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Woman pleads in deadly hit-and-run
Published October 24. 2017 12:14PM
by Den McLaughlin dmclaughlin@tnonline.com
An Albrightsville woman pleaded guilty in Carbon County court on Monday afternoon to homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence, in a deadly hit-and-run involving a pedestrian.
Jennifer Roxanne Coleman, 46, of 15 N. Shore Drive, also pleaded to one count of DUI of a controlled substance for an incident on Nov. 8, 2015, along South First Street in Lehighton.
She was driving a Ford F-150 pickup that struck Vincent Smith Sr., 64, of Lehighton. Smith was taken to the Lehighton hospital then flown to St. Luke's in Bethlehem, where he died.
In exchange for the plea, charges of accident involving death or personal injury, accidents involving personal injury while not properly licensed, flight to avoid apprehension, trial or punishment; reckless driving; homicide by vehicle; and involuntary manslaughter were dropped.
Coleman is facing a state prison term at the time of sentencing.
On Nov. 8, officer Bruce T. Broyles was dispatched to the 100 block of South First Street for a man who had been struck by a vehicle.
The Carbon County Communications Center reported that the vehicle, a blue Ford F-150 pickup with an extended cab, fled the scene.
None of the on-scene witnesses could provide a registration for the vehicle. However, the communications center advised that a vehicle with two people who had seen the pickup strike the pedestrian were following the truck, and gave the registration.
Sgt. Joseph Lawrence of the borough police department stopped the pickup in front of New England Motor Freight on Mahoning Drive East. The two witnesses also stopped and gave a written statement. The driver of the pickup was determined to be Coleman. Her driver's license was expired as of Sept. 20, 2015.
Lawrence said Coleman had slurred speech and she was incoherent as well as sluggish. Lawrence said Coleman appeared to be off balance as she walked and had to lean against her vehicle as she stood outside.
Cpl. Shawn Noonan of the Lehighton state police barracks arrived and took Coleman into custody after several field tests for more in-depth testing at Gnaden Huetten Hospital in Lehighton.
Once at the hospital, Noonan determined Coleman to be under the influence of a controlled substance. Coleman agreed to a blood test. The test revealed Coleman had a high dose of Valium in her system along with marijuana. At the stop police also seized over $11,710 in cash from Coleman's purse.
Coleman has been an inmate in the county prison since her arrest. She also has drug charges pending in another case.
Judge Steven R. Serfass accepted the pleas but deferred sentencing, ordering the adult probation office to prepare a pre-sentence investigation report and also that Coleman needs a drug and alcohol evaluation for the DUI charge.
Serfass told Coleman the homicide by vehicle while DUI charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of between 36 and 120 months, which means a state sentence.
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Turntable Reviews
Linn Sondek LP12 turntable & Klyde phono cartridge
Corey Greenberg | Jun 1, 2010 | First Published: Dec 1, 1993
If you asked me to name a single specific high-end audio component that could make or break a system, I'd name the Linn LP12 turntable. Of all the thousands of hi-fi products I've heard over the years, not a one of 'em—not a speaker, amplifier, or digital processor—has been able to draw me into the music, no matter what the associated componentry, like the LP12. I've heard the most highly regarded speakers/amps/processors fall flat in certain situations due to a lack of synergy with their surrounding systems, but I've never heard an LP12-based system that didn't put a smile on my face and make me green with envy.
For a turntable that's been in production for 21 years now, the Linn LP12 has pretty much stuck to the same basic design while watching two decades of analog fads'n'fashions come and go. Picking up where the classic AR turntable of the '60s left off, the venerable LP12 reigned on through such "breakthroughs" as: ultra-massive stiff-belt–driven platters (Micro Seiki and others in the '70s); direct-drive (Japan Inc. in the '70s and '80s); S-and J-shaped tonearms (ditto); quartz servo-controlled motors (ditto); linear-tracking tonearms (B&O and Phase Linear in the '70s and '80s; Airtangent and Eminent Technology in the '90s); motional-feedback stabilized arms (JVC and Sony in the early '80s); ultra low-mass arms (Dual in the '80s); P-mount (Japan Inc. in the '80s); platters with inverted, high center-of-gravity bearings (SOTA and Pink Triangle); and, more currently, the much-talked-about $12,500 Forsell turntable, which features...umm...an ultra-massive stiff-belt–driven platter. Well, bell-bottoms are back, too.
This past year, Linn's put the LP12 through some more ch-ch-ch-changes. While you can use other manufacturers' cartridges on a Linn, there's always seemed to be a unique synergy between Linn's own cartridges and the LP12—and for many (including JA), Linn's flagship Troika moving-coil achieved a kind of magic when mounted to an LP12 'table and $2495 Ekos arm. I know in the times I've visited John's listening room in Santa Fe, no matter what other gear and speakers he may have had hooked up at the time, his LP12/Ekos/Troika rig always sang with an authority I hadn't heard from any other analog combo. Unfortunately, Linn has just discontinued production of the Troika, replacing it with two models, one above the Troika's price and one below it. JA reviewed the new flagship $2295 Arkiv in Vol.16 No.11, and Linn sent me the bonnie new $1095 Klyde, along with an LP12 to partner it. While Linn claims much higher performance for the Arkiv over the late, great Troika, they consider the Klyde to essentially equal the Troika's sonic performance at around half the price of the departing cartridge.
Reportedly manufactured by the Japanese ScanTech group to Linn's specifications, the Klyde bears a physical resemblance to the Troika by retaining the circular profile and three-piece "samwich" construction of the older cartridge, although the new cartridge doesn't feature the three-point mounting scheme of the Troika and the new Arkiv. The two rounded "outer" alloy sections are brushed aluminum alloy, while the Klyde's motorvatin' guts are encased in the central, black-colored middle section. Like the Troika, the Klyde sports a "Vita"'-type line-contact diamond stylus, nudely mounted to an aluminum cantilever. The sample I received was serial #003, the first two apparently going to the Pope and Oprah. I don't know in what order.
The Klyde was delivered a little over a year ago by Audiophile Systems' West Sales Manager and all-around supremely good guy Steve Daniels, who also brought an LP12 Basik to audition the Klyde with. After I listened to the LP12 in its Basik configuration for a few days, Steve modified the LP12 to allow for instant switching between Valhalla and Lingo power supplies in order to more easily compare the three levels of LP12ness (footnote 1). In addition, right near the end of my time with the Linn, it was fitted with the new $495 Cirkus bearing upgrade also reviewed by JA last month.
The Linn analog rig came into my system at a time when I was using the $1195 Well-Tempered Record Player and $295 Sumiko Blue Point Special as my reference for phono playback, and I have to tell you, it was pretty shocking to switch over to the LP12. The midpriced WTRP is a terrific turntable/arm combo for the money, but the Linn rig took everything up by more than a few notches. The WTRP held up admirably to the comparison, but the difference in sound between the LP12/Klyde and the WTRP/Blue Point Special was pretty dramatic.
The most startling difference between the two analog rigs was in DA BASS. What was simply "the bass" before was now DA BASS!!! Well-Tempered's unique fluid-pivot arm has a lighter, softer, less well-defined bass range than even a good midpriced fixed-pivot arm like the Linn Akito or Roksan Radius (footnote 2); compared to the awesome Class A low end of the $2495 Ekos, it was just no contest. I was aware of the WTRP's deficiencies in the bass dept. back when I reviewed the 'table in Vol.14 No.7, but after a series of upgrades—the Blue Point Special replaced the standard Blue Point used in the original review, and Well-Tempered's $400 Black Damped Platter brought the bass up several notches in both quality and quantity—the WTRP's low end became quite liveable.
Footnote 1: This modification involved an outboard Valhalla board built as a one-off for dealer demos only—the Valhalla board is installed inside the LP12 in production 'tables, and cannot be switched back and forth with the Lingo supply as it was with this demo model I had on hand.
Footnote 2: Reviewed in Vol.14 No.7 and Vol.16 No.8, respectively.
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Critical care bundles: Significance and outcomes
Pradeep Pendyala1, Padmanabha TVSP Murthy2
1 Department of Anesthesiology, Malla Reddy Institute of Medical Sciences, Suraram, Hyderabad, India
2 Department of Anaesthesia, Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune, Maharashtra, India
Pradeep Pendyala
Former HOD, Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Malla Reddy Institute of Medical Sciences, Suraram, Hyderabad - 500 055, Telangana
A critical care bundle comprises a group of interventions which have been shown to improve outcome, which are achievable, measurable and not yet performed in the majority of patients. The principle is that the benefit to a patient of the whole care bundle is greater than the sum of the parts.
Keywords: Sepsis resuscitation bundle, sepsis management bundle, surviving sepsis
Pendyala P, Murthy PT. Critical care bundles: Significance and outcomes. J NTR Univ Health Sci 2016;5:245-9
Pendyala P, Murthy PT. Critical care bundles: Significance and outcomes. J NTR Univ Health Sci [serial online] 2016 [cited 2022 Jan 17];5:245-9. Available from: https://www.jdrntruhs.org/text.asp?2016/5/4/245/196556
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement [1] in collaboration with Surviving Sepsis Campaign developed two "bundles" or packages of care for the treatment of those with severe sepsis.
The severe sepsis resuscitation bundle is to be complete in 6 h following the recognition of severe sepsis.
The severe sepsis management bundle is to be complete in 24 h.
Essentially, a care bundle is a package of care. A typical care bundle will have between four and eight elements of care. From a research point of view, the beauty of a care bundle is that it is easily measurable: A patient will either satisfy the whole care bundle or he/she will not.
For a care bundle to be effective, it must satisfy the following criteria: [2]
Each element must be based on sound evidence.
The delivery of each element must be in need of improvement.
To deliver, each element must be achievable in terms of resources.
No element should be a major source of controversy.
The bundle as a whole must do more good than harm.
The delivery of each element must be measurable.
In other words, a care bundle comprises a group of interventions that have been shown to improve outcome and which are achievable, measurable, and have not yet performed in the majority of patients. The principle is that the benefit to a patient of the whole care bundle is greater than the sum of the parts.
The surviving sepsis campaign resuscitation bundle
In its raw form, the resuscitation bundle is summarized as follows:
Measurement of serum lactate.
Blood culture prior to antibiotic administration.
Administration of broad spectrum antibiotics within 1 h of admission.
Treatment of hypotension/increased lactate with fluids:
Delivering an initial amount of 20 mL/kg crystalloid or equivalent.
Vasopressor for hypotension not responding to fluids.
Maintenance of mean arterial pressure (MAP) more than 65 mmHg.
In case of persistent hypotension despite adequate fluid resuscitation and/or increased lactate of more than 4 mmol/L, adequate central venous pressure and central venous oxygen saturation should be maintained.
Central venous pressure (CVP) more than 8 mmHg and central venous oxygen saturation of more than 70% or mixed venous saturation of more than 65% should be maintained.
The bundle is designed to be completed within 6 h following the onset of severe sepsis.
Elements of the resuscitation bundle
Serum lactate
Lactate or lactic acid is the product of anaerobic metabolism of glucose by the tissues. This process is less efficient than aerobic metabolism in terms of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) production per unit of substrate, and occurs when insufficient oxygen is delivered to the tissues. There is good evidence that lactate carries prognostic value. Patients with lactate measurement in excess of 4 mmol/L had a mortality of around 40%, compared with under 15% for patients with a lactate of <2 mmol/L. Lactate is particularly useful when measured serially to guide response to resuscitation and fluid therapy. It should be noted that lactate is not specific to organ hypoperfusion secondary to severe sepsis. Indeed, some units prefer serum procalcitonin as a more specific marker. [3] It is perfectly acceptable to use a surrogate marker of tissue hypoperfusion in achieving the resuscitation bundle.
Blood cultures obtained prior to antibiotic administration
Two or more blood cultures are recommended, one drawn percutaneously and one through each vascular access device if it has been in for longer than 48 h. The rationale behind this is that if the culture from the access device is positive earlier than that for the percutaneous sample, the device may well be the source of infection. [4] Similarly, if the same organism is isolated from more than one culture, the chance that this is the organism responsible for the sepsis is elevated. [5] It is also recommended that consideration be given to sampling of other biofluids such as cerebrospinal fluid, sputum, urine, synovial fluid, pleural fluid where the clinical signs point to a source of infection.
Antibiotic administration
The surviving sepsis campaign (SSC) bundle stipulates that antibiotics should be given within 1 h. There is ample evidence to support early and appropriate antibiotic administration, such that it can be argued that this is one of the most important aspects of either care bundle. A large retrospective study showed that in patients with septic shock, delay in the administration of antibiotic was associated with an increase in mortality of 7.6% for each hour's delay. [6] Antibiotics should be administered according to local pathogen profiles, taking into account the knowledge of local resistance patterns and organisms. One or more broad spectrum antibiotics should be administered in the first instance, with a review and probable change to a narrower spectrum once the causative organism has been isolated.
Fluid challenges
Fluids should be administered intravenously in volumes of 500-1,000 mL if crystalloids are used, and 300-500 mL if colloids are used. There is little evidence to support the use of colloids over crystalloids [7],[8] Colloids have a smaller volume of distribution than crystalloids and thus, less volume is required to achieve the same degree of intravascular volume expansion. Patients with severe sepsis frequently require large volumes of fluids for adequate resuscitation, and are likely to have ongoing requirements far exceeding the usual maintenance fluids for at least the first 24 h. Input will almost always exceed output within this early phase, and fluid balance is a poor estimate of fluid requirement at this stage. It is appropriate to give large volumes of fluid, particularly in the presence of shock, provided the patient is monitored closely and frequently reassessed for signs of fluid overload and pulmonary edema. In hypoperfused patients, a minimum volume of 20 mL/kg is recommended as an initial bolus. Patients with shock will frequently require volumes of up to 60 mL/kg in resuscitation; for an average adult male, this represents nearly 5 L of intravenous fluid.
Early goal-directed therapy
The remainder of the resuscitation bundle falls under the umbrella of early goal-directed therapy (EGDT). The concept of goal-directed therapy in anesthesia and critical care is not new. [9] Essentially, the term refers to the manipulation of physiology through intervention to achieve predetermined goals. Early intervention may help prevent a catastrophic and irreversible decline. This is logical because the rationale behind resuscitating a patient is to prevent further organ dysfunction and failure. If resuscitation is delayed until after cell dysfunction and death are present, then strategies such as these designed to provide the cells with more oxygen will not work.
Oxygen supply and delivery
In septic shock the abnormalities in the circulation - intravascular volume depletion, peripheral vasodilatation, capillary shunting, edema, impaired mitochondrial oxygen transport, and myocardial depression, along with the increased metabolism, lead to an imbalance between the delivery of oxygen to the tissues and oxygen demand. Put in another way, the tissues require more oxygen than they can receive. This leads to global tissue hypoxia, cell dysfunction, and cell death, eventually leading to multiple organ failure. The resuscitation strategy looks to restore the balance between oxygen supply and demand. This is achieved by improving cardiac preload, afterload, and contractility.
The first goal: CVP >8 MMHG
Patients with sepsis who continue to be hypotensive (or have a high lactate in excess of 4 mmol/L) despite an initial bolus of 20 mL/kg crystalloid have septic shock. They should have a central venous catheter ("central line") inserted. Their central venous pressure (CVP) should be measured and resuscitation should be commenced with fluid boluses of 500-1,500 mL every 30 min to achieve and maintain a CVP greater than 8 mmHg. Fluid boluses should be repeated as required. This can be thought of as the first goal or first resuscitation end point. Central venous catheters must be placed under strict aseptic technique and by personnel with appropriate training and skills.
The second goal: Map >65 MMHG or systolic >90 MMHG
If the CVP is greater than 8 mmHg, the patient is adequately "filled" but if the MAP is less than 65 mmHg or systolic less than 90 mmHg, the patient has septic shock. A vasopressor (a drug to constrict the blood vessels, mainly arterioles) infusion of noradrenaline should be started to maintain a MAP of at least 65 mmHg in these circumstances. The aim of this intervention, in the presence of adequate intravascular resuscitation, is to ensure adequate perfusion (blood supply) to the organs.
This can be thought of as the second goal or second resuscitation end point, aiming to keep MAP at above 65 mmHg.
The third goal: SCVO 2 >70%
Central venous oxygen saturation (ScvO 2 ) is measured by taking blood in a heparinized syringe (a normal blood gas syringe is fine) from the central venous line and the oxygen saturation is measured using the blood gas analyzer. The result will be the oxygen saturation of central venous blood or ScvO 2 . It can be considered as a surrogate for measuring the balance between oxygen delivery and demand. If low (<70%), the tissues are extracting too much oxygen from each milliliter of blood that passes. This may be due to a very high oxygen demand or too low an oxygen delivery.
IfScvO 2 is low (in practice this situation is not the norm even in septic shock) then interventions which may help include increasing the oxygen content of the blood and increasing cardiac output.
The first recommendation in the event of a low ScvO 2 is thus to transfuse the patient to achieve a hematocrit of >30% (approximating to a hemoglobin concentration of >10 g/dL).
If the patient is not anemic, or if a repeat ScvO 2 after transfusion remains low, the next strategy to redress the imbalance between oxygen delivery and demand is to increase the cardiac output to improve oxygen delivery. To enhance cardiac output, an inotropic infusion of dobutamine is started.
A dobutamine infusion is started at 2.5 μg/kg/min and increased by 2.5 μg/kg/min every 30 min until the ScvO 2 is greater than 70%, or until the maximum dose of 20 μg/kg/min is reached.
Mixed venous oxygen saturation (SvO 2 ) measured from a pulmonary artery catheter is the measurement which would most accurately reflect the imbalance between oxygen supply and demand. However, it has been shown and is widely accepted that central venous oxygen saturation (ScvO 2 ) measured from a central venous catheter gives a good approximation. [10]
The surviving sepsis campaign management bundle
The management bundle consists of a set of four tasks to be completed within 24 h of the onset of severe sepsis. It largely relates to critical care. It should not, however, be viewed as following the resuscitation bundle; efforts should be made to implement it concurrently. These include the following.
Low-dose steroids
There is some evidence that steroids administered at physiological dosage (for example, hydrocortisone 50 mg qds) to patients that are shock-resistant to fluid resuscitation and require the administration of vasopressors are of benefit. [11],[12],[13]
Due to the potentially deleterious proinfective properties of these agents and a tendency to exacerbate myopathy common in critical care patients, this trial prompted the downgrading of this recommendation to level 2.
Activated protein C
Recombinant activated protein C is recommended for use in patients with severe sepsis at particularly high risk of death. A number of means to assess this risk have been used including the presence of the failure of two or more organs, refractory shock, and an Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) score (a physiological scoring system used in critical care: Acute physiology and chronic health evaluation) of >25.
However, severe sepsis and response to protein C are time-sensitive. It would be illogical to wait and watch a patient deteriorate to an arbitrarily defined physiology score before commencing potentially life-saving treatment. The SSC guidelines recommend that organizations create and follow local policies.
The coagulation cascade and inflammatory pathways play key roles in the development of multiple organ failure due to severe sepsis. Drotrecogin alpha (activated) has anti-inflammatory and antithrombotic properties and promotes fibrinolysis, which helps to explain its benefit in these patients, and also its known side-effect of bleeding occurring during infusion.
Tight glycemic control
The initial recommendation to control blood glucose arose from work by van den Berghe et al., [14] in which intensive care patients randomized to receive tight glycemic control by insulin infusion (blood glucose between 80 mg/dL and 110 mg/dL) showed a statistically significant mortality reduction from 8% to 4.6%. This was, however, in a closed, predominantly cardiac surgical unit. On repeating the trial in a medical patient population, the same investigators found no outcome benefit in terms of mortality. [15]
Protective ventilation
It has been known for some time that ventilator-associated lung injury (VALI), a sterile inflammatory process, which can lead to fibroproliferation and permanent damage is exacerbated by barotrauma (excessive airway pressures) and cyclical volutrauma (cycling from large to small lung volumes).
The acute respiratory distress syndrome network (ARDSnet) mechanical ventilation study [16] demonstrated that tidal volumes during mechanical ventilation of 6 mL per kg body weight were associated with better outcomes than tidal volumes of 12 mL/kg. Other studies [17],[18] have shown benefits in limiting plateau airway pressures. The recommendation within the management bundle is to limit plateau airway pressures to <30 cm H 2 0.
In practice with modern ventilators, this is relatively straightforward to achieve in many patients. Patients with more severe lung injury or with progression to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) may present more of a challenge. Strategies such as permissive hypercapnia (allowing the carbon dioxide blood tension to rise to supranormal levels through sacrificing minute ventilation for lung protection) may be of assistance as may techniques such as prone ventilation and high frequency oscillator ventilation (HFOV).
Challenges in achieving the care bundles
Never before have changes in clinical care pathways for a diverse population been intended to apply across entire hospitals globally. Challenges in achieving these goals remain challenges not only regarding the practical aspects and resource availability but also in knowledge and acceptance.
Academic debate
Academic debate is clearly healthy and essential in order to produce the right guidelines to ensure that they remain current, and to implement them in the right way. Debate has surrounded many aspects of the SSC recommendations and bundles. Some of the criticisms addressed to the studies underpinning the recommendations have been presented above.
A care bundle aims to achieve maximum impact by taking a list of recommendations and selecting those which are deliverable, measurable, supported by strong evidence of improving outcomes, and which are currently not used well.
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Crush of visitors, heavy traffic fail to overshadow eclipse day
The rare total solar eclipse may have taught WNC officials a valuable lesson: how to plan ahead and best coordinate.
Crush of visitors, heavy traffic fail to overshadow eclipse day The rare total solar eclipse may have taught WNC officials a valuable lesson: how to plan ahead and best coordinate. Check out this story on citizen-times.com: https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2017/08/22/amid-early-visitors-and-heavy-traffic-officials-report-smooth-eclipse-day-amid-early-visitors-heavy/589216001/
Jennifer Bowman, Asheville Citizen-Times Published 2:56 p.m. ET Aug. 22, 2017 | Updated 8:59 a.m. ET Aug. 23, 2017
Sylva held a Downtown Solar Eclipse Festival as the mountain town saw a total eclipse of the sun on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. (Photo: Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com)Buy Photo
ASHEVILLE — Early preparation — beginning months in advance — may have paid off as the once-in-a-generation total solar eclipse came and went through Western North Carolina with few reported problems.
Despite heavy traffic and inundated businesses, eclipse day went smoothly, organizers said Tuesday.
"When there were crashes or accidents, because we planned ahead, we had the teams in positions," said David Uchiyama, a spokesman with the N.C. Department of Transportation. "State Highway Patrol, county officials, everybody had everyone in positions. Where we expected there to be problems, the problems were wrapped up very quickly."
Some smart planning by travelers may have helped.
"People certainly heeded our 'arrive early' message," Uchiyama said. "And that may actually be one area where we underestimated. By the end of the day, we realized tons of people arrived not a little early, but a lot early."
MORE: All of our eclipse coverage.
The town of Sylva began seeing " eclipsers " as early as Thursday, said Julie Spiro, executive director of Jackson County Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center.
Some local businesses that sold event shirts were out of stock before the weekend began. Area restaurants reported their best business days ever.
Combined with Western Carolina University's move-in weekend, Sylva welcomed "thousands and thousands of visitors," Spiro said. The town's population is about 2,600.
The town's traffic on Monday picked up as early as 7 a.m. She credited the coordinating agencies for smooth operations at eclipse time.
"We learned, I think, very effectively how to cooperate on a county level from emergency management to Department of Transportation officials, to our county school officials, who made a very wise decision not to have school yesterday," she said.
The solar eclipse begins to move from totality in Sylva, North Carolina on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com
Ellie and Sydney Lang, 15 and 14 respectively, of Chapel Hill, react as the solar eclipse reaches totality at Bridge Park in Sylva, North Carolina on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com
The solar eclipse hits totality in Sylva, North Carolina on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com
From left; Jason Barbour, of Annapolis, watches the eclipse with his daughter, Zoe, 13, his wife, Debbie, his daughter Ketzel, 11, a family friend Vickie Burick, of Asheville and his son, Ezra, 7, at Bridge Park in Sylva, North Carolina on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com
Oliver Holmes, 9, gets help from his sister Katie Ann, 11, as he looks through a shoebox viewer before the start of the solar eclipse at Bridge Park in Sylva, North Caarolina on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com
Tony Jones, of Woodbridge, Virginia, watches the shadow of the eclipse on a "sun spotter" at Bridge Park in Sylva, North Carolina on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com
Ella Bright, 5, of Wake Forest, tries out a pair of eclipse glasses before the start of the solar eclipse at the Downtown Sylva Eclipse Festival in Sylva North Carolina on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. She initially thought the glasses were broken because she only saw black. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com
Marti Lipe, left, and J.D. Ingram, right, watch the solar eclipse from a blanket at Bridge Park in Sylva, NOrth Carolina on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com
Tracy and Nathan Mann, of Sylva, hold hands as they watch the solar eclipse at Bridge Park in Sylva, North Carolina on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com
Randi Neff reads a story a story to children to teach them about shadows before the start of the solar eclipse at Bridge Park in Sylva, North Carolina on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. A partnership with NASA, Southwestern Community College and Jackson County Community college provided a grant for educational materials for the Downtown Sylva Eclipse Festival. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com
Julia Duszak, of Richmond, Virginia, looks through a shoebox eclipse viewer after showing her daughter, Karis, 6, how at Bridge Park in Sylva, North Carolina on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com
The moon eclipses the sun as seen from Bridge Park in Sylva, North Carolina on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com
The night scene at Wayah Bald just before sunrise. Ari Sen
The view from Wayah Bald as the sun rises. Ari Sen
A panoramic sunrise view from Wayah Bald in Nantahala National Forest the morning of the eclipse. Ari Sen
A photographer captures the sunrise over Wayah Bald in Nantahala National Forest. Ari Sen
Sylva held a Downtown Solar Eclipse Festival as the mountain town saw a total eclipse of the sun on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com
The moon partially eclipses the sun over Wayah Bald in the Nantahala National Forest outside Franklin, N.C. Ari Sen
The moon totally eclipses the sun over Wayah Bald in Nantahala National Forest outside Franklin, N.C. Ari Sen
Pat Schlueter looks through his telescope at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute's total solar eclipse event Monday, August 21, 2017. Matt Burkhartt/mburkhartt@citizen-times.com
Attendees of the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute's total solar eclipse event wait for the eclipse to begin Monday, August 21, 2017. Matt Burkhartt/mburkhartt@citizen-times.com
Attendees of the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute's total solar eclipse event gaze up at the sky as the sun begins to reappear from behind the moon Monday, August 21, 2017. Matt Burkhartt/mburkhartt@citizen-times.com
Attendees of the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute's total solar eclipse event gaze up at the sky as the eclipse begins Monday, August 21, 2017. Matt Burkhartt/mburkhartt@citizen-times.com
Visitors to the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute in Rosman enter the visitor's center for speakers and other programming Tuesday, August 21, 2017. Matt Burkhartt/mburkhartt@citizen-times.com
Attendees of the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute's total solar eclipse event gaze up at the sky waiting for clouds to clear Monday, August 21, 2017. Matt Burkhartt/mburkhartt@citizen-times.com
Attendees of the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute's total solar eclipse event take photos of the sun set during totality Monday, August 21, 2017. Matt Burkhartt/mburkhartt@citizen-times.com
A weather balloon floats in the air at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute during their total solar eclipse event Monday, August 21, 2017. Matt Burkhartt/mburkhartt@citizen-times.com
Attendees of the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute's total solar eclipse event gaze up at the sky waiting for clouds to clear, Monday, August 21, 2017. Matt Burkhartt/mburkhartt@citizen-times.com
Attendees of the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute's total solar eclipse event gaze up at the sky during totality Monday, August 21, 2017. Matt Burkhartt/mburkhartt@citizen-times.com
2017 total eclipse-themed frisbees at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute in Rosman. Matt Burkhartt/mburkhartt@citizen-times.com
Visitors to the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute in Rosman shop for 2017 eclipse merchandise Tuesday, August 21, 2017. Matt Burkhartt/mburkhartt@citizen-times.com
A weather balloon is prepared to be launched with cameras at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute's total solar eclipse event Monday, August 21, 2017. Matt Burkhartt/mburkhartt@citizen-times.com
Franklin Mayor Bob Scott's staff decorated totes, pillows and glasses as a gag gift. Hayley Benton/hbenton@citizen-times.com
Bystanders bide their time waiting for the total solar eclipse on Wayah Bald. Ari Sen
Clouds obscure the eclipse near its peak at 2:38 p.m. Monday in downtown Asheville. Katie Wadington/kwadington@citizen-times.com
Crowds fill the streets of Franklin as the eclipse enters totality on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Hayley Benton/hbenton@citizen-times.com
Clouds fill the sky over Wayah Bald near Nantahala as the eclipse approached totality. Arijit Sen/asen@citizen-times.com
Eclipse viewers traveled to the top of Wayah Bald on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Arijit Sen/asen@citizen-times.com
Campers and visitors gather at Wayah Bald, at 5,342 feet in elevation, ahead of the total solar eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Arijit Sen/asen@citizen-times.com
Sylva starts to fill with eclipse viewers early Monday. The historic courthouse is in the background. Dillon Davis/dwdavis@citizen-times.com
Students, faculty, staff and community members gather at Western Carolina University to watch the total solar eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Courtesy of Ashley T. Evans
Students, faculty, staff and community members gather at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee to watch the total solar eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. The campus was in the path of totality. Courtesy of Ashley T. Evans
Students, faculty, staff and community members gather at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee to watch the total solar eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. The campus was in the path of totality. Courtesy of Mark Haskett
Near totality at 2:35 p.m., Western Carolina University students, faculty, staff and community members gather on the Cullowhee campus to watch the total solar eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Mark Haskett
2017 Solar Eclipse Party at Pack Square, Asheville NC Libby Gamble
Ordering a milkshake, or anything else for that matter, as the peak of the eclipse approached at the Hardees restaurant in Andrews would have been an exercise in futility. Many local businesses closed for a few minutes so employees and owners could watch. Mark Barrett/mbarrett@citizen-times.com
Calaboose Cellars and Andrews Brewing Co., a combination winery and brewery, asked visitors in recent days to indicate on this chalkboard where they had come from. Mark Barrett/mbarrett@citizen-times.com
Justin and Jill Belleme take in the solar eclipse from Pisgah Astronomical Research Center in Rosman on Monday. Karen Chavez/kchavez@citizen-times.com
Most eclipse viewers made do with glasses, but there were also a number of amateur astronomers with sophisticated equipment on hand in a field on the east side of Andrews expected to be in the centerline of the zone of totality. One was Michael Stone of Baltimore, who had planned to make the trip with his father, Francis. Sadly, his father passed away from cancer first. Mark Barrett/mbarrett@citizen-times.com
Uchiyama said the state is expected to have traffic data by the end of the week. The roads on Monday showed the majority of observers tried to leave immediately after the eclipse.
Jackson County officials and teams from the Transportation Department began handing out bottled water to northbound drivers stuck in traffic, he said.
"There were a few questions of, 'How long is this gonna be?'" Uchiyama said. "Even more rare was, 'Why was this happening?' Because people understood that a rush of people like this in the North Carolina mountains, where there is no interstate and everything is a two- or four-lane highway, that it was going to take awhile to get out."
The eclipse likely taught officials how to plan for future crowds, he said.
"The lessons we learned, we can apply for day-to-day travel as well as special events that we're going to see come in the future."
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Elizabeth, I've always loved your posts about the intersection between your personal life/circumstances and your informed view of politics and policy. It's one thing to hear someone gripe about work/life balance. (Gee, I've never heard that before.) It's another thing to hear someone break down the specific policies that contribute to lack of balance, and the resulting statistics.
I love all your posts, so I just want more!
Yeah – I am happy to leave the decision-making to you, Elizabeth. Your writing is always interesting.


Thanks to Espo's Powder Coating for providing a great example of proper masking with this turbocharger housing.
Regardless of what you're powder coating, there will likely be an area on your part where you DO NOT want any powder coating to be applied. Screw holes, pipe fittings, precisely machined surfaces and sleeves or cylinder interiors are some of the places where powder will interfere with the fitment needed during assembly. If powder gets in the wrong place, it can definitely cause problems down the line.
Thankfully, there are a couple easy techniques you can use to prevent powder from going where you don't want. By using "masking" and "plugs," you can get the results you need. This article explains when to use masking and plugs for powder coating and also describes the supplies you'll need in order to use either method. Follow these simple tips and you'll soon be producing incredible-looking finishes that fit together perfectly during assembly.
Masking is the term we use when we want to shield fairly large areas of a part during the powder coating process. For powder coating masking, a high-temperature masking tape is required. Some companies use the term "high-temperature masking film," especially for larger tape sizes or material that can be cut into sheets.
Remember: Powder curing typically takes place between 380° F and 450° F, so be sure that your masking material is rated for those temperatures before using.
Masking is usually done after the chemical pretreatment stage of your coating process. Follow your pretreatment steps as normal and allow the part to dry fully before applying the high-temp tape to any areas that require masking. The pretreatment process will provide the uncoated metal with some amount of corrosion protection prior to assembly.
If the metal requires blasting prior to coating and needs to be masked before blasting, you will need a different, more durable tape. Resilient high-temp tapes can be left in place, but they are usually fairly expensive. Alternatively, you can also use a thicker version of normal masking tape. You would apply it for the blasting process, remove it after the part has been blasted, and then apply high-temp tape over the areas you want to shield. If you use chemical pretreatment after blasting a part, be sure all tape is removed before the part is treated. Mask the part with high-temperature tape only after it has dried fully and you're ready to coat.
When working with high-temp masking tape, the tape stays in place while the part is being sprayed and cured. You should be able to coat and cure the part as usual after the tape has been applied. Once the part is fully cured, you remove the tape.
TIP: When removing the tape, try to take it off while the part is still fairly hot. Around 200° F is the optimal temperature to remove the tape. If you take it off too early, while the part is too hot, it can cause strings of powder to pull off at the edge of the tape and result in a defective finish. If you wait until the part is too cool, there can be chipping or a rough line along the edge of the coating when the tape is removed.
Two-tone and multi-color finishes are achieved when two or more different colors of powder are applied to the same part. High-temperature tape and/or masking film is used to achieve this type of finish. A two-tone finish is applied like any other powder coating that requires masking, but special care should be taken to ensure that the results are acceptable.
When applying two-tone or multi-color finishes, you may need to use slightly different masking, coating and curing techniques than you normally would. You're still dealing with a situation where you'll be spraying a part and some portion of the part shouldn't have any powder applied to it, but you will need to spray and cure the part more than just once.
When masking the part, always try to limit skin contact on the bare metal. Your skin has oils that can cause issues later when you apply the remaining color(s).
As with normal masking, take the tape off of the part when it is around 200° F. A handheld laser-pointer IR temperature gauge is good enough for checking the metal temperature after curing, once the part is outside of the oven.
Make sure the first coat is fully cured and cooled before re-taping for the second color. The adhesive on the tape can cause finish problems if the powder has not fully cured. Also, you may want to wipe the remaining bare metal surface with alcohol before coating just to make sure no contaminants are still on the surface from the previous masking. For multi-color finishes, you'll re-mask the part after each coat has been applied and cured.
Check with your powder provider in advance to be sure that the powder you'll be working with is appropriate for two-tone or multi-color applications. You'll also want to consider just how long to cure the part each time you spray a new section. You may need to adjust the curing temperature to assure that each coat is adequately cured without becoming discolored. It is easy to under-cure the last coat if you become concerned about over-curing previously applied powder. Remember that most powders are hard to over-bake if you are careful.
Two-tone finishes require extra care to get right, especially if the line between one color and the other is on a flat or oddly contoured surface. Extra care when masking can make the difference between a great finished product and a reject, so take your time.
Plugs are commonly used to keep powder out of screw holes or other recesses where powder would interfere with the assembly of a part or its working operation.
Remember: Just like masking, make sure your high-temperature plugs are rated for the appropriate oven temperature. Always check the temperature rating on the plug before using.
Like tape, plugs are also used after pretreatment. Prior to inserting the plugs, blow out the holes with compressed air to ensure all moisture is out of the part. Trapped moisture in hard-to-reach areas can cause surface defects if the moisture leaks from the part during the curing cycle.
Plugs can be reused, as long as they do not get impregnated with powder. When reusing plugs, try to remove as much old powder as possible from the plug to keep from contaminating the next part.
TIP: When removing the plug, try to remove it when the part is around 200° F for the same reason as when using tape. You'll get cleaner edges and have fewer defects.
Your finish quality is tied directly to the tools you use. If you're going to be doing professional quality work, you need professional quality powder coating equipment. Reliant Finishing Systems only partners with premium quality, brand-name powder gun manufacturers like Wagner. We only integrate premium component for use with powder coating booths and powder curing ovens.
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Alewife es una estación en la línea Roja del Metro de Boston. La estación se encuentra localizada en 11 Cambridgepark West en Cambridge, Massachusetts. La estación fue inaugurada en 1985.

Descripción
La estación cuenta con 1 plataforma central y 2 vías.

Conexiones
La estación es abastecida por las siguientes conexiones:
 Rutas del MBTA Bus: 62, 67, 76, 79, 84, 350, 351

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Estación Alewife
 Líneas y estaciones de la Línea Roja del Metro de Boston

Estaciones de la línea Roja (Metro de Boston)
Estaciones de Metro de Estados Unidos inauguradas en 1985
Arquitectura brutalista en Estados Unidos

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Q: php: laravel slow view render time when rendering javascript for highcharts I have a strange problem in a website that I'm building. On the page that has the problem I am using a few highcharts. Everything works fine, but the rendering time is much too long (about 5 seconds).
When I inspect it in chrome, I see something like this:

The 8 scripts for the highcharts are in the red box. It's clear that the problem is in there.
To render the scripts for the highcharts (javascript) , I created a controller and views. I use them in the template in this way:
{{ Html::script(url ('/highchart/gauge', [$humidityInside->sd_value , 'humidityInside', 'Luchtvochtigheid binnen','%',0,100,'#55BF3B','#DDDF0D','#DF5353'])) }}

and in the highchart controller I just send the variable to the view:
 public function gauge($value,$divname,$chartTitle,$suffix,$minValue,$maxValue,$colorMin,$colorMed,$colorMax)
        {
            return view('highchart.gauge')->with(compact('value' , 'divname','chartTitle','suffix','minValue','maxValue','colorMin','colorMed','colorMax'));
        }

The view then just renders the javascript, putting in the variables at the right place:
$(function () {

    var gaugeOptions = {

        chart: {
            type: 'solidgauge'
        },

        title: null,

        pane: {
            center: ['50%', '85%'],
            size: '140%',
            startAngle: -90,
            endAngle: 90,
            background: {
                backgroundColor: (Highcharts.theme && Highcharts.theme.background2) || '#EEE',
                innerRadius: '60%',
                outerRadius: '100%',
                shape: 'arc'
            }
        },

        tooltip: {
            enabled: false
        },

        // the value axis
        yAxis: {
            stops: [
                [0.1, '{{ $colorMin }}'], // green
                [0.8, '{{ $colorMed }}'], // yellow
                [0.9, '{{ $colorMax }}'] // red
            ],
            lineWidth: 0,
            minorTickInterval: null,
            tickPixelInterval: 400,
            tickWidth: 0,
            title: {
                y: -70
            },
            labels: {
                y: 16
            }
        },

        plotOptions: {
            solidgauge: {
                dataLabels: {
                    y: 5,
                    borderWidth: 0,
                    useHTML: true
                }
            }
        }
    };

    $('#{{$divname}}').highcharts(Highcharts.merge(gaugeOptions, {
        yAxis: {
            min: {{ $minValue }},
            max: {{ $maxValue }},
            title: {
                text: '{{ $chartTitle }} '
            }
        },

        credits: {
            enabled: false
        },

        series: [{
            name: '{{ $chartTitle }}',
            data: [{{ $value}} ],
            dataLabels: {
                format: '
{y}
' +
                       '{{$suffix}}
'
            },
            tooltip: {
                valueSuffix: ' {{$suffix}}'
            }
        }]

    }));

});

As you can see in the image, the first script works quite ok, but the render time of every following script is going up for one or another reason. If I just render the script for one of the charts, it's working fine.
Any idea what's slowing me down?

A: This is actually not a Laravel issue. Before I get into the slow load times, if you want to return a script, you need to set the correct headers.
This:
return view('highchart.gauge')->with(compact('value' , 'divname','chartTitle','suffix','minValue','maxValue','colorMin','colorMed','colorMax'));

Should be this:
return response(view('highchart.gauge')->with(compact('value' , 'divname','chartTitle','suffix','minValue','maxValue','colorMin','colorMed','colorMax')), 200, ['Content-Type' => 'application/javascript']);

Now to answer the slow load times, you are loading...12 scripts or so? In order to minimize load times, you should minimize the number of roundtrips / have fewer HTTP requests. Each browser has a max number of simultaneous HTTP connections per server, which is what your image is illustrating. It's simultaneously loading 2 (or so?) scripts at a time.
In addition to this, you are using Laravel to parse your scripts rather than just simply serving a javascript file. That's a lot of overhead. So what do you need to do?

*

*Minimize HTTP requests.

*If possible, just serve a file rather than having the server parse the script.

One way to minimize HTTP requests is to send all the variables at once and then return the concatenated view. In order to concatenate views, you can just use the period like you would with strings:
return response(view(...) . view(...), 200, ['Content-Type' => 'application/javascript']);

Another way, which I would recommend, would be to move your highchart script to your public directory. Then, in your blade file, just store the variables in a javascript array. Your highchart script can then loop through that and initialize the chart(s).

A: I had same issues, but after profiling my laravel application, I found that the issue is not highcharts but my queries to database were not optimzied, so I optimezed by avoiding to use Eloquent relationship or eager loading for heavy tables, You can also consider to use temporary tables,below is a sample of raw query in laravel.
public function countOutStanding()
{
    $count=  DB::select("SELECT count(1) as count FROM myTable");
    return array_shift($count)->count;
}


Ours was busy but wonderful.
And now, before we start another week, it is time to take a look at some of last week wonderful features.
Amy at AttaGirl Says made beautiful Vintage Easter Egg Cup Pin Cushions.
Brooke at Creative Country Mom found a gorgeous rug at her local Goodwill store.
Tanya at Lemons for Lulu shared an easy recipe for Strawberry Shortcake.
Another great recipe was shared by Mountain Mama, the most amazing quiche recipe.
Nicki at Sweet Parrish Place decorated her entryway beautifully for Spring.
Carrie at Frugal Foodie Mama made Irish Cream & Mint Iced Mochafro St. Patrick's Day. Yum!
Great featured guests posts, dear friend!
this week with a custom railings contractor!
Maria, thank you for the party! Love the pot holders...so sweet!
Happy Easter!! Thanks so much for the party!!
Thanks for hosting this lovely get-together after your busy Easter - glad to hear you had a nice time.
Thank you so much for featuring my Spring Entry today! Such a lovely surprise this morning! Have a great day!
Thanks so much for featuring my quiche, Maria Elena - you always throw a great party!
I'm sorry I missed this weeks party. I'll be back next week!!!


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Franz Xaver Gabelsberger (9. února 1789 – 4. ledna 1849, obojí v Mnichově) byl německý vynálezce těsnopisu, který byl po něm pojmenovaný Gabelsbergerův těsnopis.

Gabelsberger začal vyvíjet nový systém těsnopisu ve svých 28 letech když byl zaměstnaný jako zapisovatel u bavorské vlády. Jeho systém byl poprvé plně popsán v knize Anleitung zur deutschen Redezeichenkunst oder Stenographie (1834) a rychle se rozšířil.

V Rakousku se na jeho propagaci významně podílel Hynek Jakub Heger, který byl rovněž autorem první české těsnopisné soustavy na Gabelsbergerových principech.

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Der Kreutsee (auch Kreuthsee) ist ein Baggersee auf dem Gebiet der Gemeinde Kiefersfelden im Landkreis Rosenheim in Bayern. Er entstand, wie der nahegelegene Hödenauersee und Kieferer See, beim Bau der Inntalautobahn.

Der Kreutsee liegt im Landschaftsschutzgebiet Inntal Süd (LSG-00595.01).

Siehe auch
 Liste der Seen in Bayern

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Baggersee
See im Landkreis Rosenheim
See in Europa
Landschaftsschutzgebiet in Oberbayern
Geographie (Kiefersfelden)
Wasserbauwerk in Bayern
Bauwerk in Kiefersfelden
Schutzgebiet (Umwelt- und Naturschutz) in Europa


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Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania wanted a larger and permanent NATO deployment in eastern Europe to deter Russia – up to two NATO divisions, or 20,000 to 30,000 troops. The NATO summit agreed to set up a new rapid-reaction force with 5,000 troops as a spearhead to deploy to a conflict zone within days. There used to be far, far, more.After-all, the post-Cold War era saw hundreds of thousands of troops leaving the continent. Another important note is this image conflates US Bases with NATO Joint-Ops bases (which range in US involvement from a few planes to expansive operations). The small and diminishing handful of nations in Europe not already in NATO supplying troops and military equipment for the war in Afghanistan and the three countries in the South Caucasus – Armenia's defense minister was at the NATO meeting to offer troops – are to be dragged into the Alliance, Russian apprehensions and objections.
NATO on the map. Explore this interactive map to learn more about NATO, how the Alliance works and how it responds to today's security challenges. Map of US and NATO bases in Europe NATO's eastward expansion is a process of protecting an ever-expanding territory with ever-smaller forces. Countries that are completely militarily incapacitated join the Alliance, but do not seek any capacity. Europe. Map of Foreign Military Presence in Greece. admin — June 7, 2018 add comment.. Please make a tax-exempt donation to the Global Campaign Against US/NATO Military Bases. You can make a donation by check (US only), Credit Card or PayPal. Thank you! Jeremy Corbyn — No to NATO
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This is a Blue Airplanes are ma . This map was created by a user. Learn how to create your own. NATO Base Geilenkirchen is one of the main NATO bases spread around Europe, not to mention about its major importance as an E 3A component. The E 3A component belongs to the NATO control force. There are two such elements in the alliance. The base is located in Germany, in the city with the same name, close to the borders with the Netherlands. A map showing Nato's military buildup in Eastern Europe. The US is also increasing its presence in the Black Sea and in Western Europe at bases in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany..
In 1949 the Council of Europe was founded, with a speech by Sir Winston Churchill, later the idea of unifying Europe to reach common goals. It includes all European states except for Belarus, Kazakhstan and Vatican City. extra European integration by some states led to the formation of the European sticking to (EU), a remove embassy entity that lies between a confederation and a federation. Location of US, NATO secret nuclear weapons bases in Europe revealed, 150 bombs aimed towards Russia. The US and NATO bases are Kleine Brogel in Belgium, Büchel in Germany, Aviano and Ghedi-Torre in Italy, Volkel in The Netherlands, and Incirlik in Turkey. Most of the US nuclear arsenal in Europe consists of B61 thermonuclear gravity bombs.
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Released earlier this year, the USW-320 is based on B&T's Universal Service Weapon, except that it's a drop in lower receiver for the SIG P320 Fire Control Unit and Slide rather than a full firearm. Like the USW, it incorporates a right-side, fixed-length, side-folding stock.
As more and more organizations adopt the P320, this offers a more stable platform for those longer shots.
The USW 320 is pretty bare bones. You must also install a P320 magazine release. Additionally, a red dot optic can be mounted, but it has to be on the P320 slide you've provided. Hopefully, this spartan approach will keep the cost down so more people can take advantage of it.
I spied these leg mounted subloads for 40mm rounds in the Brügger & Thomet booth during Germany's Enforce Tac expo in Germany. The carrier is meant to be used with the B&T GL06, but they could be handy for anyone using 40mm launchers.
They are offered in different sizes to carry different numbers of rounds, but as you can see, the carriers are long enough for riot control rounds and feature indentations on the sides of the individual round carriers to offer some friction and keep them in place.
Last year we mentioned the upcoming Nano red-dot weapon sight from Aimpoint. We were hoping it would be released at SHOT Show but when we asked the crew manning the Aimpoint booth, they suggested we check out Brügger & Thomet, down in the basement. Sure enough, it was there but the weapon it was mounted to, hasn't seemed to resonate with the American market. Perhaps it's the folding stock on a pistol that has so many scratching their heads. But now, we're at Enforce Tac, a European Security Show and the B&T USW has generated quite a bit of interest.
The USW is duty pistol size but intended to offer a more stable platform to police and security forces. It features a DA/SA trigger and ambi decocking lever. Additionally, the mag release can be configured left or right.
Interestingly, the Nano stays put on the bridge of the receiver and doesn't reciprocate on the slide. They've also incorporate charging ears on the slide to help with racking the slide.
The Nano comes standard on the B&T USW, and so far, that's the only way you're going to get one. The UsW also comes equipped with a side folding stock, level 3 retention holster, 3 magazines (17, 19, and 30 round) single point sling, cleaning kit, transportation box and a B&T Advanced Pistol Light which is made by Inforce. In fact, the only option is for a suppressor.


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Komisariat Straży Celnej "Rycerka" – jednostka organizacyjna Straży Celnej pełniąca służbę ochronną na granicy polsko-czechosłowackiej w latach 1921–1928.

Formowanie i zmiany organizacyjne

Na wniosek Ministerstwa Skarbu, uchwałą z 10 marca 1920 roku, powołano do życia Straż Celną. Od połowy 1921 roku jednostki Straży Celnej rozpoczęły przejmowanie odcinków granicy od pododdziałów Batalionów Celnych. Proces tworzenia Straży Celnej trwał do końca 1922 roku. Komisariat Straży Celnej "Rycerka", wraz ze swoimi placówkami granicznymi, wszedł w podporządkowanie Inspektoratu Straży Celnej "Żywiec".

W drugiej połowie 1927 roku przystąpiono do gruntownej reorganizacji Straży Celnej. W praktyce skutkowało to rozwiązaniem tej formacji granicznej. Rozporządzeniem Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej Ignacego Mościckiego z 22 marca 1928 roku w jej miejsce powoływano z dniem 2 kwietnia 1928 roku Straż Graniczną.
Rozkazem nr 4 z 30 kwietnia 1928 roku w sprawie organizacji Śląskiego Inspektoratu Okręgowego dowódca Straży Granicznej gen. bryg. Stefan Pasławski powołał komisariat Straży Granicznej "Rajcza" z podkomisariatem "Jeleśnia", który przejął ochronę granicy od rozwiązywanego komisariatu Straży Celnej.

Służba graniczna
Sąsiednie komisariaty
 komisariat Straży Celnej "Istebna"  ⇔ komisariat Straży Celnej "Ujsoły" − 1926

Funkcjonariusze komisariatu
Obsada personalna w 1926:
 kierownik komisariatu – podkomisarz Władysław Leje
 pomocnik kierownika komisariatu – przodownik Juliusz Pawlik (35)

Struktura organizacyjna
Organizacja komisariatu w 1926 roku:
 komenda – Rycerka Górna
 placówka Straży Celnej "Przegibek"
 placówka Straży Celnej "Racza" (Rajcza)
 placówka Straży Celnej "Magóra"
 placówka Straży Celnej "Ożna"
 placówka Straży Celnej "Skalania"
 placówka Straży Celnej "Zwardoń Stacja"
 placówka Straży Celnej "Zwardoń Myto"

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Art at St Leonards - encouraging personal expression.
In two beautiful and historic buildings located on the southwest side of the campus, St Leonards Art Department caters for all age groups including Junior, Senior and Sixth Form/IB pupils.
The Department believes that art is a form of communication: that it is a means of expression, aesthetic experience and problem solving. Throughout all year groups, our aim is to encourage, stimulate and develop the pupils through personal expression, imagination, conceptual thinking and practical skill. Regular excursions are arranged with the goal of developing the students' artistic appreciation.
Our dedicated teaching staff includes our own Artist-in-Residence and a Technician whose expertise includes experience in drawing and painting, printmaking, sculpture, black and white photography, digital photography, textiles, computer-aided design and video art.
Art is also offered as an after school activity and on Saturday mornings, and life drawing classes are held regularly to enable students to develop their technique.
Each year the Department showcases the work of its young artists by staging two well attended public shows, one displaying the work of IB students and the other featuring pieces by GCSE candidates and those in younger age groups.


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UK seeks public input on global tax initiative – The Royal Gazette | Bermuda News, Business, Sports, Events, & Community
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UK seeks public input on global tax initiative
The UK government has begun public consultation seeking views on how a worldwide 15 per cent minimum corporation tax should be domestically implemented.
The consultation seeks views on the application of the global minimum corporation tax in the UK, as well as a series of wider implementation matters, including who the rules apply to, transition rules and how firms within the scope should report and pay.
With changes aimed to come into effect from 2023, the consultation is scheduled to run for 12 weeks.
HM Treasury said the exercise underlines a further achievement in the UK's global leadership on tax reform.
More than 130 countries signed up to a new global minimum tax framework in October 2021, after the G7 agreed in principle.
It would seek to ensure large international firms pay at least 15 per cent tax rate on profits in each country in which they operate.
Treasury said it would help to tackle tax avoidance and ensure a more level playing field for UK businesses.
A statement said through acting swiftly to launch consulting on domestic implementation, the UK demonstrates its continued leadership.
Agreed to y over 130 countries in October 2021, the landmark reform comes as part of a two-pillar package first agreed in principle by the G7 last June, during talks chaired by the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer in London.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak said: "Ensuring large multinational groups pay the right tax in the right place has been a long-standing priority for the UK.
"We reached an historic agreement last October following more than a decade of talks and negotiations, and today marks another important milestone on how this will work in practice.
"The Pillar 2 framework will ensure large multinational firms pay tax of at least 15 per cent on profits in each country in which they operate, creating a more level playing field and further cracking down on tax avoidance. It will be operated on a country-by-country basis."
The OECD published detailed guidance on the Pillar 2 framework in December last year which countries will use to implement the rules in domestic law.
"This includes guidance on how to calculate the effective tax rate (ETR) of a group in a jurisdiction and the steps that should be taken to collect additional tax where the ETR falls below 15 per cent.
Work continues within the OECD on implementation of Pillar 1 of the October 2021 agreement, which reforms taxation rules to ensure a greater share of multinational profit is taxed in the countries in which their customers are located.
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On the atoll, residence compounds, all of which have names and well-defined boundaries, are located on the three central islets. In addition to the atoll community and Porakied, Kapinga people have maintained a small settlement on Oroluk Atoll since 1954 for copra production and pig and turtle husbandry.
Buck, Peter (1950). Material Culture of Kapingamarangi. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin no. 200. Honolulu.
Emory, Kenneth (1965). Kapingamarangi: Social and Religious Life of a Polynesian Atoll. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin no. 228. Honolulu.
Lieber, Michael D. (1974). "Land Tenure on Kapingamarangi." In Land Tenure in Oceania, edited by Henry P. Lundsgaarde, 70-99. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii.
Lieber, Michael D. (1977). "Change in Two Kapingamarangi Communities." In Exiles and Migrants in Oceania, edited by Michael D. Lieber. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii.
Lieber, Michael D., and Kalio H. Dikepa (1974). Kapingamarangi Lexicon. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii.
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Not Safe for life – The face is not survivable. LEX AUDREY releases their first Single "NSFL" out of their upcoming debut album "No Intention of Changing the World" (Release Februrary 2019). They surprise with playful extraordinary electronic Indierock. The Content of the Song is about the self-imposed digital image and questions its survivability. In the video of the single the band stares with blured faces down on their smartphones. Are we safe for life?


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Bowderdale Classic (Howgill Fells) Mountain Bike Route
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A difficult mountain bike route that takes in both the Yorkshire Dales and Cumbria. Start with a killer climb out of Sedbergh, one which takes you right to the top of The Calf at 676m (2,218ft). It's tough but once you're here you can rest assured that the rest of the route is predominantly downhill, and it starts right now with an awesome 6km (4mi) long descent of Bowderdale.
The return legs climbs again but this time nowhere near as much as earlier, you pass between Harter Fell and Knott before descending again on some cracking singletrack right the way back to Sedbergh, roughly following the River Rawthey. Look out for the wild horses that roam around this area!
As an extra bonus, try and find time to visit Cautley Spout, England's highest waterfall, as it's not far off the route but only accessible on foot.
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Begin this route in Sedbergh. Once you're parked up and on the bike, you will need to locate Howgill Lane, it is in between the Dalesman Country Inn and the Happy Valley chinese takeaway. Follow this road out of Sedbergh for about 1km until you reach Lockbank Farm. The road here turns sharply left but you should go right, through the farm. Once through the farm yard, the path opens out onto Winder, meaning the start of the first major climb.
The path goes left before beginning to climb and then curves around to the right. From here it goes around Winder, with Settlebeck Gill down and to your right, and meets up with a clear track on the ridge. Turn right onto this track for even more climbing, up onto Arant Haw. The path, heading NNE now, traverses Rowantree Grains before climbing Little Dummacks. A detour here would get you to the summit of Great Dummacks, if you choose to do this, just take the path to the north-east. If not, then carry on the same trail, heading NNW now to the summit of Bram Rigg Top followed by The Calf.
This is the highest point in the ride, and indeed in the Howgill Fells. It might have been tough getting up here but now you know the rest of the route is predominently downhill. From the summit of The Calf, follow the track north-east, it will soon begin to bear left and shortly after that begin to descend into Bowderdale. This descent is some 6km (4mi) long so enjoy it! Just keep to the obvious track as it descends into the dale, keeping the beck to your right.
After a nipping through a few fields, you will find yourself on the road at Bowderdale village. Turn right and follow to the T-junction at Brow Foot farm, turn left here then right again just before going under the bridge. Where the road bends left with a junction on the right, turn right onto Gars Lane. Follow the road when it bends left into the farm yard, and follow right through the yard to pick up the bridleway once again at the other side. In the first field, keep the wall to your left and go through the gate in the corner. In the second field, keep the wall to your right. In the third field, you need to go kind of diagonally over to the left, where there's gate. Judging by the number of trails on this field, it looks like a few people have got it wrong. The one you want is the left of these faint trails.
After the gate, head through the next few fields by keeping along their edges until you reach the village of Weasdale. Get back onto the road here by turning left at the T-junction. Keep to this road for 1km or so to the left-hand bend, ignore the bend and go straight on by taking the junction. Look out for a wooded bridleway sign pointing right after about 500m and go through the gate. Keep following the track through several fields until you meet the road again, turn left onto the road then right at the T-junction and follow the road to Ravenstonedale.
Make your way through the Ravenstonedale, heading for Town Head. Just after the last house, the road bends left with a junction on the right. Turn right here then take a left at the T-junction and follow this road through the fields and then out onto the moor. The road soon begins to climb back into the fells, keep following it to the end of the road at Adamthwaite Farm. On reaching the farm, ignore the bridleway on the right and take the left-hand track through the farm yard. Look for the the track between walls. Follow this path through several fields as it follows the contours of Wandale Hill.
Eventually you will have arrived at Narthwaite farm. Take a right in the farm yard to get you on a path that curves right through a field before heading into the trees and curving left as it crosses Backside Beck. Follow this clear track until the point where it curves sharply right and heads away from the river. That direction leads up to Cautley Spout, England's highest waterfall, but alas it's footpath only. We need to head straight on here and ford the stream, you're aiming for the gap in the wall at the other side. This track crosses more fields for another 3km (2mi) or so to Thursgill where it becomes road again. This quick descent gets you back to the A683. When you get there, take a right and pedal the last little road section back to Sedbergh.
Arant Haw
The west ridge of Arant Haw (Karl and Ali) / CC BY-SA 2.0
Arant Haw is a 605m (1,985ft) fell in the Howgill Fells in the Yorkshire Dales.
Bowderdale (Howgills)
Bowderdale in the Howgill Fells (Peer Lawther / CC BY 2.0)
Bowderdale is a dale in the Howgill Fells in Cumbria.
Bram Rigg
Bram Rigg Top, Howgills (Michael Ely / CC BY-SA 2.0)
Bram Rigg is a 672m (2,205ft) high fell in the Howgill Fells in Cumbria and the Yorkshire Dales, and it is accessible by bridleway.
On Calders (Michael Graham / CC BY-SA 2.0)
Calders is a 674m (2,211ft) summit on Brant Fell in the Howgill Fells in Cumbria. It is on right on the main bridleway, meaning most routes around here reach the summit.
Great Dummacks
Eastern slope of Great Dummacks (Trevor Littlewood) / CC BY-SA 2.0
Great Dummacks is a 663m fell in the Howgill Fells range, which sits quietly between the Lake District and the
Swaledale sheep and the Howgill Fells (Karl and Ali) / CC BY-SA 2.0
The Howgill Fells are in the often overlooked area of Cumbria between the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District.
Little Dummacks
Path junction near Bram Rigg Top, Howgill Fells (Philip Barker) / CC BY-SA 2.0
Little Dummacks is a fell in the Howgill Fells range, which sits quietly between the Lake District and the
Ravenstonedale
Ravenstonedale is a quaint village in the Howgill Fells area of Cumbria and although it is in neither of the national parks, it is closer to the
River Rawthey
River Rawthey and Path to Cautley Spout (G Laird) / CC BY-SA 2.0
The Rawthey is a river in Cumbria. Its source is on East Baugh Fell and it flows, at first north-west, around the north of the fell, before heading south.
Sedbergh
Sedbergh, Market Town. (Colin Smith) / CC BY-SA 2.0
Sedbergh is a town in the Yorkshire Dales and a great base for exploring the Howgill Fells.
The Calf
Trig point on the Calf (Ian Taylor) / CC BY-SA 2.0
The Calf is the highest peak in the Howgill Fells in Cumbria, it rises to 676m (2,218ft) above sea level and sits exactly on the national park boundary of the
Wandale Hill
Low and High Sprintgill, with Wandale Hill behind (Hector Davie) / CC BY-SA 2.0
Wandale Hill is a 497m (1,631ft) fell in the Howgill Fells in Cumbria, it sits just outside of the Yorkshire Dales park boundary.
Bowderdale Singletrack
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Want to feel like you've really achieved something on your latest ride out? Then give one of our big mountain routes a try.
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Who could resist the chance of a scenic riverside mountain bike route? Listed here are routes for all abilities with one thing in common, at least part of these routes run by a riverside.
Singletrack
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Singletrack is what most of us mountain bikers wish for on a ride, which is a good thing, because most routes out there feature singletrack.
Sunlit ridge of Dollywaggon Pike (Trevor Littlewood) / CC BY-SA 2.0
Riding a mountain bike along the ridge of a UK mountain range will make you feel more alive than anything else!


Respect for the environment and biodiversity are useful tools for winegrowers. We take a closer look at the initiatives implemented by Les Caves de Rauzan in the vineyard of Entre-deux-Mers to the east of Bordeaux, which include the circular walk that proves in more than one way just how welcoming the vines can be.
In Rauzan, seven winegrowers encourage walkers to stroll among their vines. The 5.5 km circular walk is designed to raise environmental awareness among the 15,000 visitors welcomed by Les Caves de Rauzan and the 330 producers whose products it sells.
Éric Barrat agrees. Éric is one of the first to have introduced natural methods to his 43 hectares of vines that he cultivates organically. "For example, hedges provide the perfect habitat for certain types of mite, like Typhlodromus, which feeds on insects harmful to the vines". It's also a real pleasure to see the ponds and their plants, which attract small molluscs, dragonflies and frogs, and to watch wild animals drinking in those pools where the slope of the bank makes it possible for them to reach the water".
But the hands-on environmental commitment shown by Les Caves de Rauzan is by no means new: having been awarded ISO 14000 environmental standard compliance in 1996, this group of producers has been recovering and recycling its waste ever since, with initiatives like converting grape skins and pips to compost.
They achieved a new milestone in 2014 with ISO 26000 certification, adding social responsibility to the nature protection commitments of its members. Today, 50% of them are also Agriconfiance certified for their waste management performance. Better still, a dozen of them have also been awarded the High Environmental Value (HVE) Level 3 label which certifies that they have devoted at least 10% of their land to meadows, woods and hedges to promote biodiversity. All that remains now is to convince the others, and subsidies are helping to do that.
The Conservatoire d'espaces naturels d'Aquitaine regional natural environment conservation agency has conducted an inventory of the ecosystems represented by the Rauzan vineyards. Its researchers have identified no fewer than 106 plant and animal species, 9 of which are the subject of national and/or European protection orders. Visitors can identify them for themselves using the interpretation panels provided.
Nesting boxes for migratory birds are produced from recycled wine crates by woodworker Jean-Baptiste Hue, and are available to buy as part of the visit: an excellent gift idea!
Please note that only 20 people at a time may use the circular path, which is intentionally not marked or signposted. So please register in advance with Les Caves de Rauzan.


An extremely mild leather polish containing lanolin which ensures the polish is very creamy and soft. This product can be used on all leather products, and will nourish the leather keeping it soft and supple. Cleans, nourishes, waterproofs and conditions leather, whilst refreshing colour. Lends a superb high gloss finish and extremely economical to use. Available in black, amber, cordovan, medium brown and natural.


Fires of Pentecost on the Battlefront / Kilmer, Jim / Paperback / LSI - TEACH Services, Inc.
The greatest opportunities to reach others for Jesus lie within our circles of influence. These are the days when we can experience the miraculous working power of the Latter Rain. Only the Holy Spirit can break through enemy lines to rescue captives in today's all-out battle against truth.