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Random Road Trips from New York
The New York Road Trip
Real American Muscle
Driving in America?
New York to Washington DC
New York to Long Island
New York to Niagara Falls
I have covered a fair few road trips through the years but there will always be one that really stands out. Away from the UK, away from Europe, and away from pretty much everything I at the time know. It was both terrifying and fascinating which is the making of a most memorable of travels. And my random road trips from New York are memorable to this date.
This was back when Continental Airlines would fly out from Belfast International Airport to New York (Newark Airport). It was also in September 2008, when Robinho moved to Man City and thought he was at Chelsea, and on it was on the run-up to the Presidential Election when Sarah Palin was described as a pig in lipstick, and Russel Brand fled America after calling George Bush a retarded cowboy on the MTV Music and Video Awards. And these were the memorable TV moments from hotels, motels, and holiday inns at the end of each night on these random road trips from New York. Although we also ticked off the usual New City attractions like Empire State Building Tickets before hitting the roads.
I actually started this adventure the day before labour day (01/09/2008) where such memorable moments included having my car window bashed by a homeless guy in a sandwich board after a wrong turn to Delaware. Stopping and speeding in reverse from ghetto fights in the near-centre of DC, and near being smashed into by joyriders straight minutes later. As the US can be weirdly 3rd World in parts as you'd never expect.
Otherwise, my more enjoyable experiences on these road trips from New York included massive beef hoagies, Slim Jims for breakfast, my first-ever Wendy's (The Baconator) and Taco Bell. Sightseeing-wise it was a helicopter over Niagara Falls after being kicked out of Canada at the road border. The Peach Festival in Lewiston was kind of cute. And of course, partaking in America's pastime of shooting guns.
I have been to New York a couple of times now but this was my first experience and it was kind of big and brash and intimidating from the very start, just when walking in the NYC city centre. So I wouldn't recommend driving out from New York city centre itself and instead I stayed a bit in the city before hopping back from Penn Station to Newark Airport to find some cheap car hire from the airport. Plumping for the cheapest Dodge Charger.
My first mistake was renting a car for its Americanness but that also fits my tiny budget. And when I turned up to Newark Airport's Dollar Car Rental I was completely clueless. They threw me the keys, I jumped into the driver seat ready to go, to find it's automatic gears, weird letters on the gear stick… there's no clutch? Not only is it a beast of a car but it's automatic gears, with rear-wheel drive and I don't remember ever feeling in full control of the car. Driving on the right side of the road had become an afterthought.
My next mistake was probably the hangover from the previous night beer sampling at New York's Heartland Brewery. And our road trips from New York didn't start well. So once I was on the road I was lost. I had no GPS or smartphone (2008) and I kind of expected road signs to point to Washington DC 230-miles away. "Is it north or south?". Thing is. America is a fair bit bigger than Northern Ireland.
So after harassing random strangers, I am pointed to a 'Best Buy' for a map, and here I am pointed to a GPS (satnav). This was in fact the 1st time I've seen GPS and I wouldn't travel without it since. So I bought a satnav and plugged it in etc. and we were well on our way. Only my travel-bud 'accidentally' set our track some far-flung clothes outlet when checking out local attractions. And it was 7-hours (normally 3hrs30mins) before reaching Washington DC.
This was by far the most eventful part of the journey when coming to dark and I misinterpreted the GPS and followed an exit to the centre of Delaware and was straight stuck at traffic lights at an empty junction. Here a homeless guy, a blackfella wearing a sandwich board, stands in front of the car to stop me, then moved to the driver window and starts bashing it beside me. So I sped right off.
The GPS brings us on track again and we are back to the quickest direct route to Washington DC. Unfortunately, there is no 'bypass ghettos' option on GPS and close to midnight we pass the outskirts of Washington DC. Where I am the only honky in town driving a bright vanilla Dodge Charger through some of the sketchiest streets I've ever seen. I always thought Washington DC was a clean-cut, amiable city, far from poverty and crime. How wrong was I?
The Washington Ghettos
It's around 20-minutes driving circles around Washington DC, when, past midnight, I see some black lad running from a side alley before falling face-first on the road. Quickly after him, he's chased by three other guys. One lays into him, while the other 2 grab weapons from the roadside, what looked like a chunk of wood and a brick. I had obviously stopped the car by now, in the centre of the road, frozen, shitting myself…. where's the reverse… I fumble into reverse, spin the car around, and back to the main roads.
But this was smack in the centre of Washington DC and just minutes away from the main monuments of the city. Within walking distance. So I was literally shaking by this point when I pulled up to the next traffic lights and some joyrider came skidding and near smashed the side of my car. No clue if they were involved in the attack but I was thankful they had no interest in me. 5-minutes later and I had checked into St. Gregory Hotel and was sipping my complimentary bottle of Champagne. Quite a contrast.
The streets were empty in Washington on Labor Day and I could literally drive from one attraction to the next before my thankfully less memorable return journey to Upstate New York. For most my time I would be based in a Days Inn in the small town of Nanuet beside a friend who lived in the small commuter town of Pearl River. It's about 25-miles from Manhattan Island. It's also, coincidentally, very Irish, yet very American.
Anyway, this would be our base for road trips from New York, at the same time it was perfect to explore local life and to do as American's do. I was shooting guns, eating hoagies, picnicking on junk food etc. and immersing in the white picket fences and great American Dream. The area is also near to state parks including Bear Mountain (25-miles), and then a fair bit further to the Catskill Mountains (108-miles). We did some picnicking in Bear Mountain.
This was the first road trip from New York that I did alone, leaving out from Pearl River, to travel down past New York City crossing the Washington Bridge. From there it's not far to reach the main straight of Long Island which is pretty much one direct road from beginning to end. And while I did stop at some iconic destinations, like the Hamptons, I never quite made it to the iconic lighthouse at Montauk in the end. It's a nice area, but it isn't the most exciting on the straight roads, and most areas are quite private with rich residents. So I didn't stay long.
It's 400 miles and 7 hours from our Pearl River base to Niagara Falls, and it's a journey we took on during hurricane warnings in the New York State adding a bit of excitement to the road trip. Normally I would suggest stops along the way at Bear Mountain, and the Catskills. Otherwise it's a near straight drive north to Syracuse before following the border of Ontario Canada west to Niagara.
We had a fancy hotel with views of the falls booked that night on the opposite side of the falls and the Canadian border. And while I had no problem entering Canada (British Passport) my friend was working in America on a Thai passport hence needed a VISA. So the border guards turned us back into the US. But when asked why we were returning from Canada I maybe shouldn't have said 'they kicked us out'. Resulting in the car keys being taken as border police phones in a check on our IDs. It was funny.
So instead we stayed on the American side of the border in a slightly less extravagant motel. The next day we then did the tourist sights, we went under falls on the Maid of the Mist, and finally crossed the Canadian border (in the sky) by helicopter with a quick tour over Niagara Falls. But some of the more memorable experiences was the Niagara County Peach Festival hosted in Lewiston which was another fascinating glimpse into smalltown USA. Before another 7-hour drive back to New York.

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Stop by and shop some great vendors and start your holiday shopping.
Several new "Foxboro" items such as water bottles, lanyards and totes. Jewelry, scarves, and so much more! Door prizes and complimentary appetizers!


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Extended System Configuration Data ("Rozšířená data pro konfiguraci systému") jsou součástí nevolatilní (stálé) paměti BIOSu (obvykle ve flash paměti) na desce z osobního počítače, kde jsou uloženy informace o ISA PnP zařízení. Je to používané BIOSem k alokaci (rozmístění) zdrojů pro zařízení, jako jsou rozšiřující karty.

BIOS také aktualizuje ESCD pokaždé když v hardware dojde ke změně konfigurace, po rozhodnutí o tom, jak přerozdělí zdroje, jako je IRQ a rozsahu mapování paměti. Po aktualizaci ESCD, rozhodnutí nemusí být znovu provedeno, což následně vede k rychlejšímu startu bez konfliktů až do příští změny konfigurace hardwaru.

ISA Configuration Utility (ICU) slouží k aktualizaci ESCD přes rozhraní Plug and Play BIOSu. V operačním systému Microsoft Windows je příkladem nástroj Správce zařízení.

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Wall Street Journal: Let Them Eat Hedge Funds!
Labor Recycling Scheme Afoot at Delphi
Court Okays Multimillion-Dollar Payoff for Delphi Execs
Housing Bubble Losing Air
Wall Street Fears 'Financial Debacle' from Derivatives
BearingPoint Report: 'Credit Derivatives in Crisis'
Hedge Funds Under Scrutiny
From Volume 5, Issue Number 8 of EIR Online, Published Published Feb. 21, 2006
U.S. Economic/Financial News
The Wall Street Journal has weighed in on behalf of the vulture hedge funds against any government effort to rebuild Louisiana or aid victims of the hurricane. The Journal's lead editorial Feb. 13 denounces the government recovery program for Katrina reconstruction—not because of the reports now emerging showing the failure of the effort, but because the Journal's editors want to let the hedge funds run it! They criticize a plan calling for a Louisiana Recovery Corporation, a $30-billion plan proposed by Rep. Richard Baker, a Republican from Baton Rouge, for the Federal government to buy 200,000 destroyed properties, pay the owners 60% of pre-Katrina value, then reconstruct and sell the properties. The Journal complains that this would "deter private investors from going in and buying up properties, and thus creating a market floor." I.e., let the suckers fix New Orleans.
A cruel scheme to turn Delphi plants into low-wage shops is being negotiated among General Motors, Delphi, and the United Auto Workers union (UAW). The plan was leaked to the Detroit Free Press Feb. 13 by a local union president who heard it from Richard Shoemaker, the UAW's vice president for Delphi, at a Washington, D.C. conference. The scheme is this: 45,000 GM hourly workers (out of 110,000) become eligible for retirement by 2010. If GM buys a large portion of them out with a $100,000 bonus for early retirement, some of the 23,000 UAW-organized production workers at Delphi can rotate back to GM. Delphi would then hire replacements and become entirely a $10-12/hour employer.
At the same time, the big auto parts manufacturer Dura Automotive Systems announced it will close half of its plants in North America by next year, losing or relocating overseas 2,000 jobs. In all, the company plans to close or sell off as many as ten plants worldwide. It's trying to sell off its German plants (Lage, Lippstadt, and Rotenburg). But it will expand production in Mexico and in Eastern Europe. Official Larry Denton complained of doubled steel costs since 2001; essentially trading wages for steel.
Meanwhile, union sources tell EIR that the UAW is sanctioning plans for a mass march on GM headquarters in Lansing, Mich. in the spring. Mobilization meetings are starting to be announced. The sources also report that some UAW reps are using Lyndon LaRouche's auto retooling proposal in their "Marshall Plan" meetings with Congress, and sparking good discussions with it.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain ruled Feb. 11 that the $38 million in special bonuses to the Delphi executives who destroyed the company is "an appropriate form of compensation," while the hourly workforce loses wages, health care, and pensions, according to the Detroit Free Press.
Meanwhile, at Visteon, the other major auto parts company, executives are enjoying the same huge increases in bonuses, pay raises, and incentive pay, despite the fact that the company continues to lose money, and has called on the unions to slash their wages and benefits. Bonuses could reach $20.3 million to the CEO, $16.2 million to the vice chairman, and $12.5 million to the CFO.
House prices rose more slowly in the fourth quarter, compared to the previous quarter, even as the number of metropolitan areas with double-digit price gains hit a record, Reuters reported Feb. 15. The National Association of Realtors said the national median home price for an existing single-family house rose 13.6%, compared to a rise of 14.7% in the third quarter. Six metro areas—in the Midwest, hit by the auto industry shutdown—reported price declines on existing homes.
In another indication that the boom is over, applications for loans to purchase homes dropped 7.9% last week to their lowest level in over two years, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.
The Feb. 16 Bloomberg.com reported, "Fourteen of Wall Street's biggest banks told Federal regulators today they met a January goal of reducing unconfirmed trades in the $12.4 trillion credit derivatives market, easing concern that sloppy bookkeeping may set off a financial debacle." While sloppy bookkeeping may be a concern, the real issue frightening the banks is the great instability of the highly leveraged credit derivatives market itself. The volume of credit derivatives has doubled in the past five years. The 14 Wall Street banks met Feb. 16 at the offices of the New York Federal Reserve Bank.
The consulting firm BearingPoint issued a report titled "Credit Derivatives in Crisis," PR Newswire reported Feb. 15. A manager with BearingPoint, Robert Benedetto, warned, "[T]he overstressed credit derivatives market infrastructure has created the potential for a financial disaster if an event triggers a significant strain, such as a major U.S. company filing for bankruptcy."
Hedge funds are under scrutiny from regulators for using borrowed shares to influence takeover votes and reap gains. The funds borrowed an unusually large amount of shares in Hong Kong-listed Henderson Investment just days before a proposed takeover was surprisingly blocked by shareholders, triggering sharp falls in the stock, the Financial Times reported Feb. 15. At least some of the votes against the proposal could have come from shares borrowed by hedge funds, which stood to profit by "shorting" the stock.
U.S. regulators are considering whether the practice violates market rules; while Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission has said it was looking into the issue of borrowed shares—previously unknown in Asia.


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Jungle Book: Origins Shifts To 2017
Jungle Book: Origins
The Jungle Book: Origins, Warner Bros.'s version of the Rudyard Kipling stories, has seen its release date pushed back by almost a year.
The studio has moved the opening date from Oct. 21, 2016 to Oct. 6, 2017.
It hasn't abandoned that time, however, for at the same time, Warners has moved Geostorm, an environmental thriller starring Gerard Butler, into that Oct. 21 date.
Warners is competing with Disney on live-action Jungle Book adaptations, with the Disney project, currently in production with Jon Favreau at the helm, swinging to an Oct. 9, 2015 date.
Warners' version is still in the early development stages with Andy Serkis attached to direct.
Sources say that the initial date was more of a placeholder than a firmly planted release date. There is a growing trend in distribution circles of grabbing dates and using them as temporary berths for movies before these cinematic souffles are fully baked.
The new date also gives additional time for Serkis and co. to further work on the special effects-heavy project.
The move not only puts some time and space between Disney's movie, but it also puts some distance between it and the studio's other jungle-swinging movie, Tarzan. The latter also opens on July 1, 2016.
Cate Blanchett in discussions to join Cascade
Knight Of Cups & Cinderella to premiere in Berlin Film Festival
Andy Serkis praises Cate Blanchett's work in "Jungle Book"
Christian Bale and Cate Blanchett Join 'Jungle Book: Origins'
Andy Serkis' "Jungle Book: Origins" Retitled "Mowgli"


The brain is a remarkable thing. It can adapt and adjust to new ways of life at a surprising rate, making something as important as your gradually diminishing sight seem not so bad. When images start to go dark and blurry due to cataracts, some people may be inclined to just go with the flow, but there is another alternative that can actually help restore your sight and give you back all the benefits of clear, unclouded vision: cataract surgery.
Though cataract surgery may sound a little daunting at first, there are so many reasons why you should not hesitate to undergo this minimally-invasive procedure.
Cataract surgery is a quick and painless procedure that leaves most people with better vision afterwards. During the procedure, the cataract surgeon uses a small-incision, no-stitch microscopic technique to remove the cloudy lens of the eye and replace it with a clear, foldable plastic intraocular lens. The surgery only takes about 30 minutes and you will start to see results within a few days.
If money is a major concern, you should speak with your cataract doctor before getting started. However, most private insurance companies, as well as Medicare, cover the cost of cataract surgery, including the fee for the cataract surgeon, the fee for using the surgical facility, the cost of a basic monofocal lens implant, and all necessary follow-up care within 3 months or so of your surgery.
All surgical procedures have risks, but the inherent risks of cataract surgery are extremely low! You may experience symptoms such as mild inflammation, infection, swelling, or bleeding, but complications are uncommon and often easily treated. This low-risk factor is one of the reasons why cataract surgery has become one of the most successful and frequently-performed surgeries in the United States!
Everyday tasks like driving and reading become nearly impossible when cataracts are clouding your vision. You may feel less independent or more socially withdrawn and self-conscious. But cataract surgery can help you get back to the things you enjoy most, possibly even leaving you with better eye sight than before!
Vision loss is a major contributing factor to falls and fractures, especially in older patients. Blurred vision could cause you to fall down the stairs or trip over a rug, leaving you with mounting hospital bills and long recovery periods. Cataract surgery can remove this barrier from your life, allowing you to accurately judge distances and step over obstacles just like you could before the cataracts formed.
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So what do I want to eat when I'm feeling down/lonely/cold/tired/like-winter-will-never-end/hot/like-summer-will-never-end? Well, it depends a lot on the season. Here's a snapshot.
Winter: My ultimate comfort dinner would be a plain fresh (warm) loaf of bread with a bowl of soup. The type of soup isn't very important although broccoli cheddar or squash with pancetta and thyme would be fantastic but I've been thinking this week about broth based soups like a minestrone. These soups must be homemade. If it comes out of a can it doesn't count, although I admit that I don't make my own broth. I realized while thinking about the fact that this is one of my ultimate meals that I very very rarely make soup. In the past three years I can think of only two soups that I've made: the aforementioned squash and a Brazilian black bean stew. Soup isn't generally something I think of as an option for 1 person, but 2 might be more reasonable.
Summer: Comfort foods for summer are simple, in part because there's no energy left to exert for cooking and people generally want to stay out of the kitchen. So food is simple. Two cobs of corn with butter and salt. That is my ideal meal. Add in a BLT and I'm completely sold. The tomatoes should be perfectly ripe and dripping down your hands, the cheap white bread, though toasted, melting as it succumbs to the juice of the tomato.
Summer desserts: Again, simplicity is everything. Strawberries that have been sitting out at the farmers market for 2 hours so that they're warm and juicy. Raspberries with the perfect touch of sweetness. Peaches and nectarines, like tomatoes, dripping all over you and leaving strings in your teeth. Cherries that you eat and then spit the pits around the yard. Watermelon that brings refreshing cool on the hottest of summer days.
The interesting contrast between my summer and winter menus is that I spent my whole life eating the winter menus. We've always had the ingredients for soup and bread and rice pudding available. (Rhubarb we don't grow in Kentucky and it seems silly to buy.) But the summer menus are things I used to dream about. Growing up in Alaska we didn't have sweet corn or tomatoes, cherries, peaches or nectarines. It was always a treat coming down to Ontario and getting sweet corn, even if I did have to have it cut off the cob because of my braces.
Nothing specific to write about tonight. I'm on the Thinkpad, since I left my MacBook power at work, so my screen is a bit too small to do a news post. I was thinking about writing about the wonders of fresh sweet corn, but I was much more inspired before dinner. My pictures from this weekend are uploading on flickr, so a post on those travels will follow.
So instead of that, I thought I'd write about hope and dancing. No, not this. Some of you will have seen this video, simply called Dancing 2008. If not, go check it out. I went to a talk today by Matt Harding (the dancing guy in the video) about that project and wherethehellismatt.com. He talked about his different projects. Before I say anything more, go watch the video. I don't know about you, but watching it, each and every time, I get happy goosebumps. I first saw the movie last month, when Peter Sagal posted about it in his blog. (He and his family are in the Chicago scene.) Hearing Matt talk about it just increased those goosebumps.
However, at the end of the talk, the organizer stood up and asked if we could all get up and dance with Matt. So everyone left their laptops on their chairs and raced to the front. We figured out how to all fit in the frame and some folks in the back stood on chairs. Then we "danced" waving our arms and legs in the air and grinning like mad. No music, just a bunch of crazies having a great time letting loose and being part of something bigger.
So that's what I'm thinking about. I bought three songs on iTunes tonight Praan (the song from the dancing video starring a 17 year old Minneapolis girl), Dance Outtakes Song (by the same composer), and Dragostea Din Tei (a Romanian techno song). I didn't even think about getting my picture taking with Matt, so I'll leave you with these shots from flickr member JamesEverett from the Vancouver dancing event.
I am writing this now because tomorrow I'll get to help the sous chef serve up crepes to the public. (er…semi-public?) I think the crepes are pre-made and so we'll be making the sauces and serving. I went by last week (the first Wednesday after the class) to say that I wasn't going to be able to make it, but that I would come this week. She said she had a stack of aprons waiting.
If you don't hear from me it could because I went a little crazy with the flambéing. Or it could be because I have to go and socialize and network tomorrow night. Assuming things go well, I'd be up for showing off my skills in other locations as well. You just might want to have a fire extinguisher handy.
UPDATE: Due to a delay in seeing a comment about how I should put all my blogs into one and the crazy out-of-control blog ambitions I have, I'm going to migrate everything to THIS blog. I'll leave up the descriptions of the sorts of things I'll be posting below, but I'll remove the addresses.
Simon, friend and commenter, was surprised to hear I had two blogs. Actually I have more. I got a little blog crazy a few weeks ago and wanted to make a public blog. Then I realized I was going to be posting on multiple topics and thought it would be nice to write distinct blogs so that if you don't care about my travels, but love my random emails with crazy NYTimes articles, you can just get those. So now I have a triumvirate of blogs and a fourth one in the making. Since this blog gets the most traffic I will introduce them here.
This was born out of my habit of emailing a wide swath of people everytime I laughed at a headline in Google Reader. These headlines will come primarily from the NYTimes, StarTribune, and Slashdot. Unlike Wandering the World, most of this blog will be links to random weird stuff. Sometimes (often?) I may not have even read the article in question, but the premise from the headline was bizzare enough to warrant a post.
This will eventually get a better title. I've been thinking a lot about food this summer, so hopefully this will involve posts about food. So far I have about forty pictures on my phone of meals from this summer. I also have rave reviews of the farmers market. I don't really know what will be on here, because I haven't started posting yet, but I will post tonight.
The obvious, yet missing blogs are the choral geek blog and the HCI/Computer geek blog. When the need arises, I will add them or merge several existing blogs. I couldn't get the blog name I wanted for the techy blog, so that will be figured out later on. I will stay dormant on the music front until choir starts up again in September.
If this is all too much for you, let me know. You also might want to try out a news aggregator (like Google Reader) that is like an inbox for all the blogs you read. It lets you know when there are new posts and brings them all together in the same location. If you do choose Google reader, let me know what you think of it via email.
Because you, the reader, matter to me, I'll be watching the comments. If you are sick and tired about hearing about topic X you can either quit reading my blog or let me know that you'd rather hear more about topic Y. If you disagree (there aren't that many of you, so I'm not TOO worried), I will watch the flames be thrown around.


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Deep Star Six (Alternativtitel: DeepStar Six – Das Grauen in der Tiefe) ist ein US-amerikanischer Science-Fiction-Film von Sean S. Cunningham aus dem Jahr 1989. Der Film startete am 13. April 1989 in den deutschen Kinos.

Handlung
Die Besatzungsmitglieder der Unterwasserstation Deep Star Six bauen für das Militär eine Raketenabschussrampe auf. Durch Sprengung einer Unterwasserhöhle wird ein prähistorisches Wesen befreit. Dieses greift die Station an. Daraufhin bereiten sich die Besatzungsmitglieder auf die Evakuierung der Station vor, wobei Snyder aufgrund einer falschen Einordnung der Bedrohung ("feindliches Verhalten" steht für einen militärischen Gegner) alle Raketen durch Detonation der Sprengköpfe zerstört. Dadurch wird eine Explosionswelle ausgelöst, die die Station schwer beschädigt und die Evakuierung fast unmöglich macht.

Das Wesen tötet ein Besatzungsmitglied nach dem anderen. Der Nuklearreaktor der Station droht zu explodieren. Als nur noch McBride und zwei Frauen am Leben bleiben, schwimmt McBride zum kleinen U-Boot, mit dem alle drei fliehen wollen. Vor seiner Rückkehr werden die Frauen mit dem Wesen konfrontiert, das eine der Frauen tötet. McBride und die andere Frau Joyce verbringen einige Zeit in der Dekompressionskammer, dann entkommen sie rechtzeitig vor der Explosion des Reaktors. Sie gelangen mit dem U-Boot auf die Wasseroberfläche. Dort setzen sie ein Rettungsboot aufs Wasser, in diesem Augenblick taucht das Wesen auf. McBride tötet es, indem er das U-Boot in Brand steckt und zum Explodieren bringt. Am Ende sieht man McBride und Joyce im Rettungsschlauchboot auf dem Ozean rudernd auf Hilfe wartend.

Kritiken
Janet Maslin schrieb in der New York Times vom 13. Januar 1989, die exotische Unterwasserwelt wirke im Film nicht interessanter als ein durchschnittlicher Wandschrank eines Schlafzimmers. Der Film zeige vorwiegend die Kommandozentrale mit "blinkenden Lichtern". Er sei "flach" und "vorhersehbar"; die Spannung sei "minimal".

Das Lexikon des internationalen Films beschrieb das Werk als ein "spannendes Unterwasserabenteuer mit genreüblichen Elementen". Seine Ausstattung sei "billig", er sei "nervös geschnitten", jedoch "überraschend souverän in der Bildgestaltung". Die dahinter verborgene "krude Ideologie" sei "ebenso hanebüchen wie aufgesetzt".

Hintergrund
Der Film spielte in den Kinos der USA ca. 8,1 Millionen US-Dollar ein.

Altersfreigabe
Der Film war in seiner ursprünglichen Kinofassung von der FSK ab 18 Jahren freigegeben worden. Diese Fassung wurde auch auf die DVD übernommen, wodurch diese viele Jahre lang nicht unter 18 Jahren freigegeben war.
Erst durch eine Neuprüfung im Jahr 2008 bekam der Film ungekürzt eine FSK 16 Freigabe.

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What are the advantages of an AGM battery?
AGM is maintenance free, provides good electrical reliability and is lighter than the flooded lead-acid type. It stands up well to low temperatures and has a low self-discharge. The leading advantages are a charge that is up to five times faster than the flooded version, and the ability to deep cycle.
Keeping this in consideration, how long will gel batteries last?
Sealed AGM batteries typically last 3 to 5 years on average. 6 to 8 years is easily obtainable with proper maintenance. Typically sealed AGM batteries will give warning before completely dying. They will start slower, and require more charging.
What is difference between AGM and gel battery?
AGM (absorbed glass mat) is a special design glass mat designed to wick the battery electrolyte between the battery plates. AGM batteries contain only enough liquid to keep the mat wet with the electrolyte and if the battery is broken no free liquid is available to leak out.
What type of battery is a Marine?
Deep-cycle batteries can be discharged from 50 to 80 percent and recover easily, while starting batteries don't like to be discharged more than 50%. Chemical Types: Marine batteries are available in three chemical types: Flooded, Gel, and Absorbed Glass Mat (AGM).
What is a gel battery for a car?
Gel car battery models are also referred to as VRLA batteries. A car battery cell that is designated as a gel battery has far less acid than conventional deep cycle car batteries, and this is a tremendous advantage for users. The interior of the battery is filled with a gel electrolyte rather than a battery acid.
What is an EFB car battery?
A. EFB batteries are an enhanced version of standard wet-flooded technology. The primary benefits of EFB technology are improved charge acceptance and greater cyclic durability when operating in a reduced state of charge (typical of Stop Start applications).
What kind of battery is in a car?
Whether a car battery is flooded or dry, they're both both typically lead-acid batteries, with plates of lead and lead dioxide and electrolyte inside a polypropylene case. In an AGM battery, the electrolyte is absorbed in a glass mat separator (hence the AGM moniker).
Can you recharge a marine battery?
To ensure peak performance and long life your Deep Cycle Marine/RV Batteries should be recharged as soon as possible after each use (preferably within 24 hours). Any 10-15 amp charger will be adequate to recharge your batteries. A charger with a timer is recommended to reduce possible overcharge.
What do the letters AGM stand for?
AGMAnnual General Meeting Business » Companies & Firms — and moreAGMAssistant General Manager Business » Occupation & Positions — and moreAGMAbsorbed Glass Mat Business » ProductsAGMAir to Ground Missile Governmental » MilitaryAGMAcademia General Militar International » Spanish
What is in a wet cell battery?
A wet-cell battery is the original type of rechargeable battery. It is commonly found in aviation, electric utilities, energy storage and cellphone towers. The battery contains a liquid electrolyte such as sulfuric acid, a dangerous corrosive liquid.
How much and how long will a 100ah battery operate?
This means that a battery has a 100 A.H. capacity if it is discharged over 20 hours, or at about 5 Amps-per-hour (100 A.H. / 20 hours = 5 Amps DC). However, this same battery would last only one hour if the discharge rate was 50 Amps-per-hour (50 Amps DC x 1 hour = 50 A.H.) because of the high rate of discharge.
What is the meaning of AH in battery?
An ampere hour (abbreviated Ah, or sometimes amp hour) is the amount of energy charge in a battery that will allow one ampere of current to flow for one hour. An ampere is a unit of measure of the rate of electron flow or current in an electrical conductor.
How long 1.5 Ah battery will last?
2.0Ah 12V and 18v Battery Packs. As you might already know, Ah refers to the amp-hour rating of a battery. 1.5Ah means that a battery pack can deliver a steady 1.5 amps of current for one hour. A tool that draws 0.75A from a 1.5Ah pack will have two hours of runtime, and one with a 3.0A draw will last for half an hour.
How long do 12 volt batteries last?
If the power output was not at 12v, then we would reverse the power equation to do 12*40 = 480WH. This means the battery can provide 480 Watts for 1 hour. 40AH (Amp Hours)/4.16Amps = 9.6 hours, or 9 hours and 36 minutes. or 480WH (Watt Hours)/50 (Watts) = 9.6 hours, or 9 hours and 36 minutes.
How long will a 12 volt battery run a refrigerator?
A very small user of power is a 1.2 watt LED light running on a 12 volt power source will use 1.2W / 12V = 0.1 amps. Therefore a 100ah (amp hour) battery will last for 1000 hours. A slightly different example is a 60 watt fridge running on a 12 volt power source uses 60 /12 = 5 amps, but only while the motor runs.
How long is a car battery supposed to last?
Under these conditions, you can probably expect your car battery life to be about six years. On average, a car battery lasts between two and five years. If you live in the northern United States, your car battery lifespan will be longer, because you're in a cold climate.
How much does it cost to replace a battery?
The cost of a car battery. According to CostHelper, a typical car battery costs between $50 and $120, while premium batteries cost $90 to $200. Service providers on Angie's List that we spoke with say the average battery cost runs in the $75 to $120 range. Several factors affect the cost, such as battery type.
How often do you need to change your car battery?
After three years, it's normally time to install a replacement. After four or five years, most car batteries will be almost completely unreliable. Old car batteries can present a number of safety and reliability issues. Luckily, it's easy to identify if your car's battery is nearing the end of its lifespan.
What drains a car battery while it is off?
Defective alternator diode. A car alternator recharges the battery and powers certain electrical systems. If your alternator has a bad diode, your battery can drain. The bad diode can cause the circuit to charge even when the engine is shut off, and you end up in the morning with a car that won't start.
How can you tell if a battery is good?
All you need to perform the test and check if your alkaline batteries are juiced is a hard surface. Drop each battery (with the flat, negative end down) from a couple of inches up. If the battery is charged, it should make a solid thud and most likely stay standing.
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Heinrich von Brühl
Heinrich von Brühl by Bacciarelli
(1700-08-13)August 13, 1700
Gangloffsömmern
October 28, 1763(1763-10-28) (aged 63)
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Heinrich, count von Brühl (August 13, 1700 – October 28, 1763), was a German statesman at the court of Saxony and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The incumbency of the ambitious politician went along with the decline of both states.
Career[edit | edit source]
Heinrich was born in Gangloffsömmern the son of Johann Moritz von Brühl, a noble who held the office of the Oberhofmarschall at the court of Saxe-Weissenfels (ruled by a cadet branch of the Albertine House of Wettin), by his first wife Erdmuth Sophie v. d. Heide. His father was ruined and compelled to part with his family estate, which passed into the hands of the prince. Under Duke Christian of Saxe-Weissenfels von Brühl was first placed as page with the dowager duchess, and was then received at her recommendation into the court of the Electorate of Saxony at Dresden as a Silberpage on April 16, 1719. He rapidly acquired the favour of the Elector Frederick Augustus I of Wettin, surnamed the Strong, who, in 1697, had been elected King of Poland (as Augustus II). Brühl was largely employed in procuring money for his extravagant master. He became Chief Receiver of Taxes and Minister of the Interior of Saxony in 1731.
He was at Warsaw when his master died in 1733, and obtained the confidence of the Prince-Elector Frederick Augustus II, who was at Dresden at the time, by acquiring the papers and jewels of his late father and bringing them promptly to his successor. Von Brühl raised money to secure the election of Frederick Augustus II as Polish king (Augustus III the Saxon), who in the following War of the Polish Succession prevailed against his rival Stanisław Leszczyński.
During most of the thirty years of the ineffective reign of August III the Saxon, he was the major confidant of the king and the de facto head of the Saxon court. Reichsgraf since 27 November 1737, he had to acquiesce to the influence of old servants of the electoral house for a time, but after 1738 he was in effect sole minister, a position for which he actually had neither the skills nor the knowledge. The title of a Prime Minister was created for him in 1746, but as a classic court favourite his power extended beyond that office. Besides securing huge grants of land for himself, he acquired numerous titles, and he drew the combined salaries of these offices. He also worked closely with Bishop Kajetan Sołtyk of Kraków.
Brühl had cunning and skill sufficient to govern his master and get rid of his rivals and succeeded in keeping everybody at a distance from the king. No servant entered the king's service without the consent of Brühl, and even when the king went to the chapel all approach to him was prevented. A typical interaction of the king with Brühl has the king loitering about smoking, and asking, without looking at his favorite, "Brühl, have I any money?" "Yes, sire," was the continual answer, and to satisfy the king's demands, Brühl exhausted the state, plunged the country into debts and greatly reduced the army.
Brühl kept 200 domestics; his guards were better paid than those of the king himself, and his table more sumptuous. Frederick II said of him, "Brühl had more garments, watches, laces, boots, shoes and slippers, than any man of the age. Caesar would have counted him among those curled and perfumed heads which he did not fear."
Politics[edit | edit source]
Brühl was a capable diplomat, who played a vital role in the Diplomatic Revolution of 1756 and the convergence of Habsburg and France. However he was wholly responsible for a ruinous fiscal policy which decisively weakened the position of Saxony within the Holy Roman Empire between 1733 and 1763; for the mistaken ambition which led Frederick Augustus II to become a candidate for the throne of Poland, which led to a civil war and did sustainable damage to the Polish sovereignty; for the engagements into which he entered in order to secure the support of Emperor Charles VI of Habsburg; for the shameless and ill-timed tergiversations of Saxony during the War of the Austrian Succession; for the intrigues which entangled the Electorate in the alliance against King Frederick II of Prussia, which led to the outbreak of the Seven Years' War; and for the waste and want of foresight which left the bankrupt country utterly unprepared to resist the immediate attack of the Prussian king.
At the beginning of the Seven Years' War the Saxon army comprised but 17,000 men. After a few weeks, the decimated army, under Frederick Augustus Rutowsky, was compelled to surrender at Pirna from want of the necessary supplies. The army was dissolved, while Saxony remained a war theatre.
Heinrich von Brühl by Marcello Bacciarelli
Brühl was not only without political or military capacity, but was so garrulous that he could not keep a secret. His indiscretion was repeatedly responsible for the king of Prussia's discoveries of the plans laid against him. Nothing could shake the confidence of his master, which survived the ignominious flight into Bohemia, into which he was trapped by Brühl at the time of the Battle of Kesseldorf, and all the miseries of the Seven Years' War. They fled with the pictures and the china, but the archives of the state were left to the victor.
The favourite abused the confidence of his master shamelessly. Not content with the 67,000 talers a month which he drew as salary for his innumerable offices, he was found when an inquiry was held in the next reign to have abstracted more than five million talers of public money for his private use. He left the work of the government offices to be done by his lackeys, whom he did not even supervise.
Legacy[edit | edit source]
Brühl died at Dresden on 28 October 1763, having survived his master only for a few weeks. The new elector, Frederick Christian caused an inquiry to be held into his administration. His fortune including large palaces at Pförten (present-day Brody), Oberlichtenau and Wachau-Seifersdorf was found to amount to a million and a half talers, and was sequestered but afterwards restored to his family. The inquiry showed that Brühl owed his immense fortune to the prodigality of the king rather than to unlawful means of accumulation.
His profusion was often beneficial to the arts and sciences. In 1736 the architect Johann Christoph Knöffel had begun to build a city palace and terrace for the count on the bank of the Elbe in the heart of Dresden. This was originally called "Brühl's Garden" and is today known as Brühl's Terrace. The Brühl Palace at Warsaw was rebuilt according to the designs by Joachim Daniel von Jauch from 1754 to 1759. Brühl was a dedicated collector and protector of the arts - Francesco Algarotti called him a Maecenas. He owned a large gallery of pictures, which was bought by Empress Catherine II of Russia in 1768, and his library of 70,000 volumes was one the biggest private libraries in the Holy Roman Empire.
Brühl was portrayed by Johannes Riemann in the 1941 film Friedemann Bach.
He married the countess Franziska von Kolowrat-Krakowska, a favourite of the wife of Frederick Augustus, on 29 April 1734. Four sons and a daughter survived him. His eldest son, Alois Friedrich von Brühl, was also a Saxon politician, and a soldier and dramatist as well. His youngest son, Hans Moritz von Brühl (1746–1811), was before the Revolution of 1789 a colonel in the French service, and afterwards general inspector of roads in Brandenburg and Pomerania. By his wife Margarethe Schleierweber, the daughter of a French corporal, and renowned for her beauty and intellectual gifts, he was the father of Carl von Brühl who as intendant-general of the Prussian royal theatres was of some importance in the history of the development of the drama in Germany. Another granddaughter was Marie von Brühl, who married Carl von Clausewitz.
Heinrich von Brühl also had a nephew named Hans Moritz von Brühl, the same as that of his youngest son. The nephew was a diplomat and astronomer, and lived much of his life in England.
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My 'blushing bride' giveaways are not only unique, but they are also only available at wedding expos where I participate.
There is a rich tradition in using wooden pegs to make dolls. Children play happily with these delightful dolls for many hours. Worlds of imagination open up and fantastic adventures come to life.
No two peg doll brides are alike! Whether or not the 'differences' are planned or just plain accidental, I am not telling! I have great fun creating the expressions on the little faces, and dressing them. Anyway, the girls (young in age and young in heart) who receive them are very excited about having their very own bride doll!
These little darlings are always a hit with expo visitors. Brides-to-be love them. Mothers, Aunts, Sisters, Cousins, Grandmothers of Brides-to-be love them. Children love them. These peg doll brides go quickly.
As it is quite busy at an expo, I want to make sure that everyone gets their very own bride doll. So, I send a photo of two peg doll brides to all people who register their interest in finding a very good celebrant for their wedding ceremony.
Something to watch out for on the website is the micro-series "Dolls are different, or are they?" It features a fascinating plot, wonderful soundtrack, and of course, very talented doll actors including blushing brides! Set in the present day, the story focuses on the trials and tribulations of all who involve themselves in making a wedding happen.
follow the trials and tribulations of Peg & Pog who meet in the Rose Garden, fall in love and start to plan their wedding. Of course, all dolls 'help' in the planning process with mixed results. The wedding is wonderful as Peg & Pog share the love.


The Lower Meramec River, which runs from Sullivan, MO to the Mississippi River, is not one of the most popular sections to paddle. If you enjoy lake paddling or exploring large rivers, you might want to take another look at the Lower Meramec. I paddled two sections recently and enjoyed it tremendously.
On August 27, 2016 I joined some other volunteers to participate in Operation Clean Stream, sponsored by the Open Space Council. On this day there were several locations we could pick from. I brought my own kayak this time so I chose a route that was not serviced by an outfitter.
I checked in at Castlewood State Park in Wildwood and met a great group of people at the put-in point on the beach. This fun and hard-working group of volunteers and I headed downstream toward our eventual takeout point at Green Tree Park in Kirkwood.
At the left is my group getting ready to depart from the Castlewood State Park boat ramp. On the right is a sandbar where we stopped to clean up trash. On the shore you can see a couple of land volunteers.
At one point I had to paddle upstream for awhile to go back to that sandbar because I thought I had lost an item there. It turned out I hadn't lost it but I did learn one thing – it's pretty easy to paddle upstream (perhaps up to Route 66 State Park?) so it's possible to go for a solo paddling outing from here without worrying about a shuttle. Just paddle upstream for awhile then downstream again to get back to your vehicle.
On the left is an interesting bridge that appears to have vegetation growing on top. It's right before the Hwy. 141 bridge. On the right is the 141 bridge and a railroad bridge just beyond it.
Taking photos like those above could be hazardous to your safety if you are not careful! The current is pretty swift here so I probably should have concentrated on steering the kayak. It was pretty awesome to see all the logs stuck in and on the bridge from the Flood of 2015 which was of historic proportions – can you believe the water got that high? This bridge is not far from Simpson Lake, where I participated in flood cleanup in February.
I'm pictured at the left with Eric and Kim. On the right are Simon and Tim at the takeout point at Greentree Park, displaying part of our haul. It's only about a six mile float from Castlewood State Park to Greentree, but it took us a good part of the day because we stopped a lot for trash. Trying to retrieve trash from a boat in a current will really test your paddling skills – you have to be able to maneuver in and out of tight spots, enter and exit frequently without tipping, be able to approach and dock alongside obstacles safely and have a good idea how far over you can lean to grab something. You'll exercise different parts of your body than you're used to – a great workout!
Stay tuned for Part II – Minnie Ha Ha Park in Sunset Hills to Arnold City Park.
Operation Clean Stream's September Newsletter with news of the cleanup – Includes news of a matching grant to benefit the Meramec Route 66 Bridge at Route 66 State Park.


In such a jumbled Big Ten Conference basketball race, the league lead is still within striking distance mathematically for Illinois.
CHAMPAIGN -- In such a jumbled Big Ten Conference basketball race, the league lead is still within striking distance mathematically for Illinois.
"A lot of people could say they're close to being near the top of the standings,'' Illinois coach Bruce Weber said Monday.
Don't look now, but the bottom end of the conference standings isn't that far of a drop for the Illini.
The Illini reached a "breaking point'' in the season, Weber said, when Illinois (15-5 overall, 4-3 in the Big Ten) plays at Minnesota (15-5, 3-4) on Saturday (7 p.m., BTN). Following the road game, the Illini host Michigan State and Northwestern, then play four of the next five games on the road. Coming off losses to Penn State and Wisconsin, the Illini hit a crossroads.
"This is the breaking point of our season,'' Weber said. "You have to make strides, correct some little things, then come with a great mindset, a toughness factor that will help us get ready.
Weber said guard D.J. Richardson is nursing a knee injury while his sprained right wrist isn't fully healed, and center Meyers Leonard sprained his ankle in the weight room Friday.
An open slot in the Big Ten schedule for the second time in a three-week span is "difficult to swallow,'' Weber said.
Except for a mandatory day off on Tuesday, the Illini get plenty of time to prepare. A year ago, the Illini ended a four-game Big Ten road losing streak at Minnesota in a "foxhole'' game, when Weber juggled the lineup to send a message. Weber may also make a note to himself: use the bench.
In the 67-63 loss to Wisconsin on Sunday, three subs logged a total of 25 minutes. When the Illini failed to secure key defensive rebounds late in the game, Weber admitted his team might have been gassed after debating with the assistants.
"I said midway through the second half, Do we need to rotate them and get a little rest?'' Weber said. "They said, Hey, we beat Ohio State and didn't sub at all.
Freshmen Nnanna Egwu, Myke Henry and Ibby Djimde would benefit from more minutes.
"If we can't make more progress, those guys have to get more minutes,'' Weber said.
Illinois received votes but fell out of the top 25 this week.
BASKETBALL: According to a Chicago Sun-Times report, former Illini forward Jereme Richmond, 19, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon for an August incident when a handgun found was in the back seat of a car he drove.
Richmond was also ordered to pay a $500 fine and $3,276 in court costs, perform 200 hours of community service and donate $250 to a shelter for battered and abused women.
The former Mr. Basketball in Illinois from Waukegan High School is forbidden from drinking alcohol or using drugs while on probation. He tested positive for marijuana while out on bond in October. If he violates his probation, Richmond could get 6 months in jail.
FOOTBALL: Illinois will hold a signing day party on Feb. 1 at Assembly Hall, when coach Tim Beckman will announce the Illinois recruiting class. The video board will be used to show highlights of each player.
The coaching staff will greet fans as they enter at 4:30 p.m. with the introductions of players at 5:30. The event is free and open to the public. Free parking is available in Assembly Hall lots.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Despite a bad start in the Big Ten, Illinois hasn't given up the fight, coach Jolette Law said. The Illini scored the most points against a Big Ten team in her tenure in a 96-84 loss at No. 10 Ohio State Sunday. Tied with 5 minutes left, the Illini (6-14, 0-7) failed to get their first win over a ranked team in nine years.


Attorney Chokwe Lumumba, a Jackson, Miss., City Council member, and revolutionary rapper M-1 from Dead Prez were among those on the platform during a "Political Prisoners Unity Rally" held Oct. 17 in Brooklyn, N.Y. Special attention was given to freeing Sekou Odinga, an activist who was imprisoned for actions with the Black Liberation Army in the 1960s and 1970s.
Called by the Sekou Odinga Solidarity Committee and the Committee to Honor Black Heroes, the large gathering of supporters was inspired by speakers at this rally. Lumumba said of these prisoners, "They've given their all!" Pam Africa of the International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal talked of buses being arranged for Mumia's Nov. 9 hearing in Philadelphia, and how Mumia — innocent and still threatened with execution — represents all political prisoners and the racist frame-ups they have suffered. Other speakers included Charles Barron, Freedom Party candidate for New York governor, Fred Hampton Jr., Coltran Chimurenga of the December 12th Movement, and Dr. James McIntosh of Cemotap.


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You are using a postfix increment operator (++) which means in this case size gets the value of this._size before it increments. After pushing something onto your stack this._size will be 1 and the object backing your stack will have a single property 0.


It would be nice if you could trust that everything available at the grocery store is safe. Unfortunately, many of the foods people eat on a regular basis are potentially carcinogenic. Here are some common foods that may cause cancer and how to avoid them at the grocery store.
As I explain here, there's a lot of evidence showing an association between these types of meat and increased cancer risk. In 2015, an advisory committee made up of 22 scientists from 10 countries met at the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) to "evaluate carcinogenicity of the consumption of red meat and processed meat." According to a Q&A released after this meeting, red meat refers to muscle meat like beef, pork, lamb, and goat, while processed meats include hot dogs, ham, sausage, and jerky. The committee classified red meat as Group 2A, probably carcinogenic to humans, based on limited evidence from epidemiological studies showing positive associations between eating red meat and developing colorectal cancer. They also based this classification on strong mechanistic evidence. Processed meat was classified as Group 1, carcinogenic to humans, because sufficient evidence from epidemiological studies shows eating processed meat directly causes colorectal cancer.
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) reports farmed salmon have an average of 16 times more polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) than wild salmon. Shown to cause cancer in animals and established as potentially carcinogenic for humans, these chemicals were banned in 1979. But the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says PCBs may still be present in materials produced before the ban and, since they don't really break down, they can cycle between air, water, and soil in the environment for a long time. Independent laboratory tests commissioned by the EWG in 2003 found seven of ten farmed salmon purchased at grocery stores in San Francisco, Portland, and Washington, D.C. were contaminated with problematic PCB levels. The levels in six of the fish were so high the EPA wouldn't consider them safe to eat more than once a month by their standards for wild-caught fish. You can reduce your exposure to PCBs by using methods like grilling and baking to allow the excess fat that holds most of the PCBs to cook off.
A food additive called potassium bromate that's used to make dough more elastic has been identified as a possible carcinogen by many health organizations and is banned in the EU, UK, Canada, and Brazil. In a 2015 analysis, the EWG found potassium bromate listed as an ingredient in at least 86 baked goods and other supermarket products. As Nneka Leiba, EWG's deputy director of research, told the Los Angeles Times, "In light of the evidence showing its potential harm to human health, it's alarming that companies continue to use potassium bromate in their breads and other baked goods." California has placed potassium bromate on its Proposition 65 list, meaning an item containing it must carry a cancer warning on its label.
Now that you know that these foods have been shown to cause cancer, how can you avoid them at the grocery store? To cut down on red meat consumption, consider switching to a whole food, plant-based diet. As I write about here, this way of eating may reduce your risk of heart disease as well as cancer. Although contamination is a possibility with any fatty fish, purchasing wild salmon instead of farmed will reduce your exposure to carcinogens. As for potassium bromate, you can avoid this potentially dangerous additive by eliminating mass-produced and processed foods from your diet. At the grocery store, this means shopping primarily in the outer aisles, particularly the produce section. Better yet, skip the store and head to your local farmer's market to buy fresh food straight from the farmer—check out this National Farmer's Market Directory to find one near you.
Still not sure which foods you should be avoiding? Do you have other questions about the best way to eat for your body? Contact Tack180 for a free consultation. We can assess your dietary needs and develop a personalized nutrition plan to help you reach your peak and achieve your goals.


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WISE 1049-5319 (nome completo: WISE J104915.57-531906), noto anche come Luhman 16, è un sistema binario composto da due nane brune, nella costellazione della Vela. Distante 6,5 anni luce, al momento della scoperta, avvenuta nel 2013, si tratta delle più vicine nane brune conosciute, nonché del terzo sistema in assoluto più vicino al sistema solare, dopo Alfa Centauri e la Stella di Barnard.

Scoperta e caratteristiche

La scoperta, avvenuta tramite osservazioni con il satellite Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), è stata annunciata da Kevin Luhman et al., che hanno osservato il sistema durante un periodo di 13 mesi, notando l'alto moto proprio dell'oggetto, sintomo di vicinanza alla Terra. Misurando la parallasse, pari a 0,496 ± 0,037 arcosecondi, Luhman e colleghi hanno calcolato una distanza di appena 6,5 anni luce dal sistema solare. La primaria è di classe L8 ± 1, mentre la secondaria è probabilmente nella fase di transizione dalla classe L alla classe T. La distanza tra le due componenti è di circa  e il periodo orbitale di 25 anni.

La scoperta della compagna è stata annunciata dallo stesso Luhman, tramite osservazioni con il Telescopio Gemini Sud, in Cile, il quale ha catturato le immagini delle componenti, separate tra loro di 1,5 secondi d'arco, e con una differenza di luminosità, tra primaria e secondaria, di 0,45 magnitudini.

Atmosfera
In uno studio di Gillon et al. (2013) si è individuata una luminosità irregolare su Luhman 16b. Nel 5 maggio 2013 la nana bruna è stata osservata tramite il VLT per 5 ore, equivalenti a una rotazione completa, confermando quanto sostenuto da Gillon et al. Sono state individuate una regione più scura in area equatoriale, una più luminosa ad alte latitudini e nel complesso una luminosità maculata. Tale luminosità suggerisce la presenza di "nubi" irregolari a livello globale e le aree maggiormente luminose sono dovute ad aperture nello strato di nubi. È stato determinato che i modelli di luminosità cambiano rapidamente, da un giorno all'altro. Gli stessi studi sono stati fatti anche sulla nana bruna compagna Luhman 16a, ma senza trovare tali variazioni.

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Voci correlate
Stelle più vicine alla Terra
Teide 1
UGPS J072227.51-054031.2
WISE 1506+7027
WISE 1828+2650
WISE 0855−0714

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Nane brune
Stelle di classe spettrale L
Stelle binarie


Acts 6 starts off with letting us know that the multiplication of the church brought division. They church grew so fast that people felt they were being neglected. The disciples assessed the situation and saw that those of greek decent were being looked over. We see racial inequality happening in the early church but the leadership acted quickly to rectify it. The twelve apostles appointed deacons (helpers) to make sure that the details of physically feeding people didn't cause them to stop spiritually feeding people. Any time a church grows and multiplies there will be division arising. It comes from the holes that are exposed to to gaps in care.
They chose 7 men to fulfill this role. They had these requirements.
The apostles prayed and laid hands on them and set them to their task. It appears all the names on the list were Greek. The people chose these men and the apostles confirmed. That seems backwards from today. Seems like leadership chooses and then people confirm. Because of this leadership restructuring, the church had more added to it. Multiplication caused division which when addressed caused further addition.
One of the men chosen was Stephen. God used him to perform miracles and signs. He got into an argument with some jewish nonbelievers. No one could stand against his wisdom. They lied about him and they brought him before the council. Sometimes you do the right thing and people just still lie about you. Stephen's face then shined like a reflection of heaven as he began to address them. We will pick up there in our next post.


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Q: Unique project path in bat file I'm beginner in Linux environment. I moved my project with automated tests from Windows to Linux Ubuntu. In windows I have following bat file:
set projectPath=D:\git\testproject
cd %projectPath%
mvn clean test -Dxmlfile=dev.xml
pause

How can I create unique projectPath in Linux? Should I write a path variable?

A: Sample conversion from bat to bash
#!/bin/bash
# Old bat lines are commented out
# set projectPath=D:\git\testproject
PROJECTPATH="home/admin/projects/testproject"
#cd %projectPath%
cd "$PROJECTPATH"
mvn clean test -Dxmlfile=dev.xml
#pause
read -p "Press the Enter key to continue" x

Save this code in a file. Give it a name, something like mymvn or mymvn.sh. Save the file in ~/bin. See Where should I put my bash scripts for why.
Now you type the name of the bash file in the terminal to run these commands.
Some background
The first line is called shebang. See What is "#!' in a script file? for more.
Linux is case sensitive. See Correct Bash and shell script variable capitalization. Also note, file and folder names are case sensitive too.
There is no pause command in bash. I used the read command. It waits for a keyboard input. This will keep the terminal open until you hit the Enter key.
Hope this helps

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1/18 Ruckus 4wd how do I replace the motor?
My son managed to kill the motor on his Ruckus and I've ordered a replacement part from the people we bought it from but I have no idea how to change them out. Is there any trick to it or just whip the old one out and chuck the new one in?
No tricks the plastic pinion on the motor will slide (pull) off. Press the new pinion on the motor shaft the only part you really need to make sure to get right is the spur/pinion gear mesh. If you don't know how how look on youtube for using the paper method of setting gear mesh.
Just FYI the stock motor shaft is a round shaft almost all other motor shafts have a flat spot on the shaft for a pinion to be used that has a set screw to keep the pinion on the shaft. The stock plastic pinions are pressed on as mentioned meant to be used with a motor that has no flat spot on the shaft.
Thanks for the reply. I managed to work it out after finding the video on YouTube and it wasn't nearly as difficult as I thought it'd be to do.


Token Sale is over with a great result!
The prestigious editorial Financial Times listed Horizon Group, owner of FidelityHouse, among 1000 companies with the highest compound annual growth rate in revenue between 2013 and 2016: 490th in Europe and 42nd in Italy.
Those important goals have been achieved by FidelityHouse with a scope limited only to the Italian Market and starting with zero marketing budget. It comes natural to wonder "what we could aim to", once the hard cap of 500mio FidelityHouse Tokens will be reached.
Content is the king: as early as 1996 Bill Gates understood the immense power of contents for web development, defining them as the means by which we can expect "most gains on the internet". Is it different today?
Always basis of the platform business, FidelityHouse has studied the User Generated Content sector identifying opportunities and problems, and offering at the same time solutions to give the right value to the authors.
For platforms and publishers even a "not professional" author is strategic: it is therefore necessary a new approach based on fairness and transparency to be able to attract and retain them.
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the value generated from authors' contents.
FidelityHouse Token is an ERC20 Token based on the best known, versatile and mature blockchain: Ethereum.
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The originality of the content is verified through the FidelityHouse Chain plagiarism service and recorded on blockchain. The author grants the license to FidelityHouse through the revenue sharing model.
The FidelityHouse Token earned by the author** and moderators are credited to the user's wallet and can later be spent to buy services within the FidelityHouse Chain or converted through Exchange.
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**In the Italian version of FidelityHouse, users receive a reward in FI points, which can be used to claim gifts available in Fidelity Gift catalogue.
IMPORTANT: ONLY the token purchased during private sale, presale and ICO will be counted for the Airdrop. If token are moved you will lose the right to receive the airdrop for the amount moved. For example, if you purchase 100,000 FIH and move 40,000 FIH before the vesting period, you will receive the airdrop only on the amount unmoved (60,000 FIH).
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Graduated from the University of Trieste in Communication Sciences, Francesco Fasanaro has been a successful digital entrepreneur for over 11 years with almost 3 million euros invoiced in 2017. In September 2007 he founded Horizon Group srl, then FidelityHouse.
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Specialized in designing security services in Telco and Enterprise, in 2014 he created a leading Italian Security Operation Center with more than 2000 customers handled. Active in blockchain from 2010. In 2013, he founded Nethive, vertical Sistem Integrator.
Vladimir is a world-class professional and legal consultant with more than ten years' experience in the legal, finance retail and IT industries. Vladimir is renowned as a cryptocurrency expert and ICO advisor. For example he is a Top-5 worldwide ICObench certified expert.
Senior Editor at Irish Tech News, Editor in Chief at CryptoCoinNews, also freelances for Sunday Business Post, Irish Times, Southern Star, IBM, G+D, and others. He is a top ranked member of the People of Blockchain (currently ranked at #1 / 18,000). He is also a business mentor and advisor working with 70+ successful ICOs to date.
Nikolay has proved to be a crypto enthusiast and ICO mentor. He is rated as one of the Top 5 individuals demonstrating knowledge and understanding of blockchain technology. Nikolay has 20 years of experience in large-scale transaction projects. He received several awards and titles in the IT business. For example, he received the Self-Made Russia award, an award as Tech guru as well as the Super TOP award.
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PURPOSE: Ureteroileal anastomotic stricture is a late complication of Bricker ileal conduits. We report our utilization of a 'shield shaped' rather than a standard slit ileotomy.
We retrospectively reviewed a single surgeon's experience performing Bricker ileal conduits, initially using a slit incision, then a shield shaped ileotomy. Patient demographics, type of ileotomy, indication, history of prior radiation or chemotherapy, development of postoperative ureteroileal anastomotic stricture, date of stricture diagnosis, imaging modality, stricture treatment, outcome, and length of follow up were recorded.
A total of 50 ileal conduit patients were identified between 2001-2009. A traditional slit incision ileotomy was performed in 25 patients (Group 1) and a shield shaped ileotomy was performed in the following 25 (Group 2). After excluding 1 patient in each group that died within 90 days postoperatively, a total of 95 renal units were anastomosed, (Group 1: 24 patients, 48 renal units, 2001-2005; and Group 2: 24 patients, 47 renal units, 2006-2009). A total of 8 (8.3%) ureteroileal anastomotic strictures were identified: 6 (12.5%) in Group 1, including 1 with bilateral strictures, and 2 (4.3%) in Group 2. Stricture diagnosis occurred at 1, 4, 4, 5, 14 and 42 months in Group 1, and at 6 and 10 months in Group 2. Mean follow up was 24.2 (2-85) months and 12.3 (2-26) months for each cohort, respectively. No increase in postoperative anastomotic leakage was identified.
Modifying the standard ileotomy slit to a shield shaped incision does not eliminate postoperative anastomotic strictures. This technique provides greater visualization of the suture line, making it technically easier to perform.


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Q: How do I know the current catalog name of the Oracle DB? I connected to the Oracle DB with SqlPlus. How to know the current catalog name?

A: Term 'catalog name' isn't correct or clear. You mean schema_name.
Schema name you can get for example like this:
SELECT sys_context( 'userenv', 'current_schema' )
FROM dual;

Catalog in Oracle DB context is used for catalog view or data dictionary view. It is the set of Oracle's views. More information: https://docs.oracle.com/cd/B28359_01/server.111/b28310/tables014.htm


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At each session the children have a choice of participating in sporting activities, crafts, playing table tennis, pool or board games. Every session there is also food available which is prepared by a group of children.