the third major group of Eumaniraptora, the Avialae or birds.
the morphology of various modern forms.
the Avialae come from is difficult.
from a close common ancestor shared with troodontids.
have a good fossil record of.
of detail, it is also unclear where exactly Archaeopteryx fits.
of the true Avialae, but just very close to it.
making it hard to see specific phylogenetic relationships.
And as you'll learn in this lesson birds only became more and more diverse.
Flight, it seems is a pretty useful power to have.
the ability to exploit hard to reach resources.
Flight removed basically all geographic barriers.
Even with competition from pterosaurs, bird evolution took off.
And birds became the most successful of all dinosaurs.
True Avialae have a scapula fused to the coracoid.
an ulna that is longer than the femur.
The tails of Avialae are short and are composed of 25 or fewer caudal vertebrae.
included the Chinese genre Jeholornis.
of the classic bird traits that is unrelated to flight, a beak.
Do you remember which of the following theropod groups evolved beaks?
So select all the answers that you think are correct.
Therizinosauria all had beaks; so too did the Ceratosaurine limosaurus.
So C and D are correct.
beaks often evolved in theropods that switch to herbivorous or omnivorous diets.
it has a small beak in the front of its mouth.
that it too had made the switch.
Most remaining birds belong to the pygostylia.
you will remember are fused terminal tail vertebra that support feathers.
than their more primitive avian ancestors.
Among the earliest pygostylia was the genus Confuciusornis.
This bird is currently known only from the Early Cretaceous of Eastern Asia.
But thousands of specimens have been excavated from the Laoining fossil beds.
modern birds or an instance of convergence.
that are more closely related to modern birds, still had teeth.
in the plumage of early birds.
broadened ovoid tips while others lacked these enhanced tail plums.
ornamental plumage is often used by males to display and attract females.
Is it A, the long tail feathers were present in juveniles but not in adults?
B, Confuciusornis flock together in large social groups.
and those without were females.
It is usually the males of a species that are most flamboyant.
So it is generally assumed that the long plumed Confuciusornis are males.
is a reference to the group's development of a large and keeled sternum.
They evolved a more flexible shoulder joint and a tarsometatarsus condition.
which allowed each foot to function better at grasping branches.
that extended from digit one of the hand to form a structure called the alula.
And the alula is easily seen on the wings of all modern birds, like this one.
Here is digit one which along with these feathers forms the alula.
adjust independently of the rest of the wing.
fine tune the curvature of their wings.
The alula comes into play most frequently during the landing and take off.
When birds need to generate lift in spite moving at relatively slow speeds.
became highly successful and globally distributed.
others were as large as eagles.
All Enantiornithes still had teeth, and most had reduced hand claws.
The feathers on a bird's wings are not the only ones that help it to fly.
A bird's tailfeathers are also important.
In what way does a bird make use of its feathery tail?
Is it as A, a stabilizer and rudder.
Or C, a secondary paddle?
can be adjusted like a rudder to help steer it through the air.
they marked an important change in the form of the avian tail.
with feathers projecting laterally all along the rear quarter of the tail.
the long tail feathers projected like a tuft from the tail tip.
as a single unit to create lift and improve aerial manoeuverability.
a surprising evolutionary twist, the loss of flight.
Why might a lineage of birds lose the power of flight?
is it because flightlessness A, allows them to increase absolute body size.
C, improves their ability to migrate.
And or D, improves their ability to avoid predators.
Flightlessness can evolve for many reasons.
Increase body size is one.
of large body size outweigh the benefits of flight, flightlessness can result.
A big drawback to flight is its high energy requirements.
So A and B are both correct.
predatory avoidance are usually benefits associated with flight.
small they could not possibly have been used in flight.
Gargantuavis is a European bird known from only a small collection of bones however.
near the size of a modern ostrich.
It would have been too large and heavy to have flown.
should be no more surprising than the various flightless birds of today.
with flight and the archetype of modern birds in mind.
Evolution is a process without foresight or long term goals.
Evolution works to optimize animals for their current environment.
It cannot anticipate future environmental changes or challenges.
it can evolve even if that adaptation will doom the species to extinction later.
which continue the trend in tail reduction.
free vertebrae and the total tail length is less than the length of the femur.
Do you recall from the previous lessons what effect tail reduction had on birds?
Did the reduction result in A, increased total body mass?
B, a centre of mass positioned in front of the hips.
And or D, weaker femoral retraction musculature.
Multiple answers might be correct so check all the answers you think are correct.
total body mass was reduced not increased.
it resulted in a forward shift in the centre of mass.
however that was not a bad thing because it granted birds improved manoeuverability.
Lastly, the reduction in the tail included reduced femoral retraction musculature.
So, B and D are the correct answers.
also had greatly reduced wings and most were also flightless.
However, they were not ground birds like Patagopteryx and Gargantuavis.
these teeth evolved into long conical form.
It should be remembered that the fossil record of Mesozoic birds is poor.
preserved specimens, they are the exceptions and not the rule.
have such thinly walled bones, their skeletons are not durable.
And this gives them very poor odds of ever becoming fossils.
we don't know if it was early or late, a new group of birds evolved.
The Neornithes, and these include all modern birds.
Neornithes are characterized by the complete absence of teeth.
the Cenozoic wiped out many different kinds of animals and plants.
It ended lineages of all major dinosaur groups, except birds.
than other dinosaurs, during the stressful period of this extinction event?
Was it because birds were A, well armoured.
B, small and therefore had lower food requirements.
C, limited in their habitat distribution.
Or D, grew and reproduced slowly.
that it hit big animals the hardest.
often faster reproductive rates of small organisms can be a big advantage.


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Fresh political raids targets leading Turkish NGO Kimse Yok Mu
Police teams from the Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime division stormed the office of UN member NGO Kimse Yok Mu's branch in Turkey's northwestern province of Kocaeli on Wednesday in the latest political raid to sweep the country.
Date posted: September 2, 2015
On early Wednesday morning, police Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime division KOM teams entered the Kocaeli branch of Kimse Yok Mu and confiscating applications by utilizing the reasonable doubt clause which allows police to conduct raids without any substantiated evidence. Providing aid to 4.5 million across 113 countries, Kimse Yok Mu has repeatedly been subjected to arbitrary government backed audits, passing all inspections with flying colors.
"This operation constitutes nothing more than a smear campaign," said Kimse Yok Mu's lawyer Sait Yılmaz. "There are no irregularities here, nor any crime or evidence that could justify a raid into this NGO which works transparently for the good of the public, helping out the people in need."
Yılmaz also expressed that the raid, arriving just weeks ahead of the Muslim holiday of sacrifice, Eid al-Adha, is attempting to discourage donors. The Muslim holiday is one of the most important dates in the calendar year for Kimse Yok Mu increasing its operations to provide food to the impoverished in dozens of nations.
The president of the branch, Mevlüt Topçu, stated, "This operation is an attempt to sway public attention away from important developments in the country." He added "The volunteers working inside are quite reasonable people and have never done anything wrong. We would never tolerate any wrong doing."
The ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) has continued to draw harsh criticism over targeting certain sections of society, conducting raids against educational institutions, media as well as private enterprises.
Source: BGNNews , Sept 2, 2015
Tags: Defamation of Hizmet | Humanitarian aid | Turkey |
Kimse Yok Mu reaches out to 12,000 families in Palestine
Despite the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government's removal of Turkish aid organization Kimse Yok Mu's right to raise money without permission from the Ministry of Interior Affairs, the UN-affiliated aid association is getting ready to deliver meat to 12,000 poor households in Palestine.
Nearly 500 police officials reassigned in Ankara, İzmir
Erdoğan has reacted furiously to the corruption investigation, decrying an attempted "judicial coup" his supporters see as orchestrated by the Hizmet movement. He has reassigned thousands of police officers, more than a hundred judges and prosecutors, and purged official bodies of executives he suspects of being close to Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen.
Turkey Targets Gulen-Inspired Projects Around the World
In past years, big names in South Africa picked up the annual Gulen Peace Award, a local accolade inspired by a Turkish preacher who has been blamed by Turkey for an attempted coup last month.
Erdoğan's Henchman: Oppression Targeting Gülen Movement To Be More Severe After Zarrab Case
Turkish autocratic President Erdoğan's former speechwriter and current Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy Aydın Ünal wrote on Tuesday that the witch hunt against the alleged followers of the Gülen movement in Turkey will eventually become severe as a result of the Zarrab case in the US.
Turkish Olympiads – A Blessing from God
DR. ALI BAYRAM We had no idea in our world, what it was like abroad. All we used to know was our village, town or our province at best. The saying "Destination Antep, food molasses!" fittingly portrays our case, indeed. It was in 1990s. We were on our way to visit Fethullah Gulen Hodja Efendi […]
Divided republic of RTE
The most recent example of the division is reflected at the social level. A realtor put a sign on his shop saying, "Followers of the Gülen movement are not allowed to do business in this shop." Pro-Erdoğan journalists, instead of condemning the shop owner, thanked him. This is a typical hate crime promoted by Erdoğan and his close associates.
RTÜK suspends 20 SHaber TV shows, harshest penalty of all times
Ethiopian Minister of Foreign Affairs holds talks with TUSKON delegation
'Portraying Hizmet against settlement process groundless'
Erdoğanist Turks Target Inter-Cultural Dialogue Activities Of Gülen Followers In Germany
Fethullah Gülen writes for Politico Europe: Muslims have a unique responsibility in fighting terror
Prof. Ergil: Gülen is in general a very bashful person
Turkey detainees tortured, raped after failed coup, rights group says

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Göta flygflottilj (F 9) eller F 9 Säve var en flygflottilj inom svenska flygvapnet som verkade i olika former åren 1940–1969. Förbandsledningen var förlagd i Göteborgs garnison vid Säve flygplats.

Historik
Vid krigsutbrottet 1939 bestod Flygvapnet av endast en jaktflottilj, Svea flygflottilj (F 8), vilken svarade för Stockholms luftförsvar. Av den anledningen beslutade riksdagen den 28 februari 1940 att Flygvapnet skulle stärkas med ytterligare två jaktflottiljer, F 9 i Göteborg och F 10 i Skåne, i syfte att försvara luftrummet över Göteborgs- samt Skåneregionen. F 9 avsågs som ett provisoriskt krigsförband, med det primära syftet att just luftförsvara Göteborgsregionen. Den 8 juni 1938 beviljade riksdagen ett extra anslag till försvaret på 20 miljoner, då riksdagen även antog ett förslag om att sätta upp en flottilj i Såtenäs, under namnet Göta flygflottilj. Genom riksdagens beslut den februari 1940, fick flottiljen i Såtenäs namnet Skaraborgs flygflottilj, och namnet Göta flygflottilj friställdes till Göteborgsflottiljen. Att flottiljen förlades till Göteborg var ingen självklarhet, då den från början var tänkt att förläggas till Trollhättan.

Med bakgrund till riksdagsbeslutet som angav att flottiljen skulle sättas upp den 1 juli 1940, kom flottiljen, på grund av obefintligt flottiljområdet, första tiden att verka från andra platser än just Säve. Staben förlades till centrala Göteborg, och delar av den övriga personalen förlades till Barkarby skola i Stockholm. Mellan den 4 och 9 juli flögs flottiljens flygplan över till Bunge flygfält, där den från den 10 juli 1940 organiserades i två divisioner. Divisionerna hade utrustades med tygmateriel från Flygkrigsskolan (F 5) och Svea flygflottilj (F 8). Till en början lånades J 9 från F 8. Under sensommaren fick flottiljen sin första huvudtyp, i form av J 8.

I januari 1941 började J 11 levereras till F 9, då flottiljområdet i Säve stod färdigt att tas i bruk. Dock hade ingen större byggnadsprojektering gjorts, utan den första bebyggelsen bestod av fältbaracker. Den 1 september 1943 levereras de första individerna J 22 till F 9. Vilka ersätts i början av 1946 av J 21A. Den 29 juli 1946 inträffade ett haveri med en J 21 ur 91. jaktflygdivisionen, flygförare var Fänrik Bengt-Olov Johansson (senare Järkenstedt). Haveriet inträffade genom en kollision mellan Fänrik Johansson och en J 22:a från 92. jaktflygdivisionen över Pater Noster-skärgårdens naturreservat. Fänrik Johansson räddade sig genom att skjuta ut sig med katapultstol, och blev först i Sverige att rädda sig med denna metod. Den 21 juli 1949 gick flottiljen in i den så kallade jetåldern, då den beväpnas med J 28B Vampire. Och ett år senare besökte hela 91. jaktflygdivisionen Royal Air Force i North Weald och Farnborough, under perioden 30 augusti till 8 september.

Genom att Västra flygbasområdet (Flybo V) avvecklas 1957, och delvis ersättas med luftförsvarssektor W2, blev F 9 så kallad sektorflottilj. I december 1958 antog riksdagen propositionen, vilken låg till grund för försvarsbeslutet 1958, där det bland annat det framgick att två flygflottiljer skulle avvecklas. Detta på grund av minskade anslag till Flygvapnet, eller rättare sagt en nedskärning. För att kunna skapa ett ekonomiskt utrymme för modernisering av de kvarvarande delarna av Flygvapnet, bland annat genom införandet av flygplanen Saab 32 Lansen och Saab 35 Draken. Det vill säga en satsning på kvalitet framför kvantitet, något som hela försvaret genomgick vid denna tidpunkt. Valet av flottiljer kom att falla på Svea flygflottilj (F 8) och Hallands flygflottilj (F 14). Svea flygflottilj som vid denna tid var beväpnad med Hawker Hunter, i Flygvapnet benämnd J 34, skulle överföra samtliga individer till Göta flygflottilj (F 9) i Göteborg. Den 24 april 1962 överfördes det sista flygplanet, S/N 34099, vilken flögs ner till Göteborg av flottiljchefen överste Sven Uggla.

I början av 1960-talet beslutade sig Österrike att köpa 30 individer av J 29F Tunnan. F 9 kom tillsammans med F 15 i Söderhamn, med start 6 juli 1961, att utbilda förare och tekniker till det österrikiska flygvapnet. Den 8 maj 1966 firade flottiljen sitt 25-årsjubileum, vilket bland annat gjorde genom att anordna en stor flygdag. Totalt 40 000 åskådare för att beskåda flyguppvisningarna vid flottiljen. Samma år upplöstes Andra flygeskadern (E 2), även kallad Jakteskadern, där F 9 ingått sedan 1942. F 9 kom nu istället att underställas chefen för Västra militärområdet (Milo V).

I samband med att Saab 35 Draken började tillföras Flygvapnet i början av 1960-talet, låg Göta flygflottilj i plan mot slutet av 1960-talet att tillföras J 35B från Södertörns flygflottilj (F 18), vilka enligt plan skulle ombeväpnas till J 35F. Våren 1967 meddelade Flygvapenchefen Lage Thunberg att han hade för avsikt att vakantsätta sex jaktflygdivisioner samt föreslå en avveckling av bland annat F 18. Bakgrunden till de drastiska åtgärderna från Flygvapnets sida, var att regeringen hade brutit den årliga automatiska kostnadsökningarna i försvaret. Det vill säga försvarsbudgeten hade en årlig real uppräkningen på två procent. Och för att rädda Viggenprojektet och där Flygvapnet planerade att beställa 800 flygplan, iscensattes ett antal ekonomiska besparingar.

I februari 1967 fick försvarets fredsorganisationsutredning (FFU) i uppdrag att bland annat utreda förhållandena vid flygvapnet samt att minst två flottiljer skulle avvecklas. Eric Wesström, utredningsman vid Fredsorganisationsutredningen lämnade två delbetänkanden, i maj 1967 föreslogs att Göta flygflottilj (F 9) skulle avvecklas och i december 1967 föreslogs att Södertörns flygflottilj (F 18) och Roslagens flygkår (F 2) skulle avvecklas. Att just jaktflygflottiljerna Göta flygflottilj och Södertörns flygflottilj föreslogs för avveckling, hade bland annat sin bakgrund i att Chefen för flygvapnet i samband med en större vakantsättningen av flygdivisioner föreslagit för överbefälhavaren att just dessa två flygflottiljer skulle avvecklas. Gällande Göta flygflottilj så ansåg fredsorganisationsutredningen att utredningsunderlag hade varit tillräckligt för att föreslå en avveckling.

Inför 1968 års försvarsbeslut ansåg regeringen att F 9 skulle avvecklas, men att flygbasen skulle kvarstå som krigsflygbas. Tidsplanen för avvecklingen av flottiljen och dess divisioner, skulle ske i två steg. Den 30 juni 1968 skulle 92. jaktflygdivisionen och 93. jaktflygdivisionen med baskompanier avvecklas. Dock var 93. jaktflygdivisionen sedan 30 juni 1967 vakantsatt. Så i praktiken var det endast 92. jaktflygdivisionen som avvecklades 1968. Den 30 december 1968 skulle flottiljens 91. jaktflygdivisionen med tillhörande baskompani avvecklas. Övriga delar av flottiljen avvecklas den 30 juni 1969. Dock skulle strilorganisationen samt organisationen för krigsbasen exkluderas från avvecklingen. Gällande strilorganisationen föreslogs det att den skulle överföras till annan flottilj.

År 1968 godkände riksdagen regeringens proposition (1968:109) gällande försvarsbeslutet 1968, vilket fick som konsekvens att förslaget om avveckling av F 9 fastställdes av riksdagen. Den föreslagna avvecklingen av F 18 hade dragits bort, då regeringen aktivt valt att utelämna större beslut om förändringar av grundorganisationen, detta då Försvarets fredsorganisationsutredning (FFU) tillsattes i februari 1967. Vilka hade i uppdrag att utreda lämpliga strukturförändringar i krigsmaktens fredsorganisation. När FFU presenterade sin utredningen, kom beskedet att F 2 Hägernäs och F 8 i Barkarby skulle avvecklas, och F 18 skulle omorganiseras till en skolenhet för Flygvapnets markutbildning. Hawker Hunter blev den sista flygplanstypen vid flottiljen. De J 35B som var tilltänkta att tillföras F 9 från F 18, kom istället att spridas på olika uppställningsplatser runt om i Sverige. Flottiljen kom successivt att avvecklas efter att riksdagen antagit försvarsbeslutet. Flottiljen som vid avvecklingsbeslutet bestod av två divisioner, efter att 93. jaktflygdivisionen vakantsatts sommaren 1967. Sommaren 1968 upphörde flygverksamheten vid 92. jaktflygdivisionen, och vintern 1968 även så på flottiljens 91. jaktflygdivisionen.

Den 25 juni avtackades flottiljen på Gustav Adolfs torg i Göteborg, där flottiljen avlämnades till stadsfullmäktiges ordförande Hans Hansson. I ceremonin på Gustav Adolfs torg deltog (förutom flottiljpersonalen) även fanvakter från Göteborgs garnisons övriga förband. Den 30 juni 1969 inleddes den sista fasen i avvecklingen av flottiljen, då flottiljpersonal med fanvakt ur Göta flygflottilj och Skaraborgs flygflottilj avlämnades till Chefen för Flygvapnet Generallöjtnant Stig Norén, som yttrade orden "Många förändringar, omorganisationer och indragningar har tidigare skett inom krigsmakten, men aldrig förr har ett så ungt förband lagts ned." Som skäl till avvecklingen citerade generallöjtnant Norén försvarsdepartementet "Med hänsyn till den ogynnsamma kostnadsutvecklingen för kvalificerade vapensystem torde det bli nödvändigt med begränsningar i den nuvarande organisationen, framför allt där sådana system är helt avgörande för dennas storlek." Efter att generallöjtnant Noréns tal skedde parad för flottiljens fana, som av flottiljchefen Ulf Cappelen-Smith överlämnade den till generallöjtnant Norén, som i sin tur överlämnade fanan till chefen Skaraborgs flygflottilj, Bengt Lehander. Klockan 15.00 den 30 juni 1969 förklarades flottiljen avvecklad.  Ulf Cappelen-Smith blev senare samma år flottiljchef för Skånska flygflottiljen (F 10).

Det sektoransvar som flottiljen haft överfördes den 1 juli 1969 till Skaraborgs flygflottilj. Flottiljområdet övertogs delvis av 2. helikopterdivisionen, vilka omlokaliserades från Torslanda. Genom 2004 års försvarsbeslut lämnade Försvarsmakten helt flottiljområdet.

Att Göta flygflottilj avvecklades, trots att den ansågs som en av Flygvapnets modernaste, med nybyggt trafikledartorn, två berghangarer och två rullbanor. Är något som skönjas i att Göteborgs tillverkningsindustri gick på högvarv i högkonjunkturen efter andra världskriget. En tillverkningsindustri som dominerades av de tre fartygsvarven Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstad, Götaverken och Lindholmens varv, Volvos fordonsindustri samt SKF:s kullagerfabrik. Inför riksdagsbeslutet hade FFU räknat med att 183 tjänster skulle direkt beröras genom en avveckling av F 9 och F 18. Och valet med att avveckla F 9 fick ingen påverkan av sysselsättningen i Göteborg, jämfört med vad en avveckling av en flottilj i en småstad skulle haft för effekt på sysselsättningen. Vidare byggde det svenska invasionsförsvaret på ett hot mot östra Sverige och inte från flottiljens västra läge i Sverige.

Viktigare årtal

1940: Flottiljen bildas den 1 juli.
1940: Flottiljen organiseras på Bunge flygfält den 10 juli.
1940: Flottiljen beväpnas med J 8 Gloster Gladiator.
1941: Flottiljen är fullt organiserad i september.
1941: Flottiljen beväpnas med J 11.
1943: Flottiljen beväpnas med J 22.
1946: Flottiljen beväpnas med J 21A.
1949: Flottiljen träder in i jetåldern.
1949: Flottiljen beväpnas med J 28B Vampire.
1952: Flottiljen beväpnas med J 29 Tunnan.
1955: Gustaf VI Adolf inviger det "Nya berget" den 15 maj.
1957: Flottiljen blir så kallad sektorflottilj.
1961: Flottiljen beväpnas med J 34 Hunter.
1961: Flottiljen utbildar personal  i Österrikiska flygvapnet.
1964: Flottiljen tillförs Hkp 3B, som räddningshelikopter.
1966: Flottiljen firar sitt 25-årsjubileum den 8 maj.
1967: Ivar Gul vakantsätts den 30 juni.
1968: Ivar Blå avvecklas den 30 juni.
1968: Ivar Röd avvecklas den 31 december.
1969: Flottiljen avvecklas kl 15.00 den 30 juni.

Verksamhet
Flottiljen disponerade med äganderätt totalt ca 525 ha mark — kasernområdet 35 ha, flygfältsområdet 280 ha, markstridsområdet 50 ha och målplatsen 160 ha vid Björlanda. Flottiljen var en jaktflottilj och dess tre divisioner var utrustade med flygplan J 34 Hawker Hunter och skulle därefter utrustats med flygplan J 35 Draken. Chefen för flottiljen hade i fredstid till uppgift att utbilda tre jaktdivisioner med tillhörande basförband. Flottiljen var också en så kallad sektorflottilj inom luftförsvarssektor W2, som omfattade i huvudsak Göteborgs och Bohus län samt Hallands län, Älvsborgs län och Skaraborgs län och som i luftoperativt hänseende lyder under militärbefälhavaren för Södra militärområdet. Göta flygflottilj var den enda jaktflottiljen inom denna sektor. Chefen för en sektorflottilj ansvarade för planläggningen av luftförsvaret inom sektorn samt för mobilisering och förvaltning av enheter och anläggningar även utanför flottiljen.

Ingående enheter

91. jaktflygdivisionen
91. jaktflygdivisionen eller Ivar Röd var 1. divisionen vid flottiljen och bildades den 1 juli 1940 som en skolflygdivision. Flygdivision förlades inledningsvis till Roma kloster på Gotland. Divisionen kom att operera med J 9 Serversky P-35 J 11 Fiat CR 42 Falco, J 22 FFVS 22, J 21A, J 28B Vampire, J 29 Tunnan och J 34 Hunter. Divisionen var den sista aktiva vid flottiljen, då den avvecklades den 31 december 1968.

92. jaktflygdivisionen
92. jaktflygdivisionen eller Ivar Blå var 2. divisionen vid flottiljen och bildades den 1 juli 1940 som en skolflygdivision. Flygdivision förlades inledningsvis till Bunge på Gotland. Divisionen kom att operera med J 8 Gladiator, J 11 Falco, J 22, J 21A, J 28B Vampire, J 29 Tunnan, J 34 Hunter fram till att den upplöstes den 6 juni 1968. Officiellt avvecklades divisionen med tillhörande baskompani den 30 juni 1968.

93. jaktflygdivisionen
93. jaktflygdivisionen eller Ivar Gul var 3. divisionen vid flottiljen och bildades den 13 mars 1941 vid Skaraborgs flygflottilj (F 7) i Såtenäs. Divisionen kom även den att opera med samma flygplanstyper som 91. jaktflygdivisionen och 92. jaktflygdivisionen. Den 30 juni 1967 vakantsattes divisionen. Officiellt avvecklades divisionen med tillhörande baskompani den 30 juni 1968.

Sektorsansvar
År 1957 omorganiserades luftbevakningen av hela Sverige, då fem flygbasområden avvecklades, däribland Västra flygbasområdet (Flybo V), och ersattes av elva luftförsvarssektorer. I regel tilldelades jaktflottiljerna ett sektoransvar och blev tillika sektorflottilj. Detta innebär att flottiljchef svarade för en luftförsvarssektor. Göta flygflottilj (F 9) tilldelades ansvaret för luftförsvarssektor W2, som i stort sett omfattade dagens [Västra Götalands län samt Hallands län. Sektorn leddes ifrån luftförsvarscentralen LFC Svalan i Mölndal, vilken fick sin radarinformationen från radargruppcentral Rrgc Hajen. I avvecklingsbeslutet ingick att sektoransvaret skulle överföras på Skaraborgs flygflottilj (F 7) i Såtenäs, vilket så skedde från den 1 juli 1969. Genom att F 7 tilldelades ett sektoransvar, blev flottiljen den enda attackflottiljen inom Flygvapnet med ett sektoransvar. År 1981 bildades Sektor Syd, vilken var en sammanslagning av luftförsvarssektorerna i södra Sverige, det vill säga sektor S1, S2 och W2. Sektoransvaret för Sektor Syd tilldelades Skånska flygflottiljen (F 10), med ledningsplats i Hästveda. I samband med att Skånska flygflottiljen avvecklades, överfördes strildetachement i Hästveda till F 17. År 2000 avvecklades samtliga luftförsvarssektor, då benämnda flygkommandon. Sedan den 1 januari 2009 ansvarar Luftstridsskolan (LSS) för luftbevakning via radar.

Förläggningar och övningsplatser

Efter att riksdagen beslutat om att en flygflottilj skulle förläggas till Säve, påbörjades byggnationerna 1940. Byggnadsprojektet hade till en början ej något fast byggnadsprogram med anledningen av brådskan i den svenska mobiliseringen. De första byggnaderna utgjordes av fältbaracker. Flottiljen Göta flygflottilj (F 9) sattes upp den 1 juli 1940. och avsågs vara ett provisoriskt krigsförband, med det primära syftet att luftförsvara Göteborgsregionen. Året därpå, det vill säga 1941, stod flygfältet färdigt. Flottiljen blev 1942 den första av sitt slag i Sverige med att få en berghangar, vilken stod färdig 1942. Totalt uppfördes ett 60-tal byggnader inom flottiljområdet. Efter att flottiljen avvecklades behöll försvaret både flygplatsen med tillhörande flottiljområde. Flygvapnet organiserade det "Nya berget" som krigsbas. I fredstid utgjorde berget ett mobiliseringsförråd för jaktflygplan, och sköttes av en baspluton ur Skaraborgs flygflottilj (F 7), vilken även försåg flygande personal ur Första flygeskadern (E 1) med omklädningsrum och flygplan. Flottiljområdet administrerades av Göta luftvärnsregemente (Lv 6) och från 1994 av Älvsborgs kustartilleriregemente (KA 4). År 2000 utgick berghangarerna ur krigsorganisationen. Sedan 1976 är västra delen av flygplatsen omvandlad till civil flygplats, och gick fram till 2014 under namnet Göteborg City Airport.

Gamla berget
Gamla Berget användes som hangar för ett kompani J 29F och ett kompani J 34. Hangaren var också tillsynshangar för det kvarvarande J 29F-kompaniet. Efter att omskolningen fullgjorts till J 34 den 1 mars 1963, kom Gamla berget att användas av två kompanier utrustade med J 34 samtidigt som tillsyn av J 29F upphör.

Nya berget
Nya Berget användes av ett kompani utrustat med J 34, en för flottiljen gemensam Sk 16-grupp med 5-7 flygplan och en central tillsynsavdelning för J 34. F 9 hade förutom flottiljverkstaden (avdelning 6) inga hangarutrymmen utöver ovan angivna. Normal tilldelning av flygplan typ J 34 till flottiljen bedömdes rymma i berganläggningarna. Efter avvecklingen av flottiljen kom Nya Berget fungera som uppställningsplats för övertaliga J 35 Draken.

Heraldik och traditioner

Göta flygflottilj mottog sin fana den 13 oktober 1941, vilken överlämnades av HKH Prins Gustaf Adolf på Säve flygplats. Flottiljen hade sin högtidsdag den 6 november, som ett minne till Gustaf II Adolf, som var grundaren till Göteborg. Efter att flottiljen avvecklas, kom traditionsarvet till Skaraborgs flygflottilj (F 7). Sedan 1991 finns en stående och separat utställning om Göta flygflottilj (F 9) vid F 7 Gårds- och flottiljmuseum i Såtenäs. Traditionsofficer och handläggare i traditionsfrågor för F 9 är Ove Larsson, Museiintendent F 7.

F 9 hade endast en uppsättning divisionsemblem under de år flottiljen verkade. Dessa tillkom omkring 1943 och förblev ytterst långlivade.
91. jaktflygdivisionens emblem bestod av en djävul, vilken i vissa fall var placerad på en triangel eller "tårtbit". Djävulen erhöll några mindre förändringar under årens lopp och fick sedermera ett helt nytt utseende i samband med introduktionen av J 28.
92. jaktflygdivisionen bar en bulldog, vilken allmänt gick under namnet "Bonzo", på sina flygplan. Efter andra världskriget försågs märket ofta med en rund, blå bakgrund.
93. jaktflygdivisionen hade en boxande geting som sitt emblem. Det här märket förändrades föga under åren och förblev i stort sett det samma.

Samtliga emblem förekom i mångahanda utsträckning på J 11, J 22, J 21, J 28 och J 29 fram till och med slutet av 1950-talet. De användes dock aldrig på J 34, men levde vidare som hjälmmärken fram till flottiljens nedläggning 1969.

År 1943 började Flottiljen måla hjulkåpor och spinnrar, på sina J 11:or, i divisionsfärg. Ordningsföljden var densamma som sedermera skulle komma att införas generellt inom flygvapnet under slutet av 1944.

En liten unik anekdot, är att många av flottiljens J 21:or under en period försågs med namn vars första bokstav utgjorde flygplanets kodbokstav. Namnet placerades vanligen på nosen och förekom hos både 91. jaktflygdivisionen och 92. jaktflygdivisionen

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OG Maco Questions Why He's Still Signed To QC, Says They "Sabotage Careers"
OG Maco goes in on his label for "sabotaging careers."
Of all the projects that Quality Control has undertaken as a label, they have been extremely successful with the majority of them. The Migos have become one of the largest rap groups of all time and Lil Yachty is making serious noise as one of the most original voices in Atlanta. Their newest venture is to grow Lil Baby into a star and his Harder Than Ever album looks to be just the start for him. For some reason, some rappers under Coach K and Pee's tutelage have not achieved the success that they feel they deserve with Skippa da Flippa shading his label earlier this year. Now, OG Maco is speaking out on his cultural impact, noting that QC is known for "sabotaging careers."
The rant began when a fan innocently asked if Maco was still signed to QC as we have not heard from the Atlanta artist in a while. Before tearing his label a new one, Maco confirmed he was still with Quality Control before adding, "Why? Who knows." This was not the end of the "U Guessed It" rapper's tweet spree though as he reposted several fans claiming that he "made SoundCloud rap mainstream" and comparing him to Kid Cudi in terms of popularizing a musical style. Maco went a step further by attacking his label, saying that they have "sabotaged MULTIPLE careers" and affirming that he will not drop any projects under their guidance.
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PENSACOLA, Fla. (NNS) -- A special unveiling of 140 names being added to the Vietnam Memorial Wall South was the highlight of the annual Memorial Day Observance Ceremony, May 28, 2017, at the Pensacola Veterans Memorial Park.
Guest speaker retired U.S. Navy Cmdr. Scott Moyer was honored to be a part of this ceremony.
"All these names are very real people," Moyer said. "I don't know what words could ever put into perspective that brave men and women gave their lives so we could be here today."
Among the names being added were four members of "The Lost Back End Crew," Lt. Walter Linzy; ATC Joseph Aubin; ATR3 Richard Stocker and ATR3 Richard Hunt, of an EA-3B Skywarrior aircraft from Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron Two (VQ-2).
The Lost Back End Crew received this name after having to bail out over the South China Sea during an in-flight emergency while en route to a combat mission May 26, 1966. The men were never heard from again.
Control of the aircraft was regained after the back end crew bailed out. Lt. Colin Pemberton, the navigator who stayed aboard the plane, recorded their bail out as "Lost Back End Crew" in his logbook.
The four men were not originally listed on the national Vietnam Veterans Memorial because they were not originally identified as "combat casualties" by the Department of Defense. Stephanie Loper, Hunt's niece, spearheaded the campaign to fix that and have the names added to the memorial in Washington so they could be properly remembered for their efforts in the Vietnam War.
Loper's campaign was officially a success when the names were added to the memorial in 2012.
The ceremony in Pensacola took place on the same weekend 51 years after the Lost Back End Crew incident.
Loper said being a part of the project gave her the opportunity to meet the family members of the rest of the Lost Back End Crew. She attended the ceremony with Jay Aubin, the father of one of the four lost men.
"Through them I got to meet my uncle," she said.
Loper's uncle died five years before she was born.
Capt. Mark Stockfish, commodore Training Air Wing Six in Pensacola, has a direct link to the campaign to honor the men.
He was the commanding officer of VQ-2 when Loper approached the command for help with the project. He and his wife were present for both sets of name unveilings in Washington and Pensacola.
"Memorial Day is a great time for this ceremony," Stockfish said. "It lets us remember all of our shipmates, especially the ones who have given the ultimate sacrifice like the Lost Back End Crew. I am so glad that I got to represent VQ-2 at both ceremonies and show that we remember our fallen comrades."
Wall South is a one-half scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., and is the only permanent memorial structure in the United States for the Vietnam War outside of the nation's capital.
Unlike the Washington memorial, which adds names annually, Wall South does not update names regularly. The 140 names added to Wall South this year are in coordination with the names updated on the Washington memorial over the years.


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Billee Culin, outgoing president of Chapter 1043 for over 5 1/2 years was presented with the plaque showing the name of the chapter being changed to THE BILLEE CULIN WEST VALLEY CHAPTER 1043 VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA on April 11, 2016.
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Luke Koerner, former VP VVA Chapter 1043, recognized as Marine of the Year Award for 2015.
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New officers and a AVVA representative were elected and sworn in on Tuesday, April 8, 2014. See the Officers page on this website for the list of officers and AVVA representative information. The officers of Chapter 1043 were sworn in by Ted Vogt, Director, Arizona Department of Veteran Services.
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Debbie Lee is a Gold Star Mother who's son Marc Lee was the 1st Navy Seal killed in Iraq. In honor of her son, she has dedicated her entire home to his memory and to the families and soldiers that come thru Surprise to stay for as long as they need to meditate, etc. Chapter 1043 had the Sanctuary built in her back yard dedicated to the branches of the military. Yesterday we had the dedication.
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Laid a wreath for the 70th Anniversary of the Bombing of Pearl Harbor at Wesley Bolin Park, Phoenix, AZ.
The 3rd Annual Women Veterans Conference in Phoenix. We had a table with information for women veterans of the Vietnam Era.
Greeted the riders of Run for the Wall in Tolleson, AZ to show our support and made a monetary donation that assisted a young veteran to be able to participate in the ride.
Participated in the Memorial Day Wreath Laying Ceremony at the National Veterans Cemetery.
Participated in the Memorial Day Observance at Sunland Mortuary, Sun City, Arizona.
Donated $500 to help with Stand Down 2011 that provides assistance to homeless veterans in the Phoenix area.
We also had a table at Stand Down with information about help for Vietnam Veterans.
Sponsored a young veteran and family who would not have had a Christmas without the generosity of the members with toys, clothing, food, gift cards and cash donated by the members.
Officially Chartered as a Chapter of the Vietnam Veterans of America.


The Department for Youth and Universities, under the Office of the His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Saeed Al-Hakim, organized a forum for the first batch of Iraqi university students and educational institutions, which took place at Madrasah Ayatollah Sayyid Mohsin al-Hakim in the holy city of Najaf, during a summer holiday course. In this forum, the scholar Sayyid Tu'mah al-Jabiri gave a lecture entitled, 'The Importance of the Age of Youth'.
The Sayyid began his talk by welcoming those attending and praised their participation in such an event in the vicinity of the grave of Imam Ali (peace be upon him). He spoke of the virtues of being on such sacred grounds, and of the need to capitalize on this time near the Imam (peace be upon him), and to feel the spiritual change within us.
He emphasized the importance of the age of youth in the life of a human, as that time in the life of a person which will define the success during his life journey, or lack thereof. During this important part of one's life, it is necessary to have cognizance and education. Imam Ali (peace be upon him) said, "You, the youth of the community, will soon be the elders of the community." They have this responsibility and they are the future leaders of Iraq.
I would like to know how to pray Wittar of Isha Prayer.
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Can a man shave his moustache and beard? Is this ruling based on an obligatory precaution?
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How should I end prayers?
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Bulgarian Antique Traffickers Flood Europe with Fake Archaeological Artifacts, Forged Thracian Treasure on Sale for EUR 200,000
July 20, 2015 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Thrace, Antiquity, Crime & Law
This fake Thracian treasure consisting of a breastplate and decorations such as earrings is offered for sale by a forger from Bulgaria's Haskovo District (it is of course presented as a real treasure) for the price of EUR 200,000. Photo: Interior Ministry / 24 Chasa daily
Bulgarian antique traffickers and treasure hunters are flooding the European black market with forged ancient coins and fake archaeological artifacts such as a fake Ancient Thracian treasure which is "on sale" for EUR 200,000, according to the police.
The fake Ancient Thracian treasure in question imitates Bulgaria's otherwise impressive treasures of the Ancient Thracian civilization such the ones which have been on display in the Louvre Museum in Paris for the past few months.
The "treasure" is sold by an antique dealer from the southern Bulgarian District of Haskovo, reports the 24 Chasa daily, citing sources from the Bulgarian police who have even managed to obtain a "promotional" photo of the forged artifacts but have not found the dealer yet.
Since the start of 2015, the Bulgarian police units fighting the rampant illegal treasure hunting and antique trafficking all over the country have registered a sharp rise in the sale of fake archaeological artifacts, with Bulgarian-made fake gold coins of Ancient Macedon Emperor Alexander the Great, for example, inundating the collectors' auctions in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the USA.
The police also reveal that inside Bulgaria collectors pay between BGN 50,000 (app. EUR 25,500) and BGN 100,000 (app. EUR 51,000) for pricy ancient antiques, and when they discover that they have bought fakes they cannot come to the authorities because the antique trade is illegal.
The other major problem inhibiting the prosecution of the treasure hunting and antique trafficking mafia is that when the police catch a forger of archaeological artifacts and ancient coins they cannot charge them because the Bulgarian legislature has not criminalized the production of fake archaeological artifacts yet.
The Interior Ministry has now tabled to the Bulgarian Parliament Penal Code amendments criminalizing the forgery of antiques and art items.
"The problem is that treasure hunting in Bulgaria is thriving but the uppermost archaeological layer, which is 30-40 cm deep, has already been fully ransacked. At the same time, there is a demand, and the antique dealers start compensating [the lack of supply] with fakes. So if you are used to making and spending BGN 5,000-10,000 (app. EUR 2,550-5,100) [per month], you would not be glad to start making only BGN 1,000 (app. EUR 510)," explains Angel Papalezov, an expert at the Cultural and Historical Artifacts Section of Bulgaria's National Police.
According to the police, there are between 20 and 50 skilled forgers working actively in Bulgaria in "different fields" of forgery such as coins, ceramics, gold jewelry. The top performers among those, however, are about a dozen.
One of the most professionally made fakes detected by the Bulgarian police recently is a forged Ancient Thracian treasure representing a golden laurel wreath with oak leaves which is made of real gold and is designed as a replica of an Ancient Thracian treasure from the 4th-3rd century BC.
A forged coin presented as being from the time of Macedon Emperor Alexander the Great (r. 336-323 BC). Photo: Interior Ministry / 24 Chasa daily
A forged replica of an Ancient Thracian golden laurel wreath is offered on Bulgaria's black market for EUR 50,000-60,000. Photo: Interior Ministry / 24 Chasa daily
One of the "promotional" photos advertising the treasure to potential buyers, which has been acquired by the police, shows the fake photographed on a recent newspaper to certify its recent "discovery". The asking price for the fake golden laurel wreath presented as real is between EUR 50,000 and EUR 60,000.
The most interesting fake known to be on sale on the black market in Bulgaria at the present moment, however, is the fake Ancient Thracian treasure mentioned above, which consists of a breastplate and decorations such as earrings, and is presented as dating to the 3rd century BC, with an asking price of EUR 200,000.
The "promotional" photo acquired by the Bulgarian police shows the treasure on the ground in order to demonstrate that it has been freshly "dug up" (pictured above). The treasure is now known to have been made by a forger in the Haskovo District who does not show the fakes directly but first advertises them to the major collectors using photos.
More fake Thracian treasures made by Bulgarian forgers and presented to collectors as authentic archaeological treasures. Photos: Interior Ministry / 24 Chasa daily
The same dealer is also known to have made several major sales of forged archaeological artifacts. Some of the buyers, however, figured out they had been cheated, and, using "unofficial channels", have managed to "annul" their deals.
None of them can complain to the police, however, because the engaging in the trade of archaeological artifacts itself is illegal. The absurd legal situation in Bulgaria actually requires that the police give back any archaeological fakes even if they discover them because the making of replicas of antiques is not illegal in Bulgaria.
"We have recently had a case with a treasure hunter who is also a dealer. When we caught him, he told us that he carries only fakes, mostly coins, because "whoever isn't knowledgeable, deserves to get it", and if the we catch him, the examination establishes that the items are fake, and this becomes non-punishable crime. Thus, many treasure hunters are able to get away," explains an unnamed police officer.
The most frequently forged archaeological items in Bulgaria are ancient and medieval coins from all types and time periods. On the "retail market", coins that are sold for about EUR 200, are forged for about EUR 15-20, giving the forger a tenfold profit from a single coin, the report says.
The more skillful forgers, however, are said to be focusing on the making of fake coins of Alexander the Great, with these fakes said to be flooding the collector's auctions in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the USA.
Skilled forgers from Southern and Eastern Bulgaria are said to be making fine replicas of Ancient Thracian rhyta and phiales. In order to make sophisticated fakes and dupe the experts, the forgers use materials that are close to the respective archaeological period, and mix real and fake archaeological artifacts.
"In one of the latest cases of examinations that we have commissioned in the National Museum of History, we have seen that the artifacts that we captured are mixed," police sources are quoted as saying. Under this approach, for example, if 20 ancient ceramic vessels are smuggled to Germany, 5 of them are real. This makes it easier to delude the experts, and when the items get examined, the examiners discover that some of them are real. If the fakes are good, they may not even get discovered.
According to police expert Angel Papalezov, the most skilled Bulgarian forgers specialize in coins but there are also "imports" of forged coins from Turkey, Afghanistan, and Syria.
"In addition to the fact that the treasure hunters have already searched through the so called upper archaeological layer, the main problem is that the forging of archaeological artifacts has not been criminalized in Bulgaria. Thus, if a fake gets sold, and the buyer complains to the police that they have been cheated, they may get charged… We have tabled amendment proposals for that but they have not been reviewed yet. Unlike Bulgaria, in France and Italy, it is the person who offers and makes the fakes, and the person who certifies the authenticity of fake items who are liable," Papalezov explains.
He says that the Interior Ministry has asked for Penal Code amendments providing for a sentence of up to 6 years in prison for the production of fake antiques and trading them.
He also reveals that the Bulgarian police have started investigations over the offers of antiques and archaeological artifacts online, including on shopping sites such as eBay.
"There are [treasure hunters] digging everywhere [in Bulgaria]. In many areas, every single village has an archaeological site. In the treasure hunting raids, very often, in order to find 5 or 10 coins, the treasure hunters destroy an entire archaeological layer, and this way the historical trail and the restoration possibilities are lost," the police expert emphasizes.
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Treasure hunting and illegal trafficking of antiques have been rampant in Bulgaria after the collapse of the communism regime in 1989 (and allegedly before that). Estimates vary but some consider this the second most profitable activity for the Bulgarian mafia after drug trafficking. One recent estimate suggests its annual turnover amounts to BGN 500 million (app. EUR 260 million), and estimates of the number of those involved range from about 5 000 to 200 000 – 300 000, the vast majority of whom are impoverished low-level diggers.
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(2) Remove Tamil as a National/Official language.
This should be the Main Agenda of Mahinda Rajapaksa manifest.
Shenali you are right – Eelam is not for Lanka Tamils or Hindus !
I might add that – Eelam is Not For Sri Lanka, period.
Regarding Modi's visit to Sri Lanka…… Give Modi enough Rope-to-Hang himself. Let Modi visit Jaffna, after Colombo. Perhaps with the Prime Minister + Governor of Central Bank + CJ for a good measure!
Modi might decide to take the return flight from Palali Airport Jaffna to New Delhi.
Regime Change – So far the Sri Lanka Regime Change, as instigated by USA-UK-India, went by the Ballot not the Bullet, as it happened in Iraq-Libya.
The weekend slaying of Boris Nemtsov, according to insiders in Moscow & St. Petersburg, was NOT the doings of President Putin. With a Public Approval rating of 86%, Vladimir Putin does not need any Russian political blood on his hands. He can win by the Ballot!
With the impending Parliamentary Elections in Sri Lanka, ex President Mahinda Rajapaksa's Personal Security is of Paramount Importance. As stated by more than many in LankaWeb contributions, Ranil Wickramasinghe is panicking and running around circles to hang-on to his residence at Temple Trees.
Although Shenali Waduge made an impressive presentation on the Christian/Catholic Tamil clergy promoting Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka is almost 100% true, not all Sinhala Catholics share this view.
Furthermore, I might add that, the West has no axe-to-grind against Buddhism. As a religion, Buddhism has a great deal of respect, in general, from the West. Unfortunately, there is no Global Leader or Figurehead for Buddhism, except His Holiness Dalai Lama of Tibet, who excels in his own personality with Pious smile, sense of humour and Intelligence.
Back to Sri Lanka, and the reclaimed Port City of Colombo: As a counter-measure to balance the strategic influence of West & India, the Legal Agreements between Sri Lanka & China should be maintained.
Pity you weren't there to be MR's chief advisor at a time when he could have used your advice as otherwise he might have still been in office had it not been for thr bad advice he was bombarded with by a few cronies who were more deadbeat losers than nation benefitting legislators!
MR has still not agreed to scrap the 13 amendment.
Until MR agrees to SCRAP 13 amendment, he has NO future.
I wrote that MY3 should be handling the removal of the 13-A as MR has already done his part in removing the LTTE from Sri Lankan soil.
– Removal of Tamil language as a National/Official language as that is what attracts Tamil illegal migrants to Lanka. As we all now know, India is divided into separate states by language and all the states next to Tamil Nadu do not allow the proliferation of Tamil language in their states, for obvious reasons. Why shouldn't Lanka protect herself in the same manner as the problem is leading to the division of Lanka, and encouraged by westophile Tamil leaders.
It may end up needing all the concerned political parties as well as MY3 & MR, Ranil and CBK to do this ? As matters stand, we are left thinking that some leaders in Lanka are more concerned about pleasing the west than being concerned about the citizens of Lanka.
Namaste: Majority of Anglos are not prepared to accept that the last British Empire in fact was a British-Indian Empire and after world war two it is the Indian Empire because of their ego. Jai Hind.
Prof. What ever said and done millions of our citizens wish to have Mahinda back on the saddle. Still people believes him and have faith on him to deliver the best of best for the country he and millions loves most. We are worried only about one thing and that is our homeland.If we do not take care of our land of birth then we do not have a place to call home. This is the land of Sinhalese Buddhists and it should be the same for ever.
Americans,British and the Indians are visiting the country now almost on daily basis because that chance was given to them by these western backed Yahaplana stooges who do not care about the country or it's people except their own self. When Ranil was the P.M. in 2004 it was the same scenario. They came in batches and pressured Ranil to give half of the country to Prabakaran. This time too they are coming to do the same and we as a nation must be on guard to save our country from this evil coup plotters.
This assertion is not entirely true. For example the Catholic church as a whole was against the building of Norochcholai power plant and obstructed its construction for nearly a decade if not more, purely because the LTTE objected to it claiming that area to be within their dream Eelam. Even though they(sinhala catholics) did not activly engaged in Eelam project they were silent admirers.
That was mainly because the Cardinals and most of the bisghops were Tamils until cardinal Malcom Ranjith who broke that tradition realizing that they are becoming alienated from Sri Lankan identity.
If the bulk of the people of Lanka want Sri Lanka intact in one piece, the best and kindest thing to do by both sides of the ethnic divide is to remove the Tamil language from being a National/Official language. Lanka need not keep importing illegal Tamil labor to pad up labor numbers. No need for Tamil language in Lanka.
Gone are the days when Tamil labor (indentured, virtual slavery) was indispensable to the British Empire builders. Tea plucking can be done via machines as done in S, Africa, India, China, Japan, etc. Chinese tea plucking machines are cheap. Anyone can operate these machines as they are like dust busters used in the west – just run the machine smoothly over the tea bushes and with one or two persons holding the machine, the requires tea leaves are removed into a bag. Cost of operations will fall and the tea plucker does not have to do the back breaking repetitive work. Also release for them from the Brit slave type line rooms. Everyone is released and happy.
If D&D Lankans do not use their grey matter, Lanka is lost in infighting and wars presenting a rich ground for enemy action by outsiders. Even vultures come to dying prey. Let us not be foolish – ALL gain in peace and prosperity by removing the Tamil language as a National/Official language of Lanka.
Before that the 13-A ought to be removed. Jana Sabhas, crack SLAS > honest, savvy, Govt Angents can replace Prov. Councils.


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When designing an electronic device or system, ensuring that proper resistance is in place is paramount to safe operation. Resistance refers to a material's ability to impede the flow of electric current, allowing for the limitation of electrical flow in order to protect sensitive components and those that are operating the system. Resistors are the component or device that is implemented to oppose electric current, and there are various types that are commonly used across different electronic applications depending on the amount of electricity present and the need for impeding electricity.
Resistors often come in two forms, those being linear and non-linear resistors. Linear resistors are those that adjust under voltage and temperatures, allowing for a proportional current value to the applied voltage. In general, the two main types of linear resistors are fixed resistors and variable resistors. Fixed resistors are the most widely used resistor type, and they feature a specific value that cannot be changed. Across applications, the most common types of fixed resistors include the carbon composition resistor, wire wound resistor, thin film resistor, and thick film resistor.
The carbon composition resistor is a fixed resistor that may be produced from a mixture of granulated or powdered carbon, a resin binder, or an insulation filler. To dictate the value of resistance that carbon composition resistors provide, the ratio of insulation material may be adjusted. Additionally, such resistors will usually feature color coded lines on the surface of the component to denote the value of resistance. Two conductor wires also protrude from each side of the resistors, allowing for them to be soldered onto a circuit for use. In general, the carbon composition resistor will range in value of 1 ohm to 25 mega ohms.
The wire wound resistor lives up to its name, consisting of an insulated core that is covered with a resistive wire that is wound around it. Typically, the wire is constructed from metals such as tungsten, nichrome, nickel, manganin, or nickel chromium alloy, and the core is made from an insulating material such as porcelain or ceramic clay. Wire wound resistors can be utilized for high rated applications, and wire wound resistors range in a resistance value of 0.1 ohms to 100k ohms. As compared to the carbon composition resistor, the wire wound resistor operates with less noise and can handle overload conditions, thus they are useful for applications in which there is a need for high sensitivity and balanced current control.
The thin film resistor is a type that is produced from a high grid ceramic rod and a resistive substance, and a conductive material is then overlaid upon it. The thin film resistor comes in two types, those being carbon film resistors and metal film resistors. The carbon film resistor is composed of a rod made from a high grade ceramic material, and a thin carbon layer is wrapped around it. With their quiet operation, such resistors are typically used in a wide variety of electronic circuits. The metal film resistor type is similar in construction to the carbon film resistor, though a metal is used for the film. Metal film resistors are quite cheap, and they are reliable during their operation.
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It's, like, totally radical! A flash back in time to a decade with great music. While every song here was a hit, I tried to stay away from playing too many of the big, stereotypical songs of the era that you hear in every eighties mix. There are a few, but enough other stuff to keep it interesting. If you like this mix, you'll hear a lot more like it every week on my syndicated radio show, RetroMix, heard on radio stations across the U.S.
Jermaine Stewart — We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off
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Cars — Just What I Needed
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Q: NSubstitute Mock MVC ActionResult Attributes I want for the Attributes associated to a controller action to be called during the test.
E.g. Code
[TestMethod]
    public void UserRegistersWithNonMatchingPasswords()
    {
        var model = GetModel();

        var controller= GetController();
        controller.Register(model); //This is an ActionResult method

        AccountRepository
            .DidNotReceive()
            .IsAccountExists(Arg.Any<string>());

        AccountRepository
            .DidNotReceive()
            .CreateUser(Arg.Any<string>(), Arg.Any<string>());

    }

Now the register method looks like
    [HttpPost]
    [ValidateModel]
    public ActionResult Register(Model model)
    {
        //The validate model attribute checks the ModelState.IsValid and returns if it's not valid, so any code in the method shouldn't run because of the failed validation.

         IsAccountExists();
         CreateUser();
    }

The ValidateModel attribute code (It's from Sitecore Habitat framework)
    public class ValidateModelAttribute : ActionFilterAttribute
  {
    public override void OnActionExecuting(ActionExecutingContext filterContext)
    {
      var viewData = filterContext.Controller.ViewData;

      if (!viewData.ModelState.IsValid)
      {
        filterContext.Result = new ViewResult
                               {
                                 ViewData = viewData,
                                 TempData = filterContext.Controller.TempData
                               };
      }
    }
  }

However, it's the MVC framework that calls these attributes, so I wanted to know how to make NSubsitute call it, because it ignores attributes. Thanks.

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As I continue to explore my learnings with Sitecore 8, The topic for todays post is about "how to rebuild sitecore analytics indexes".
Quickly you might ask me, why can't we just use the Indexing Manager to rebuild Analytics Indexes, Well If you take a look at the below image you can clearly see that the analytics index is missing from the list and it is on purpose because if you take a look at the Sitecore.ContentSearch.Lucene.Index.Analytics.config file inside your include folder the index is specified as part of the group experience and hence it is excluded.
The indexes contains data from the collection(MongoDB) and reporting(a.k.a Analytics) databases which is used in applications such as Engagement Analytics reports and the Executive Insight Dashboard. This data contains mostly information about tracking data about visitors such as online visits,contacts (visitors),personalization,goals, campaigns, profiles,pattern cards and multivariate tests.
if data in the collection database (Mongodb) has changed and has become out of sync. For example,classification of contact or locations.


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Why does Asuka caress Shinji in EoE?
As for the reason why Shinji choked Asuka, I stick with the translation of "Kimochi warui" card from Eva card game, but I'm willing to accept other theories,
Shinji renounced the world where all hearts had melted into one and accepted each other unconditionally. His desire... to live with 'others' -- other hearts that would sometimes reject him, even deny him. That is why the first thing he did after coming to his senses was to place his hands around Asuka's neck. To feel the existence of an 'other'. To confirm (make sure of) rejection and denial.
But I have no clear explanation of why did Asuka caress Shinji when he is strangling her.
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This is an interesting question, but probably a bit too opinion-based since that movie was so hard to interpret. Thematically, though, if we take the interpretation that Shinji choking Asuka was his way of confirming that rejection and denial still exist, Asuka stroking Shinji should probably mean that acceptance also still exists, even when all the hearts are separated. Shinji refused to get close to anyone because he feared rejection; Asuka constantly rejected everyone. Shinji had to learn to stop fearing rejection, and Asuka had to learn to stop rejecting everyone out of hand. – Torisuda Jul 10 '16 at 5:40
Also, this scene echoes an earlier one during Instrumentality when Shinji chokes Asuka while arguing with her about whose fault it is that they were never able to get closer. Asuka caressing Shinji could also be interpreted as her admitting her own fault, and pledging to try harder to correct her own flaws. – Torisuda Jul 10 '16 at 5:43
So, so many possible reasons. I refer to movies like End of Evangelion and Madoka: Rebellion as "make your own ending kits"; due to their constant use of symbolism and ambiguous dialogue, combined with a pathological aversion to explaining themselves, you can basically interpret them to mean whatever you want them to. If I may be allowed a bit of shameless self-promotion, I recently wrote a blog post doing just that. I didn't specifically analyze why Asuka caressed Shinji, but going by the interpretation I adopted in my post, along with the mentioned card game translation, there are a few valid reasons why she did that.
This scene echoes one earlier in the movie, during Instrumentality, when Shinji and Asuka are arguing with each other about whose fault it is that they never managed to get close. I summarized the scene on my blog:
[Shinji] zeros in on Asuka in particular, isolating her in a dream version of Misato's kitchen and fighting with her as Pen-Pen looks on, responding to her accusations that he didn't know her at all that he couldn't possibly know her, because she never talks about herself, and how unreasonable it is for her to expect him to know her when she won't tell him anything. Rei appears and asks if he ever tried, and Shinji responds that he did, but couldn't. Asuka asks how she could like someone who doesn't even love himself. Shinji responds that maybe he could learn to love himself if she tried being nice to him, gets angry and smashes a chair, then wraps his hands around her neck and strangles her.
Shinji, who has spent a large part of the series being passive and self-loathing, finally gets angry and blames Asuka (and by proxy the other people in his life) for his inability to get close to others. Asuka and Rei respond, with some justification, that Shinji also has to take some blame; he avoids getting close to anyone because he fears being rejected and abandoned by them, as he was by his father.
In the end, Shinji manages to get over his fear of rejection and chooses to reverse Instrumentality and go back to the world where people are separate and can choose to reject or abandon each other. The card translation says that Shinji started to strangle Asuka because he wanted to confirm that rejection and denial exist once more. By going back to a world where rejection and denial exist, Shinji has admitted that he feared them, and faced that fear. He has confessed that Asuka's and Rei's accusations in the earlier scene were true, that he locked people out too tightly because he feared abandonment.
As Shinji strangles Asuka, she reaches up and caresses him, countering that although rejection and denial exist again, acceptance also exists again—people have the choice to accept others into their hearts, just as they have the choice to deny others. And with this, Asuka confesses that Shinji's accusations in the earlier scene were true: Asuka resisted, at every level, accepting Shinji (and by proxy, everyone) into her heart, by yelling at him, demeaning him, and violently rejecting the rudimentary efforts he did make to get closer to her. But now that Shinji's managed to stop fearing rejection from everyone, Asuka's learned to stop rejecting everyone. Shinji knows he can't passively wait for someone to accept him; Asuka knows that she can't keep rejecting everyone.
Realizing that Asuka intends to stop rejecting him, Shinji breaks down in tears. Asuka responds "Kimochi warui"; to accept someone feels weird, foreign, and disgusting to her, because she's always resisted it. At various points in the series, Shinji and Asuka almost manage to get closer—in Episode 15, Asuka compliments Shinji on his cello playing and then forces him to kiss her, but then violently rejects him by feigning disgust and running to the bathroom to wash her mouth out. Shinji doesn't realize that Asuka was sincerely trying to get closer to him, or he realizes it, but won't follow up because he's afraid of being rejected. In Episode 22, after seeing her talk on the phone with her stepmother, Shinji tries to have a real conversation with Asuka about family, but Asuka is all pissed off because Shinij surpassed her sync ratio. In the final scene of End of Evangelion, they both realize their own culpability in the situation and decide to start trying to become people who are able to accept one another.
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I like all that analogy on Torisuda's answer, but there seems to be missing a piece of information.
While during the instrumentality, all beings become one no matter how brief it is. All of them experienced what it was like to be one entity and because of that oneness, everyone experienced the flaw that comes with being wholesome being. Since everyone became one, there were no secrets to be hidden.
The reason why Asuka said "disgusting" because while they were one, she found out and knew what he did to her unconscious body. Because of that, the first thing she said when she saw him was "disgusting".
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Welcome to Anime & Manga Stack Exchange. It's interesting to know this, but I'm afraid this doesn't answer the question of why Asuka caress Shinji. Compared to traditional forums, Stack Exchange is a pure Q&A site, not a discussion site. An answer should be answering the question, not to reply to other posts (question or answers), which might make this answer "not an answer" and deleted. Consider taking a quick tour to understand how this site works. Thanks! – Aki Tanaka Jun 20 '18 at 16:55
Ah no. Jesus cipher your answer is illogical. Torisuda's conclusion is the most logically sound, congruent conclusion that I have been able to find searching both Reddit and Quora. – user42588 Sep 22 '18 at 11:03
I rewatched the series after 19 years and just saw End of Evangelion for the first time. My theory is that Shinji is actually attempting to do something for Asuka instead of reacting in a way to avoid conflict and pain. The first time he chokes her, she goes limp and the scene ends. But we can see in many scenes that Asuka's mother choked the doll she was pretending to be Asuka, asking her (the doll) to die together. Asuka is tormented by the fact that her mother rejected her so Shinji choking her is a reenactment for Asuka's sake, which was hinted that that's what she subconsciously desired from the first time it happened. It doesn't mean that she really wants to be choked to death, it's just a deep-seeded irrational desire she had that her mother had choked her instead of the doll, because at least her mother would be paying attention to her. Pretty fucked up, but it's a very good illustration of the irrational desires people harbor due to insecurities embedded from different developmental stages in their lives.
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Genera is a Forge mod for Minecraft 1.12 to 1.12.2. Based on the Welsh mythological Tylwyth Teg (Fair Folk). For a long time, I have had an interest in Celtic mythology, particularly that of pre-Roman-occupation Wales. I have decided to translate this interest into programming through this mod.
In Genera, you obtain Nightshade seeds by breaking tall grass. Plant these and when they grow to completion (bone meal works too), there is a chance that small white entities called Faerie will spawn. These Faerie can be captured and their statistics examined in a glass jar. Check the new recipe book for crafting. Once captured, three things are revealed about your Faerie: their type, their size, and their maximum health. You should now craft Faerie Home and click your jar full of Faerie into it.
Once in the Faerie Home, Faerie can either advance in size or maximum health. This happens for every Faerie in the home, which has six slots, every 30 seconds. When a woodland Faerie (those spawned by the nightshade) is placed in the world, the nearest player within ten blocks of them gets a health boost effect for a duration equal to 150 times the whole number value of the maximum health of the Faerie.
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As cities across the world ready themselves for tomorrow's mobility innovations, we mustn't forget to ready our citizens for a new lifestyle. If it's up to cities to create future-ready infrastructure, it's also up to us to ensure citizens of all ages and abilities are comfortable with letting go of personal automobile ownership, trusting autonomous technology, and embracing new modes of transportation.
We can do this by employing user experience (UX) strategies that are commonly used in other industries. The goal is to enhance the user's satisfaction with an alternative mode of transportation and new technologies by improving its usability, accessibility, and pleasure provided in the interaction with the service or mode of transportation. Because what good will autonomous buses do if people's subpar experience riding a bus keeps them in their cars?
The City of West Hollywood is focusing on mobility UX. With 1.9 square miles and 35,000 residents, the City of West Hollywood is becoming an urban laboratory for mobility user experience enhancements. Already the most walkable city in California, the City of West Hollywood is gradually implementing initiatives to ready our residents, businesses, and visitors for the future. Before autonomous vehicles come to market, and before the proposed Metro Crenshaw/LAX Northern line light-rail extension comes through West Hollywood, the City is saturating the streets with user-centered mobility innovations.
Cities looking to lure citizens away from their vehicles can begin with creative branding to improve the user experience of services already offered. While a local entertainment circulator is nothing new, The PickUp is targeted and marketed to our young, hip, nighttime entertainment clientele who are typically public transportation adverse. Residents and visitors coming to West Hollywood on weekends can take this free, fun shuttle that comes equipped with a DJ and photographer inside, its own social media accounts, and a perks card for discounts to popular nightlife businesses.
Creative exterior branded wrapping markets the trolley as it rolls along a major entertainment corridor. By transforming the trolley into an Instagram-worthy destination itself, and thinking outside the transit box, entertainment goers have a good reason to take public transit instead of driving. The project has been so successful that the City is expanding this free shuttle service to another entertainment corridor, branded differently to create a user experience targeted at a different audience.
Cities wanting to bring innovations to their constituents should focus on making the user experience as welcoming and memorable as possible. When the City of West Hollywood developed the City Hall Automated Parking Garage, one of the first municipal automated garages in the country, making constituents feel comfortable giving their car to a machine was a priority. Because automated parking garages utilize computer-controlled motorized lifts, conveyors and shuttles to transport cars without human assistance, the interaction could make some people uneasy. Design played a big part in creating a unique and welcoming experience for people not accustomed to interacting with this technology.
The garage bays are filled with public art murals, the brightly colored motorized lift is visible from the street through a glass curtain wall, and specially-trained parking attendants pride themselves on providing excellent customer service, explaining each step of the process to new users. Not a week goes by that I don't hear someone new mention how great the experience was, what a marvel it is, and how excited they are to tell people about it. The "robo garage," as people often refer to it, is turning our constituents into technology advocates.
Your city might have great mobility options and a piece of futuristic infrastructure to serve your constituents, but until you're speaking their language, you're not moving the needle towards getting people out of their cars and into newer forms of transportation. So much of innovation language is "tech-speak," full of technical jargon that's geared towards technical professionals, not future users.
Before the City of West Hollywood launched the Smart City Strategic Plan process, we undertook an extensive investigative effort to understand how our constituents – residents, businesses, and city staff – relate to technology and how it fits into their lives. With extensive user interviews and workshops, we gained insights into strategies for launching new projects. Among many lessons, we learned that our constituents are technology savvy but don't consider themselves techies. Now we know to promote the quality of life enhancements that potential smart city mobility projects will bring and not the details of the technology itself.
In summary, to improve the chance of users adopting new mobility technologies and alternative modes of transportation, we must not forget to focus on improving mobility's UX and launching projects that allow users to build a relationship with new technologies. While the three strategies presented above can go a long way, these are but a small sampling of the UX strategies that can be explored for a successful transition into the mobility of tomorrow.


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import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
import org.skife.jdbi.v2.SQLStatement;
import org.skife.jdbi.v2.sqlobject.Bind;
import org.skife.jdbi.v2.sqlobject.Binder;

import java.sql.Array;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Types;
import java.util.Collection;

/**
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public class StringCollectionBinder implements Binder<Bind,Collection<String>> {
    @Override
    public void bind(SQLStatement<?> q, Bind bind, Collection<String> arg) {
        Array a = null;
        if (arg != null) {
            try {
                a = q.getContext().getConnection().createArrayOf("varchar",arg.toArray());
            } catch (SQLException se) {
                throw new RuntimeException(String.format("Unable to bind collection {%s} to a SQL array: (%s) %s",
                        Joiner.on(" ,").join(arg), se.getClass(), se.getMessage()),se);
            }
        }
        q.bindBySqlType(bind.value(),a, Types.ARRAY);
    }
}

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A High Court judge told a divorcing couple they had committed "financial suicide" after running up legal bills of more than £850,000.
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Aloke Ray, 41 and Charoo Sekhri, 39, a lawyer and a doctor who have a combined wealth of around £4 million, married in 2009 and have a two-year-old son.
They met in London but moved to Singapore before separating and have since fought over the country in which their divorce should proceed.
Ruling on the latest stage of their legal battle at a hearing in the Family Division, Mr Justice Holman expressed astonishment that such "highly intelligent, successful professionals" had spent so much on their dispute.
He begged them to resolve their differences and referred to their story as a "tragedy".
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Entrepreneur defeats ex-wife's attempt to increase £10.4m divorce settlement
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"The substantial forensic struggle throughout the hearing was painful to observe. These parties are successful and prosperous but they are not multimillionaires."
He said they had spent around a quarter of their wealth on "highly charged litigation".
The court heard that the couple, both of whom are of Indian origin, met through an online dating agency in London in December 2008.
They were "already mature people", the judge said, but "each felt that what they lacked in their lives was a long-term partner or spouse".
They married in December 2009 and had their son the following year.
However, the arguments flared in 2011 and although their brief marriage had shown "so much promise", divorce became inevitable.
Dr Sekhri, a paediatric anaesthetist, wanted legal proceedings to be conducted in the UK and issued a divorce petition in London in August 2012.
But Mr Ray, a partner with US-based law firm White & Case, objected and the legal bills mounted.
The court heard Dr Sekhri moved to the UK in her late teens. She worked at Great Ormond Street Hospital and had been hoping to become a consultant at a leading London hospital when her husband was transferred to Singapore.
Mr Ray was born in the UK and raised in Colindale, north west London. He was educated at both Oxford and Cambridge Universities and practised in New York for four years before meeting his wife.
Mr Justice Holman ruled that as both had been legally domiciled in the UK, Dr Sekhri could pursue her claim in England.
He noted that much of their wealth was tied up in property purchased by Mr Ray before the couple married.
Although their marriage had been short, he said their young son was dependent on Dr Sekhri, whose career had suffered as a result of their move to Singapore.
The judge said: "Somewhere, the husband will have to make fair provision for his wife. They would be wiser to concentrate on that rather then arguing about the jurisdiction of the fight."
SOURCE: The Telegraph
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