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Thousands of students using 'Sugar Daddy' websites to fund university lifestyle
Seeking Arrangement dating site has over 500,000 British university students enlisted as 'sugar babies', advertising that students can earn £2,900 a month on the site
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Thousands of students are signing up to a 'Sugar Daddy' dating site that targets people in education to help pay for the costs of university.
Seeking Arrangement has over 500,000 British university students enlisted as 'sugar babies' on its site.
The site, the world's largest sugar daddy site, advertises that students can earn a "monthly allowance of £2,900" on average as well as receiving other benefits such as mentorships, business opportunities and career advantages, Plymouth Live reports.
A sugar daddy is typically an older male seeking friendship, and often intimacy or sexual relationships, in return for providing financial support to his "sugar baby," typically a younger female.
Seeking Arrangement also claims: "Students registered on SeekingArrangement get help paying for fees and even more benefits. Finding the right Sugar Daddy can help students gain access to the right network and opportunities.
"Student Sugar Babies in the UK can get help paying for other university-related costs, such as books and housing."
According to Seeking Arrangement's new annual report, the number of university students in the UK seeking a sugar daddy, or a sugar mommy, increased 36 percent from 2018 to 2019.
Seeking Arrangement reports an increase of 36 per cent in 'sugar babies' signing up to its site in 2019 (stock photo) (Image: PlymouthLive WS)
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The "fastest growing sugar baby school" for 2019 was University of Arts London, with a "new sign-up growth" of 218 people in 2018 and a total of 845 students being signed up to the site by the end of 2019.
The University of Manchester is the second fastest growing sugar baby university and University College London is third.
In Plymouth, Seeking Arrangement currently has 516 women signed up to the site seeking a sugar partner, with around 390 of these being "sugar babies" between the ages of 18 and 25.
Many of these describe themselves as a "student seeking support" or a "sugar baby trying [to] pay the bills".
Exeter University is the 15th fastest growing sugar baby university, with a "new sign-up growth" of 90 people in 2018 and a total of 682 members of the site listing Exeter University as their university.
University students are told they can benefit from career opportunities and networking events (stock photo) (Image: Getty Images)
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The dating website also allows sugar daddies to search for potential partners by age, body type, ethnicity, height, hair colour, smoking and drinking preferences, whether they have children or not, and what languages a suitor speaks.
Sugar Daddies - or 'mommies' - can also specifically search for "college" ie. university, students and specify what level of education they'd like their potential sugar baby to have.
The site is open to all and is free to use, but using a university email address gives the user a "free upgrade".
The site says: "Get a free premium membership. Join now to find an honest and empowering arrangement. Students who sign up with their student email (.ac.uk) receive a free premium membership."
Seeking Arrangement describes itself as the world's largest dating website that "facilitates open and honest relationships on your terms".
Students who sign up using their university email address are given a premium upgrade (Image: Getty Images/Ingram Publishing)
Founded in 2006 by MIT graduate and "relationship innovator" Brandon Wade, the site now has over 20 million members around the world.
Mr Wade believes young people and students are attracted to the idea of a sugar daddy because they need a different way to fund their education to a typical job.
He said: "With little regard from the institutions of the student's inability to pay increasing tuition and living costs in the UK, university students are being forced to find alternative methods to fund their educations.
"Young people understand the importance of a degree and want to achieve their educational goals, but they can no longer depend on traditional means to get through school."
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Attending the funeral of a professional foxer setter is rarely straightforward. In a tradition dating back to the 1930s the location and time of the service is almost always distributed in collage form. When Jim Poskett, the Telegraph's veteran vulpinist, was laid to rest in 2001, there were only two of his peers at the graveside. A misidentified interwar biplane and a misinterpreted photo of Joyce Grenfell meant most mourners ended up 300 miles away inadvertently paying their respects to a deceased piano tuner.
Roman claims the two 'spare' letters in last week's foxer were a deliberate nod to EFO. I reckon they were a consequence of too much cider and too little sleep. Whatever the explanation, the rogue pair made a formidable task even formidablerererer. If it hadn't been for some brilliant defoxing from Gothnak and Barfo, the hive might never have surrendered its secrets.


Workshop in conjunction with ACM RecSys 2013. Hong Kong, October 12.
Experiment replication and reproduction are central to the concept of empirical evaluation of Recommender Systems (RS), which is still an open issue in the area of recommendation. When an experiment is repeated by a different researcher and exactly the same result is obtained, we can say the experiment has been replicated. When the results are not exactly the same but the conclusions are compatible with the prior ones, we have a reproduction of the experiment.
Offline evaluation of recommender systems requires an implementation of the algorithm or technique to be evaluated, a set of performance measures for comparative evaluation, and an experimental protocol establishing how to handle data and compute metrics in detail. Online evaluation similarly requires an algorithm implementation and a population of users to survey (by means of an A/B test, for instance). In this context, as in offline evaluation but perhaps more importantly, an experimental protocol also needs to be established and followed.
Even when a set of publicly available resources (data and algorithm implementations) exists in the community, very often research studies do not report comparable results for the same methods "under the same conditions". This is due to the high number of experimental design parameters in recommender system evaluation, and the huge impact of the experimental design on the outcomes.
In order to seek reproducibility and replication several strategies can be considered, such as source code sharing, standardization of agreed evaluation metrics and protocols, or releasing public experimental design software, all of which have difficulties of their own. Similarly, for online evaluation, an extensive analysis of the population of test users should be provided. While the problem of reproducibility and replication has been recognized in the community, the need for a solution remains largely unmet. This, together with the need for further discussion, methodological standardization in both reproducibility as well as replication motivates the workshop.


In this page you will find and Download Latest Bengali Video Songs without paying a penny. You just have to search the name of the video or the singer then tap the search, the desired results will be shown in the page then and there you can either choose to listen online or download the mp3 or the video file, and enjoy the download offline.
Bengal is today part between the Indian condition of West Bengal and the autonomous nation Bangladesh. Bengali contains a long convention of religious and mainstream tune composing over a time of right around a thousand years. Made with verses in the Bengali dialect, Bengali music compasses a wide assortment of styles.
The most punctual music in Bengal was impacted by Sanskrit serenades, and developed affected by Vaishnav verse, for example, the thirteenth century Gitagovindam by Jayadeva, whose work keeps on being sung in numerous eastern Hindu sanctuaries. The middle Ages saw a blend of Hindu and Islamic patterns when the musical custom was formalized under the support of Nawabs and the intense landowners baro bhuiyans.
A great part of the early group is reverential, as in the Hindu reverential melodies of Ramprasad Sen a bhakta who catches the Bengali ethos in his beautiful, provincial, and happy vision of the Hindu goddess of time and obliteration in her protective incarnation, Ma Kali. Another essayist of the time was Vidyapati. Striking in this reverential verse is a grittiness that does not recognize love in its bodily and reverential structures; some see associations in the middle of this and Tantra, which started some time amidst the first thousand years CE.
Some popular Bangladeshi groups are Miles, Nagar Baul, Ark, LRB, Warfaze, Feedback, Souls, Prometheus, Ark, Renaissance, Nova, Obscure, Chime, Artcell, Aurthohin, Maqsood O Dhaka, Black, Shironaamhin, Cryptic Fate, Scarecrow, Arbovirus, Nemesis Renaissance. Bangladeshi hip jump is a type of music and society that covers an assortment of styles of hip bounce music created in Bangladesh. Bangladeshi hip bounce is vigorously affected by US hip jump, and began in mid 2000.


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BUILDING SUBSTRUCTURE WORK
Sharjah issues tenders for $408m airport expansion project
SHARJAH, 29 days ago
Major tenders were issued recently for the main works in Sharjah International Airport Expansion Project besides for the relocation of utilities, the building substructure, superstructure skeleton and other associated works.
The project is being implemented by Sharjah Airport Authority (SAA) which has readied a comprehensive airport expansion plan at a cost of Dh1.5 billion ($408 million). The plan includes the expansion of the terminal building and increasing the airport's capacity to 20 million passengers by 2025.
This comes following the review and approval from HH Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, and Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, for the design of Sharjah Airport expansion project, said senior government officials linked to the project.
As per the design, the exterior will be shaped like the wing of a plane ending in a structure shaped like a book, inspired by the fact that Sharjah is the Cultural Capital, they stated.
The project will include two departure halls and two passport control areas to maintain the flow of passengers through the airport.
A new VIP lounge with a separate entrance and exit will serve businesspeople in the UAE. It is expected that the support services buildings will be completed in the first quarter of 2020, while the project will be finished in the third quarter of 2022, they added.
Parsons International was appointed to manage the development project with an Dh51.5 million contract.
As a part of the overall development project, SAA had signed three agreements worth Dh100 million in May 2018: ADP Ingénierie was commissioned to design the airport expansion project and supervise the construction work under a Dh67-million order; Metito Overseas was roped in to handle the design and construction of the sewage plant with a Dh26-million contract and Core Engineering Consultancy was named consultant for the project to demolish certain buildings.
The main contract is expected to be awarded by the second week of August.
As part of the project, the Directorate of Public Works has completed a new 1,200-m-long road network for Sharjah Airport, including a suspended bridge that extends more than 330 m at a cost of Dh85 million.
The bridge provides access to Sharjah Airport for arrivals from Sharjah and other emirates.
A total of 1,120 parking spaces have been created for employees, visitors and customers, with 192 parking spaces in Lot A for staff, 845 spaces in Lot B for staff and 83 parking spaces for visitors.-TradeArabia News Service
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We may never know the truth about what happened to Sunnyside's Paradise Cafe Billiards, but we do know for sure that no one has broke a rack of pool balls in just shy of three years. It's a story of intrigue, lies and betrayal—while property speculators laughed their way to the bank, many members of the community couldn't help but feel like they just scratched the 8 ball.
Built in the 1930s, this two-story brick structure was originally a parking garage for residents of the Sunnyside Gardens historic district, when the building used to be covered in vines. Converted to a factory in the 40s and once owned by Dupont, among others, the property did not realize its billiard hall conclusion until the late 90s.
At 26,000 square feet per floor, the main hall had dozens of billiard tables. Along the perimeter of the sunken pool area were air hockey machines, arcade cabinets, foosball and ping pong tables, massage chairs, a full bar and service counter and a two-keg beer tap. Separated from the main area were also two private rooms with stages, used for parties and events. Along the southern wall of the building was a 12-car garage that is now a place where ill-fated relics of bygone joys go to die.
Paradise Cafe Billiards closed its doors in 2013 to no fault of the old building—structurally speaking, it is still in pristine condition. But for all the pleasure that Paradise provided to Sunnysiders, there were signs that things weren't as peachy as they seemed. Negative Yelp reviews detailed lonely nights where bar patrons couldn't find partners to play pool; cramped space and errant pillars around the ping pong tables made it impossible to play a normal game; outdated video games bored guests. But at $9.95 per hour for a table for two, most Yelpers felt they got their money's worth.
Although Paradise Cafe appeared stable till the end, it was their upstairs neighbor that foreshadowed the coming doom best. Pulse Fitness, a "dilapidated gymnasium" according to the Sunnyside Post, occupied the upper floor since 2003. A promotional video, in Spanish, shows the gym and boasts of its modern equipment. But one Monday April morning in 2012, gym members and yoga instructors arrived to the scene of a locked gate and a sign expressing apology that the gym was now closed indefinitely. Customers were furious, many of them having just purchased monthly or annual memberships. Local television viewers heard the complaints of Sunnysiders on NY1. But for all the headaches, no refunds were issued.
Barely a year following the Pulse Fitness fiasco, rumors began that Paradise was on the chopping block too. The Sunnyside Post reported that the building owner had listed the property for sale with the promise that the billiard hall would be out by year's end. But adding confusion and insult to injury, Paradise's owner contacted the Post to tell them there had been some mistake—the pool hall was not closing. In fact, they just signed a new "five-year lease" in May. The property owner even got involved to apologize and say the property was not for sale and the whole story was just a big misunderstanding.
Less than five months later the building was vacant. The signature giant red FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT CENTER lettering was taken from the building's façade and the windows were boarded up. At the time it was stated that the owner was seeking $50,000 monthly rent per floor of the building. But not a single rent check has been collected in three years—bad business by most real estate text books. More plausibly, the building owner saw the writing on the walls of Long Island City and North Brooklyn. Maybe he got a promise the zoning laws would soon change here too.
It is doubtful that any tenant will ever use this building again. What is more likely is that one day the lot will be sold for millions of dollars above market value and the building will be torn down in favor of "luxury" housing units that will rent for hundreds of dollars above market rate. A mile west from here that is exactly what has happened to every single historic building demolished in the past five years.
But as the cultural bandits continue to rob Queens of its identity—and bilk the rich into paying exuberant prices for shoddily-built glass and sheet rock towers—they can never take our memories. All the pool tables are gone, and so is the laughter, but when a Long Island Railroad train passes by on the main line, the pool lamps still vibrate. There is no more beer, unless you bring your own, and one of the catering rooms is filled with rotting trash. Although Paradise Cafe Billiards has served thousands of smiles, may it serve thousands more.
Next, read about other abandoned places and objects in New York City.
Any information about the original "Thousand Window Bakeries" building in Long Island City? I am referencing the Sunshine Biscuits ten story factory and headquarters building which faces the midtown East side. It appears the IDC NY has vacated. Sunshine left in 1966 shortly after its acquisition by the American Tobacco Company after its failed half-hearted attempt to diversify out of tobacco. Surely, it is being eyed by developers for conversion to living space.


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The R-27 Zyb was a submarine-launched ballistic missile developed by the Soviet Union and employed by the Soviet Navy from 1968 through 1988.  NATO assigned the missile the reporting name SS-N-6 Serb. In the USSR, it was given the GRAU index 4K10. It was a liquid fuel rocket using a hypergolic combination of unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) as fuel, and nitrogen tetroxide (NTO) as oxidizer. Between 1974 and 1990, 161 missile launches were conducted, with an average success rate of 93%. Total production was 1800 missiles.

The R-27 missiles were deployed on the Yankee I submarines, including the K-219.

Technical details

The missile's body is an all-welded construction made of hard-worked AMg6 (АМг6) aluminium-magnesium-alloy panels, which underwent a two-step process of deep industrial etching and mechanical milling, reducing the plate thickness to one-fifth and one-ninth of the thickness of the original plate.

The outer surface of the missile was covered with an protective heat- and moisture-resistant Asbestos-based coating.
In order to fit the R-27 into the corresponding launch tube, the missile was built without fins, but instead has several rows of rubber shock absorbers to keep the missile's skin from scratching along the side of the launch tube when fired.

The missile's tip featured a single, 650-kg detachable warhead with a yield of 1 MT.
A high-explosive linear-shaped charge was used to separate the warhead from the missile.

Directly beneath the warhead, the instrumentation necessary for guidance of the missile was housed inside of a hemispherical compartment formed by the upper bulkhead of the oxidiser tank. This design decision allowed the easy removal of the guidance system from the missile for maintenance and removed the need for a service hatch.

To maximize the volume of propellant available inside the missile, the upper oxidiser tank and the lower fuel tank shared one common bulkhead instead of one bulkhead each as it was absolutely necessary to use every bit of volume available to be able to fit the missile into a submarine.

Another novelty was factory fueling with the subsequent "ampulization" of the tanks by welding filling and drain valves. In conjunction with efforts to improve the corrosion resistance of materials as well as the tightness of seams and joints,
these fabrication methods allowed the missile to have a lifetime of 5 years, which was later extended to 15 years.

The missile was powered by an 4D10 rocket engine developed by OKB-2, consisting of a single fixed thrust chamber producing a thrust of 23 ton-force and two smaller gimbaled thrust chambers mounted on the frustum-shaped bottom of the fuel tank producing a total of 3 ton-force thrust. The engine was ignited using a squib and burned a hypergolic propellant combination, dinitrogen tetroxide and unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine, which was delivered into the combustion chamber via turbopumps.
The 4D10's main chamber operates on a highly-efficient oxidiser-rich staged combustion cycle to maximize fuel efficiency, while the two smaller chambers use the more ordinary gas-generator cycle. Both the larger chamber and the smaller chambers could be throttled by either regulating the single propellant line leading to the main chamber or a shared oxidiser line leading to the smaller chambers.

One of the most important novelties on this missile is that the main chamber of this rocket motor was integrated into the missile by permanently welding it inside the fuselage instead of mounting the rocket motor onto a thrust structure below the fuselage, which is the usual practice in rocket design. As a result of this design practice, most of the engine could not be tested, repaired or maintained as soon as it was permanently welded inside the missile.

When the R-27 was fired underwater, the container housing them was first overpressurized before the container was flooded and the pressure was equalized. To reduce the effect of water hammer when igniting the rocket engine, the nozzles were housed inside of a watertight air-filled adapter connecting the bottom of the missile with its container. The two smaller chambers are ignited first, before finally igniting the main chamber. The missiles were fired from a depth of 40 to 50 meters under the sea. Preparations for launch would take 10 minutes, and a salvo could be fired with an interval of 8 seconds between each launch.

Variants

R-27
Total Mass: 14,200 kg
Diameter: 1.50 m
Total Length: 8.89 m
Span: 1.50 m
Payload: 650 kg
Warhead: single nuclear: 1.0 Mt
Maximum range: 2400 km
CEP: 1.9 km
Launch platform: project 667A submarines

R-27U (RSM-25)
Total Mass: 14,200 kg
Diameter: 1.50 m
Total Length: 8.89 m
Span: 1.50 m
Payload: 650 kg
Warhead: 3 : 200 kt
Maximum range: 3,000 km
CEP: 1.3 km
Launch platform: project 667AU submarines

R-27K
The 4K18 was a Soviet medium-range anti-ship ballistic missile (also known as R-27K, where "K" stands for Korabelnaya which means "ship-related") NATO SS-NX-13. The missile was a two-stage development of the single-stage R-27, the second stage containing the warhead as well as propulsion and terminal guidance.  Initial submarine testing began on 9 December 1972 on board the K-102, a project 605 class submarine, a modified Project 629/ NATO Golf class lengthened 17.1m (formerly B-121), to accommodate four launch tubes as well as the Rekord-2 fire control system, the Kasatka B-605 Target acquisition system and various improvements to the navigation and communications systems. Initial trials ended on 18 December 1972 because the Rekord-2 fire control system hadn't been delivered yet. After a number of delays caused by several malfunctions, test firings were finally carried out between 11 September and 4 December 1973. Following the initial trials, the K-102 continued making trial launches with both the R-27 and the R-27K, until it was accepted for service on 15 August 1975.

Using external targeting data, the R-27K/SS-NX-13 would have been launched underwater to a range of between 350 and 400 nm (650–740 km), covering a "footprint" of 27 nm (50 km). The Maneuvering Re-Entry vehicle (MaRV) would then home in on the target with a CEP of . Warhead yield was between 0.5-1 Mt.

The missile system never became operational, since every launch tube used for the R-27K counted as a strategic missile in the SALT agreement, and they were considered more important.

Although the R-27K could fit in the launch tubes of the Project 667A (NATO Yankee class), the subs lacked the necessary equipment to target and fire the missile.

Zyb (Suborbital Launch Vehicle)

In 1992, there was an ongoing effort to convert surplus Soviet Navy SLBMs which were taken out of service into launch vehicles. The Zyb sounding rocket was created on the basis of the R-27 specifically for performing experiments in a Microgravity environment. The rocket would be launched in an ballistic arc, exposing the payload to weightlessness for 17 to 24 minutes, depending on payload mass. The trajectory would reach its apogee at 1800 km or 1000 km for 650 kg and 1000 kg payload mass respectively. The rocket provided 1.5m3 of payload volume. The Zyb sounding rocket was launched a total of three times.

Derived missiles

In 1992, the Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau signed a contract with North Korea regarding the creation of a R-27 derived launch vehicle. As a result of this, the very similar North Korean Hwasong-10 "Musudan" IRBM was derived from the R-27, the only major change from the original being a slightly extended fuselage. Prototypes of this missile were allegedly completed in 2000.
It is suspected that a modified subvariant of this missile was then sold to the Iranian Military in 2005 under the designation BM-25 "Khorramshahr".

Operators

   The Soviet Navy was the only operator of the R-27.
  Iran  Operates the Khorramshahr, a heavily modified design based on the R-27.
  North Korea  possibly operates the Hwasong-10, a modified variant of the R-27, some sources suggest North Korea might have abandoned development of the design due to its complexity.

See also
Hwasong-10, based on the R-27
Khorramshahr based on the Hwasong-10

References

External links
R-27 (Globalsecurity.org)

R-027
Military equipment introduced in the 1960s

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Gallatin County Sheriff's Office received a report on Monday, Feb. 25th of a white vehicle, possibly a Honda or Subaru with front end damage, driving slow and possibly following a student in the River Rock area. No license plate, description of the driver or occupants was provided. There was no contact made between the vehicle and the student. Gallatin County Sheriff's Office deputies have been patrolling the River Rock area and all schools through out the county, and will continue extra patrols. As always everyone should be alert to their surroundings and report any suspicious activity to Law Enforcement.


Miroslaw F. Stranc has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Abstract: Prolonged and severe tissue hypoxia results in tissue necrosis in pedicled flaps. We demonstrate the potential of near-infrared spectroscopy for predicting viability of compromised tissue portions. This approach clearly identifies tissue regions with low oxygen supply, and also the severity of this challenge, in a rapid and non-invasive manner, with a high degree of reproducibility. Early, nonsubjective detection of poor tissue oxygenation following surgery increases the likelihood that intervention aimed at saving the tissue will be successful.
Abstract: Prolonged and severe tissue hypoxia results in tissue necrosis in pedicled flaps. We demonstrate the potential of near-infrared spectroscopy for predicting viability of compromised tissue portions. This approach clearly identifies tissue regions with low oxygen supply, and also the severity of this challenge, in a rapid and non-invasive manner, with a high degree of reproducibility. Tissues remaining below a certain hemoglobin oxygen saturation threshold (oxygen saturation index <1) for prolonged periods (>6 h) became increasingly dehydrated, eventually becoming visibly necrotic. Tissues above this threshold (oxygen saturation index >1), despite being significantly hypoxic relative to the pre-elevation saturation values, remained viable over the 72 h post-elevation monitoring period. The magnitude of the drop in tissue oxygen saturation, as observed immediately following surgery, correlated with the final clinical outcome of the flap tissue.
Abstract: Prolonged and severe tissue hypoxia results in tissue necrosis in pedicled flaps. We demonstrate the potential of near-infrared spectroscopy for predicting viability of compromised tissue portions. This approach clearly identifies tissue regions with low oxygen supply, and also the severity of this challenge, in a rapid and non-invasive manner, with a high degree of reproducibility. Tissues remaining below a certain hemoglobin oxygen saturation threshold (oxygen saturation index<1) for prolonged periods (>6 h) became increasingly dehydrated, eventually becoming visibly necrotic. Tissues above this threshold (oxygen saturation index>1), despite being significantly hypoxic relative to the pre-elevation saturation values, remained viable over the 72 h post-elevation monitoring period. The magnitude of the drop in tissue oxygen saturation, as observed immediately following surgery, correlated with the final clinical outcome of the flap tissue.


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Earth Hour - 31 March 2007
Published: 31st March 2007
The NSW Fire Brigades (NSWFB) is taking part in Earth Hour at 7.30pm on 31 March 2007 when residents, businesses and organisations in Sydney turn off their lights for one hour.
Organised by WWF-Australia and Fairfax, the world first initiative is illustrating how each individual can make small adjustments to the way they live and help to slow the current rate of global warming.
Some facts about global warming
69% of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions come from energy production. Source CSIRO.
October 2006 was by far the hottest October on record for NSW with the statewide average maximum temperature more than 3.2ºC above the historical average of 24.4ºC (records since 1950). Australian Government- Bureau of Meteorology
By 2100, up to 15,000 Australians could die every year from heat-related illnesses and the dengue transmission zone could reach as far south as Brisbane and Sydney if we continue to allow [greenhouse gas] emissions to increase.
(Australian Medical Association).
(source:www.wwf.org.au)
What the NSWFB is doing?
Commissioner Mullins has registered his commitment to Earth Hour and encouraged fire stations to turn off computer monitors and unessential lighting in stations and office buildings for sixty minutes from 7.30pm on Saturday 31 March. The NSWFB has also registered our support by signing our commitment on www.earthhour.org.au.
The principle behind Earth Hour is to provide every individual with the knowledge that electricity consumption in Australia is the largest contributor to our global emissions and that small actions by every individual can make a big difference. If you sign up to take part in Earth Hour, WWF will provide you with a pack of additional information on how to cut your emissions (and your energy bill).
If candles are used, the NSWFB recommends following these safety precautions:
Ensure candles are in a safe, secure position, and never leave them unattended or in precarious places where they may fall or set alight flammable items, such as curtains.
Always keep them out of reach of children.
Ensure candles are properly extinguished before leaving the house or going to bed.
Have working smoke alarms in your home and a written home escape plan


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Q: Why am I getting a StackOverflow error in a long method? I have a small read-only database (based on data from services). The load time is critical so data can't be extracted from DB, XML and so on. I use the direct construction of data in the generated C# file:
void Load(){
    var aa = new A[ 100500 ];
    aa[0] = new A( ... );
    ...
    aa[100499] = new A( ... );
    AA = aa;
}

There are no recursion here, stackallocks and so on.
But I have got a StackOverflow error.
Looking in Disassembler window I found that JIT converts this code into:
    var aa = new A[ 100500 ];
    var a0 = new A( ... );
    aa[0] = a0;
    ...
    var a100499 = new A( ... );
    aa[100499] = a100499;

So it create 100500 variables aXXXXX in stack:
-- aa[32] = new A( qwerty, asdf );
mov         ecx,185C10h                 -- var a32 = new A
call        001730F4
mov         dword ptr [ebp-4Ch],eax     -- different for different rows

push        dword ptr ds:[4403528h]     -- a32.ctor( ... )
mov         edx,dword ptr ds:[4403524h]
mov         ecx,dword ptr [ebp-4Ch]
call        00790068

push        dword ptr [ebp-4Ch]       -- aa[32] = a32
mov         ecx,dword ptr [ebp-3Ch]
mov         edx,20h
call        71CCCD30

These changes doesn't help:
// 1. explicit variable
A a;
a = new A( ... );  // a32 = new A(...); a = a32;
aa[32] = a

// 2. limited visibility
{ aa[32] = new A( ... ); } // for each created object

This change helps but too ugly:
// Works in Release version only
[MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
static void f32( A[] aa )
    => aa[32] = new A( qwerty, asdf );

...
f32( aa );  -- inlined without a32

Is any elegant way to remove these stack devourers?
Thanks in advance.

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View Obituary The Arizona Republic Obituaries
Dayle Lorel "Anna" (Hylen) Eves
Dayle Lorel "Anna" (Hylen) Eves Phoenix - Dayle "Anna" Eves, 67, of Phoenix, Arizona passed away Tuesday, August 7,2018. She was born March 3, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois to Willard and Madelyn Hylen. On April 21, 1973 she married the love of her life Dale C. Eves and together they raised their 3 loving children; Tracy, Sara and Brian. The Eves family settled in Arizona where Dayle worked in the field of respiratory therapy, education and as a wonderful-homemaker. The Eves' home was open to friends, family and good times. Dayle was always up for a card game, a road trip, a nice dinner out, hour long conversations on the patio or a telephone call with a dear friend. Dayle's heart was as big as they come and is loved beyond measure by the people around her. Proceeded in death by: her parents (Willard and Madelyn Hylen), father-in-law and mother-in-law (Melvin and Dorothy Eves). Survived by: her devoted husband Dale C. Eves, brother and sister in-law (David and Kelly Hylen), brother (Bob Hylen), brother-in-law and sister-in-law (Bob and Marlene Henry), brother-in-law and sister-in-law (Syl and Ella Yoder), daughters Tracy Rollins, Sara Pendgraft, son Brian Eves, son-in-laws Travis Rollins, Brad Pendgraft, daughter-in-law Bernadette Eves. Grandchildren: Sydney, Kyley, and Branson Pendgraft; Sabrina and Samantha Rollins; Neeley and Bradey Eves; along with many nieces, nephews and so many amazing friends. Dayle will not be with us in the physical sense but will always be in our hearts, our memories and in everything we do as a family from now until the end of time. A Celebration of Dayle's life will be held at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at Heritage Funeral Chapel, 6830 W. Thunderbird Rd. Peoria, AZ 85381. Please visit www.heritagefuneralchapels.com to share memories.
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The green tea contains the antioxidants, catahein, caffeine, polyphenol, ECGC and green tea extract. There are different types of the green tea products are available in the market. The green tea tablet are good for the healthy. The green tea is the herbal tea which is used for the various diseases. The green tea products are very effective for curing the diseases. The green tea concentrate is sold in the form of a pill.
What are the Green Tea Tablet?
Schiff Green Tea Diet Tablets - The combination of 270 mg EGCG and 150 mg of caffeine per day produces thermogenic, fat-metabolizing.
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Green Tea Extract, 100 mg - This green tea extract is standardized for bioflavonoid.
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Catechin Rich Green Tea Tablets - This contains contains about 0.7% to 0.8% caffeine.


The Joliette Teapot is an example of elegant design, and perfect functionality coming together. A unique and beautiful high quality Glass infuser teapot with an ultra fine polished stainless steel infuser. The ultra-fine polished stainless steel infuser is not fragile like glass infusers, and the micro pores allow for a full and complete infusion unlike slit glass infusers. The tea will gain color and expand comfortably in this infuser giving you an elegant and high class tea experience. The infuser teapot is made of borosilicate glass which is a high grade thermal glass that can easily withstand boiling water. If you want an infuser teapot without having to worry about fragile infusers and lids then the Joliette is the elegant and classy item for you! A must for anyone that would enjoy gourmet loose leaf tea!
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Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2003 Jan;88(1):F56-7.
Iodine deficiency associated with parenteral nutrition in extreme preterm infants.
Ibrahim M1, de Escobar GM, Visser TJ, Durán S, van Toor H, Strachan J, Williams FL, Hume R.
Tayside Institute of Child Health, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Scotland, UK.
Infants are in negative iodine balance on current standard regimens of total parenteral nutrition, with a mean iodine intake of 3 micro g/kg/day (150 ml/kg/day). The recommended enteral intake of iodine for preterm infants is 30 micro g/kg/day. Gastrointestinal absorption of iodine is high, suggesting that parenteral intakes should approach enteral recommendations.


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Nutrients in 100 grams ofCarissa
Raw Carissa (Carissa macrocarpa).
Vitamin A2 μg
Raw Carissa has 2 μg of Vitamin A per 100 grams, which is 0.22% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 900μg per day for Men 19-30 years
Raw Carissa has 0.04 mg of Thiamine per 100 grams, which is 3.33% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 1.2mg per day for Men 19-30 years
Raw Carissa has 0.06 mg of Vitamin B2 per 100 grams, which is 4.6% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 1.3mg per day for Men 19-30 years
Vitamin B30.2 mg
Raw Carissa has 0.2 mg of Vitamin B3 per 100 grams, which is 1.25% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 16mg per day for Men 19-30 years
Raw Carissa has 0 μg of Vitamin B12 per 100 grams, which is 0% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 2.4μg per day for Men 19-30 years
Raw Carissa has 38 mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams, which is 42% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 90mg per day for Men 19-30 years
Raw Carissa has 11 mg of Calcium per 100 grams, which is 1.1% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 1000mg per day for Men 19-30 years
Copper0.21 mg
Raw Carissa has 0.21 mg of Copper per 100 grams, which is 23% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 0.9mg per day for Men 19-30 years
Iron1.3 mg
Raw Carissa has 1.31 mg of Iron per 100 grams, which is 16% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 8mg per day for Men 19-30 years
Raw Carissa has 16 mg of Magnesium per 100 grams, which is 4% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 400mg per day for Men 19-30 years
Phosphorus7 mg
Raw Carissa has 7 mg of Phosphorus per 100 grams, which is 1% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 700mg per day for Men 19-30 years
Raw Carissa has 260 mg of Potassium per 100 grams, which is 5.53% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 4700mg per day for Men 19-30 years
Sodium3 mg
Raw Carissa has 3 mg of Sodium per 100 grams, which is 0.2% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 1500mg per day for Men 19-30 years
Vitamins in 100 grams of Raw Carissa:
100 grams of Carissa is an excellent source of Vitamin C. It has some Thiamine and Vitamin B2. While 100 grams of product has trace amounts of Vitamin B3, it has no Vitamin A and Vitamin B12.
Minerals in 100 grams of Raw Carissa:
100 grams of Carissa is an excellent source of Copper. It has a good amount of Iron. It also has some Magnesium and Potassium. While 100 grams of product has trace amounts of Calcium and Phosphorus, it has no Sodium.
Fat1.3 g
Raw Carissa has 1.3 g of Fat per 100 grams, which is 1.34% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 97g per day for Men 19-30 years
Protein0.5 g
Raw Carissa has 0.5 g of Protein per 100 grams, which is 0.89% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 56g per day for Men 19-30 years
Carbohydrate13.6 g
Raw Carissa has 13.63 g of Carbohydrate per 100 grams, which is 10% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 130g per day for Men 19-30 years
Raw Carissa has 62 kcal of Energy per 100 grams, which is 2.14% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 2900kcal per day for Men 19-30 years
Raw Carissa has 0 mg of Cholesterol per 100 grams, which is 0% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 290mg per day for Men 19-30 years
Raw Carissa has 84.17 g of Water per 100 grams, which is 2.27% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance of 3700g per day for Men 19-30 years
Macronutrients in 100 grams of Raw Carissa:
100 grams of Carissa has a good amount of Carbohydrate. The product has trace amounts of Fat and Protein.
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David Weinberger sez, "As a gift on the centenary of his birth, a site has gone up featuring brief clips of Marshall McLuhan explaining his key ideas and catch phrases. Some are still pretty obscure, but some are on the nose 30 years ahead of when the nose appeared. For example, check out his confident assertion that books will become personalized services."
Alas, there's no obvious way to embed this video, which seems like a huge oversight if the intention of the site is to invigorate debate about McLuhan's ideas -- creating a site that has no way to directly include and quote McLuhan's words in those discussions!


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Hogwarts Legacy How to Choose House & Wand
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Welcome to our Hogwarts Legacy How to Choose House & Wand guide. The wait is too lengthy. See our article on Hogwarts Legacy's early House and Wand choice for more details.
We know that there are people who have a hard time finishing the Hogwarts Legacy game. If you are one of those who find it difficult to finish the game, let's take you to our Hogwarts Legacy guide.
Choose!
If you are a fan of Harry Potter, you may have been dreaming of choosing a house or wand ever since you watched the movies or read the novels. Hogwarts Legacy, which will be available on Lumos, lets players select their House and Wand. However, the majority of fans and players prefer to select their House and Wand in beforehand. Do not worry; you can make these decisions before the game's release. Check out our advice on early Hogwarts Legacy House and Wand choice.
By logging into your Wizarding World account, you can select your House and Wand ahead of time. You can open a new account by signing if you don't already have one.
The steps listed below will help you select your Wand and House.
Visit the Wizarding World page now. Additionally, click the Login button in the top-right side of your screen.
If you haven't made an account yet, use the "Sign Up Now" link below.
To create your profile account, enter your birth date and email address.
Three criteria must be met in order for your profile to be complete. Choosing your House, Patronus, and Wand are these.
You will be given various quizzes to complete as soon as you click the + button above them. We advise you to respond to them honestly because they will decide your fate.
All three quizzes must be completed for your Wizarding World account to be finished.
After that, visit WB Games and log into your current account. You can create a new account if you don't already have one.
Click on Connections from the menu on your left after selecting the three lines in the top-left corner of your screen.
Hit the Connect button after navigating to the Wizarding World or Harry Potter Fan Club account.
The Wand and House in Hogwarts Legacy will match once both accounts have been linked. However, be sure to log into the game using the same WB Games account. You get an additional opportunity in the game to sort your house, according to the developers. You need not be worried about your House, Wand, or Patronus remaining constant.
But you have to admit, it's a very fun way to learn your House and Wand before the game's release!


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Inside the Acid Free Box: Symbols of Hate and the Nazi Propaganda Machine
The swastika, the Heil Hitler salute, the Nazi eagle, the SS skull and crossbones, were all symbols of hate used by the Nazis to promote their notion of a racially pure 'Aryan' people, while simultaneously excluding and ostracizing groups they viewed as inferior.
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Milton er en by (town) i Norfolk County i delstaten Massachusetts i USA. Milton ligger mellem Neponset River og State park Blue Hills (nationalpark).
Milton havde 28.630 indbyggere i år 2020. Den tidligere amerikanske præsident George H.W. Bush blev født i Milton. Byens historie går tillbage til 1634, hvor en jordbruger slog sig ned på stedet. Byens navn stammer fra Milton Abbey i Dorset, England. Milton er det byområde, hvor der er den største procentvise andel af irske efterkommere i USA.

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Home>Blog>There's still time: Microsoft showcases benefits of Windows 10
There's still time: Microsoft showcases benefits of Windows 10
When it comes to enterprise-level software, there are only a handful of competitors that can stack up to Microsoft. The tech provider has been a leader in a number of industries for years, and that status was only cemented with the announcement of Windows 10.
In early 2015, Microsoft announced that not only would users be able to upgrade to a new version of the popular operating system, but that many could do so for free. This garnered a lot of attention – it was a never-before-seen offer, especially from a tech provider with so much credibility. Now, Microsoft has offered additional Windows 10 benefits for enterprises, and also noted that the free period will soon be coming to an end.
A target of 1 billion users
While many speculated that the Windows 10 release was carried out as a sort of recovery from the failed Windows 8, few could argue the landmark move on the part of Microsoft. The company allowed any device owner currently running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 to log on and download the update free of cost – and many users flocked to the tech giant's website soon after the announcement was made.
Microsoft made a splash with a free Windows 10 upgrade.
Computerworld UK reported that by the end of March 2016, there were more than 270 million active devices leveraging Windows 10 – and this was only just over a year after the initial offer came to light.
However, Microsoft isn't finished just yet. The company has even loftier goals in sight, hoping to have 1 billion active Windows 10 users in place by 2018.
Improvements for enterprises
As consumers hurried to upgrade their devices, Microsoft also sought to target enterprise users. The company announced new business-centered features in March, including added biometric security, the ability to extend certain legacy apps to the Windows app store, as well as the availability of Linux command line tool Bash shell.
Then, Microsoft sweetened the pot at its Worldwide Partner Conference in early July with the announcement of the Windows 10 Enterprise E3 edition for the Cloud Solution Provider program. According to Computer Dealer News, this allowed access to Microsoft's cloud, as well as other select as-a-service offerings. This means that come the fall when services are available, Microsoft's cloud partners will be able to provide Windows 10 Enterprise Edition as part of their managed service portfolios for just $7 per seat per person for customers.
Serious savings
Even with all of this buzz surrounding the release of its new operating system, Microsoft ensured that consumers and business decision-makers alike understood the advantages to be had with the upgrade. In June 2016, a Microsoft-backed survey from Forrester was released to showcase the considerable savings that Windows 10 could offer when users upgraded from Windows 7. A few of the study's highlights, based on a theoretical organization with 20,000 employees and 24,000 Windows devices, are listed here:
A three-year risk-adjustment summary found that the total return on investment of Windows 10 is more than 180 percent.
The three-year net present value of the operating system is approximately $8 billion, or more than $400 per user.
Deployment times are reduced from four years to two years.
"With Windows 10, IT and employee productivity are improved, and third-party license costs are reduced or eliminated," Forrester stated in the report. "Desktop security issue remediation time is reduced by one-third, and client managers can recover 20 minutes per day to meet with more clients. Deployment is also significantly faster than past implementations."
"The total return on investment of Windows 10 is more than 180 percent."
With savings like this, enterprises are sure to give this upgrade serious consideration.
Free period coming to an end
However, Microsoft's gravy train couldn't last forever. The tech giant recently announced that the free upgrade will only be available through July 29, 2016, Forbes reported. After this date, the price for upgrading will still be $7 per user per month for Windows 10 Enterprise E3, and $119 for Windows 10 Home or $199 for Windows 10 Pro.
If you're an enterprise leader that has been considering an upgrade, contact our expert consultants at iT1 Source. Here at iT1, we're a Microsoft Silver Cloud Productivity Partner, and can provide you will all the details you need to ensure your employees are armed with the best solutions.
To find out more, contact iT1 Source today.


We are an ODA inspected, Ohio Licensed kennel located in North East, Ohio. Our dogs are a part of our family and most live right here in the house with us. We are family operated and My passion to improve the breeds has become my hobby. We do more with our pups then the typical breeder; I hand deliver each puppy, I am with the Mom from beginning to end. I examine each puppy and make sure they are healthy and nursing aggressively. The puppies are raised here in our home where they are well loved,handled and very well socialized.
We have high quality, very calm parents, we come highly recommended by our veterinary office. Our dogs have been used in open house events to demonstrate their calmness and beauty.
I have been breeding for 16 years and I work closely with our veterinary clinic to assure you a healthy, happy well adjusted puppy. We specialize in Quality A.K.C and C.K.C Golden Retrievers, A.K.C Standard Poodles, and C.K.C Goldendoodles F1 and F1B's,and F2 Goldendoodles.
All of the dogs here at Kingdom Hearts Kennel are Health certified, and come from superior Champion lines.
I offer a 24 month health guarantee, lifetime return and breeder support.
Each puppy will come to you with vaccines, worming's, heartworm/flea and tick prevention up to date. They are vet checked and certified healthy. All records will accompany your puppy.
I start you off with a collar,stuffed toy with our scent,training suggestion,and a puppy starter pack. I use the nu-vet plus vitamin. The puppies begin their potty training,and exposure to the crate. I have had reports that most are house trained with in days to weeks of going to their new homes. You are more than welcome to come and meet the parents and see how our pups are raised. I do not allow anyone except us to handle the puppies until they are 6 weeks old, but I do encourage you to come into our home and see how the pups and adults are raised.
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Cordyceps, one of the better-known traditional Chinese herbal medicines, consists of the dried fungus Cordyceps sinensis growing on the larva of the caterpillar. It is commonly used in China for the replenishment of general body health. Cordyceps has a broad range of pharmacological and biological actions on the liver, kidneys, heart, and immune system. One of the known pharmacological effects is its anti-oxidation activity. Cordyceps sinensis, a well-known and valued traditional Chinese medicine, is also called DongChongXiaCao (winter worm summer grass) in Chinese.er commodities.
One of the known pharmacological effects is its anti-oxidation activity. Cordyceps is also known as an immune system stimulant.
Applied in pharmaceutical field.Treatment of cough, chronic nephritis, kidney failure, and enhance resistance.
With other drug useing can be improve blood pressure, myocardial ischemia, anti-arrhythmia,etc.


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is an anuall international Rally-Event for charity which leads from England to Africa. It will start on October 12th 2007.
Introduced as Plymouth-Dakar Challenge in 2002 in the last winter it led to Bamako in Mali for the first time. Creator is Julian Nowill from England who states that the challenge has got no spirit of competition except of getting to the destination and that the help for the people in africa is the main task.
can best be translated "french-frie-express". It leads on the one hand back to our main sponsor, a popular fast food restaurant chain from Duisburg. On the other hand we will partly power the car with used vegetable oil from these restaurants. So our slogan "with french-fries-oil to africa" has got a double meaning.


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Cameron Maybin with two doubles Wednesday
Cameron Maybin played left field and hit fourth against the Pirates on Wednesday, going 2-for-4 with two doubles. He also stole his second base in the 2-1 defeat.
The Cubs seem committed to playing Maybin at least every other day, and he's slashing a pretty .333/.391/.524 over his last seven games. If you need batting average and are desperate for steals, he's probably on the waiver wire.
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Cameron Maybin gets on base twice Tuesday
Cameron Maybin went 1-for-3 with a single and a walk in Tuesday's 3-2 loss to the Pirates.
Maybin continues to get starts against lefties, but his .250 average and .690 OPS suggest that he hasn't played very well this year. Keep him on the waiver wire in the season's final days.
Cameron Maybin notches two singles
Cameron Maybin hit eighth and played left field in Wednesday's game against the Indians. He went 2-for-3 with two singles and an RBI. He was pinch-hit for by Jason Kipnis later in the game. The Cubs won 3-2 in extra innings.
Maybin has a decent .268 average with a .738 OPS in 71 at-bats, but he has just one homer and one steal. He remains an NL-only play.
Cameron Maybin hits triple Thursday
Cameron Maybin went 2-for-5 on Thursday with a triple, two runs, and an RBI against the Reds. He also struck out twice and left six men on base in the 8-5 victory.
Maybin continues to get regularly playing time, and sports a higher average (.250) and OPS (.703) than his new teammates Kris Bryant and Javier Baez. He should be rostered in NL-only leagues, but that's the only place where he will provide value.
Cameron Maybin scores run Monday
Cameron Maybin started at right field and hit eighth on Monday against the Cardinals, He went 1-for-4 with a double and a run scored. The Cubs won, 5-1.
Maybin figures to start in right field until Jason Heyward (dizziness) returns. Maybin is not exhibiting the power and speed combination that he showed with the Yankees last year, as he has just one homer and one steal through 60 at-bats. He's best left on the waiver wire.


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Geology ⋅
Earth Structure
Three Types of Stress on the Earth's Crust
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Three Types of Boundaries Between Lithospheric Plates
By Alex Silbajoris
Three types of unequal stress on the Earth's crust are compression, tension, and shear. Stress arises because the fractured crust rides on a ductile mantle which slowly flows in convection currents. The plates of the crust collide in some places, pull apart in others, and sometimes grind against each other.
Compression: When Plates Collide
When plates press against each other, one plate's edge is pressed downward by the compression as the other plate's edge rides over it. These subduction zones appear as deep ocean trenches, usually facing mountains -- the protruding edge of the overriding plate. In many places, such as the Pacific Ocean's "Ring of Fire," the material of the sinking crust interacts with the hot mantle below, causing lines of volcanoes such as those found in the Aleutian Islands, the Andes, and the Cascade Range of the western United States.
Tension: When Plates Pull Apart
Crustal plates pulling apart from each other, or fracturing, under tension can develop rift valleys as seen in East Africa. Crust fills the developing gaps in the form of basalt, which can flood the surface to form a basaltic sill. In the mid-oceanic ridges in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, molten basalt released under the water hardens into pillow-like blobs, creating new oceanic crust. the newest crust is closest to the ridges. Hydrothermal vents release hot, mineral-laden water, which resembles black smoke.
Shear: When Plates Grind Along Each Other
In some cases, the edges of the plates slide past each other, neither significantly pressing together, nor pulling apart. Here the movement causes a lateral shear. Where movement causes horizontal displacement, it is called a "strike-slip" fault. The San Andreas Fault, where the Pacific Plate has been sliding northwestward past the North American Plate, provides a good example. The movement isn't smooth; the plates build up stress which eventually releases in a sudden movement, causing earthquakes like the 1906 San Fransisco event.
Hazards of Stress and Movement
The San Fransisco earthquake provides a vivid example of dangers arising from crustal movement. When movement occurs along a fault, nearby structures suffer damage. However, the threat can come from farther away, as with the 2011 Japanese Tohoku earthquake, which occurred approximately 100 miles offshore to the east. Movement on a fault along a subduction zone caused the overriding seafloor to jump an estimated 50 meters, generating a series of devastating tsunami waves. Airborne volcanic ash presents hazards to global aviation.
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Laurent Fignon
People Visions Famous French athletes • Famous French people in literature • Famous French Sport cyclists • Famous French Writers May 15, 2020
Intro French professional road bicycle racer
A.K.A. Лоран Финьон
Was Athlete Sport cyclist Writer
Type Literature Sports
Birth 12 August 1960, 18th arrondissement of Paris, France
Death 31 August 2010, 13th arrondissement of Paris, France (aged 50 years)
Star sign Leo
Laurent Patrick Fignon ([loʁɑ̃ fiɲɔ̃]; 12 August 1960 – 31 August 2010) was a French professional road bicycle racer who won the Tour de France in 1983 and 1984 and the Giro d'Italia in 1989. He is former FICP World No. 1 in 1989. He nearly captured the Tour de France for a third time in 1989 before being edged by Greg LeMond by 8 seconds, the closest margin ever to decide the Tour. Fignon won many classic races, including taking Milan–San Remo back-to-back in 1988 and 1989. He died from cancer in 2010.
Early life and amateur career
Fignon was born in Montmartre, Paris. His family moved to Tournan-en-Brie in 1963, where he lived until he left for Paris at age 23. His first sport was football and he got as far as playing for his département or area. Friends encouraged him into cycling and he rode his first official race in 1976, which he won. Fignon's parents did not want him to race, and he raced without them knowing. He won four more races in his first year, but only one in his second year. In this third year, he won 18 out of 36 races. Fignon's parents allowed him to race, but still thought that he should study. Fignon entered the University of Villetaneuse, studying Structural and Materials Science. Fignon was not interested in his studies, and was an indifferent student. His chief desire was to pursue cycling. He told his parents that he was leaving the university and would join the army at the end of the year to do his military service. He was posted at the Bataillon de Joinville, known for its sporting reputation. After this, Fignon was sure he wanted to pursue a professional career. In 1981, Fignon rode the Tour of Corsica which allowed amateur cyclists to ride along with professional riders. Fignon rode an early stage attempting to hold the wheel of Bernard Hinault, the top professional cyclist, and succeeded for much of the race. Cyrille Guimard observed the young cyclist a few days later at the national 100 km team time trial. In May 1981 he offered him a place on his Renault-Elf-Gitane professional team from the following year. Fignon joined the team in 1982, along with longtime friend and fellow junior rider Pascal Jules. Fignon was 21 years of age.
1982: first professional season
In 1982, Fignon rode the 1982 Giro d'Italia. After Fignon broke away in the second stage, he became the leader of the race, and got to wear the pink jersey. He lost the lead in the next stage, but became Hinault's most trusted team mate in the mountains. In Paris–Tours, Fignon had escaped and made a break of 40 seconds, when his crank broke. During this first year as a professional, Fignon won the Critérium International.
1983: first Tour victory
In 1983, Fignon was a part of the team that helped Bernard Hinault to win the 1983 Vuelta a España. Guimard did not want to send Fignon to the Tour de France, because two grand tours could be too much for a 22-year-old rider. When Hinault, winner of four of the five previous Tours, announced that he would not start due to injury, the Renault team was without a leader. Fignon was added to the 1983 Tour de France selection for the Renault team, and the team decided to go for stage wins, with hopes of having Fignon or Marc Madiot compete for the best debutant category. After stage nine, the first mountain stage, Fignon was in second place, behind Pascal Simon, and he was allowed to be team leader. On the tenth stage, Simon crashed and broke his shoulder blade. Simon continued, and only lost a little time on the next stages. On the fifteenth stage, a mountain time trial, Fignon was able to win back so much time that he was within one minute of Simon. On the seventeenth stage, Simon had to give up, and Fignon became the new leader. On the next stages, Fignon was able to answer all attacks from his opponents, and he even won the time trial on the 21st stage. At 22 years old, Fignon was the youngest man to win the Tour since 1933. Fignon later said that he was lucky to have won the 1983 Tour: if Hinault had been present Fignon would have helped him, as Hinault was the team leader. With his round glasses and air of debonnaire, Fignon was a contrast to Hinault's hard-knocks image. He earned the nickname "The Professor", not only because of these glasses, but also because he was one of the few cyclists who had passed his baccalaureat exams. Early in his broadcasting career legendary broadcaster and former TDF rider Paul Sherwen referred to Fignon as an alternate version of his nickname during telecasts which into English approximately translates 'The Stern Professor'.
1984: second Tour victory
In 1984, Hinault moved to the new La Vie Claire team, established by the French entrepreneur Bernard Tapie and directed by Swiss coach Paul Koechli. Fignon stayed with the Renault team, and became team leader. In the 1984 Giro d'Italia, Fignon was in the lead near the end of the race, with Italian Francesco Moser in second place. The highest mountain stage, where Fignon could have extended his lead as the better climber, was cancelled by race organizers "due to bad weather". In one of the more outrageous actions of a major tour, on the final stage, an individual time trial, camera helicopters flew in front of Fignon, creating a headwind, and behind Moser, creating a tailwind. Though Fignon repeatedly shook his fists at the obstructing aircraft, they refused to move off. Moser ended up gaining enough time to take the overall race lead, with Fignon being moved back to second place. He later said the experience made him tougher, and prepared him for the hardships to come. The 1984 Tour de France was a battle between Fignon and his former team leader Hinault. Hinault won the prologue, but Fignon won back time when his team won the team time trial in stage three. After a large escape in the fifth stage, Fignon's team mate Vincent Barteau was leading the race. In the seventh stage, Fignon won the time trial, beating Hinault by 49 seconds. Barteau was still leading the race, and remained the leader after the Pyrenées. In the sixteenth stage, Fignon again beat Hinault in a time trial, this time winning 33 seconds. In the seventeenth stage, Hinault attacked five times on the penultimate climb, but every time Fignon was able to get back. Then, Fignon left Hinault behind, and won almost three more minutes on Hinault. Barteau was so far behind in this stage, that Fignon became the new leader. Fignon won three more stages, for a total of five that year, and won the Tour with a ten-minute margin. With his air of indifference in interviews and his crushing dominance, he was hailed as France's newest superstar.
1985 and 1986: injury years
Coming into the 1985 season Fignon felt stronger than ever, but a knee injury caused him to miss the 1985 Tour. The following season his team took on a new sponsor, and became the Système U cycling team. In 1986 Fignon won La Flèche Wallonne and he entered the 1986 Tour de France, but placed poorly in the first individual time trial and retired on stage 12 to Pau.
1987 and 1988: return to the top
Fignon returned to near his full strength in 1987, when he finished third in the 1987 Vuelta a España, behind Luis Herrera. Later that year, he finished 7th overall in the 1987 Tour de France, taking another victory at La Plagne (stage 21). In 1988, Fignon won Milan–San Remo, but had to abandon the 1988 Tour.
1989: losing by 8 seconds
Laurent Fignon outsprints Maurizio Fondriest for the win, Stage 20 of the 1989 Giro d'Italia. In 1989, Fignon overtook Sean Kelly as leader of the UCI Road World Rankings. That season included a win at Milan–San Remo and the Giro d'Italia. In the 1989 Tour de France, 1988 winner Pedro Delgado was the big favourite, with Fignon, Stephen Roche, and Erik Breukink listed together as top contenders. After Delgado inexplicably was nearly three minutes late for the start of the prologue time trial, the race was open to all contenders, and ended up a battle between Greg LeMond and Fignon. LeMond won a minute in the time trial in stage five, using aerobars which enabled a new and more aerodynamic riding position (also known as tri-bars as they had previously only been used in triathlons), a new type of teardrop-shaped aerodynamic helmet in the time trials and a rear disc wheel, Fignon used normal road handlebars and a bicycle with both front and rear disc wheels, which left him more affected by cross winds. LeMond led the general classification after that stage by 5 seconds. In the tenth stage, Fignon beat LeMond by 12 seconds, and became the new leader, 7 seconds ahead of LeMond. In the time trial of stage 15, LeMond again won time on Fignon, and took back the leading position. Fignon came back by dropping LeMond on Alpe d'Huez, taking back the lead, and after he won alone at Villard-de-Lans the next day, the margin was 50 seconds. Before the final stage, a short time trial of 24.5 km, the time difference between LeMond and Fignon was 50 seconds, a seemingly insurmountable amount. To win, LeMond would have to take two seconds a kilometer on one of the fastest time trialists in the Tour. French newspapers prepared special editions, with Fignon's picture on the front page, in preparation for his victory. Although it was considered unlikely that LeMond would be able to win back 50 seconds on the 24.5 km, LeMond gave his best, and rode the fastest time trial until 2015. Fignon had developed saddle sores in stage 19, which gave him pain and made it impossible to sleep in the night before the time trial. Fignon, who rode after LeMond, lost 58 seconds during the stage. Fignon rode a very fast time trial, and came in third for the stage, but still ended up losing the overall lead to LeMond. It was suggested afterwards that if Fignon had cut off his ponytail, the reduction in drag might have been sufficient for him to have won the Tour. During that Tour, he was on bad terms with the journalists. He often refused to smile for photographs, and at one point spat into the lens of a cameraman who asked for an interview. For his efforts the press awarded Fignon the "Prix Citron" ("Lemon Prize"), a prize the press awarded to whom they thought the least likable rider. The loss of the 1989 Tour was a heavy burden for Fignon, and in his autobiography he said "you never stop grieving over an event like that".
1990–1993: later years
Fignon withdrew from the 1990 Tour, but finished 6th in 1991. Following this Fignon moved over to the Italian Gatorade team to act as co-captain and advisor to promising young talent Gianni Bugno. After a dramatic 1992 Giro d'Italia, in which he was in heavy crisis during mountain stages, he rode his last Tour that same year, finishing 23rd overall. The race saw an angered Fignon take his ninth stage win, holding off a series of attacks by Guimard's Castorama team before winning at Mulhouse during stage 11. Fignon's last victory as professional cyclist was in the early-season Ruta Mexico in 1993, after a tight duel with Francisco Villalobos and surviving a massive collision that saw the group hit by a tow truck driven by a drunken man. Fignon retired as a professional cyclist late 1993.
Fignon tested positive for amphetamines at the Grand Prix de Wallonie, in 1987, where he finished third. He was subsequently disqualified from the final result but claimed, in his autobiography, that the positive test was the result of a commercial dispute between two Belgian companies. Fignon tested positive for amphetamines a second time, at the Grand Prix de la Liberation, on 17 September 1989. In his autobiography, Fignon admitted to using recreational drugs, and occasionally using stimulants in the 1980s. He noted this was widespread, and that the practice would not dramatically change the capabilities of a rider. He noted major changes in the sport in the early 1990s with the onset of routine use of Human Growth Hormone and the blood-booster, EPO. Fignon stated he was revolted by the idea of taking hormones to enhance performance, and the mere suggestion he refused out of hand. He retired from competition in 1993 when he realized that cycling had changed, and that he no longer had a place in it.
After retirement
In 1995, Fignon founded the "Laurent Fignon organisation", to organize races, notably Paris–Nice, from 2000 until it was taken over by Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), the organiser of Tour de France, in 2002. Fignon remained an organiser for races such as Paris–Corrèze. In response to assertions that French riders were less successful over recent years due to the tight doping controls that French riders are subject to, Fignon responded frankly: "The sports directors don't do a good job any more. They lack competence and don't have authority over their riders. The non-results of French teams are not only the consequences of doping." On his relationships with Cyrille Guimard and Bernard Hinault, Fignon said that with Bernard Hinault, Guimard already found a champion, whereas with himself, Guimard made him a champion. Therefore, his bond with Guimard was stronger than Hinault's bond with Guimard. Fignon wrote an autobiography entitled Nous étions jeunes et insouciants ("We were young and carefree"), which was released in June 2009.
In June 2009, Fignon revealed that he was undergoing chemotherapy for metastatic cancer. He noted that early in his career he had dabbled with recreational drugs, amphetamines and cortisone, but did not believe they played a role in his illness. Amphetamine use during the criterium portion (late summer/early fall) of the cycling season was commonplace in the seventies and eighties. Fignon's cancer was diagnosed in April 2009 after metastatic tumors were found in his digestive system. In January 2010, his doctors discovered that the cancer had originated in his lungs. Fignon died at Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital on 31 August 2010, at 12.30 pm. He was 50 years old. Fignon was survived by his wife and both of his parents. He was also survived by his son and daughter from his first marriage. His funeral took place on 3 September 2010 at Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, where he was later cremated. Former fellow champion Greg LeMond said: "It's a really sad day. He had a very, very big talent, much more than anyone recognised. We were teammates, competitors, but also friends. He was a great person, one of the few that I find was really true to himself. He was one of the few riders who I really admired for his honesty and his frankness. We talked about a lot of different things outside of cycling and I was fortunate to really get to know him when my career stopped. I believe he was also one of the generation that was cut short in the early nineties because he was not able to fulfill the rest of his career. But he was a great rider." His ashes were placed in the columbarium of the Père Lachaise cemetery.
Major results
Grand Tours general classification results timeline
— 7 — — 7 3 — — — — — —
15 — 2 — — — — 1 DNF DNF 37 —
— 1 1 — DNF 7 DNF 2 DNF 6 23 DNF
Did not compete
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