For me this question applies to both male and female.
Santalum paniculatum (ʻiliahi), Hawaiʻi.Sandalwood is the name of different fragrant woods. These woods are yielded by trees in the genus Santalum, which are often used for the essential oil it contains. The wood is heavy and yellow in color as well as fine-grained, and unlike many other aromatic woods it retains its fragrance for decades. The sandalwood fragrance is very distinctive and is used in countless applications. Sandalwood has been valued and treasured for many years for its fragrance, carving, medical and religious qualities.
Chess pieces in red sandalwoodSandalwood essential oil provides perfumes with a striking wood base note. Sandalwood smells somewhat like other wood scents, except it has a bright and fresh edge with few natural analogues. When used in smaller proportions in a perfume, it is an excellent fixative to enhance the head space of other fragrances.
The oil from sandalwood is widely used in the cosmetic industry and is expensive. The true sandalwood is a protected species, and demand for it cannot be met in full. Many species of plants are traded under the name of "sandalwood". Within the genus Santalum alone, there are more than nineteen species that can be called sandalwood. Traders will often accept oil from closely related species, such as various species in the genus Santalum, as well as from unrelated plants such as West Indian Sandalwood (Amyris balsamifera) in the family Rutaceae.
Sandalwood essential oil was popular in medicine up to 1920-1930, mostly as an urogenital (internal) and skin (external) antiseptic. Its main component beta-santalol (~90%) has antimicrobial properties. It is used in aromatherapy and to prepare soaps. Due to this antimicrobial activity, it can be used to clear skin from blackheads and spots, but it must always be properly diluted with a carrier oil. Because of its strength, sandalwood oil should never be applied to the skin without being diluted in a carrier oil.
I am naturally curious about it's medicinal properties. Is'nt Life so wonderful, so full of mystery! Looking forward to my shower then adding fragrances. For me they invoke memories of those very special family moments and significant 'other' dinner dates!. And You?
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Many moons ago, I was asked by a fellow Chamber Training Associate, to write a Customer Care Module on Stress Management / Relaxation implementation. I tutored Assertiveness, Improved Self Esteem and Stress Management at a local Swansea College at that time.
Handling Difficult Customers meant we looked at who was responsible for Quality in a Customer Service position? There were three sections. Telephone Sales and the Internal and External Customer. We implemented all three modules and applied the training programmes to a large, well known Company being opened in Swansea. Our hard work paid off and we won a National Training Award. Since then I have added Exceptional Customer Service training to that package.
Disarming irate, disgruntled difficult customers with a Smile and a facility to engage is more effective offline than it is online.
I am always on the look out for good examples of Customer Excellence here on ecademy. Being forever creative I also love looking at new logo branding. Amanda Vlahakis owner of Trulyace' design is such an example.
Nothing succeeds better than a successful Business with Exceptional Customer Care. Top this with a Smile! the most beautiful business attire and you have a win/win formula. Click on these links and enjoy doing the business.
It is my intention to go for that 'va va voom sea air fix' first thing this morning, having read all about how to make money online through popping a pill which 'mimics being skinny and living longer!' I am not convinced that 'popping a pill' will give me that same 'va va voom zest' that you only get when your feeling rested and kicking!
So back to the Zest Recipe to start your day or indeed help you to unwind at the end of your day!
Powerwalking is somewhere between walking and "Speed" – walking. It can be used as a means of building up to jogging or running, or continued as a means to keeping fit and reducing fat.
Firstly decide on a mix of frequency, intensity, time and type that you can realistically fit into your "Power-walking" week. If you are a beginner or had a long lay off, do not power walk more than three times a week to begin with and build up frequency gradually.
Make sure you have at least one rest day per week.
It is essential to warm up as it is to warm down.
Some "Dynamic Stretching" in the warm up & relaxation, floor stretches in the warm down.
Wear something reflective if out in the dark.
Drink plenty of water; carry some with you, so you can have a drink every 20 minutes or so.
Maintain an upright posture with no leaning or swaying.
Keep your chin up and look ahead, allowing your head to drop will lead to neck and shoulder problems.
Resist the temptation to overstride to the front, this can also cause problems. Concentrate on pushing off the back foot. Lengthening the back stride is more beneficial.
Your leading foot should contact at the heel and roll – through. Avoid slapping the whole foot down. If this is a problem check your footwear, is it flexible enough?
Swing your arms! keep them bent at 90 deg. at the elbow, this will give more power and speed to your walk.
Don't let your elbows wave out to the side. Your hands should not cross the center line of the front of your body and raise no higher than your breasts. Right, I am off!What are you waiting for?
Let's hear it for the open office!
Let's hear the music to tap dance with less paperwork! Let's hear it for the protection of rare animal species and our own Rare species here on ecademy!
Let's hear it for healthy 'Active Kids' with their mum's and dad's.
I was asked by a member for some quick answers to body fat loss.
A brief answer first, followed by 'watch this space' here on Poll Day tomorrow.
For those of you who despair about walking, there is always outdoor cycling trails or off road and swimming and bags of scenic activities!! Have fun outdoors! Tell me your choices of activities?
Let's hear it for the sparklers! Want to feel more alert and alive?
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How much fun is taken out of our business?
How many of you feel you are on auto pilot? Two business phone calls this week, so very different ( one from Spain and the other from Netherlands ) and one testimonial from Belgium for those who don't get ecademy networking!
Like anyone and everyone I have my 'off days' especially when more than one emergency begins to demand my immediate 'now' attention.
My ethos is very much a preventative one, so when I am up against the 'knee jerk' reaction 'mind set' I can get bovered!! Does that sound familiar?. This feeling can be physical it can be mental and if it goes on unchecked, becomes a right 'party pooper' for your inner flame! Reducing it to a mere flicker.
Now that tests that neat little world of knowing where I put 'things' essential 'things' for a female it's more than a wallet, keys and mobile phone and that sets me in a spin. It tests my calm, my inner flame, it tests my being, my personal space, my thoughts even!
Then, I get two phone calls that literally catapult me out …> of my makeshift square to share another persons world!
First thing at 7am, I start to write this blog, gathering my thoughts packed into a neat 'little space' shutting out the hustle and bustle of workers on auto pilot! I decided to update my profile and realised I had missed this sparkly testimonial from Giovanni Carbonella.
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I'm a different person – turn my world around.
When your world is turned upside down more than once, you learn to take stock, to stand still and take a breather, to Just Be!
Sometimes we need to celebrate and just be!
Enjoy good breathing techniques…while you read even.
Take time out of your day to relax, doing deep quality breathing exercises, listening to a relaxation tape or your favourite music, and sitting quietly.
Breathing in for the count of ten improving oxygen intake.
Hold a positive thought of 'good warm feelings' feeling 'centred' to the count of five before exhaling and releasing muscle tensions.
I am completely knocked out by all your information. What a terrific person to know when it is raining and overcast. You just jump out of bed as if it is high summer and get on with it.
Mind you I have been advocating what you do for some time. I used to be in Law for longer than I will dare tell you and prior to that I was in pop, because variety is the spice of life.
I am very fit for my age because I have followed your principles but I need pushing along too sometimes and who better to do it than with Miss Carolyn Williams.
Peter you and me both, so much so, I have people who click on my profile and mistake vigour, energy, vibrancy with trying to stay young!
I can honestly say my years of energy have been on a par with the Paratroopers but with age have learn't how to 'tread water!' with a Smile!
You Peter come across as someone who wants ..> not only to FEEL and LOOK good but you want to go a step further and recharge that ENERGY. What is even better and healthier you don't mind saying so and validating other GEMS!. That for me, is the true message of Networking.
What is your experience of networking both online and offline?
Happy "Bubbles" Friday – It's the weekend and it's HERE!!
Curiosity keeps us sparkling chitchat.
What makes my heart sing and absorbs energy so I feel connected and alive? Why do I want to keep up with the news on both the television screen, on social media networks and daily on the front page of ecademy?
"Anything outside the visual" One answer from a Gas engineer, called Simon Edwards and his apprentice Joe Welsh, who are in my kitchen, servicing my gas boiler!
What do I do well and excel at?
Why would I want to be responsible for my future, my family and the community I live in?
How can I be of use to others and in what way?
In the spirit of curiosity, slow things down to allow others and myself time to catch up! That was another 'gem' given to me by Simon Edwards, a highly intuitive 'people's person' engineer. Using the quiet – reflective moments, to listen to the whispers, which are deep down within us.
I don't know all the answers, contrary to a few misguided and misunderstood beliefs, we are not meant to. Why? Being curious keeps us sparkly!
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Some of the skills required to be a good defensive midfielder in soccer are the same skills required to be a good rebounder in basketball.
On his way to carving out a decade-long career as a pro for clubs such as Real Madrid (Spain), Chelsea (England) and Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia), along with France's national team, 30-year-old Lassana Diarra has proven an expert at winning 1-on-1 battles for possession with his quick feet, anticipation, opportunistic positioning, and sheer toughness.
After sitting out for most of the past year due to a contract dispute, Diarra, a practicing Muslim, recently signed with Marseille (France). And it didn't take long for him to showcase one of the underrated aspects of a defensive midfielder's job — knowing what to do with the ball after you get it. In his debut match with Marseille on August 23, Diarra scored a goal and completed 100 percent of his passes.


Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council want to show people that working in the social care work sector can lead to an exciting, challenging and rewarding career.
We work with employers across Blackburn with Darwen's social care sector to provide the following activities to help young people to make an informed choice about future careers in care.
Care Ambassadors are social care professionals who visit local schools and colleges to provide presentations to students about the various careers in social care. They also visit Job Centres to inform the advisors about social care careers. They provide information on the different job roles and the skills, qualities and qualifications needed to help people to make an informed choice about a career in care.
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council offers apprenticeships within Adult Social Care. These are advertised via CXL and on the Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council website.
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Taking Public Access to the Law Seriously: The Problem of Private Control Over the Availability of Federal Standards
Nina A. Mendelson, University of Michigan Law SchoolFollow
In the 1930s, Harvard professor Erwin Griswold famously complained about the enormous numbers of New Deal regulations that were obscurely published on individual sheets or in "separate paper pamphlets." Finding these binding federal rules was difficult, leading to "chaos" and an "intolerable" situation. Congress responded, requiring that agencies publish all rules in the Federal Register and in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Currently, recent federal public laws, the entire U.S. Code, the Federal Register, and the CFR are all freely available online as well as in governmental depository libraries. But with respect to thousands of federal regulations, the clock has been turned back—and worse. To save resources and build on private expertise, federal agencies have incorporated privately drafted standards into numerous federal regulations, but only by "reference." These standards range widely. The CFR presently contains nearly 9,500 "incorporations by reference" of standards, often referred to as "IBR" rules. Many IBR rules incorporate privately drafted standards from so-called "standards development organizations" or "SDOs." Agency use of IBR rules is likely to grow. Since the 1990s, both executive branch and congressional policies have officially encouraged agency use of privately drafted standards.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 License
Mendelson, Nina A. "Taking Public Access to the Law Seriously: The Problem of Private Control Over the Availability of Federal Standards." Envtl. L. Rep. 45, no. 8 (2015): 10776-82. (Adapted from article previously published under the title "Private Control Over Access to the Law: The Perplexing Federal Regulatory Use of Private Standards" in Mich. L. Rev. 112, no. 5 (2014): 737-807.)
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½ cup chopped fresh cilantro.
Scrub and peel the sweet potatoes. Cut into 2-inch dice.
Toss diced potatoes and vegetable oil in a large bowl until potatoes are coated with oil. Spread diced potatoes on a large baking sheet.
Roast sweet potatoes until tender, 20-25 minutes.
While potatoes are roasting, gently stir together the red bell pepper, mango, onion, habanero, cilantro, lime juice and salt in a large bowl.
Remove sweet potatoes from the oven and immediately place them in a large bowl.
Add butter and Pickapeppa Sauce.
Mash hot sweet potatoes until ingredients are mixed but the potatoes are rough-mashed.
Arrange four shallow soup bowls on the work surface.
Evenly divide potatoes between the bowls.
Evenly divide beans over potatoes in each bowl. Do the same with the pork.
Place a few tablespoons of pico over the meat.
Top with 1 tablespoon of crema or sour cream. Serve with more pico, cream, lime wedges, sliced green onions and chopped cilantro at the table.


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Caches of Explosives Hidden in Moscow
Here's a post-Cold War risk that I hadn't considered before:
Construction workers involved in building a new hotel just across from the Kremlin were surprised to find 250 kg of TNT buried deep beneath the old Moskva Hotel that had just been demolished to make way for a new one. Police astonished Muscovites further when they said that the 12 boxes of explosives lodged in the basement could have been there for half a century.
And now, new evidence points to the possibility that Moscow could be dotted with such explosive caches — planted by the secret police in the early days of World War II.
Tags: bombs, concealment, history of security, military, Russia
Posted on August 4, 2005 at 7:58 AM	• 27 Comments
Juergen • August 4, 2005 8:33 AM
Not a purely Soviet thing, actually. In the 80s and 90s several weapon caches were discovered in Western Europe, which turned out to have been created by the CIA and NATO for use by resistance groups in case Europe got overrun by the Red Army.
Interestingly, such caches were even found in Austria… which had been neutral in the cold war.
NATO even had a special secret operations group called "Gladio" that was supposed to use the weapons in those caches.
wiredog • August 4, 2005 9:29 AM
Every once in a while an unexploded bomb from WW2 is found in London, and I presume other cities in Europe as well.
Jarrod • August 4, 2005 9:48 AM
Such weapon caches have also been reported to be in the US, sometimes containing maps and photos, some explosives and detonation gear. Some former KGB personnel have suggested that there may be dozens of hidden caches. So if you're digging your new well on your nice couple of acres a mile from the railroad tracks and you come across a buried container, it may not be such a good idea to yank it out and open it. 🙂
blankmeyer • August 4, 2005 10:16 AM
"Such weapon caches have also been reported to be in the US, sometimes containing maps and photos, some explosives and detonation gear. Some former KGB personnel have suggested that there may be dozens of hidden caches."
Wouldn't the terrorists love to get their hands on some of these caches.
egeltje • August 4, 2005 10:30 AM
If the stuff still works and the info on the maps is still acurate…
It is far easier to get some fresh explosives. It is more scary if some kids found it and started playing with it.
Peter • August 4, 2005 10:37 AM
Yeah, thank goodness that I didn't find such stuff when I was a kid. When I reminisce about what sort of teenager I was in the 70s, I am astonished that I still have both hands, both eyes, and all 10 fingers.
Ian Mason • August 4, 2005 10:39 AM
@Jürgen
Of course neutrality in a specific context doesn't imply not defending yourself – cf the Swiss Army. The technique isn't a cold war specific but rather insurance against initially losing any land war. It allows your non-military population to become resistance fighters or your disarmed POWs to re-arm themselves on release.
Exactly the same trick was used by the British during the second world war in case of a successful invasion by the Axis forces. Except in this case it even extended to buried secret shelters that were not only arms caches but also small underground barracks for small teams for resistance fighters to hide out in.
The British wartime operation was titled "Operation Stay Behind". After WWII it was kept in place as a cold war operation and similar operations set up in other NATO countries. The Italian operation was called "Gladio" – named after a tradition Italian (Roman) sword. The operations in many other participating countries had similar names: "Glaive" in France, rather more prosaically "Schwert" in Austria and so on.
David • August 4, 2005 11:20 AM
Aren't these the same sort of weapons caches used in Iraq today? Or all those weapons being smuggled in? No doubt the Baathists understood this tactic well.
Such security threats are far greater for land mines in many nations of recent wars. These are not caches for a potential/future threat, but deliberately set to kill at the time. Just because a truce is called doesn't mean that those weapons are all cleaned up.
Davi Ottenheimer • August 4, 2005 11:53 AM
Good source of news about explosives, Bruce. It appears while some are being found under buildings, even more have been recently lost at sea…
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/07/14/bargedrowns.shtml
"An investigation has revealed strange details in the case of a sunken SP-13 barge that was carrying 70 tons of explosives in Russia's Far East Sea of Okhotsk, Itar Tass reported Thursday. The captain, however, claims all 26 containers have sunk and pose no threat."
Sounds like the start of a Tom Clancy novel to me…
Davi Ottenheimer • August 4, 2005 12:00 PM
And here's something perhaps a little closer to home:
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1996/vp960131/01310481.htm
"Several years ago officials thought the area was safe. But when a man drove up to the Waterways Station in 1991 with what he thought was a souvenir bomb in his trunk, officials were jarred into taking a fresh look at the site. Bill Birkemeier, Corps chief at the Duck facility, said the man was the father of one of a group of teenagers who had unearthed some old explosives in the sound near a pier just off-site. He said the group had carried several of the bombs home already, and more were later found in same waist-deep water.
There is no way to estimate how many total tons the Navy dropped on Duck, said John Baden, state coordinator of the Corps' Defense Environmental Restoration Program. But about eight tons of scrap metal were removed in 1993 by a private contractor. In 1994, the U.S Marines removed five unexploded bombs, a machine gun, 1,438 dud bombs and more than 20 tons of metal weapons casings from the site."
Peter • August 4, 2005 12:49 PM
When the US troops invaded, they raced to capture Bagdad. They didn't stop to secure the weapons dumps for over a week, which resulted in over 250,000 tons of munitions being looted from ammo dumps and military depots across the country. Much was stolen for the metal (to be sold for recycling), but plenty would be left for folks to use in exactly the manner being done weekly.
You can make an enormous number of roadside bombs from a single ton of military weaponry. You can supply your resistance forces for decades with 250,000 tons. You know what is missing because many of the storage facilities were sealed by UN inspectors just prior to the invasion.
Juergen • August 4, 2005 1:04 PM
@Ian:
Sorry, I should have made it a bit more clear… the caches found in Austria weren't hidden by the Austrians but by the CIA. They were discovered by accident in the mid-90s, and the US government had to admit ordering to hide them in Austria in the 50s and 60s. Minor diplomatical embarassment back then.
Andy Dingley • August 4, 2005 2:18 PM
To clarify something about Gladio, it was not a NATO plan to oppose a Cold War invasion. It was a CIA project to oppose the democratic rise of Communism, particularly in Italy. It has a very shady past, particularly in its links with and arms supply to the Italian far-right groups of the '70s
Ari Heikkinen • August 4, 2005 2:40 PM
Well, resistance forces need weapons in case of an invasion. Looks like a reasonable tactic to me.
Davi Ottenheimer • August 4, 2005 2:53 PM
This thread is taking an interesting turn. Here's an article in the Moscow Times about the Gladio Operation:
http://context.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/02/18/120.html
It quotes "sworn testimony by Gladio agent Vincenzo Vinciguerra":
"You had to attack civilians, the people, women, children, innocent people, unknown people far removed from any political game. The reason was quite simple: to force … the public to turn to the state to ask for greater security."
It references a book "NATO's Secret Armies: Operation Gladio and Terrorism in Western Europe" by Daniele Ganser, who is a Senior Researcher at the Center for Security Studies at the ETH in Zurich.
That led me to read a recent article by Ganser (http://www.isn.ethz.ch/php/documents/collection_gladio/Terrorism_Western_Europe.pdf) that says the "former head of Italian counterintelligence in March 2001, confirmed the CIA might have promoted terrorism in Italy. After the socalled Piazza Fontana massacre, which in 1969 had killed sixteen and wounded eighty, parts of the bomb had been planted in the villa of well known leftist editor Giangiacomo Feltrinelli in order to blame the terror on the Communists. 'The
impression was that the Americans would do anything to stop Italy from sliding to the left'"
So with all this clandestine bombing and underground militarism going on, how exactly do we measure the real post Cold-War risks? Surely it is far greater than just the sum of explosives left behind.
Ian Woollard • August 4, 2005 3:14 PM
250Kgs of conventional explosive? Pah! That's nothing! Here in Britain we had plans to hide nuclear bombs under main roads, to blow up the Ruskies if they tried to invade! (Kept warm by battery chickens- no, I am not making any of this up!)
I don't think they were deployed… then again, perhaps they did and later forgot….
Bruce Schneier • August 4, 2005 3:56 PM
You'd think someone would have smelled the chickens by now.
Jarrod • August 4, 2005 4:19 PM
You refer to nuclear landmines. No, they were never deployed, and as I recall, they were not manufactured in any great quantity.
@blankmeyer:
Probably not. The explosives would now be decayed and very unstable. Merely touching them could be enough to set them off if there were a small ground arc.
not i • August 4, 2005 11:01 PM
One might suppose this is not too far removed from the current state of affairs…
Nick Barron • August 5, 2005 4:31 AM
Here in Southampton, UK, about ten years back they found WWII demolition charges buried all over the local airport. it was closed for a couple of weeks while the Army made them safe.
Of course most of these things were either not documented or subject to extreme need-to-know restrictions, so there may be many more floating about.
There was a recent project in the UK to locate all the "pillboxes" (small concrete "bunkers" for fighting off invading forces), as their details had been either destroyed or lost.
Nick Brooke • August 5, 2005 4:43 AM
Here's a link to defensetech on the UK's chicken-powered nuke. The story begins powerfully:
'Like me, you've probably stayed awake countless nights wondering, "Did the Brits ever make plans for a nuclear landmine, powered by chickens?" Well, dear reader, I'm here to tell you that the answer is yes…'
http://www.defensetech.org/archives/001490.html
Cheers, Nick
Clint Laskowski • August 5, 2005 7:40 AM
What about the most common unexploded weapons in the world … landmines. There are likely tens of thousands of them around the world. They are not just a left-over from the 'Cold War' but a left-over from almost every military action since they were invented. Then again, recovering them for terrorist activity would be a little more risky than finding 'unused' caches of weapons.
Is anyone watching to see if the fields of landmines are being dug up. Sounds like a crappy job 😉
Jürgen R. Plasser • August 5, 2005 5:52 PM
It's not long ago that a bomb from WWII was discovered here in Linz, Austria. And we have that many times a year in our country. Those old airplane bombs had very bad precision so they had to drop a lot of them.
Every now and then, when a new building is built, bombs are discovered. It has nothing to do with Soviet cashes but it's very interesting, actually. Who knows how many bombs are still armed and can detonate? — I don't think it's a great danger at all, but those bombs are strange relicts for me, it's over 60 years ago that bombs were dropped in Austria.
John Henry • August 6, 2005 5:05 PM
There are still explosives left from WWI as well. In 1915(yr?) the Brits mined the German trenches on the Messines Ridge and blew up a number of caches totalling 600 tons of explosives.
Several of them failed to go off. For reasons I do not understand, they were abandoned or lost and one exploded in 1935 (yr?)
A year or two back, another of the lost caches of a dozen or so tons of high explosive was found under a Belgian farmhouse. The owner had no plans to move. He was quoted as saying that if it hadn't exploded in 85 years, it would not do so now.
For reasons having to do with subsurface water and the general perils of excavating there is apparently nothing that can be done about the cache.
signalsnatcher • August 8, 2005 12:17 AM
In Australia, at the end of WWII the departing US forces left behind an immense armory of weapons. US forces were supposed to dump them at sea, but the GIs were anxious to get home and the job was never done properly. The Australian armed forces decided to dispose of the weapons by dumping them in a disused coal mine in the Hunter Valley just north of Sydney, and then sealing the mine shut with hundreds of tons of concrete.
A few years after the war one of Sydney's organised crime figures hired a group of coal miners to tap into this mine. Although most weapons were too deep to recover, or else affected by ground water, there were enough to supply gangland and,possibly, the IRA, until quite recently.
Dirk Rijmenants • August 8, 2005 6:20 AM
Ever woundered what happend with all the equipment that the DRG's, specialised Russian Elite Teams, stowed away in many locations in the US and other countries, ready for use in case of…Some of them were discovered in Europe, still boobytrapped and armed! Interesting details are reveiled in the book "The Mitrokin Archive", chilling…
jimmy gordon • October 17, 2005 4:35 AM
signalsnatchers post of august 8 2005 is partly true ,partly urban myth.Decommisioned weapons where disposed of in a coalmine in 1945 -1946 nearly all these weapons where first decommed by Australian army personnel.many military weapons where available to the underworld in as new condition by both australian and american personnel.These points where recorded in two dossiers available by FOI laws via Aust war museum.Caches of explosives where buried all around Darwin however and some where found in the early sixties and detonated by a Private company.Rum Jungle was to be one of the lines where they where cached if Imperial japanese forces attacked by land .Also south of alice springs large ammounts of Mercury fulminate a primary explosive where found in a well on a remote station of the then road to Alice Springs. they where reported by drivers and the engineer who placed them ,this is anecdotal but one of the Drivers was my uncle who said they where shitting bricks transporting the containers.
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Q: docker compose up with nodejs issues Error: Cannot find module '/node index' and does not rebuild images on update I am having three issues:

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*very similar to How to solve Node.js Error: Cannot find Module?, but mine can't find node at all it seems.

*when updating either docker-compose.yml or the logic, running docker compose with or without the --build flag does not detect changes and update the image and I'm running stale broken images

*even when specifying the dependency order with depends_on, my node server builds and tries to connect to my postgres server before it is ready.

*the server container cannot seem to communicate with my postgresql container, although I can communicate with both from my local environment by running psql postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/postgres(postgres) or curl localhost:8080/foo(server)
docker-practice_server_1 | error:  Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:5432
docker-practice_server_1 |     at TCPConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:1146:16) {
docker-practice_server_1 |   errno: -111,
docker-practice_server_1 |   code: 'ECONNREFUSED',
docker-practice_server_1 |   syscall: 'connect',
docker-practice_server_1 |   address: '127.0.0.1',
docker-practice_server_1 |   port: 5432
docker-practice_server_1 | }

Any help on resolving any of these errors is much appreciated.
Error
docker-practice_server_1 | node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:926
docker-practice_server_1 |   throw err;
docker-practice_server_1 |   ^
docker-practice_server_1 | Error: Cannot find module '/node index'
docker-practice_server_1 |     at Function.Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:923:15)
docker-practice_server_1 |     at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:768:27)
docker-practice_server_1 |     at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:76:12)
docker-practice_server_1 |     at node:internal/main/run_main_module:17:47 {
docker-practice_server_1 |   code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
docker-practice_server_1 |   requireStack: []
docker-practice_server_1 | }

project structure
--- docker-compose.yml
--- server
----- index.js
----- package.json
----- Dockerfile

index.js
const express = require("express");
const app = express();
const pgp = require("pg-promise")();
const db = pgp("postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/postgres")
  .connect()
  .then(() => console.log("connected!"))
  .catch((err) => console.error("failed to connect because: ", err));

app.get("/foo", (req, res) => {
  res.send("sup");
  db.any("select * from sups")
    .then((v) => console.log("got: ", v))
    .catch((err) => console.error("error: ", err));
});

app.listen(8080, () => console.log("listening on 8080"));

docker-compose.yml
services:
  db:
    image: postgres
    environment:
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
      POSTGRES_DB: postgres
    ports:
      - 5432:5432
  server:
    depends_on:
      - db
    build:
      context: ./server
      dockerfile: Dockerfile
    ports:
      - 8080:8080

Dockerfile
FROM node:14

WORKDIR /usr/src/app

COPY package*.json ./

RUN npm i
COPY . .

EXPOSE 8080
CMD [ "node", "index.js" ]

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Nū sind 125 syndrige portas, of ealra þāra Bysen:Number of portals porta on Wicipǣdian.
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Петерфе́льдський сільський округ (, ) — адміністративна одиниця у складі Кизилжарського району Північноказахстанської області Казахстану. Адміністративний центр — село Петерфельд.

Населення — 2965 осіб (2009; 3203 у 1999, 3156 у 1989).

До складу сільського округу увійшла частина території Пригородного сільського округу Мамлютського району — села Кондратовка, Боровське, станційне селище Остановочний пункт 2603 км.

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'Big Brother 18' spoiler: we have a new HOH.
Double eviction is behind us and the power was up for grabs. Who wins the HOH competition and who is headed for the block?
The double eviction in the "Big Brother" house last night was a big disappointment to many of the fans. Out of nowhere, Corey showed up to play the game. He won not only the HOH but also the POV! Holding all the power his nominees, Michelle and Bridgette, were on the block facing eviction. To the surprise of many, including the nominees, Bridgette was evicted and became the third player to join the jury.
Who is the new HOH?
Corey's reign was short-lived and a new Head of Household Competition was held last night before "Big Brother After Dark" #bbad aired.
According to "Joker's Updates" Victor, who was the HOH last week, was eligible to play again because Corey was the official out-going HOH. Victor again won the title of HOH and gets to keep the key for another week. The all guy alliance is in tatters since Paulie's game is blown up. Everyone sees that Paulie has been the real leader in the "Big Brother" house and his own best interest has been his main concern.
What's in the care package this week?
America's Care Package this week gives the "Big Brother" houseguest receiving it the power of Super Safety.
The winner will wear a costume all week declaring Super Safety and will be safe from the threat of eviction. Nicole was America's choice for the protection of this package.
Victor had already promised Nicole that she was not his target but had told her he couldn't promise she wouldn't be nominated. He was still working out a plan to nominate her allies Corey and Paulie. Victor was considering a backdoor option that could have included putting Nicole on the block until the POV Ceremony then putting Paulie on the block as the replacement nominee.
Everyone in the "Big Brother" house except Nicole, Corey and Paulie knows that Paulie is the real target this week.
Victor and Paul have decided to stick with James and Natalie for a Final 4. The lines are drawn for another eventful week in the "Big Brother" house. Paulie was a participant in a lot of drama and tension last week and that could easily continue as this week progresses.


Jim is responsible for directing the air quality programs for the Butte County Air Quality Management District, including air quality planning, public education, residential and agricultural burning, permitting, air toxics and enforcement programs. Butte County has a population of approximately 220,000 residents and is located on the east side of the Sacramento Valley.
Jim has been with the District since 1990, and has been serving as agency director and Air Pollution Control Officer since 2002. Jim is currently the President of the Board of Directors of the California Air Pollution Control Officers Association. He has a bachelor's degree in Geology from the University of California, Berkeley and is a registered Civil Engineer with the State of California.


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2002 Is Just About Upon Us
I look at 2002 as a year where things are going to be tough for many, but for many more, it could, and will be a year of opportunities.
A New Year is just about upon us, and like every new year, we hope for better times to come. And this year is no different.
2001 was a watershed year, in as much as it ushered in changes to the way we live and the way we think, like no other era in my memory.
To those who are too much in a fog to have noticed, instant wealth is a thing of the past. Especially the dotcom and stock-market wealth that was built on smoke and mirrors. It's back to basics. If you want to make money. You're going to have to do it the old fashioned way. And work for it.
The age of sleaze has also passed us by, even though it was more than one year ago. We watched the sordid personal details of a President who "did not have sex with that women". But; nonetheless, "came" all over her clothing. With the exodus of the Clintons from the White House, finally, a chapter of smut at the highest place in the USA is behind us.
Ignoring what is happening around the world, and making deals with the devil in order to make money at the expense of human rights and international safety, to some extent will also be a thing of the past: that is, if the Bush Administration sticks to its word, and continues to make war on terrorism, and countries that support terrorism.
Next, must come a war on countries that abuse civil rights and liberties; as those who deny equality to women, and the right of self determination to the people at the ballot box.
President Bush senior, said that we were entering a "New World Order". He might have been right at the time, But it never really developed, or at least the New World Order seemed to get waylaid by Clinton. Now is a second chance.
We have concluded a decade of stellar growth in many fields of science, health, business, better understanding of the environment and the humanities. And I see no reason why this growth should be in the least bit diminished.
I worry a great deal about the globalization of big business and the "convergence" and limited ownership of the media. These are neither healthy nor progressive for the future. However; this concentration of power and ownership will pass with the emerging technologies led by the Internet and the "Digitalization" of the planet. However; in the meantime, we must be vigilant.
All in all, I look forward to a year of extremes, with many challenges and changes. Some challenges will bear great pain, and others great pleasure. But; the one thing of which I am certain; 2002 will not be a year where most people will be as accepting, gullible and apathetic as they were in the year and decade gone by.
As for Quebec. Separation is as dead as the memory of René Levèsque. And ethnocentric nationalism will be something to be ashamed of, opposed to a social policy to be pursued.
French Quebecers will continue to demand more English studies for their children. And care even less about the creeping bilingualism of Greater Montreal.
And as for Montreal's "One Island One City". This will be the Separatists single greatest miscalculation.
Have a wonderful 2002. And thank you for reading my thoughts, and caring to do the right thing.
As Always – Best Regards . . . Howard Galganov
Chester Przygoda, Rochester Hills, Michigan
One factor you keep missing is that Americans cannot stand to be told the truth about our short comings. It is so obvious that Obama's election was a mistake yet too many of us will not, perhaps cannot, admit just how badly we have screwed up. While yours and other voices are being raised to point out our collective error in judgement it has become too easy to simply shut you off and hope for a better day. That better day, unfortunately, will not come without us admitting and correcting.


Geneva Vanderzeil, content creator + founder of DIY and how-to website a pair & a spare and partner Benjamin McCarthy, founder of interior design practice Charlie & Rose recently completed renovations on a 19th century workers cottage in Brisbane – all while welcoming the birth of their first child, baby Frankie. What a busy pair!
Can you believe it took this pair just 7 months to complete their renovations?
On transforming the exterior of the house, Geneva says "one of the biggest things we did with this house was to raise it, which enabled us to keep the gorgeous heritage-style home, but also create significantly more space".
Check out that pink door!
Whilst preserving the historic features of the original house, the couple transformed the interior into a sun-drenched, soft pastel-colored, open-plan dream. "I really wanted to create an open plan living space that flowed through from the lounge and kitchen to the outdoors. I'm so happy we were able to do it! The original house didn't have anything like this and for me, it's pretty much the definition of how I want to live," says Geneva.
Geneva's top tip for achieving a designer finish on a budget: "Mix old and new elements: If there's one styling and decor trick I always rely on it's mixing old and new. Whether it's furniture, surfaces or lighting, the key to a more 'design-y' finish is one with a few unexpected elements." We couldn't agree more.
Geneva is a lifestyle blogger, content creator + founder of DIY and how-to website a pair & a spare. Follow her on Instagram + see more of Geneva and Ben's home at a pair & a spare. See Ben's work at Charlie & Rose.
What is the paint color on the front door and is the couch in living room from West Elm?


If using frozen, shelled edamame, precook 1 1/4 cups according to package directions. One ounce of dried shiitake mushrooms equals four ounces of fresh shiitake mushrooms.
1. Combine dried mushrooms with boiling water in small saucepan. Bring to a second boil, reduce heat to low and cook for 10 minutes. Set aside.
2. In medium-sized saucepan, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add garlic, scallions and carrots, and cook 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
3. Drain and slice shiitake mushrooms, discarding soaking liquid. Reduce heat to medium, and add shiitake and cremini mushrooms and asparagus to pan. Cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add edamame, soup mix, water, marjoram and thyme. Mix thoroughly, and stir in mustard and Bragg Liquid Aminos. Reduce heat to low, and cook 6 minutes, or just until vegetables are tender.


Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh arrived in Somalia on Saturday for an official visit in which he will hold talks with Somali leader Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo.
During his stay in Somalia, President Guelleh will attend the official opening ceremony of the Djibouti embassy in Somalia.
Ahead of his arrival in Mogadishu, security was beefed up, with Somali forces increasing their presence across the city.
"It is an honour to welcome H.E President Ismail Guelleh on his official state visit to Somalia this morning. Djibouti is a true friend, ally and brother.
We have deep roots, historical ties and a shared future of common progress and prosperity," President Farmajo said.


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Pivotal performances Check out the hottest plastic woman alive, have a weird conversation at Baked or laugh till your belly hurts - it's all part of Nakai's Pivot Festival running through Sunday at various local venues.
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Pivotal performances
Check out the hottest plastic woman alive, have a weird conversation at Baked or laugh till your belly hurts – it's all part of Nakai's Pivot Festival running through Sunday at various local venues. See the full schedule at www.nakaitheatre.com.
To audition or
not to audition
Get up your nerve, practise that monologue, sing a couple tunes, and take your chances at the Guild's auditions for its spring musical, A Man From the Capitol.
Auditions are Friday through Sunday, for more info call Katherine at 335-2288 or e-mail guild.production@gmail.com.
Haitian need
Buy a slave, win free Air North tickets, dance to the fiddle music and take your chances at the silent auction; it's all part of the First Nation Fundraiser for Haitian Relief this Saturday at the Westmark.
The fun starts at 7 p.m. at the Westmark, and admission is free.
Get out those
For a weekend of 1950s rockabilly put on that prom dress and head to the Gold Rush Saloon to dance with Sasquatch Prom Date all night long.
The band's playing Friday and Saturday night.
SCHOOL COOL
High school hang-out
If you're a high school girl, Mt. McIntyre is the place to be this weekend. Prizes go to the girls who bring the most friends.
There's a fashion show, workshops on beauty, worth and purpose, speakers, free lunch and chocolate fondue.
Singer Heather Jacobson will accompany the weekend.
The event starts at 7 p.m. Friday and runs all day Saturday. Transportation is provided. For more info phone Helen Fox at 668-3518.
Culinary aficionados unite
Get out those kitchen knives and start chopping. Famed food gourmet Chef Massimo Capra is coming to the Yukon Convention Centre on Thursday, February 4th. Tickets to see the Food Network guru are $50, with proceeds benefiting the Yukon Hospital Corporation.
Origin of Darwin
Subconsciously shaping the way we think, Darwin's ideas are more than 200 years old.
To learn a little more about the kindly cautious man and his uncommon commitment to truth, head to the Yukon Beringia Centre this Sunday for a talk by visiting Carleton University professor Chris Burn.
The lecture is free, and starts at 7:30 p.m.
Why we're warming
A series of informal talks at MacBride Museum titled Adaptation and Activism: A Climate Change Lecture Series, will focus on just that.
The next talk, by Amber Church is on What Really Happened in Copenhagen, is on Wednesday, February 3 at 7 p.m. and it's free.
The series continues every Wednesday evening until March 3, 2010. Go to www.macbridemuseum.com/lectureseries.html
for more information, or call 667-2709 (ext.3).
Games guilt
Olympic mania got you down? Head to Alpine Bakery on Friday February 5th for a screening of Five Ring Circus: Myths and Realities of the Olympic Games. Based on Chris Shaw's book, of the same title, the film is a good introduction to the issues around corporate control and influence surrounding the Games.
The film starts at 7 p.m., for more information contact Connie at 633-3510.
Lights, camera, Dawson
Dawson is turning into Hollywood North for the weekend with at least nine teams participating in the 48 Hour Film Competition. The movie-making begins at 5:30 p.m. Friday, and wraps up Sunday at 5:30 p.m.
The films will be screened in the Odd Fellows Ballroom Sunday night at 7:30 p.m.
Fancy Play Doh
Join local artist Lara Melnik at the Yukon Arts Centre gallery on Saturday, January 30t for an artist demonstration and public talk. The event takes place between 1 and 3 p.m. Images and other information about the show can be view online at http://www.laramelnik.com/polychrome/polychrome_home_page.htm
There's going to be a Pecha Kucha Night Whitehorse No. 1 with the theme: Spark (spark) 1. a flash of light, 2. an electrical charge, 3. to set in motion, 4. a burst of energy, 5. to arouse or excite.
It will feature presentations by: Sonja Ahlers, Sarah Crane, Jon Gelinas, Paul Gort, Laurel Parry, Mike Rice, Katharine Sandiford, John Steins, Candice Tarnowski and Joseph Tisiga with music by the Square Waves Jazz Trio.
To find out what it's all about, head to the Old Firehall on February 6. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and the show starts at 8:20 p.m. sharp. Tickets are $12 each and are available at the door.
Forgotten history
To learn more about the people behind the Alaska Highway and the Canol Road, head to MacBride Museum for Black History Month displays and presentations.
The opening reception is Tuesday, February 2 at 7 p.m. and it's free. Refreshments will be served.
For more information contact Leighann Chalykoff at 667-2709 (ext. 3) or lchalykoff@macbridemuseum.com
Double deal
Head Underground to see Karen Rhebergen's show I will build you a home and other works. It opens Friday, February 8 from 5 to 8 p.m. in conjunction with MacBride Museum's historical photo display, Winter Games: Yukoners thrive in the ice, snow and bitterly cold temperatures.
Ski circle
The Yukon Aboriginal Sports Circle is hosting a Freestyle Ski Awareness Day at Mt. Sima on Friday. Call Greg Edgelow at 668-2840 for more info.
Straight line moola
Get out your colourful dabbers and head to the Elks Lodge on Monday, February 1st for the Whitehorse Curling Clubs mini-giant bingo; the winner will take home $4,000.
Lace up the skates
It's not too cold to get out and glide during lunch at the oval in Shipyard's Park or at a teeny rink at MacBride Museum.
one of yukons hidden histories
Bridge removal will cut connection to Kishwoot


This subtype is usually used for outsiders with a connection to the Elemental Plane of Earth. Earth creatures usually have burrow speeds, and most earth creatures can burrow through solid rock. Earth creatures with a burrow speed have tremorsense.


Whether the MAFs are operating in India in violation of law in force in a clandestine manner, and no effective steps are being taken to enforce the said law?
If so, what orders are required to be passed to enforce the said law.
Decision without opportunity of hearing.
On behalf of the appellants it is urged that the appellants had received notice dated 08.07.2014 from the National Commission and, thereafter, they had sent a reply on 25.07.2014 praying that the matter may be heard in the Camp Sitting of the National Commission at Bengaluru. According to the appellants, no reply was received to this letter. On behalf of the claimants/respondents it is urged that the appellants were aware of the case and that the matter had been settled on the basis of a compromise arrived at by the appellants with another consumer and there is no need to set aside the order. After going through the record we find that the appellants had made a request that their matter be heard at Bengaluru. Copies of the orders passed thereafter have been placed on record and the record does not show that the appellants were ever informed that their request for having the matter heard at Bengaluru was either accepted or rejected. Therefore, we are of the considered opinion that the National Commission erred in not issuing fresh notice to the appellants. Accordingly, the order of the National Commission is set aside and the matter is remitted to the National Commission for hearing the same on merits.
In view of the disparities in implementing the already existing laws, Supreme Court directed to frame the following guidelines for safeguarding the interest of the death row convicts.


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PBS in February: "Beyond The Motor City"
Blueprint America: Beyond the Motor City examines how Detroit, a symbol of America's diminishing status in the world, may come to represent the future of transportation and progress in America. The film debuts nationally on PBS on February 8 at 10 pm (check local listings).
Detroit is the crucible in which the nation's ability to move toward a modern 21st century transportation infrastructure is put to the test. The documentary shows how investments in the past | beginning with the construction of canals in the 18th century | profoundly shaped Detroit's physical layout, population growth and economic development. Before being dubbed the Motor City, Detroit was once home to the nation's most extensive streetcar system. In fact, it was that vast network of streetcars that carried workers to the area's many car factories. And it was the cars made in those factories that would soon displace the streetcars in Detroit | and in every major American city.
[O]ver the last 30 years, much of the world has moved on, choosing faster, cleaner, more modern transportation and leaving America | and Detroit | behind. Viewers are taken on a journey beyond Detroit's blighted urban landscape to Spain, home to one of the world's most modern and extensive transit systems; to California, where voters recently said yes to America's first high speed rail system; and to Washington, where Congress will soon decide whether to finally push America's transportation into the 21st century.
"Beyond Motor City" at PBS
Detroit Infrastructure Other Cities PBS Television Transportation
Video: Meet Edgar Staff
REBOOT: College Hill Transit Sub-Hub Part 2
The end of walking, federal funds for bikes, and more in today's News & Notes.
News & NotesTransportation
Shared streets, baby boommers lack of access to transit, WikiCities, and more in today's News & Notes.
Get your stimulus on (or not)
Stimulus, Stimulus, Stimulus!!! My email's been jammed with all manner of Senate Stimulus information. I've had no time to digest it all so excuse me while I throw a few things against the wall here and...


Join county candidates at the Chester County Historical Society to help the campaign to turn Chester County Blue.
Lt. Gov. John Fetterman is conducting a listening tour. He'll visit all 67 Pennsylvania counties to hear from citizens in person You can give your opinion without attending the meeting. Click here.


1) There might be an error or two. I know this; if you're interested in fixing them, pm me.
2) I didn't take replacement games into account because i'm not willing to read 6 years worth of CL Drama.
I might add all the tournament links later. I might not.
Nice. Hopefully you aggregate the results by clan onto one sheet (just what place they got that season), so we could see how clans have done over time.
For the sake of simplicity. I could add them on a seperate sheet.
I'll start adding that, good idea.
Edit: The individual clan results is proving to be a lot of data to process manually. It'll take a few days probably.


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Singapore Currency: A Guide to the Singapore Dollar
The Singapore dollar is one of the world's youngest currencies, as it has barely existed for over five decades. Yet, even in that short time span, the Singapore currency has become one of the most traded currencies in the world – currently ranking at no. 13.
There are many reasons for the popularity of the Singapore dollar, including its strength and stability. But how did it become so strong so quickly? In the article, we will answer this question and provide more insight into Singapore money, however, we should start with the basics.
Singapore Dollar Basics
The Singapore dollar is issued and regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore – the central bank and primary monetary regulatory unit of Singapore. The ISO code of Singapore's currency is SGD and the symbol is S$. 1 SGD is subdivided into 100 cents.
Singapore Dollar Coins and Banknotes
Singapore coins come in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 20, and 50 cents and one SGD. Singapore dollar banknotes are issued in denominations of 2, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500, and 1000 dollars. 10 000 SGD notes existed until recently, but the MAS discontinued them in 2014 because of fears of money laundering.
While still in circulation, the 10 000 SGD note was the most valuable banknote in the world.
The first series, called the Orchid Series, was issued in 1967 and the latest is from 1999, called the Portrait Series. Paper SGD banknotes are relatively quickly being replaced with newer polymer banknotes.
The MAS has also issued many commemorative banknotes – the first commemorative series was issued in 1990 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of independence. Each banknote of this series is overprinted with the date '9 August 1990'.
The latest commemorative note is a 20 SGD bill from 2019, issued to celebrate Singapore's Bicentennial. The front depicts Yusof Ishak, the first president of Singapore, and the previous Supreme Court and City Hall.
Many commemorative banknotes have high collector's value, but they can also be redeemed for face value. The newer bills are mostly commemorative polymer notes and paper commemorative notes are issued rarely.
Origins of Singapore Currency
Singapore's currency shares a similar origin to other Southeast and East Asian currencies that were issued in British territories, like Hong Kong's currency. For a lot of its history, Singapore was a trading port and the Spanish-American silver dollar was commonly used.
In 1819, Singapore became a British trading post and in 1826 the Straits Settlements were established – the separate settlements of Singapore, Penang, Malacca, and Dinding that became British territories.
The Straits Settlements started minting their own version of the Spanish-American dollar, called the Straits dollar. The Straits dollar lasted until 1939 when it was replaced with the Malayan dollar. The Malayan dollar, in turn, was replaced with the Malaya and British Borneo dollar in 1953.
Singapore gained self-governance in 1959 and four years later joined the newly established federation of Malaya, while continuing to use the common currency. However, in 1965 Singapore was expelled from the federation and became an independent country, but still didn't have its independent currency.
Finally, in 1967, Singapore started issuing the Singapore dollar, although it was still exchangeable at par with the Malaysian currency until 1973.
The Singapore Dollar
When the Singapore dollar first entered into circulation, it was pegged to the British pound at a rate of £1 = S$ 8.57 and briefly to the US dollar, at a rate of $1 = S$ 3.06. Then, in 1973, it was pegged to an undisclosed trade-weighted currency basket.
Finally, in 1985, the Singapore dollar was allowed to float within an undisclosed range against a basket of currencies of Singapore's competitors and major trading partners that is monitored by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. This is the system that is still in force today.
Modern Singapore Currency and the Economy
Singapore is one of the world's largest financial centers and a popular destination for foreign investors. In 2021, Singapore ranked second in GDP per capita and the Singapore dollar ranks no. 13 in currencies traded by value, right in front of the Norwegian krone, according to the latest Triennial Central Bank Survey.
All of this helps make the Singapore dollar a strong and stable currency.
The Currency Interchangeability Agreement Between Singapore and Brunei
Brunei Darussalam and Singapore have had a monetary agreement (the Currency Interchangeability Agreement) since 1967 which allows the currencies of the two countries to be exchanged at par and without charge.
The Brunei dollar is customarily accepted in Singapore and vice-versa. There is even a commemorative 20 SGD banknote issued in 2007 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the agreement. A parallel commemorative 20 Brunei dollar banknote was issued at the same time and the two notes have an identical reverse side.
Can You Exchange Singapore Currency in the US?
Yes, you can exchange over 20 exotic currencies online at US First Exchange, including the Singapore dollar. You can buy and sell Singapore dollars and we will deliver high-grade, crisp banknotes to your address of choice and all of your packages will be fully insured, regardless of how much currency you exchange.


The latest release for iOS now has full Cardboard support, enabling any YouTube video to be viewed in VR mode.
YouTube added virtual reality (VR) support for Android users last November, and now the video hosting site announced that its latest update for iOS allows users to view any video in VR mode on Google Cardboard.
With the YouTube 11.18 for iOS update, users can open the app and tap the three-dot "More" icon in the top right corner of any video to view it in VR mode. The new functionality can either be used to watch 360-degree content or watch regular YouTube videos in a movie theater-equivalent viewing using Google Cardboard.
Further information about YouTube 11.8 for iOS is available on the iTunes store.


Can you understand what I mean by the length?
Customers ask for the length of our high voltage cable. Customers need a 10 meter high voltage cable, but do you know that the 10 meter high voltage cable is also different.
For the length of the high voltage cable, we have 2 methods of expression, one is the joint of the high voltage cable and the joint at both ends of 10 meters long. One is not at both ends, only the high voltage cable is 10 meters long.
So in order to avoid ambiguity, we usually ask the customer what kind of length is needed to prevent misunderstandings.
It is our newheek's concept that we always think about our customers.


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Avraham Eilat (, born 1939 in Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine) is an Israeli artist, educator and curator. He graduated from the Hebrew Gimnasium Herzliya in Tel Aviv, and was enrolled in Hashomer Hatzair youth movement for nine years starting at age 9. After military service in 1960 he joined in Kibbutz Shamir, situated on the western slopes of the Golan Heights in the Upper Galilee, where he was a member until 1978. During his first years in the kibbutz, Eilat was a shepherd side-by-side with his kibbutz adopting father the painter Moshe Cagan. Close contact with nature and its phenomenon and the features of local landscape deeply influenced his way of thinking and established the themes appearing along all his career in his art. The contrast between man-made geometrical shapes of fish ponds and the free flowing of the flora and typical hilly landscape of the Hula Valley area, crystallized his visual language and determined its formal and thematic foundations. Avraham Eilat employs skillfully various means of expression: drawing and painting, etching, photography, sculpture, installation, and often a combination of more than one. Using those means enriches his basic statement and makes it complex and multi-layered. Avraham Eilat lives in Ein Hod Artists Village, Israel, with his spouse Margol Guttman, works in his studio in Pyramida Center of Contemporary Art, Wadi Salib, Haifa, and in his studio in Ein Hod.

 1986 Co-founder of The Israeli Biennale of Photography, Ein Harod
 1985–1987 Head of Photography Dept. Wizo Academy of Design, Haifa, Israel
 1989–1991 Curator of photography, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel
 1994 Co-founder and chairman of Pyramida Centre for Contemporary Art, Haifa
 1995–1999 Director of Pyramida Center of Contemporary Art
 2000–2001 Director and chief curator of The Israeli Museum of Photography, Tel Hai
 2003–2009 Director of Pyramida Center of Contemporary Art, Wadi Salib, Haifa
 Recently: curator of visual arts for the National Maritime Museum, Haifa

Art studies
Avraham Eilat's art studies started when he was 14 years old. As a young pupil at the Herzliya Gimnasium in Tel Aviv he studied painting under Arie Allweil, who believed in his talent and invited him to stay with him and work under his guidance in the town of Tzfat (summer of 1954). During the years 1962–1965, parallel to working as shepherd in Kibbutz Shamir he was a part-time student in the Tel Aviv "High School of Painting", guided by the artist Arie Margoshilski, the founder and director the school. His diploma subject was "Quarry", a subject matter that kept coming up in his work in various versions through the years. In 1966, Avraham Eilat studied in the famous "Atelier 17", Paris, an international etching studio founded and directed by the English etcher Stanley William Hayter. In the workshop he met artists from different countries and became a close friend with the Japanese artist Kenji Yoshida, who in 1968 was his guest for two months in Kibbutz Shamir. They kept in touch until Yoshida's death in 2009.

In 1970, after participating in some exhibition in Israel and abroad, Eilat received a grant for overseas studies from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation, and studied at St. Martin's College of art in London. There he worked on sculpture under Anthony Caro and at the same time began to create experimental films under the guidance of the avant-garde film maker Malcolm Le Grice.

Selected awards and grants
 2004 Israeli Ministry of education and Culture prize
 1997 Artist in Residence, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU, New York
 1989 "Premio Cervo", Italy

Selected solo exhibitions
 2010 Psychophysical Time, Gallery G-art, Istanbul, Turkey
 2009 The fear of what is suddenly too late, Galerie 21, Cologne, Germany
 2009 Scratches – between drawing to photography, Wizo Academic Center, Haifa, Israel
 2005 Psychophysical Time, Galeria Wschodnia, Lodz, Poland
 2005 The Silence of the Sea, Israeli National Maritime Museum, Haifa, Israel
 2004 Suspicious Symptoms, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
 2003 Mortal, Pyramida Center for Contemporary Art, Haifa, Israel
 2000 112 Portraits Front and Back, Galeria FF, Lodz, Poland
 1992 From the Gut – From the Mind, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
 1981 Structures for a Given Interior, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel

Selected group exhibitions
 2010 Wadi Saliv – Layers, Pyramida Center for Contemporary Art, Haifa, Israel
 2009 Photography from Israel, Kultur Bahnhof Eller, Düsseldorf, Germany
 2008 Twisted Reality, The Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon, Israel
 2008 The International Triennale of Contemporary Art, National Gallery in Prague
 2006 Video Zero – Performing the Body, Haifa Museum of Art, Israel
 2006 The Image of God, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
 2006 New Territories, De Hallen, Brugge, Belgium
 2004 Video Zero – Towards Cinema, Haifa Museum of Art, Israel
 2003 Video Zero – Communication Interference, Haifa Museum of Art, Israel
 2001 Jewish Artists on the Edgde, Yeshiva University Museum, New York
 1999 1st International Triennale of Installations, Haifa Museum of Art, Israel
 1998 Milestones – Israeli Sculpture 1948–1998, The Open Museum, Tefen, Israel
 1998 The Bridge, International art event, Melbourne, Australia
 1987 Vom Landschaftsbild zur Spurensicherung, Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany

Catalogues and books
 Fear, Artist Book, Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem, Israel
 The Silence of The Sea, catalogue recording exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, Haifa, Israel, texts by Joshua Sobol *and Avraham Eilat, 2006
 Suspicious Symptoms, catalogue, text by Shlomit Shaked, The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, 2004
 Mortal, catalogue, text by Carole Naggar, Pyramida Center for Art, Haifa, 2003
 The Armchair, artist book, text by J. Sobol, a numbered edition of 120 copies, 2002
 112 Portraits Front & Back, catalogue, Galeria FF, Lodz, Poland, 2000
 Hieroglyphics of Reality, catalogue, texts by J. Sobol & A. Eilat, Tel Aviv, 1996
 From the Gut – From the Mind, catalogue, texts by Y. Safran, M. Perry-Lehman and N. Perez, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1992
 A Painter with A Camera, photographs, texts by J. Sobol and Nissan Perez, Hakibbutz
 Structures for a Given Interior, catalogue, text by Yehudit Shen-dar, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa 1981
 Avraham Eilat, by Rudolf Kreuzer, Perlinger Verlag, Vorgl, Austria, 1980
 Avraham Eilat, Drawings, catalogue, text by G. Tadmor, Haifa Museum of Art, 1975
 Avraham Eilat, catalogue, no text, Galerie Eremitage, Schwaz, Austria, 1969

References

 Avraham Eilat, Zeichnungen- Aquarelle-Radierungen, Perlinger Verlag, Austria, 1980
 Painter with a Camera, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, Israel, 1986
 The Israeli Photography Biennale, Museum of Eim Harod, Israel, 1986
 17th Biennale of Graphic Art, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, 1987
 To Live with a Dream, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Dvir Publishers, Israel, 1989
 Milestones, Israeli Sculpture, The Open Museum, Tefen, Israel, 1948–1998
 The Bridge, Construction in Process VI, Craftsman House Publishers, Melbourne, 1998
 Suspicious Symptoms, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, catalogue, 2004
 Video Zero, Towards Cinema, Haifa Museum of Art, Israel, 2004
 Video Zero, Performing the Body, Haifa Museum of Art, Israel, 2006
 International Triennale of Contemporary Art, National Gallery in Prague, Czech Republic, 2008
 The Birth of Now, The Second Decade: 1958–1968, Ashdod Art Museum, 2008

External links

 http://www.eilatart.com/
 http://www.ein-hod.org/?Language=1
 http://www.pixelpress.org/
 http://www.galeriaff.infocentrum.com/
 http://www.21galerie.de/
 https://web.archive.org/web/20110721143638/http://www.hms.org.il/Museum/Templates/showpage.asp?DBID=1&TMID=953&LNGID=1&FID=859&PID=1887&IID=1798
 http://www.kupferman.co.il/Hosted_Exhibition_eng.asp
 https://web.archive.org/web/20141218034835/http://pyramidart.org/
 https://web.archive.org/web/20081121121430/http://www.museumeinharod.org.il/english/exhibitions/1980-1989/

 http://www.artdes.monash.edu.au/globe/issue8/tbtitle.html
 http://www.jerusalemprintworkshop.org/

 http://www.mouse.co.il/CM.articles_item,1018,209,39879,.aspx

 https://web.archive.org/web/20110721143418/http://www.digitalartlab.org.il/ExhibitionPageHeb.asp?id=133&path=artist
 http://www.a-designer.co.il/newsFull.asp?newsid=2703
 https://web.archive.org/web/20110727143751/http://www.e-mago.co.il/articles/503.htm
 https://web.archive.org/web/20110927180805/http://www.kibbutz.org.il/itonut/2009/dafyarok/090527_hadar_ochel.htm?findWords=%D7%97%D7%93%D7%A8
 http://www.mynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3707696,00.html
 http://www.mako.co.il/music-Magazine/articles/Article-43834c22f956f11004.htm

 http://www.haifacity.com/article.asp?articlecode=1735

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Q: Returning to camera screen after onResume() leads to PlatformException I have a camera screen that uses mlkit-barcode library for qr scanning & the flutter camera package for image capturing and live preview functionality. I want to make sure that if a user puts the app in the background (i.e., by going back to the home screen) and then returning, that everything will keep working as intended. This seems to work fine with the didChangeLifecycleState callback in its current state, but leads to a crash after a specific flow is executed. Here is the flow:

*

*Take a picture in order to navigate to the second screen

*Go back to the camera screen

*Put the app in the background & come back to it

*The live preview, qr scanning & image capturing functionalities stop working

The exception I'm seeing in the logs is:
[ERROR:flutter/runtime/dart_vm_initializer.cc(41)] Unhandled Exception: PlatformException(error, Attempt to invoke virtual method 'android.view.Surface android.media.ImageReader.getSurface()' on a null object reference, null, java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'android.view.Surface android.media.ImageReader.getSurface()' on a null object reference

From what I have found on Flutter's GitHub page, this issue is still occurring for many users, but the issues keep getting closed. Does anybody have any workarounds if my code isn't the issue? If it is, please point me in the right direction.
Here's a minimum, reproducible example (main.dart):
Future<void> main() async {
  // Ensure that plugin services are initialized so that `availableCameras()`
  // can be called before `runApp()`
  WidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();

  runApp(
    MaterialApp(
      theme: ThemeData.dark(),
      initialRoute: '/camera',
      routes: {
        // When navigating to the "/" route, build the FirstScreen widget.
        '/camera': (context) => const TakePictureScreen(),
      },
    ),
  );
}

// A screen that allows users to take a picture using a given camera.
class TakePictureScreen extends StatefulWidget {
  const TakePictureScreen({
    super.key,
  });

  @override
  TakePictureScreenState createState() => TakePictureScreenState();
}

class TakePictureScreenState extends State<TakePictureScreen>
    with WidgetsBindingObserver {
  CameraController? _controller;
  final BarcodeScanner _barcodeScanner = BarcodeScanner();
  bool _canProcess = true;
  bool _isBusy = false;
  //Future<void>? _initializeControllerFuture;
  String codeValue = 'default';
  CameraDescription? _camera;

  @override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();
    WidgetsBinding.instance.addObserver(this);
    setUp();
  }

  Future<void> setUp() async {
    _canProcess = true;
    // Obtain a list of the available cameras on the device.
    final cameras = await availableCameras();

    // Get a specific camera from the list of available cameras.
    _camera = cameras.first;
    // To display the current output from the Camera,
    // create a CameraController.
    _controller = CameraController(
        // Get a specific camera from the list of available cameras.
        _camera!,
        // Define the resolution to use.
        ResolutionPreset.high,
        enableAudio: false);

    // await startCameraProcessing();
    _controller?.initialize().then((_) {
      if (!mounted) {
        return;
      }
      debugPrint('started stream');
      _controller?.startImageStream(_processCameraImage);
      setState(() {});
    });
  }

  @override
  void didChangeAppLifecycleState(AppLifecycleState state) {
    log(state.name);
    // final CameraController? cameraController = _controller;
    // // App state changed before we got the chance to initialize.
    // if (cameraController == null || !cameraController.value.isInitialized) {
    //   return;
    // }

    if (state == AppLifecycleState.inactive) {
      log('inactive being called');
      cleanup();
    } else if (state == AppLifecycleState.resumed) {
      log('on resume called');
      // _controller != null
      //     ? _initializeControllerFuture = _controller!.initialize()
      //     : null;
      setUp();
    }
  }

  @override
  void dispose() {
    WidgetsBinding.instance.removeObserver(this);
    cleanup();
    super.dispose();
  }

  Future cleanup() async {
    _canProcess = false;
    _isBusy = false;
    _barcodeScanner.close();
    if (_controller != null && _controller!.value.isInitialized) {
      try {
        await _controller?.stopImageStream();
      } catch (e) {
        print(e);
      }
    }
    await _controller?.dispose();
    _controller = null;
  }

  Future _processCameraImage(CameraImage image) async {
    debugPrint('inside _pr');
    final WriteBuffer allBytes = WriteBuffer();
    for (final Plane plane in image.planes) {
      allBytes.putUint8List(plane.bytes);
    }
    final bytes = allBytes.done().buffer.asUint8List();

    final Size imageSize =
        Size(image.width.toDouble(), image.height.toDouble());

    final imageRotation =
        InputImageRotationValue.fromRawValue(_camera!.sensorOrientation);
    debugPrint('image rotation = ' + imageRotation.toString());
    if (imageRotation == null) return;

    final inputImageFormat =
        InputImageFormatValue.fromRawValue(image.format.raw);
    debugPrint('image format = ' + inputImageFormat.toString());
    if (inputImageFormat == null) return;

    final planeData = image.planes.map(
      (Plane plane) {
        return InputImagePlaneMetadata(
          bytesPerRow: plane.bytesPerRow,
          height: plane.height,
          width: plane.width,
        );
      },
    ).toList();

    final inputImageData = InputImageData(
      size: imageSize,
      imageRotation: imageRotation,
      inputImageFormat: inputImageFormat,
      planeData: planeData,
    );

    final inputImage =
        InputImage.fromBytes(bytes: bytes, inputImageData: inputImageData);

    debugPrint('before process');
    processImage(inputImage);
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(title: const Text('Take a picture')),
      // You must wait until the controller is initialized before displaying the
      // camera preview. Use a FutureBuilder to display a loading spinner until the
      // controller has finished initializing.
      body: _controller?.value.isInitialized == true
          ? Stack(
              children: [
                CameraPreview(_controller!),
                Align(
                  alignment: Alignment.center,
                  child: Text(
                    codeValue,
                    style: const TextStyle(
                      color: Colors.red,
                      fontSize: 25,
                    ),
                  ),
                ),
              ],
            )
          : const Center(child: CircularProgressIndicator()),
      floatingActionButton: FloatingActionButton(
        // Provide an onPressed callback.
        onPressed: () async {
          // Take the Picture in a try / catch block. If anything goes wrong,
          // catch the error.
          try {
            // Ensure that the camera is initialized.
            if (!_controller!.value.isInitialized) {
              return;
            }

            // Attempt to take a picture and get the file `image`
            // where it was saved.

            // STREAM MUST BE STOPPED before taking a picture. Otherwise we get crash.
            await _controller!.stopImageStream();
            final image = await _controller!.takePicture();

            if (!mounted) return;

            // If the picture was taken, display it on a new screen.
            await Navigator.of(context).push(
              MaterialPageRoute(
                builder: (context) => DisplayPictureScreen(
                  // Pass the automatically generated path to
                  // the DisplayPictureScreen widget.
                  imagePath: image.path,
                ),
              ),
            );
          } catch (e) {
            // If an error occurs, log the error to the console.
            print(e);
          }
        },
        child: const Icon(Icons.camera_alt),
      ),
    );
  }

  void processImage(InputImage inputImage) async {
    debugPrint('can process = ' +
        _canProcess.toString() +
        ' and isbusy = ' +
        _isBusy.toString());
    if (!_canProcess) return;
    if (_isBusy) return;
    _isBusy = true;
    debugPrint('called process');
    setState(() {
      codeValue = 'test';
    });
    final barcodes = await _barcodeScanner.processImage(inputImage);
    for (final barcode in barcodes) {
      setState(() {
        debugPrint('called in barcode loop');
        codeValue += 'Barcode: ${barcode.rawValue}\n\n';
      });
    }
    _isBusy = false;
    if (mounted) {
      setState(() {});
    }
  }
}

// A widget that displays the picture taken by the user.
class DisplayPictureScreen extends StatefulWidget {
  final String imagePath;

  const DisplayPictureScreen({super.key, required this.imagePath});

  @override
  State<DisplayPictureScreen> createState() => _DisplayPictureScreenState();
}

class _DisplayPictureScreenState extends State<DisplayPictureScreen> {
  String? codeValue;
  Future<void> checkImageForCode() async {
    XFile xFile = XFile(widget.imagePath);
    CodeResult? resultFromXFile = await readBarcodeImagePath(xFile);
    print('Image code is ${resultFromXFile?.textString}');
    codeValue = resultFromXFile?.textString;
    setState(() {});
  }

  @override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();
    checkImageForCode();
  }

  Future<bool> _onPopAsync() async {
    Navigator.of(context).pushReplacement<void, void>(
      MaterialPageRoute<void>(
        builder: (BuildContext context) => const TakePictureScreen(),
      ),
    );
    return true;
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return WillPopScope(
      onWillPop: _onPopAsync,
      child: Scaffold(
        appBar: AppBar(title: const Text('Display the Picture')),
        // The image is stored as a file on the device. Use the `Image.file`
        // constructor with the given path to display the image.
        body: Stack(
          children: [
            Image.file(File(widget.imagePath)),
            if (codeValue != null)
              Align(
                alignment: Alignment.bottomCenter,
                child: Text(
                  '$codeValue',
                  style: const TextStyle(
                    color: Colors.red,
                    fontSize: 25,
                  ),
                ),
              )
          ],
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}


There are many reasons to need a video cutter. These reasons can range from very professional reasons like editing a music video or movie to personal reasons like editing out a very embarrassing part of a video you took of your family. Whatever the reason, a video cutter is a very handy tool to have around. Weeny Free Video Cutter is, as its name suggests, a free alternative to big-time video editors like Sony Vegas and Adobe Premiere. However, just because it's free doesn't mean it's automatically good. Is the Weeny Free Video Cutter good enough to be an effective alternative to professional video editing software?
I'll be upfront and say that the Weeny Free Video Cutter didn't impress me, but we'll get to those reasons in a bit. First, let's talk about the good aspects of the program. One good thing about it is the fact that it's relatively easy to install. If one of the reasons why you're hesitating about Sony Vegas and Adobe Premiere is the fact that they take too long to install, you won't have to worry about that with this program. Additionally, the program has a simple interface. There are no complicated buttons and windows that only confuse the users. Of course, this could also be seen as a negative. Finally, I should mention that it is able to cut videos.
As I mentioned above, the Weeny Free Video Cutter was far from impressive. One of the biggest reasons is the fact that it's difficult to use. In the paragraph above, I listed the simplicity of the interface as a positive, but that it could also be seen as a negative. The interface is simple, to be sure, but that's also the reason for the difficulty in using it. There are a lot of features that the program could have benefited from that are missing such as timestamps and rewind buttons.
Cutting videos is also a very confusing and difficult process. In theory, it's simple. All you have to do is add a file or segment then click the Cut Now button on the command bar at the top of the page. However, simple and essential functions like resizing the videos and adjusting the audio are inexplicably hidden in the menus. I do appreciate that the video options are displayed on the front screen. Another very important feature missing is an undo feature. How developers miss such an important feature escapes me because it seriously damages your productivity.
I should point out that professional editing software like Vegas or Premiere are pricey and resource-heavy for a reason. You may not be paying hundreds of dollars for the Weeny Free Video Cutter, but that doesn't mean it will serve you well. It does do its job, but against better paid and free alternatives, that's just not good enough.
Weeny Free Video Cutter is a free video cutter software meant for users who need to cut big video file so they can upload it to YouTube or Facebook.
What do you think about Weeny Free Video Cutter? Do you recommend it? Why?


We have a paper on image categorization accepted at ICPR next November. This is the other part of the Work Romain Negrel has been doing with VLAT. This time it's about efficiency in image classification. We tried to put every tricks of latest image categorization techniques (like dense sampling, spatial pyramid, and so on) into our VLAT while still retaining small size signatures.
All in all, we managed to achieve 61.5% mAP on VOC2007, which is not bad at all considering we used a single feature and a linear classifier (a stochastic gradient descent from Leon Bottou). Actually, if you put the throttle a bit further, you can expect better results, but then it becomes very heavy computationally speaking. As usual, some code is available here, although it's only for the Holydays dataset right now. At least you can produce the features and then use your own machine learning library (or mine, of course!).
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Putin claimed the ICBM is"invincible" to missile defense systems.
He also presented animations of several other weapons, including what some call a "doomsday" drone submarine.
During Vladimir Putin's annual speech on Thursday, the Russian president played videos that unveiled brand-new nuclear weapons with startling capabilities.
Putin announced an "unstoppable" nuclear-powered "global cruise missile" that has "practically unlimited" range, then showed an animation of the device bobbing and weaving around the globe. He also played a computer animation of a high-speed, nuke-armed submarine drone blowing up ships and coastal targets.
"Russia remained and remains the largest nuclear power. Do not forget, no one really wanted to talk to us. Nobody listened to us," Putin told a crowd in Moscow, according to a translation by Sputnik, a Russian-government-controlled news agency. "Listen now."
But he said that at least one device Putin showed off likely does exist.
"We know they're developing some new systems with a longer range and a larger payload," Wright said.
The known weapon is called the RS-28 Sarmat, though NATO refers to it as the SS-X-30 Satan 2. Russia has been developing it since at least 2009.
Putin showed a video of the Satan 2 during his speech. In it, footage shows an intercontinental ballistic missile launching out of a silo, followed by an animation of it rocketing toward space. The video-game-like graphic follows the ICBM as it sails over a faux Earth in a high arc and opens its nosecone to reveal five nuclear warheads.
Putin claimed this 119-foot-tall missile is "invincible" to missile defense systems.
Intercontinental ballistic missiles are similar to rockets that shoot satellites and people into orbit, but ICBMs carry warheads and hit targets on Earth.
Satan 2, which Putin claimed is already deployed in some missile silos, is a replacement for a 1970s-era Satan ICBM. The new version is slated to reach full service in 50 silos around 2020, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
According to the Center's Missile Defense Project, the Satan 2 "is reported by Russian media as being able to carry 10 large warheads, 16 smaller ones, a combination of warheads and countermeasures, or up to 24 YU-74 hypersonic boost-glide vehicles."
That means one Satan 2 ICBM could pack as much as eight megatons of TNT-equivalent explosive power. That's more than 400 times as strong as either bomb the US dropped on Japan in 1945 — both of which, combined, led to roughly 150,000 casualties.
The technology used to deliver multiple warheads to different targets is called a "multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle," or MIRV. Such devices deploy their warheads after reaching speeds that can exceed 15,000 miles per hour.
Depending on where the warhead is deployed in space and how it maneuvers, each one can strike targets hundreds of miles apart.
A long exposure of a Peacekeeper missile's mock nuclear warheads blazing back to Earth during a test.
A recently demonstrated technology made to neutralize a nuclear warhead is a "kinetic kill vehicle": essentially a large, high-tech bullet launched via missile. The bullets can target a warhead, slam into it mid-flight, and obliterate the weapon.
"But there are a number of different ways to penetrate defenses" like a kill vehicle, Wright said, which may explain Putin's "invincible" claim.
Satan 2 has advanced guidance systems and probably some countermeasures designed to trick anti-missile systems. This might include "a couple dozen very lightweight decoys made to look like the warhead," Wright said, which could result in a kill vehicle targeting the wrong object.
Wright has also studied other methods to sneak past US defenses, including warhead cooling systems that might confuse heat-seeking anti-missile systems, and "disguising a real warhead to make it look different."
But simply deploying large numbers of warheads can be enough: Kill vehicles may not work 50% of the time, based on prior testing, and they're a technology that's been in development for decades.
Yet Satan 2 is not exactly unique.
A Trident II, or D-5 missile, is launched from an Ohio-class submarine in this undated file photo.
The US in 2005 retired the "Peacekeeper" missile, which was its biggest "MIRV-capable" weapon (meaning it could deploy multiple warheads to different locations).
One Peacekeeper missile could shed up to 10 thermonuclear warheads, each of which had a 50% chance of striking within a roughly football-field-size area.
But the US has other MIRV-capable nuclear weapons in its arsenal today.
One is the Trident II ballistic missile, which gets launched from a submarine and can carry up to a dozen nuclear warheads. Another option is the Minuteman III ICBM, which is silo-launched and can carry three warheads.
Arms control treaties have since reduced the numbers of warheads in these weapons — Trident II's carry up to five, Minuteman III's just one — and retired the Peacekeeper.
Today, there are still about 15,000 nuclear weapons deployed, in storage, or awaiting dismantlement, with more than 90% held by the US and Russia.
Wright said Putin's recent statements and the similarly heated comments and policy made by President Donald Trump echo rhetoric that fueled nuclear arms build-up during the Cold War era.
"What's discouraging is that, at the end of the Cold War, everyone was trying to de-MIRV" — or reduce the numbers of warheads per missile — he said.
Removing warheads helped calm US-Russia tensions and reduce the risk of preemptive nuclear strikes, either intentional or accidental, Wright said. Russia's move to deploy new weapons with multiple warheads, then, is risky and escalatory.
"One of the reasons you might want to MIRV is if you're facing ballistic missile defenses, and Putin talked about that," Wright said, noting that the US has helped build up European anti-missile defenses in recent years. "The clear response is to upgrade your offensive capabilities."
He added that Russia's move also shouldn't be surprising in the context of history: After George W. Bush withdrew the US from the Antiballistic Missile Treaty in 2001, a Russian general told the New York Times the move "will alter the nature of the international strategic balance in freeing the hands of a series of countries to restart an arms buildup."
The charged statements of President Trump, who has called for a new arms race, have done little to reverse that course.
In fact, the Trump Administration plans to expand a Obama-era nuclear weapons modernization program. Over 30 years, the effort could cost US taxpayers more than $1.7 trillion and introduce smaller "tactical" nuclear weapons that experts fear might make the use of nukes common.
This story was published on March 1, 2018, at 5:59 p.m. ET and has been updated with new information.


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Q: How to enter a date and get back the day of the week My program uses Console.ReadLine() to take the year, month and day as integers, then it should print the day of the week for that date.
For example I enter today's date, Year: 2018, Month: 05, Day: 03.
And the program prints to the screen: Thursday
So far I have:
Console.WriteLine("Enter the day...");
int day = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());

Console.WriteLine("Enter the month...");
int month = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());

Console.WriteLine("Enter the year...");
int year = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());

//The part of the code I need help with
string day_of_week = "";

Console.WriteLine(day_of_week);

A: You just need to create DateTime and check the DayOfWeek:
DateTime dt = new DateTime(year, month, day);
Console.WriteLine(dt.DayOfWeek);

MSDN Link for DateTime structure.


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ISPs in Britain label Firefox as a Public Villain
ISPs in the United Kingdom has labeled Firefox a "public villain" because it is advocating private browsing with a new version of the browser that makes your activity online invisible, making it impossible for ISPs to sell your browsing data. Leo says that alone is enough to start using Firefox again.
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Is Firefox Send Secure for Sending Files?
Gary from Cheektowaga, NY
Gary wants to know more about FireFox Send for sending files up to 1GB (or 2.5GB for those with Firefox acct) in size. First of all, it's free! Firefox Send also has a timed delete, so after a set amount of time, the file disappears from the server. Users can also encrypt and send the password to the recipient.
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What to Do if Your Only Browser Isn't Working
You may find yourself in a sort of "catch-22" if the only browser on your system won't work. If the browser keeps crashing upon launch, you can't really do anything to fix it, and in order to get an alternative browser you'd need to download it -- using a browser. Here are a few things you can try to fix your current browser, and there's even an alternative way to obtain a different browser without using a browser:
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Is it possible to save my Yahoo Mail messages to my computer?
Diane from Oxnard, CA
Diane wants to be able to save her email messages from Yahoo Mail locally to her computer as a form of backup. Leo suggests using an email client, and he recommends Mozilla Thunderbird. This program stores email in a very standard mbx, or mailbox format, that other programs can also understand. That way, if Thunderbird were to go away, Diane would be able to easily be able to still look at her messages with any text reader.
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