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The Swedish Duel: Saab 9-5NG SportCombi vs. Volvo V90
19 August, 2018 by Michel 1 Comment
Ever wondered how the latest wagon from Trollhättan stacks up against its arch rival from Gothenburg? Well…you can read about it in this month's issue of Teknikens Värld! And…spoiler alert…the Saab won!
Teknikens Värld issue 2018-8 featuring 6 pages on "The Swedish Duel" with the cover headline: "Back to the future: Saab 9-5NG vs Volvo V90".
When I got contacted by the Teknikens Värld ("The world of technology") team in March with the request to feature my car in an upcoming story, my initial response was lukewarm. Sure, getting your car on the cover of one of Sweden's oldest and largest car magazines itself is flattering, but the request was to use my car in a head-to-head test against the latest Volvo V90.
As a life-long Saab enthusiast, getting my car in an article together with a Volvo -after all, Saab's biggest competitor- didn't feel very attractive, but more importantly: why would anyone want to do a test between a car that never made it to the dealerships and was designed some 10 years ago against its challenger that was introduced only 17 months ago? To make a long story short: I accepted Teknikens Värld's invitation under the condition that it would be a fair comparison.
So on a sunny Thursday in May, the Teknikens Värld team arrived at my house in a dark blue Volvo V90. Photographer Glenn Lindberg had in fact witnessed a Saab 9-5NG SportCombi in real life before in January 2013, but when and his colleague Jonas Borglund saw my car, they were visibly impressed.
We then drove off to a few quite scenic spots in the area and spent the rest of the morning taking pictures and I'm now very pleased with the three double-spread pages in the August issue of the magazine!
For obvious -copyright- reasons I can't post the entire article here, but here are some of the highlights:
…I (Jonas Borglund- MA) was lucky enough to drive this unique car, a real treasure. The in this context small engine is actually doing a massive job and provides really good power in this relatively heavy car when the turbo pressure is increasing. The steering is really pleasurable and exact and the suspension doesn't feels to stiff, despite the car being lowered. Even in sharp curves, it's really steady. And wherever one goes with this car, it draws attention. Not just among Saab-owners, but with any car enthusiast.
Picking the right spot for the next shot. Photo: Glenn Lindberg / Teknikens Värld
It virtually has all features any of the current cars also has like rear camera, traffic sign recognition, side collision warning, etc. Possibly only the lack of adaptive cruise control (this feature was in beta stage and already included on the price list for MY12- MA) is revealing that this isn't a completely new car. The 9-5NG SportCombi is an incredibly good car and it's a true shame that things didn't work out for Saab as they did for Volvo and their great journey.
The Saab 9-5NG would theoretically have been a good match against the V90 and other premium wagons when it comes to space, performance and technical innovation. If only it had been available today.
Plus and Minus: Saab 9-5NG SportCombi Plus and Minus: Volvo V90
+Unique. Everyone looks, points and photographs it in "Combi-country" Sweden. What is it? A new Saab? -Not for sale. And never will be. However, the Sedan model is available on the second-hand market. +Comfort. The Volvo seats are world-class and the V90 drives soft and stable. -Common. The V90s are dime a dozen. The neighbours are gasping.
+Increasing in value. A collectors' car that actually can be used. -Spare parts. Drive carefully as it can be difficult to find them. +Available for sale. A big advantage as Volvo hasn't gone bankrupt. -Expensive. It's costly to be at the top, as it were. A V90 with the specs you like is expensive.
The Saab 9-5NG SportCombi. Photo: Glenn Lindberg / Teknikens Värld
And the winner is: Saab 9-5NG SportCombi.
OK, we'll have to admit that it's not a regular comparison. The new Volvo V90 series may be the best that has left the Torslanda factory. The V90 is newly baked, comes straight from the oven and is stuffed with technology. The second generation Saab 9-5, also called 9-5NG, was launched in Frankfurt in 2009, which makes it almost 10 years old. To not even mention that the SportCombi only exists as a pre-series car. Despite this, we're completely sold on it. Or is it just bittersweet nostalgia? Does it matter? The 9-5NG SportCombi is a very competent family car with great interior space and a stylish cockpit. It's also really beautiful. The LED bar that is surrounding the wagon's rear door is even more stunning in real life. And then it's obviously a real collectors-item and it is, contrary to the Volvo, actually worth more today than it was at the time of purchase. Saab wins!
Unfortunately, it looks like single issues of Teknikens Värld are only available for sale in shops in Sweden (and might even be available in Norway and Finland). If you want to get your hands on a copy yourself, you may want to contact their customer service directly (no guarantees that this will work, but it may be worth the try). Having said that, given that previously published "Duels" have ended up on the Teknikens Värld website, it's not unlikely that the 9-5NG SportCombi vs V90 Duel can be found there in the future as well. In case that happens, I'm hoping to be able to correct some of the minor mistakes in the article (e.g. I wasn't the first 9-5NG SportCombi owner in the world to get my car road-legal (I was first in Sweden, however) and my car has been upgraded with Hirsch a body kit and hasn't been engine-optimized by Hirsch, as the article suggests).
However, if you'd like to read more about my car, please check out its dedicated page here on the site and/or some of the earlier articles in other magazines: Jalopnik (English language), Vi Bilägare, Mest Motor, Bilsport and Högsta Växeln (all Swedish language).
Update 26 December 2018: the whole reportage can now be found online on https://teknikensvarld.se/saab-9-5-ng-sportcombi-mot-volvo-v90/
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Overall Rating of 63 Nursing Homes
Rating: 5 out of 5 (12) Much above average
Rating: 4 out of 5 (10) Above average
Rating: 3 out of 5 (8) Average
Rating: 2 out of 5 (15) Below average
Rating: 1 out of 5 (18) Much below average
Bryden Place
1169 Bryden Road
A "For-Profit" 147-certified bed Medicaid/Medicare facility
Overall Rating – 1 out of 5 possible stars
Primary Concerns –
Failed to Provide Protection of a Resident against Sexual Abuse by Another Resident at the Facility
In a summary statement of deficiencies dated 02/19/2015, a notation was made by a state investigator during an annual licensure and certification survey concerning the facility's failure "to prevent resident to resident sexual abuse." This deficient practice resulted in the immediate Jeopardy for a resident at the facility. On 02/09/2015, the Administrator, Director of Nursing and Corporate Registered Nurse were "notified that Immediate Jeopardy began on 01/04/2015 at 8:40 PM when [a female resident] who was in her bed with the call light on, was heard saying 'No, No!' and [a male resident] was witnessed by [a STNA (State Tested Nursing Assistant)]" sexually assaulting the female resident. The STNA also witnessed the male resident smacking the female resident prior to the incident on 01/04/2015.
Our Columbus elder abuse network of attorneys understands that any failure by the facility to immediately protect the resident from any type of physical, mental, emotional or sexual assault could be considered abuse by the staff and administration. In addition, the deficient practice of not providing protection does not follow the facility's revised August 2013 Abuse Protection Policy that states "that upon any knowledge of abuse, the facility will provide for immediate protection of the resident."
Columbus West Park Nursing & Rehabilitation
1700 Heinzerling Drive
Failure to Report an Incident to the Proper State Agencies Involving a Resident's Injury of Unknown Origin
In a summary statement of deficiencies dated 10/27/2015, a notation was made by a state investigator during an annual licensure and certification survey involving the facility's failure "to thoroughly investigate an injury of unknown origin for [a resident at the facility who was reviewed for falls]." The deficient practice was noted because of a review of nurse's notes revealed questions concerning a resident in the facility who underwent neurological checks on 10/02/2015 at 5:30 AM. "Further review of the nurse's notes revealed [that] no documentation explaining why the neurological checks were initiated."
A registered nurse was interviewed as part of the investigation on 10/27/2015 indicating that the resident had been "found in bed with a hematoma to her for head. [That registered nurse] stated the resident was not able to walk and could not have fallen because [they] would not be able to get back in bed unassisted." The neurological checks were initiated because the registered nurse did not know "how the resident could have gotten the hematoma on her forehead." However, the registered nurse "further stated that [they] forgot to document the incident and did not notify the Director of Nursing."
This deficient practice is in direct violation with a January 2012 policy adopted by the facility titled Abuse Allegation Investigation and Reporting that states "an injury of unknown origin exists when the source of an injury is not witnessed and cannot be determined and the injury is suspicious based on the extent or location of the injury.", The policy further indicates that "the incident was to be investigated and reported to appropriate agencies including the Ohio Department of Health.
This failure to follow protocol could be considered mistreatment or negligence on behalf of the medical team. In addition, it violates existing state and federal regulations.
Eastland Health Care and Rehabilitation Center
2425 Kimberly Parkway East
A "For-Profit" 93-certified bed Medicaid/Medicare facility
Failure to Administer the Right Dose of Insulin at the Correct Time Which Could Place the Health and Well-Being of the Resident in Jeopardy
In a summary statement of deficiencies dated 06/24/2015, a complaint investigation against the facility was opened for its failure "to maintain a medication error rate of less than five percent. The medication rate [for the facility] was 16 percent with four errors in 25 medication error opportunities." This deficient practice directly affected to residents who have been prescribed insulin injections. The notation was made after an interview with an LPN who verified that "the medications were given late" and did not follow the resident's physician's orders. Not following proper procedures and protocols when administering insulin increases the potential risks to the residents receiving insulin that could jeopardize their health and well-being.
This deficit practice of not following procedures to administer medication appropriately could cause direct harm and might be considered negligence or mistreatment of the resident. It also violates state and federal rules and regulations.
Edgewood Manor of Westerville
Westerville, Oh 43081
Failure to Provide Timely Care and Treatment to a Resident in Pain with an Acute Change in Their Condition That Required Immediate Hospitalization
In a summary statement of deficiencies dated 02/20/2015, a complaint investigation was opened against the facility for its failure "to provide timely care and treatment to [the resident] following an acute change in condition requiring hospitalization." This deficient practice caused direct harm to one resident at the facility. The complaint investigation was opened in regards to a resident experiencing pain "in the evening and stated she asked for pain medication. [The resident] stated she had a history of [a redacted specific medical condition]. [The resident] stated she was crying in pain and was given a Fleets enema with no results. [The resident] stated she does not remember the events after 10 PM and stated she woke up in the hospital around 5 AM."
"The resident stated the doctor told her that she had a perforated colon and could have died." She was taken to surgery and had a portion of her colon removed. The investigator noted that "a review of the interact algorithm used by the facility staff revealed a resident with abdominal distention with tenderness required immediate transport to the hospital." However, the Director of Nursing verified that the resident "was not sent out to the hospital for evaluation until [hours after complaining of pain]." The Director of Nursing also confirmed that the symptoms experienced by the resident "would have required immediate evaluation of the hospital."
This deficient practice of not following protocol cause direct harm to the patient that resulted in hospitalization, evaluation and surgery. A Columbus elder abuse attorney understands that many of the steps taken and not taken by the medical team at the nursing facility could be considered negligence because they directly violate state and federal rules and regulations and the policies of providing quality care that were established or adopted by the nursing home.
Friendship Village Health Center
5757 Ponderosa Drive
A "Non-Profit" 80-certified bed Medicaid/Medicare facility
Failure to Protect a Resident from Sexual Harassment and Sexual Abuse
In a summary statement of deficiencies dated 06/03/2015, a complaint investigation against the facility was opened for its failure "to ensure [a resident] was free from sexual abuse." This deficient practice caused direct harm to a female resident at the facility. The investigation was opened after it was revealed that a resident was alleging that a State Tested Nursing Aide (STNA) "had been touching her inappropriately on the breasts and only kissed her one time on the mouth using his tongue. She said [the STNA] would beg her to let him touch her breasts. She said she told him they were just friends and friends did not do things like that."
The resident indicated that she had never mentioned the incident before, but her mother upon visiting and assisting her with a shower noticed "she was really red around her vaginally area and buttocks. She said her mother told the facility something had happened to her and that she had told her mom that [the STNA] was creepy." This resident had also spoken with the facility's Assistant Director of Nursing stating "the other employees would joke all the time and say there is your boyfriend." While STNAs working in the facility have been interviewed and heard reports of the problem, they had never reported the information to the administrative staff."
The deficient actions and inaction taken by the staff members involving a self-reported incident of alleged sexual abuse might be considered abuse or negligence by the administration, the facility and other staff members. In addition, the deficient practices of the staff members not taking action or reporting an allegation of abuse directly violate policies adopted by the facility and state and federal regulations.
Heartland of Westerville
1060 Eastwind Drive
Failure to Ensure the Medications Are Stored in a Manner to Provide Safety to Everyone in the Facility
In a summary statement of deficiencies dated 04/16/2015, a complaint investigation was opened against the facility for its failure "to ensure medications were properly labeled and stored for [a resident at the facility who was observed during medication administration]." The deficient practice was noted during observation where an LPN was preparing medications for a resident. Upon administrating the medication, the LPN "walked into [the resident's] room to administer the medications. [The resident] was not in the room at the time.
[The LPN] exited the resident's room and returned to the medication cart with the medication cup" placing the medication cup with two different medicines "inside the drawer of the medication cart and closed the drawer. No cover was placed on the medication cup and no label with the resident's name or medications was placed on the medication cup." While nursing home policies require the disposal of the medications if not given to the resident for any reason, that policy was not followed.
The deficient practice of not following protocols directly violates facility policy that says that all "medication was not to be left in the medication cart in a medication cup unlabeled and uncovered." This action by the LPN could be considered negligence because it has the potential of harming others in the facility and directly violates both federal and state regulations.
Heartland Victorian Village
920 Thurber Drive West
Failure to Provide Residents an Environment Free of Accident Hazards
In a summary statement of deficiencies dated 03/03/2015, a complaint investigation against the facility was opened for its failure "to provide a safe two-person transfer resulting in an injury during a shower transfer." This deficient practice caused direct harm to a resident who "was transferred with one person assist and the incorrect lift resulting in a fracture of the resident's left arm." Additionally, a State Tested Nursing Aide (STNA) performing the transfer "failed to check the [resident's] plan of care before performing the task with [the resident]. Further review of the resignation paperwork provided by the facility confirmed a stand up lift was used with one person assist during a shower provided by the [STNA]."
This deficient practice of not following procedures led to the direct harm of a resident at the facility who experienced a fracture of the left arm that required emergent care and hospitalization. A skilled Columbus nursing home attorney might consider a failure to follow policies and procedures established in the resident's care plan negligence because the action directly violates federal and state regulations.
Isabelle Ridgway Post-Acute Care Campus
1520 Hawthorne Avenue
Failure to Accurately Detect, Assess and Treat Undocumented Stage II Pressure Ulcers
In a summary statement of deficiencies dated 06/16/2015, a complaint investigation was opened against the facility for its failure "to ensure an accurate assessment and treatments were provided for [a resident with] undocumented stage II pressure ulcers." This deficient practice directly affected one resident at the facility. The state investigator observed a LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse) "completing the physician ordered dressing on the [resident's] pressure ulcer."
The observation revealed four additional pressure ulcers on the resident's right hip of different measurements. However, the LPN and the Director of Nursing "indicated they were unaware of the four additional Stage II pressure ulcers to [the resident's] right hip." During an interview with the Director of Nursing, it was "verified [that] the resident's medical record did not contain an assessment or physician ordered treatment for [the resident's] right hip."
Failure to provide proper assessment, treatment and doctor's orders of facility-acquired bedsores directly violates federal and state regulations and the policies adopted by the facility. Our Columbus nursing home network of attorneys believes that this type of deficient practice to not follow proper protocols when assessing and treating bedsores could be considered negligence of the medical team at the facility.
The Manor at Whitehall
4805 Langley Avenue
Whitehall, Oh 43213
Failure to Provide Proper Care to Prevent a Facility-Acquired Bedsore
In a summary statement of deficiencies dated 02/12/2015, a complaint investigation was opened against the facility for its failure "to implement interventions to prevent the development of an avoidable pressure ulcer." This deficient practice caused direct harm for a resident "who developed an avoidable Stage II pressure ulcer (Partial thickness loss of dermis presenting as a shallow open ulcer), to the right heel which progressed to an unstageable pressure ulcer (full thickness tissue loss with exposed bone, tendon or muscle)." The deficient neglect to follow procedures and protocols directly harmed the resident and allowed an existing pressure ulcer to degrade into a life-threatening unstageable bedsore.
This deficient practice could be considered negligence or mistreatment at the hands of caregivers and nursing staff at the Manor at Whitehall.
MCHS – Westerville
140 Old County Line Road
Failure to Provide Adequate Treatment and Monitoring to Ensure Existing Bedsores Do Not Degrade to a Life-Threatening Condition
In a summary statement of deficiencies dated 12/04/2014, a notation was made by a state surveyor during an annual licensure and certification survey involving the facility's failure "to monitor and re-assess residents with pressure ulcers to determine if the pressure ulcers were improving or declining until the ulcers [advanced to a] Stage IV or unstageable (blackened in color with necrotic tissue), and failed to ensure treatments were completed as ordered." This deficient practice directly resulted "in Immediate Jeopardy for [3 residents who were living at the facility or had been discharged]." Failure to follow protocols indirectly affected eight residents currently at the facility with pressure ulcers.
In some cases, "treatment and monitoring were delayed for seven days and these ulcers declined to unstageable pressure ulcers." In one case, a resident "was found with a suspected deep tissue injury on the left heel [and] no new treatment order was obtained [and] no monitoring was completed" and the ulcer was allowed to decline "to an unstageable pressure ulcer", placing the health and well-being of the resident in grave danger.
The deficient practice was noted and considered a failure at the facility that might be negligence or mistreatment caused by the medical team.
Pataskala Oaks Care Center
Pataskala, Oh 43062
Failure to Provide Adequate Supervision to Prevent Falls in the Facility
In a summary statement of deficiencies dated 05/26/2015, a complaint investigation was opened against the facility for its failure "to provide supervision and ensure fall preventions were in place to prevent [2 residents at the facility] from falling." The deficient practice resulted in one resident sustaining "a fractured hip."
Failure to provide adequate supervision directly violates the facilities procedures and policies including the one titled: Falling Star Program. This policy was established in part to protect residents who are considered "very high risk for falls/frequent faller." The policy reads that the resident is "not allowed to be up without assistance. Be on high alert. Check on frequently. Anticipate needs. Do not leave in bathroom by themselves. Does not consistently use call light." The policy was established to "ensure that residents in our environment remain free of accidents and hazards as is possible. The facility will take proactive measures to prevent accidents and will respond aggressively should an accident occur. Residents identified as high risk with a total score of 10 or higher will have a fall prevention protocol initiated immediately and documented in the plan of care."
Our team of Columbus elder abuse lawyers know that a failure to follow established policies at the facility that leads to residents falling could be considered a deficient practice or negligence by the staff. Additionally, this failure directly violates established protocols maintained by state and federal government agencies that regulate nursing facilities.
Rehabilitation and Health Center of Gahanna (SFF)
5151 North Hamilton Road
Failure to Hire Enough Staff to Provide Services That Allow the Resident to Maintain Their Highest Well-Being
In a summary statement of deficiencies dated 10/21/2015, a complaint investigation against the facility was opened for its failure "to provide [medical treatment] services according to the physician order" pertaining to a resident not receiving peritoneal care as ordered. As a result, the resident missed a urologist appointment. Upon interviews with the RN, LPN and Director of Nursing it was revealed that the lack of providing peritoneal care to the resident was the result of the unit being short staffed. During an interview, the resident "confirmed that on another occasion the [medical treatment] was late."
Failure to provide adequate staffing could be considered a deficient practice, mistreatment or neglect by the medical team, administrators and supervisors. Additionally, not providing proper care directly violates established protocols and procedures set forth by state and federal nursing home regulators.
Common Warning Signs of Abuse and Neglect
A high number of elderly residents in nursing facilities become victims of abuse at the hands of their caregiver or other residents in the home. Many of the signs of physical abuse caused by a violent action or mistreatment, while other types of abuse involve sexual assault, emotional mistreatment or some form of mental harm. Sometimes, the abuse causes significant trauma that strips away the dignity and respect deserved by every human being.
Signs of neglect are often more difficult to see that physical abuse because it often involves a failure of the nursing home staff to provide proper and necessary care. Many incidences of neglect are the result of an undertrained or overworked nursing staff that provides improper medication management, minimal care or allows bedsores to the great to a life-threatening condition.
Common indicators of nursing home neglect or abuse often include:
Dehydration or malnutrition
Facility-acquired pressure sores
Frequent falling without facility intervention or change in the resident's plan of care
Overmedication used for restraint because it causes drowsiness
Unexpected changes in behavior
Nursing staff that cannot sufficiently explain a change in the resident's condition
If you suspect your loved one residing in a nursing facility has experienced any harmful condition listed above while residing at an Ohio nursing home, it may have been caused by negligence or abuse. Any indicator of abuse, mistreatment or neglect requires immediate attention to ensure that the incident is reported in agencies that can take quick action to stop the harm now.
The Columbus nursing home abuse attorneys at Nursing Home Law Center LLC provide immediate legal intervention to ensure all harm and abuse is stopped. Our dedicated victim advocate legal team can build a case for recompense to ensure you receive the financial compensation you deserve. We encourage you to make contact with our Columbus nursing home abuse law offices today by calling (800) 926-7565 now to schedule your free, initial consultation.
For additional information on Ohio laws and information on nursing homes look here.
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Meet the industry leaders assisting veterans find meaningful post-service employment
We spoke with Peter Spiridis, Operations Manager at Vertical Scope Group about the WorkPath Australia program that won them the 2021 RCSA Excellence in Social Purpose Award.
Vertical Scope Group was founded by our CEO, David Jam, with a clear mission to strengthen the Australian Defence industry's workforce capability. Central to this vision was addressing the nation's critical Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) and cyber skills shortages, and the underutilisation of veterans.
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic we launched an innovative end-to-end solution, a veteran transition program called WorkPath Australia. From the outset, David kept the program focused on achieving a meaningful social outcome for not just veterans, but the larger Defence industry, at a time when Australia was increasing its investment in our sovereign industrial capability.
This gave us the ability to create structured career pathways with veteran-friendly employers, and provide participants with access to free and paid-for training courses in order to increase their ability to capitalise on unique employment opportunities.
To ensure a seamless transition from the military, WorkPath Australia works with veterans up to 24 months out from their discharge to establish a career pathway that is aligned to their civilian aspirations.
The program is also underpinned by a support network of participants, training providers and Vertical Scope Group staff, to ensure regular pastoral care. This creates a support network for participants and establishes early relationships with employment partners in order to increase staff retention and diversity rates.
Since launching WorkPath Australia we have had four participants graduate the program and commence employment, while an additional seven have received a letter of offer from their employment partner.
They are currently undergoing professional upskilling and will commence civilian employment this year following their military discharge. To ensure a seamless transition we have also developed a comprehensive veteran transition guide and provided pro bono career planning and support services to over 40 veterans.
The program's early success has been made possible by the incredible generosity, flexibility and foresight of our training and employment partners. We are privileged to have the support of several global ICT employers of choice, including Red Hat and their progressive leadership team of ANZ General Manager Max McLaren and Senior Manager Shane Wallace. Both of these individuals embraced the program from the outset and have worked with us to develop bespoke employment pathways, and provide free technical training and certifications to selected participants. Like all of our partners, they share a strong commitment to diversity, inclusion, and building a better foundation for careers in ICT.
Our training providers Churchill, ILX Group, Pro Leaders, and Transformed have also gone above and beyond to support participants with a suite of additional upskilling material and exclusive discounts.
Personally, it has been a huge pleasure to collaborate with passionate people like Leonie Orton (Churchill), Melissa King (ILX Group), Donna Kirk (Pro Leaders) and Kate Hassen (Transformed) to develop veteran transition resources. Their help has supplemented our employment pathways, and given participants the ability to continuously upskill throughout their career.
It is this joint approach to solving a common workforce challenge that sets us apart as an industry leader and the program's ongoing development has been immensely satisfying for everyone at Vertical Scope Group. The commitment our partners have shown to achieving positive social outcomes has extended to WorkPath's new Indigenous Australian ICT Pathway which aims to increase workforce diversity, equity and employment opportunities for Australia's First Peoples. By creating tailored ICT pathways for Indigenous Australian participants, we will support their development and work with our employment partners to create culturally inclusive work environments and meaningful ICT employment.
The RCSA Excellence in Social Purpose Award is incredibly special to us. We are grateful for the RCSA and Charles Cameron for their support and endorsement of our program. It was an honour to be recognised during the 2021 Industry Awards as having a positive impact on our industry and in assisting veterans find meaningful post-service employment.
The award encapsulates the hard work we have put into making WorkPath successful, and the commitment shown by team members Ryan Naughton and our CEO, David Jam. It has given our program national recognition and drawn attention to the benefits of veteran employment while giving us a platform to create new ICT employment pathways for other underutilised groups including Indigenous Australians.
I'm excited by the program's continual expansion, and the opportunity to have passionate people join us in our quest to improve social employment outcomes. The next step for us is to continue developing new employment pathways beyond ICT and collaborate with more industry leaders to achieve this.


Requirements for reinforcement are stated in Section 3.5.1 of ACI 318-08 as: "Reinforcement shall be deformed reinforcement, except that plain reinforcement shall be permitted for spirals or prestressing steel..." Deformed reinforcement is defined in Section 2.2 of ACI 318-08 as: "Deformed reinforcing bars, bar mats, deformed wire, welded wire reinforcement conforming to Section 3.5.3."
This report excludes discussion of structural steel, steel pipe, steel tubing, steel fibers, expanded metal, and fiber-reinforced polymers (FRP) and other nonmetallic reinforcement. This report describes these types of steel reinforcement in terms of availability and material properties, expressed in inch-pound units and metric units. The special requirements of ACI 349 and 359 are also discussed. American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) requirements (2002, 2004) are not discussed in this report because they generally follow ACI 318.


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Comitatul Logan (în ) este un comitat din statul Ohio, Statele Unite ale Americii.

Demografie

Referințe

Comitate din statul Ohio, SUA
Toate comitatele din SUA

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This is a new product in beta release. Our Maker Box customers were so excited about it that we had to get some here in the US.
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//  Copyright (c) 2017 Couchbase, Inc All rights reserved.
//
//  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
//  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
//  You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
//  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
//  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
//  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
//  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
//  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
//  limitations under the License.
//

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;

using Couchbase.Lite.Support;
using Couchbase.Lite.Util;

using JetBrains.Annotations;

using LiteCore;
using LiteCore.Interop;
using Debug = System.Diagnostics.Debug;

namespace Couchbase.Lite.Internal.Doc
{
    internal sealed unsafe class BlobReadStream : Stream
    {
        #region Variables

        private long _length = -1;
        private long _position;
        private C4ReadStream* _readStream;

        #endregion

        #region Properties

        public override bool CanRead => true;

        public override bool CanSeek => true;

        public override bool CanWrite => false;

        public override long Length
        {
            get {
                if(_length > -1) {
                    return _length;
                }

                C4Error err;
                var retVal = Native.c4stream_getLength(_readStream, &err);
                if(err.code != 0) {
                    throw CouchbaseException.Create(err);
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                return retVal;
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        }

        public override long Position
        {
            get => _position;
            set {
                _position = value;
                Seek(Position, SeekOrigin.Begin);
            }
        }

        #endregion

        #region Constructors

        public BlobReadStream([NotNull]C4BlobStore *store, C4BlobKey key)
        {
            Debug.Assert(store != null);

            _readStream = (C4ReadStream*)LiteCoreBridge.Check(err => Native.c4blob_openReadStream(store, key, err));
        }

        #endregion

        #region Overrides

        protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
        {
            base.Dispose(disposing);

            Native.c4stream_close(_readStream);
            _readStream = null;
        }

        public override void Flush()
        {
            // No-op
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        public override int Read(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count)
        {
            if(_readStream == null) {
                throw new InvalidOperationException(CouchbaseLiteErrorMessage.BlobReadStreamNotOpen);
            }

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            _position += retVal;
            return retVal;
        }

        public override long Seek(long offset, SeekOrigin origin)
        {
            if(origin == SeekOrigin.Begin) {
                if(offset < 0 || offset > Length) {
                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(offset), $"The offset must be between 0 and {Length} for SeekOrigin.Begin");
                }

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        public override void SetLength(long value)
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        public override void Write(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count)
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Conceived in the muddy fields of Glastonbury (true story, big ups to Billy Idol for getting my 'rents in the mood) but raised in Scotland, Arielle is a young, fun and very talented presenter.
She already has a wealth of presenting experience as a new addition to ITV's and CITV's Scrambled team.
Arielle Free is the festival and content presenter on 4Music and was given her own music show Box+ Live which she fronted on the channel. She has also hosted Feelgood Friday, Would You Rather…? Box Rated, UK HOT 40, Hashtag Hangout and interviewed many artists for the channel.
Arielle can also be seen presenting on Virtualfestivals.com covering the main summer festivals both in the UK and abroad. With knowledge of gadgets Arielle has been the face O2 Gurus TV for O2 online, assisting those not so gadget savvy with step by step video guides on the latest in tech. Continuing on the gadget theme combining it with her passion for fashion, Arielle chosen by Grazia Daily to host their Ladygeek TV series designed to navigate through the best fashion and beauty smart-phone apps.
In the fluffier world of pop Arielle was the main presenter on the Sky Channel Popgirl TV, (Sky 626) presenting the latest showbiz news, film reviews and celebrity interviews. Arielle's first presenting job was for BBC Scotland when she was 16 for CBBC'S UKOOL. The show was live every morning during the school summer holidays and Arielle was selected to be the UKOOL gang presenter.
Furthering her passion for music Arielle presents her own show on Hoxton Radioand both produced and presented a weekly New Music Podcast for online music bible The 405. It was this that lead to Arielle being invited to join Edith Bowman as a guest on her BBC Radio1 Review Show giving her views on the festivals that summer.
Arielle gained her first air miles on Fresh Air Radio in Edinburgh presenting the shows for Edinburgh Fringe Festival coverage on Fresh Air at the Fringe, she then went on to present for Roundhouse Radio, Shoreditch Radio for two years and hosted the shows live from Roundhouse Rising Music Festival.
Arielle is always championing new music, if she isn't at a festival or a gig she is most likely scouring the internet to find the latest music acts ready to discuss (and play) them on her radio shows and podcasts. She is also a regular writer and presenter for IamMusic.TV. Arielle also has huge amounts of live stage presenting experience, she has also hosted the Little big Top, Big Top and now can be seen rocking the MainStage's at both Camp Bestival and Bestival. 2014 will be her fifth year hosting at the award winning festival.
When hosting the Mainstage at Bestival Arielle gets to introduce acts such as MIA, Snoop Dog, Outkast and the mighty Elton John. (and also managed to be a backing dancing for Nile Rogers ft Chic) Arielle has compared on the main stage at Redfest Music Festival, at Great Escape Festival as well as co-hosting the main stage at Turning Point Urban Festival at the Roundhouse with Radio 1xtra DJ Mista Jam.
In 2013 Arielle was nominated as 'Most Stylish Female' at the Scottish Style Awards (she lost to Noel Gallaghers wife, she's not bitter at all…) and was invited to host the launch of the 'House Band' for online fashion retailer Asos. Putting her love for fashion to good use Arielle has also presented for MSN Lifestyle talking us through the hottest looks and reporting from the main fashion events throughout the year. Finding the whole fashion word "fashion-ating" she's regularly seen rocking the decks at fashwan events such as Vogue Fashion Night Out, for super brand Emporio Armani, MAC, Shopcade, Jack Wills and also numerous indie and party nights across north and eastlondon.
She has also recently featured in fashion magazines such as Look, Stylist, OK, My Daily, The Scotsman's Style Magazine, No1, More and Spindle Magazine.


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Origine
Amedeo, secondo Samuel Guichenon, era il figlio primogenito di Aimone di Savoia, detto il Pacifico, Conte di Savoia e Conte d'Aosta e Moriana e della moglie, Violante Paleologa, che, sempre secondo Samuel Guichenon, era figlia di Teodoro I del Monferrato, principe di Bisanzio e marchese del Monferrato, e della moglie, Argentina Spinola, che, secondo il Rerum Italicarum scriptores, volume XI era figlia del Capitano del Popolo di Genova, Opizzino Spinola, e della moglie, Violante di Saluzzo.Aimone di Savoia, secondo lo storico francese Samuel Guichenon nel suo Histoire généalogique de la royale maison de Savoie, era il figlio maschio terzogenito di Amedeo V, Conte di Savoia, d'Aosta e di Moriana, e della sua prima moglie, Sibilla o Simona di Baugé, che sempre secondo la Samuel Guichenon era l'unica figlia del signore di Baugé e della Bresse, Guido II di Baugé, mentre per quanto riguarda la madre tra gli storici non vi è concordanza, ma fu Dauphine di Saint-Bonnet e non Beatrice del Monferrato, figlia di Guglielmo VI del Monferrato; la conferma che la madre di Sibilla fu Dauphine ci è data da due documenti del Titres de la maison ducale de Bourbon, il nº 595, in cui Dauphine (Dauphine dame de Saint-Bonnet) si cita come la madre di Sibilla moglie di Amedeo di Savoia (mariage de sa fille Sibille avec Amedée de Savoie) e il documento nº 607, in cui Dauphine (Dauphine dame de Saint-Bonnet le Château, femme de Pierre de la Roue chevalier) viene citata come madre di Sibilla (Sibille femme d´Amedée de Savoie), la quale Dauphine, ancora secondo Samuel Guichenon, era figlia di Renato di Lavieu, Signore di Saint-Bonnet, di Miribel et di Jordaine (fille unique et héritière de René de Lavieu, chevalier, seigneur de Saint-Bonnet et de Miribel et de Jordaine) e della moglie (sa femme).

Biografia

Infanzia e reggenza
Amedeo nacque a Chambéry il 4 gennaio 1334.

Nel 1337, come viene confermato dagli Archivi di Stato, suo padre Aimone ricevette gli ambasciatori del Re di Boemia e Conte di Lussemburgo, Giovanni I di Boemia, che proponevano il fidanzamento di Amedeo con la nipote, Margherita, figlia del futuro imperatore, Carlo. L'anno successivo fu redatto un trattato di matrimonio di Amedeo con Margherita. Il trattato non ebbe seguito.

Amedeo, quando aveva circa 8 anni, rimase orfano di madre; in attesa del quinto figlio, il 14 dicembre 1342, sua madre, Violante (Domina Yolanda de Monteferrato comitissa Sabaudiæ conjuxque principi illustris magnifici domini Aymonnis comitis Sabaudiæ), fece testamento, in cui stabilì di essere sepolta nell'Abbazia di Altacomba (in ecclesiæ Altæ Combæ), ed inoltre destinò alcuni lasciti ai figli, Giovanni (Joannem carissimum filium suum), Bianca (Blancham filiam suam), Ludovico (filium suum posthumum si nascatur ex ea) e Amedeo (Amedeum carissimum filium suum primogenitum). Sua madre, Violante morì, non si sa se prima, durante o dopo il parto, il 24 dicembre 1342, e venne inumata nell'Abbazia di Altacomba.Dopo circa sei mesi, anche suo padre, Aimone morì; all'inizio del 1343, fu colpito da una improvvisa grave malattia e, prima di morire, in data 11 giugno 1343, redasse il suo testamento, in cui chiedeva di essere sepolto ad Altacomba (ecclesiam B. Mariæ de Alta-Comba), e ricordando di aver risolto definitivamente, con il sigillo del re di Francia, il problema della successione nella contea di Savoia, dichiarava suoi eredi i tre figli legittimi, ancora in vita Bianca (filiam suam Blanchiam), Giovanni (Joannem eius filium secundo genitum) e Amedeo (Amedeum filium suum primogenitum).Aimone morì il 22 giugno 1343 a Montmélian e fu sepolto presso l'Abbazia di Altacomba.Amedeo, che non aveva ancora 10 anni, succedette al padre, Aimone, come Amedeo VI, sotto la reggenza dei cugini, Luigi II di Vaud e Amedeo III di Ginevra, che ressero la contea fino alla maggiore età di Amedeo.

Nel 1344, era morta la cugina di Amedeo, Giovanna, che, alla morte del padre, il conte di Savoia, Edoardo il Liberale, aveva avanzato delle pretese sulla contea, appianate da Aimone, nel 1339, che, nel suo testamento, aveva dichiarato suo erede universale il cugino Filippo d'Orléans (Erede universale Filippo Figlio del Re di Francia di Lei Cugino); Filippo d'Orléans, come erede di Giovanna, avanzò delle pretese e, nel 1346, si presentò a reclamare ciò che gli spettava a mano armata; i reggenti trovarono un accordo, cedendogli due castelli, elargendogli una pensione annua di 2.000 livres, e la promessa di fornirgli un contingente di soldati.

Nel maggio del 1347, auspice Papa Clemente VI, sua sorella, Bianca, fu promessa al Delfino Umberto II de la Tour-du-Pin, che non aveva un legittimo erede, reduce da una crociata in Terra Santa e praticamente in bolletta, in cambio di una dote di 120.000 fiorini: il matrimonio avrebbe così risanato le casse del Delfinato e consentito un rafforzamento delle due signorie. Tuttavia la cosa non piacque ai francesi: le pressioni del re di Francia Filippo VI di Valois, costrinsero Umberto a rinunciare al matrimonio ed a cedere la sua signoria alla corona di Francia (1349).; il contratto di matrimonio tra Umberto e Bianca è riportato nella Histoire de Dauphiné, tome II, documento n° CCLI; la trattativa fu ripresa, senza successo, nel 1348.

Nel 1347, come viene confermato dagli Archivi di Stato, fu redatto un contratto di matrimonio tra Amedeo VI e Giovanna di Borgogna, figlia del defunto, Filippo di Borgogna, conte di Alvernia e di Boulogne; il contratto è riportato nelle Preuves de l'Histoire généalogique de la royale maison de Savoie. Il matrimonio però fu contrastato dal re di Francia, sino al punto che il patrigno di Giovanna, il re di Francia, Giovanni il Buono, nel 1354, annullò il fidanzamento.

Giovane scaltro e intraprendente, Amedeo VI partecipò in gioventù a numerosi tornei, nei quali era solito sfoggiare abiti, bardature e vessilli di colore verde, tanto che venne appunto soprannominato "Il Conte Verde". Era semplice per i sudditi riconoscere il loro conte: anche quando salì al trono, continuò a vestirsi con quel colore.Oltre che un valoroso combattente, Amedeo godette anche di una fama di dongiovanni: su di lui fiorirono molte leggende, tra le quali spicca la sibillina scritta FERT, che spiccava sull'emblema dell'Ordine Cavalleresco del Collare, da lui fondato.

Amedeo, dopo aver firmato, nel 1355, con il re di Francia Giovanni il Buono ed il figlio, il delfino (il Delfinato di Vienne, nel 1349, al quale ambivano anche i conti di Savoia, era stato venduto da Umberto II del Viennois al re di Francia, Filippo VI di Valois, per il primogenito, con la clausola che dovesse rimanere un feudo del Sacro Romano Impero), Carlo I (futuro re con il nome di Carlo V di Francia) il vantaggioso Trattato di Parigi dove con uno scambio di territori, venivano costituiti dei chiari confini tra il Delfinato e la Savoia, concedendo a quest'ultima ampi territori nelle zone oltre lo spartiacque alpino.Dopo il Trattato di Parigi vi fu una lettera di conferma da parte di Giovanni il Buono, che confermava la rottura del fidanzamento di Amedeo e Giovanna.Nel frattempo, Amedeo VI si era premurato di chiedere in matrimonio la figlia del secondo duca di Borbone, Pietro I di Borbone, come da documento riprodotto nelle Preuves de l'Histoire généalogique de la royale maison de Savoie.

Le imprese militari
Il Trattato di Parigi aveva fatto di Amedeo un alleato della Francia contro l'Inghilterra (oltre che cognato del futuro Carlo V di Francia): così Amedeo VI vide l'unica possibilità di espansione per la sua contea nelle terre italiane. Insieme al Monferrato, che al tempo conosceva un periodo particolarmente florido, divise le terre angioine della cosiddetta contea del Piemonte.

L'11 maggio 1365, l'Imperatore del Sacro Romano Impero, Carlo IV di Lussemburgo, a Chambéry lo nominò vicario imperiale per la Savoia, parte del Piemonte e diverse diocesi dell'attuale Svizzera occidentale e Amedeo lo scortò sino ad Arles, dove Carlo IV fu incoronato re del regno di Arles o delle due Borgogne.

Ad una fortunata politica estera in Piemonte dunque, che portò all'annessione di Cuneo, Santhià e Biella, Amedeo affiancò una saggia politica interna.Nel 1359, la cugina, Baronessa del Vaud, Caterina di Savoia-Vaud, indebitata, aveva venduto ad Amedeo VI ogni suo diritto sul Vaud, per una cifra di 160.000 fiorini d'oro. In questo modo il Vaud ritornò tra i possedimenti del ramo primigenio di Casa Savoia.Secondo Samuel Guichenon, a causa di una spedizione contro Ivrea, fatta, nel 1356, da suo cugino, il Signore di Piemonte, Giacomo di Savoia-Acaia, quest'ultimo era stato dichiarato decaduto dai suoi titoli da Amedeo VI e mosse apertamente guerra contro di lui e ne occupò il principato; Giacomo che si era arroccato in Pinerolo, nel 1360, fu dichiarato traditore, venne catturato a Pinerolo e arrestato mentre il figlio ed erede, Filippo si rifugiò ad Alessandria: la vittoria del conte di Savoia fu totale, e Giacomo ottenne la libertà, solo tre anni dopo. Amedeo VI riuscì a convincere Giacomo a diseredare il figlio primogenito, Filippo (dominus Philippus de Sabaudia eius natus), definendolo ingrato e non meritevole (ingratus et immeritus), destinare la successione solo ai figli avuti dalla sua terza moglie, Margherita di Beaujeu, i fratellastri di Filippo, Amedeo e Ludovico, che furono tutelati da Amedeo contro Filippo che non aveva accettato la sua esclusione dalla successione e che fu assediato a Fossano nell'agosto del 1368, dove egli venne catturato e poi messo a morte verso la fine di quell'anno.

Sotto il suo governo il Piemonte conobbe un periodo di splendore e di gloria mai visti prima dai tempi di Arduino d'Ivrea.

La fama di questo valoroso conte, valicò i confini italiani: Amedeo partecipò alle guerre in Oriente (1358-1372 circa), combattendo Bulgari e Turchi per conto del cugino Giovanni V Paleologo nella crociata sabauda; liberò questo dalla prigionia dello zar bulgaro, Ivan Alessandro di Bulgaria, per cui riconquisterà Gallipoli, ed in seguito rivendicherà anche il trono dell'impero bizantino.Nel 1368, Amedeo aiutò la zia della moglie, Maria di Clermont, vedova di Roberto di Taranto, pretendente al trono dell'Impero latino e titolare del Principato di Taranto e del Principato di Acaia, nella guerra in Acaia riuscendo a ottenere un accordo tra le due parti in lotta

Durante lo scisma d'occidente, Amedeo fu sostenitore di Roberto di Ginevra (Clemente VII), nipote di Agnese di Savoia, contro papa Urbano VI. E insieme alle truppe di Bernabò Visconti, capitanate da Tommaso Pascalis, fece guerra alle compagnie di ventura inglesi che devastavano città e campagne..

Rinomato in tutta Europa per il suo valore e per la sua saggezza, Amedeo VI fu anche arbitro nelle contese delle guerre di allora: decisivo fu il suo intervento nella Guerra di Chioggia per la stipula di un trattato tra Genova e Venezia, la pace di Torino.
Accorso in aiuto del re di Napoli, Luigi II d'Angiò, morì di peste a Santo Stefano di Campobasso, presso San Giovanni in Galdo il 1º marzo 1383 e venne sepolto nell'Abbazia di Altacomba (oggi nell'Abbazia, Mausoleo Sabaudo, restano le sole pietre tombali del Conte Verde, in quanto, durante la Rivoluzione Francese, l'edificio fu occupato dai giacobini, le tombe furono forzate e i suoi resti mortali, insieme a quelli di altri membri di Casa Savoia, furono distrutti), come da lui (Dominus Amedeus comes Sabaudiæ princeps, dux Chablasii et Augustæ, et in Italia Marchio) richiesto (in ecclesia abbatiæ Altæ-combæ) nel testamento, datato 27 febbraio 1383, redatto prima di morire, dove inoltre dichiara suo erede il figlio, Amedeo (Amedeus de Sabaudia eius filius), sotto tutela della moglie, Bona di Borbone (illustrem consortem suam carissimam dominam Bonam de Borbonio).Ad Amedeo VI succedette il figlio, Amedeo, come Amedeo VII, con l'appoggio della madre, Bona di Borbone.

Eredità politica di Amedeo VI

Il Conte Verde lasciò un'impronta indelebile nello stato sabaudo. Riportò il Paese ad un ruolo di egemonia, attraverso importanti campagne militari ed una saggia politica. Tuttavia, anche a causa delle imprese militari, dovette sostenere forti spese, tanto da ricorrere a prestiti da parte di banchieri, come nel caso, nel 1373, della cifra di 8.000 ducati, ottenuti da Bonaventura Consiglio e socio, che tenevano banco a Forlì, offrendo come garanzia la sua corona e altri valori. Di questa difficile situazione economica risentirà anche il successore, Amedeo VII.

Il suo nome rimane ancora oggi legato al cosiddetto Ordine del Collare, oggi Ordine dell'Annunziata. In seguito il Collare dell'Annunziata venne attribuito a tutti coloro che avessero reso alti servigi allo stato: venivano considerati cugini del re.

Matrimonio e discendenza
Amedeo, nel 1355, aveva sposato una donna energica e capace, che avrebbe retto lo stato nei lunghi periodi in cui il marito era assente per le guerre, Bona di Borbone, figlia del secondo duca di Borbone, Pietro I di Borbone e di Isabella di Valois; il matrimonio viene confermato anche dalla Cronicas de los reyes Castilla: Cronica del rey don Pedro, in cui si ricorda che due sorelle di Bona, Bianca era moglie del re di Castiglia e León, Pietro I, e Giovanna (1338-1378), era la moglie di Carlo, l'erede del trono di Francia.Amedeo VI da Bona, ebbe tre figli:
una figlia deceduta appena nata nel 1358, che non è citata da Samuel Guichenon
Amedeo, suo successore negli stati sabaudi, citato nel testamento del padre
Luigi (1362 † 1365)

Amedeo inoltre da tre diverse amanti, ebbe tre figli
 Antonio (1352 † 1374), che non è citato da Samuel Guichenon
 Giovanna
 Antonietta.

Il blu Savoia

L'origine del blu Savoia, colore nazionale italiano, sembra sia legato a Amedeo VI di Savoia. Il 20 giugno 1366, prima di partire per una crociata voluta da papa Urbano V e organizzata per prestare aiuto all'imperatore bizantino Giovanni V Paleologo, cugino di parte materna del conte sabaudo, Amedeo VI volle che sulla nave ammiraglia della flotta di 17 navi e 2000 uomini, una galea veneziana, sventolasse, accanto allo stendardo rosso-crociato in argento dei Savoia, una bandiera azzurra:

Non è sicuro che l'uso di vessilli azzurri sia iniziato con Amedeo VI o fosse invece precedente; in ogni caso le più antiche bandiere sabaude pervenuteci, che risalgono al 1589, presentano i colori rosso, bianco (e cioè i colori dello stemma della dinastia) e azzurro. L'azzurro di Casa Savoia, con il passare dei secoli, accrebbe sempre di più la sua importanza fino a diventare, in occasione dell'unità d'Italia (1861), il colore nazionale italiano, tonalità mantenuta anche dopo la nascita della Repubblica Italiana (1946). Una bordatura blu Savoia è stata infatti inserita sull'orlo dello stendardo presidenziale italiano e l'utilizzo della sciarpa azzurra per gli ufficiali delle forze armate italiane e della maglia azzurra per le Nazionali sportive italiane è stato mantenuto anche in epoca repubblicana.

Amedeo VI di Savoia in letteratura
 È un personaggio di rilievo del romanzo La luce di Orione di Valerio Evangelisti.

Onorificenze

Ascendenza

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Esplicative

Bibliografiche

Bibliografia

Fonti primarie
  Rerum Italicarum scriptores. Tomus XI.
   Preuves de l'Histoire généalogique de la royale maison de Savoie, justifiée par titres, ..par Guichenon, Samuel
  Storia dei principi di Savoia del ramo d'Acaia, signori del Piemonte, Volume 2

Letteratura storiografica
 Romolo Caggese, Italia, 1313-1414, cap. VII, vol. VI (Declino dell'impero e del papato e sviluppo degli stati nazionali), Storia del Mondo Medievale, 1999, pp. 297–331.
 Paul Fournier, Il regno di Borgogna o d'Arles dal XI al XV secolo, cap. XI, vol. VII (L'autunno del medioevo e la nascita del mondo moderno), Storia del Mondo Medievale, 1999, pp. 383–410.
  Histoire de Savoie, d'après les documents originaux,... par Victor... Flour de Saint-Genis. Tome 1
  Histoire généalogique de la royale maison de Savoie, justifiée par titres, ..par Guichenon, Samuel
  Histoire de la Maison de Savoie
  Titres de la maison ducale de Bourbon
  Histoire de Dauphiné, tome II
  Histoire généalogique des ducs de Bourgogne de la maison de France.
  The Latins in the Levant; a history of Frankish Greece (1204-1566)
  Cronicas de los reyes Castilla: Cronica del rey don Pedro
  Matrimoni della Real Casa di Savoia
  Testamenti di sovrani e principi di Savoia

Approfondimenti

Voci correlate
 Contea di Savoia
 Casa Savoia
 Blu Savoia
 Crociata sabauda

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Casa Savoia
Conti di Savoia
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Sepolti nell'abbazia di Altacomba


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Why are extrinsic and intrinsic goals important?
Having the right goal can help you learn guitar in a way that is smooth, enjoyable, and delightfully surprising. I call the top reason your top guitar goal. Having the wrong type of reason will make learning hellish for you. It's not a bad idea to write this goal down, like right now if you haven't already.
The rest of this blog will go over the difference between extrinsic goals and intrinsic goals in more detail. As you are taking in the information, take a close look at your current top guitar goal. Is it more extrinsic or intrinsic? Knowing one way or the other can help you; You could make your experience learning guitar much easier and smoother.
First things first: let's get some definitions and examples going.
"I want to make my wife happy that I can play her favorite song."
"I want to be better at guitar than Jack White."
"I have to learn guitar before I turn 25 years old."
"I want to enjoy learning and playing guitar."
"I want to create music and express who I am on the guitar."
"I want to feel great after I play guitar with other people."
Which is better: Extrinsic or intrinsic goals?
Extrinsic goals can be motivating at the start, but can fizzle out later on. You'll feel incredibly good about the progress of your work when practice is going smoothly. However, since you're human, you will have bad days. On those days, people who set extrinsic goals find out exactly how heavy they are to carry.
Intrinsic goals are different. Because they come from inside you, because you aren't really doing it for anyone else, the progress of your work tends to be a bit more natural. There is no one else involved in your goal except for you. You are just learning, and stumbling, and picking yourself up again. You won't do it for anyone but yourself, for your own enjoyment. Plus, there is less of a chance for a sense of urgency to creep into your work. That's worth the price of admission.
In summary, you can pick whatever goals you want to pick. Go for it! Urgent goals, patient goals, whatever. It's up to you. Keep in mind that intrinsic goals won't weigh you down as much as extrinsic goals will. Keep in mind that learning guitar will get dicey for you at least once or twice... You might as well be prepared.


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Rogaška Slatina je město a správní středisko stejnojmenné občiny ve Slovinsku v Savinjském regionu. Nachází se blízko chorvatských hranic, asi 30 km východně od Celje. V roce 2019 zde trvale žilo 4 970 obyvatel.

Městem prochází silnice 685, jeho obchvat tvoří silnice 107. Sousedními městy jsou Slovenska Bistrica, Šentjur a chorvatská Pregrada.

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Města ve Slovinsku
Města v Savinjském regionu


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The comic book, movie and television industries have popularized, and also misrepresented, some of our wild birds and animals. Several examples are: Woody Woodpecker (Pileated Woodpecker), Ole Mistah Buzzard (Turkey Vulture), Andy Panda, Bugs Bunny and Wylie Coyote. However, few have caught the imagination of readers and viewers as much as the Greater Road Runner. It definitely caught my attention to the point that I decided to feature it this week.
Greetings from California. This is one place where the largest member of the cuckoo family, the Greater Road Runner, is quite common. From now on, I shall refer to it simply as the Road Runner as its slightly smaller relative, the Lesser Road Runner, is a resident of southern Mexico and South America and never seen in the USA. A mix up is impossible. As portrayed in the cartoons, it is a ground dwelling chicken sized brown striped bird that runs around looking for food. Males and females are the same. As implied in the comics, it is a fast runner, but unlike the depiction in the cartoons, a coyote would have little trouble in chasing it down and catching it. It can fly but only does so to get up or down difficult terrain or to escape danger. I have seen one fly up to the top of a large (8 foot) water fountain, then, proceed to fly to the top of a fairly large house, and then, presumably fly down. I have also seen one fly down a large steep embankment. There is some differing of opinion as to whether or not it is capable of sustained flight.
The physical characteristics of the Road Runner, as depicted in the cartoons, are for the most part quite accurate, but for two. As alluded to earlier, it does not have blazing speed, nor does it make those funny beep beep sounds. Its stretched out form, when running, and its rocking motion with tail raised as it stops, are very accurately shown. Unlike the cartoon character's beep beep, the real bird has a surprisingly soft coo sound that it very similar to that of the Mourning Dove. The only really noticeable difference is that the Road Runner utters its sound five to seven times before pausing whilst the Mourning Dove only utters two to four.
Even though it is a ground dweller, it builds its nest between one and two metres above the ground in a thorn bush or cactus. (The parents must fly to get to the nest). Both parents take care of the young. The young are fed the usual Road Runner fare of large insects, small mammals, lizards, snakes and other birds – especially the young.
If anybody happens to be traveling the drier regions of the US, not necessarily the desert, the odds of seeing a Road Runner are very good. Like many other birds and animals, it often becomes quite tame and readily comes close to human habitation for sources of water such as water hazards on golf courses and water fountains in yards on the outskirts of towns or on farms. At times, several will come very close to humans and can be viewed without the need of binoculars. However a camera is handy. This week's photo was taken in the Anza Borrego State Park near Borrego Springs in California by – you guessed it – a source of water. In this particular case, the source was a high desert creek. .
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Q: Why do stack.imgur images break https? I find this a bit weird. Suppose I try to load StackOverflow over https:

I get a nice green padlock of feel-good browser feeling that my web browsing is secure. However, if I start to navigate the site, very often this happens:

Luckily, clicking on that white page of vanished security dreams lets me ask my browser why, even if it's loading Stack Exchange content over the https protocol, it still feels like killing the party spirit with some you're-never-safe existential-dread reminder.
Generally speaking, these get blamed to mixed content warnings, because many pages on the network load external content over plain http either by default or because the external provider might not support https (which would be a weird situation, and almost (?) always discouraged, but conceivable such as a user loading images directly from some external site as ![image](http://not-stack-imgur.com)).
However, most often the culprit is not external content but simply the standard stack.imgur image hosting, both for images in posts and in community ads. If you load, say, this rarely-visited piece of real estate, there's five mixed-content warnings all coming from i.stack.imgur. Funnily enough, though, it doesn't have to be that way. In fact, the most iconic image on that page (i.e. this one) is actually loaded over https, which can be done either by explicitly modifying the protocol in the markdown, or by simply dropping the protocol (i.e. ![](//i.stack.imgur.…)).
That means that the official stack.imgur service is perfectly happy to serve the images over secure http. In that light, I think the following feature request is pretty reasonable:

If I load a Stack Exchange over https and a page contains an image from http://i.stack.imgur.com, change that link to the https version.

Now, I know that https support on the Stack Exchange network is not completely official, not because the devs don't care about it but because it is hard (including e.g. that issue with certificates for per-site meta sites), but this seems like a small and cheap step that will help close the loop on unencrypted connections and eventually make for a better internet for everyone.
These images are a privacy risk. If I'm loading, say, The Workplace over https, people can infer that I'm looking at workplacey stuff, but they can't tell what question I'm looking at, asking or answering, or even whether I'm just reloading the front page every few minutes. However, if I load this question, say, an eavesdropper can see the pretty distinctive image identifier TenFQ and infer pretty uniquely what question I was looking at (and potentially, say, infer that it was me that sent the anonymous complaint over office lighting light month). All because of an avoidable http call.
Now, I understand that this is only a small, partial solution to a bigger problem, but it seems to me that it does actually help keep browsing a private affair between the user and Stack Exchange, and that's a Good Thing around these parts. I also understand that https is a technically complex subject, and I'm happy to be corrected if my assumptions don't hold and the change would not actually help at all. I also realize that this will not have a trivial performance footprint server-side, but hopefully this is not fatal either. Or are there other fixes with better security-to-performance ratios in the works to come online soon?

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