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Home Page Watch out for that Referendum - it could be heading our way 02/12/16
In this secular age in Britain it is difficult to commit anything which is still considered to be blasphemy by the general populace, rather than by the adherents of a particular religion, but recent events have served to provide a new opening for blasphemers.
All you have to do is to suggest that a mysterious and ill-defined entity known as 'The Will of the People' should be in any way questioned. This Will of the People has apparently been identified in the Referendum of June 23, in which we collectively decided we wanted out of Europe.
The issue might seem of minor importance in the day-to-day lives of Haverhill residents, except that the process of referendum could very soon be particularly relevant to us.
The Government has yet to make clear whether it is going to extend the current cap on local authority spending down to the level of town and parish councils. If it does, any attempt to raise council tax by more than two per cent in any year would trigger a referendum in the parish.
So far, the cap on spending imposed on county and borough or district councils since the days of Margaret Thatcher has resulted in – as well as a housing crisis - massive cuts in services, many of which have been picked up in a small way by town or parish councils as a sort of safety net.
The consequence is that residents have not felt the cuts as significantly as they might have done, but they have noticed a dramatic increase in the element of their town council tax which is charged by town and/or parish councils in larger villages.
This has annoyed many and has resulted in them electing protest candidates in the form of Independents, small local parties, or in our case UKIP.
UKIP councillors are particularly fond of the idea of referendums in theory because, after all, they just won the big one. But faced with the reality of running local councils they may be having to adjust their ideas.
Take the issue of Haverhill's sad-looking Corn Exchange. The idea of securing this as a public building has been something of a UKIP flagship, launched in opposition to the previous Labour administration's aims to create a youth hub, first at the Burton Centre and then, when they lost out on that to St Nicholas Hospice, at the old magistrates court.
Exactly where we are in any negotiations over that building are a closely guarded secret, but it is obvious that any effort by the town council to save it and turn it into something useful would run a long way into six figures.
Put that along with the current series of planned council tax rises to cover the transitional money which should have come from the Government to our town council but which somehow found its way - of its own accord, apparently - into St Edmundsbury Borough Council's trouser pockets, and you have a recipe for a large funding hole if the possible cap is to be imposed.
Last week's town council meeting was inquiring about how the referendum process would work, because, faced with a choice between what the town clerk described as 'significant' cutbacks in the budget and the challenge of breaking the two per cent limit, if it comes in, they preferred the latter.
However, they were in for a shock. The rules of the referendum process are curious to say the least. Firstly, you have to include the cost of the referendum in your budgeting, which is about two per cent. So, if you were aiming for four per cent, it makes it automatically six per cent.
But if you lose the referendum you don't get that money back, so you are now not only two per cent down, but four per cent, and your 'significant' cuts are likely to become 'severe'.
Even so, UKIP members thought Haverhill people might still wear the increase if they knew it was to provide a wonderful asset in the form of a saved and refurbished Corn Exchange. Others were more sceptical, maybe with good reason.
But the clincher came from the town clerk who explained that the council would not be able to phrase the question in the referendum. The Government does that, and you can bet your boots it would be something along the lines of: 'Would you like to have your council tax increased by six, (seven, eight, nine, whatever) per cent?'
So I think we can all say that we know in advance what the result of such a referendum would be. Now the question is, in such a case would the Will of the People be right?
Is it – and look away now because here comes the blasphemy – possible for the Will of the People to be wrong?
When faced with such difficult philosophical questions it can help to look back through history for answers. The financial crash of 2007-8 is nearly a decade away now, but its seismic effect is still gathering strength in political terms.
It was the biggest financial disaster since 1929, when the world was in a serious state of inequality already, after the way Germany had been ground down in the wake of the First World War. In that tinder-like atmosphere the fire of politics took hold a lot more quickly.
Within four years we saw two utterly different approaches to the Great Depression. In America, where even the richest had been reduced to living in shanty towns and tents, there was an 'all in it together' feeling, very different from the hypocritical one George Osborne claimed.
The Will of the People brought in a president who invested massively in infrastructure projects – Rooseveldt's New Deal. It worked, so one might say the Will of the People was right.
In Germany, where some rich people were still doing well, but the majority had been completely left behind by the surviving elite, the Will of the People elected an outsider to clean the whole thing up, a little-known crowd-pleaser called Adolf Hitler.
If you watch footage of his rallies there is no denying what the Will of the People was in Germany in the 1930s. Could it be that it was wrong? Could it be that someone should have stood up against the Will of the People? And could it be that because someone didn't – at least not successfully – that millions died?
To return to the American model, perhaps if a number of bankers had been living in tents and shanty towns around the City of London – or in prison - in 2010, we would not be where we are today.


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> News>March 6, 2015 | Kowa to Debut New Anti-Shock and Vibration JCM-V Lens Series at the 2015 Automate Show
March 6, 2015 | Kowa to Debut New Anti-Shock and Vibration JCM-V Lens Series at the 2015 Automate Show
Attendees will get a firsthand look at Kowa's next generation lenses for ruggedized applications.
TORRANCE, California. March 6, 2015
Kowa is proud to announce the release of an innovative Anti-Shock and Vibration JCM-V lens series at the upcoming 2015 Automate Show in Chicago, IL. With an optical design based on Kowa's popular 2/3" JCM lens series, these new ruggedized megapixel lenses are ideal for applications that require increased durability and high optical performance in harsh environments.
"The JCM-V lens series utilizes a unique design that limits moving parts to increase robustness, but maintains the flexibility of having an adjustable focus and iris. By replacing the conventional locking screw system for fixing the focus position with that of a two way reversible nut, we are able to significantly decrease any damage that may occur due to heavy shock of even a 5G force," says National Sales Manager Andrew Kam.
To adjust the F-stop, the JCM-V lenses use four interchangeable iris plates ranging from F1.4 to F16. All internal glass elements are also glued to the inside housing to maximize stability. There are 6 models in the JCM-V series with focal lengths of 8mm, 12mm, 16mm, 25mm, 35mm, and 50mm.
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Semantic Corpus|Humanitarian|The World Will Never Be the Same, or Cruelty With No Limits
The World Will Never Be the Same, or Cruelty With No Limits
At five o'clock in the morning on February 24, 2022, Russia, in flagrant violation of international law, launched a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine. Justifying its insolence with absolutely made-up reasons, the army of the Russian Federation launched a simultaneous offensive from the air, sea, and land. Missile strikes were carried out on all the important sites of the Ukrainian military-defense complex in various regions of the country. Ukraine awoke in flames, but this was only the beginning of the most brutal war in the history of the 21st century.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine began with the occupation of the Crimean Peninsula in February 2014. In April of the same year, the Russian army appeared on the mainland of Ukraine when troops without identifying symbols entered the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in support of terrorist groups led by the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB RF). Consequently, the war in Ukraine has been going on for eight years. However, only now has the whole world seen how cruel and inhuman the face of Russia can be.
Contrary to Putin's claims of a "military operation" aimed exclusively at the Ukrainian troops, it is no longer possible to conceal his army's crimes against civilians. Currently, virtually all regions of Ukraine are subjected to aerial bombardment, and infrastructure and civilian facilities suffer. Fighting is taking place in the East, North, and South of Ukraine, killing thousands of civilians, and occupied cities are experiencing a humanitarian catastrophe and atrocities the world has not witnessed since World War II.
Ukraine is defending itself, causing admiration all over the world. Ukraine's defenders tore off the mask from the "second world army", revealing its true face: cruel, cynical, and drunk. A war in which the whole civilized world is united against barbarism, against cruelty, against inhuman cynicism… The Kremlin leader's ambitious plans for a blitzkrieg failed. Unable to even feed his soldiers, Putin ordered all units to move to self-sufficiency, thus giving the green light to looting, which was already in full swing in the occupied territories. The Russian army has been stealing from equipment and food from grocery stores, and reports have also flooded in about the looting of civilians' apartments and houses. According to bbc.com, the Human Rights Watch presented evidence of crimes committed by the Russian army against civilians in the temporarily occupied Chernihiv, Kharkiv, and Kyiv regions of Ukraine. These crimes include rape, executions, and other acts of violence and terrorization of civilians between 27 February and 14 March 2022. Those responsible for these actions are war criminals, said the Human Rights Watch report.
News of brutal killings, rapes, and looting in the temporarily occupied territories began to surface in the first weeks of hostilities. However, when the Ukrainian army finally drove the occupying forces out of the Kyiv region, the whole world shuddered at what it saw. Bucha, Irpin, Hostomel, Velyka Dymerka, Peremoha, Kharkiv, Mariupol, Chernihiv – and this is not a complete list of settlements that have suffered atrocities by the Russian military.
Bombed-out kindergartens and schools, hospitals, churches, destroyed roads and bridges, entire streets burned and destroyed – this is something that cannot be seen without pain and tears. But when you see the real facts of thousands of civilians killed, it just takes your breath away in despair and anger. Men were shot in the back of the head with their hands tied behind their backs, women were killed in their backyards for daring to come out of their basements, children were crushed by tanks, or killed by the occupiers' machine guns. Ukrainians were tortured, killed, raped, but not broken. It's scary to even imagine what they had to go through in less than five weeks of war.
In his report from Bucha, BBC journalist Joel Gunter tells of details that make the blood run cold:
"Russian troops had smashed through the front gates of Volodymyr's home, opened fire at the house, and dragged Volodymyr, 72, his daughter Iryna, 48, and her husband Oleg, 40, out into the yard.
The soldiers took Oleg out beyond the gate on to the pavement, Volodymyr said, and threw a grenade in through the front door of the house that exploded with a deafening bang and set the house on fire.
Volodymyr grabbed a small fire extinguisher and tried in vain to extinguish the flames. 'Where is Oleg? Oleg will help!' he shouted to his daughter.
But the reply came from one of the Russian soldiers, he said.
'Oleg will not help you any more.'
They found Oleg on the pavement outside the gate, and it was clear from the way he was lying that he had been forced to kneel and shot in the head at point blank range, Iryna said. He was a welder who lived a quiet life on the corner of Yablonska Street in Bucha, who was taken out of his home and killed." – and that is just one of the thousands of stories.
"Rape is a weapon of war. Though we do not yet know the full extent of its use in Ukraine, it is already clear that it was part of [Russia's] arsenal. Women raped in front of their children, girls in front of their families, as a deliberate act of subjugation. Rape is a war crime," said the ambassador of the United Kingdom in Ukraine Melinda Simmons.
The facts that have been revealed to the world are horrifying. The most painful issue is, of course, children. As of April 5, 165 children have been confirmed dead in the country, according to the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Liudmyla Denisova. But the actual number of dead and wounded children is currently impossible to establish due to ongoing military actions in many Ukrainian cities. The callous bombing of the Mariupol Drama Theater caused a wave of outrage around the world. The theater's bomb shelter housed about a thousand people, most of them were children, women, and elderly people, and on both sides, there was an inscription in Russian "CHILDREN" that could be easily seen from the air.
There was no less discussion in the world about the bombing of the maternity hospital and children's hospital in Mariupol. A photo of a wounded pregnant woman went viral, and later it became known that she died with her unborn child. A total of 17 people were injured at that time, three died, including a child.
If the above facts can still be attributed to methods of intimidation, attempts to subdue through humiliation, and an attempt to force the Ukrainian authorities to capitulate, then cruelty to animals cannot be explained by anything. We see horrific footage of slaughtered animals on the streets of occupied settlements, including dogs, cattle, and horses. In Hostomel, a stable was burned by the occupiers along with 32 horses. Only a few animals managed to escape from the fiery hell.
Animals of the XII Month Zoo in the suburbs of Kyiv suffered from the occupation as well. During the entire occupation, the Russian military did not allow the zoo staff to feed and water the animals. On April 5, Oleksandr Feldman, owner of the Feldman Ecopark near Kharkiv, said that as a result of airstrikes the day before, the park had been destroyed. Enclosures with tigers and lions were damaged, as well as a building with bears, and many animals died.
As of April 4, the General Public Prosecutor's office of Ukraine had registered 4,204 war crimes and initiated criminal proceedings. European countries and the United States are ready to provide their specialists to record and investigate crimes committed by the Russian army in Ukraine so that the perpetrators will be punished. However, the war is still on-going and the number of children killed is growing every day, women continue to be raped, civilian infrastructure and property are being destroyed, and entire areas are being wiped out.
These crimes look especially cruel considering the approaching anniversary of the end of World War II. Eighty years later, the evil of a fascist regime has returned to Europe in the form of Putin, who is trying to impose his ideology on the world with the bloody hands of the Russian army. For many years, the celebration of Victory Day in Russia has been accompanied by the slogan "We can repeat." What they mean is accessing Berlin by tank and redrawing Europe's borders. Now, Ukraine is almost alone in stopping the advance of this death machine. If its independence collapses, the reality of ruined cities, murdered children, and raped women will knock on the door of every European.
Article author Toma Popova


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Post-apocalypse cabins
In the open beta stage we will continue to promote our three-part paradigm, according to which all armored vehicles are divided into three archetypes: fast, balanced and heavy — and their hybrids. And we want to make all these options available starting with white (common) rarity. Therefore, all cabs will undergo certain permutations.
The easiest way to describe the planned system is by enumerating the cabins of each rarity.
Common cabins (white)
These are the cabins we use when we're only starting to conquer the wasteland.
Fast archetype
Heavy archetype
Balanced archetype - Cargo
This is the familiar pickup cabin — 'Huntsman', which we mount at the first opportunity; it will be re-done with a bias towards speed. The role of a truck of white rarity will go to the minivan cabin — 'Docker', which will be moved down and allow the construction of low-level tanks. This is WWT1, which is inclined towards a cargo archetype.
Rare cabins (blue)
These are the better cabins, the backbone of the post-apocalyptic car industry.
Balanced archetype Balanced archetype - Cargo
'Growl' — the buggy cabin, of course. It is different from the current version due to increased critical mass, but low power, ie, acceleration rate. Truck cabin — 'Trucker', a balanced cabin. Perhaps the cabin's power will increase slightly. As with the current version, the role of the happy middle ground will be performed by the 'Wyvern' cabin. Steppenwolfs will arrive not in carriages or hearses, but in normal military-style cabins — 'Jawbreakers'. They are heavy, but fast enough, though competing with a 'Wyvern' or a buggy is going to be a tall order.
Epic cabins (purple)
At the time of the open beta start there's going to be only one cabin of epic rarity 'Humpback' — also from Steppenwolfs.
It is the personification of reliability in the minds of the wasteland dwellers: high power, high load capacity, great durability and decent speed — on such a vehicle you can safely move across a lake of burning oil. Along the bottom. However, the flip side of this pleasure is the increased power score level.
Other cabins
In addition to all of these cabins, we plan to add special pack cabins. Of course, these cabins will not give their owners an enormous advantage over the other drivers, but each of them will have a special set of strengths and weaknesses.
Cabin 'Fury'
Cabin 'Bear'
Cabin 'Carapace'
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"""
Basic model of a room with a radiator.

All specific enthalpies within room are lumped as one value.
All sources of heat loss are lumped as one value.
Assumed that room is only heated by the radiator.

heat_in => heat_stored => heat out.
Gives basic equation
stored_heat = start_heat + (in_heat + out_heat) [Q_room = Q_start + Q_rad + Q_loss]

NOTE: "Heat capacity" can also be called "thermal capacity" or "thermal mass"

"""
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import json
import datetime as dt

DHD_HLP = 2.56  # SAP Heat loss parameter. Total heat loss / total floor area. [W/(m^2 K)]
# DHD_HLP = 5  # SAP Heat loss parameter. Total heat loss / total floor area. [W/(m^2 K)]

# Simulation setup. SET THESE VALUES.
# N_ITERATIONS = 24 * 60 * 60  # on for a day
N_ITERATIONS = 1000  # on for a day
START_TEMP = 20.0  # [C]
OUTSIDE_TEMP = 0.0  # [C]
RADIATOR_CONDUCTANCE = 25.0  # conductance of radiator to room [W/K]
ROOM_SIZE = (3.0, 5.0, 2.3)  # w, l, h. Assumes room is cuboid [m].
C_STORAGE = 1000000.0  # Lumped heat capacity of everything in the room, excluding air [J/K].
STORAGE_CONDUCTANCE = 1.0  # Lumped thermal conductance of things in the room (how easy it is to transfer energy) [W/K].

# Physical constants.
DENSITY_AIR = 1.205  # Density of air at 20 C, 1 Atm. [Kg/m^3]
Cp_AIR = 1005.0  # The constant pressure specific heat capacity of air at 20 C, 1 Atm [J Kg/K]

# Derived constants.
VOLUME = ROOM_SIZE[0] * ROOM_SIZE[1] * ROOM_SIZE[2]  # Volume of room. [m^3]
C_AIR = DENSITY_AIR * VOLUME * Cp_AIR  # Heat capacity of air in the room. [J/K]
WALL_CONDUCTANCE = ROOM_SIZE[0] * ROOM_SIZE[1] * DHD_HLP  # Thermal conductance based on DHD's SAP
# print("Thermal Conductance: {0:.0f} W/K\nHeat Capacity: {1:.0f} kJ/K".format(WALL_CONDUCTANCE, C_AIR / 1000.0))
print("Thermal Conductance: {0} W/K\nHeat Capacity: {1} J/K".format(WALL_CONDUCTANCE, C_AIR))

def get_valve_data(file):
    """ Horrible mess of a function for extracting stuff from OpenTRV log files. """
    with open(file, 'r') as f:
        raw_valve_data = f.readlines()
    decoded_valve_data = [json.loads(x) for x in raw_valve_data]
    # valve_ids = list(set((x[2]['@'] for x in decoded_valve_data)))
    # print(valve_ids[0])
    # filtered_valve_data = [x for x in decoded_valve_data if x[2]['@'] == valve_ids[0]]
    filtered_valve_data = [x for x in decoded_valve_data if x[2]['@'] == "96F0CED3B4E690E8"]
    raw_temps = [(x[0], x[2]['T|C16']/16.0) for x in filtered_valve_data if 'T|C16' in x[2]]
    raw_valve_pc = [(x[0], x[2]['H|%']) for x in filtered_valve_data if 'H|%' in x[2]]
    temperatures = []
    valve_open_pc = []
    # Convert date time into seconds.
    for line in raw_temps:
        stripped_date = line[0].replace('T', ' ').replace('Z', '')
        decoded_time = dt.datetime.strptime(stripped_date, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
        temperatures.append((decoded_time, line[1]))
    for line in raw_valve_pc:
        stripped_date = line[0].replace('T', ' ').replace('Z', '')
        decoded_time = dt.datetime.strptime(stripped_date, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
        valve_open_pc.append((decoded_time, line[1]))
    # find earliest time and calculate elapsed time in seconds relative to it.
    start_time = temperatures[0][0] if temperatures[0][0] < valve_open_pc[0][0] else valve_open_pc[0][0]
    temperatures = [((x[0] - start_time).total_seconds(), x[1]) for x in temperatures]
    valve_open_pc = [((x[0] - start_time).total_seconds(), x[1]) for x in valve_open_pc]
    # Populate arrays with relevant data at correct time.
    temp = [None] * N_ITERATIONS
    open_pc = [None] * N_ITERATIONS
    for x in temperatures:
        i = int(x[0])
        if i > N_ITERATIONS:
            break
        temp[i] = x[1]
    for x in valve_open_pc:
        i = int(x[0])
        if i > N_ITERATIONS:
            break
        open_pc[i] = x[1]
    for i in range(N_ITERATIONS):
        if temp[i] is None:
            temp[i] = temp[i-1]
        if open_pc[i] is None:
            open_pc[i] = open_pc[i-1]
    # return the temperature in C and valve opening in % as numpy arrays.
    return np.array(temp), np.array(open_pc)

valve_room_temps, valve_open_pc = get_valve_data("201701.json")

def calc_heat_in_radiator(room_temp, radiator_temp):
    """ Heat transfer into the room via the radiator.

    Assume radiator temperature independent of heat transfer.

    :param room_temp: [C]
    :param radiator_temp: [C]
    :return: [J]
    """
    temp = 2 * radiator_temp - 80.0  # todo: Need to find a decent model for this...
    heat_flow = (temp - room_temp) * RADIATOR_CONDUCTANCE  # assuming 1 kW heat input with room at 20 C [1000 / (60 - 20)]
    return heat_flow if temp > room_temp else 0.0

def calc_heat_loss_walls(inside_temp, outside_temp):
    """ Get the heat loss through the walls, floor and ceiling this iteration.

    Assume outside is the same temp for all walls.

    :param inside_temp: [C]
    :param outside_temp: [C]
    :return: [J]
    """
    return (outside_temp - inside_temp) * WALL_CONDUCTANCE

def calc_heat_storage(temperature, heat):
    """ Calculate the amount of heat stored/released by things in the room, other than the air mass.

    Assume everything can be lumped together into a single capacitance/resistance.

    :param temperature: [C]
    :param heat: [C]
    :return: (heat stored [J], change in heat [J])
    """
    delta_heat = (temperature - (heat / C_STORAGE)) * STORAGE_CONDUCTANCE
    return heat + delta_heat, delta_heat

def calc_temp(temperature, capacitance, *args):
    """ Calculate the new room temperature

    Assume entire room heats up instantly and evenly.

    :param temperature: Current room temperature. [C]
    :param capacitance: Heat capacitance [J/K]
    :param args: Heat flow into room (note! +ve is heat source, -ve is heat sink). [J]
    :return: New room temperature. [C]
    """
    return temperature + (1.0 / capacitance) * sum(args)

# Setup result arrays.
# Seeded with reasonable values throughout array to allow index 0 to be treated normally.
air_temps = np.array([START_TEMP for _ in range(N_ITERATIONS)])
heat_in = np.zeros(N_ITERATIONS)
heat_out = np.zeros(N_ITERATIONS)
heat_stored = np.array([START_TEMP * C_STORAGE for _ in range(N_ITERATIONS)])  # should be multiplied by capacitance.

# Do calculations.
for i in range(N_ITERATIONS):
    # heat_in[i] = calc_heat_in_radiator(air_temps[i-1], valve_open_pc[i-1])
    heat_in[i] = 0.0
    heat_out[i] = calc_heat_loss_walls(air_temps[i-1], OUTSIDE_TEMP)
    heat_stored[i], dheat_storage = calc_heat_storage(air_temps[i-1], heat_stored[i-1])  # todo: verify this makes sense
    air_temps[i] = calc_temp(air_temps[i-1], C_AIR,
                             heat_in[i-1],
                             heat_out[i-1],
                             -dheat_storage)

# Print final temp and total energy use.
# print("Final Temp: {0:.2f} C\nEnergy Use: {1:.2f} kJ\nEnergy Loss: {2:.2f} kJ".format(air_temps[-1],
#                                                                                sum(heat_in) / 1000.0,
#                                                                                sum(heat_out) / 1000.0))
print("Final Temp: {0} C\nEnergy Use: {1:.2f} kJ\nEnergy Loss: {2:.2f} kJ".format(air_temps[-1],
                                                                                sum(heat_in) / 1000.0,
                                                                                sum(heat_out) / 1000.0))
print("Final Heat Stored: {}".format(heat_stored[-1]))
# # Print per iteration values.
# for i in range(len(room_temps)):
#     if i % 60 == 0:
#         print("{}\t| T:{:.2f}\tQ:{:.2f}\tQin:{:.2f}\tQout:{:.2f} ".format(i // 60,
#                                                                           room_temps[i],
#                                                                           bar[i] * 1000.0,
#                                                                           heat_in[i],
#                                                                           heat_out[i]))

# Graph results.
x = np.array(range(N_ITERATIONS))
heat_air = air_temps * C_AIR
net_heat = heat_in + heat_out
plt.subplot(3, 1, 1)
plt.plot(x, air_temps, label="sim temp C")
plt.plot(x, valve_room_temps, label="valve temp C")
plt.legend()
plt.subplot(3, 1, 2)
plt.plot(x, heat_in / 1000.0, label="heat input kJ")
plt.plot(x, heat_out / 1000.0, label="heat loss kJ")
plt.plot(x, net_heat / 1000.0, label="net heat flow kJ")
plt.legend()
plt.subplot(3, 1, 3)
# plt.plot(x, valve_open_pc, label="valve opening %")
plt.plot(x, heat_stored / 1000.0, label="heat stored kJ")
plt.legend()
plt.show()


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Pedro reveals Mourinho and Fabregas inspired Chelsea switch
Spanish international Pedro has signed for the Blues from Barcelona.
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CHELSEA'S NEW WINGER Pedro Rodriguez has revealed conversations with Jose Mourinho and Cesc Fabregas persuaded him to swap Barcelona for the Premier League champions.
Pedro chose the Blues over English rivals Manchester United despite appearing set for a move to Old Trafford until Chelsea's late intervention into the transfer saga.
The 28-year-old's decision to snub interest from United and Manchester City was inspired by the personal touch from Chelsea manager Mourinho and fellow Spain international Fabregas, who both contacted Pedro to tell him how much he would relish life at Stamford Bridge.
"He (Mourinho) is one of the main reasons why I'm here. He phoned me a few times and said he needed me to make the team stronger," Pedro told Chelsea's website.
"He has won titles wherever he has been. I am really looking forward to playing under him and hopefully winning more titles.
"I spoke to Cesc. We are very good friends. I knew I would feel at home here and that was one of the main reasons why I decided to join.
"He's a great player, he's got brilliant vision and he links up really well with the other attacking players. I know we work well together on the pitch so I can't wait to play with him again.
"I have also played with Diego Costa and Cesar Azpilicueta before, for the national team, so I feel very comfortable here."
Mourinho's latest acquisition has an impressive pedigree, boasting five La Liga trophies and three Champions League titles.
But he left Barcelona having fallen down the pecking order under Luis Enrique, who has preferred the all-star front three of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez and has used the Canary-Islands born player more sparingly.
- New challenge -
After such a frustrating end to his time at Barcelona, Pedro can't wait to get back into regular action with his new club.
"I am ready to start playing straightaway if the manager selects me," he said.
"Sometimes I play on the right, sometimes on the left, but wherever I play I will give my best.
"I am very fast. I do everything possible to win. I have helped Barcelona win titles and I want to do exactly the same thing at Chelsea, because ultimately we are all here to win things.
"It's a new challenge and I can't wait to get going."
Pedro, full name Pedro Eliezer Rodriguez Ledesma, is a product of Barcelona's youth academy.
He made his first team debut in January 2008 after catching the eye for their B team.
He developed to become an integral part of Barcelona's winning machine, and was the first player ever to score in the Spanish league, Copa del Rey, Champions League, both the European and Spanish Super Cups as well as the World Club Cup.
His brilliant performances at club level saw him secure a place in the Spain squad for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Pedro started both the semi-final and final, and was a key figure in their victory over the Netherlands.
A year later he scored the opening goal in the Champions League final at Wembley as Barcelona beat Manchester United 3-1.
He was a substitute alongside then Chelsea players Fernando Torres and Juan Mata in Spain's Euro 2012 victory over Italy.
Pedro came on as a late substitute in Barcelona's most recent major success – May's Champions League final win over Juventus in Berlin.
His final act for Barca was to score the winning goal in last week's dramatic 5-4 extra-time defeat of Sevilla in the UEFA Super Cup in Tbilisi.
[VIDEO] Pedro Rodríguez: Farewell after 20 titles http://t.co/WNNScUdqOH #GràciesPedro pic.twitter.com/4J92BlJfW5
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) August 20, 2015
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- © AFP, 2015
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Hialeah resident Ernesto Anaya didn't expect to make one of the greatest botanic discoveries of the century, let alone make it in his own backyard. But the 66-year-old Cuban émigré did just that when he rolled out a broken dishwasher into the corner of his yard and spotted a peculiar looking bush that featured bushels of berries ornamented with two rows of patterned linear seeds.
Soon, Mr. Anaya began selling the berries, along with papayas and avocados picked from his neighbors' yards, along the on-ramp to the 826. He marketed them as "Guayaberries", because he thought their seeds looked like the stitching pattern of a guayabera shirt.
"This is an absolutely amazing example of imposed pomological modification and a major breakthrough in both the fields of botany and evolutionary ecology," said University of Miami botany professor Dr. William R. Saperstein, who visited Mr. Anaya's roadside sales post after he was brought a guayaberry by one of his doctoral student.
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Senile Retinoschisis
Alexander Barash, MD
Leo A. Kim, MD, PhD, Sun Young (Sunny) Lee, MD, PhD, Alexander Barash, MD, Koushik Tripathy, MD (AIIMS), FRCS (Glasgow), Jennifer I Lim MD, Cameron Pole MD
Sun Young (Sunny) Lee, MD, PhD
by Sun Young (Sunny) Lee, MD, PhD on January 02, 2023.
DiseasesDB
Senile Retinoschisis is a microcystoid degeneration of the neurosensory retina, with splitting at the outer plexiform layer of the retina.
1 Disease Entity
1.1 Disease
1.2 General Pathology
2 Diagnosis
2.2 Physical examination/ Clinical diagnosis
2.3 Diagnostic procedures
2.4 Differential diagnosis
3.1 Posterior extension or schisis cavity
3.2 Outer wall breaks and "schisis detachment"
3.3 Progressive rhegmatogenous retinal detachment
3.4 Surgery
3.5 Complications
3.6 Prognosis
4 Additional Resources
Disease Entity
Senile Retinoschisis, also called degenerative retinoschisis or acquired retinoschisis.
The prevalence is about 4% over age 40.
General Pathology
As above, this is a microcystoid degeneration of the neurosensory retina, with splitting at the outer plexiform layer of the retina.
Most patients are asymptomatic and this is an incidental finding. These patients may be referred to the retinal specialist with the presumptive diagnosis of retinal detachment.
Optos image of typical inferotemporal location of senile retinoschisis.
Physical examination/ Clinical diagnosis
Typical senile retinoschisis is a shallow elevation of inner retinal layers, whereas the reticular kind has the traditional appearance of bullous elevation.
It is relatively immobile transparent smooth or bullous elevation of inner layer wall. It will be dome shaped with uniform convexity and without corrugations often seen in a rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD).
There can be an inner layer "beaten metal" or pitted appearance with minute glistening yellow-white surface dots, with minimal retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) alterations or atrophy. The vessels appear darker over the affected area.
The inferotemporal location is most common.
There will be no retinal tears, vitreous pigment cells, or demarcation lines unlike in a retinal detachment (RD).
Causes an absolute scotoma vs. a relative scotoma in a retinal detachment).
Associated with peripheral microcystoid degeneration.
Splitting at outer plexiform layer in senile retinoschisis
Check for an absolute scotoma with indirect ophthalmoscope perimetry: hold a scleral depressor on the observer's side of the condensing lens and document whether patient can see the depressor's shadow.
Laser will blanch retinoschisis but not a rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD).
Retinoschisis will not re-appose with scleral depression (no subretinal fluid to move out).
OCT shows a break in the outer plexiform layer (OPL) in retinoschisis and not detachment of retina from RPE.
May be difficult to distinguish from longstanding retinal detachment (RD): A smooth or bullous elevation is also seen in retinal detachments, but characteristics for a longer standing retinal detachment are RPE alterations and demarcation lines.
Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment
Exudative Retinal detachment
Juvenile X-Linked Retinoschisis
Senile retinoschisis is usually benign but complications include:
Posterior extension or schisis cavity
The natural history is that this disease rarely progresses from where it's first observed, so resist lasering: most cases of posterior retinoschisis will not progress beyond 3 disc diameters from the macula and only a handful of cases of degenerative retinoschisis involving the macula have been reported. Additionally, no treatment, including laser, has been shown to halt the progression of retinoschisis.
Although approximately three-quarters of lesions will have their most posterior extent postequatorial, only about three percent will progress posteriorly, so most still can be observed.[1] Neither cataract surgery nor PVD have any adverse effect on retinoschisis because pathology is within the retina and not at the vitreoretinal interface.
Outer wall breaks and "schisis detachment"
Outer wall breaks have a 10-27% incidence and usually can be observed. Schisis detachments may develop in a small (<10%) of eyes with schisis. This occurs when schisis fluid accumulates in the subretinal space slowly though an outer wall break. These breaks are usually large, >3 disc diameters (DD), round, and posterior, with rolled edges. A ring of pigmentation at the border of the detachment indicates chronicity. In addition, subretinal fluid (SRF) typically doesn't extend past the walls of schisis (viscous intraschisis fluid with mucopolysaccharides transmits slowly).
Most series note that approximately half of RS with outer wall breaks will remain stable, and half will progress to schisis detachment.[1][2] Laser demarcation or cryotherapy when posterior margin is anterior enough has been demonstrated effective at preventing progression in the majority of patients.[2] Also, scatter photocoagulation to the entire bed of the schisis cavity has been noted to aid collapse of the cavity.[3] One must note that although patients may be asymptomatic at the time of intervention, the decision to intervene often is due to the more posterior extent of the detachment, and retinopexy to the posterior border may introduce scotomata that may be now symptomatic for the patient. Additionally, while rare, potential side effects of retinopexy include intraocular inflammation, retinal breaks, and epiretinal membrane formation.
Progressive rhegmatogenous retinal detachment
Progressive RRD results from breaks in both inner and outer layer of breaks, allowing liquified vitreous to enter the subretinal space. These inner wall breaks may occur from acute PVD and vitreous traction. However, they may be spontaneous and are often small and not easily visualized.
It's important to note that the patient may be asymptomatic due to the absolute scotoma in senile retinoschisis, even in the presence of an RRD. However, detachments are still very rare (occur in 0.05% of patients with retinoschisis). Treatment only needs to close the inner retinal break (can leave outer retinal break). The schisis cavity will likely recur, and they will have an absolute scotoma even if it does not.
A variety of approaches have been reported with success, including laser retinopexy, cryoretinopexy, pneumatic retinopexy, scleral buckling, and pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with a variety of endotamponades.[3][4] [5] [6] The PPVs have noted success with or without scleral buckling (SB) and with or without unroofing of the schisis cavity. Vitrectomy is better for posteriorly located outer wall breaks and PVD, whereas SB) can be tried for anterior outer wall breaks and absence of PVD Single surgery anatomic success (SSAS) has been reported to be highest with combined SB/PPV, although given the small case rate in most series, surgery should be tailored to the patients presentation. Additionally, unroofing of the schisis inner layer has been advocated to ensure complete removal of residual vitreous traction, as PVD may not be complete in many cases. No visual field impact will be had with inner layer excision as RS already results in an absolute scotoma.
The choice of approach should be guided by the location and size of the RS cavity, the number of OLH, presence of proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR), and present of PVD.
As above, you may consider vitrectomy or a scleral buckle in cases with retinal detachments and inner and outer retinal breaks. However, due to the rarity of progressive schisis detachments, there is no consensus on appropriate intervention, and surgical approach varies based on the anatomy and configuration of the detachment.
As above, extension into the posterior pole, and outer and inner breaks leading to retinal detachment are possible but unlikely.
Most people with senile retinoschisis do well and can be followed without intervention. Follow up on progressive rhegmatogenous retinal detachment is needed and surgicanl intervention is considered when it is progressive.
Senile retinoschisis versus retinal detachment, the additional value of peripheral retinal OCT scans (SL SCAN-1, Topcon)
Managing Complications of Retinoschisis (Business of Retina - Fellows' Focus)
Imaging in Retinoschisis (ALEKSANDRA V. RACHITSKAYA, MD)
Surgical Treatment of Retinal Detachment Associated with Degenerative Retinoschisis (Seminars in Ophthalmology, 2014)
↑ 1.0 1.1 Byer NE. Long-Term Natural History Study of Senile Retinoschisis with Implications for Management. Ophthalmology. 1986;93(9):1127-1137.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Jeroudi AM, Shah V, Blinder KJ, Shah GK. Management of Degenerative Retinoschisis–Associated Retinal Detachment. Ophthalmology Retina. 2017;1(4):266-271.
↑ 3.0 3.1 Ness S, Subramanian ML, Chen X, Siegel NH. Diagnosis and management of degenerative retinoschisis and related complications. Survey of Ophthalmology. 2022;67(4):892-907.
↑ Liao A, Barnett J, Rehman I, et al. Surgical Outcomes of Progressive Retinoschisis-Related Retinal Detachments: A 17-Year Survey From a Large Academic Center. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2022;53(3):132-138.
↑ Beatson B, Pham A, Ong SS, Ahmed I, Arevalo JF, Handa JT. Repair of progressive retinal detachment complicating degenerative retinoschisis: surgical management and outcomes in phakic eyes. Int J Retin Vitr. 2021;7(1):69.
↑ Incidence, mechanism and outcomes of schisis retinal detachments revealed through a prospective population-based study | British Journal of Ophthalmology. Accessed June 22, 2022. https://bjo.bmj.com/content/101/8/1022.long
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Carving out relaxation time is one of the most important things we can do. Sleep is one of the first things to be disturbed when we are under stress. These tracks are specifically designed to help take you to a resting and relaxing state.
Sundown, the transition between the end of the day and the awakening of nightlife on the edge of a little creek in the bush. The theta brainwave entrainment at 6.3 Hz is ideal for deep relaxation, sleep, and meditation. Regular listening is recommended to help improve memory and language skills.
This gentle relaxation track will help take you to a calm and resting state. With a brain entrainment of 7.2Hz, the gentle chimes and tones will unwind you into the theta range allowing you to rest in a peaceful and conscious state. Close your eyes and feel your breathe deepen as your heart rate reduces.
Summer evening on a shore where the rainforest meets the sea. The sound of the waves gently crashing on the sand is going to take you to a hypnotic and restorative journey in the alpha range.
Inspired by the famous nursery rhyme, this track has a low alpha entrainment (8.09Hz) created to induce relaxation and help release stress and anxiety. Fragments of the original melody are inserted to bring your mind back to the music at a time when you may be drifting off into your thoughts.


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by Benjamin Boles
KID606 with DJ /RUPTURE at Lee's Palace, August 18. $12. Attendance: 300 Rating: NNN Rating: NNNNN
Technically, dj /rupture was pretty good doing his three-turntable thing at Lee's last Monday, but his excursions into world beat mixed with hiphop breaks toward the end of his set just didn't sound like what a cutting-edge underground artist should be doing in the year 2003. Despite riding some mixes for an impressively long time, he wasn't much to watch up there on the stage, even if it was his birthday. No wonder he accurately predicted in an interview last week that the crowd of indie kids at his gig would mainly stand around and sway back and forth a bit.
Kid606 , on the other hand, has mastered a method of turning the laptop performance into something visual and physical. You can watch his hands move and hear a corresponding sound. Bobbing and bouncing behind twin Macs, he's got great presence as a performer, something that's rare in electronic performances.
But there's way too much early-to-mid-90s rave debris in his sound to convince me he's actually on the cutting edge of contemporary electronic music.
Maybe the overt references to old hardcore and jungle are meant to remind us how experimental those forms were and to salvage their reputations after years of mocking by music store nerds.
He's got a point there, but he's often credited with way more. When there's so little difference between these and the crystal-meth-inspired breakneck breakbeats of the rave heyday, you have to wonder whether this might be a case where indie kids think they're too cool to go to actual raves and therefore don't see how much this material is derived from decade-old hardcore techno.
Still a pretty good show of indie electronica, but not nearly as mind-blowing as the hype would lead you to believe.
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Home » Life Style » Social Media » Slangs & Acronyms » What does OTP mean?
Not to be confused it with the one-time password that you get for your online banking or Swiggy transactions. This one here is yet another one of the other love acronyms. OTP or One True Pairing is how it is abbreviated and has helped ship people who probably will never be together or are already together.
The use of this acronym is when you adore, vouch and ship two people, that later creates a huge fan base. This abbreviation is very common in the book world, TV series and movie fandoms where people pick out their favourite characters who make the perfect OTP!!!
Nonetheless, the slang is just not limited to the fictional word, but even you can use it for your friends who you think, makes a beautiful couple.
It is all rainbows and unicorns in the world of fandoms, and there is no right or wrong. OTP has not only made a significant contribution to this but helped shape the crazy fandom worlds out there.
The acronym is just a romantic way to show you adore someone or something. It can be used with anything, a food item you love or a hot vampire, it can never disappoint you.
OTP has helped bibliophiles create fantastic fanfictions, exploring their creative juices. You can associate this word with the acronym "BAE" is someone you refer to when he or she holds a special place, OTP just helps you achieve it. Now you never know when you'll fall in love!
And there is nothing that makes you happier other than your OTP when its going strong.
Suggested Read – What does IMY mean?
The duo is adorable and there a lot of fanfictions and theories where people around the world connect them as one. Theirs is one of the strongest and the most shipped OTP due to their unbreakable friendship and that they understand each other as no one does.
This is what makes this acronym so unique from all the other acronyms. It makes you feel connected and creates a very special place in your heart. The reason is simple. You get emotionally attached to a particular tv show, or a book and this acronym keep it alive forever.
Usually, this abbreviation is written with an uppercase to emphasise its usage.
The practice of shipping in fanfictions probably came into place when the book "Old friends, new fancies" came out. The story had characters from three of Jane Austin's novels. The fact that people created OTP based on the book is just a thought to ponder upon, and it could have been done unknowingly.
Person-1: So, did he ask you out yet?
Person-2: He got me gummy bears!
Person-1: now look at you both!! You are my favourite OTP!!!


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Богда́н Микола́йович Сташи́нський (шпигунські імена: «Тарас», «Гімназист», «Олег», Йозеф Лєман, Григорій Мороз, Бронислав Качур, Олександр Крилов,  4 листопада 1931, Борщовичі, Сокольницький район, Львівська область) — радянський шпигун, агент КДБ, убивця Лева Ребета й Степана Бандери. Після скоєння вбивств був нагороджений орденом Бойового Червоного Прапора, але через певні особисті обставини втік на Захід, де розкаявся у своїх злочинах. Після гучного процесу у ФРН був засуджений до 8 років позбавлення волі за вбивства. Подальша доля невідома.

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Богдан Сташинський народився у селянській родині неподалік від Львова, у селі Борщовичі. Після закінчення школи у 1948 р. навчався у Львівському педінституті на російський філфак. Він сам політикою не цікавився і зосередився на навчанні в інституті, аж поки не був затриманий у 1950 р. залізничною міліцією, яка належила до міністерства державної безпеки за безквитковий проїзд у поїзді від Львова до свого села провідати батьків. Тоді його як студента присоромили і відпустили, але пізніше до нього в дім завітав чоловік у цивільному. Далі: розмови, погрози репресій рідним за зв'язки з УПА та звісно обіцянки. Пізніше Сташинський дав згоду на співпрацю в КДБ.

Сім'я Богдана, зокрема, три його сестри активно підтримували бандерівське підпілля. Його сестра Марія була заручена із командиром боївки Борщовичі-Пикуловичі Іваном Лабою, псевдо Кармелюк. Його дядька розтріляли НКВДисти.

Сташинським зацікавився КДБ, і йому запропонували співпрацю — в разі відмови погрожували тюремним ув'язненням та висланням до Сибіру його родини. Співпрацю із секретною службою Сташинський розпочав зі зради власної родини — через сестру проникає до місцевого бандерівського підпілля (група Кармелюка) і повідомляє про це КДБ. Зрада з часом була розкрита — це призвело до розриву з сім'єю й остаточного рішення співпрацювати з радянськими органами держбезпеки. Наступні два роки Сташинський займається активною диверсійною роботою, під прізвиськом «Олег», «Тарас» або «Агент Т» проникає та видає декілька боївок УПА на Львівщині.

Шпигунство в Німеччині

Успіхами молодого двадцятиоднорічного агента цікавиться керівництво КДБ, і його посилають на курси підвищення кваліфікації до Києва у 1953 р. З часом Сташинського вирішують використовувати в Федеративній Республіці Німеччина і починають готувати для нового завдання: він вчить німецьку мову і нові навички шпигунської діяльності. У 1954 р. під прізвищем Йозеф Лєман його засилають до Німецької Демократичної Республіки, де він вдосконалює німецьку мову і готується до нового завдання. З початку 1956 р. неодноразово приїздить до Мюнхена, де йому поставили завдання спочатку слідкувати, а потім вбити одного з лідерів ОУН Льва Ребета.

12 жовтня 1957 р., використовуючи спеціальний пістолет з синильною кислотою, він вбив Ребета і повернувся до НДР. Оскільки жертву вбили пари отрути, а інших доказів злочину не залишилося, смерть Льва Ребета кваліфікували як серцевий напад. Успішне виконання завдання підвищило його авторитет у секретній службі — йому оголошують подяку та нагороджують фотоапаратом. У цей час він також закохується у перукарку Інґе Поль і, з огляду на успішну діяльність, йому дозволяють продовжувати стосунки з нею.

Вбивство Степана Бандери

Через декілька місяців Сташинському дають нове завдання — вбити провідника ОУН (б) Степана Бандеру, який відкрито мешкав у Мюнхені. Сташинського викликають до Москви, де розробляють план операції і дають зброю — пістолет з ампулами отрути. Під ім'ям Ганса Йоахіма Будайта він їде в січні 1959 р. до Мюнхена, де починає стежити за Бандерою. 14 жовтня 1959 р., вистеживши Бандеру у під'їзді власного будинку, о 12:50 Сташинський вистрілив йому в обличчя отрутою і хутко зник. Цього разу отрута не випарувалася достатньо швидко і був зафіксований факт вбивства через отруєння.

Після успішного виконання завдання Сташинського відправили до Москви, де нагородили орденом Бойового Червоного Прапора. Нагороду за вбивство вручав сам голова КДБ Олександр ШелепінСташинський натомість просив як винагороду дозволити одружитися з його німецькою коханкою Інге Поль. Після деякого вагання та розгляду справи у самих верхах КДБ він таки отримав дозвіл на шлюб, але вимогою поставили також переїзд жінки до СРСР та співпрацю з КДБ.

Співпраця Сташинського з КДБ та політичне вбивство ним Степана Бандери лягла в основу роману нідерландського письменника Рохіра ван Аарде «Замах».

Втеча на Захід

Після переїзду до Москви Сташинський розповів жінці про співпрацю з КДБ, що виявилося для неї шоком, і вона рішуче відмовилася співпрацювати з органами. Тим часом життя подружжя у Москві не було ідеальним — хоча Інге і залишалася відданою чоловікові, їхнє життя ставало дедалі тяжчим через матеріальні нестатки, невлаштованість і особливо через надмірну увагу КДБ, постійне стеження та прослуховування. Коли Інге завагітніла, КДБ поставило умову зробити аборт, на що вона рішуче відмовилася і почала разом з чоловіком розробляти план утечі на Захід.

У січні 1961 р. Інге Поль повернулася до батьків, де у неї 31 березня народився хлопчик Петро. Сташинському КДБ заборонило відвідувати жінку, і він залишався у Москві, коли несподівано у серпні дитина померла. На його прохання КДБ дозволило йому з'їздити на похорони сина. Саме тут перед самим похороном, увечері 12 серпня 1961 року, за три години до початку будівництва Берлінського муру, разом з дружиною він утік до Західного Берліна і здався місцевій поліції. У поліції і пізніше американським розвідникам він зізнався у вбивстві Ребета та Бандери.

Сташинського віддали під суд за вбивство. 16 жовтня 1962 року Сташинського судили за два вбивства і засудили до восьми років ув'язнення. Федеральний суд Карлсруе засудив Сташинського лише до 8 років тюрми, оскільки винним у злочині вважався СРСР, а Сташинський лише виконавцем злочинних наказів. Присутній на суді Ярослав Стецько у своїх свідченнях звинуватив у цих вбивствах особисто Микиту Хрущова і закликав передати справу до міжнародного трибуналу (див. Стислий опис матеріалів 6-го тому справи оперативної розробки агента КДБ Сташинського Б. М.).

Уже після 4 років ув'язнення завдяки співпраці з американськими спецслужбами його звільнили.

У 1966 році Сташинського було достроково звільнено з в'язниці та передано ЦРУ.

За офіційними даними, у 1984 році він переїхав до Південної Африки, хоча ця версія викликає сумніви у багатьох. Подальша доля Сташинського та його дружини невідома, припускають, що він міг оселитися у США чи будь-якій іншій західній країні.

Примітки

Джерела
 Плохій Сергій. Убивство у Мюнхені. По червоному сліду. - Харків: Клуб Сімейного Дозвілля, 2017. - 512 с.	ISBN 978-617-12-4031-5

Посилання

 Справа оперативної розробки агента КДБ Сташинського Б. М. («Олег» — «Тарас») (розсекречені матеріали КДБ, сайт Служби зовнішньої розвідки України)
 Чи живий ще агент Богдан Сташинський? Українська Служба Бі-Бі-Сі
 Щоденний Львів: Він убив Бандеру
 Як КДБ організовував убивство Бандери
 Вбивця роззброєний коханням
 Чувирла і Чудовисько. Андрухович Ю., 2008

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Jocelyne (születési nevén Jocelyne Esther Journo (Tunisz, 1951. augusztus 14. – 1972. június 25.) francia énekesnő, aki rövid élete dacára beírta a nevét a francia könnyűzene történetébe, a yé-yé irányzat egyik kedvelt képviselőjeként.

Pályája
Jocelyne alig múlt tízéves, amikor berobbant a francia könnyűzenei életbe: mindössze 12 és fél esztendős volt, amikor megjelent első lemeze, 1964 februárjában. A zenekedvelők azonnal felfigyeltek rá, elsősorban kitűnő ritmusérzéke és jellegzetes hangja miatt, amiért már abban az időben elkezdték Brenda Leehez hasonlítani, aki akkoriban már befutott sztár volt Amerikában. [A Jukebox magazin 2002 júniusi számában megjelent visszaemlékezés szerint először a Salut les copains rádióműsorban nevezték «a francia Brenda Lee»-nek, amit aztán rengetegen átvettek tőlük.]

Az igazi siker a második lemezével érkezett el a számára, néhány hónappal az első lemezt követően, 1964 júniusában, amelyen valóban elénekelt két Brenda Lee-slágert is, francia szöveggel (Lonely Lonely Lonely Me, franciául Le dimanche et le jeudi, illetve a Heart In Hand, franciául J'ai changé de pays). A következő két évben négy további lemeze jelent meg Franciaországban, tovább növelve népszerűségét.

1967-ben úgy döntött, hogy megpróbálja népszerűségét Kanadában, Québecben is kamatoztatni, ezért átköltözött a tengerentúlra. Eközben azonban Franciaországban elkezdtek elfeledkezni róla, így amikor 1970-ben visszatért, újból meg kellett hódítania a közönséget. Karrierjének kibontakoztatására azonban már nem jutott ideje: 1972. június 25-én tragikus hirtelenséggel elhunyt egy motorbalesetben (ekkor még a 21. életévét sem töltötte be). Épp ebben az időszakban rögzítette lemezre a My Way című közismert dal egy nagyon eredeti változatát (Jean-Claude Vannier feldolgozásában, Michel Bernard zenei rendezésében), illetve Alain Bashung és Michel Bernard Qui la nuit című számát. Ez a két dal szerepelt az utolsó kislemezén, ami már pusztumusz jelent meg az emlékére, nem sokkal a halálát követően.

Diszkográfia
Pályája során kislemezt adott ki Franciaországban, 1964 és 1966 között, majd még további kettőt (a Québecből való visszatérését követően), 1970 és 1972 között.

Egyetlen nagylemeze Jocelyne címmel jelent meg, 1965 januárjában, ez az alábbi dalokat tartalmazta:

Les Garçons
Le Ciel ne lui a rien donné
On prétend que j'ai pleuré
La la la la la
Quelqu'un d'autre
Elle me l'a volé
Exodus
Nitty Gritty
Le Dimanche et le jeudi
J'avais un grand ami
À la fin tu gagneras
J'ai changé de pays

Halálának harmincadik évfordulójára, 2002 januárjában egy válogatásalbum (dupla CD) is megjelent a valaha rögzített dalaiból, a «Twistin The Rock» sorozat 19. darabjaként; ezen sorrendben az alábbi dalok szerepeltek:

CD 1:
 Il a tout pour lui
 Je suis seule
 La vie c'est bon
 Non plus comme avant
 Le dimanche et le jeudi
 J'ai changé de pays
 Il sera à moi
 Pourquoi ?
 Les garçons
 Où serons-nous demain ?
 La la la la la
 Oui j'ai peur
 Nitty gritty
 Exodus
 On prétend que j'ai pleuré
 Le ciel ne lui a rien donné

CD 2:
 Quelqu'un d'autre
 Elle me l'a volé
 J'avais un grand ami
 À la fin tu gagneras
 Chaque fois que je rêve
 Oui je crois à la vie
 Tu n'as pas de cœur
 C'est le moment
 Regarde-moi
 Mais ça valait la peine
 Moi je veux croire à l'amour
 Et je t'ai vu
 Chantons plus fort
 J'ai oublié
 Reviendra-t-il encore
 Allez pleurer sans moi

Jegyzetek

Fordítás

Források
Jocelyne élettörténete és néhány klipje a Musicali-Daniel-Bonin.fr honlapon
Jocelyne a comoria.com oldalon

További információk
Televíziós riport Jocelyne-ről a DailyMotion.com-on
A Regarde moi című dala a YouTube-on
A Moi je veux croire à l'amour című dala a YouTube-on

1951-ben született személyek
1972-ben elhunyt személyek
Francia énekesek
Francia nők


'We seek him here, we seek him there, Those Frenchies seek him everywhere. Is he in heaven?
Readers of yesterday's column, will have seen that I had submitted a question for next month's Council meeting to Labour's Cabinet member, Cllr Michelle Fenner, asking if it would be appropriate for the Council's Diversity Champion. Cllr John Worrow, to stand aside, until the results of a police investigation had been completed and he had cleared his name.
I see on Twitter, that at the Council's Planning Committee last evening, Cllr Worrow, did not appear to represent his Birchington constituents on an application that he had called in. I find this remarkable, much like a barrister not appearing in court to represent his client. Normally one would ask if it were possible for another ward Councillor to substitute in unavoidable personal circumstances.
While, like Cllr Tom King before me, I'm clearly not permitted to challenge Cllr Fenner in Council in regard to the role of her cherished Diversity Champion, I would ask her to consider whether the position remains tenable in the sensitive circumstances of an on-going investigation?
Cllr Worrow is also the Chair of the Council's Finance and Audit Committee, one of the three most senior and best remunerated committees in Thanet District Council. Do we take it that he will not be appearing to chair meetings there either?
In such circumstances, it may be in the public interest for the Labour administration to clearly state their position on their appointment, which, in tandem with Cllr Cohen, Cllr Worrow's TIG colleague, has kept the minority Labour administration in political control of the Council.
The Council's Standards Committee meets tonight at 7pm to further discuss the report raised this week. I plan to attend.
Has any reason been given. I ask this because he was supposed to be one of the mebers of the Task & Finish Group looking at Pleasurama and has not turned up to any of the meetings and no apologies were given either.
Didn't this no show happen a little while ago when a member absconded to South America? How did this get resolved?
South America was rather different. In this case the Cllr was not facing a criminal investigation but rather, his work took him to Panama and unexpectedly then kept him there. He subsequently resigned when it was clear that he would be unable to discharge his political duties at home and a by-election was called. he was not on any vital committees either.
While I have mixed feelings over whether he should stand down or not, what happens if he's later proved innocent? Presumably him standing down now would hand TDC control back to the Tories, so if he returned in a few months time it would then go back to Labour again. Surely none of this would benefit the people of Thanet?
Call me old fashioned but if one is the subject of a grave allegation leading to a police investigation, I believe a politician of integrity should stand aside until vindicated. Sadly in Thanet this is too often not the case.
I was there in the gallery on behalf of my Birchington constituents to ensure this matter was dealt with properly. This was an application recommend for refusal by officers and parish of which cllr Worrow is a member, yet he saw fit to waste officer and committee time, and ratepayers money preparing this application for committee and then failed to turn up. I'm sure the chair would have berated a councillor from another party for pulling the same stunt, yet remained silent over his party members no show.
Has anyone tried leaving a message on his answerphone?
The onus is on the councillor to make arrangements if he/she cannot attend, not for others to chase them up!
Whether you like him or not Bruce, at the end of the day he is a colleague who you work with! Surely common courtesy would be to give him a call to see how he's doing?
I think the last experience of a Cllr leaving a message for Cllr Worrow was probably a lesson to all in best leave alone.
Are you suggesting that this a message was altered in order that Ken Gregory was falsely accused of homophobic hate ?
Did cllr ezeikel resign his post during his period of 'innocent until proven guilty'?
6:11 I trust you will note my earlier reference to a "politician of integrity?"
5:34 While Ken Gregory was accused I don't recollect him being charged with anything. Do you?
Cllr Ezekiel resigned from the Conservative group and held no office during the period he was pending trial. Thus he did not disrupt the workings of the council.
Cllr Worrow, on the other hand, holds the office of the council's Diversity Champion as well as the chair of a committee. It is from these roles he should stand down, albeit remaining a councillor.
3.46, common courtesy in this context might considered an oxymoron, don't you think?
And you still wonder why the public has this negative perception of local cllrs Alistair!
I, personally, am embarrassed by the conduct of both Worrow and Driver. Now that the TDC is being mentioned on BBC news as a corrupt and secretive council, I regret bothering to vote at all. Can't Worrow and Driver see what they are doing to the very area that they claim to represent. If this is the best Thanet can produce, I certainly will not bother voting again here.
1 see the solution to the inconvenient Independent Standards report was to reject it and hound the four Independent members into resignation. My, you must all becso proud of yourselves. Don't blame it all on Driver and Worrow. The Ezekiel conviction did serious damage to the local Tory group, not helped by the Gregory outburst, or councillors in Panama. It doesn't matter why he was in Panama; it's the perception that counts. Add to it cruelty to animals and two separate drink/driving issues and the perception is of a group with scantvregard for the law.
It's not all Tory wrong doing though. Labour have tended to stay on the right side of the law but they're just as guilty. Poole abusing the public at the Pleasurama meeting, Hart threatening the public at a council meeting.
And the justification for rejecting the report. You all work very hard. Well so did Goebbels.
Stop trying to justify poor behaviour; behaviour that you would not tolerate from your children. Grow up the lot of you.
I stopped commenting several months ago when I realised that you don't want to listen to things that you don't want to hear. Not just you, but the whole of this sorry collection of wannabee politicos that is the present council.


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Radon is a silent, invisible killer in Georgia
By Merritt Melancon for CAES News
Radon is tasteless, odorless and invisible, but the radioactive gas still kills more Americans every year than drunk driving. It is the most common cause of lung cancer among non-smokers and causes about 21,000 deaths a year.
Those statistics have left one Athens, Ga., family wondering if radon contributed to the premature death of their 27-year-old daughter. They're urging other Georgia families to have their homes tested for the gas, which seeps up from the state's granite bedrock and may reach unsafe levels as it accumulates in the home.
"Radon tests are very inexpensive, and it's no trouble whatsoever," said Ann Tackett, who lives in Athens and recently lost her daughter. "Just see if your house has radon. If it does, get it fixed."
Tackett's daughter died in late November after being diagnosed with lung cancer in fall of 2011. She had never smoked.
January is National Radon Action month, and the Tacketts and University of Georgia Cooperative Extension home safety and public health educators are asking Georgians to minimize their families' exposure to the silent killer.
Radon is a naturally occurring gas that seeps from the ground as uranium deposits decay. It is always in the ambient air, usually at about 0.4 picocuries per liter (pCi/L).
At that level, radon is not harmful, but over time the radioactive gas can become concentrated in the air inside homes. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency considers levels of 4 pCi/L or more as high. Of course, the lower the radon level, the better.
In the last year of her life, Allison made it her mission to educate the public about the dangers of radon gas and what they can do to keep their families safe. Now her mother has taken over that task, making sure her neighbors have their homes tested and speaking out whenever and wherever she can.
"I'm going to try to fill those huge shoes," said Tackett, who had never heard of the dangers posed by household radon until one of her daughter's doctors suggested that she have the house tested.
While homes in every part of Georgia are at risk for radon infiltration, homes in north Georgia are especially vulnerable. Gwinnett, Cobb, Fulton and DeKalb counties have the highest average indoor radon levels, according to the EPA.
The UGA Cooperative Extension Radon Education Program works across the state to bring awareness, but educators target counties n the northern third of Georgia where most of the high radon levels are found, said radon educator Becky Chenhall. This year about 4,400 students and adults participated in radon awareness workshops and presentations.
Radon testing is cheap and easy. Families can purchase a kit for $8 from their county Extension office or for $10 online at www.ugaradon.org. Test kits may also be purchased from local retailers. The advantages of purchasing a kit from UGA are that the cost includes the lab analysis and a follow up from a UGA radon educator if your test results are high.
Test kit instructions should be followed exactly, but homeowners typically hang the carbon filled test canister in their house for between three to seven days before mailing it to a testing center.
The air inside the average home contains about 1.3 pCi/L of radon. Experts recommend mitigation, which involves installing a ventilation system, for any home that has 4 pCi/L or above.
Tests revealed the Tacketts were living with a radon level of 3.1 pCi/L in their home. They plan to install a ventilation system that diverts radon from under the house through a vent pipe to the outside air above the roof, thus, preventing radon gas from entering the home.
The Tacketts' story is not unusual, Chenhall said. In the decade since she started doing radon awareness work, she has met several families who didn't know their homes were unsafe until a loved was diagnosed with lung cancer.
When she first started educating people about the risks of radon, people had never heard of the gas. Today, people seem to know that radon poses a risk to their families, but many still put off testing their homes.
"I think part of the reason is that you don't see the effects for so long," Chenhall said. "It can take at least 12 to 14 years for radon to start causing problems."
Other families are worried they won't have the money to install the needed the ventilation system if they find that their homes have high levels of radon, she said.
"In reality, the improvements are not that expensive given that the device has the potential to save lives, and if you need a radon mitigation system, the first step involves planning and saving," Chenhall said.
In the first three quarters of 2012, the UGA Radon Education Program distributed 1,649 radon test kits. Almost 380 families found unsafe radon levels in their homes, and about half were able to get the problem fixed this year.
A video tutorial on how to conduct a radon test can be viewed on the UGA College of Family and Consumer Sciences Extension's website at www.ugaradon.org.
For more information about radon visit the UGA website at www.ugaradon.org, the EPA website at www.epa.gov/radon/ and watch a video at www.youtube.com/user/UGAGreenWay.
Merritt Melancon is a news editor with the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
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#include "tbb/tbb_config.h"
#include "tbb_main.h"
#include "governor.h"
#include "tbb_misc.h"
#include "itt_notify.h"

namespace tbb {
namespace internal {

//------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Begin shared data layout.
// The following global data items are mostly read-only after initialization.
//------------------------------------------------------------------------

//! Padding in order to prevent false sharing.
static const char _pad[NFS_MaxLineSize - sizeof(int)] = {};

//------------------------------------------------------------------------
// governor data
basic_tls<generic_scheduler*> governor::theTLS;
unsigned governor::DefaultNumberOfThreads;
rml::tbb_factory governor::theRMLServerFactory;
bool governor::UsePrivateRML;

//------------------------------------------------------------------------
// market data
market* market::theMarket;
market::global_market_mutex_type market::theMarketMutex;

//------------------------------------------------------------------------
// One time initialization data

//! Counter of references to global shared resources such as TLS.
atomic<int> __TBB_InitOnce::count;

__TBB_atomic_flag __TBB_InitOnce::InitializationLock;

//! Flag that is set to true after one-time initializations are done.
bool __TBB_InitOnce::InitializationDone;

#if DO_ITT_NOTIFY
    static bool ITT_Present;
    static bool ITT_InitializationDone;
#endif

#if !(_WIN32||_WIN64) || __TBB_SOURCE_DIRECTLY_INCLUDED
    static __TBB_InitOnce __TBB_InitOnceHiddenInstance;
#endif

//------------------------------------------------------------------------
// generic_scheduler data

//! Pointer to the scheduler factory function
generic_scheduler* (*AllocateSchedulerPtr)( arena*, size_t index );

//! Table of primes used by fast random-number generator (FastRandom).
/** Also serves to keep anything else from being placed in the same
    cache line as the global data items preceding it. */
static const unsigned Primes[] = {
    0x9e3779b1, 0xffe6cc59, 0x2109f6dd, 0x43977ab5,
    0xba5703f5, 0xb495a877, 0xe1626741, 0x79695e6b,
    0xbc98c09f, 0xd5bee2b3, 0x287488f9, 0x3af18231,
    0x9677cd4d, 0xbe3a6929, 0xadc6a877, 0xdcf0674b,
    0xbe4d6fe9, 0x5f15e201, 0x99afc3fd, 0xf3f16801,
    0xe222cfff, 0x24ba5fdb, 0x0620452d, 0x79f149e3,
    0xc8b93f49, 0x972702cd, 0xb07dd827, 0x6c97d5ed,
    0x085a3d61, 0x46eb5ea7, 0x3d9910ed, 0x2e687b5b,
    0x29609227, 0x6eb081f1, 0x0954c4e1, 0x9d114db9,
    0x542acfa9, 0xb3e6bd7b, 0x0742d917, 0xe9f3ffa7,
    0x54581edb, 0xf2480f45, 0x0bb9288f, 0xef1affc7,
    0x85fa0ca7, 0x3ccc14db, 0xe6baf34b, 0x343377f7,
    0x5ca19031, 0xe6d9293b, 0xf0a9f391, 0x5d2e980b,
    0xfc411073, 0xc3749363, 0xb892d829, 0x3549366b,
    0x629750ad, 0xb98294e5, 0x892d9483, 0xc235baf3,
    0x3d2402a3, 0x6bdef3c9, 0xbec333cd, 0x40c9520f
};

//------------------------------------------------------------------------
// End of shared data layout
//------------------------------------------------------------------------

//------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Shared data accessors
//------------------------------------------------------------------------

unsigned GetPrime ( unsigned seed ) {
    return Primes[seed%(sizeof(Primes)/sizeof(Primes[0]))];
}

//------------------------------------------------------------------------
// __TBB_InitOnce
//------------------------------------------------------------------------

void __TBB_InitOnce::add_ref() {
    if( ++count==1 )
        governor::acquire_resources();
}

void __TBB_InitOnce::remove_ref() {
    int k = --count;
    __TBB_ASSERT(k>=0,"removed __TBB_InitOnce ref that was not added?");
    if( k==0 )
        governor::release_resources();
}

//------------------------------------------------------------------------
// One-time Initializations
//------------------------------------------------------------------------

//! Defined in cache_aligned_allocator.cpp
void initialize_cache_aligned_allocator();

//! Defined in scheduler.cpp
void Scheduler_OneTimeInitialization ( bool itt_present );

#if DO_ITT_NOTIFY

/** Thread-unsafe lazy one-time initialization of tools interop.
    Used by both dummy handlers and general TBB one-time initialization routine. **/
void ITT_DoUnsafeOneTimeInitialization () {
    if ( !ITT_InitializationDone ) {
        ITT_Present = (__TBB_load_ittnotify()!=0);
        ITT_InitializationDone = true;
        ITT_SYNC_CREATE(&market::theMarketMutex, SyncType_GlobalLock, SyncObj_SchedulerInitialization);
    }
}

/** Thread-safe lazy one-time initialization of tools interop.
    Used by dummy handlers only. **/
extern "C"
void ITT_DoOneTimeInitialization() {
    __TBB_InitOnce::lock();
    ITT_DoUnsafeOneTimeInitialization();
    __TBB_InitOnce::unlock();
}
#endif /* DO_ITT_NOTIFY */

//! Performs thread-safe lazy one-time general TBB initialization.
void DoOneTimeInitializations() {
    __TBB_InitOnce::lock();
    // No fence required for load of InitializationDone, because we are inside a critical section.
    if( !__TBB_InitOnce::InitializationDone ) {
        __TBB_InitOnce::add_ref();
        if( GetBoolEnvironmentVariable("TBB_VERSION") )
            PrintVersion();
        bool itt_present = false;
#if DO_ITT_NOTIFY
        ITT_DoUnsafeOneTimeInitialization();
        itt_present = ITT_Present;
#endif /* DO_ITT_NOTIFY */
        initialize_cache_aligned_allocator();
        governor::initialize_rml_factory();
        Scheduler_OneTimeInitialization( itt_present );
        // Force processor groups support detection
        governor::default_num_threads();
        // Dump version data
        governor::print_version_info();
        PrintExtraVersionInfo( "Tools support", itt_present ? "enabled" : "disabled" );
        __TBB_InitOnce::InitializationDone = true;
    }
    __TBB_InitOnce::unlock();
}

#if (_WIN32||_WIN64) && !__TBB_SOURCE_DIRECTLY_INCLUDED && !__TBB_BUILD_LIB__
//! Windows "DllMain" that handles startup and shutdown of dynamic library.
extern "C" bool WINAPI DllMain( HANDLE /*hinstDLL*/, DWORD reason, LPVOID /*lpvReserved*/ ) {
    switch( reason ) {
        case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
            __TBB_InitOnce::add_ref();
            break;
        case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH:
            __TBB_InitOnce::remove_ref();
            // It is assumed that InitializationDone is not set after DLL_PROCESS_DETACH,
            // and thus no race on InitializationDone is possible.
            if( __TBB_InitOnce::initialization_done() ) {
                // Remove reference that we added in DoOneTimeInitializations.
                __TBB_InitOnce::remove_ref();
            }
            break;
        case DLL_THREAD_DETACH:
            governor::terminate_auto_initialized_scheduler();
            break;
    }
    return true;
}
#endif /* (_WIN32||_WIN64) && !__TBB_SOURCE_DIRECTLY_INCLUDED  && !__TBB_BUILD_LIB__ */

void itt_store_pointer_with_release_v3( void* dst, void* src ) {
    ITT_NOTIFY(sync_releasing, dst);
    __TBB_store_with_release(*static_cast<void**>(dst),src);
}

void* itt_load_pointer_with_acquire_v3( const void* src ) {
    void* result = __TBB_load_with_acquire(*static_cast<void*const*>(src));
    ITT_NOTIFY(sync_acquired, const_cast<void*>(src));
    return result;
}

#if DO_ITT_NOTIFY
void call_itt_notify_v5(int t, void *ptr) {
    switch (t) {
    case 0: ITT_NOTIFY(sync_prepare, ptr); break;
    case 1: ITT_NOTIFY(sync_cancel, ptr); break;
    case 2: ITT_NOTIFY(sync_acquired, ptr); break;
    case 3: ITT_NOTIFY(sync_releasing, ptr); break;
    }
}
#else
void call_itt_notify_v5(int /*t*/, void* /*ptr*/) {}
#endif

void* itt_load_pointer_v3( const void* src ) {
    void* result = *static_cast<void*const*>(src);
    return result;
}

void itt_set_sync_name_v3( void* obj, const tchar* name) {
    ITT_SYNC_RENAME(obj, name);
    suppress_unused_warning(obj && name);
}

} // namespace internal
} // namespace tbb


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