Leveraging PEPPHER Technology for Performance Portable Supercomputing
2013 (English)In: High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SCC), 2012 SC Companion, Salt Lake City, USA: IEEE conference proceedings, 2013, 1395-1396 p.Conference paper, Poster (Other academic)
PEPPHER is a 3-year EU FP7 project that develops a novel approach and framework to enhance performance portability and programmability of heterogeneous multi-core systems. Its primary target is single-node heterogeneous systems, where several CPU cores are supported by accelerators such as GPUs. This poster briefly surveys the PEPPHER framework for single-node systems, and elaborates on the prospectives for leveraging the PEPPHER approach to generate performance-portable code for heterogeneous multi-node systems.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Salt Lake City, USA: IEEE conference proceedings, 2013. 1395-1396 p.
performance portability, skeleton computing, SkePU, parallel software composition, parallel computing, heterogeneous multicore system, MPI, GPU cluster, high-performance computing
IdentifiersURN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-102584DOI: 10.1109/SC.Companion.2012.212ISBN: 978-1-4673-6218-4OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-102584DiVA: diva2:679379
Supercomputing 2012 (SC12), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 10-16 November 2012
ProjectsEU FP7 PEPPHERSeRC - OpCoReS
FunderEU, FP7, Seventh Framework Programme, 248481Swedish e‐Science Research Center, OpCoReS


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We are pleased to present a reading by Chris Abani, recorded at the 2009 Port Townsend Writers' Conference.
Chris Abani is a novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter and playwright. Born in Nigeria to an Igbo father and English mother, he grew up in Afikpo, Nigeria, received a BA in English from Imo State University, Nigeria, an MA in English, Gender and Culture from Birkbeck College, University of London and a PhD in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Southern California. He has resided in the United States since 2001.
He is the recipient of the PEN USA Freedom-to-Write Award, the Prince Claus Award, a Lannan Literary Fellowship, a California Book Award, a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, a PEN Beyond the Margins Award, the PEN Hemingway Book Prize and a Guggenheim Award.
Abani's fiction includes The Secret History of Las Vegas (Penguin 2014), Song For Night *(Akashic, 2007), *The Virgin of Flames (Penguin, 2007), Becoming Abigail (Akashic, 2006), GraceLand (FSG, 2004), and Masters of the Board (Delta, 1985).
His poetry collections are Sanctificum (Copper Canyon Press, 2010), There Are No Names for Red (Red Hen Press, 2010), Feed Me The Sun - Collected Long Poems *(Peepal Tree Press, 2010) *Hands Washing Water (Copper Canyon, 2006), Dog Woman (Red Hen, 2004),Daphne’s Lot (Red Hen, 2003) and *Kalakuta Republic *(Saqi, 2001).
The Port Townsend Writers' Conferece began in 1974 thanks to novelist Bill Ransom, who envisioned an egalitarian, non-hierarchical conference where the emphasis was on the craft of literary writing.
Such writers and welcomers as Jim Heynen, Carol Jane Bangs, Sam Hamill, Rebecca Brown, and many others continued this emphasis on the writing craft over the next few decades, and the Conference has become an annual pilgrimage for many.
Whether you’re seeking to create or revise new work, find writing community, or simply desire a writing retreat in an inspirational location, Centrum is at the heart of the thriving Pacific Northwest literary scene.

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Since the day when the first boat full of refugees landed on the shore in front of the Aphrodite Hotel on the Greek island of Lesvos over a year ago, Aphrodite Vati Mariola and her family have been immersed in the refugee crisis.
Ruthy Goes to Church portrays Ruth Jones, second-in-command of the Manenberg Church Brigade in Cape Town.
Edwina von Gal, founder of the Perfect Earth Project is raising consciousness about toxins in the environment and creating a demand for chemical-free landscaping.
Chedino & Family is part of the project Proud Women of Africa, a collection of short visual stories that portrays the daily lives of remarkable women living or working in Africa.
Founder of first Haredi Women’s Party, U’Bezchutan
Bestselling author; Journalist; Speaker on women’s issues

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Inter Milan's forward Diego Milito celebrates after scoring during their UEFA Champions League final football match against Bayern Munich at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid.
BRAVOOOO TIME TO PUT SOME ICE INTO THE GLASS.
MADRID, May 22 (Reuters) - Inter Milan beat Bayern Munich 2-0 with a double strike by Argentine Diego Milito to win the Champions League at the Bernabeu Stadium on Saturday. Inter’s win also secured the first season treble by a Serie A club after their Italian league and Cup triumphs.
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WAZIRI MAKAMBA AKUTANA NA WAWAKILISHI WA SEKTA BINAFSI KUJADILI MCHAKATO WA TATHMINI YA ATAHRI KWA MAZINGIRA. - * Waziri wa Nchi Ofisi ya Makamu wa Rais- Muungano na Mazingira Mh. January Makamba akiwa katika kikao na wawakilishi wa sekta binafsi wakizungumza kuhu...
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Sangeetha Kalanidhi Sri Nedunuri Krishnamurthy, is with his 80+ age one of the very few remaining great vocalists from the golden period of Karnatic music. In 1968 he was at the height of his powers and we managed to capture a full evening concert that lasted nearly four hours in Nagercoil in Tamil Nadu. We are extremely proud to release the complete concert in a 3-cd set. Soundwise this is a high quality release, a unique document from nearly 50 years ago with music that will delight the lovers of Karnatic music and win new followers for this art form, perhaps the greatest we have.
Nedunuri Sir is accompanied by Pudukottai R. Ramanathan, violin and mridangam vidwan Nellai P.S. Devarajan.
Only two weeks before the release Sangeetha Vidwan Nedunuri Krishnamurthy passed, thereby turning what was supposed to be a joyous occasion into more of a farewell. Many great vidwans graced the occasion sharing memories of Nedunuri Sir.


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Dazed (formerly Dazed & Confused) is a monthly British style magazine founded in 1991. Its founding editors were Jefferson Hack and fashion photographer Rankin. It covers music, fashion, film, art, and literature.
Dazed was started in 1991. Beginning as a black-and-white folded poster published sporadically, the magazine soon turned full colour, promoted with London club nights.
Dazed film and television
In 1999 Dazed Film & TV was founded, a production company that would produce the first masthead television broadcast ever, the one-hour special Renegade TV Gets Dazed, for Channel 4. In 2001 the Dazed Group, as it styled itself, launched the luxury biannual AnOther Magazine. In 2005 the Group launched Another Man, a biannual fashion title for men.
In April 2011, Dazed & Confused launched its first live festival in East London, Dazed Live, featuring live music performances from Gang Gang Dance, Factory Floor, Black Devil Disco Club, About Group (featuring Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor), SBTRKT, Caribou, and more.
In November 2006, Dazed launched a new web based strand of the magazine titled Dazed Digital, which delivers fashion, film, music and art news and online events.
In 2010 Dazed, partnered with Converse, later also with Resident Advisor, launched its £6000 Emerging Artist Award in association with the Whitechapel Gallery for UK-based commercially unrepresented artists, under the age of 35.
- 2010 Shortlist: Peter Ainsworth, Francesca Anfossi, Steve Bishop, Laura Buckley, Jess Flood-Paddock
- 2011 Shortlist: Gabriele Beveridge, Ellie Harrison, Bruce Ingram, Samuel Levack & Jennifer Lewandowski, Richard Parry
- 2012 Shortlist: Pio Abad, Leslie Kulesh, Myles Painter, Samara Scott
- 2013 Shortlist: Joey Holder, Ben Washington, Adham Faramawy, Faye Green, Christian Newby
In April 2002 Dazed & Confused Japan was launched.
On 16 May 2008, Dazed & Confused Korea published its first issue.
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Nuclear Waste: Termination of Activities at Two Sites Proceeding in an Orderly Manner
RCED-89-66: Published: Feb 6, 1989. Publicly Released: Mar 8, 1989.
Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Energy's (DOE) efforts to terminate nuclear waste repository program activities at the Basalt Waste Isolation Project in Washington and at the Salt Repository Project in Texas, focusing on: (1) DOE compliance with a legislative directive to cease site-specific activities by March 21, 1988; (2) the extent to which DOE continued suc...
Oil Reserve: Status of Strategic Petroleum Reserve Activities as of September 30, 1988
RCED-89-63FS: Published: Jan 25, 1989. Publicly Released: Feb 2, 1989.
Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Energy's (DOE) progress in developing, operating, and filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) during the 6 months ended September 30, 1988.GAO found that, during that period, DOE: (1) added 9.7 million barrels of crude oil to SPR, increasing the inventory to 554.7 million barrels; (2) disbursed $130 million to the Mexican na...
Nuclear Science: Usefulness of Space Power Research to Ground-Based Nuclear Reactor Systems
RCED-89-17: Published: Dec 6, 1988. Publicly Released: Dec 6, 1988.
Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO surveyed nuclear power systems experts on the potential usefulness of space nuclear power systems research to the development of civilian terrestrial nuclear power systems.GAO found that: (1) experts expected that the Department of Energy's (DOE) SP-100 Space Power Program and Multimegawatt Space Nuclear Power Program (MMW) would provide useful knowledge to...
Performance Evaluation: Energy Information Administration
PART-88-1: Published: Jul 1, 1988. Publicly Released: Jul 1, 1988.
Pursuant to a legislative requirement, the Professional Audit Review Team (PART) evaluated the Energy Information Administration's (EIA) activities from October 1985 through June 1987.PART found that EIA: (1) significantly reduced its budget for quality maintenance investments from fiscal years (FY) 1983 through 1987; (2) reduced its quality control contract budget by 25 percent; (3) shifted from...
Nuclear Science: History and Management of the DOE/Air Force Small Reactor Project
RCED-88-138: Published: May 26, 1988. Publicly Released: Jun 29, 1988.
Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information regarding the joint Department of Energy (DOE) and Air Force Small Reactor Project, focusing on its origin, history, and funding.GAO found that: (1) using DOE discretionary funds, the DOE laboratory at Los Alamos initiated the project in June 1983 to determine whether a small nuclear reactor could satisfy the Air Force's electric power...
Views on DOE's Clean Coal Technology Program
T-RCED-88-47A: Published: Jun 22, 1988. Publicly Released: Jun 22, 1988.
GAO summarized its discussion of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Clean Coal Technology Program. GAO noted that DOE: (1) funded seven projects with $227.5 million in federal funds and $529.8 million in nonfederal funds for the program's first phase; (2) experienced problems in finalizing cooperative agreements due to sponsors' difficulties with financial arrangements and sponsors' objections to pr...
Views on DOE's Clean Coal Technology Program
T-RCED-88-47: Published: Jun 22, 1988. Publicly Released: Jun 22, 1988.
GAO discussed the Department of Energy's (DOE) Clean Coal Technology Program, a cost-shared demonstration program designed to encourage the commercialization of emerging clean coal technologies. GAO noted that DOE: (1) funded seven projects with $227.5 million in federal funds and $529.8 million in nonfederal funds for the program's first phase; (2) experienced problems in finalizing cooperative a...
Nuclear Science: Challenges Facing Space Reactor Power Systems Development
RCED-88-23: Published: Dec 2, 1987. Publicly Released: Jan 4, 1988.
In response to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Department of Energy's (DOE) space nuclear development programs, specifically: (1) management and coordination among the sponsoring organizations; and (2) safety-related tasks associated with DOE program activities.GAO found that, although both the SP-100 Space Reactor Program and the Multimegawatt (MMW) Space Nuclear Power Pr...
Software Distribution: Review of the Department of Energy's National Energy Software Center
IMTEC-88-2: Published: Oct 14, 1987. Publicly Released: Oct 22, 1987.
In response to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the activities of the Department of Energy's National Energy Software Center, particularly its handling of computer software requests by foreign countries and domestic users.GAO found that: (1) during an 18-month period, the center filled 69 domestic and 10 foreign requests for software; (2) general mathematics, computing systems,...
Nuclear Nonproliferation: Department of Energy Needs Tighter Controls Over Reprocessing Information
RCED-87-150: Published: Aug 17, 1987. Publicly Released: Sep 16, 1987.
In response to a congressional request, GAO examined Department of Energy (DOE) activities that may assist foreign countries in the development of nuclear weapons material, focusing on DOE controls over: (1) dissemination of information related to the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel; (2) cooperative research activities it conducts with foreign countries; and (3) involvement of foreign nationals...


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What Does Bass Do In Music?
Listen to this isolated bass track by the Beatles and then check out the original recording with the full band to see just what the bass adds to the song in terms of melody and tone.
How To Record Electric Bass Guitar
Miking Your Bass Amp
Say you have a Shure SM57 – place the mic an inch from the grille of the amp. If you want to capture more body, the mic should be moved away from the amp a bit further. You’ll need to play around with mic placement based on the sound you want recorded for the song.
Two or More Mics + On / Off Axis Miking
With me personally, I make sure to also take into consideration the type of bass I’m recording as well as the type of amp I’m using. Some basses, for instance, are very clang-y, and so there’s more high frequency, and that changes things a lot when it comes to one mic recording, not to mention two.
“Direct In” Recording of the Bass
Why Use Direct In For Bass?
Bringing the Sound Together
When you mic more than one signal, you’re able to blend together a perfect sound for your song. The bass DI, low-end dynamic microphone, mid-range, and room mic can be “summed” down to a single mono channel. They can be kept separate and processed differently depending on the sounds the producer wants to create. With all those signals to play around with, you’ll end up with exactly the sound you want to produce for your song’s tracks.
When you’re recording at home, you might not know what kind of sound you want to create since you’re not a professional music producer. You should use as many methods as you’re comfortable with and experiment with the sounds. As a musician, it’s always about experimenting and finding a sound that you love.
Play a little while recording to find the right version of the sound that works with the band’s sound as well as what the song requires. When figuring out how to record electric bass guitar it’s almost always about experimentation.


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I so wanted to love this book – it’s pitched as a dark, thrilling work of literary fiction, which is right up my street. There were many moments where I thought ‘yes, it will pick up from here’. Alas, it never did. It has its positives. O’Donnell use of language is stunning, especially in the part of the narrative focussed on Clara, the young girl around whom the story revolves. Some characters are engaging, too, which helped to sustain my interest in moments when the plot was difficult.
Mr. Crowe lives a life of luxury in his country estate with his ward, Clara, and faithful manservant, Eustace. He enjoys regular evenings out in town, occasionally bringing female entertainers home. He has made his living from his much sought after ‘talent’, a talent shared by Clara. Then, one night, Eustace watches from the window as Mr. Crowe kills a man. He knows that their lives are now in danger, with a visit from the secret society to which Mr. Crowe belongs imminent. Above all, Clara must be protected, for her gifts are far more coveted than Mr. Crowe’s.
The premise itself is great, and I was initially intrigued that the novel would be structured almost as a mystery. As well as the secret societies and coveted talents, there are disguised identities, shady acquaintances, and murderous schemes. The character focus of each chapter changes, so we understand the events from their various perspectives. As a big fan of literary fiction, I usually love novels that do this – it usually enhances my understanding of character motivations or adds suspense.
As they were used in The Maker of Swans, though, such techniques simply prolonged my confusion and therefore frustrated my reading. The story just became messy and convoluted, and certain aspects were never fully explained. I wasn’t entirely satisfied by the revelation of the ‘gift’ that Mr. Crowe and Clara possess, nor am I sure how Clara and Mr. Crowe are actually related. Characters talking in riddles to one another soon became tiresome, and some scenes become rather gory which just didn’t fit with the ethereal atmosphere of a lot of the narrative.
That ethereal, mystical atmosphere was incredibly well-realised. It primarily featured in chapters focussed on Clara, which perhaps led to her becoming the most engaging character of the entire novel. She is mute, communicating only through pen and paper or gestures. As such, much attention is paid to her ‘inner life’, including her dreams. That’s where O’Donnell makes masterful use of language and imagery. He manages to explore all the nuances and cadences of language, producing powerful, compelling visionary landscapes. Reading these sequences felt like being carried gently downstream in a river, letting you savour each aspect of the surroundings. I was mesmerised by them.
“She listens, straining outwards into the darkness, for the familiar intervals, for the cadences of the secret world. She threads the dead veins of fallen leaves, tests each frail filament of spider silk. She combs every seeded drift of air, touches every cell of the silence. She is weightless, then, beneath or between the darkness, where everything is as she remembers it, and nothing can do her harm.”
I was drawn to Clara’s resilience, her ingenuity, her compassion – which were far more interesting to me than the ‘gift’ she possessed. Her relationship with Eustace is endearing – almost fatherly-daughterly, they understand each other more than any of the other characters. Eustace himself is also an engaging character, plagued by guilt and grief, constantly striving to do good by those he serves.
The rest of the main cast of characters didn’t seem as well crafted. The motives of the chief antagonist weren’t clear, and the involvement of Mr. Crowe’s latest love interest was baffling. While O’Donnell created moments of genuine tension, where it felt that there was a genuine threat to the lives of characters, these weren’t sustained, and other moments that were probably intended to be dramatic fell flat.
The Maker of Swans was definitely a mixed bag. I admire the ambition shown in this debut, and parts were executed very well. However, the few wonderful characters and spectacular uses of language was surrounded by a convoluted and confusing plot.
**The Maker of Swans was written by Paraic O’Donnell, published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (W&N), part of The Orion Publishing Group

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SOUTHWEST HARBOR, Maine — G.A. Morgan will give a special sneak preview and reading of “The Kinfolk,” the third book in her The Five Stones Trilogy, an adventure-fantasy story for 8-14-year-olds inspired by her own adventures on and around Mount Desert Island, 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21, at the Southwest Harbor Public Library, 338 Main St.
The Five Stones Trilogy tells the story of the three Thompson brothers and their neighbors, the two Boudreaux sisters, who travel to a mysterious island called Ayda, where four realms are locked in a destructive struggle for power. The books have received praise for the author’s world-building skills, the philosophy that infuses the adventure, and the strong individuality of the large cast of characters. Book One, “The Fog of Forgetting,” debuted in 2014, and earned the Silver Moonbeam award for pre-teen fantasy fiction. It was followed in 2015 by “Chantarelle.”
All three books are published by Yarmouth-based Islandport Press.
There will be books offered for purchase and signing, and light refreshments will be served. There also will be a fun quiz to take to see where your personality would fit on the Isle of Ayda: Melor, Metria, Exor, or Varuna? For information, call the library at 244-7065.


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Protests that began in the Iranian cities of Khorramshahr and Abadan over poor water quality have led to promises by the energy minister of a resolution this month.
The cities’ municipal water supplies have been affected by drought and a rise in salinity since December 2017. On 1 July, people took the streets in protests that sparked violent clashes with police forces involving gunfire that left more than 11 injured.
“Although Iran has a history of drought, over the last decade, it has experienced its most prolonged, extensive and severe drought in over 30 years,” the Food and Agriculture Organization, a United Nations agency, said in a recent report.
At the root of the problem lies broken water pipe infrastructure made worse by high temperatures. This has forced provincial water firm to source water from the Persian Gulf, a location fast becoming the cities’ only remaining water supply. Residents have complained that the water gives off an obnoxious odour, making it undrinkable.
The proposed resolution would involve instead transferring water from the Dez Dam to the Karkheh Dam close to Iran’s western border with Iraq.
Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said this course of action would adhere to the framework of the Ghadir water project. The project was launched eight years ago to address the problem of a water shortage the surrounding regions of Khuzestan.
Iran has faced drought for more than 15 years through declining rainfall, rising temperatures and ineffective farming practices. Though recent protests concern the lack of access to clean water among urban residents, excessive consumption in cities as well as poor management of resources has been simultaneously linked to the national shortage.
Khuzestan governor-general, Gholamreza Shariati, has said bottled water continues to be provided to residents.
As well as agricultural practices, government officials have blamed the shortage on increased salinity caused by the rise in sea levels along the Persian Gulf.
Energy officials estimate Iran’s annual water deficit at about 5.7 billion cubic metres.

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What’s Up On Travel Writers Radio This Week -Graeme Kemlo & Helen Hayes
Here’s what is new on Travel Writers Radio this week. From Ballarat to Noosa to Lizard Island , opur reporters copver the country this week; then we have reports from team members in Queenstown NZ, Malaysia and also southern Europe where one travel writers finds herself almost by accident in one of the best value countries in europe, but she warns things might change if and when they join the EU.
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Women's University Club
In 1897, women were admitted to the university for postgraduate courses. By 1906, there were enough female students on campus that they organized the Woman's University Club and the next year were featured as a student organization in the Yackety Yack. By default, every female member of the student body was a member of the Club, which was later named the Woman's Association. For several decades this organization functioned as the student government for women, providing support for female students and planning events for them. By 1941, the female student population had grown to 800, and the Woman's Association became the Coed Senate, part of the Student Legislature, for fifteen years before merging with the Legislature.


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Ex-Bell city manager a no-show at DUI hearing
An attorney for Bell's disgraced former city manager, Robert Rizzo, made an appearance Thursday in an Orange County courthouse, noting that Rizzo has "taken responsibility" for his drunk-driving case.
Rizzo did not attend the brief pretrial conference, the latest court date in connection with his March 6 drunk-driving arrest in Huntington Beach. Rizzo, 56, was arrested with a blood-alcohol level of 0.28, more than three times the legal limit, after a resident called police and reported that a man crashed into a mailbox and then drove into an alley.
"He's taken steps to better himself, and he's moved on," his attorney, Katherine McBroom, said as reporters and photographers trailed her out of the Westminster courthouse. "Mr. Rizzo has taken responsibility for what he's done on the DUI case."
Rizzo has pleaded not guilty to the charge and is attending weekly two-hour alcohol-counseling sessions, according to his court file.
The hearing Thursday lasted less than a minute as Judge Michael J. Cassidy set Aug. 26 as the next court date in the case. Brock Zimmon, an Orange County deputy district attorney who is part of a special prosecution unit, was also present in court.
A handful of Bell community members said they were disappointed Rizzo didn't show and that the process was postponed.
"You want to see his face," said Bell community activist and resident Nestor Valencia, 45. "Part of me is disappointed. The other part says I expected this."
Julie Hermes, 52, a real estate broker who grew up in Bell and now lives in Newport Coast, said she came to support her former city: "I just wanted to see justice being served, at least on a very small scale."
Rizzo has been widely criticized for his high salary as Bell's top administrator. He was earning nearly $800,000 a year but resigned the position last month after The Times published his salary as well as the high pay of Assistant City Manager Angela Spaccia, at $376,288 a year, and Police Chief Randy Adams, who made $457,000 a year.
-- Corina Knoll
Photo: Robert Rizzo. Credit: Huntington Beach Police Department

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Ahead of its April 28 release, Alex Hern gets an advance look at Samsung’s hottest new smartphone
In pictures, the new Samsung Galaxy S8 doesn’t look that different from the Galaxy S7 Edge that preceded it. The chin and forehead of the device have been radically foreshortened, yes, but the really eye-catching aspect of the device remains its wraparound screen, which curves over the left and right edges to provide a completely bezel-free effect.
Related: Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ unveiled with ‘infinity display’
Read more at Samsung Galaxy S8 hands-on: exciting and almost comfortable
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Built by Omex engineers using some of the same materials as found in race series all the way up to F1
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Lightweight, thin wall automotive grade cable is used throughout, designed to withstand the oil, solvents and temperatures found in engine bays.
Gold plated terminals are used at the ECU as it is the lowest resistance material for contacts, giving the best signals to the ECU from the sensors.
The cables are twisted together to reject radiated electrical interference from sources such as the high tension sparks, alternator and starter motor, meaning the signals from your sensors are still good when they reach the ECU. Many harness manufacturers tightly machine-twist the cables together as this is the fastest method but one which causes unwanted stresses in the materials. Omex harnesses are twisted by hand so they don’t just look good, they are mechanically perfect.
Covering the cables is motorsport-grade heatshrink for the correct solvent, heat and abrasion resistance for racing engine bay use.
Joints and connector backs are covered with glue lined heatshrink which is stiff to reduce stresses from the harness bending at these joints. It also minimises tension on the wire joints, moving these tensions to the strong connector housings and cables.
A relay for managing power to the injectors, ignition coils etc is fitted to the harness as standard. There is also wiring to allow ECU control of a fuel pump relay and radiator fan relay already on your chassis harness, or optionally Omex can add these relays to your ECU harness.


text: This paper proposed a synchronous PWM method of parallel AC-DC converters. The parallel AC-DC converters of traction control system for high speed train require accurate PLL (Phase-Locked Logic) method and synchronous PWM algorithm with phase delay control to implement unit power factor and input current harmonic reduction. The phase delay control of parallel converters driven by individual controllers is difficult. The proposed hybrid PLL algorithm detects the input voltage phase angle more accurately and improves the performance of phase delay control. The hybrid PLL algorithm consists of two kinds of method which calculate simultaneously the phase angle of input voltage. The single-phase AC-DC converters are connected in parallel through main transformer. The first PLL algorithm calculates the phase angle of primary input voltage adopting the digital APF (All-Pass Filter) and it has robust characteristics against the disturbance of input signal compared with conventional zero-crossing detection method by hardware circuit. The estimated phase angle of this algorithm is used for unit power factor control and instantaneous input current control. The second PLL algorithm generates the common reference signal for synchronous PWM by measuring the amplitude of input voltage at the near zero-crossing point. This paper describes the implementation of hybrid PLL algorithm adopting two different kinds of PLL method in detail. The feasibility of this algorithm is proven by experimental study on parallel converters (1.25MW×4) for high speed train.

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Hi guys I have a 2006 stock Clutch left over from my old bike. I have been experiencing some clutch fade on my 2009 YZ 450. I was wondering if the 2006 clutch would fit the 2009. Here are the part numbers from Yamaha: 2009 7. 4X7-16325-00-00 - clutch plate 8. 5TA-16321-00-00 - friction 9. 90501-230E4-00 - spring 2006 7. 5JG-16325-00-00 - clutch plate 8. 5TA-16321-00-00 - friction 9. 90501-231E9-00 - spring What do you think, would it work?


Since the start of the month, NottsNight has been tweeting details of a different pub every day. With well over 50 bars now featuring on the blog, it seemed like a good idea to promote our inaugural #FirstyFebruary. And YOU can get involved too!
All you need to do is send a tweet to @nottsnight and tell us where you’re drinking. Make sure you use the hashtag #FirstyFebruary and we’ll spread the word on the places to have a great night out.
What’s more, we’ll be actively looking for new venues to potentially feature in the NottsNight blog, and collecting your feedback on our recommendations.
So, send us a tweet and share your night out with #FirstyFebruary.


(February 27, 2013) -- In a star-studded evening session at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Champions, the top two players in the world moved through to the quarterfinals in straight sets.
Roger Federer defeated Marcel Granollers of Spain, 6-3, 6-4, while Novak Djokovic survived a late challenge from Spain's Roberto Bautista-Augut 6-1, 7-6(4).
Federer and Djokovic have combined to win eight of the last ten titles in Dubai, with only Rafael Nadal (2006) and Andy Roddick (2008) breaking the chain of dominance set by the world's current top two players.
Federer was first to move through with a business like effort against Marcel Granollers. After dropping a set to Tunisian wildcard Malek Jaziri, Federer put forth a more focused effort to down the Spaniard in seventy-one minutes.
"I thought I was sharp," said Federer in an on-court interview, "I knew what I wanted to do and I was able to do it."
Federer, who seemed much more at ease on the fast surface in Dubai in his second match in Dubai, came in behind his forehand frequently, using the speed of the court to take time away from Granollers whenever he could.
Federer broke to lead 4-2 in the second set after a Granollers double-fault gave him three break points.
The World No. 2 broke decisively in the fifth game of the second set, and used his pinpoint serve to keep Granollers quiet down the stretch. Federer won 32 of 38 first serve points on the day and saved all three break points he faced, including one at 3-2 in the second seat and two at 4-3.
He will face Nikolay Davydenko in the quarterfinals, a player that he has defeated in 18 of 20 previous matchups.
Novak Djokovic faced a bit more of a challenge against another Spaniard in the last match of the evening, but the World No. 1 came through after a testy battle for control late in the second set to advance to the quarterfinals.
Djokovic, a three-time champion in Dubai, looked to be headed for a short night when World No. 55 Robert Bautista-Augut rallied to win three consecutive games to get back on serve at 5-5 in the second set.
After two holds, the 24-year-old took an early mini-break lead in the tiebreaker, but the class of Djokovic took over as the Serb won the last three points to clinch his tenth victory of the year in just over 90 minutes.
Djokovic will face Italian Andreas Seppi in the quarterfinals. Seppi, seeded seventh, defeated Lukas Rosol in straight sets, 6-4, 7-6(4).
In other second-round action in Dubai, third-seeded Tomas Berdych avenged a 2011 loss to Tobias Kamke of Germany, 7-5, 6-1, while fourth-seeded Juan Martin del Potro took out India's Somdev Devvarman 6-4, 6-4.
Wildcard Dmitry Tursunov reached his second consecutive quarterfinal with an upset victory over Michael Llodra, 7-6(5), 2-6, 6-3.


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Surgeons say new 48 hour working week a risk to training and patient care: Exclusive survey figures revealed18th March 2009
Surgeons have warned that patients' lives could be at risk if new regulations restricting the number of hours doctors can work come into force - as planned - this summer - drastically cutting down training hours for junior doctors.
A survey of consultant surgeons - seen exclusively by Channel 4 News - reveals 78% feel that complying with a 48-hour week has ALREADY had a detrimental affect on the training of surgeons... And nearly two thirds feel it's been at the expense of patient care. (Relating to a pilot scheme already running in the North West of England - see below).
While some professions remain exempt from the European Working Time Directive the Government has decided that trainee doctors should be covered by the rules from August this year, despite widespread resistance.
However, the 48 hour working week has already been introduced by the strategic health authority in the North West of England as a pilot scheme. BUT a survey by the Royal College of Surgeons of its fellows in the North West shows there are concerns around training and patient care.
In the survey (of those respondents whose service/speciality is currently compliant with 48 hour week):
- 78% of respondents believe that "compliance had been at the expense of core trainees training"
- 70% thought "compliance had been at the expense of speciality trainees training"
- 63% thought "compliance had been achieved at the expense of patient care".
- And 50% thought compliance had been "achieved by filling gaps on rotas with staff already employed in the Trust".
Ben Cresswell, President of the Association of Surgeons in Training (ASiT) told Channel 4 News (in terms of reduced hours): "the ultimate fear for doctors in training and for qualified doctors is that we'll be left with a less experienced and less well trained workforce" adding that as a consequence "patients may suffer serious harm or death as a result of a either a misdiagnosis or a delayed diagnosis."
For a profession that has been known to work in excess of 100 hours a week, cutting that down to 48 could result in training hours being halved. The Royal College of Surgeons believe that trainees need to work up to 65 hours a week to cope with their work load and get adequate training.
The Department of Health said it will only consider allowing some doctors to work up to 52 hours a week in extreme circumstances, but not 65.
An anonymous trainee, a surgeon, working outside the North West, but at a hospital also trying to bring in the 48 hour week, spoke to Channel 4 News about how little training he gets. He didn't want to be identified because he's worried speaking out will damage his career or cost him his job.
He said: "I have such a lack of skill at the moment that it concerns me. I've got six and a half months before I'll be expected to do a certain amount of key operations like half hip replacements and fixing of wrist fractures. In six months time I wouldn't send my grandmother to me to do an operation."
Dr Yasmin Ahmed-Little of the North West Strategic Health Authority told the programme that she thinks "patients will be safer with rested doctors. At the end of the day, we are in a situation where these same patients wouldn't get on a plane if the pilot had worked some of the hours that our doctors have worked and are currently still working."
Dr Wendy Reid from the Department of Health told Channel 4 News that she thinks there is "no reason why somebody will be signed up as competent at training unless they are" adding "there are safety checks within all the curricula developed by the colleges to allow for that so I feel that we can deliver both safe patient care and training."
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This was my first time seeing a member of Sonic Youth since their breakup in 2011. According to the original event listing a band called Pigeons were supposed to opening the show but they didn’t show up. Taiwan Housing Project were the only opening band. The frontwoman, Kilynn Lunsford of Taiwan Housing Project was hard to miss. She took the stage wearing what looked like a wedding dress. Nobody else in the band was dressed up. THP features members of other noise forces Harry Pussy and Little Claw. Lunsford kind of reminds me of Terri Gender Bender of Les Butcherettes with her shredding and howling. The band being a quintet are a bit noiser though.
Thurston Moore’s current supergroup features former Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley and one of my personal heroines My Bloody Valentine bassist Debbie Googe. I briefly got to meet Googe before the show and that was one of my highlights of the night. The other dude in the band is named James Sedwards and he played in a number of British bands in the late 90’s and 2000’s. Musically they sound a lot like Sonic Youth and if you didn’t know better and heard them you may think that Sonic Youth were playing. The songs follow the form and shape of the longer, almost proggier Sonic Youth songs, with instrumental breaks and jams lasting many minutes. This is very different than what Kim Gordon has done since SY’s break up. Her stuff has been more punchy and punk infused. At times is was hard to know when one song ended and he next one began. Thurston referred to his band as Rock n Roll Consciousness which is also the name of their new album that came out a couple months ago. 6 of the 9 songs he played were from that album. Nine songs doesn’t sound like a lot but when there are acid jams mixed in it can add up. All in all the band played for about 75 minutes. There were also times when Thurston had to take a few minutes to tune up. I wonder if anyone would have noticed if he had played slightly out of tune?
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The women of the coalfields have been described as a sleeping giant, roused to action by the threat to their communities and their children's future. Singing, shouting, rattling tins and waving banners, they threw their weight behind the strike.
Their role was crucial in sustaining the strike, in feeding and clothing their people, in keeping up morale and building a sense of community. At the same time, almost without realising it, they found themselves writing a new chapter in the history of women's struggle.
From about three or four weeks into the strike, people started to realise that it was going to be a long one. Women in the villages – relatives, neighbours and friends – started talking among themselves. In some areas, women had already come together over local issues – in Derbyshire women had campaigned for Tony Benn's election, while in Durham women were already involved in the SEAM campaign – so the basis of support groups was already there. Soon miners' wives' support groups were starting up throughout the length and breadth of Britain. There was no centralized directive or overall plan – just groups of women meeting in each others' front rooms with a common purpose: 'We must do something to help our community survive.'
Often it was the plight of the single miners which first prompted the women into action. After just two or three weeks with no income whatsoever, many of them were in a sorry state. There were tales of lads surviving on a diet of bar snacks and fainting on picket lines. Families were little better off; a married couple with two children were entitled to just £11.74 a week benefit to live on (a similar couple not on strike would be getting £48.25 a week – the official government 'poverty line').
The government having prepared its ground by passing a law whereby £15 was deducted from any benefit paid to a striker's family – the amount of pay he was 'deemed' to be getting, even though everyone knew full well that the miners got nothing, and indeed the union's funds were soon to be sequestrated anyway. The saddest cases were the families where both husband and wife worked for the NCB. The hard-heartedness of a government that would see children starve in pursuit of its policies only made the women all the more determined.
There is no doubt that without their magnificent effort, and the generosity and hard work of miners' support groups throughout Britain and overseas, the miners would have been starved back within a few weeks. Trades unions both at home and abroad, the Labour Party and other socialist organisations, community and ethnic groups, lesbian and gay groups, and millions of individuals rallied to the miners' cause. Little groups of people plastered with bright yellow stickers rattling collecting tins became a regular feature in almost every town, (as were the men in blue moving them on or arresting them, with an astonishing grasp of legal complexity "you can hold that tin, but not shake it", "you must seal it with sellotape, not a rubber band", "you can't put your toes over that line".
Street collections were never a popular activity. There was always someone who would give you an earful of abuse – but they were the essential lifeline of the support groups. And people's generosity often brought tears to the eyes – from the old age pensioner who pulled out a crumpled pound from her purse, which everyone could see was all she had, to the one of the young woman who wrote a cheque for £100. As well as street collections, the support groups organised a constant programme of fundraising activities, from concerts and socials to jumble sales and coffee mornings. Everything that could be was auctioned, sold or raffled, everything that moved was sponsored – walks, bed-pushes, swims, crawls, strips. Somebody even had a sponsored wedding.
The women of the mining communities took on the task of turning the money into food and getting it through to those who needed it. Some groups set up food kitchens and cooked regularly, hot meals for hundreds of people. Other groups bulk-bought essential foods and distributed them in a weekly food parcel to miners in their area. The reasons why a group would do one or the other where largely a matter of chance – geography, transport, the existence of a convenient church hall and a friendly vicar could make all the difference.
There were advantages and disadvantages to both. Some people felt the kitchens would be too like the 'soup kitchens' of the '30s, with their dreadful stigma of poverty; and they thought people would be too proud to use them, and would prefer to prepare their own food at home. Also, a food parcel service was less demanding in terms of time, and left people free for other activities. However, the kitchens had the added advantage of acting as a focus for the community, and providing warmth, comradeship and information as well as food. But they were very hard work – often catering for hundreds with facilities more primitive than those of an ordinary domestic kitchen – and they left the women exhausted.
Dot Whitworth, a miner's wife, worked at the Kellingley kitchen, one of the largest in Yorkshire producing around 400 meals a day, and she describes the punishing daily routine:
"The women work the kitchen in two shifts. I come down with the other girls for the morning shift, at about 7.20 am. Then the pickets start coming in for their breakfasts – we give them a fry-up with eggs, or sausages, beans or tomato, depending on what we've got.
When they've gone, we get cleaned up, and about 9 am I go down to the shops for bread and milk. The others start preparing the veg for the dinners.
About 11 am the lads come in to get their flasks filled up and have a hot drink before they go on local pickets.
Soon after that, people start coming in for their dinners -families with kids as well as pickets. We never turn anybody away. It's all a mad rush until about 1.30. Then the women sit down and have their lunches before they go off, and the afternoon shift arrives.
The six women on the afternoon shift come in about 1 o'clock. They help with the clearing up, and start preparing for teas.
The children often come in straight from school – sometimes they meet their parents down here – and we give them potatoes, fish or meat burger – something like that. We only have one large cooker so we can't go in for anything elaborate. In fact the kitchen is just a portakabin tacked onto the back of the club hall. We try to do meals that are cheap but nourishing – we don't have the cash or the kitchen-staff to do puddings for example.
From about 5 pm the pickets come in if we are still serving they'll have a dinner, and they'll have a hot drink and get their flasks filled. At 6.30 the women go home, and then the men take over. They wash up and clean and mop the tables, floor and stairs. It's quiet then until about 11 PM when the night pickets come in, and round about 12 the evening pickets come back.
As you can see, it's very hard work, but I must say, we do get a lot of help from the men. They help with the cleaning and washing up, with preparing the veg, and with all the carrying. My husband's always been quite good around the house, but there are other men who've done things in this strike they'd never done before. I don't know if they'll carry on after the strike, though. One of the men always says, 'If I see another sausage after this strike's over, I shall throw it at my wife.'
I work on the tea counter, and that's nice because I get to talk to all the lads when they come in. They laugh and joke, and it's wonderful to see their morale so high. They really make us feel they appreciate what we're doing, and that makes it all worth while. I'd do it over again."
It is impossible to generalise about the miners' support groups – each one was unique. There were groups like the one at Kellingley, serving 400 meals a day, and there were tiny groups of two or three women giving out a weekly food parcel in little remote villages. In South Wales, the groups organised down a valley, bringing together all the pits and villages in that valley in a co-operative effort. Here, as in other parts of the country, the union men were strongly involved in the local support work. But in other places where pits had closed and men had been transferred people were travelling long distances to picket and there was therefore no link between a single pit union branch and the local community.
The women of the village thus had to organise independently of the union on behalf of all the miners in the villages wherever they worked. The village of Upton in Yorkshire was a typical example of this. It was called the 'village with thirteen pits' because after the local pit was closed the miners were transferred to no fewer than thirteen other Yorkshire pits. Their food kitchen, organised by the women in the welfare club, once more brought together the men who had been separated from each other after their pit had closed.
The support groups also played a very important role in the villages of the new Selby coalfield, bringing people together and creating a sense of community in an area where few of the mining families had been settled for long enough to feel at home. The fact that all Women Against Pit Closures groups were able to develop according to the local needs of their area was one of the great strengths of the movement. This was helped by the fact that it soon became clear that all the groups also had a lot of common experiences, and much they could share.
The first time all the groups came together was at the Barnsley rally on May 12th 1984, and for those who were there it is still remembered as one of the high points of the strike. Some 10,000 women marched through Barnsley on a crisp, sunny day, to congregate at the Civic Hall. Sheila Capstick and Jean Blackburn, two miners' wives wrote:
'Crowds lined the street corners, people waving and applauding. Behind our group the women from South Wales kept bursting into song, making some of us feel alternately elated and tearful – familiar tunes sung in unfamiliar language but recognisable as songs of working people.
As we filed up the stairs into the Civic Hall all you could see were thousands of heads and above them banners waving from side to side. The colours were magnificent. Many of the T-shirts carried slogans which mentioned specific pits. It was as if the women were saying 'this is the pit I'm from and I'm proud of it'.
As people started to file onto the platform the hail filled with women chanting 'We will win, we will win, we will win.'
Each speaker had to wait for the audience to recover and the women's voices rang round and round the hall. It is not often that the National President of the NUM is unable to make himself heard – but Arthur Scargill had to wait a full ten minutes before the crescendo of singing and chanting began to subside. As he was speaking spontaneous singing broke out from the floor a few time and he had to pause and wait.
At about three thirty the rally ended and I made my way back to the car. There was a lot to remember. I knew that I had seen something remarkable and it had given me more strength than I knew I had. Things would never be the same again.'
In July, the NUM allowed the women from the Barnsley Women Against Pit Closures group to use a room at the NUM's Sheffield headquarters to answer queries and develop national and international contacts. On 22nd July the first National Conference of Women Against Pit Closures was held at Northern College, near Barnsley. Women came to the conference from each coalfield area, to hammer out a programme for the future.
The conference drew up plans for a national WAPC rally in London in August, and for a petition from the women of the mining communities to be handed in to the Queen at Buckingham Palace.
On August 11th, some 20,000 women and children descended on London in fleets of coaches plastered with posters and stickers. It was an exciting occasion especially for the women who had never been to London before, but also a very tiring one, as the march turned out to be much longer than expected. We marched through the centre of London past Downing Street – where everybody walked in silence and some scattered black flowers in the road – and the House of Commons, down to the Elephant and Castle where a giant 'cheque' was presented at the DHSS office, then on to a rally at Burgess Park, Camberwell.
Just as successful in their own way were the many local marches and rallies that took place in the coalfield areas, and the women's support groups were always there, with their own homemade banners and their collecting tins
The national conference
On November 10th and 11th, a special delegate conference met at Chesterfield to draw up the aims of the National Women Against Pit Closures:
(1) to ensure victory to the NUM in their present struggle to prevent pit closures and protect mining communities for the future;
(2) to further strengthen the organisation of women's groups which has been built up during the 1984 miners' strike;
(3) to establish a national women's organisation in all areas;
(4) to develop a relationship between the NUM and the women's organisation at all levels;
(5) to campaign on issues that affect mining communities, particularly peace, jobs, health and education;
(6) to promote working class education for women;
(7) to publicise all the activities of the National Women's Organisation at all levels.
With autumn came the first scabs in several areas which had been solid up to then, and pickets started to concentrate on their own pits, while also keeping up a presence in Notts. Women in Notts and the Derbyshire and Yorkshire areas closest to the Notts coalfield already had considerable experience of picketing. But for the majority of women, their first experience was of standing on picket lines outside their own local pit, and shouting at men who had been receiving food from them only a week ago. It was a bitter experience. With the strike breakers came their police escorts, thousands of them, bringing fear and violence in their wake.
Winter came early in 1984. By November it was already bitterly cold, and while people welcomed the cold dark nights for the pressure they put on the coal stocks, it was no fun going back to a freezing house, especially if you didn't even have 50 pence for the electricity meter. Summer clothes were outworn, and there was no money for new ones. All the pickets had holes in their shoes. Children's clothes and shoes were a particular problem, for, in spite of everything, the children had carried on growing! Whereas in the past, jumble had been collected and sold to buy food, now it was laid out for people to help themselves, and men's shoes were always the first to go. The jumble which was shipped in from overseas was especially prized, being of a very high quality – in fact there are still many fancy coats and boots being worn around the coalfields which their owners will tell you, with a smile, came from supporters in West Germany.
The Labour-controlled councils in the coalfield areas deserve a special word of praise for their discreet and often unrecognised help to the strikers and their families. Rules were stretched to the limit and sometimes were broken to provide free school meals during holidays as well as school days, 'Section One' help to families with children, clothing grants, and even Christmas toys. It made a great difference, as those unfortunate to live in Tory-controlled areas found to their cost. An example of this can be seen by the fact that one little girl was sent home from school by her headmaster because she did not have a regulation pair of brown shoes – despite the fact that all her mother could afford was plastic jelly-bean shoes, and they didn't make them in brown. Her local council said it was not their policy to give grants for school clothes, and suggested she tell her husband to go back to work. The little girl had to stay off school until a pair of brown shoes the right size turned up in a bag of jumble.
As Christmas approached, with no sign of an end to the dispute, people began to feel nervous, especially about how they would explain to the children that they would not be getting so much that year. A special word of praise is due to the children of the mining communities – they went without such a lot, and complained so little. In the event, we need not have worried. Lorry loads of toys started to arrive, from France, Belgium, Germany, Holland, and from support groups all over Britain.
More important than toys and parties, though, were the warmth and togetherness of the community at Christmas.
The miners' support groups, who had already done a magnificent job of financial and moral support all through the strike, really went to town at Christmas. As well as toys and seasonal foods, they were able to provide for Christmas parties in most communities. The national Women Against Pit Closures appeal brought in almost £½million and other individuals and unions made outstandingly generous donations. In fact many of the miners' families involved will say without hesitation: "We had the best Christmas of our lives."
After Christmas, with the weather still cold, many women spent more and more time alongside their menfolk on picket lines, trying to stem the steady flow of miners who were giving up the fight and returning to work. It was not a very happy time for them but the women played an important role in keeping morale up, with their singing and chanting, and organising social events.
With many miners' families now having no source of heating at home, the kitchens became more than ever a place where people came not just for a meal but to get warm, and to escape isolation. Inevitably in those close communities, many of the scabs were neighbours, relatives or former friends, and added to the general material hardship which people suffered was the hardship of losing people to whom one had been close, and who could never be close again.
As history now records, on March 5th the miners who had stayed loyal to the NUM marched back to work behind their banners. With them were the women who had sustained them through the strike. Heads were held high, but many had tears in their eyes. As one miner's wife said: "I feel as through someone close to me has died."
After the strike
However, underlying all the sadness was a new confidence on the part of the coalfield women. They saw so much still to do. They realised the knowledge, experience and strength gained through the strike had to be consolidated and carried forward.
First of all, the miners who had been victimized as a result of their activities during the strike had to be looked after. Many women's support groups carried on fundraising and campaigning on behalf of sacked and jailed miners and their families. In Scotland, for example, over 200 men had been sacked, and the Coal Board managers refused even to listen to any appeals.
Despite the setback of the NUM's June '85 decision not to offer miners' wives Associate Membership of the NUM, the union in Scotland has recognised this role in the strike and agreed to recognise women locally into Associate Membership, and women in other areas are hoping that their local NUM officials will follow suit. It must be said, however, that there are mixed feelings among the women on the question of Associate Membership; this is very much a reflection of the relationship built up between the women and their local NUM during the strike, as well as wider questions about the direction Women Against Pit Closures should take.
There can be no question, however, about the women's continuing commitment to defending their pits and their communities. When the EEC Energy Commission drew up plans to remove coal subsidies and increase coal imports, the women responded with a petition. When the NCB launched its divisive campaign in Notts and South Derbyshire, the women organised meetings and leaflets, and stood outside collieries to sign up men for the NUM. When the Coal Board announces pit closures, women in those communities are at the heart of the new closure campaign groups which are springing up all over the country.
Women were also finding more time to explore other political avenues. The strike brought home to many of them for the first time how much they have in common with other people fighting for peace and justice, both at home and abroad. Miners' wives have visited Greenham Common and other peace camps, have stood on picket lines with hospital workers, have helped wives of strikers at the Silentnight factories who organised food kitchens, have contacted women in South Africa, Chile, Nicaragua and El Salvador.
Many women and children from mining communities have travelled overseas as guests of workers' organisations in other countries. There was also been more time for reflection and developing some of the new ideas culled from the experiences of the past year. Women also started to write – histories, stories, poetry – and to join education classes and read and discuss, to argue more confidently, and to get involved in party politics.
Nationally, Women Against Pit Closures had a delegate structure with a National Committee that meet monthly. It was based at the NUM headquarters in Sheffield, and had a regular newsletter, 'Coalfield Women'. They held their first national conference in August 1986.
Further, in their own towns and villages, women who were active during the strike put their campaigning and organising skill to good use for the benefit of the whole community. Women joined fights against hospital closures, and for better local medical facilities. They had fund-raised for local charities, and for other groups in need.
In Llanhillieth, Gwent, the women's support group campaigned for a new Community Centre, to incorporate a day-centre, training workshops to help create new jobs in the area, and, last but not least, a crèche. In Castleford, Yorks, women were in the process of setting up a Women's Centre with the help of a County Council grant. In the North East, women's support groups linked up with peace groups and environmental groups to fight pit closures – and their replacement with a nuclear power plant. In Sherburn, North Yorks, women leafleted and campaigned during the local elections, and managed to win a previously safe Tory seat for Labour. These are just a few examples of the new directions the women's movement took.
Not all the women who were active during the strike are still involved. Hardship and demoralisation have taken their toll. Some families have had to sell their homes, and those women who had been able to find jobs were working to pay off massive debts. Many marriages went through a rough patch, and the relentless pressure by management on men in the collieries affected the whole family. But as people got their finances straightened out the old fighting spirit returned. For hundreds of women, the strike opened new doors, and there will be no going back.
This song which the women of the coalfields adopted as their own, and which was heard at marches, rallies, and concerts up and down the country says it all:
We are women, we are strong,
We are fighting for our lives
Side by side with our men
Who work the nation's mines,
United by the struggle,
United by the past,
And it's – Here we go! Here we go!
For the women of the working class.


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The countdown to Listen Out 2023 has begun, and music enthusiasts across Australia are gearing up for an electrifying festival experience at the iconic Brisbane Showgrounds.
With a stellar lineup featuring international headliners Skrillex and Four Tet, as well as a diverse array of talented artists, this year’s Listen Out promises to be a celebration like no other.
Fresh from their Coachella performances earlier this year, Skrillex and Four Tet are all set to grace the stage at the Brisbane Showgrounds on Saturday, 23 Sept 2023. While their Coachella appearances were an unexpected delight, their headlining slots at Listen Out 2023 are eagerly anticipated, and fans can expect an unforgettable showcase of electronic and hip-hop music.
Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, Listen Out has curated stages to cater to a wide spectrum of musical tastes.
The Atari Stage will feature some of the hottest hip-hop acts, while the 909 Stage will set the dance floor on fire with major electronic and dance artists. Meanwhile, the Prophet Stage promises cutting-edge electronic and house acts for those seeking an immersive sonic experience.
This diverse mix of talent will ensure that festival-goers have an eclectic musical journey.
Listen Out 2023 Lineup:
- Coi Leray
- Four Tet
- Ice Spice
- Kenny Beats
- Lil Uzi Vert
- Marc Rebillet
- Metro Boomin
- Wongo B2B Little Fritter
- Young Franco
- Yunè Pinku
- Ebony Boadu as host
- Kobie Dee
- VV Pete
- Plus triple j Unearthed artists to be announced
Brisbane Showgrounds General Manager of Venue Sales and Marketing, Jago Coyle, expressed his excitement about hosting Listen Out once again.
“The Brisbane Showgrounds is truly the home of the Sunshine State’s music festivals, as we have a variety of indoor and outdoor spaces that set the perfect scene for any festival,” he said.
Listen Out will mark the beginning of the Spring/Summer music festival season, with many more exciting events to follow at the Brisbane Showgrounds, including Fridayz Live, Post Malone, Good Things, Wildlands NYE, and Laneway Festival in the new year.
With more than 35,000 music enthusiasts expected to gather at the Brisbane Showgrounds, Listen Out promises to be a sensational kickoff to the festival season. Tickets are still available online for those eager to join in the excitement.
The Brisbane Showgrounds precinct, located just 1.5 kilometers from Brisbane’s CBD, is Queensland’s largest indoor/outdoor events site, offering a dynamic and vibrant backdrop for events of all kinds.
For more information and ticket details, visit www.brisbaneshowgrounds.com.au.

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Renault Trucks has optimised all its services from truck design right through to aftersales to provide customers with greater dependability and profitability. In its work on the chassis cab unit, the manufacturer has made sure that it can be combined with the widest possible range of bodywork and be mounted onto the chassis as easily as possible.
From the beginning of the design stage, Renault Trucks has developed an architecture which takes bodybuilders’ requirements into account. Bodybuilders can consult a dedicated website, the Bodybuilder Portal. This can be accessed by visiting: http://bit.ly/1h2q73s. Vehicles can be configured via their identification number and bodybuilders can get details of the chassis’ customised plan, the body mounting guide, the manufacturing and delivery schedule as well as the homologation paperwork. Bodybuilders can also access an online e-learning module to become familiar with the new ranges and all the body mounting possibilities and provisions they offer.
All these services add up to reducing body mounting operations by as much as 20%. Bodybuilders benefit from a greater degree of independence and reduce risk of errors.
The Range D distribution vehicles offer a number of body mounting provisions to meet the specific needs of various customer covering distribution and environmental. Among its many features, the Range D can offer provisions for installing tail lifts, tanker bodies and equipment for refrigerated or temperature controlled transport.
For the Range C and K construction vehicles, they offer a chassis with provisions for mounting cement mixers, tippers, platform cranes, concrete pumps or a boom arm crane. Body mounting is made easier by the disc brakes, fitted as standard on the Range C and available as an option on the Range K. Range C, K and D vehicles can also be supplied with electrical and mechanical provisions for mounting cranes.
The chassis can be virtually supplied to order, with a large range of wheelbase lengths in 200 to 400mm incremental steps for Range C and K vehicles and 300mm for the Range D. This reduces, or even eliminates the need for bodybuilders to shorten side members since the overhang length on the Range T, C and K. These can be predetermined to within 50mm. This makes it much easier to fit an underrun bar, a crane or a tail lift.
To increase its models’ modular flexibility, Renault Trucks can fit the fuel tanks on Range C and K vehicles at two different heights and provide them in two different types of material - steel for greater resilience and aluminium to increase the vehicle’s payload capacity. The tanks can also be fitted on the left or right of the Range C, K and D vehicles.


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Yes, same situation in The Netherlands with KPN (XS4ALL, Telfort etc.).
Sophos really needs to implement this feature and don't forget PPPoE support.
We have reached the point DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation is an essential feature and a simple requirement. It's almost 2019. The largest ISP in my country requires DHCPv6-PD over PPPoE.
"Take my money" and implement this feature please so that we can get rid of pfSense.
Please combine this with DHCPv6-PD.


With 17 confirmed cases of swine flu now crisscrossing five counties in northern and central Oregon, Jackson County health officials say the Rogue Valley is likely to see its first case before too long.
"I would expect it is going to come to the valley," said Dr. Jim Shames, Jackson County's medical officer, during a Monday afternoon press briefing.
The goal will be to reduce the spread and severity of the illness, he said.
"We have medication stockpiled," Shames said, adding county health care providers and school officials are doing a good job of staying on top of the latest information.
As of 4 p.m. Monday, Oregon public health officials had confirmed 17 cases of H1N1 influenza virus in five counties. Another five cases listed as probable will likely be verified as positive for the virus, Shames said.
"I expect they will be confirmed," he said.
Lane, Multnomah, Polk, Umatilla and Washington counties all have confirmed cases. Of the 22 total confirmed and probable cases, seven are children, four are teens and 11 are adults. Ten are males and 12 are females.
Two people have been hospitalized from the effects of the swine flu. One was a child with other health concerns, who has since been released. The other is a teenage female in the intensive care unit who is recovering. In the rest of the cases, the people are recovering or have recovered at home, state health care officials said in a Portland press conference.
Shames said there are 280 cases of swine flu in the United States, with one death reported. Considering the seasonal influenza is known to kill 36,000 people each year, the H1N1 influenza, at this point, is a "relatively mild illness," Shames said.
What remains unknown, he said, is whether the virus will mutate over time. Will it settle down over the summer? Or will it return as a more virulent disease in the fall?
No one has developed antibodies to this strain of flu, Shames said. But everyone can participate in being aggressive about prevention, he stressed. Practice frequent hand-washing and cough or sneeze into a tissue or into the crook of your arm, not in your hand. And stay home if you are ill, Shames said.
Jackson and Josephine county health officials met with local school superintendents and higher education staff members earlier Monday to discuss strategies for possible school closures should swine flu cases surface. Shames presented the latest guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta and from the Oregon Public Health Division.
County public health officials, school officials and the state public health officer would make the decision whether to close local schools. The state public health officer would determine whether statewide school closures were necessary, and would communicate that recommendation to the state superintendent of schools. Closures would depend on the number of students infected and who they may have come in contact with, Shames said.
"It would depend on who's sick and how sick they are," said Shames, adding that the county is directing part of the influenza informational campaign toward employers.
Do not penalize infected employees so they can stay home and not infect others, Shames said.
The day after Oregon identified its first likely case of swine flu, Jackson County activated an emergency hotline to provide information about the virus and how to avoid it. The hotline number is 774-3880. A state hotline, in English and Spanish, also is available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 1-800-978-3040.
Statewide, classes were canceled in the 6,200-student Forest Grove School District as well as for the 3,000 students in the Central School District's schools in Monmouth and Independence.
Classes resumed Monday in the Willamina School District in Yamhill County after crews sanitized classrooms there. Meanwhile, the North Bend School District asked its students to return after a test on a student thought to have the flu came back negative.
Western Oregon University planned to reopen today. It closed on Friday after a WOU student was diagnosed with the H1N1 virus.
Reach reporter Sanne Specht at 776-4497 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.org.


What is Smallbore Rifle?
Competitive Smallbore Rifle is one of the most challenging rifle disciplines in the world. It requires that the shooter be conditioned to long strings of fire, while focusing on the four basic tenets of rifle shooting: Position, Breathing, Sight Alignment, and Trigger Control. The targets are intentionally challenging – a violation of one of the four tenets rewards the shooter with a less than perfect (“clean”) score.
Smallbore Rifle remains an Olympic discipline, and is popular all over the world due to this very fact. It focuses on two types of competitions – Three Position (3P), & Prone only.
Here at Fairfax Rod & Gun Club matches are sanctioned by the The National Rifle Association (NRA).
In 3P, shooters are required to fire a pre-determined number of shots in each of the three shooting positions: Prone, Kneeling, & Standing, at distances of 50 yards. Common courses of fire are the “3×20” (20 shots in each position) or the “3×40” (40 shots in each position).
Prone only matches, are fired solely in the prone position. In NRA Prone, shooters may be tasked with firing up to 160 shots per day, at two distances – 50 yards and 100 yards. Shooters are classified according to their skill level after they have fired a predetermined number of shots: Marksman, Sharpshooter, Expert, & Master.
All NRA Smallbore matches take place on the Frank Mann Range. The Club has held Local, Regional, and International matches over the last 45 years.
It is important to observe the hard and fast rule that shooters and spectators on the firing line must wear both eye and hearing protection at all times on the range.
Events are all listed on the club calendar that can be found at: http://fxrgc.org/calendar/maincal.cfm
Registration is ordinarily completed in advance of the competition, but may be completed on the morning of the match. Firing begins at 9:00AM. Competitors arrive early, to set their equipment up on their predetermined firing points.
Usual course of fire:
50 yard targets may have five or six bulls. The bulls above a guard line are for “sighting shots”. The lower four are for “record shots”, and count towards your score.
100 yard targets are oriented vertically, with a single sighter bull, and two record bulls below a guard line.
The total or aggregate score is for all record bulls eye targets on which five shots are fired on each at 50 yards; 10 each at 100 yards. A perfect score would be 200-20X per target. Generally speaking, 20 minutes are allotted to fire on each stage/target.
- single shot rifles chambered in .22LR caliber, firing a 40gr. lead round nosed bullet.
- Metallic (iron) and/or Any (scope) sights are used in NRA competition.
- 20 rounds to shoot each stage of the match, but with sighter shots, 25 minimum, is recommended per stage.
- Shooting mat, coat, and glove
- Spotting scope and stand
- Empty Chamber Indicator
- 12 Target hanging clips
- Generally $45-$50 ($25 for Juniors).
The Club sponsors two 3-Position matches, and one Prone match each year.


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“I didn't study music. I tasted and ate it, sipped and drank it. Occasionally threw it out”
I’m a independent pop singer and songwriter.
I was born in Lithuania and I started to sing at the age of 6 in a local choir, after my parents saw my attempts singing into made up microphone.
At the age of 15 I got my first guitar and started to compose songs.
Soon after writing my first ones I told my classmate I’d like to start a band and a year later we played our first gig in our school. The band was called "No Hero". My dream came true.
Leaving hometown and band wasn’t easiest thing to go through but new city and people opened bigger opportunities to reach the audience.
In 2006 “Hetero” where I played guitar and wrote songs won "EuroRock Contest” and had a great trip in a van around Europe playing gigs and jam sessions with musicians from Germany, France, UK, Netherland. After this great period the band has split. Our former manager suggested to replace singer and drummer. We’ve tried but it was a complete flop.
My solo career in pop music started while living in Ireland after. I wrote major part of my first album (in Lithuanian). "Aštuoni" is the name of this album. The album was recorded in 2012 in Milan where I moved after Ireland. The record was made at "Massive Arts Studios" with Fabrizio Grenghi as producer and arranger. The first single of the album "Traukiniai" arrived in Lithuanian Top 20 and the video it is still transmitted by the National broadcaster LRT.
“There is no silence so turn the music up ”
In December of 2013 I was selected to represent Lithuania in "Eurovision Song Contest" with the song "Something" where I was the writer and performer. At the Eurovision I have reached the final (Sweden 2013) competing with great musicians from all Europe.
“Music is giving me a chance to share the light passing through the words and melody”
After making a tour in my country, I moved to live in UK. There I’ve started writing new material in english and working along with Lincoln University audio production students and with the Massive arts Studio.
18 months in England gave it’s fruits, once the album was ready, I’ve packed my bags and came in Valencia, Spain to record it.
I’m actually working on this new record through the support of my followers with a found-raising campaign on Kickstarter. The album will be recorded at the Cut Record Studio in Valencia and realised in May.
“Fundamental ingredients of my melody: Peace, Freedom, Respect”
In the near future I plan a tour to share my new record, starting from Spain and moving around EU.
After all, I feel that the music I am currently working on can touch, inspire, encourage and give people moments of interior comfort :)
“LIFE WITHOUT MUSIC WOULD BE MISTAKE” (Friedrech Nietzsche)
Enjoy and share it.


NEW BERLIN — With people having spoken both for and against a proposed PDQ gas station/convenience store in the New Berlin City Center, the project is slated for a New Berlin Plan Commission vote on April 13.
The commission also will consider new home for the New Berlin Farmers Market - east of the planned PDQ,15055 W. National Ave.
At Thursday's public hearing, speakers against the PDQ tended to focus on not wanting a gas station so close to where they live, about the hubbub of a 24-hour gas station operation and about fumes. A number of apartments are near the site, along with homes across National Avenue and fairly nearby east of the potential development.
Those with back yards on National Avenue also were concerned that the station could be open 24 hrs. a day. They were concerned about noise, lights and additional traffic on National Avenue making it even more difficult and possibly dangerous to turn left from Acredale Road to go east on National Avenue.
Speakers in favor tended to focus on the convenience of a grocery store with a deli and other items, especially within walking distance of a large population area, the aesthetic of the convenience store building, the clock tower giving the city center an identity, having the farmers market move to the city center, especially that the land owner will build the covered structure for the market and the fact that when not being used for the farmers market it will have other retail uses.
All the speakers seemed to like that the land owner, State Representative Joe Sanfellipo (R-New Berlin) was going to donate a large portion of this parcel to the city for use as an attractive pedestrian friendly area with trees and a plaza.
However, Mayor Dave Ament said after the meeting of the concerns neighbors raised: "If my back yard was across the street I would have the same concerns."
He too had questions.
"When I first saw the proposal, I had a number of concerns that if they could not be resolved I would not be able to support it," he said. Those included the lighting and how a conventional filling station would look at one of the main entrances to the city center, he said.
"I think we all remember how unattractive and junky the old filling station on the north east corner of National and Moorland was and how much nicer the new Starbucks is," he said.
However, that objection has, in his view, been overcome: "The new structure for the convenience store and clock tower will look great on this corner, hides the gas fueling area from view on National Avenue. and it will give this area of the city center a distinctive identity."
Ament paid tribute to the land owner for being responsive to the city's concerns. He was optimistic that the remaining concerns, including the possibility of screening for those across National Avenue, can be worked out.
If that happens, the development would be a plus for the city, he said.
"This development will bring what this section of the city center has been lacking since it first started developing about 20 years ago," Ament said.
Alderman Joe Stribl who sits on the plan commission said in his view the positives outweigh the negatives.
"It's a good design, it will promote traffic and activity and that's good," he said after the meeting. "It's employee-owned, they are good neighbors and this is one of the most expensive stores they are building because of the aesthetics, the setbacks and building materials. It would be good for New Berlin."
Stribl also said he liked the plaza that would be located behind the station on Library Lane. The plaza at Michelle Witmer Drive and Library Lane could be used for public gatherings, he said.
According to the plan, the PDQ convenience store would feature a deli with made-to-order sandwiches, rotisserie chicken, beer and wine, an on-site bakery and coffee.
The proposed farmers market shelter could also be used for seasonal sales of sod, flowers, garden plants, pumpkins and Christmas trees, according to the plan.


So you’re browsing through a website or store and are bombarded with multiple AR options to choose from. One of the biggest decisions/concerns, and one we get a lot of questions about is: “What’s the difference between the Direct Impingement (Gas) and Piston operated uppers?” Our last blog post, How to Change Your AR Handguard, briefly addressed one of these differences. But we thought it might be beneficial to write a blog that specifically details the differences between the two so that you can make a more educated purchase.
Direct Impingement [gas] Operated AR15
We’ll kick off this shin-dig with the most common AR design, the DI (Direct Impingement) system.
How it works.
Basically, when you fire a bullet it creates a small explosion in the chamber of your AR. The explosion in-turn creates gas which has to go somewhere, and there is only one way to go. So the gas travels down the barrel until it hits the gas block. There, the gas makes a u-turn and heads back towards the chamber through a gas tube. Once the gas makes it back to the receiver it hits the BCG (bolt carrier group) and pushes it back into the buffer tube. The gas is dispelled and the buffer spring pushes the BCG back where it will chamber another bullet or lock back in place if the magazine is empty.
The animation below shows a basic visual representation of what happens in a DI system.
Featured DI (Gas) System AR Upper: SIONICS Weapon Systems Patrol ZERO
Pros and Cons of DI.
Direct Impingement AR Uppers tend to be lighter than the Piston AR Uppers out there. That is because DI systems have less moving parts: gas block, gas tube and that’s it. Fewer parts mean less weight. They also tend to be, but not always, a little less expensive than piston ARs; yet again, probably due to having fewer parts. There are also replacement parts available everywhere so something that broke can easily be addressed and corrected whether in the field or out at the range.
However, DI systems tend to get dirtier. The hot gas that travels through the gas tube carries with it extra powder and residue. These things come to rest in the upper receiver chamber, BCG, and every nook and cranny of the receiver. Now that’s not a terrible thing; all it takes is a brush or a rag and it can be wiped down from time to time. But let’s be honest, not a lot of shooters clean their guns like us other OCD shooters. So if left to build up over a long period of time the residue can cause malfunctions with the AR’s operation. It’s also super important on both DI and Piston uppers to keep them well lubricated.
Most recreational shooters aren’t going to put the amount of ammo through one of these things that will cause huge build up problems. Still, it’s always good to clean your gun at least once every two – three times you go shoot it (my general rule-of-thumb). OTIS Technology makes a nice portable cleaning kit for ARs.
Piston Operated AR15
Next up is the Piston System; a.k.a. Gas Piston AR system.
How it works.
So, the main difference in the Piston system is that instead of a gas tube, it has an actual piston drive rod. When the bullet is fired, the gas travels down the barrel to the gas block. Instead of traveling back to the receiver through a tube, the gas pushes a piston system and then escapes out of the gas block. The piston is then pushed backward into the receiver moving the BCG back.
The animation below shows a basic visual representation of what happens.
The featured Piston System AR Upper: Adams Arms Base Carbine Upper
Here’s slow-mo footage of a Piston System Running
Pros and Cons of Piston System.
Now that you know how it works, lets get down to the brass tacks of it all. Piston System ARs run extremely well. Because there is almost no gas running back into the upper receiver, they tend to run cleaner and cooler than DI guns. If you run a 30rd mag through a DI and a piston AR, the piston AR will come out cleaner.
On the flip side of things, piston ARs tend to be heavier than DI (Gas) systems. They have more moving parts which not only makes them heavier, it can make them more expensive (Once again, there are expensive DI ARs and some inexpensive Piston ARs; so it all really depends). When a DI system operates, all the moving is internal; on a piston system, there is external moving that can affect the stability when firing quickly. Parts for the piston systems are harder to come by than they are for the DI systems so make sure and stock up on extras so you will have them for a malfunction at the range or in the field.
There are some great retro or conversion kits out on the market to take your DI gun to a piston gun one such as the Adams Arms Conversion kits. It’s a cool way to test out the piston world without breaking the bank. NOTE: Make sure you follow the installation instructions to the letter so you are not disappointed if it is not set up correctly. There are some great videos out there to help with this process Here:
So which one should you pick?
As with anything you buy in life, it’s going to come down to personal preference. Some like their Harley’s does that mean it’s better than a Honda. Not necessarily, Harley’s may be better in some places like American made parts and craftsmanship, but Honda’s may be better in price and customizability.
Each AR15 operation system has its perks and its downfalls. It all comes down to your overall goals and mission of the weapon system. If you desire something with a little less maintenance in the cleaning department, the gas piston style would probably be your choice. If you are looking for something that has a vast array of options and parts availability, the DI might be the way to go. Take the time/research to find out what you are wanting out of the weapon and research which would fit your mission best, or you can be like us and have lots of both :).
Hopefully, this Blog has helped you understand the difference between DI (Direct Impingement) and Gas Piston style of AR15 uppers and rifles. Please feel free to send us a comment or question.
We appreciate you reading our blog. If you have any questions please comment below or feel free to email us: Sales@WesternSport.com


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Rufus wins Best in Show
The winner of the 130th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show was a terrier with an egg-shaped head named Rufus.
Ch. Rocky Top's Sundance Kid, a colored bull terrier, is no stranger to the best in show ring; Rufus, as he is called, is the winningest dog in the history of his breed. He won the terrier group last month at the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship and was the No. 3 terrier in the country last year.

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Whenever we pass by any building or house, no matter how calm and quiet it may look from the outside, there’s chaos inside. Lives get shattered, people keep laughing and crying. There is drama occurring we are not aware of. It’s the life inside of walls which it could tell us if it were able to talk.
Nothing predicted that an ordinary evening will turn into a nightmare. The life of three neighbors living in the same building will connect through a car accident. Andrea (Alessandro Sperdutti), heavily drunk while driving his car, after seeing a pregnant woman, was lucky not to hit her, but instead fatally hits another pedestrian instead. When Lucio (Riccardo Scamarcio) leaves his daughter with an older neighbor, the girl and the man disappear. When he finds them, the heartbroken father is sure that the man has sexually assaulted her. Yet, he soon faces his own legal battle having been accused of having sex with an underage girl.
“Three Floors” is another flawless Italian drama coming from director Nanni Moretti. Spanning over ten years, the film unfolds deep wounds of three families, mental issues, sexual assaults, car accident, betrayal, abandonment and redemption. It’s a moving and highly effective drama filled with solid performances from prominent Italian actors, including Margherita Buy, Riccardo Scamarcio, Alba Rohrwacher, Adriano Giannini, Elena Lietti, Alessandro Sperduti, Denise Tantucci, Nanni Moretti, Anna Bonaiuto, Paolo Graziosi, Stefano Dionisi and Tommaso Ragno.
If there’s anything the film teaches, it’s that time heals pain. However, the same time deepens the same pain for some, creating no way out. It’s “Three Floors” and three levels of life all of them must pass. One way or another, they will succeed. For some, the outcome won’t as happy it should be. The same way it happens in real life. And that’s the beauty of the film; it has no pity or remorse towards its characters. It creates a flow for everyone involved to follow. It’s a matter of choice one should make. The rest of it, I hope, you will find out after watching this beautifully crafted film.


BMW Z4 2.5si Sport
At Cheltenham on Sat, my Clio got 159 @ the fly, 121 @ the wheels... Seems ok, as it got 163 @ fly and 129 @ wheels a couple of mths ago...
But... Sats graph indicates the max rpm was 7130 rpm Funny, as my car redlines at 6500 rpm.. on the 163bhp result, the graph shows max rpm as 6490..
Also torque on Sat was 118 lbf-ft Was 141 lbf-ft last time.