as children's rest home in Mitrovac.
Most of the population are immigrants, after liberation of the area from Turks in 30-ies of the 19 century and they originate from Herzegovina, northwestern regions of Montenegro, Sandzak, Osat(Bosnia) and Dalmatia (Pepelj) and Kremna. At present, significant depopulation is present- decrease of number of population due to economic migrations towards regional Serbian centers (Uzice, Valjevo, Beograd, Cacak). Town saved architecture of the end of 19 century and the first half of 20 century which is well harmonized with modern urban structure. Rural settlements are mostly of close type. Among rural localities former center of Raca district Rogacica, Kostojevici, Pilica arespecially significant.


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Also, John Oliver. His doomsday video is fantastic.
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public interface IRepository
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    public ProcTable getProcTable();

    public void addProgram(ProgramState program);

    public void removeProgram(ProgramState program);

    public boolean nextCurrentProgram();

    /**
     * Set the main program
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     */
    public void setMain(Statement statement);

    /**
     * Start the main program. clear the threads list, etc
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    public boolean startMain();

    public void stopMain();

    /**
     * Getter for property 'currentProgramState'.
     * Get the current program
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    public ProgramState getCP();

    /**
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    public boolean hasPrograms();

    public boolean serializeToFile();

    public boolean serializeFromFile();

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This web portal provides an opportunity for public access and visualization of measurement data for environmental noise of five terminals owned by the Municipality of Plovdiv and is part of the noise monitoring system of Plovdiv.
The system allows access to a constant renewal database from the noise measuring terminals – in graphical (s) / table (s) form for LAeq - dB (A), and table (s) for standardized noise indexes (LAmin, LAmax, LAday, LAevn, LAnight, L24, dB(A)), last hour, current day, daily, weekly, monthly, other (history).
Portable, periodic noise measurements in 50 locations in the city (for 2009/2010 and 2011). The measurements are conducted annually - in order to further verify of "Strategic noise maps" Agglomeration Plovdiv, and as part of the update data on the environment acoustic in the city. are indicative for development of the Environmental Noise in Plovdiv, but they are not as a representative index for the impact noise during the whole year. Take into consideration the obligation to update every 5 years of the "Strategic noise maps", and with regard to the respective "Action Plan"", the Municipality of Plovdiv has accepted and develops a strategic approach for systematic continuously reflecting the changes occurring in the environment acoustic of the city.


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Q: How to make a variable available globally objective c A "token" will be given upon authentication in a form of xml file with some other elements.
I managed to extract the token, and display it in the calling class, let's say parser.m.
However, I need to make the content of that variable available globally, so that I can reuse the same token. How do I do that?
Please note that a different token will be given upon the next authentication.
.h:
@interface Parser : NSObject <NSXMLParserDelegate>{
NSXMLParser *parser;
NSMutableString *element;
NSMutableString *token;}
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSMutableString *token;
@end

.m:
#import "Parser.h"
NSLog(@"tOKEn called from main: %@", parser->token);
It is not able to access the "token" that was declared under parser.m
How do I go around this?
Update 1:
I found out that using @public serves the purpose too. Not sure whether its a good move or not since I will be needing the token in all my API calls.

A: create a singleton class for global variable in objective c
in .h file
    #import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

    @interface Singleton : NSObject
    {
            ///......
    }

    + (Singleton *)sharedSingleton;

in .m file
    #import "Singleton.h"

    @implementation Singleton
    static Singleton *singletonObj = NULL;

    + (Singleton *)sharedSingleton
    {
            @synchronized(self)
            {
                    if (singletonObj == NULL)
                            singletonObj = [[self alloc] init];
            }
            return(singletonObj);
    }

and use this in another file
    #import "Singleton.h"
    //.....

    Singleton *sinObj =  [Singleton sharedSingleton];

and create variables inside that and also write setter and getter method for that variable in singleton class. Access this method and variable using sinObj object of singleton class

A: IMO singletons are a overused curse.
Your (every) application should have a layers structure, and this token variable shouldn't leave communication layer. If it does this means that something is wrong with your application design. Note that token is needed only to do posts and every other part of code doesn't need it.

A: For temporary variables, consider using a singleton instance, such as the MySingleton class illustrated in this answer. How to create a singleton: What should my Objective-C singleton look like?.
You can access the variable like this: [MySingleton sharedSingleton].variable; Singleton is a good choice if you have a lot of global variables, but if only one better to use NSUserDefaults.
NSUserDefaults are for things that require persistance, i.e. you are planning on storing them between app starts. Good starter: http://mobile.tutsplus.com/tutorials/iphone/nsuserdefaults_iphone-sdk/
Also please read: Are global variables bad?

A: Try this:
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults]setObject:_YourObject_ forKey:@"token"];

NSString *str = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] stringForKey:@"token"];

Or You can use singleton.

A: Try to Declare that varible into Appdelegate as a property and syntesize it in .m .
Or aceess that varible in any class using this.
AppDelegate * appdelegate=(AppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication]delegate];
    AppDelegate.yourvarible;

or either you used NSUserDefault.
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults]setObject:token forKey:@"tokan"];

A: You can create a property in ur appdelegate and set the property when u get the token.
//getter
NSString *token=[(MyAppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate].recievedToken;

//setter
[(MyAppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate].recievedToken=token;

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#OTD in 1958 – Eight players of Manchester United were killed in the Munich air disaster.
Stair na hÉireannHistoryBritish European Airways, Busby Babes, Dublin, History of Ireland, Liam (Billy) Whelan, Manchester Air Disaster, Manchester United, Munich-Riem Airport, West Germany
The Munich air disaster occurred on 6 February 1958 when British European Airways flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to take off from a slush-covered runway at Munich-Riem Airport, West Germany. On the plane was the Manchester United football team, nicknamed the 'Busby Babes', along with supporters and journalists. The disaster takes the lives of eight Manchester United players including Dublin born Liam (Billy) Whelan and fourteen others. Fifteen days later, Duncan Edwards whom many regard as the greatest player ever to wear the famous red jersey would die from his injuries.
Twenty-two year old Billy Whelan averaged a goal every two games in less than three years he was with United. In the 1956 / 57 season, he was the club's top scorer with 26 goals in just 39 games.
A commemorative stamp of Liam Whelan was issued by the Irish Post Office on the fiftieth anniversary of the Munich disaster. The clock face shows the time of the accident when the BEA plane slid off the freezing runway on its third take off attempt. Partly because of this emotional event and the city's proximity to Ireland, Manchester United have a huge fan base in Ireland.
The crash was caused by slush on the runway, which slowed the plane too much to take off.
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#OTD in Irish History – 6 February:
#OTD in 1918 – The Representation of the People Act (or Fourth Reform Act) is passed giving the right to vote to women aged over 30, who meet property qualifications, in Great Britain and Ireland.


Recently, I've been talking about adding productivity to your workflow, via plug-ins for InDesign, actions and styles for Photoshop and graphic styles for Illustrator, but we rarely think of products that have nothing to do with the creative applications we use on a daily basis.
Today I have a two such products to talk about—iClip and CubeDoor—that can help not only boost your productivity, but your creative "space" as well.
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Thailand's biggest rock band, this Bangkok-based four-piece – singer Karinawat Durangjitakan (aka Foot), bassist Atheerth Pentong (aka Guk), guitarist Genyut Chanpanyaong (aka Wet) and drummer Sittart Panchchunan (aka Auto) turn of the millennium. and has recently released his first full-length English album,
. Produced by Steve Lillywhite, who has worked with the likes of U2, Thirty Seconds To Mars, XTC and The Psychedelic Furs, this is the band's first attempt to break into the western rock scene.
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Given how well they've done in their native Thailand – they've supported Lincoln Park in Bangkok, headlined the city's biggest indoor venue and released five studio albums – it's surprising to see The quartet would not enjoy the same success. the world…
Foote: "We went on the Family Values tour in 1998 and we saw Limp Bizket and Korn. It was a great show and we decided we wanted to do something!"
Foote: "We just want to write and record our own songs. We don't want to grow up; We just want to make our own kind of music.
Foote: "We liked the word 'machine' because it evokes the energy of rock music, and a slot machine represents the idea of infinite outcomes – so we can do whatever we want in terms of creativity." We think it's a great name and no one has used it before.
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Foote: "I think Thai culture is very interesting for foreigners and tourists. And, being from Thailand, we wanted to incorporate elements of it into our sound to create a new style of music.
Guck: "I think it's unique because we're bringing together different parts of different cultures. We come from Asia, so I think it's important to show that in our music.
Foote: "It was a huge venue, and it was the first time we had the opportunity to open for Lincoln Park. At the time, they were very popular in Thailand, so there were 30,000 people in the audience! During our show, we We tried to make as many fans as possible and I think we did. It was a great experience for us."
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And you've now expanded a venue in Bangkok to 15,000 fans. Did that Linkin Park set give you the taste of life you want?
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On your second album, Mutation, you worked with Scott Moffatt from The Moffatts – what was that experience like?
Foote: "When we worked with Scott on that album, it was the first time we were really making our own music – including the lyrics. Both the band and Scott wanted to challenge each other and try something new. were
And now you've released your new album, Spin the World. Was it easy to transition from singing it in Thai to English?
Foote: "It was very difficult and very different because we had to understand the culture as well. But Steve Lillywhite, who produced this album, was very helpful when we were writing the lyrics – we wrote them together.
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Foote: "Steve has won six Grammy Awards, so of course, we learned a lot from him in the studio. But I think our live show will help us make new fans as well."
Guk: "I think what makes us interesting is to see the world as an Asian band, with our unique Thai and English sound. Everyone knows about our food and it's a good place to visit. But a rock band in Thailand? We are so rare!"
Foote: "We hope that every Asian band will be able to enter the world music scene like K-Pop and J-Pop. We are the first band from Thailand to do it but hopefully we can help others.
Guk: "Yes, there are a lot of great bands in Thailand. We want to be at the forefront and give the same opportunities that we have to other bands." The neutrality of this article is controversial. Related discussions can be found on the discussion page. Please do not remove this message until the conditions for doing so are met. (March 2015) (Learn how and how to remove this template message)
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Slot Machine (สุลันที่มื่วิว) is a Thai rock band from Bangkok. Their song "Phan" ("Yesterday") won Song of the Year at the Seed Awards in January 2007.
"Phan" was again honored at the 2nd Seed Awards and nominated for Rock Album of the Year, Rock Artist of the Year and Music Video of the Year.
They were also awarded Band of the Year at the Nine Tristan Awards. The band is duly signed to BEC Teru Music (also known as Sony Music Thailand) and has previously released several albums for Sony Music.
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The slot machine was created by a group of high school boys competing in national music competitions. The band released their self-titled debut album in 2004, featuring their first single 'Ro' (I'm Waiting For You), followed by 'Mutation' in 2006, produced by Scott Moffat, a Canadian boy band. Former member of The Moffats. . Moffat added a new element to their music and the album spawned two hits: 'Faan' (Yesterday) and 'Kham Sathai' (Song For You). Shortly after the release of their second album, Slot Machine was selected as the opening act for the 2007 Lincoln Park Bangkok concert. In 2008, the band released their third studio album 'Grey'. It was a more challenging album with more experimental sounds on songs such as 'Fan' (Dream) and 'Rio Do' (Grey Sky).
Their best-selling album, to date, is 'Sail', which has received several media awards in SE Asia. Album tracks include 'Chen Chau' (Farewell) and 'Fra Athat Song Klot' (Golden Age).
In 2013, Slot Machine was nominated for 'Best Southeast Asian Act' at the MTV Europe Music Awards, and their ongoing work with MTV on the network's Human Trafficking Awareness Concerts resulted in the band performing on the same stage. Was doing it like Jason Merz on MTV. Exit Live In Myanmar charity concert, held in front of 70,000 people at People's Square (Schwedagon, Yangon) to raise awareness about human trafficking.
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Slot Machine were again nominated for Best South East Act at the MTV EMAs in 2014 – and released their fifth album, 'Rainbow', in the same year, produced by Australian producer Daniel Dolom. The album included the singles 'Rang' (Rainbow) and 'Khaloom', which received over 149 million views on YouTube.
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On JD 2014, Slot Machine celebrated its 10th anniversary with a live concert, 'Slot Machine – The First Connect', at Impact Ara, Thailand's largest indoor concert venue.
Slot Machine's debut all-glish album was released in early 2016, produced by six-time Grammy Award-winning producer Steve Lillywhite. The album started a new chapter in the band's career. The Slot Machine singer shared his experiences working with Foote producers: "We have worked with foreign producers before but Steve was different. He has worked with the biggest bands in the world. It was an amazing experience for us to work with him. , he saw us perform. Want to live and work with us! Steve is very easy to work with and he made us all feel at ease. A month flew by very quickly. Initially, we planned to work on only four tracks, but before we knew it. That, we had finished the Tire album." The album was recorded over a month at Karma Sound Studios. Steve Lilly White shared his thoughts on seeing the band live for the first time, "I was amazed by both their musical talent and the age of their vocals. I was surprised to see, who were young for a rock band, it is my principle that I must see a band. Perform live first before deciding whether to work with them. The slot machine inspired me. It's great to see young voices enjoying their music. It's new for me. I thought I could help the band reach another level."
'Spin the World' was followed by an extensive international tour throughout the UK, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong and the USA. In 2018, Slot Machine collaborated with two American producers: Brandon Darner (Imagine Dragons and The vy Corp) and Justin Stanley (Beck, Prince, David Bowie), and released the first new single Glish "To Your Amy". know ", which was chosen as the theme for the ROV World Gaming Championship. The second single, Hummingbird, was released to great critical acclaim in September 2019. Slot Machine is back with their brand-new English-language album, Third Eye View Three members,
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Q: Can you suggest how will I be able to create a complete list of possible rational roots of a polynomial out of these codes? Can you suggest how will I be able to create a complete list of unique possible rational roots (p/q) of a polynomial out of these codes? (given p as factors of the coefficient with the least exponent and q as factors of the coefficient with the highest exponent)
def factors_p(x):
    result = []
    for i in range(1, x + 1):
        if x % i == 0:
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num = 4
p = factors_p(num)

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    return result

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A: Let the highest degree coefficient be b and the constant coefficient a. Any rational root p/q has p a divisor of a and q a divisor of b. There is a factor f that complements q to b, q*f=b and p/q=(f*p)/b. The size of f*p is bound by a*b.
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Lifestyle Health and Wellbeing 17 Dec 2017 Gratitude journal bo ...
Lifestyle, Health and Wellbeing
Gratitude journal boosts people's altruistic traits, makes them donate more: Study
Published Dec 17, 2017, 5:41 pm IST
Updated Dec 17, 2017, 5:41 pm IST
This perspective emphasises more than gratitudes benefit to oneself, focusing on the downstream benefits of gratitude to others in society.
This perspective emphasises more than gratitudes benefit to oneself, focusing on the downstream benefits of gratitude to others in society. (Photo: Pixabay)
Regularly noting feelings of gratitude in a journal can boost altruistic traits in people, making them donate more to charities, a study has found.
Initially, participants were assessed through questionnaires and brain scanning by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
During their first run through the MRI, the participants viewed transactions in which a sum of money was donated to a local food bank or routed to themselves.
"We found that across the whole group at the first session, people who reported more altruistic and grateful traits showed a reward-related brain response when the charity received money that was larger than when they received the money themselves," said Christina M Karns, from University of Oregon in the US.
Results of functional MRI, which measures the metabolism of oxygen in active brain cells, showed that altruism-related activity increased in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, an area deep in the brain associated with altruism in previous studies.
To test the journaling intervention, the 33 women, ages 18-27, who participated in the study were randomly assigned to two groups.
In one, 16 wrote daily in an online journal, responding to prompts with questions related to gratitude. The other 17 received neutral daily prompts not focused on gratitude.
Three weeks later, the participants returned for functional MRI scanning as they repeated the questionnaires and viewed transactions of money going to the food bank or themselves.
"We found that activity recorded in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex shifted in the people in the gratitude- journaling group," Karns said.
"This group, as a whole, increased that value signal toward the charity getting the money over watching themselves get the money as if they were more generous toward others than themselves," she said.
Research on positive thinking and practicing gratitude previously has shown benefits to improved health and general well-being, but the new research was designed to explore gratitude with a philosophical perspective.
To do that, she used a variety of questionnaires to discreetly explore the participants feelings about altruism, combining then with the transaction-viewing exercise developed by the co-authors for use in earlier studies.
The results show that the part of the brain that supports feeling a reward is flexible, allowing for changes in values of a "neural currency" linked to feelings of altruism.
"Our findings suggest that theres more good out there when there is gratitude," Karns said.
Tags: journal, flexible, gratitude, altruistic, people, magnetic resonance imaging (mri), university of oregon, charity, brain
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Micro-optical waveguide on micro-actuating platform and its application in variable optical attenuator
Y. S. Jeong, S. C. Bae, Y. Jung, Kyunghwan Oh
We present a novel variable optical attenuator (VOA) using a new micro-optical waveguide (MOW) on micro-actuating platform (MAP) structure. The device consists of a fused biconical taper (FBT) coupler mounted on an electromechanical system where the axial stress over the waist of FBT coupler is precisely controlled. Its operation is based on change of coupling constant by compressive stress induced photoelastic effects on the waist zone. Three different types of devices operating near 1450 nm were fabricated with different cross-sectional morphologies at the FBT waists. The device with a circular cross section showed the highest stress sensitivity, where π phase shifts in the coupling constant were observed at an axial displacement of 9.5 μm. The proposed device showed a monotonic and continuous attenuation control up to 34.45 dB, with a very low PDL of 0.06 dB and a relatively low operating voltage of 15.3 V.
Optical Fiber Technology
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yofte.2005.05.004
Optical waveguides
Photoelasticity
Compressive stress
Jeong, Y. S., Bae, S. C., Jung, Y., & Oh, K. (2006). Micro-optical waveguide on micro-actuating platform and its application in variable optical attenuator. Optical Fiber Technology, 12(1), 38-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yofte.2005.05.004
Jeong, Y. S. ; Bae, S. C. ; Jung, Y. ; Oh, Kyunghwan. / Micro-optical waveguide on micro-actuating platform and its application in variable optical attenuator. In: Optical Fiber Technology. 2006 ; Vol. 12, No. 1. pp. 38-47.
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Footbal24/Players/Harry Kane – Best English Striker Ever?
Harry Kane – Best English Striker Ever?
Harry Kane is the recent captain of the English national football team and leader of Tottenham Hotspurs. Being the orthodox striker without a huge speed and tricky dribbling, Kane can do everything on the football pitch to help his team.
It already brought him to the third position in the bombardier race in the national team and second for Tottenham, and he's likely to finish on top at the end of his career, which can still continue for 5+ years easily.
Age, height, and early career
The story of Harry Kane started in 1993 when he was born in London in the middle of summer, on July 28. At the age of six, Harry entered the local football academy of Ridgeway Rovers but left it in 2001 to join Arsenal. However, the voyage to the Gunners was short, and so he returned to the Rovers in a year and stayed there until 2004, before joining another London's club – Watford.
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Finally, the scouts of Tottenham Hotspurs believed in the talent of Kane and left him in the academy until 2009 and his professional debut. However, the initial steps in the Spurs' squad weren't successful, so Harry was sent on loan four times: to Leyton Orient, Millwall, Norwich, and Leicester. However, after the series of unfortunate transfers of strikers to Tottenham and the arrival of Mauricio Pochettino in 2014, Kane received a few chances in the main squad. In that season that ended in 2015, he scored 21 goals in the EPL and 31 in all the competitions, becoming the best striker in the team.
Stable growth and global recognition
After the great success in 2014-2015, a lot of experts stated that Kane was the striker of one season, meaning his limited talent to repeat the success. However, that was only the beginning of his career and attacking potential. By the way, if you want more information about football players, subscribe to football blog updates and stay up to date.
Pochettino built a rather interesting team with plenty of young guys, where the role of Harry was stably great. Kane was good in both scoring and assisting his partners, finishing the attempts from both legs and headings. In short, he became the best striker for the Spurs in seven seasons in a row, scoring 20+ goals every season. Moreover, he was the best attacker in the EPL in 2015-2016 and the following season. Logically, a lot of experts used the oral synonymy and called him the HurriKane – link to a weather storm with crucial danger for people. In this case, it was a fully approved nickname as Harry was a real danger for every opponent.
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During these years, Kane became a real power in the English Premier League and international level. Although his impact and scoring in the Champions League were limited, the English national team received a real leader and striker. The Three Lions gained a stable attacker who could support fast wingers, so Harry even received a captain's role before the World Cup 2018. Now, with 48 goals in 67 games, he has joint-third place in the list of best strikers of England with Gary Lineker. However, the second Bobby Charlton has only 49 goals, while the first Wayne Rooney scored 53 – both targets can be achieved until the end of 2022 if nothing extraordinary happens. A similar story is with Kane's second spot in the list of best bombardiers of Tottenham, where the leading Jimmy Greaves has 266 goals, while Harry has already scored 243. Only a transfer to another club can ruin the top spot in the club's history.
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Net worth and playstyle
According to official sources, Kane earns about 12 million euros per season as a salary in Tottenham only. However, the sources notice that his recent net worth is only about 40 million euros, which seems to be a reduced amount of net worth. However, the spendings of Harry's aren't fully known.
Read also: Cristiano Ronaldo – Best Striker in Football History.
The playstyle of the English legend is pretty unique and a bit orthodox. With a height of 1.88 metres, he has a slim body with a weight of about 86 kilograms, which is enough to be good at playing with his head and opposing strong defenders. Without great speed and dribbling, Kane, however, is pretty good at controlling the ball. With a good vision and both feet's usage, he can give a delicate pass to his partner, which made him the best striker and assistant in the season 2020-2021 in the EPL. Harry is also able to have a good understanding with his attacking partners, which was proved in Spurs (with Son Ming Heung and Dele Alli) and The Three Lions (with Raheem Sterling).
With the age of only 28, Kane has enough time to break the records for both Tottenham and the English national team. Most likely, after his career finishes, he will be regarded as one of the best attackers in English football history. By the way, in you want to win more with huge bonuses, higher odds, and without risks – visit our betting sites for football rankings page. A fresh review of the most reliable offers for Indian bettors will be helpful for you.
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Q: 'make_interp_spline' line dropping between two points I am plotting some points and to make the plot smoother I'm using 'make_interp_spline'. The problem is that I get a falling line between the first two points. The other points are ok, and they have the same distance. Is there something I can do about it?
Ps: I just have the data from 10 and 30.
My code:
import matplotlib
import pylab as pl
from pylab import *
import numpy as np
from scipy.interpolate import make_interp_spline

x1, y1 = np.loadtxt('Grafico_I_D_Fe.txt', dtype=float, delimiter=',', unpack=True)

B_spline_coeff1 = make_interp_spline(x1, y1)
X1_Final = np.linspace(x.min(), x.max(), 500)
Y1_Final = B_spline_coeff1(X1_Final)

pl.plot(X1_Final, Y1_Final, color='r', label=r'Iron ($2 \times 10^7$)')
pl.scatter(x1, y1, marker='*', color='r')

Data:
10, 3.187170532786709e-15
30, 1.031832270812154e-13
50, 3.444779276423242e-13
70, 6.316369610195546e-14

Plot:

A: Interpolation functions often have the unintuitive property of wiggling a lot. In your case, the interpolated curve goes below zero, although the data points don't.
Many other interpolation or approximation functions exist, each having their own benefits and drawbacks for specific situations. PchipInterpolator is one such function, that tries to stay inside the range of the data points (but has a less nice second derivative).
The code below uses PchipInterpolator, but also takes the log of the input y-values, and reverses that operation via exp on the result. Without taking the log, the wobbly second derivative is more visible.
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
from scipy.interpolate import PchipInterpolator

x1 = [10, 30, 50, 70]
y1 = [3.187170532786709e-15, 1.031832270812154e-13, 3.444779276423242e-13, 6.316369610195546e-14]

B_spline_coeff1 = PchipInterpolator(x1, np.log(y1))
X1_Final = np.linspace(9, 71, 500)
Y1_Final = np.exp(B_spline_coeff1(X1_Final))

plt.plot(X1_Final, Y1_Final, color='r', label=r'Iron ($2 \times 10^7$)')
plt.scatter(x1, y1, marker='*', color='r')
plt.yscale('log')
plt.show()

PS: It seems that for these specific data points, the original make_interp_spline works even better than PchipInterpolator when using the log conversion.  Often this won't be the case, and you might need to consider other interpolation or approximation functions.
B_spline_coeff1 = make_interp_spline(x1, np.log(y1))
X1_Final = np.linspace(9, 71, 500)
Y1_Final = np.exp(B_spline_coeff1(X1_Final))

plt.plot(X1_Final, Y1_Final, color='r', label=r'Iron ($2 \times 10^7$)')
plt.scatter(x1, y1, marker='*', color='r')
plt.yscale('log')
plt.show()