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Every child deserves the opportunity to grieve in a supportive and understanding environment.
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Brett Glover of KoolFM Tours with Wyatt, Seasons Centre Participant
March 22, 2018 in Stories
An Emotional Tour of Seasons Centre for Grieving Children
Wyatt Gives A Tour and Some Words To Live By
By: Brett Glover, KoolFM
When you first walk through the front door of Seasons Centre for Grieving Children, you might feel it too… a weight. That's what first struck me when I started my tour of the home-turned-social service in preparation for news coverage of an upcoming fundraiser. I rang the bell and was immediately greeted by Marcy Baldry, the Centre's Development Director. She welcomed me into a living room filled with modern and comfortable furniture, along with three of the Centre's employees; the trio made themselves cozy: two women with a couch each to themselves, while a third sat warmly by a fire, enjoying not just a cup of coffee, but also a well-deserved break. They've got a harder job than you know.
The room was very bright, warm, even welcoming considering the reasons most pass through it, but the weight present in that room could also be felt in funeral homes. Season Centre does not tip-toe around death. The faces of the deceased grace the upper half of the living room/reception area, including those of Samantha and Jessica Ramey, aged 10 and 12, to whom Seasons Centre for Grieving Children is dedicated. The two sisters were killed in a car crash in 1995; their father would found the Centre in their memory that year. The young girls' faces, while in pride of place above the fireplace, are among the dozens of photos that line the upper part of the room, giving it the weight one immediately feels here. Get used to it.
Marcy took me around, and showed me the few sparse rooms on the ground floor that serve as an administrative area of the charitable organization; a not-for-profit social service doesn't run by itself after all. Marcy is one of a handful that keep the lights on around the Centre, through grant-writing and fundraising primarily; not a cent comes from taxpayers, the kids aged 5 – 24 who make use of the Centre, nor their caregivers.
That includes my day's tour guide.
Wyatt is an 11-year-old boy who had been visiting the Centre for about two years by the time I met him one mid-March afternoon,
his mom introduced him to the place after his dad died of cancer. Wyatt spoke frankly of this during a tour he agreed to give me. His hand print is one of perhaps hundreds that cover the walls of the first room he brought me to, a rainbow-coloured record of the children that have come through here. Wyatt told me this otherwise empty room is where he and a handful of other kids around his age get together for an hour per visit to talk about their grief. Like I said, they do not tip-toe around death here. In fact, it seems these kids are encouraged to stare it down, a hardship that many seem to accept with a boldness a few of us grown-ups have to admit we lack. I had to wonder how many tears that carpet has absorbed in its time however.
Wyatt outlined a visit to the Centre involves getting together as a group in that room for sixty minutes to use plain, blunt language in discussing the death of their loved one. They don't call it a loss here, for example, nor have their loved ones "committed" suicide; such language implies the loved one can either be found, or has perpetrated a crime. They have died, whether by nature or by hand. Trained volunteer councillors work to help kids like Wyatt accept this, and as their slogan suggests, find "hope inside the grief".
Wyatt never once in our half-hour tour and chat used any euphemisms, instead speaking about his grief in a way that belies his 11 years kicking around this earth, as he then took me from the handprint-filled room to another with far less gravity in it: a fun room, with air-hockey, Foosball, even a kid-sized pool table and a basketball net. Next to it, a ball pit! Eleven-year-old me would have liked this room, and Wyatt seemed to also, as he showed me how to run down the hall and take a header right into the ball pit. From among
the brightly coloured balls, he told me that following the hour of addressing their grief, the kids get a half hour to do what they will in
the next room. Most of them, I'm told, choose to build friendships.
Next, Wyatt quickly buzzed right past a small nook filled with toys and a hallway covered with what some might think is graffiti, and took me into a room lined with gym mats, filled with teddy bears, and appropriately called the Volcano Room. It's a space, Wyatt says, where you can't get hurt. And this is where he and I sat, cross-legged on a pile of teddy bears, to talk about the Season Centre, death, and grieving. My voice cracked once or twice during the interview, his did not.
Admittedly, there was a crack in my voice a few times in my initial walkthrough of the upstairs, kid-portion of the Centre with Marcy just ten minutes prior to Wyatt's arrival too. I was initially promised a tour from Wyatt, but I think Marcy knew what she was doing when she offered to take me through first; it certainly lessened the impact when Wyatt had his turn. The toy-filled nook Wyatt had buzzed past, for example, left me with a lump in my throat and frankly, a misty eye or two. Marcy tells me the worn model of a house in that nook is used for younger kids to recreate how their household has changed after their loved one has died, allowing kids to remove dolls, beds, and other furniture as needed. Beside that, a child-sized dinner table set much like my own daughter had, that allows children my daughter's age to practice setting a table with one less plate.
The hallway filled with "graffiti" was actually lined, top to bottom, with messages to the dead from the children they left behind. A multi-coloured "I love you Dad" painted just above waist-height left me needing to call my daughter, just to hear her 4-year-old voice. Wyatt's message, I later saw, graced a spot near the doorway to the Volcano Room.
Marcy already told me the Volcano Room was a place where kids couldn't get hurt, just like Wyatt later did, but she adds they can't get hurt while erupting with anger there. The Volcano Room has a punching bag, the teddy bears as perhaps surrogates, the whole room designed to allow children to thrash around and expel a completely rational rage they likely don't yet understand, without too many bumps and bruises. A Splatter Room adjacent allows kids to throw paint in frustration instead, perhaps as a more artistic outlet. One piece of art was still hanging on the wall by the time I arrived: a simple "I love you Dad" yet again, a recurring theme here, this time splattered with paint and anger. Wyatt didn't really touch on the purpose of either room, but that is his right; these spaces are about private expression of emotion, I should never have intruded.
Our tour complete, our interview concluded, Wyatt showed me back downstairs to where Marcy and his waiting mother were having some coffee. Wyatt and his mom then drove off, bound for their home in Bradford. The pair drives up to Barrie once every two weeks to go to Seasons Centre, but admit it might be more frequent if it weren't for the half-hour journey. Marcy tells me there is only one other centre to address grieving children in the province, and that is in Oakville. Two. Two such services in the whole of Ontario. While the province does offer some bereavement services, and groups like the Canadian Mental Health Association make available a significant amount of literature on grief, none focus specifically on the pain children go through. Simply put, there is no other place like Seasons Centre for Grieving Children.
Without doing the research however, I'd have been able to tell you that anyway, just from my tour with Wyatt alone.
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Since 1995, Seasons Centre for Grieving Children has been providing peer to peer support for children between the ages of 5 and 24 years who are grieving the death of an immediate family member. The Centre is founded on the belief that every child deserves the opportunity to grieve in a supportive and understanding environment.
Seasons Centre receives no government funding and relies solely on the generosity of the community, foundations, service clubs, organizations and individual donations. There is no fee for our services. We welcome children regardless of their family's financial circumstances.
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What Joe Manganiello's Possible Dragonlance Movie Might Contain
Posted by Ryan Chaddock on April 17, 2017
It's recently come to light that actor Joe Manganiello has been coauthoring a script for a Dungeons & Dragons movie. Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, he said that he'd even met with Wizards of the Coast to talk about the project. This was at first confusing news, since it's known that a D&D film is already in the works after a prolonged legal battle pertaining to the game's film rights.
However Manganiello soon tweeted out a picture of a script draft, indicating that the prospective movie would be an adaption of Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman's beloved Dragon's of Autumn Twilight.
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— Joe Manganiello (@JoeManganiello) April 7, 2017
That's the first book in the original Dragonlance trilogy, a setting that's seen a lot of book sales over the decades since its 1984 debut. For many of us, it's a much-loved place filled with characters we grew up with. That first novel even got it's own animated film, featuring Kiefer Sutherland, Lucy Lawless, and Michael Rosenbaum in 2008; but it apparently didn't see enough sales to merit development of the rest of the trilogy.
Obviously this is in pretty early stages, so everything is speculation at this point. However, if you're a fan of Dragonlance it's hard not to get excited at the prospect of a set of franchise movies. If Hollywood were down for it we could see not only an Autumn Twilight movie, but a full Chronicles trilogy, and maybe even a Legends trilogy filling out the story line. That's a lot of movies, but Dragonlance honestly makes sense as a source of scripts. It's a well-known setting within the context of D&D books, it has a cast of iconic characters, and it has a well-developed episodic plotline.
There's a lot of fan speculation on Twitter that Joe Manganiello might be interested in taking the role of Caramon for himself. He certainly looks the muscle-y part, judging by his appearance in the Magic Mike movies, and this would allow him to play a lead in both a Chronicles and a Legends series if the films kept getting made far into the future.
For those of us willing to travel down this flight of fancy, why not get excited? In fact, that picture Manganiello tweeted out can be zoomed in and enhanced, to use "technical" terms, and we can make out some of the text of the first page of the draft. Here it is with colors reversed and posterized:
Though it's hard to read, you can make out a few phrases here and there: "OLD MAN (V.O.)", "of precious metals", "battle of dragons", "evil dragons", etc.
Interestingly it's pretty easy to make out the words "VINGAARD KEEP". That's a location in Solamnia within the setting. It was once the capital of that kingdom, and the site of activity involving the original dragon lances according to Dragonlance setting lore. Seems like what we might be seeing here is an introductory voice over by an old man (possibly Fizban the Fabulous) describing the chromatic and metallic dragons, the invention of the dragon lances, and the earlier wars involving the legendary Huma.
Again, all this is speculation, but isn't this a great start? Are you excited by the possibility of seeing Raistlin, Tasslehoff, and Sturm's mustache on the big screen? Or are you more interested in a new setting and cast of characters, made for the more mainline D&D movie? Let us know in the comments.
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Sunday is Easter. It's the biggest day of the year in the Catholic Religion, (and some others). It's the day where we celebrate Jesus rising from the dead and going to heaven. I had a friend of mine that's not Catholic ask me about it, so I figured I would share.
It's not just one day though, this whole week is called "Holy Week". Thursday we celebrate the last supper (I'm sure you've seen the picture), It was the last Passover meal Jesus had with his disciples. Then Friday is Good Friday, that's the day that he was crucified and died. Then Saturday is Holy Saturday, we have a special service for that at night that starts by candle light. Then Sunday is Easter, the day he rose from the dead and ascended in to heaven.
As of Sunday, lent will be over and I will be able to each chips, candy and ice-cream again. That is what I gave up for lent.
That's an abbreviated version of it. If you want to learn more, you can do some research on line.
I wonder if the Nuns that taught me, or in some cases, beat me in grade school are proud of this? Probably not!


One component of Health System Funding Reform is Quality-Based Procedures (QBPs). For chronic kidney disease, this includes many services along the continuum of care for patients. The continuum goes from early identification and management of the disease, to life-saving treatments for people with end-stage kidney disease.
Chronic kidney disease services in Ontario are funded based on a patient-based funding framework – the Chronic Kidney Disease Quality-Based Procedure. That means funding follows the patient. We provide funds to hospitals based on the types and volumes of patients treated. Services are bundled based on best practices for typical care patients would receive over a year.
We also fund home care and long-term care providers to support people with chronic kidney disease who want to have their dialysis treatment at home. This helps make sure people have access to the same high-quality care, whether they receive that care in a hospital or at home.
In addition to the Quality-Based Procedure funding, we fund equipment, leases and quality initiatives related to chronic kidney disease care.
In 2012, Ontario introduced changes to the way health care services are funded in the province. This includes funding based on quality of care, or Quality-Based Procedures.


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Q: GridView will keep to highlight the selected item My layout has a GridView. Similar to Google's API demo, each grid has an image. Also, I customized a "Drawable image" which used to highlight the currently selected item. When touch the grid's image, the "Drawable image" can be show. Unfortunately, it will disappear when I not touch the grid.
I hope the GridView will keep to highlight the selected item. Even the user is scrolling the screen.
From here, I found some similar post.
1) Keep image in GridView selected
2) Android gridview keep item selected
But I can't understand their method and they are not using customized image.
Can anyone give me some help? Please.
Following is my code:
    gridAdapter  adapter =  new   gridAdapter  (this, images);
    gv = (GridView) findViewById (R.id.gridView1);
    gv.setAdapter(adapter);
    gv.setSelector(R.drawable.circle);
    gv.setDrawSelectorOnTop(true);

Following is my updated code:
public class GridViewBasic extends Activity {
    Integer[] imageIDs = {
            R.drawable.ic_launcher,
            R.drawable.ic_launcher,
            R.drawable.ic_launcher,
            R.drawable.ic_launcher,
            R.drawable.ic_launcher,
            R.drawable.ic_launcher,
            R.drawable.ic_launcher,
            R.drawable.ic_launcher,
            R.drawable.ic_launcher,
            R.drawable.ic_launcher,
            R.drawable.ic_launcher,
            R.drawable.ic_launcher,
            R.drawable.ic_launcher,
            R.drawable.ic_launcher,
            R.drawable.ic_launcher    };
    GridView gridView;
    public int lastPos;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
            gridView = (GridView) findViewById(R.id.gridView1);
            gridView.setAdapter(new ImageAdapter(this));
            gridView.setSelected(true);
            gridView.setSelector(R.drawable.circle);
            gridView.setDrawSelectorOnTop(true);
            gridView.setDescendantFocusability(ViewGroup.FOCUS_AFTER_DESCENDANTS);

            gridView.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
                public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent,  View v, int position, long id) {
                    lastPos = position;
                    gridView.setSelection((int)(gridView.getAdapter()).getItemId(lastPos));
                    System.out.println ("getItemId ="+(gridView.getAdapter()).getItemId(lastPos));

                }
            });
        }

        public class ImageAdapter extends BaseAdapter
        {
            private Context context;

            public ImageAdapter(Context c)  {
                context = c;
            }

            //---returns the number of images---
            public int getCount() {
                return imageIDs.length;
            }

            //---returns the ID of an item---
            public Object getItem(int position) {
                return position;
            }

            public long getItemId(int position) {
                return position;
            }

            //---returns an ImageView view---
            public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
                ImageView imageView;

                if (convertView == null) {
                    imageView = new ImageView(context);
                    imageView.setLayoutParams(new GridView.LayoutParams(185, 185));
                    imageView.setScaleType(ImageView.ScaleType.CENTER_CROP);
                    imageView.setPadding(5, 5, 5, 5);
                } else {
                    imageView = (ImageView) convertView;
                }
                imageView.setImageResource(imageIDs[position]);

                return imageView;
            }
        }

}

A: Ok now it needs a whole new answer...
here's the thing: setSelected() will set the calling view as selected, thus subsequently giving focus....
calling
 GridView gv; gv.setSelected(true);

will select the GridView gv, not the View in gridview's adapter which you want.
So you need to call gv.setSelection(pos) to select a specific child.
the pos you are saving might not be the real position but rather the position from 'visible' offset. that's why you have to call
(gridView.getAdapter()).getPosition(viewThatYouWant);

or
(gridView.getAdapter()).getItemAt(lastPos).requestFocus();

Do note that you should look into HOW A VIEW HANDLES IT'S FOCUS VS CHILD FOCUS
the method is called
setDescendantFocusability

so naturally you would want
GridView gv; gv.setDescendantFocusability(ViewGroup.FOCUS_AFTER_DESCENDANTS);

A: public class StaffSelectionAdapter extends BaseAdapter {

private Context context;

private final String[] staffMemberList;
private int previousPosition = -1;
private static boolean isFirstTime;
boolean[] isChecked;
private TextView textView = null;
public long staffId;
private LayoutInflater inflater;

public StaffSelectionAdapter(Context context, String[] staffMemberList) {
    this.context = context;
    inflater = (LayoutInflater) context.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
    this.staffMemberList = staffMemberList;

    isFirstTime = true;
    isChecked = new boolean[staffMemberList.length];
    for (int i = 0; i < staffMemberList.length; i++) {
        isChecked[i] = false;
    }
}

public View getView(final int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {

    if (convertView == null) {
        convertView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.row_for_staff_selection, null);
    }
    textView = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.row_for_staff_selection_grid_item_label);
    textView.setText(staffMemberList[position]);

    if (isChecked[position]) {
        SpannableString content = new SpannableString(staffMemberList[position]);
        content.setSpan(new UnderlineSpan(), 0, staffMemberList[position].length(), 0);
        textView.setText(content);
    } else {
        textView.setBackgroundColor(context.getResources().getColor(R.drawable.dialog_bg));
    }

    convertView.setTag(position);
    convertView.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

        public void onClick(View v) {
            if (!isChecked[position]) {
                staffId =

                isChecked[position] = true;
                if (!isFirstTime) {
                    isChecked[previousPosition] = false;
                } else {
                    isFirstTime = false;
                }
                textView.setBackgroundColor(context.getResources().getColor(R.drawable.dialog_bg));
            }
            previousPosition = (Integer) v.getTag();
            notifyDataSetChanged();
        }
    });
    return convertView;
}

public int getCount()
    {
    return staffMemberList.length;
}

public Object getItem(int position)
    {
    return staffMemberList[position];
}

public long getItemId(int position) {
    return 0;
}

public long getStaffId() {
    return staffId;
}

public void setStaffId(long staffId) {
    this.staffId = staffId;
}

}

A: Set onItemClickListener on gridview .You can then get position of view onItemClick . pass the selected postion to adapter and within adapter inside getView method check if(position == selected_position) . if true set background of your choice .
public ColorGridAdapter(Context context,ArrayList<String> colorArray,int position) {
                super(context, resource,colorArray);
                this.context = context;
                this.colors = colorArray;
                this.selected_position = position;  // position of your selected item

            }

    public View getView(final int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent){
                View v = convertView;
                if (v == null) {

    LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater)  getContext().getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
                        v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.color_pelatte, null);
                        ColorView = (View)v.findViewById(R.id.color_view);
                    }

                ColorView.setBackgroundColor(Color.parseColor(colors.get(position)));
                if(position == selected_position){
                    v.setBackground(context.getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.edittext_background));
                }

A: This is how I achieved this
 <GridView
    android:id="@+id/gv_calender"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:numColumns="7"
    android:listSelector="@color/colorAccent"
    android:stretchMode="columnWidth"></GridView>

and in Adapter add one line extra
  GridView gvCalender = (GridView)findViewById(R.id.gv_calender);
  CalendarAdapter adapter = new CalendarAdapter(getActivity(), lsCalender);
    gvCalender.setDrawSelectorOnTop(false);
    gvCalender.setAdapter(adapter);

That's It you are done
Key lines are
android:listSelector="@color/colorAccent"
    AND
gvCalender.setDrawSelectorOnTop(false);

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If your preschool or early childhood center is looking for continuing education, SpeechWorks can help. Jann Fujimoto, MS CCC-SLP is a now a Specialist Trainer with The Registry. Presentations can be adapted to your center's resources – whether it is in a conference room projected on to a screen or seated in a circle. Currently approved coursework includes Speech-Language Milestones with additional courses under development. To set up a presentation for your facility, contact SpeechWorks today.
Jann Fujimoto, MS CCC-SLP is a speech-language pathologist and owner of SpeechWorks in Oconomowoc, WI. She is a regular presenter at preschools in the Lake Country area and has presented at the Wisconsin Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiology Association annual convention.


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Francis is a Managing Agent in Chartwell's New York office. He previously worked as a Literary Scout for international publishing houses and launched the Global Rights Report newsletter for Publishers Weekly. He also previously worked in the expert network space.


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First Airbus A330 MRTT for Republic of Singapore Air Force rolls out of paintshop
Andreas Zeitler (flying-wings.com)
The first A330 multi-role tanker transport (MRTT) for the Republic of Singapore Air Force has rolled out of the paintshop.
Plane spotter Andreas Zeitler(flying-wings.com) released pictures of the first A330 multi-role tanker transport (MRTT), on 17 February, which show the aircraft painted in Republic of Singapore Air Force livery.
It is the first of the six ordered A330 MRTT by the Republic of Singapore Air Force in March 2014. According to a news release issued by Singapore's Defence Ministry detailing events and activities that the Republic of Singapore Air Force will hold to mark the anniversary, the A330 MRTT will make its first public appearance at a parade on Sept. 1, the date the service was formed in 1968 as the Singapore Air Defence Command.
Based on the A330-200 airliner, the MRTT is capable of carrying approaching 300 passengers in an airliner-style cabin, as well as performing air-to-air refuelling duties. The A330 MRTT can carry up to 111 tonnes of fuel; this is the highest capacity of all tanker aircraft, even those which have additional fuel tanks in the cargo deck. It has the capacity of offloading 50 000 kg of fuel to a broad range of receivers during a 4-hour loitering mission at over 1 000 nm from its take-off point.
More:France's first Phenix multi-role tanker transport completes maiden flight
The A330 MRTT can carry a maximum payload of up to 45 tonnes, combining the passenger cabin and the lower deck: Up to 300 Passengers, MedEvac cabin layout with 40 stretchers, 20 seats for medical staff and 100 passengers, Up to 37 tonnes of cargo in the lower deck. 27 LD3 containers or 8 military pallets.
More:Netherlands and Luxembourg to buy two Airbus A330 MRTT multi-role tanker
Another typical mission is the deployment of fighter aircraft over a long distance. The A330 MRTT can support the deployment of 4 fighter aircraft plus 50 personnel and 12 tonnes of freight (luggage, spare parts and equipment) in one direct flight over 5200 km, e.g. from Europe to Afghanistan.
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Надеино — село в Шиловском районе Рязанской области в составе Инякинского сельского поселения.

Географическое положение
Село Надеино расположено на Окско-Донской равнине на правом берегу реки Тырницы в 10 км к северо-востоку от пгт Шилово. Расстояние от села до районного центра Шилово по автодороге — 16 км.

К северо-западу от села — урочище Куйма и лесной массив, к югу — урочища Рожок и Вертский Городок, к западу — система пойменных озер (Маркино, Красное, Рогатое, Вощерка, Куйма, Кривая Негань, Канижи) и Тереховская Дубрава. Ближайшие населенные пункты — села Терехово и Ирицы.

Население

По данным переписи населения 2010 г. в селе Надеино постоянно проживают 78 чел. (в 1992 г. — 214 чел.).

Происхождение названия
Михайловские краеведы И. Журкин и Б. Катагощин связывали происхождение названия села Надеино с фамилией местного землевладельца. Рязанский краевед-топонимист А. В. Бабурин отмечал, что возможно, происхождение названия следует искать в слове «надеяться», в значении «верить, уповать, ожидать с уверенностью».

По местному преданию село названо так потому, что было основано мужиком по имени Надейка.

История
Надеино известно своими археологическими памятниками. В 1,5 км к югу от села обнаружены остатки 2-х стоянок эпохи неолита (3 тыс. до н.э.); поблизости от них 2 поселения эпохи позднего бронзового — раннего железного веков (второй половины 2 тыс. до н.э. — 1 тыс. н.э.); в 0,3 км к югу от водонапорной башни местной фермы — поселение эпохи железного века (до XIII в.) и славянские курганы X—XII вв.

Деревня Надеина упоминается в «Списках населенных мест Российской империи» за 1862 г. По данным И. В. Добролюбова, к 1891 г. деревня Надеина относилась к приходу Введенской церкви села Терехово, и в ней насчитывалось 77 дворов.

В 1890-е гг. в деревне Надеино была построена деревянная Никольская церковь, освященная в 1898 г. (закрыта в 1930-х гг.), и ее статус был повышен до села.

Транспорт
Основные грузо- и пассажироперевозки осуществляются автомобильным транспортом: село имеет выезд на проходящую поблизости автомобильную дорогу регионального значения Р125: «Ряжск — Касимов — Нижний Новгород».

Достопримечательности
 Храм святителя Николая Чудотворца — Никольская церковь. Построен на средства прихожан в 1898 г. Руинирован, сохранились основной объем и трапезная без куполов и колокольни.

Примечания

Населённые пункты Шиловского района

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Q: How to add a disabled internal Style node to HTML5 DOM? As per this the style tag can be disabled with disabled attribute. I tried the below:

    Hello World !!

Both Chrome and Firefox does not respect that disabled attribute and use the red color. IE 11 works correctly (shows black text).
Question: How to add internal style nodes in disabled state (in JS)?

Context:
I am dynamically loading a css file content as a style node, to do some rule-processing with document.sytleSheets.cssRules etc. I do not want the current page styles to be affected by the presence of this temporary loaded style.
Setting document.sytleSheets[].disabled works, but there is a lag between node insertion and the disabled state.
Tried using new DOMParser().parseFromString(cssFileContent, "text/html"), which works (completely invisible) fine in loading the html content, but does not initialize the document.sytleSheets

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How to add internal style nodes in disabled state (in JS)?

The HTMLStyleElement interface has a disabled flag, so you'd use that:
var style = document.createElement("style");
// ...usual style stuff...
style.disabled = true;
document.querySelector("head").appendChild(style);

Of course, if a browser doesn't support disabled style elements (yet), doing that won't have any effect. It's unlikely to cause an error, though, as a browser that doesn't have the disabled element will treat it like an "expando" property anyway, so it'll be harmless.

Context: I am dynamically loading a css file content as a style node, to do some rule-processing with document.sytleSheets.cssRules etc. I do not want the current page styles to be affected by the presence of this temporary loaded style.

Since you've found issues with the level of support for disabled style elements, you might consider using a hidden iframe instead: (live copy — Stack Snippets don't allow iframes)
<!DOCTYPE html>

  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>Example</title>

This text should be black.

</script>

Output:

This text should be black.

First rule: body { color: red; }

...with the text in black, not red.
(Credit to mschr for the code to add the iframe with inline HTML reliably cross-browser.)


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Ireland 1924-1930
Newsreels Part 2
The Irish Independence Films
Preparing for the Electricity Era
The Irish Independence Film Collection
Silent with English Intertitles
In this newsreel from 1929, the dawn of a new Ireland can be seen with the Shannon Scheme paving the way for new kind of energy. In a dramatic fashion, Master Vincent Bowen presses a plunger to detonate explosives to blow up the 120 foot chimneys of the Carrick-on-Suir Creamery.
The Shannon (hydroelectric) Scheme was a huge development by the Irish Free State in the 1920s. The aim was to harness the power of the River Shannon (Ireland's longest river) and through the Ardnacrusha Power Plant in Clare, produce electricity across the country.
The Shannon Scheme was officially opened on July 22nd 1929. One of the largest engineering projects of its day, it served as a model for large-scale electrification projects worldwide. Operated by the Electricity Supply Board of Ireland, it had an immediate impact on the social, economic and industrial development of Ireland.
The Seat of All The Trouble
The Great Cork Treaty
City of Terror


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Home » Main Menu » Music Reviews » The Franklin Electric release brilliant new Song ' Save Yourself' ahead of their album 'Blue Ceilings' on 5th May in the UK via Indica Records.
The Franklin Electric release brilliant new Song ' Save Yourself' ahead of their album 'Blue Ceilings' on 5th May in the UK via Indica Records.
Posted on March 4, 2017 in Music Reviews, Uncategorized // 0 Comments
Photo Credit: Le Petit Russe
Where has this band been all my life! Totally blown away by the feeling that this music is in my blood. A super rare find. Bring on the 5th of May! Music Injection Australia
"A muscular piece of folk-driven songwriting, blessed with a poetic touch and a soaring arrangement" Clash Magazine.
Montreal-based alt-folk band The Franklin Electric are set to release their highly anticipated sophomore album titled 'Blue Ceilings' on 5th May 2017 via Indica Records. 'Blue Ceilings' is now available for pre-order and includes new singles 'I Know The Feeling' and 'Walk With You' as instagrat tracks. The band will be touring Australia and Canada this winter before heading to the UK in Spring to play shows in support of the release, with a first date penciled at Electrowerkz in London on the 19th April 2017.
After their breakthrough album 'This Is How I Let You Down', the Montreal Band returns with a highly anticipated second album, 'Blue Ceilings'. John Matte (singer, songwriter, producer) had this to say about the upcoming release; "With limitations hanging over us all we found a way to allow this album the time it needed to take its own shape and personality. The cover art fell in our laps like a gift and worked so well with the album title 'Blue Ceilings' done by UK artist Samuel-Burgess Johnson. It complemented the feeling of the songs and sums up all the different learning's and challenges along the way."
The Franklin Electric's soaring and anthemic debut album, 'This Is How I Let You Down', was first released independently before catching the attention of Montreal's Indica Records (Half Moon Run, Phantogram) who were blown away by the band's sound. The label reissued the LP in 2014 featuring various remixes and two new songs too much critical acclaim for both their recording and their incredible chops live. Striking for both its stunning chord changes and mature musings of life and love, the title track's video racked up over 250000 YouTube views and counting, launching the band into the spotlight with a mature, full-formed sound beyond their years.
The musical mastermind behind The Franklin Electric, Jon Matte, came by his roots honestly. Matte grew up in a household brimming with music, with musicians, with Mom's piano at the center of it all. Matte would go on to study jazz, weaving that into a love of everything from hip-hop to Elton John and '70's songwriting titans. Legendary label Verve Records soon called on Matte to remix a Nina Simone record. Hanging and learning from great engineers, he realized he could apply everything he learned to his own songwriting. After entering and winning a Nashville songwriting competition with over 8000 other bands from around the world Matte, along with his 'tribe' Martin Desrosby, Kevin Warren and Ken Pressé, hit the road to rave reviews spending 2015 playing over 180 shows from Canada to Australia – including 3 tours of Europe alone – opening for the likes of Ben Howard, Mumford and Sons, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, City & Colour and Half Moon Run. The driving force of a singer-songwriter became a brotherhood of the road.
01.03 – Trois-Rivières, QC @ Maison de la Culture de Trois-Rivières
03.03 – Sait-Eustache, QC @ Centre d'Art La Petite Eglise
03.11 – Gatineau, QC @ Salle Jean-Despréz
03.24 – Sherbroooke, QC @ Theatre Granada
03.25 – Quebec QC @ Imperial Bell
03.30 – Toronto, ON @ The Mod Club
04.01 – Montreal, QC @ Metropolis
04.19 – London, UK @ Elecrowerkz
++ Full Spring UK Tour Dates imminent
Find The Franklin Electric:
Blue Ceilings – Track Listing:
1. I Know The Feeling
2. Someone Like You
3. Burning Flame
4. Save Yourself
5. All Along
6. Walk With You
7. So Far
8. Resistance
9. It's Taking You
10. Can I Get It Back
11. Blue Ceilings (Outro)
Blue Ceilings


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Situation Normal: All Fucked Up
Posted on December 22, 2022 December 23, 2022 by Mike
Mollie Hemingway calls Yertle McTurtle "the single biggest obstacle to GOP success," which statement is founded on a wholly erroneous premise: that what's been going on with the Vichy GOPe for lo, these many years is somehow NOT something they consider to be "success."
Au contraire, mon frere.
GOP Can't Be Successful Until Mitch McConnell Is Gone
The Kentucky Republican claimed giving more money to Ukraine is "the No. 1 priority for the United States right now, according to most Republicans." The new $1.7 trillion Democrat spending bill he enthusiastically supports would give Ukraine another roughly $45 billion in assistance, bringing the total over the past eight months to more than $100 billion, a staggering figure even if it weren't happening during a time of inflation, looming recession, and other serious domestic problems.
The comment about Republican priorities is so false as to be completely delusional. Among the many concerns Republican voters have with Washington, D.C., a failure to give even more money to Ukraine simply does not rank.
Another comment from McConnell also shocked Republicans. Of the $1.7 trillion left-wing spending spree McConnell is working so hard to help Democrats pass, he said, unbelievably, that he was "pretty proud of the fact that with a Democratic president, Democratic House, and Democratic Senate, we were able to achieve through this omnibus spending bill essentially all of our priorities." As an indication of how deeply sick and broken and unserious the Senate is, no one had even begun to read the lengthy bill, which was put forward just hours before votes began.
Senators don't read ANY bill beforehand, nor do "Representatives"; for a long while now, that sort of lowly scut-work gets delegated to staff underlings, who then recommend a yea or nay vote to their bosses depending on certain factors—none of which includes whether it might be of help to the American people, or is something they actually desire to see implemented.
Update! Bill just comes right out and says it:
Sure, We're Gonna Vote Our Way Out of This
Not this, nor anything else, actually.
Perhaps the biggest, most in-your-face insult of all regarding this latest act of Republicrat treachery and betrayal is, the omnibus smash 'n' grab "vote" wasn't even close. Not by a long yard, it wasn't. The number to forever remember, graven onto Real American memory until the end of days? The number which, to swipe a fine old phrase, shall live in infamy? Eighteen. Not one, not two or three, nor five or six, even. Eight. Fucking. Teen. Again, Bill just comes right out and says it.
Fuck. Them.
Fuck. Them. All.
Not one more vote. Not one more dime. Not one ounce of support in any way, shape, or form.
If we're going to end up with a commie dictatorship no matter what we vote for, well, bring it on, the sooner, the better. Let's drag the whole stinking, totalitarian mess onto the table and see how long it takes for the whole thing to collapse in a welter of fraternal blood.
Oh, I'd say the commie-dictator ship has long since sailed, Bill. Now we're all just waiting around for the inevitable collapse. In fact, the former Assistant Sec of Housing for Bush 41, Catherine Fitts, says that ship has already sailed too.
CAF predicts, "If you look at FTX, my question is how much of the money sent to Ukraine got laundered right back for the (2022 midterm) election? So, to me, Ukraine is not a destination point, it is a through put point…At this point, and I hate to say it, but we are in full scale implosion. The corruption is that bad. That's why I am telling you what we need is sovereignty. The federal government is not going to deliver…The financial coup has reached a point where if you want sovereignty, the only person who can deliver that is your state governor and your legislature…If you've got a great state AG, if you have great legislature, if you have a great governor, you better start supporting them. They are the people that can protect your sovereignty. You need governmental sovereignty if you are going to have individual sovereignty, and you better do it now. You have no time to be entertained by Joe Biden, Trump and Hunter Biden."
The federal government corruption was turbocharged in 2019. CAF says, "While everyone was focusing on the teenage sex life of the Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh, the House, the Senate, the White House, Democrat and Republican, both sides of the aisle got together and approved Statement 56 of the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) which said they could keep secret books. That was everybody—together. So, there is no Right vs Left. There is no Trump vs Biden. There is a machine in control of a spending machine that is financed with our taxes, and debt borrowed in our name, that is being sold into our pension funds and retirement accounts…That machine, to keep balancing the books, is implementing a depopulation plan. That is the reality that has to be faced and changing the President won't matter…If you want to make real progress against the machine, you've got to talk turkey about where your money is going, who are the local leaders and who are your state legislators who are going to support you when this machine fails you completely. If it doesn't fail you in 2023, it will fail you in 2024. So, you better be ready."
Prognosis: GRIM.
Obscenity update! The great Julie Kelly joins Bill in just coming right out and saying it.
The omnibus package itself is one insult after another to the American people. As Rep. Dan Bishop (R-N.C.) detailed in a December 20 tweet thread, generous funding to secure the borders of other countries is included in the bill with little more than crumbs to protect our southern border, now dangerously wide open to human smugglers and drug runners. Billions more will be spent to promote gender equity, fight "structural racism," expand access to abortion, and construct buildings and parks named after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, retiring Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ark.) and former First Lady Michelle Obama among others.
Perhaps the most outrageous provision in the bill is a hefty budget hike for the Department of Justice. Attorney General Merrick Garland, who spends the majority of his time and resources targeting Donald Trump, his associates, and his supporters, will receive a nearly 10 percent raise next year, bringing the Justice Department's annual budget to $38.7 billion. More than $212 million is earmarked to hire almost 100 temporary government lawyers to help prosecute January 6 protesters, a caseload now nearing 1,000 Americans with promises to add another 1,000 more.
The Federal Bureau of Investigations will get $569 million more next year as that agency's budget exceeds $11 billion for the first time. Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray have made it clear by word and deed that the imaginary threat of "domestic violent extremists," i.e., those who dare to criticize the regime will remain their top priority. This means more predawn FBI raids of Capitol "trespassers," more indefinite incarceration for those awaiting trial, more prison sentences for nonviolent offenses, more misery, and more destruction of Constitutional rights.
And that's just fine with the overwhelming majority of Republicans in Washington who've been silent in the face of this unprecedented form of government retaliation against Trump supporters. In fact, outgoing Senator Roy Blunt (R-Miss.) explained that the Justice Department really needed the big funding boost. "I've always been for prosecuting anybody who violated the law on January the 6th," Blunt told NBC News this week. "And there are, like, 800 cases already. So I can't imagine that they don't need some extra money."
Good riddance, you clown.
The FBI, particularly in light of recent revelations of the bureau's collusion with Big Tech to suppress coverage of Hunter Biden's laptop and criticism of mail-in voting, should be dismantled and defunded, not rewarded for its interference in two presidential elections among other malfeasance. Nor should the agency receive $375 million in capital funding to build a shiny new headquarters in either Virginia or Maryland as the bill also provides.
But that didn't stop 18 Republican senators, including McConnell and two-time presidential loser Mitt Romney, from voting to pass the omnibus bill on Thursday. Another "yes" vote was from Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), the former chair of the Senate Judiciary who promised for years to "get to the bottom" of numerous Justice Department scandals.
No group of politicians has licked the boots of President Zelenskyy more than Republican senators. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is among Zelenskyy's biggest supporters, insisting this week that "providing assistance for Ukrainians to defeat the Russians is the number one priority for the United States right now according to most Republicans. That's how we see the challenges confronting the country at the moment."
And there you have it. One of the most powerful—albeit most unpopular—leaders in Washington thinks lining Zelenskyy's army-green pockets with more U.S. tax dollars is a greater need than tackling any number of ongoing crises roiling the country right now.
Because of course he does; after all, one of those things he cares deeply about; the other, meh, not so much.
Not to be jumping down the throat of a fine writer whose work I genuinely admire and enjoy or anything, but I noted the other day that Ace had (for the fourth or fifth time so far this year, or thereabouts) announced himself done forever with the Republican Uniparty wing—that never, ever again would he advocate for them, contribute to them, or *gag* vote for them. I'm not gonna go dig up a link, because as you all know, hey, I'm a slackass like that.
Now, Ace can say and/or do whatever he likes without reference to what I may think about it, natch. But unless and until enough of us awaken fully to the sordid facts about this sorry situation and resolve to act forcefully on that knowledge, we must expect that we'll go right on being used as a sort of filthy, encrusted cum-rag by TPTB. They can only get away with this shit for as long as we allow them to, and not one moment longer. It's high time we figured that out, I think; Lord knows, it's been staring us right in the face for long enough by now.
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"Senators don't read ANY bill beforehand, nor do "Representatives"…"
The elected are there to collect the graft $$$ and dole out a few coins to the subordinates tasked only with making the elected look good. I doubt the subordinates even read the bills. They are written by a consortium of special interests, and we ain't among the special.
It's simply theft, from each of us right now and well into the future.
Turtle keeps getting the votes to remain "Leader". I don't think it's been even close this far.
So her premise is mistaken.
The Weepy Boner got replaced by Traitor Ryan got replaced by McTurncoat and nothing changed.
Whenever the heat gets turned up they change names.


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The Surfers of Gaza: Finding Hope in the Face of Adversity
by Jason Lock on 7th March 2017
Updated 2153d ago
Two days before, children had been killed on the beach by an air strike. But despite this catastrophic reality, the fickle waves of Gaza still offer an escape for a small group of local surfers who are pushing against the grain of convention – finding solace in the surf despite the conflict which has ravaged their homeland.
The plight, lives and triumphs of a small band of surfers who live in the Gaza Strip have been captured in a new, soon to drop documentary, Gaza Surf Club. It follows the story of central protagonist Ibrahim Arafat as he works together with Hawaii's Matt Olsen to establish the first ever surfing clubhouse in Gaza.
Easy task? How about learning to surf and importing surfboards when the boards are banned from entering Gaza. Some are confiscated in Israel's Tel Aviv, wrapped up in bureaucratic red tape, never to grace the feet of the surfers they are destined for.
Those lucky enough to secure one, share them around, utilising the sea as a symbol of hope and empowerment away from the strict regulations of every day life and a haven from political turmoil. For those who haven't the means to fashion their own boards, attempts to create a custom whip out of scrap wood have proven fruitless.
But as 42-year-old Abu Jayab puts it: ''I tried to stay away from the sea. Father says it brings poverty. But, there is no hope here. So I come back to the sea.''
The project has been realised by directors Mickey Yamine and Philip Gnadt, of the Germany-based production house, Little Bridge Pictures.
''Imagine living in such a small area as a 20-year-old, not being able to leave and travel,'' says Mickey, when I ask about ther pair's motivations for wanting to create the film. ''This can drive you mad and, in addition to the confined space, the community is quite conservative and regulates much of their daily lives. So time spent in the water, away from all of that is precious - no one watches or controls you. To them it is sort of a small strip of freedom - in one of the most isolated places in the world.''
Abu has lived on the beach his entire life and this is where he wants to spend the majority of his time.
© 2023 - Gaza Surf Club
Under the leadership of the Hamas government, a Palestinian Islamic Organisation that has been in power since 2007, the simplest of tasks in Gaza can quickly escalate into laborious, bureaucratic minefields.
''Planning to travel to the Gaza Strip is a more complicated ordeal than say the south of France,'' Mickey tells magicseaweed. ''It takes quite a bit of research and work to figure out just how to even enter the region, let alone the logistics of it all.
''The permits required for us and our gear, the measures to ensure we would not lose our footage to censorship or confiscation… we tried to eliminate as many variables as possible and wanted to go the official (and legal) way. No tunnels were harmed in the making of this film.''
Making a surf film on such a scale when political motivations and allegiances are in a state of flux is taxing. ''I grew up in Cairo and therefore we initially travelled to Gaza on our research trip via the southern checkpoint from Egypt (Rafah). Soon after we returned though, the political situation in Egypt changed and we were unable to obtain permits to re-enter from the south,'' Mickey explains.
''We then started planning to enter via Israel's Erez border crossing and finally arrived there, after postponing yet again due to the war in 2014. The offensive was called Operation Protective Edge, we saw and filmed much of the destruction during our six weeks there, but we still tried to keep politics and conflict related topics out [of the movie] as much as we could.''
Ibrahim, pictured right, took over the attempts for trying to set up a surf club. He travelled to Hawaii a while back and has not yet returned to Gaza.
But why the hassle? Why go through so much to shine a light on the story of surfing in Gaza? Philip recalls: ''Almost everyone over the course of his or her life has heard of the Gaza Strip. In particularly bad times it's on the news several days in a row. And yet hardly anyone in the west has any idea of what everyday life is like for the people that live there.
''Of course we show just a small part of that Palestinian life in our film, but we tried to portray a new, positive and refreshing view in this documentary. Whether or not this movie is important is not for us to say, but we hope it's a different approach to this old and painful conflict.''
During their time in Gaza, both directors said they felt comfortable in their surroundings. Though there was one incident when someone fired a missle into the Med. ''It's just a test, no problem,'' was the response.
The concept of building a physical clubhouse in Gaza has been at the front of Matt Olsen's mind for years. It was Matt, back in 2008, who first planted the seed of a surfing hub in Gaza, as a place for surfers to meet up and house their equipment. Matt travelled to the strip as part of a mission with his company Explore Corps, a community-led project that aims to empower young people across the globe.
''My hope has always been that the local guys would find a way to take over the club themselves but unfortunately the Hamas government in Gaza will take over any organization that is started up locally. So we have kept it as an externally run project in order to protect the surfers and their equipment,'' Matt said.
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Of his experiences in Gaza, Matt explains: ''The thing that is most striking about their way of life is the simple fact that surfing is a brand new sport there.
''But right next-door in Israel they have had surfing since the late 50s. Israel was one of the first countries outside the US and Australia to have surfing thanks to Doc Paskowitz who brought the first surfboard there in 1957.
''The differences between the two sides of the fence are striking. Israelis are fanatical surfers and know everything about pro surfers, the industry, magazines, destinations, etc. On the Gaza side, they know absolutely nothing about surfing outside of Gaza and so surfing there is really in its purest form with no outside influence.
''Now that some of the surfers are on Facebook I am sure they are learning a little bit more here and there but I'm sure that the only professional surfer they could name is Kelly Slater and that's because they see him on reruns of Baywatch in Gaza.''
During Matt's trips to Gaza, he's made some ''important political connections'', ones that can make his journey a touch easier, not having to go through a rigorous screening process.
''In terms of helping the surfers, our main challenge is always getting things in and out of Gaza so we don't do a lot of work to gather donations and equipment unless we know we can get the equipment in,'' Matt says about the surfboard ban.
''Otherwise we end up having to pay for storage in Israel while we negotiate getting things across the border. That being said, we are talking about doing another big donation this year and will be looking for equipment donors as well as companies that can help to sponsor shipping and delivery cost for equipment into Gaza. This will be the 10th anniversary of the first big surfboard donation to Gaza which was put together by surfing 4 peace in 2007.''
The story eventually moves on to focus on teenager, Sabah, who, years ago, featured in the UK's Guardian newspaper for being a female surfer in the usually very conservative Gaza. Her father, despite social convention, wanted her to surf and experience the power of the ocean. ''I dream of travelling abroad and being famous here in Gaza,'' she says.
As the story progresses, you learn more about the life and troubles facing the surfers of Gaza, all while remembering that the area has been, effectively, a warzone for years. It's a stark look into the contrasts of life in such a region and your protagonists never shy away from a swell, holding on to hope while attempting to drum a new, uplifting tune for their homeland - perhaps the spark needed to set alight a shift in perception for the former no-go zone.
Gaza Surf Club is making the rounds at film festivals. For more info, go HERE.


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Photo Essay: Getting Interstellar at NASA's Top Secret Goldstone Deep Space Complex
At the security gate of Ft. Irwin, there's a statue of a coyote that you're supposed to kiss before you leave. They say if you don't kiss it, you're destined to return to Ft. Irwin.
I didn't kiss the coyote when I took the NTC Box Tour back in September, and so I found myself returning two months later...
...to take a tour of the Goldstone Complex, part of the Deep Space Network run by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Like JPL's main campus in Pasadena, the Goldstone Complex focuses on unmanned spacecraft –
...the "interplanetary robotic space missions" that tell us more about the world around our planet.
Goldstone is technically on Department of Defense land, and its operations are mostly top secret...
...so on your journey from the desert to the stars, past a vast number of huge satellite dishes pointing up into space, photography is extremely restricted...
...until you get to the Deep Space Station #14 "Mars."
It is unbelievably huge.
At 70 meters, the DSS14 is the biggest of the stations at the Goldstone Complex...
...which also include the DSS13 "Venus," DSS15 "Uranus," the DSS 24, 25, and 26 which comprise "Apollo," and the DSS 27 and 28 of "Gemini" – all measuring 34 meters.
Mars initially was tasked to track a spacecraft after it flew past Mars...
...but now its radar observations can include a variety of rovers, probes, and even asteroids.
The Mars antenna is strategically placed in the middle of the Mojave Desert, equidistant from other facilities around the world that are also part of the Deep Space Network –
...in Madrid, Spain and Canberra, Australia.
The complex also features an outdoor museum where you can get up close to various subreflectors, wheels, cones, and bearings...
...all used in the functionality of the antennae.
The indoor museum includes various historic artifacts...
...equipment...
...and machinery...
...as well as an interactive live feed of the various satellite stations around the world...
...where you can see the status of the station...
...which direction it's pointing in...
...and what it's pointed at...
...like the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, as tracked by DSS14 Mars...
...or various other spacecraft orbiting various other planets.
Goldstone was built on 52 square miles in the middle of the Mojave Desert because of its uninterrupted airspace, so far from cities (over 30 miles from Barstow) that it can remain uncluttered by competing transmissions. Any NASA spacecraft mission that's gone past the moon – even to the edge of the solar system – has probably been aided in some way by DSS14.
However, Goldstone is primarily just collecting the data. Everything that comes in is sent to JPL and analyzed there. If anything seems amiss, JPL deals with it.
But if there's something out there – something else out there – to be seen, or communicated with, Goldstone will be the first to know.
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Black Ops 3 zombies on hold in favor of Sledgehammer
by Alan Ng February 7, 2014, 02:19 1 Comment
As previously feared, it looks like the highly anticipated Black Ops 3 release date is on hold until 2015. Activision has just sent out word that Sledgehammer Games will be in charge of the Call of Duty 2014 game, and that the company will join Treyarch and Infinity Ward in a three-way developer triangle.
In simpler terms, Black Ops 3 will not release in 2014 which also means that you will have to hold on tight for a new Black Ops 3 zombies experience.
Activision has confirmed the news in their latest financial call, also confirming that Sledgehammer Games will take charge of the next Call of Duty game.
Don't forget that Sledgehammer were also co-developers on Modern Warfare 3, so they do have experience. Activision seems to be very happy with the studio as well, even having this surprising statement to make:
Bobby Kotick expects "Sledgehammer's 2014 Call of Duty game to be one of if not the best Call of Duty games ever."
Unsurprisingly, there were no further details on Sledgehammer's game in relation to a Call of Duty 2014 release date. It's obviously refreshing to see Activision confirm that the game is on the way though, so hopefully more details will be coming soon.
What is your reaction to the news that Black Ops 3 is definitely not releasing in 2014? Are you optimistic that Sledgehammer Games can handle making a Call of Duty game this year that could be the very best, in Activision's words?
Time will tell and obviously the debut Call of Duty 2014 trailer will give us a clearer idea. Give us your reaction to this below. We wonder if Sledgehammer games is planning their own take on zombies, similar in the way in which Infinity Ward has just brought us Extinction mode.
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Dichter creates new police post
Position created for Lt.-Cmdr. Bentzi Sau, slammed by the Or Commission.
By REBECCA ANNA STOIL
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In what Arab civil rights groups termed "a pat on the back to the criminals of October 2000," Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter on Thursday announced the nomination of Lt.-Cmdr. Bentzi Sau to be the ministry's security secretary. Sau is currently serving as the Border Police staff commander and previously served as the commander of the Jerusalem and Northern District Border Police. It was as the Border Police commander in the North that Sau was involved in the October 2000 riots, during which 12 Israeli Arabs and a Palestinian were killed in clashes with security forces. The Or Commission, which probed the clashes, found that Sau commanded an unnecessary confrontation between border policemen and Arabs at the Umm el-Fahm junction, during which two protesters were killed by live rounds and rubber bullets were shot into the crowd. The commission also found that Sau was involved in sniper shootings at Arab stone-throwers. In its findings, published in 2003, the commission recommended that "Sau should not be promoted in rank or position from his current post for a period of four years from the day of the publication of the commission's findings." In 2001, however, before the commission finished its proceedings, Sau received his current rank from then-internal security minister Uzi Landau. At the time, Adalah, the legal center for Arab minority rights, petitioned the High Court against his promotion. The court rejected the petition, claiming that the Or Commission had not yet published its findings and therefore it could not intervene. Although Sau has served in two other positions since the Or Commission published its findings, he has not been promoted since 2001. Police defended previous position switches by saying that they did not constitute promotions, but rather lateral moves. Shortly after entering the ministry, Dichter announced that he intended to change the role of staff commander. He redefined the position as "security secretary," and lowered the rank needed to fill the position from commander to lieutenant-commander, thus enabling Sau to fill it. The appointment, which Dichter made after consultation with Police Insp.-Gen. Moshe Karadi, is to go into effect on Sunday. Internal Security Ministry officials emphasized Thursday that they had examined the possibility of the promotion from a legal perspective in addition to reviewing Sau's professional merits. The Mossawa Center, the Advocacy Center for Arab Citizens in Israel, said that "Sau's appointment is an additional nail in the coffin of the Or Commission's recommendations. The Mossawa Center demands that Dichter withdraw his appointment, which it sees as a pat on the back to the criminals of October 2000 that sends a message to the Arab public that their blood is cheap."


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L must be one of the least exhilarating letters in the automotive world – and especially for those who appreciate Porsche 911s. After all, 'L' usually refers to long-wheelbase models, but letters such as S, R, RS, GT or GTS, well, enthusiasts pay more notice to those!
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