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Allies run into setbacks on the road to Baghdad
CALVIN WOODWARD
Associated Press Writer
U.S. Marines from the 3rd Batt., 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, in background, and surrendered Iraqi soldiers take cover while searching a building near Az Bayr, Iraq on Saturday, March 22, 2003. U.S. -led coalition forces continue their war missions Sunday, with American forces progressing 150 miles (240 kilometers) into Iraq, halfway to Baghdad. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch)
Allied forces confronted a shaken but combative foe in their advance through southern Iraq on Sunday, suffering more combat deaths and the first U.S. prisoners of war. They declared the invasion on target but it was increasingly bloody for the coalition.
Despite a day of dispiriting developments, the U.S.-British coalition fought to within 100 miles of Baghdad and tended to a growing northern front.
Allied soldiers came under attack in a series of ruses, U.S. officials said, with one group of Iraqis waving the white flag of surrender, then opening up with artillery fire; another group appearing to welcome coalition troops but then attacking them.
Lt. Gen. John Abizaid of U.S. Central Command said a faked surrender near An Nasiriyah, a crossing point over the Euphrates River northwest of Basra, set off the "sharpest engagement of the war thus far." Up to nine Marines died before the Americans prevailed, he said.
Twelve U.S. soldiers were missing and presumed captured by Iraqis in an ambush on an army supply convoy at An Nasiriyah, Central Command said.
"We, of course, will be much more cautious in the way that we view the battlefield as a result of some of these incidents," Abizaid said.
On the third day of the ground war, any expectation that Iraqi defenders would simply fold was gone.
"Clearly they are not a beaten force," said Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. "This is going to get a lot harder."
President Bush kept his eye on the big prize – the removal of Saddam Hussein's government and Iraq's eventual disarmament.
"I know that Saddam Hussein is losing control of his country," Bush said upon his return from the Camp David retreat in Maryland. "We are slowly but surely achieving our objective." He demanded that U.S. prisoners of war be treated humanely.
With allies closing in, Iraqi leaders appealed for a united Arab front to condemn the invasion but knew they wouldn't get it. "There is no hope in these rulers," Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan said.
But Russia and Chinese foreign ministers reasserted their view that the invasion has no legal basis and asked for an immediate halt.
Arab television showed what it said were four American dead in an Iraqi morgue and at least five other Americans identified as captured soldiers.
"I come to shoot only if I am shot at," said one prisoner, who said he was from Kansas. Asked why he was fighting Iraqis, he replied: "They don't bother me; I don't bother them."
Also, a British warplane was shot down in a friendly-fire attack by U.S. Patriot missiles, its crew of two unaccounted for, and a grenade attack in an Army base in Kuwait left a captain dead and a U.S. soldier as the suspect.
In the most notable gain for the coalition, soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade moved 230 miles in 40 hours, killing scores of Iraqi militiamen who engaged them with machine guns, to take positions less than a day's journey from Baghdad.
The brigade raced day and night across rugged desert in more than 70 tanks and 60 Bradley fighting vehicles. No American injuries were reported in that battle.
Iraqi Defense Minister Lt. Gen. Sultan Hashim Ahmed expressed confidence his troops can hold the capital.
"If they want to take Baghdad they will have to pay a heavy price," he said.
Several other allied units engaged in intensive gunbattles Sunday. In southern Iraq, a soldier from the 3rd Infantry Division died in a vehicle accident.
Efforts intensified to assemble forces in northern Iraq, where air strikes have gone after radicals linked to the al-Qaida terrorist network but prospects for ground assaults have been limited because neighboring Turkey balked on becoming a staging ground.
Mohammad Haji Mahmoud, leader of the Kurdistan Social Democratic Party, said the Americans are welcome. "We're not going to say no to anything the Americans want," he said.
In Kuwait, U.S. officials investigated the attack at the 101st Airborne Division's command center, where an assailant threw grenades into three tents. Three of the wounded were seriously injured; Capt. Christopher Scott Seifert, 27, died.
The suspect, found hiding in a bunker, is an engineer from an engineering platoon. The motive "most likely was resentment," said Max Blumenfeld, an Army spokesman, without elaboration.
The accidental downing of the British plane was another blow. The Tornado GR4, based in Marham, Britain, was returning from an operational mission early Sunday and was engaged by the missile battery, British officials said.
It was the third aerial accident involving British personnel since the war began. Six British troops and a U.S. Navy officer died when two British helicopters collided, while eight British and four U.S. Marines were killed when their helicopter crashed near the Kuwait-Iraqi border.
Iraqi television reported that Saddam Hussein's home town, Tikrit, had been bombed several times.
Near the Persian Gulf, Marines seized an Iraqi naval base Sunday morning at Az Zubayr. In the command center, Marines found half-eaten bowls of rice and other still-warm food.
Near Basra in the south, Marines saw hundreds of Iraqi men – apparently soldiers who had taken off their uniforms – walking along a highway with bundles on their backs past burned-out Iraqi tanks.
Allied forces have captured Basra's airport and a bridge. But commanders say they are in no rush to storm the city, hoping instead that Iraqi defenders decide to give up.
Although Iraq was getting little help diplomatically, many in the Muslim world expressed anger about the war.
Anti-war protests continued in many cities around the world, one of the biggest in Pakistan. Children in Lahore chanted anti-American slogans and other demonstrators carried portraits of Osama bin Laden and Saddam as more than 100,000 people joined in a peaceful rally.
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Kegalle ( Kǣgalla;  Kēkālai) ist eine Stadt in der Provinz Sabaragamuwa in Sri Lanka. Sie liegt am Highway A1 (Kandy Road) zwischen Colombo und Kandy, etwa 78 Kilometer von Colombo und 40 Kilometer von Kandy entfernt. Kegalle ist die Hauptstadt des gleichnamigen Distrikts und hat etwa 18.000 Einwohner (Stand 2012).

Sehenswürdigkeiten
 Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage (PEO)
 Wasserfälle von Asupini Ella

Söhne und Töchter der Stadt
 Edwin Wijeyratne (1889–1968), Diplomat, Mitglied der ceylonesischen Regierung und Gründungsmitglied der United National Party (UNP)
 P. B. G. Kalugalla (1920–2007), Politiker und Mitglied des sri-lankischen Parlaments
 Rumeshika Rathnayake (* 1996), Sprinterin

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise

Ort in Sri Lanka
Sabaragamuwa

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Tracking The Growth and Success of FBS African American Head Coaches: Season Recap
December 10, 2013 · by Evan Marshall · in NCAAF, Uncategorized. ·
The 2013 College Football Season regular season is officially completed and it was an up and down one for black head coaches. This week I am write up is going to be longer then usual because I am going to provide you with a season recap on each team. As well as my grades for each coach on the season based on how team performance based on expectations coming into the season. Let see how they wrapped up the regular season and how each coach did this year.
Combined Record (58-68)
Championship Week
Charlie Strong (Louisville)
Week 15: Louisville ended its 2013 regular season by beating rival Cincinnati on the road 31-24 in over time. Finishing their regular season 11-1.
Bowl Matchup: Russell Athletic Bowl vs. Miami. This should be a good matchup and although it's not the BCS or even national title game that the cardinals wanted going into the season. It is a solid bowl game against a program with a marquee name.
Program Outlook: All in all it was a good season for Coach strong and the Cardinals. An 11-1 record is nothing to scoff at but the Cardinals fell short of their lofty preseason goals. After beating Florida last year in the Sugar Bowl the expectation for Louisville was BCS or bust. 22 win in the past two seasons has Louisville as the clear dominant program in the American Athletic Conference. Next season things get a lot tougher as the Cardinals will join the ACC. Coach Strong has affirmed him as one of the top up and coming coaches in the country.
Teddy Bridgewater Halloween Costume
Kevin Sumlin (Texas A&M)
Week 15: Did not qualify for the SEC championship game. Finished their season 8-4.
Bowl Matchup: Chick-Fil-A Bowl vs. Duke. A Cotton bowl win last year and a Chick-Fil-A Bowl appearance this season. If you are in the SEC and don't qualify for a BCS bowl game those are the two bowls that you want to play in. A win over ACC Coastal Division Champs Duke would cap off a solid season.
Program Outlook: Coach Sumlin accepted a contract extension to stay in College Station for a long time. Who could blame him? He has resurrected A&M to heights they haven't seen since Jackie Sherrill was roaming the sidelines. Back-to-Back trips to New York for Johnny Football have ensured that country has taken notice of what Coach Sumlin is putting together with the Aggies.
David Shaw (Stanford)
Week 15: This past Saturday Stanford knocked off Arizona St for the second time this season. This time it was for the Pac-12 championship and now the Cardinal are headed to Pasadena. 11-2 season.
Bowl Matchup: Rose Bowl Vs. Michigan St. This is going to be a good match up of two pro style football times. If you like good old fashioned football that consists of stout defense, a good running game, and play action passes. Then this is the game for you.
Program Outlook: Two PAC-12 titles in a row and back to back Rose Bowl appearances means all is good in the land software geniuses, wine, and splash city. Given that Shaw is a Stanford Alumni unless he leaves for the NFL he should be in Palo Alto for life.
James Franklin (Vanderbilt)
Week 15: Did not qualify for the SEC Championship game. Finished season 8-4.
Bowl Matchup: BBVA Compass Bowl vs. Houston. This is going to be one of the better bowl match ups of the season. Houston has a high-powered offense and Vanderbilt has a quality defense. A win for either team would put them at 9 on the season.
Program Outlook: James Franklin literally is the best thing to ever happen to Vanderbilt football. The Commodores have qualified for bowl games 8 times in the 123 years history of the program and this year marks the third in Coach Franklin tenure. Everything is great in the Music City. The only question is how long will Coach Franklin choose to stay at Vandy.
Darrell Hazell (Purdue)
Week 15: Did not qualify for the B1G Championship game. Finished the season 1-11.
Bowl Matchup: Not bowl eligible.
Program Outlook: This was the first season in West Lafayette for coach Hazell and to be frank it was a disaster. Expectations were not high for the Boilermakers but after back-to-back bowl appearances under former coach Danny Hope. No one expected the decline that they witnessed this season. Darrell Hazell is a good coach and as a former Buckeye, I have confidence in him that he is going to get things turned around.
Curtis Johnson (Tulane)
Week 15: Did not qualify for the C-USA Championship and finished the season 1-11.
Bowl Matchup: R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl. This is a solid matchup, which is a de facto state of Louisiana championship game. After strong starts to the season both teams ended their season with losing skids and will be looking for this game to build momentum into 2014.
Program Outlook: Curtis Johnson improved the Green Wave from 2-10 in his first season to 7-5 this year. That is the type of improvement every program wants to see in year 2 under a new coach. With Nick Montana next season there is a strong chance that Tulane will make another bowl game.
Mike London (Virginia)
Week 15: Did not qualify for the ACC Championship game. Finished the regular season 2-10
Program Outlook: I am truly surprised to see that Coach London still has his job. Having been to won bowl game in his four seasons in Charlottesville and a 0-8-conference record this season. The hot seat is a 12 on a scale of 1-10 for Coach London. The Cavaliers have signed their best recruiting class in years giving fans some hope for the future. However next year is a bowl game or bust plain and simple.
Garrick McGee (UAB)
Week 15: Did not qualify for C-USA Championship. Finished the regular season 2-10.
Program Outlook: It has been a difficult two years in Birmingham for Coach McGee. A 5-19 record isn't the best but he is bringing in a solid recruiting class headlined by local running back Demracus Kirk. The plan is to simply keep laying the foundation for the team to improve.
Ruffin McNeill (East Carolina)
Week 15: Did not qualify for the C-USA championship game. Finished the season with a good 9-3 record.
ECU has a chance to win 10 games for the first time since Jeff Blake was the QB.
Bowl Matchup: Beef O Brady's Bowl vs. Ohio. No they Pirates are not facing the Buckeyes contrary to what Brady Hoke might want you to believe. This is going to be a good matchup for Coach McNeill team vs. the Bobcats. Frank Solich has built a real strong program that expects go to bowl games and compete for the MAC title every year.
Program Outlook: This was the fourth year in Greenville for Ruffin McNeill and he has the program on the upswing. This season pirates qualified for their third bowl game in his tenure and were one game away from winning the C-USA East Division title. A bowl win would give the pirates their 10th win of the season and with Shane Carden returning at qb next year they should be pre season favorites to win the division.
Willie Taggart (South Florida)
Week 15: 31-6 lost to Rutgers in the regular season finale. Finished the season 2-10.
Program Outlook: Coach Taggart took the job at South Florida with a lot of fan fare and big media tour. He was excited, the AD was glowing, and the fans thought they were going bounce back after the decline of Skip Holtz. However things did not go according to plan this season as the Bulls offense struggled all season to get things rolling. Once coach Taggart is able to get a full roster of players to fit his system I'm confident the bulls offense will be stampeding down the field.
Tags: Atlantic Coast Conference, BBVA Compass Bowl, Bowl Championship Series, Buckeye, Conference USA Football Championship Game, Ruffin McNeill, Russell Athletic Bowl, SEC
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Q: Adding strings at certain places in a text file I have a text file with the following contents:

-849.4471 1272.173 22.8698 0 0 -1 7.54979E-008 Fire_Esc_6 385 792 24 -1
  -837.0507 1270.862 28.1249 0 0 -1 7.54979E-008 Fire_Esc_6b 385 792 24 -1
  -837.0654 1270.879 24.09248 0 0 -1 7.54979E-008 Fire_Esc_6 385 792 24 -1

For each of the lines, I need to

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*add setAttr "sth"; to the beginning of the line

*add sth between the first and second numbers

*delete everything on the line from 385 through the end of the line

I'm a total beginner in batch and have no idea where to start. Any help you can give you be greatly appreciated.
I've done until here by somethingDark's help :0
FOR /F "tokens=8* delims= " %%G IN (C:\Users\Sherlock\Documents\3DReaperDX\Frames\1.txt) DO ECHO set %%G >12.txt

A: Since you've made an attempt to solve this yourself, I feel better about showing you what I was imagining for your script.
@echo off

:: If 12.txt exists, delete it. This way, the entire file will be recreated when the script is re-run.
:: (If you don't want this to happen and you just want new data added to the end of the file every
::  time the script is run, just delete this part.)
if exist 12.txt del 12.txt

:: An example line looks like this:
:: -849.4471 1272.173 22.8698 0 0 -1 7.54979E-008 Fire_Esc_6 385 792 24 -1

:: Iterate through each line in 1.txt, storing each space-delimited string in a unique variable
:: %%A: -849.4471
:: %%B: 1272.173
:: %%C: 22.8698
:: %%D: 0
:: %%E: 0
:: %%F: -1
:: %%G: 7.54979E-008
:: %%H: Fire_Esc_6
:: Since we don't care about anything after the eighth token, we can just ignore it
:: The redirection command is at the start of the line to avoid an extra space at the end of the line
for /f "tokens=1-8" %%A in (C:\Users\Sherlock\Documents\3DReaperDX\Frames\1.txt) do >>12.txt echo setAttr "sth"; %%A sth %%B %%C %%D %%E %%F %%G %%H

Since this script is so short (it's really just three lines with a whole bunch of comments), you could even run this one-liner from the command line:
for /f "tokens=1-8" %A in (C:\Users\Sherlock\Documents\3DReaperDX\Frames\1.txt) do >>12.txt echo setAttr "sth"; %A sth %B %C %D %E %F %G %H

This will create the file 12.txt with the contents

setAttr "sth"; -849.4471 sth 1272.173 22.8698 0 0 -1 7.54979E-008 Fire_Esc_6
  setAttr "sth"; -837.0507 sth 1270.862 28.1249 0 0 -1 7.54979E-008 Fire_Esc_6b
  setAttr "sth"; -837.0654 sth 1270.879 24.09248 0 0 -1 7.54979E-008 Fire_Esc_6

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Q: Html code block for html snippet? This has to be the most frustrating thing ever lol.
I am using prettify.js to give the code syntax color, but with prettify.js or prism.js when I encode the html I have to write it like below with a period before .&lt, otherwise my syntax is messed up with # tags.

.<div class="modal modal--medium modal--middle">
    <div class="center-module">
        <input type="text" placeholder="email">
        <button class="button button--primary">send</button>
    </div>
</div>

With a period the above shows
.

        <input type="text" placeholder="email">
        <button class="button button--primary">send</button>

Without a period before &lt
#

    #

        #<INPUT type="text" placeholder="email"#>
        #<BUTTON class="button button--primary"#>send#</BUTTON>
    #

#

My question is how/why is the <div being wrapped with .tag <div by prettify.js? Why do I need to add some character before the <div for it to work? Any ideas why it is doing this?
FYI any character before the <div will show the block just fine, but without a character when the &lr;div is wrapped by the

 tags it shows a block with # tags.

A: You may want to take a look at the HTML5 code tag:

      <INPUT type="text" placeholder="email">
      <BUTTON class="button button--primary">send</BUTTON>


First a safe, supportive environment that encourages clients to share, discuss and reflect on their situation is established. Then, in addition to talking about the issues, clients have the opportunity to work creatively if they choose to.
Some examples of how creative materials might be used are that clay modelling could encourage focus and physical effort, which is very useful in the instance of stress or suppressed anger.
Drawing can literally describe difficult situations or it can be used as an emotional outlet. Painting can also be an outlet or in some cases provide a sense of calm and well-being.
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package com.heliosapm.opentsdb.client.opentsdb.jvm;

import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;

/**
 *
Title: ResettingCountDownLatch

 *
Description: A latch that resets once it is counted down to zero

 *
Company: Helios Development Group LLC

 * @author Whitehead (nwhitehead AT heliosdev DOT org)
 *
com.heliosapm.opentsdb.client.opentsdb.jvm.ResettingCountDownLatch

 */

public class ResettingCountDownLatch {
	protected final AtomicReference<CountDownLatch> latch = new AtomicReference<CountDownLatch>(null);
	protected final int count;

	/** A noop latch. Does nothing. Can be shared. Used when the count starts at zero (or less) */
	public static final ResettingCountDownLatch NOOP_INSTANCE = new NoopResettingCountDownLatch();

	/**
	 * Returns a new ResettingCountDownLatch for the passed count
	 * @param count The latch count
	 * @return the new latch
	 */
	public static ResettingCountDownLatch newInstance(final int count) {
		if(count<1) return NOOP_INSTANCE;
		return new ResettingCountDownLatch(count);

	}

	/**
	 * Creates a new ResettingCountDownLatch
	 * @param count The count down
	 */
	private ResettingCountDownLatch(final int count) {
		this.count = count+1;
		latch.set(new CountDownLatch(this.count));
	}

	/**
	 * Causes the current thread to wait until the latch has counted down to zero, unless the thread is interrupted.
	 * @throws InterruptedException if the current thread is interrupted while waiting
	 */
	public void await() throws InterruptedException {
		latch.get().await();
	}

	/**
	 * Causes the current thread to wait until the latch has counted down to zero, unless the thread is interrupted, or the specified waiting time elapses.
	 * @param timeout the maximum time to wait
	 * @param unit the time unit of the timeout argument
	 * @return true if the count reached zero and false if the waiting time elapsed before the count reached zero
	 * @throws InterruptedException if the current thread is interrupted while waiting
	 */
	public boolean await(final long timeout, final TimeUnit unit) throws InterruptedException {
		return latch.get().await(timeout, unit);
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the current count.
	 * @return the current count
	 */
	public long getCount() {
		return latch.get().getCount();
	}

	/**
	 * Decrements the count of the latch, releasing all waiting threads if the count reaches zero, then allocating a new CountDownLatch.
	 * @return The count of the original latch after decrementing.
	 */
	public long countDown() {
		CountDownLatch cdl = latch.get();
		cdl.countDown();
		long cnt = cdl.getCount();
		if(cnt==1) {
			latch.set(new CountDownLatch(count));
			cdl.countDown();
		}
		return cdl.getCount();
	}

	/**
	 *
Title: NoopResettingCountDownLatch

	 *
Description: A No Op ResettingCountDownLatch

	 *
Company: Helios Development Group LLC

	 * @author Whitehead (nwhitehead AT heliosdev DOT org)
	 *
com.heliosapm.opentsdb.client.opentsdb.jvm.ResettingCountDownLatch.NoopResettingCountDownLatch

	 */
	private static class NoopResettingCountDownLatch extends ResettingCountDownLatch {
		public NoopResettingCountDownLatch() {
			super(-1);
		}
		@Override
		public void await() {
			/* No Op */
		}
		@Override
		public boolean await(final long timeout, final TimeUnit unit) {
			return true;
		}
		@Override
		public long countDown() {
			return 0L;
		}
		@Override
		public long getCount() {
			return 0L;
		}
	}

}

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Richard has been carving for over 20 years. He is the son of Elliot Olanna and learned to carve from his father. Like his father, Richard's work can be found in museums and galleries, and is sought after by collectors. Whalebone carving, an old Inupiaq art form, has known to exist in his culture for over 2,000 years.


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Eduardo Lopes (1917−1997) was a Portuguese professional road and track cyclist.

Short biography

Lopes was born on 22 December 1917 in the civil parish of Socorro (Lisbon).

In 1937 he began his career as a rider for the CUF team, as an amateur.

In 1939 he became a professional. From 1937 to 1947, he had 45 wins on famous circuits at that time, including Bairrada, Mealhada, Torres Vedras, Malveira, and Round to Lisbon, with the highlight being his victory in 1942 in the classic Porto-Lisboa, performed in a single step, with an approximate duration of 10 hours, over a distance of about 330 km. This was the second longest world cycling route, after the Bordeaux-Paris (560 km) and therefore very prestigious both inside and outside Portugal. In 1939 he took 9th place in the Final General Classification of the Tour of Portugal. It was not his specialty or his favorite race. A distance runner and an endurance rider, as evidenced by his victory in Porto-Lisboa, he was mainly a sprinter, winning the District and National Championships of Speed in 1941 and ranking in 2nd place in the National Championships of Speed in 1944, riding for the Iluminante team, which was the primary team he rode for during his career. In 1941, he won the first two stages of the Tour of Portugal, riding in the team of Sport Lisboa e Benfica. In Spain, he was second in the Tour of Mallorca in 1942 and third in the 3rd stage of the Vuelta a España at Badajoz in 1945. In 1947, he concluded his career at the Sporting Clube de Portugal, winning the 166 km Classics, the Circuit of Torres Vedras, being again District  Speed Champion and taking first place in the Prologue Stage 1 of the Tour of Portugal, on the runway of Jose Alvalade Stadium.

Was together with João Lourenço, the greatest Portuguese "pistard" of the years 40/50, according to UVP-FPC.

He died on 22 August 1997 at the age of 79, of a cerebral vascular accident.

Porto-Lisbon Classic race

Although Eduardo Lopes has won several races and circuits (45 victories officially registered on UCI), his most important victory was the famous Portuguese classic race called Porto-Lisboa, in 1942. The Oporto-Lisbon was the most important and popular race in Portugal together with the Tour of Portugal.
The classic Porto-Lisboa with about 330 km of distance, whose first edition was held in 1911, was the world longest race in one single stage, since the end of Bordeaux-Paris (560 km), in 1988.
Eduardo Lopes got the time of 10 hours, 25 minutes and 12 seconds, less than about 3 hours the time of the 1941's edition winner. His time "withstood" six more editions of the race and was only beaten in 1956 (14 years later) and for a few seconds.

Sport career (ratings)

1937 - 1st at the Circuit of Povoa (POR)
1937 - 1st at the Circuit of Cadaval (POR)
1937 - 1st at the Circuit of Boca do Inferno (POR)
1937 - 1st at the Grand Prix of Autumn (POR)
1937 - 1st at the National Road Championship, Amateurs (POR)
1938 - 1st at the 1st Preparation Circuit, Lisbon (POR)
1938 - 1st at the District Speed Championship, Lisbon (POR)
1939 - 1st in 166 km Classics, Lisbon (POR)
1939 - 1st at the Circuit of General Carmona, Cascais (POR)
1939 - 9th at the Final General Classification of the Tour of Portugal (POR)
1939 - 2nd at the third stage of Madrid - Lisboa, Mérida (POR)
1939 - 1st in American 2 Hours, Lumiar Stadium (POR)
1939 - 1st at the District Speed Championship, Lisbon (POR)
1940 - 1st at the Lisboa-Santarem-Lisboa (POR)
1940 - 1st at the sixth stage of the Tour of Portugal, Evora (POR)
1940 - 1st at the eighth stage of the Tour of Portugal, Castelo Branco (POR)
1941 - 1st at the first stage of the Tour of Portugal, Espinho (POR)
1941 - 1st at the second stage of the Tour of Portugal, Espinho (POR)
1941 - 1st at the District Speed Championship, Lisbon (POR)
1941 - 1st at the National Speed Championship, Lisbon (POR)
1942 - 1st at the Bairrada Circuit (POR)
1942 - 1st at the Tour of Lisbon (POR)
1942 - 1st at Porto-Lisboa, Lisbon (POR)
1942 - 1st at the second stage of Tour of Mallorca, Felanitx (ESP)
1942 - 1st at Team Pursuit in Great International Gala, Barcelona (ESP)
1942 - 1st at Madison in Great International Gala, Barcelona (ESP)
1942 - 2nd at the Vuelta a Mallorca (ESP)
1943 - 1st at 50 km Classics (POR)
1943 - 1st at the Circuit of Estoril (POR)
1943 - 1st at Madison, Lumiar Stadium, Lisbon (POR)
1943 - 1st at Sprint, Barcelona (ESP)
1944 - 1st at the Lisbon-Santarem-Lisbon (POR)
1944 - 1st at the Circuit of Lisbon (POR)
1944 - 1st at the Circuit of Torres Vedras (POR)
1944 - 2nd at District Speed Championship (POR)
1944 - 2nd in the National Speed Championship (POR)
1945 - 1st at the 166 km Classics (POR)
1945 - 1st at the 176 km Classics (POR)
1945 - 1st in Stage 1 part A of Bairrada Circuit (POR)
1945 - 1st at American, Independents, Lumiar Stadium (POR)
1945 - 1st at the Circuit of Mealhada (POR)
1945 - 1st at the Circuit of Malveira (POR)
1945 - 1st at the Circuit of Livramento (POR)
1945 - 1st at the Madison, Lumiar Stadium, Lisbon (POR)
1945 - 3rd at the third stage of the Vuelta a España, Badajoz (ESP)
1946 - 1st at the 166 km Classics (POR)
1946 - 1st at the 176 km Classics (POR)
1946 - 1st at the third stage of the Tour of Portugal, Faro (POR)
1946 - 2nd at the National Championship Road (POR)
1947 - 1st at the 166 km Classics (POR)
1947 - 1st at the Lisboa-Santarem-Lisboa (POR)
1947 - 1st at the Circuit of Torres Vedras (POR)
1947 - 1st at the District Speed Championship, Lisbon (POR)
1947 - 1st in the Prologue of the first stage of the Tour of Portugal, Lisbon (Alvalade Track) (POR)

Titles

References
Sitio de Ciclismo
Museo Ciclismo
Benfica History

Bibliography
"Em Memória de Eduardo Lopes - Glória e Drama de um Campeão de Ciclismo" by Eduardo Cunha Lopes. Bubok Edition (2014). 373 p. Illustrated (b&w).
"Copa España" by Eduardo Cunha Lopes. Bubok Edition (2016). 113 p. Illustrated (b&w)
"As XXIV Horas do Metropolitano" by Eduardo Cunha Lopes. Bubok Edition (2017). 91 p. Illustrated (b&w)
"Ciclismo e Ciclistas (Memórias de um Veterano)" by Amândio Nunes Monteiro. Author's Edition (2011). 254 p. Illustrated (b&w)
 "UVP-FPC: 100 Anos de Ciclismo". Edition of Portuguese Cycling Federation (1999). 159 p. Illustrated (b&w)
 "História da Volta" by Guita Júnior. Talento Edition (2006). 212 p. Illustrated.

External links

 Official weblog
 Facebook
 Book

1917 births
1997 deaths
Portuguese male cyclists
Sportspeople from Lisbon


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UIC publishes first edition of IRS 70727, "Railway Application – Track superstructure decision-making"
UIC develops and publishes IRSs to help railway stakeholders to achieve greater harmonisation and efficiency in daily railway operations.
The first edition of IRS 70727, developed as part of the Track Expert Group's DESMAN project, was published in July 2021 and is available from the UIC ETF Shop: https://www.shop-etf.com/en/railway-application-track-superstructure-decision-making
This IRS relates to the decision-making process for selecting the most suitable track type from various potential solutions (ballasted track or slab-track) for a particular new line, taking a variety of factors into account and based on an analysis of the extensive bibliography and previous projects and studies on the topic.
In the first part of the document, the current status of the decision-making process is outlined in order to provide context for the justification of the parameters and processes selected. In the second part, the methodological approach, an analysis of key effects and technical parameters to be considered and the decision-making process stages to be scheduled are developed, with the final part providing a suitability analysis and selection process guide.
In this context, the document also provides an overview of the current status in relation to ballasted tracks and slab track (ballastless) with the aim of documenting the latest track innovations, which have a major influence on maintenance and track performance.
In addition, this IRS sets out to provide an example of the application of the guidelines for selecting various track solutions for a defined section of a new railway line.
In summary, this new IRS aims to:
establish a guideline to help infrastructure managers make the choice between ballasted track and slab-track (ballastless)
provide key elements for decision-making, taking a variety of factors into account
UIC is truly grateful for the consensus achieved in producing this IRS and the DESMAN working group's valuable encouragement and commitment to contributing to sharing and harmonisation of good practices, helping to ensure that IRSs are as universal as possible.
A special mention must also go to all of the UIC staff involved in producing this new IRS over the past few years.
For further information, please contact Mercedes Gutiérrez, Infrastructure and TTI Senior Advisor, at gutierrez@uic.org
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Brand Fit: An ad campaign must align with the identity of the brand. Campaigns should display consistent brand elements to ensure that they support the ultimate goal of building the brand. The message in the ad, the colours, and the creative should all be "on brand".
Brand Favourability: An ad shapes brand perceptions and so it is important that it increases favourability towards the brand in some way. It is therefore necessary to explore shifts in brand perceptions as a result of the campaign, e.g. if the brand is now seen as more innovative, more flexible, more trusted, etc.
Our client, one of the world's largest chemical companies, approached us to test their latest ad campaign through independent research. Despite its size, our client was still relatively unknown outside its home country, Saudi Arabia. Our client therefore planned a global campaign designed to increase brand awareness and interest in foreign markets, and to promote the company as responsible, an innovation enabler, and a brand which cares about solving the world's problems through collaboration. Before the launch of the campaign, our client wanted to test its effectiveness in communicating those messages.
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You are at:Home » Ok Google – The era of voice search has arrived
Ok Google – The era of voice search has arrived
By hassanshabeer457 May 12, 2022 Updated: July 26, 2022 No Comments5 Mins Read
Just by activating the microphone and pronouncing the words "Ok Google", we can perform a voice search with surprising results of great relevance and quality.
Searching on Google and other search engines have long been part of our daily lives, from a simple search to find out what the weather will be like today, to knowing the ingredients of a recipe. Beyond the typical keywords that we enter with our keyboard, voice search is one more step in the attempt to make the user's life something easier, more comfortable and interconnected. Along these same lines, OK Google is a service that uses a voice-recognition system to perform a Google search without using the keyboard. It is, therefore, a system that combines artificial intelligence and linguistics, and that aims to encourage a dialogue between the user and the electronic device. While OK Google has been around for a few years now and 20% of global searches are done by natural voice,
VOICE SEARCH ON MOBILE DEVICES
In a 2016 study by the consultancy Kleiner Perkins, more than 60% of those surveyed in the United States considered voice search useful when their hands were full or they could not focus their eyes on the terminal, while 30% highlighted its speed and 22% found it funny. Therefore, the future of voice search is intrinsically linked to the presence of mobile phones and smartphones in our lives. Classic examples of these searches that we can all recognize are: "supermarkets open today" and "where to eat near here"
"Nearest mechanical workshop" "Dentist near me" "Hotels near Madrid airport"
HOW OK GOOGLE WORKS
To show how it works, we are going to perform some searches as an example. We pronounce the magic words OK Google and ask:
In this case, the first answer we get comes from Wikipedia:
However, if we try the same voice search repeatedly, we may not always get the same answer, as in this other case:
Here we have the first answer:
And a second one, which clearly contradicts the previous one:
But the most surprising thing happens when we ask about a well-known personality:
And OK Google is able to remember who we are talking about without mentioning their name again, returning information related to their person. This form of memory is a clear sign of what artificial intelligence has in store for us:
HOW TO SET UP OK GOOGLE
To use OK Google on the desktop of our computer, we just have to open Chrome, click on the microphone icon in the search field, enable the microphone and say these words. However, the most common thing is to want to use it on a smartphone. To configure OK Google on Android we will have to:
update the google app in the play store
open the app and select Settings > Voice > Voice Match
select "in the Google app".
In this same section, we can use voice recognition to unlock the keyboard of our phone.
GOOGLE ASSISTANT AND SMART SPEAKERS
The large multinationals in the digital sector have not waited to jump on the revolution of voice search and artificial intelligence. Google has integrated its service into the so-called "Google Assistant", an application that we can download to interact with it as a chat. For its part, Amazon has a service designed to facilitate online orders by voice, called Alexa. Even Delivery Hero, the German food delivery giant, has developed a feature to order food delivery via Alexa.
The latest step in the evolution of these voice assistants is the so-called smart speakers, which are not only used to perform searches but also to support everyday tasks at home. In a study of 3,000 searches carried out by Bryson Meunier on Google smart speakers (Google Home) published in Search Engine Land magazine, the author highlights that most of the commands he sent are focused on:
play and stop music, adjust the volume
turn the light on and off
set alarm clock alerts
ask what the weather is like
In this sense, Meunier questions the possibility of exploiting these services from a marketing point of view, showing that this technology is still at an early stage.
HOW CAN I POSITION A PAGE FOR VOICE SEARCH?
If physical location information is of central importance to your business, sooner or later voice search will become part of your business strategy. Although at the moment the voice results do not differ much from those entered by the keyboard, a study suggests that in voice search results:
the answer is usually drawn from the so-called zero position or rich snippets on Google.
loading speed is a vital factor to be able to appear in voice search results
the answers shown are usually short, with an average of 29 words
most of the pages have the HTTPS: protocol and a powerful domain
However, people are still not aware of the question, "what is the benefit of SEO?"
In short, voice search is a still unknown and developing field, which should be followed in order to be up-to-date with trends in the technology sector and the positioning of our website.
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Africain History, Culture, Fulbe language, history, Islam, People, Pulaar/Fulfulde
Date: August 25, 2019Author: Njaay Demmba Astel 0 Comments
The Fulɓe people are widely distributed, across the Sahel from the Atlantic coast to the Red Sea, particularly in West Africa. The countries where they are present include Burkina Faso, Benin, Camroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leon, South Sudan, and as far east as the Read Sea in Sudan and Ethiopia. There are also large communities of Fulbe in the USA, Middle East and Europe. Particularly in France, Spain and Italy. In Guinea, the Fulbe make up the largest Ethnic group,
whereas, in Senegal, Mali, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, and Cameroon the Fulɓe are either second largest ethnic group or one of the three most significant components of the population. Nearly all the other countries they live in they are a minority ethnic group. Alongside, many also speak other languages of the countries they inhabit, making many Fulani bilingual or even multilingual in nature. Such languages include French, English, Portuguese, Hausa, Bambara, Wolof, and Arabic.
Major concentrations of Fulani people exist in the Fuuta Jalon highlands of central Guinea and south into the northernmost reaches of Sierra Leon; the Fuuta Tooro Savannah grasslands of Senegal and southern Mauritania; the Masina inland Niger river delta system around Central Mali; and especially in the regions around Mopti and the Nioro Du Sahel in the Kayes region; the Borgu settlements of Benin, Togo and West-Central Nigeria; the northern parts of Burkina Faso in the Sahel region's provinces of Seno, Wadalan, and Soum; and the areas occupied by the Sokoto Caliphate, which includes what is now Southern Niger and Northern Nigeria (such as Tahoua, Katsina, Sokoto, Kebbi, Zinder, Bauchi, Diffa, Yobe, Gombe, and further east, into the Benue River valley systems of North Eastern Nigeria and Northern Cameroon).
This is the area known as the Fombina, literally meaning "The South" in Adamawa Fulfulde, because it represented the most southern and eastern reaches of Fulɓe hegemonic dominance in West Africa. In this area, Fulfulde is the local lingua franca, and language of cross cultural communication. Further east of this area, Fulbe communities become predominantly nomadic, and exist at less organized social systems. These are the areas of the Chari-Baguirmi Region and its river systems, in Chad and the Central African Republic, the Ouaddaï highlands of Eastern Chad, the areas around Kordofan, Darfur and the Blue Nile, Sennar, Kassala regions of Sudan, as well as the Red Sea coastal city of Port Sudan. The Fulbe on their way to or back from the pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, settled in many parts of eastern Sudan, today representing a distinct community of over 2 million people referred to as the Fellata.
While their early settlements in West Africa were in the vicinity of the tri-border point of present-day Mali, Senegal and Mauritania, they are now, after centuries of gradual migrations and conquests, spread throughout a wide band of West and Central Africa. The Fulbe People occupy a vast geographical expanse located roughly in a longitudinal East-West band immediately south of the Sahara, and just north of the coastal rain forest and swamps. There are an estimated 40 to 60 million Fulbe people.
Fulani herdsman crossing their cattle
There are generally three different types of Fulbe based on settlement patterns. The Nomadic/Pastoral (Fulɓe Durooɓe or Aynaaɓe, also called Fulɓe buruure, or Mbororo),the Semi-Nomadic and the Settled or "Town Fulani". The pastoral Fulɓe move around with their cattle throughout the year. Typically, they do not stay around, for long stretches (not more than 2–4 months at a time). The semi-nomadic Fulɓe can either be Fulɓe families who happen to settle down temporarily at particular times of the year or Fulɓe families who do not "browse" around past their immediate surroundings, and even though they possess livestock, they do not wander away from a fixed or settled homestead not too far away, they are basically "In-betweeners"
Settled Fulɓe live in villages, towns and cities permanently and have given up nomadic life completely, in favor of an urban one. These processes of settlement, concentration and military conquest led to the existence of organized and long-established communities of Fulbe, varying in size from small villages to towns. Today, some major Fulbe towns include: Labé, Pita, Mamou and Dalaba in Guinea; Kaedi in Mauritania;Matam,Podor,Kolda,Welingara, Madina Yero Foulah, Madina-Gunaas in Senegal; Bandiagara, Mopti, Kaye, Nioro du Sahel In Mali; Dori, Gorom-Gorom and Djibo in Burkina Faso, on the bend of the Niger, and Birnin Kebbi, Gombe, Yola, Digil, Jalingo, Mayo Belwa, Mubi, Maroua, Ngaoundere, Girei and Garoua in the countries of Cameroon and Nigeria, in most of these communities, the Fulani are usually perceived as a ruling class.
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Maryland's of the Sea Rescue Flight, ME, 1942
Thread: Maryland's of the Sea Rescue Flight, ME, 1942
andy wis
Hello, Forumites.
During 1942, the Sea Rescue Flight (SRF) was equipped with, besides Wellingtons and a couple of Walrus's, two Maryland's.
I believe the identity of those Maryland's was possibly HK836, and HK865. '836 was at 107 MU (Kasfareet) during the Spring of that year, whence the trail goes cold; nothing appears forthcoming on '865.
Does anybody have any information which confirms the identity of the SRF Maryland's??
Lyffe
Re: Maryland's of the Sea Rescue Flight, ME, 1942
Can't answer your question, Andy, but do you mean AIR Sea Rescue Flight (https://discovery.nationalarchives.g...ils/r/C7162225) ?
Edit. Did it become 294 Squadron (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._294_Squadron_RAF)
Last edited by Lyffe; 15th November 2021 at 21:01.
https://discovery.nationalarchives.g...ls/r/C17083109
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/...php?qnum=12359
Other than your references, the second of which is based on the first, I could only find the two references below to a Sea Rescue Flight (SRF):
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...43._CM2940.jpg
Other than these a search for Sea Rescue Flight in NA files only hits on Air Sea Rescue Units. It's difficult to sea why the SRF should be labelled any differently which made me wonder if 'SRF' was an unofficial, or careless, abbreviation, especially as the unit's work was based on air operations.
Here are a few more references for you, courtesy of IWM.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/i...ject/205208933
Vickers Wellington Mark IC, Z9027 'Z', of the Sea Rescue Flight, running up its engines at Bir el Beheira, Libya, prior to taxying for take off.
Vickers Wellington Mark IC, 'X', of the Sea Rescue Flight based at LG 'Y'/Qassassin, Egypt, flying over the Mediterranean Sea during a search.
Aircraft of the Sea Rescue Flight in low level flight across Mediterranean waters. On the left, Fairchild 91, HK832 'M', leads, followed by Vickers Wellington Mark IC, 'X'.
Crew members of a Vickers Wellington Mark III of the Sea Rescue Flight, based at LG 'X' (also known as LG 206/Abu Sueir North), Egypt, at their stations by the beam gun positions of the aircraft during a search. The crewman on the left is using an Aldis signalling lamp to communicate with a ship.
The crew of a Vickers Wellington of the Sea Rescue Flight discuss a forthcoming mission outside their Operations Room at LG 'Y'/Qassassin, Egypt.
Fairchild 91, HK832, of the Sea Rescue Flight on an airfield in Egypt.
Fairchild 91, HK832 'M' of the Sea Rescue Flight, on an airfield in Egypt. This single-engined amphibian, formerly NC16690 on the US civil register, was purchased second-hand by the British Air Ambulance Corps, a New York-based charity, and delivered to the Middle East where it served with the SRF until sunk in a take-off accident near Benghazi on 17 May 1943.
The contents of the survival pack dropped by the Sea Rescue Flight to aircrews forced down in the Mediterranean. It contains iron rations, a torch, first aid kit, cigarettes, barley sugar, distress signals, condensed milk, tomato juice, batteries, a clasp knife, a whistle and a bottle of water.
Dave, you sum it up well. Whilst researching the Units which operated the early, Brooklands- built Wellingtons, I came across reference to the SRF, but found no ORB 's for that Unit. I then looked at TNA Appendix for 294 Sqn and lo and behold, that Appendix was entitled "Air Sea Rescue Flight, later 294 Sqn July 1941 - Sept 1943".
Throughout that Appendix, the Unit was referred to as "Sea Rescue Flight". The monthly/daily Reports are in the manner of the F540, ie as Summary so unfortunately, generally, only refer to aircraft by individual aircraft letter. An exception to that "rule" are that the first few ops actually stated the serial numbers of the Wellingtons involved.
After September 1943, things were better recorded in that the ORB also included the F541.
The SRF also had some Walrus aircraft assigned - some RAF, and some FAA on detachment, as well as a Fairchild 91 (HK832) and
a Grumman Goose (HK822) Oh, and a couple of Maryland's!!
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Sea Rescue Flight.
Formed 13/08/41 at Kabrit with 3 Wellington Ic,(T2551, T2829,T2839).
6 HSL's and a Carrier Pigeon Service.
On the 17th November 41 T2839 crash landed on return from a training flight.
Later on T2551 crash landed, the only survivor Sgt, Swift the second Pilot who was thrown clear.
On the 23/05/42 the Fairchild picked up German survivors.[details from MAW vol 1].
Redesignated 294 Sqn 24/09/43.
A/c Fairchild 91 (HK832 "M"), Goose (HK822"N"), Wellington Ic (T2951),
Walrus (X9584 "C"), Blenheim (EH330).
The Squadron ended up with Warwick's.
In the MAW series there is very little on either the SRF or 294 Sqn.
The odd mention in -
vol 1 pages 290,292,511,517.
vol 2 pages 214,215,216.
vo 5 pages 37,106,145,248,256,445,
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Originally Posted by Alex Smart
The authors of MAW2, have omitted from the index, reference to the loss of Air Sea Rescue Flight Wellington Ic Z8778, on 3 August, 1942 (see: p.577).
Storr records this loss, as follows:
Sea Rescue Flight RAF
Wellington Ic Z8778 'F'
Took off at 1000 hours on 3 August 1942 from Landing Ground 'X' in answer to a request from Flying Control AHQ, Egypt, to search for a missing Wellington aircraft of 104 Sqn which had signalled at about 0500 hours that it was force landing in position 30.51N,29.52E.
The Captain was instructed to carry out a search of the reported position to a depth of 30 miles. It was pointed out that the area traversed the main Cairo-Alexandria road and also contained a large number of aerodromes. At 1245 hours a snap D/F bearing by Gianaclis was 135 deg. At 1300 hours a W/T signal from Z8778 read "search had up to that time been unsuccessful, but continuing." At 1642 hours a further attempt was made to contact Z8778 but was unsuccessful.
The aircraft had a safe endurance of 8 hours - perhaps over ten hours. Extensive searches were made for Z8778 over the next two days but were unsuccessful.
84991 F/O Captain (Pilot) John Thomson DICK DFC RAFVR
J7902 P/O (2nd Pilot) Harry Gordon LOCKE RCAF
J9399 P/O (3rd Pilot & Fire Control) Roy Campbell PRINCE RCAF
918857 F/Sgt (Navigator) Henry Stephen IMPETT RAFVR
AUS400667 F/Sgt (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) Ian Aubrey BAINES RAAF
AUS404014 F/Sgt (1st Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) John Campbell DALEY RAAF
1127136 Sgt (Air Gunner) Robert Selwyn HUGHES RAFVR
Following post war enquiries and searches when no trace of the missing aircraft or crew were found, it was recorded in 1948 that the missing crew had no known grave.
All are commemorated on the Alamein Memorial.
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Thank you Alex and Col.
All this information I have from the ORB's. What has confused me re the loss of Flt Lt Dick's loss is that
sources quote Z8778 as being the aircraft. On the day after (4/8/42), another Wellington, T2570 was SOC, but nothing
was mentioned in the Appendix re that particular occurrence. Also, the AB "Z" file states Z8778 was on 70 Sqn
at the time of its loss…
During visits to the PRO ( ie pre TNA days), I seem to remember
that some Units had an ARB - Administration Record Book. Those books contained non-operational information
which included the "ins and outs" of aircraft assigned.
Does anybody recall such documents?
Ross_McNeill
Bewdley, UK
Used AIR24 for the monthly Administration Record Books eg
https://discovery.nationalarchives.g...ils/r/C4094669
Only had patchy luck with similar AIR24 documents for overseas units but at that time I was not intensively searching the series - just getting a feel for the scope.
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Plenty of warm paeans from the New York Times and elsewhere complimented Facebook's moves to cut down on unpaid ads appearing in the news feeds of its userbase. And while Facebook users may rejoice, it means fewer potential shoppers may see online sellers' posts.
After conducting user surveys, it looks like Facebook chose to utilize that feedback to change what's appearing in news feeds and prompt advertisers to pay up if they want that desirable placement.
Bigger brands who wish to be in news feeds will likely adjust their budgets and proceed as usual. But small and medium sized businesses may find it more difficult to come up with the budget to reach their fans. In fact, the move, announced here, could be considered akin to Google Shopping going from free to paid with Product Listing Ads.
EcommerceBytes.com spoke with social media analytics firm SumAll about Facebook's latest news. According to SumAll, what may be news to businesses is how limited their reach may have been on Facebook.
"What's not being discussed is how, with the amount Facebook has been shrinking the reach of posts, in order to push people to ads, that nothing has really changed," SumAll said. "All that's changed is the perception of it – most businesses did not know that their newsfeed posts were not being seen by the majority of their audience."
Businesses seeing a lot of "likes" for their presences on Facebook may be seeing a mirage. SumAll blamed click farms for diluting that metric – while businesses see a great number of likes, they really aren't getting the impressions they might expect. SumAll provided context with a sample of 50,000 of their users and what they are seeing with those metrics:
The average click-through rate (CTR) increased from roughly 1% to 8% between January 2012 and September 2014.
Average daily page views per account declined from 98 views per day in January 2014 to just 64 views per day in September – a 35% decrease.
Average daily impressions per account declined from 40,000 impressions per day in January 2014 to 20,000 impressions per day in September – a 50% decrease.
"Organic reach, impressions, and page views are declining," SumAll said, noting that in less than a year's time, "generating any forms of action or engagement has become four or five times more expensive."
In the example of SumAll's customer The Loop Loft, their click-through rate (CTR) for paid content slipped from 3.34 percent in January 2014 to a September mark of only 0.34 percent in September. When SumAll compared average performance for that same period of time to January – September 2013, they found these concerning numbers:
Cost-per-action (Likes, comments, conversions, event responses, etc.) climbed from $0.05 to $0.24 – a 380% increase.
Cost-per-new site user (derived using Facebook and Google Analytics data) is up from $0.20 to $1.16 – a 480% increase.
CPM is up 70.4% and cost per thousand people reached is up 104.7%
For current and prospective advertisers feeling Facebook's push, they may be tempted to stiffen their backs and wait for terms that they will truly "like."
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ATARI TO LAUNCH UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2004 DVD VERSION IN NORTH AMERICA IN RESPONSE TO OVERWHELMING DEMAND
Highest-Rated PC Game of 2004 Re-Released in Special Two-DVD Set; Includes 3DBuzz.com Training Videos For Making Custom Maps and Mods
LOS ANGELES – April 9, 2004 – In response to the overwhelming success of Unreal® Tournament 2004 - Special Edition which featured the game on DVD, Atari and Epic Games will launch a special two-disc "DVD Edition" of Unreal Tournament 2004 on April 13. The two-DVD set will include the entire game on disc one, while disc two will include several hours of Video Training Modules (VTMs) from 3DBuzz.com that teach fans and amateur mod makers how to use the Unreal Editor to create custom game content.
Unreal Tournament 2004 is the highly anticipated follow-up to last year's Unreal Tournament 2003 and the third installment in the mega-selling Unreal Tournament franchise. The game has received universal critical acclaim and was hailed by GameSpot, a leading video game news and reviews site, as "...the new king of online shooters." Unreal Tournament 2004 is already the highest-rated PC game of 2004 and, according to GameRankings.com, a Web site which tracks reviews of all games, Unreal Tournament 2004 is the third-highest scoring PC game of all time. The Special Edition DVD SKU sold out at major retailers across the United States in the first three days of availability.
"The success of Unreal Tournament 2004 - Special Edition was beyond even our wildest expectations, with gamers grabbing up the DVD version in droves for easier installation and the hours upon hours of training videos by 3DBuzz.com," said Peter Wyse, Executive Producer at Atari. "Fans have been clamoring for the game on DVD and by offering another version, we're able to deliver all of the benefits of DVD to fans who have been waiting to get it."
Unreal Tournament 2004 was developed by Epic Games in conjunction with Digital Extremes. The game builds on the success of past installments, taking the franchise to the next level with the introduction of the hyper-charged Onslaught mode, the return of the fan-favorite Assault mode, and the introduction of land-, air- and space-based vehicles.
In Unreal Tournament 2004, players suit up as the ultimate techno-gladiator of the future, taking their fates into their own hands as they battle up to 32 other players in action-packed, frag-filled arenas. Unreal Tournament 2004 contains new maps for all established game modes, including Capture the Flag, Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Bombing Run and Double Domination. In addition, Unreal Tournament 2004 contains all of the maps, mutators and game types -- such as Mutant, Last Man Standing and Invasion -- from Unreal Tournament 2003 and the free downloadable bonus packs for that game.
The game includes two additional modes of play: "Onslaught," an epic-in-scope team-based challenge that pits two teams in bitter warfare across massive terrain maps in a frag-filled battle to destroy, capture and hold key power nodes, and "Assault," where gamers are challenged to complete a variety of mission objectives to attack or defend bases in a bigger and badder version of the Unreal Tournament classic.
Unreal Tournament 2004 CD edition is currently available worldwide. Unreal Tournament 2004 two-disc DVD Edition will be available April 13. The new DVD Edition will not include the limited edition tin box and Logitech Internet Chat Headset that were included in the Special Edition. For more information on Unreal Tournament 2004 or to download the free demo, please visit the game's official Web site at www.unrealtournament.com.
About Epic Games
Epic Games Inc, based in Raleigh, NC and established in 1991, is a developer of cutting-edge computer and video games. The company is best known as the creator of hit PC 3D action games Unreal and Unreal Tournament, both award-winning blockbuster hits having each sold more than 1 million copies. Games created with the Unreal Tournament Game Engine include: 2002 Console Game of the Year winner: Tom Clancy's Splinter CellTM (on PC and console platforms) from Ubi Soft, PC Gamer's 2000 Game of the Year: Deus Ex from Ion Storm/Eidos, America's Army: Operations, from the United States Army and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (PC) from Electronic Arts – and many others. Prior to their 3D success, Epic Games was well known for the hit shareware games Jill of the Jungle, Jazz Jackrabbit and Epic Pinball. Additional information can be obtained through Epic's Web site at www.epicgames.com.
About Atari
New York-based Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) develops interactive games for all platforms and is one of the largest third-party publishers of interactive entertainment software in the U.S. The Company's 1,000+ titles include hard-core, genre-defining games such as Driver™, Enter the Matrix™, Neverwinter Nights™, Stuntman™, Test Drive®, Unreal® Tournament 2003, and Unreal® Championship; and mass-market and children's games such as Backyard Sports™, Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues™ and Dora the Explorer™, Civilization®, Dragon Ball Z® and RollerCoaster Tycoon®. Atari, Inc. is a majority-owned subsidiary of France-based Infogrames Entertainment SA (Euronext 5257), the largest interactive games publisher in Europe. For more information, visit www.atari.com.
Unreal is a registered trademark of Epic Games Inc.
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:up: YEA, now every one can gain from those VTM's, great work guys :up:
legacy-Nut_Bag
Now all the people that weren't able to get the SE will still be able to get both DVD's. :up:
Good going ATARI!
We have wanted to tell you guys this for a while now but wanted to wait until we KNEW when it would be on shelves. We scrambled, pulled strings and stepped on a lot of toes for the DVD Edition to get out there as soon as possible once the Special Edition sold out so quickly.
We REALLY didn't expect to go through 60,000 of Special Edition units in 3 days. I don't care what game you are working on - that just does not happen.
When reading all the e-mails and posts we were getting about consumers missing out on the Special Edition we had to hold ourselves back from announcing this too soon -
Nice, now everyone in North America can get it.
Too bad for the people who paid over $100 for those 2 DVDs online. :bulb:
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Originally posted by Scottmc
We have wanted to tell you guys this for a while now but wanted to wait until we KNEW when it would be on shelves.
Congrats on finally being able to
Will the European DVD edition be updated to include the VTMs?
I doubt it. PR_Flak and I don't have direct influence over the European market. I'll look into it but I doubt it will be re-released outside of the Special Edition.
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why cant u rerelease the specail edtion thats wat everone wants not this i know it was suppose to be limited and blah blah blah but cmon why not a specail edtion rerelease thats what we really want, i got stuck with my regular cuz my local ebgames said they never recieved any special edtion so i had to buy the 6 CD version which sucks everytime i wana reinstall the game plus i wanted to learn how to make levels what a perfect opprutinty for that well i have to ask 2 questions
1.why wont you release the special edtion with the tin box and headset
2. do you plan on releaseing the tutorials to the public soon or ever?
legacy-Xerxies
obviously it isn't the same as the "special edition DVD", in that there is no tin napkin holder, electric ear warmer, or special stickers included. (I surmise)
I would like to know if the second disc will contain ALL of the VTM's that were included in the special edition, or just the first several sets that were created by 3DBuzz.
Thanks for appeasing the community :up:
Originally posted by dantheman1
There really is no pleasing you guys! :haha:
1. The headset was a deal with LogiTech. Once we ran out of headsets that was it for Special Edition.
2. Probably not. Most are already avalibe at 3dbuzz.com
Originally posted by Xerxies
Actaully the stickers are in there. Along with the total amount of VTMs from 3D Buzz.
guess i have no chioice but warez the tutorials
cuz im not gona spend another $40 for the same game just with the tutorials.
legacy-Captain Sarcastic
There's the rub - how are all the people that got the CD version or already bought the single DVD version going to get the tutorial disk? I'm sure not going to buy the whole thing again, so I'll just do without.
KriLL3.8™
Any plans on doing this in Europe also?
Since 40000 of the 60000 copies of SE stayed in the US, Stores over here sold out either prior to release or same day as the release was (depends on if they had pre-order or not)
legacy-MaceX
Can we exchange the CD version for the DVD verison?


A page from his book "Jackson Sundown" shows the legend competing in Ronan in 1915.
Writer Rick Steber shares stories about rodeo legend Jackson Sundown.
Local resident Wyman McDonald shows a photo of Sundown, his cousin.
CHARLO – The name of local legend Jackson Sundown was beginning to fade as his story moved into the distant past, but writer Rick Steber of Oregon came to town late last month to revive it.
Steber stood in front of hundreds of children in different schools across the Flathead Indian Reservation and about 100 adults at a book reading at the Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana to tell the story of Jackson Sundown in a deep storytelling voice.
Sundown lived on the Flathead Reservation for a time and married a Salish woman named Pulowsap, and they had three children. While Steber told the story at the museum, Wyman McDonald sat in the audience listening. The stories brought back distant memories and made him think of his own father, John McDonald. "Jackson Sundown was my cousin," he would say after the reading was over. "My dad rode with him sometimes." McDonald held a framed photo of Jackson during the reading that he shared with the audience.
Steber continued to say that Sundown was born in 1863 and died in 1923. He grew up with the Wallowa band of the Nez Perce tribe. He was half Salish and half Nez Perce and the nephew of Chief Joseph. His Indian name was Waaya-tonah-toesits-kahn, which means earth left by the setting sun.
Sundown grew up riding horses and eventually became a warrior. He fought against the U.S. Army at the Battle of Bear Paw.
After the reading, McDonald stood up to share a story about Sundown, told to him by a family member. He said Sundown was at a rodeo and apparently the other contestants didn't want the legend to win, so they made a small cut in the cinch strap, and it broke. Sundown was able to prove it was cut and get another ride, he said.
Steber said he did a lot of research for the book by talking to several locals including Louie Adams and Bud Cheff, Jr. Cheff's father also knew Sundown. The problem was that not many people who knew Sundown were left.


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Le Pape (1878) est un poème de Victor Hugo.

À la fois critique satirique de la papauté et exposé de la pensée religieuse et humaine du poète, l'œuvre est présentée comme un « rêve en deux scènes ». Elle parut le , mais avait été en fait presque entièrement écrite en 1874-1875, dans la ligne de l'anticléricalisme croissant de l'auteur et de la nouvelle , et en réaction entre autres au principe de l'infaillibilité pontificale établi en 1870.

Composition
Le poème est composé de 2 scènes et 19 sections :

I. Scène première : Sommeil
Paroles dans le ciel étoilé
 Les rois entrent
 Le pape sur le seuil du Vatican
 Le synode d'Orient
 Un grenier
 Le pape aux foules
 L'infaillibilité
 En voyant passer des brebis tondues
 Pensif devant le destin
 On construit une Église
 En voyant une nourrice
 Un champ de bataille
 La guerre civile
 Il parle devant lui dans l'ombre
 Malédiction et bénédiction
 En voyant un petit enfant
 Un échafaud
 Pensif devant la nuit
 Entrant à Jérusalem
II. Scène deuxième : Réveil

La première scène montre le Pape s'endormant après avoir longtemps cherché le sommeil. Il se voit alors en rêve, rejetant les dogmes de l'Église Catholique pour revenir à la pureté du Christ, bon envers les faibles et les pauvres et intransigeant envers les puissants, incarnation de la condition humaine. Dans une seconde scène lapidaire, le Pape se réveille, terrifié d'avoir fait un tel cauchemar... Il court à l'église pour se confesser ! Il avoue voir Dieu dans des songes.

Bibliographie
Le Pape, notice par Jean-Claude Fizaine, Œuvres complètes de Victor Hugo - Poésie III, Robert Laffont, Paris, 1985.

Édition illustrée
Le Pape. Vingt et une compositions dessinées et gravées par Jean-Paul Laurens (1885). Ouvrage numérisé par le Centre de Ressources Jacques-Seebacher. Une notice rédigée par Victor Kolta détaille l'histoire de ce livre, depuis sa genèse jusqu'à sa réception.

Notes et références

Poème de Victor Hugo
Poésie du XIXe siècle
1878 en littérature


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Lightweight World Rankings: Kayla Harrison establishes herself as queen of the women's 155-pound division, climbs to number-one
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The WMMA lightweight world rankings have been updated after the recent Professional Fighters League 6 event and Kayla Harrison has risen to number-one after taking out Jozette "The #1 Headbusta" Cotton.
Kayla Harrison is the number-one women's lightweight fighter in the world.
Harrison (2-0) may be just two fights into her career, however the Olympic Gold Medallist has taken out two experienced veterans in those fights. This past June, she took out Brittney Elkin, a woman who is a BJJ specialist and owns a notable win over Bellator's Gabrielle Holloway. Then this past Thursday she took out Jozette Cotton, a woman who's defeated some of the greats at 155-pounds and above, including capturing the DCS lightweight title last September after taking out number-four ranked Sarah Patterson.
The women's 155-pound lightweight division may not be the biggest in women's MMA, however over the last few years there has been some growth with the likes of RIZIN, DEEP JEWELS, Dynasty Combat Sports and now PFL hosting fights for the weight-class. With Harrison now proving she is the top fighter in the division, it is unknown at this time if she will attempt to move down to featherweight in a bid to fight a higher level and bigger variety of competition or remain at 155-pounds and let the competition gradually come to her, in the process helping to establish the growth of the women's lightweight division.
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Fight fans, what do you think is next for Kayla Harrison? Would you like to see her move down to featherweight? If she stays at lightweight, is there anyone you'd like to see move up to face her?
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The only one at lightweight I'd be interested in seeing her fight is Bobbi Jo Dalziel, the only fighter to have defeated Jozette Cotton, and she hasn't fought in over 2 years. Hopefully, she has worked on her take down defense in the interim, as Jozette was able to take her down at will, although she immediately let her up. I doubt if Kayla would be so gracious and would probably man-handle her on the ground.
Another interesting fight could be against Gabi Garcia. Although Gabi would be quite a bit bigger, she has fought smaller fighters, and had never faced an athlete/fighter of Karla's caliber.
And then there's Holly Holm, as Holly used to box at 154; that is, if the UFC would allow it. Probably doubtful. It would be nice to see her against Julia Budd. Julia loves to tie up, but I don't think she would be so anxious with Kayla. If she is able to defeat the aforementioned ladies, she could entertain taking on Cris Cyborg.


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The Gila County Health Department would like to thank you for your cooperation in this Covid-19 vaccination. Our goal is to provide all residents of Gila County with the opportunity to get the Covid-19 vaccine.
The CDC has published extensive recommendations on a step-by-step approach to vaccine delivery within Gila County over the coming months. The Arizona Department of Health and Gila County follow these recommendations.
Due to the limited supply of vaccines, vaccination efforts are aimed at protecting the most vulnerable people in Gila County. Phase 1 is divided into three subphases. Phase 1A prioritizes front-line healthcare professionals, emergency healthcare professionals, and long-term care staff and residents. Phase 1B Group includes adults in a collective environment, law enforcement agencies, teachers and childcare workers, and workers in essential services / critical industries. Phase 1C includes adults over the age of 65 and adults of all ages with high-risk medical conditions.
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Somalia conditionally frees journalist after ex-diplomat's death
Weeks after his arrest and detention by Somali authorities, a journalist who works with a number of international news outlets has been released, fellow journalists confirmed.
"Said Fadhaye has got his freedom / passport back. He is now free to travel, seek medical help and continue with his journalism (work). But he will continue supporting the Somali government with their investigations whenever he is needed," colleague Moulid Hujale said on Twitter.
Said Fadhaye was reportedly held by Somalia's security minister after a deadly incident in a suburb of the capital, Mogadishu. The incident in question was a firearm discharge at a security zone known as Halane.
It led to the death of a prominent peace activist and former diplomat, Elmaas Elman. Said was with the deceased in the car when a bullet shattered the window killing her. He posted a Twitter thread of how the incident happened on November 23.
Initial statement from the African Union mission in charge of the place said it was the case of a stray bullet because the base had in that period not recorded any firearm discharge.
What happened on Wednesday (20th November) was the WORST & most traumatic experience in my life! My sister Almaas (AUN) & I flew from Nairobi that morning to Mogadishu for a workshop in Halane. 1/5 pic.twitter.com/WCjsPVFgCN
— Said Fadhaye (@saidfadhaye) November 23, 2019
Somalia's press rights record is one of the worst in Africa according to Reporters Without Borders, RSF. It is considered a dangerous terrain for journalists who are harassed by government and also targeted by insurgent group, Al Shabaab.
The work of local journalists have been crucial in reporting on events across the country despite multiple threats. The press union has always pressed for authorities to respect the rights of its members.
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