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Quantized Conductance of a Single Magnetic Atom
A single Co atom adsorbed on Cu(111) or on ferromagnetic Co islands is contacted with non-magnetic W or ferromagnetic Ni tips in a scanning tunneling microscope. When the Co atom bridges two non-magnetic electrodes conductances of are found. With two ferromagnetic electrodes a conductance of is observed which may indicate fully spin-polarized transport.
The conductance of nanometer-sized contacts may be decomposed into contributions of transport eigenchannels according to , where is the quantum of conductance (-e: electron charge, h: Planck’s constant), and is the transmission probability of the th channel rla_57 ; mbu_88 . The factor in the quantum of conductance is due to spin degeneracy. In contacts involving magnetic electrodes the spin degeneracy of transport channels may be lifted. Each spin-polarized channel then may contribute up to to the total conductance.
A quantized conductance of is expected when a fully spin-polarized current is transmitted with a probability of through a spin-polarized transport channel. These conditions appear difficult to fulfill. Nevertheless, experimental observations of conductance quantization in units of have repeatedly been reported jco_97 ; ton_99 ; fel_02 ; msh_02 ; vro_03 ; dgi_03 . These conductances were observed with ton_99 ; msh_02 or without jco_97 ; fel_02 ; vro_03 ; dgi_03 external magnetic fields, for ferromagnetic jco_97 ; ton_99 ; fel_02 ; msh_02 ; vro_03 and non-magnetic electrodes vro_03 ; dgi_03 . On the other hand, the absence of non-integer conductance quantization has also been inferred from experimental results csi_96 ; cun_04 . Untiedt et al. showed that contaminants like or CO modify the conductance and could, in the case of CO adsorption on Pt electrodes, give rise to a conductance of cun_04 . A considerable variety of model calculations aba_04 ; dja_05 ; asm_06 ; aro_07 ; mha_08 have been performed and support the notion that conductance quantization in units of is not expected from the investigated ferromagnetic contacts. It should be noted, however, that the modeling performed so far did not include geometrical relaxations of the contacts although the importance of the detailed atomic arrangement has been emphasized aba_04 ; mha_08 ; jcu_98 ; jve_04 .
The contradictory conclusions reached from the various experiments may be related to a lack of characterisation of the atomic details of the junction. This problem may be reduced by using a cryogenic scanning tunneling microscope to probe the conductance of clean single-atom contacts in ultra-high vacuum. Here we apply this approach to investigate prototypical junctions. A single magnetic atom on a spin-polarized island or a non-magnetic substrate is contacted with non-magnetic and ferromagnetic tips. We find that the conductance of a single Co atom is when two non-magnetic electrodes are used. With ferromagnetic electrodes the conductance is . Conductances of are observed for a combination of a non-magnetic and a ferromagnetic electrode. In contrast to previous experiments, the contact geometry and chemistry are characterised by imaging of the contact area prior to and after conductance measurements. We hint that the observed conductance may be related to the detailed geometry and bonding at the contact.
The experiments were performed using a home-built scanning tunneling microscope operated at and in ultra-high vacuum with a base pressure of . The Cu(111) surface as well as chemically etched W and Ni tips were cleaned by argon ion bombardment and annealing. Tungsten and Ni tips were fabricated from thick wire of purity. Cobalt deposition onto Cu(111) was performed at room temperature using an electron beam evaporator and a Co evaporant of purity. Single Co atoms were deposited onto the cold sample surface through openings in the cryostat shields. The tip magnetization direction is dictated by the shape anisotropy since magnetocrystalline anisotropy is small in Ni. Therefore, the tip is magnetized along its axis leading to a magnetization perpendicular to the substrate surface mra_06 . Cobalt islands on Cu(111) are well studied jfi_93 ; mop_97 ; opi_04 and identified as single-domain ferromagnetic exhibiting a perpendicular magnetization with strong coercivity and remanence opi_04 .
Figure 1 shows a pseudo-three-dimensional scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) image of a Co island and single Co atoms adsorbed on Cu(111) at . The Co island exhibits a triangular shape and a thickness of two Co layers as expected. On top of the island a single Co atom was adsorbed. These surface structures together with a non-magnetic W or a ferromagnetic Ni tip provide four contact configurations. The W or Ni tip may contact a Co atom adsorbed on the non-magnetic substrate surface or on a ferromagnetic Co island.
Cleanliness of the tip as well as of the Cu(111) surface and the surface of adsorbed Co islands was monitored by spectroscopy of the differential conductance (). The Shockley-type surface state of Cu(111) was observed as a sharp step-like onset of , while Co islands exhibited occupied as well as unoccupied states as pronounced peaks in spectra of opi_04 . Therefore, the presence of contaminants, in particular of hydrogen, adsorbed on the substrate or the islands can be safely ruled out. Moreover, hydrogen adsorbed on Co islands has recently been shown to desorb by using tunneling currents exceeding msi_08 . In the contact experiments reported here, currents of the order of are passed through the islands.
Figure 2 displays the conductance of a single Co atom between different combinations of electrodes, as a function of the displacement of the microscope tip. For small tip displacements the conductance varies exponentially with the displacement as expected for the tunneling regime (denoted in Fig. 2). In a transition region () the conductance rapidly increases. Finally, a smaller variation of the conductance occurs in the contact region (). To define a contact conductance, , we approximate the conductance data in the transition and contact regions by straight lines. Their point of intersection defines the contact conductance. This definition has previously been used for contacts to noble metal atoms and molecules and was found to reproduce their expected contact conductances jkr_08 . Conductance values obtained from Co atoms according to this procedure are summarized in Table 1.
While for the W – Co – Cu junction the contact conductance is , which is in agreement with single-Co conductance measured on Cu(100) nne07a , we observe lower contact conductances with ferromagnetic electrodes. The most striking result is obtained when a Co atom adsorbed to a Co island is contacted by a ferromagnetic tip. In this case the contact conductance is . Combinations of non-magnetic and ferromagnetic electrodes lead to Co atom conductances of (W – Co – Co) and (Ni – Co – Cu).
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|W – Co – Co|
|Ni – Co – Cu|
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We note that conductance curves acquired for voltages exhibited the same characteristics as presented in Fig. 2. Voltages led to an enhanced mobility of Co atoms adsorbed on Co islands. We experienced the Co atom to change its adsorption site - either to the tip or to an adjacent site on the island - during tip excursion toward the adsorbed atom.
These results clearly show that the conductance of a ferromagnetic Ni – Co – Co contact is close to . At present, it is not clear whether this value is due to transport through a combination of partially open channels or, most excitingly, a single fully spin-polarized channel. In any event, the experimental result appears to contradict current modeling results on ballistic transport through magnetic constrictions which do not indicate conductance quantization in units of .
We suggest that relaxations of the atomic positions in the contact region may be at the origin of this discrepancy. Recent theoretical work by Häfner et al. mha_08 lends support to this interpretation. The conductance of atomic-size Co and Ni contacts and the spin polarization of the current were reported to be very sensitive to the contact geometry. In particular, for electrode separations in the tunneling range, Häfner et al. calculated a conductance of essentially reflecting a spin polarization of the current of nearly . For smaller electrode separations at contact, however, the spin polarization was predicted to drop sharply to zero over a range of . Relaxations of atomic positions owing to adhesive forces, which have been found for other single-atom lli_05 and single-molecule nne07b contacts, were not included in these calculations. They may shift the range of distances where spin polarization is lost. This scenario, which remains to be analyzed by detailed calculations, would imply that the observed conductance is due to a fully spin-polarized channel.
In conclusion, we observed a conductance of from single Co atoms between ferromagnetic electrodes. The contacted atom as well as the status of the electrodes were characterized by imaging and spectroscopy of the atom and the hosting surface. The observed conductance reduction from to appears to contradict available modeling results for transport through magnetic atoms. It calls for calculations which take into account the detailed structure and bonding of the junction.
We thank M. Brandbyge (Technical University of Denmark) for preliminary calculations and discussions. Financial support by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft through SFB 668 is acknowledged.
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WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
CMA CGM v. Diana Smith
Case No. D2015-1774
1. The Parties
Complainant is CMA CGM of Marseilles, France, represented by Inlex IP Expertise, France.
Respondent is Diana Smith of Southlake, Texas, United States of America ("United States").
2. The Domain Name and Registrar
The disputed domain name <cma-cgmn.com> (the "Domain Name") is registered with eNom (the "Registrar").
3. Procedural History
The Complaint was filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (the "Center") on October 6, 2015. On October 6, 2015, the Center transmitted by email to the Registrar a request for registrar verification in connection with the Domain Name. On October 6, 2015, the Registrar transmitted by email to the Center its verification response confirming that Respondent is listed as the registrant and providing the contact details.
The Center verified that the Complaint satisfied the formal requirements of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Policy" or "UDRP"), the Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Rules"), and the WIPO Supplemental Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Supplemental Rules").
In accordance with the Rules, paragraphs 2 and 4, the Center formally notified Respondent of the Complaint, and the proceedings commenced on October 14, 2015. In accordance with the Rules, paragraph 5, the due date for Response was November 3, 2015. Respondent did not submit any response. Accordingly, the Center notified Respondent's default on November 4, 2015.
The Center appointed Dinant T. L. Oosterbaan as the sole panelist in this matter on November 12, 2015. The Panel finds that it was properly constituted. The Panel has submitted the Statement of Acceptance and Declaration of Impartiality and Independence, as required by the Center to ensure compliance with the Rules, paragraph 7.
4. Factual Background
Complainant CMA CGM is a company incorporated in France. Complainant is the third-largest container shipping company worldwide. It operates in more than 165 countries serving over 450 ports around the world, including in the United States.
According to the evidence submitted by Complainant, Complainant has a large number of trademark registrations for CMA CGM, including International Trademark Registration CMA CGM with number 191384, filing date October 2, 2013. In addition, Complainant operates websites containing the CMA CGM mark.
The Domain Name <cma-cgmn.com> was registered on September 28, 2015.
The trademark registrations of Complainant were issued prior to the registration of the Domain Name.
5. Parties' Contentions
Complainant submits that the Domain Name is confusingly similar to its CMA CGM trademarks as it contains the well-known CMA CGM trademark in its entirety. The addition of the letter "n" is not sufficient to distinguish the Domain Name from the CMA CGM trademark.
According to Complainant, Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the Domain Name. Respondent is not commonly known by the Domain Name and has not acquired any trademark or service mark rights in the Domain Name. According to Complainant, Respondent is using the Domain Name to send emails to customers of Complainant from an email address, [name redacted]@cma-cgmn.com, that has the <cma-cgmn.com> address as its root as part of a common phishing scheme in which scheme Respondent makes the false claim that the customer owes money to Complainant and asks the customer to provide banking information. According to Complainant, Respondent has failed to create a bona fide offering of goods or services and is not making a legitimate noncommercial or fair use of the Domain Name.
Complainant submits that Respondent has registered and is using the Domain Name in bad faith, in particular as Respondent is using the Domain Name as part of a common phishing scheme.
Respondent did not reply to Complainant's contentions.
6. Discussion and Findings
Paragraph 15(a) of the Rules instructs the Panel to "decide a complaint on the basis of the statements and documents submitted and in accordance with the Policy, these Rules and any rules and principles of law that it deems applicable".
Paragraph 4(a) of the Policy requires that Complainant proves each of the following three elements to obtain an order that the Domain Name should be transferred or cancelled:
(i) the Domain Name is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which Complainant has rights; and
(ii) Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the Domain Name; and
(iii) the Domain Name has been registered and is being used in bad faith.
The Panel will proceed to analyze whether the three elements of paragraph 4(a) of the Policy are satisfied in this proceeding.
A. Identical or Confusingly Similar
Pursuant to paragraph 4(a)(i) of the Policy, Complainant must first of all establish rights in a trademark or service mark and secondly that the Domain Name is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which Complainant has rights.
Complainant has established that it is the owner of numerous trademark registrations for CMA CGM. The Domain Name <cma-cgmn.com> incorporates the entirety of the widely-known CMA CGM trademark as its distinctive element. Many UDRP decisions have found that a disputed domain name is confusingly similar to a complainant's trademark where the disputed domain name incorporates the complainant's trademark in its entirety. The additions of the letter "n" and a hyphen ("-") are insufficient to avoid a finding of confusing similarity.
The Panel finds that Complainant has proven that the Domain Name is confusingly similar to Complainant's trademark.
B. Rights or Legitimate Interests
In the opinion of the Panel, Complainant has made a prima facie case that Respondent lacks rights or legitimate interests in the Domain Name. Respondent is not commonly known by the Domain Name nor has she acquired trademark rights in it. Complainant has not licensed or otherwise permitted Respondent to use any of its trademarks or to register the Domain Name incorporating its mark. Respondent is not making a legitimate noncommercial or fair use of the Domain Name without intent for commercial gain to misleadingly divert consumers or to tarnish the trademark of Complainant. Based on the evidence provided by Complainant, Respondent only uses the Domain Name as part of a common phishing scheme. The phishing scheme uses the Domain Name as its root to create the impression that an email is sent by the financial director of Complainant to customers of Complainant in order to fraudulently induce customers to provide banking information. Obviously, such phishing scam cannot be considered a bona fide offering of goods or services nor a legitimate noncommercial or fair use of the Domain Name. Respondent did not submit any response.
Under these circumstances, the Panel finds that Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the Domain Name.
C. Registered and Used in Bad Faith
The Panel finds that the Domain Name has been registered and is being used in bad faith. Noting the widely-known status of the CMA CGM mark and the overall circumstances of this case, the Panel finds it more likely than not that Respondent knew or should have known that the Domain Name included Complainant's widely-known CMA CGM trademark.
The Panel notes that Respondent's use of the Domain Name which incorporates Complainant's trademark in its entirety indicates that Respondent possibly registered the Domain Name with the intention to attract, for commercial gain, Internet users to its website or other on-line location by creating a likelihood of confusion with the trademark of Complainant as to the source, sponsorship or affiliation of its location, as per paragraph 4(b)(iv) of the Policy. Furthermore, the Panel accepts Complainant's undisputed submission that bad faith registration and use of the Domain Name is further indicated by the fact that there is strong suspicion of Respondent using the Domain Name in a phishing scam.
The Panel finds that Complainant has proven that the Domain Name has been registered and is being used in bad faith.
For the foregoing reasons, in accordance with paragraphs 4(i) of the Policy and 15 of the Rules, the Panel orders that the Domain Name <cma-cgmn.com> be transferred to Complainant.
Dinant T. L. Oosterbaan
Date: November 20, 2015

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With SSA form, you can ignore those and get a similar level of precision.
Memory usage: Without SSA form, an analysis must store information for every variable at every program point.
You can write compilers without, but for most optimizations you'll need to convert to SSA. what makes SSA so special for compiler construction It makes doing immutability and loop invariant reasoning a ton easier, along with constant propagation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_single_assignment_form More generally, SSA means implicit use/def information.
Use/def information and traversal are critical components of many static analyses and transformations: having the IR in SSA form greatly simplifies reasoning about and implementing these analyses and transformations.
In SSA form, you only need on value, not a list of values, for each variable.
You can also number single-assignment variables by number, rather than by name, and so use simple arrays rather than hashtables to store the results.
I'm mostly wondering whether there are any non-obvious "gotchas" that aren't apparent to me as a non-expert.1.
a well-regarded folklore algorithm, although that paper is the first publication with a detailed analysis.
SSA form allows a sparse analysis, where an analysis must store information only for every assignment in the program.
With a unique version per assignment, the memory usage of storing the results of an analysis can be considerably lower than using bit-vector or set-based approaches.


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Jenny is five years old, and what she likes to eat, more than aything else, is spaghetti. Lots of it. She asks for spaghetti for breakfast, lunch and dinner. But she eats so much spaghetti that one morning she discovers that her hair has turned into spaghetti.
Jenny Spaghetti, the first book by writer and illustrator Karen Margaret, is the cute story of what happens as Jenny tries to solve her problem.
At the spaghetti factory where Jenny goes, looking for help, Jenny finds herself grabbed by a spaghetti machine and squished into a can. A journey through the production line follows and Jenny finds herself on a supermarket shelf, where she is a bought by a little old lady.
Imagine the lady’s surprise when she finds Jenny in her bowl at lunchtime. Together they try to solve Jenny’s dilemma – until the little old lady comes up with a very clever solution.
Children aged three to eight will enjoy this quirky tale. They will especially enjoy the fun and bright illustrations.
Jenny Spaghetti is the first publication of new Western Australian publisher Blossom Books. The quality of this hardback edition is to be applauded.
Jenny Spaghetti by Karen Margaret
Blossom Books, 2001.
Ideas For Parents and Educators
1. The first time you read the story, stop on the page before the old lady comes up with the solution (But it just grew back). Ask your child/ren for suggestions how they could solve Jenny’s problems. Discuss each one. Then finish reading the story.
2. Make a collage picture of Jenny. Draw her face then glue pieces of uncooked pasta or wool for her hair. If you are using pasta, have fun with the shapes and colours of different pasta – spaghetti, spirals, vegeroni and so on.
3. Discuss each child’s favourite food. For older children, have them write a story or draw a picture of what would happen if they turned into their favourite food.
4. For the littlies: Give children tubular pasta shapes for threading necklaces and bracelets. To make it more fun, dye the pasta with food colouring first.
5. Use a garlic press to make ‘spaghetti’ out of play dough. Make a ball of dough for jenny’s head and attach the spaghetti.
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Former military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, has weighed in on the controversial Hate Speech Bill, saying nobody can Muzzle Nigerians and deny them freedom of speech.
General Babangida pointed out that there was even no basis for the bill which has passed the second reading in the Senate insisting that no one can deny Nigerians their fundamental rights.
Babangida spoke in his Minna Uphill residence when he received visiting the National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Chief Christopher Isiguzo. The Protection from Internet Falsehoods and Manipulation Bill and the National Commission for the Prohibition of Hate Speeches Bill were recently introduced in the Senate.
Babangida recalled that a similar bill was presented before the eighth National Assembly and he advised against. “I am surprised that this bill has resurfaced. There is no basis for this now. We are developing; we should be allowed to develop.
If we make mistakes people can be cautioned. If somebody goes off you have the right to call him to say, ‘no, we don’t want this.’ “Unless people are able to express themselves, those in government or in authority will not know what is happening in the country.” The former military president said the Bill was an “eye service” by the sponsor, describing the death penalty prescribed in the bill as “crude and wicked “If somebody makes hate speech, put him in the gallows and not shoot him.
It is crude and out of tune with the 21st-century reality. It could have happened, maybe some 300 years ago, but not now.” Babangida vowed to team up with the NUJ and other stakeholders in protesting against the passage of the bill saying, “I am with you on this.
I will also talk to those of us who could be in a position to bring sanity to bear on some of these things.”
The former military president said he had been following media publications on the forthcoming American election, adding, “if we had their type of media, I think they should be jailing you all by now.” He credited himself with opening up the media space even when some of his colleagues opposed his policy.
“But today, the country is better for it,” he said. He challenged the media to remain strong and focus on what Nigerians wants, maintaining that the nation can only succeed if we allow unfettered freedom without death threat or N10 million fine, which he said sounded silly.
Earlier, the NUJ president had solicited the support of the former military president to bring down the bill before the National Assembly.
He described Hate Speech Bill as anti-democracy and anti-people and, therefore, must be killed. Reacting, legal icon, Chief Afe Babalola (SAN), described the bill as a slide to dictatorship and that there was no need for extra laws in Nigeria.
Babalola, the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), said it was needless and unwarranted for anyone to contemplate another law to deal with false publications when there were laws already promulgated to take care of such situation. Babalola spoke at ABUAD in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday, when the leadership of NUJ, Ekiti chapter, led by its Chairman, Com Rotimi Ojomoyela presented an award of excellence to the Legal Icon to appreciate his contributions to humanity and national development.
The legal icon noted that the provisions of the proposed bill in its entirety clearly contravene section 39 of the 1999 constitutions, which guarantee freedom of speech. Lampooning the champions of the bill, Babalola said: “This is the beginning of dictatorship.
There are enough laws like defamation, libel, and slander to deal with anybody who publishes falsehood against someone and it comes by way of taking the person to court.
“So, it is of no need to making new laws to deal with somebody who publishes falsehood. There was no need whatsoever for additional laws to deal with that. Though, people are complaining, because the police are not doing well by delaying prosecution of offending

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The passage of the National Security Act of 1947 was a landmark in the organization of America’s military establishment. However, it was a series of little-known 1949 amendments to the act that decisively shaped the character and organization of the military for the next half century.
August 1999 marks the 50th anniversary of the creation of those amendments, which took power from the military services and vested it in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Moreover, the amendments started a series of legislative initiatives in the 1950s which subsequently turned America’s defense establishment into a massive, highly centralized bureaucracy.
The drive to amend the National Security Act of 1947 occurred in the wake of James V. Forrestal’s first stormy months as Secretary of Defense, months which were distinguished by a bitter roles-and-missions struggle between the Air Force and the Navy. During the contentious years 1946–47, with the debate over national security legislation raging, Forrestal succeeded in achieving the Navy’s goal of making the Secretary of Defense a coordinator rather than a true administrator.
The 1947 act gave the United States Air Force its long-sought independence, but it failed to give the Defense Secretary sufficient authority over the National Military Establishment. The fledgling Air Force had fought for more authority for the Secretary because it believed he would be ineffectual without it. Moreover, USAF judged that a strong Secretary would support its claim to the strategic atomic bombing mission.
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Two factors caused tempers to flare. First, the Truman Administration was determined to hold the defense budget to about $13 billion a year, a relatively low amount. Second, Forrestal believed that sustaining a “balanced” force of land, air, and sea components required the US to split the tight budget into three nearly equal portions. This intensified the roles-and-missions struggle. The Navy thought it was in danger of losing its air arm to the Air Force. The Air Force was convinced that the Navy was attempting to build a strategic air force of its own.
This rancorous battle was played out in the context of deepening Cold War tensions. The Soviet Union had set up puppet governments in Eastern and Central Europe, prompting former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s famous 1946 comment that an “Iron Curtain” had fallen across the European continent. And in June 1948, provocative Soviet moves forced the Western Allies to mount the Berlin Airlift to keep the city free and functioning.
Thus, international tensions took center stage. Even so, the first Secretary of the Air Force, Stuart Symington, had been perturbed from the start that Forrestal had simply moved his staff from the Navy Department into the Office of the Secretary of Defense. In a letter to Forrestal, Symington charged, “Nobody who ever served a day in the Air Force was a member of your permanent top staff.”
Another criticism came from Air Force Reserve Brig. Gen. W. Barton Leach, the Harvard Law School faculty member who, in 1949, would organize the case for the Air Force during the Congressional B-36 investigation. Leach noted:
“ These [OSD] civilian officials are not prejudiced against the Air Force, nor are they unwilling to learn. But an instinctive understanding of Air Force problems is not in their blood; they do not naturally seek the association of Air Force people; and when the chips are down it too often happens that the Air Force gets the short end of these very important decisions that are controlled by the staff of the Secretary of Defense. … For the most part, OSD has been staffed with able men. But ability is not enough. A Supreme Court comprising the nine ablest lawyers in the country would not be acceptable if it turned out that all nine came from Wall Street firms.”
Symington had thought all along that the 1947 act should only be the first step in reorganizing the nation’s military, and he thought that there would ultimately be a price to pay for having a Secretary of Defense who was merely a coordinator rather than a strong administrator. In the summer of 1948, he informed Clark Clifford, Truman’s assistant, that “it is now my considered opinion that the present National Security Act must be changed in order to work.”
Forrestal thought that he could operate effectively as a coordinator. However, he now found himself unable to deal with interservice disagreements over allocation of resources and the assignment of responsibility for numerous programs. He lacked decision-making authority and had badly misjudged the intensely divisive character of the issues. On top of this, he and his staff found themselves overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of the work before them.
“ Dead Cats”
In a moment of grim humor, Forrestal predicted, “This office will probably be the greatest cemetery for dead cats in history.” The official OSD history concludes that “one of the most painful experiences of Forrestal’s public career was reluctantly concluding that the statute he had done so much to engineer contained serious defects.”
In early 1949, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (USA, Ret.) noted that Forrestal was “obviously most unhappy.” Eisenhower said, “At one time, he accepted unequivocally and supported vigorously the Navy ‘party line,’ given him by the admirals.” Now, Eisenhower judged, Forrestal trusted the Army’s leadership more than the Navy’s.
As early as February 1948, Forrestal expressed serious reservations about the National Security Act. In a report to Truman, he indicated a need for a deputy and emphasized the debilitating effects of interservice rivalry.
Forrestal also tried to act through former President Hoover’s Commission on Reorganization of the Executive Branch, of which he was a member. In May 1948, he arranged for close friend Ferdinand Eberstadt to head the commission’s National Security Task Force. Symington informed Eberstadt in October 1948 that “we have had a year of unification directed toward obtaining ‘more security for less money’ and are more convinced than ever of the importance of putting more authority in the hands of the civilian head of the National Military Establishment, the Secretary of Defense, and also streamlining and concentrating the military authority under him.”
Forrestal told Eberstadt’s group that the truly enormous workload was swamping OSD’s ability to cope. In December, in his first annual report, Forrestal recommended appointment of an undersecretary of defense and augmentation of the Joint Staff. Moreover, he called for removing the service secretaries from the National Security Council. Finally, he asked that his office be given more authority; specifically, he asked Congress to drop the word “general” in describing the nature of his control over the three military departments.
Gen. Carl A. “Tooey” Spaatz, the first Chief of Staff of the Air Force, contended that the National Security Act needed fixing to enable the Defense Secretary to be “in control of the Department of National Defense and the component parts thereof.”
Spaatz argued, “The safeguards placed by law to protect an individual service are an anachronism that dates from the days of sailing vessels. Any attempt to temporize with this situation by further adherence to outworn and overworked traditions will not only pyramid the costs of our national defense establishment but will be disastrous in the event of war.”
Spaatz believed that Forrestal was, in fact, overburdened. The remedy, he maintained, would be to provide the Secretary with assistant secretaries. The right of appeal of the service secretaries to the President and the Bureau of the Budget should be abolished, he went on. Moreover, Spaatz argued that the Pentagon leader should have a military chief of staff as a top advisor and that the Joint Chiefs of Staff should be abolished along with the service secretaries. The military heads of the services would be designated as commanders, and the Secretary of Defense would serve as the only military representative on the National Security Council.
Vandenberg and Norstad Weigh In
Spaatz was succeeded in April 1948 by Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg. Several months later, in June 1948, the new Air Force leader testified before the Eberstadt group, which had been chartered to determine how to make the defense establishment more efficient. Vandenberg, like others, emphasized that Forrestal possessed neither sufficient authority nor adequate staff. Lt. Gen. Lauris Norstad, USAF deputy chief of staff for operations, agreed with Vandenberg and noted that the Secretary of Defense simply did not have the staff to properly discharge his duties.
Norstad said, “The Secretary needs high-caliber assistant secretaries who are important all-around-capable people, not just experts along narrow lines.” Norstad also proposed a military staff for the Secretary, one that would be headed by “a top military man who would sit on the JCS and carry its decisions to the Secretary of Defense.”
Moreover, according to Norstad, the right of appeal of the department secretaries up to the President—over the head of the Secretary of Defense—“should be struck out since it tends to destroy the Secretary’s authority.”
Both Vandenberg and Norstad favored abolishing the position of the President’s chief of staff (held during the war by Adm. William D. Leahy) in favor of giving the Secretary a top military person to resolve differences between the services.
With a weak Secretary and an ineffective JCS, it was difficult to break deadlocks within the Joint Chiefs. The Chief of Staff charged, “The Joint Chiefs of Staff is not effective as a top-level military authority. The reason is that this body does not have at its head an officer who has the authority and responsibility of decision—and can arrive at decisions only by unanimous vote—which is another way of saying that each service has an absolute veto power such as exists in the Security Council of the UN. No other agency of American government is expected to exercise authority under the handicap of such a system.”
Vandenberg noted that the Joint Chiefs were under substantial pressure to reach agreement—“some agreement, any agreement.” He did not believe this approach to be sound. “The country,” he said, “is entitled to expect from its military leaders right decisions in the national interest, not merely agreements which represent the best deal that can be made among the three armed services.”
“ Man on Horseback”
Meanwhile Navy leaders continued to emphasize that they feared excessive power in the hands of the Secretary of Defense, claiming it could produce the much-feared “man on horseback” style of leadership. John J. McCloy, president of the World Bank and advisor to Eberstadt, noted that the man on horseback argument usually was advanced by “those who themselves seek unfettered power.”
McCloy asserted, “I doubt whether we need fear the man in uniform in this regard any more than the man or men in civilian clothes to whom we have given far greater authority.”
As to the argument that change should proceed gradually, McCloy told Eberstadt that “the condition of the world today demands that our military establishment be put in order right away.”
In its final report to the Hoover Commission, Eberstadt’s task force recommended strengthening the Defense Secretary’s authority, increasing his staff, and appointing a full Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Truman got behind the drive to revise the National Security Act, and the commission in early 1949 went on record in support of placing more power in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Within the Administration, there were voices—some of them in the Bureau of the Budget—that called for Congress to go much further in the direction of downgrading the military services, but they did not prevail.
Meanwhile, Forrestal had begun suffering deep mental distress of a clinical nature. He had resigned under pressure in March 1949 and was replaced by Louis A. Johnson, a former assistant secretary of war and fund-raiser for Truman’s 1948 campaign. Forrestal had wanted to remain at his post for a few more months, but Truman asked for his resignation, having become aware that Forrestal had turned increasingly indecisive and appeared to be racked with tension and fatigue.
Forrestal, in fact, was suffering a mental breakdown. Some maintain that he was victimized by the combination of holding an office with great responsibility and insufficient authority.
After relinquishing his post, Forrestal entered Bethesda Naval Hospital, where, on May 22, 1949, he plunged to his death from the hospital’s 16th floor.
Johnson strongly supported the Administration position on amending the National Security Act, as did the Army and the Air Force. The Navy and Marine Corps remained reluctant, however, with Gen. Clifton B. Cates, the Marine commandant, arguing that the legislation would confer “entirely too much power” on the Secretary of Defense.
In the summer of 1949, during hearings on the amendments, Johnson clashed with Rep. Carl Vinson, the powerful Georgia Democrat who chaired the House Armed Services Committee. Vinson emphasized that, in his opinion, the position of the Secretary was sufficiently strong already. Johnson retorted: “I think the security of the nation can’t be adequately protected without having this additional authority. I think secondly that it is going to cost the defense establishment more than our economy can bear unless we have this law.”
Vinson attempted to delay the legislation by suspending hearings—his committee was gearing up to investigate procurement of the B-36 bomber—but Truman reacted by transmitting his plan (Reorganization Plan No. 8) to Congress first. It passed both houses, and Truman signed it into law Aug. 10, 1949.
The National Security Act Amendments of 1949 converted the National Military Establishment into the Department of Defense, making it an executive—or cabinet level—department and downgraded the services from executive to military departments. In addition, the Secretary of Defense gained total “direction, authority, and control” over the entire department and became the “principal assistant to the President in all matters relating to the Department of Defense.”
Although the service secretaries would still administer their respective departments, they would be under the complete direction and control of the Secretary of Defense. Departmental secretaries also lost their previous statutory right to make recommendations directly to the President or the budget director. However, the secretaries could make recommendations to Congress. Also importantly, the secretaries would no longer be allowed to represent their departments on the National Security Council.
The undersecretary of defense was given the rank of a true deputy secretary with the authority, when required, to act for the Secretary of Defense. The three special assistants to the Secretary were elevated to assistant secretaries.
Several changes were made in the composition of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Leahy’s position of chief of staff to the President, a holdover post from World War II, was abolished and Congress authorized the appointment of a full-time Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. The JCS Chairman would hold rank senior to all other officers and advise the President and the Secretary of Defense. However, Truman’s recommendation to allow the JCS a joint staff of indeterminate number was rejected. Congress agreed only to increase the staff from 100 to 210.
The 1949 amendments also gave the Secretary more control over the Munitions Board and Research and Development Board.
“ Crybabies in the Niches”
This 1949 legislation marked a critical turning point in US military organization away from decentralization toward a highly centralized national defense bureaucracy. “We finally succeeded,” Truman noted, “in getting a unification act that will enable us to have unification, and as soon as we get the crybabies in the niches where they belong, we will have no more trouble.”
At the time, many interpreted the President’s comment as a slap at Navy and Marine leaders who had opposed unification and remained unreconstructed.
The Air Force and the Army understood that Forrestal’s concept of the Secretary as coordinator had failed and resulted in confusion if not chaos in the defense establishment. The Secretary, bereft of requisite authority, could not make decisions.
Just ahead lay stunning events that would test the new defense setup. Truman announced on Sept. 23, 1949, that the Soviet Union had detonated an atomic device; the American monopoly was broken, with great emotional and political effect in the US. Symington became increasingly disturbed at what he viewed as the Administration’s inaction in the wake of the Soviet atomic explosion.
“ It is the psychological tendency of humans,” he wrote to Johnson, “to become used to danger. So far as this reduces the effects of fear, it is good. So far as it leads to discounting danger and failing to provide against it, it can lead to disaster.”
Frustrated by his inability to convince the Administration to build up the Air Force, Symington resigned to take the helm at the National Security Resources Board, just two months prior to the onset of the Korean War in June 1950.
The passage of the amendments did not resolve deep-seated issues between the services. However, the outbreak of war in Korea led to a great expansion of the defense budget and relief from the funding pressure that had stoked interservice rivalry.
The 1949 amendments brought a measure of stability to the defense establishment. The structure has always been imperfect. Today, the challenge to US leadership is to keep the military establishment fine-tuned in a period in which the US has undertaken vast new international responsibilities.
Herman S. Wolk is senior historian in the Air Force History Support Office. He is the author of The Struggle for Air Force Independence, 1943-1947 (1997) and a co-author of Winged Shield, Winged Sword: A History of the United States Air Force (1997). His most recent article for Air Force Magazine, “When the Color Line Ended,” appeared in the July 1998 issue.

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A case has been filed under relevant sections of law and police have started its investigation into the matter. Earlier today, a Hurriyat activist was shot dead by terrorists near his house at Bomai area of Sopore. According to media reports, soon after the attack, he was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared him dead.
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Ben Schwartz and Joe Keery have made my dreams come true (and a lot of other people too)! The actors came together to release a very touching father-son Instagram video with their characters Jean-Ralphio (Parks and Rec) and Steve Harrington (Stranger Things) due to every fan’s dream theory of Jean-Ralphio being Steve’s son.
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Senator Jack M. Martins was the guest reader at Winthrop Pediatric Associates on a recent morning as part of the Reach Out and Read Program. The program encourages medical professionals to promote reading to children. The program is utilized at four locations in the Seventh Senate District – Winthrop, Cohen’s Children’s Medical Center of NY in Lake Success, The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center of NY in New Hyde Park and Port Pediatrics in Port Washington.
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View Full Version : CFS suomi barrel mount question
02-02-2006, 09:53 PM
Got two Suomi kits coming from CFS with my Yugo kits. Won't get here for a while but I already got a question so if you suomi guys please provide some info:
the suomi's have interchangable barrels. and the barrel/heat tube are detachable, mounted to the receiver using a bayonet mount, right? The CFS suomi kits are torched, so is that barrel mounting structure also damaged? can"t really tell since CFS's web picture is really small, but it looks like it is damaged pretty badly.
If the barrel mount can be salvaged then it should't be too hard to build a SuomiAK pistol...... With quick detachable barrel that is:thumbup1:
02-02-2006, 10:32 PM
Jaa-??ni , Suomi M31's hankkia by keskeytt?? kierteitt?? asentaminen & kuolema jalostaa h?vitt?j? heid?t kauttaaltaan. Hyv? menestys avulla sinun heijastaa.
02-02-2006, 10:35 PM
Sorry, just having fun.
My Suomi kits were absolutely destroyed at the barrel nut. It appears to be a course interupted thread with 4 lugs. It won't be hard to replicate.
02-02-2006, 11:55 PM
Got two of the $20 specials, mine were in the same shape. Fortunately the Prexis 80% receiver comes with the mounting lugs already machined. The hard part will be the front filler that contains the mounting for the takedown lever and the rear filler that fits behind the magwell. Out of the two kits I got, one front was useable and neither had a good rear. GPC has rears for $15, but are sold out of the fronts.
02-03-2006, 05:14 PM
all five of mine were toast only one has any usable material behind the lug at all. Who is GPC ? are there front lugs avaliable any were? spent several hours staring at those kits last nite. May build a square straight tube reciver with rails and mill the bolt down and mod for semi firing pin. was thiking of putting the recoil spring in a FAL type position. was going to just make a trunion and press and pin barrel but if front lugs were avaliable that would change my thinking?
02-03-2006, 09:00 PM
I was thinking about using a 1.6mm AK receiver and cut off the suomi bolt's front portion and mod it to fit into a AK carrier, then drill and install AK firing pin. Have to make the front trunnion but since it is only 9mm I can use a huge aluminum block for it. Also drill the aluminum trunnion block to get the guide hole for the carrier (so no need to add a gas tube for guiding).
Too bad the original barrel mount can not be reused.
02-03-2006, 10:02 PM
there may be enough to weld the lugs to something else like a home made trunion on one of my kit's. I have a lathe and mill so I think I can duplicate the barrel mount. I dont think I will need to use any AK parts except a trigger group. plan on dong this one from scratch for under $50.00 as a pistol( no compliance parts). you might want to contact prexis to see if they can sell you just the front. Thinking about this now it maybe something I should start making for sale. a square block turned round on the end for the barrel mounts with lugs cut in with a hole the size of the barrel enough extra material for guys to drill there own guide rod holes ect maybe even a mag well built in. Man I want a cnc mill.
02-04-2006, 12:37 PM
1biggun, GPC is Gun Parts Corporation, formerly Numrich. Their Suomi listing is below. IIRC, Prexis was offering newly made front filler blocks but I haven't checked lately to see if he still lists them or not. BTW, price on the rear filler is $18, not $15.
02-04-2006, 09:58 PM
thank you for the info. Prexis online site was closed said his daughter was killed in a auto acident tonight! my heart goes out to these people


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The Slotva is the ultimate tool for creative expression, thanks to its three unique reverb algorithms, Dark, Dream, and Rise. When set to Dark, a lower octave is added, allowing users to conjure atmospheric and nightmarish soundscapes. In Dream mode, a latching pad function is added for infinite sustain, and the reverb becomes lush and cavernous.The Rise algorithm generates cinematic auto swells that bloom and blossom into gorgeous walls of sound. Once you find a tone you love, save it to one of the Slotva's three preset slots, and you'll be able to recall it whenever you need it. Complete with the ability to manipulate your signal's wave shape for textured modulation effects, The Kamakura Series Slotva is great for fans of the original who want a more visually striking version. Specs Power Requirements: 9VDC, 100mA minimum Dimensions: 4.77" x 2.6" x 1.39 SKU: SLOTVAKS. This item is in the category "Musical Instruments & Gear\Guitars & Basses\Parts & Accessories\Effects Pedals\Delay, Echo & Reverb". The seller is "creamcitymusic" and is located in this country: US.
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DJ Zinhle’s ‘Indlovu’ has finally hit over 500k views on YouTube.
The star featured Loyiso Gijana in the video and it is definitely a banger.
According to her, Indlovu is a sonic representation of her desire to impact society in a meaningful way with music.
Taking to Twitter, DJ Zinhle announced the news as she shared a screen shot.
Well, the video is currently on 503,271 views.
She wrote: “Thank you for half a million views in one week. #IndlovuMusicVideo”
— #Indlovu #ERAbyDJZinhle #ZeeNation (@DJZinhle) April 12, 2021
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16 January 2018
HARIBO has donated £20,000 to Leeds Community Foundation’s Leeds Fund to support the charity’s initiative The Leeds Fund and the next round of #GiveLoveLeeds grants.HARIBO has donated £20,000 to Leeds Community Foundation’s (LCF) Leeds Fund to support the charity’s initiative The Leeds Fund and the next round of #GiveLoveLeeds grants.
The donation is inspired by HRH Prince Henry of Wales’ summer visit to Yorkshire, where he spoke at LCF’s Leeds Leads: Encouraging Happy Young Minds event before visiting HARIBO’s Castleford based facility, and reinforces the brand’s commitment to promoting and supporting emotional well-being and good mental health.
Herwig Vennekens, Managing Director at HARIBO, said: “HARIBO is proud to support its local communities. We have been involved in a range of charitable activities for many years and are pleased to be able to provide LCF with the funds needed to continue their work in this crucial area.”
LCF’s Leeds Fund, which launched in 2016, accepts contributions from individuals and companies wanting to support the city in which they live and/or work. The Leeds Fund is responsive to a variety of needs across the city and distributes #GiveLoveLeeds grants of up to £2,500, as well as Micro Grants of up to £500 to support new and emerging community activity across Leeds.
Mr. Vennekens continued: “We’re looking forward to our contribution making a real difference, and helping to support LCF’s efforts in recognising smaller charities and the wider needs of the city.”
Leeds Community Foundation’s (LCF), hosted the event which addressed the mental wellbeing of the city’s young people and brought together various mental health projects, charities and beneficiaries of The Leeds Fund. The next round of #GiveLoveLeeds grants will keep the events focus and be centered on helping mental health charities which support young people in the city.
Kate Hainsworth, CEO of Leeds Community Foundation, said: “We are extremely pleased that HARIBO has decided to support the fourth round of #GiveLoveLeeds Grants which will help projects that encourage happy young minds across Leeds. We are particularly grateful to both Prince Harry and HARIBO for championing mental health and supporting The Leeds Fund. Thanks to HARIBO we can continue to support charities across the city that make a difference every day.
“Round four of the #GiveLoveLeeds grants will support encouraging happy young minds as mental health concerns increase across the country and here in the city of Leeds. Good mental health is fundamental to our physical health and wellbeing and to the way we all live our lives. It is important in our relationships, in our work and in helping us to achieve our potential. We are currently calling for applicants for this round of grants and welcome all applications.”
LCF are looking for projects that seek to improve young people’s mental health and/or give them the tools to keep their young minds healthy. For this fund, the term ‘young people’ applies to people between the ages of 16 to 25 year olds.
To apply for this round of grants please apply following the link below before 31 January 2017. http://www.leedscf.org.uk/theleedsfund-giveloveleeds/

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Final:Southwest Guilford 74, WS Parkland 64
The Cowboys hosted Conference foe Parkland tonight. It was both team’s conference opener for the 20-21 campaign.
Who could start the vital conference season off on the right foot? Could the Cowboys rebound after the tough loss Friday night?
The game opened with both teams battling back and forth. The teams traded baskets the entire frame with neither grabbing any momentum over the other. The opening frame closed with the Cowboys holding a slim 16-15 lead.
In the second quarter the Cowboys started to play a little tighter defense. Southwest began forcing turnovers and getting open looks in transition. Those baskets started to add up and the Cowboys got the lead up to 10. The Mustangs however took advantage of some sloppy and lackluster play in the last minutes of the half and cut the tally to 37-31 going into the break.
The Mustangs came out of the break and took the fight straight to the Cowboys and scored the first 6 points to tie the game up at 37 apiece. Following a timeout, the Cowboys were able to find the defensive and offensive energy again and went on a strong run of their own. Southwest forced more turnovers and got some highlight worthy dunks on the break to build the margin up to double digits once again. Yet, the Mustangs didn’t fold and got the score to 51-42 to end the stanza.
The final frame had the teams trade runs once again. The Mustangs were able to get the lead down slightly, but each time the Cowboys would have an answer. Some key stops and timely shooting allowed the Cowboys to keep Parkland at arms length. Southwest had yet another very solid total team effort with tremendous contributions from the whole roster. Parkland was led by Bryce Jackson with 21 points. The Cowboys were paced by Claude Cormack with 23, Stevon Harrison with 15, and DeAnthony Butchee with 14 points.
Southwest improves to 4-1 overall, and most importantly gets the solid conference win to start off 1-0 in the Piedmont Triad 3A. Next up for the Cowboys is a tough matchup with Smith on Friday night.
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Parkland 15 16 11 22 64 Southwest 16 21 14 23 74
Parkland (0-5, 0-1)
Scott Walker 11
Deaje Brown 13
Bryce Jackson 21
Ramaj Williams 15
Jaden Sebastian 2
Jaxon Monell 2
Southwest (4-1, 1-0)
Amarya Huggins 2
Claude Cormack 23
Isaiah Smith 1
DeAnthony Butchee 14
Noah Goldston 2
Stevon Harrison 15
Troy Scarborough 8
Alston Harrison 5
Courtesy of Southwest Guilford head coach Greg Vlazny


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The abbey museum is located in the second floor of the Imperial Wing. In not less than 12 rooms, a survey of the abbey’s art collections is displayed. The collection of late Gothic panel paintings, in particular, is of more than regional significance.
The Babenberg family tree
The Babenberg family tree (1489/92), an 8-metre wide triptych originally set up at the tomb of St. Leopold for the benefit of pilgrims, is an outstanding work of art. This giant painting was commissioned by Klosterneuburg Abbey after the canonisation of Leopold III in 1485, to make the new patron saint known to the faithful and at the same time make them acquainted with his family history. The work on this huge triptych took until 1492 to finish. The middle part shows each male representative of the dynasty in a scene that is typical for his life (a number of historically valuable views of different towns, abbeys and castles are depicted as well). On the side wings, their wives and daughters are portrayed.
Panel paintings by Rueland Frueauf the Younger
The paintings by Rueland Frueauf the Younger were all created between 1496 and 1507. They are among the most well-known works of art in the abbey, especially the four panels illustrating the legend of the veil. What makes these paintings so remarkable is their wealth of details. A completely new approach towards landscape can be seen here.
One of the rooms shows the collection of Renaissance bronzes. This collection is one of the richest of its kind in Austria. Most of them come from Italian workshops of the 16th century.
“Mercury and Cupid”, a lead statuette by Georg Raphael Donner, paintings by Johann Michael Rottmayr, Paul Troger, Martin Johann Schmidt (also known as “Kremser Schmidt”) and Franz Anton Maulbertsch are highlights of Baroque art. The Gallery of Modern Art exhibits a selection of religious art form 20th and 21st century in changing presentations.


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East Anglia: So far, so good for this year’s pea harvest, says Anglian Pea Growers
East Anglian pea growers were more than a third of the way through harvest this week, and hoping for a good crop.
Chair of Anglian Pea Growers Richard Hirst said it was too early to say for sure at the moment as only about 35% to 40% of members’ crop is in, but so far it was looking “reasonable”.
“It has been a lovely growing spring but the heavy rain that Suffolk in particular had at the end of May has affected some crops,” he said.
“We have got very good quality across the board which is good from the consumer point of view, which is what we want, but until we actually finish, a whole lot of things can go wrong with peas. They are terribly water-sensitive. Certainly at the moment we are pleased with how things are going.”
Anglian Pea Growers is a farmers’ co-operative made up of around 120 farms from Bacton in Norfolk to Nacton near Ipswich, and between them they supply around 10 to 12% of the UK market..
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Its peas, harvested using its own joint-owned machinery, are sent to the Norbert Dentressangle plant at Oulton Broad, near Lowestoft, to be frozen. The co-op sells to a company called Ardo, which is a Belgian family business with a UK arm. The peas are then sold to supermarkets throughout the UK where they are purchased by consumers as ‘own label’ produce. They are also sold to some food outlets.
Mr Hirst expected that they would finish harvesting the peas around the second week of August.
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“We normally have about a 55-day harvest,” he explained. Today is about day 25 of the run.
The co-op was fairly unique in the level of co-operation between members, added Mr Hirst, who grows around 65 hectares of peas on his farm near Great Yarmouth.
How well pea growers will do this year is hard to tell, he said.
“A lot depends on how the crop turns out. Until the end of the season it’s a job to know how good it’s going to be,” he said.
“We have agreed a contracts and it depends on how we perform against that.”
Despite the East Anglian pea growers’ efforts, the UK still imports some peas. About 135,000 tonnes are grown here, but about 160,000 tonnes go into the market.
Farm manager at Home Farm Nacton, near Ipswich, Andrew Williams has already brought in his pea harvest.
“It has been a good growing spring,” he said. “We came out of a horrible winter and very wet winter but a very mild winter. We are on light land and a lot of the peas harvested (through Anglian Pea Growers) have probably been on light land,” he said.
“We had a nice run since then apart from that very wet time during May.”
An intense period where four inches of rain fell in a short period caused some headaches, he said.

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Tied at 35 with four minutes remaining in the third quarter, the Regina boys basketball team pulled away and outlasted Mid-Prairie in a 63-50 win Tuesday in Wellman.
Drew Cook's double-double of 15 points and 12 rebounds paced Regina in its victory. Phil Arendt led the Regals in scoring with 17 points, while Nathan Stenger added 16 points and five assists.
"They pressured us almost every possession, but we limited our turnovers," Regina coach Randy Larson said. "It was a good win for us."
Dayton Hall led Mid-Prairie in scoring with 22 points. He also had three rebounds and two assists. Nathan Faselt added 13 points, six rebounds and two assists.
Regina improved to 8-0 while Mid-Prairie fell to 4-4.
? IMS 53, WAPELLO 38: Eli Gingerich's 15 points pushed Iowa Mennonite to a 53-38 win against Wapello.
IMS led 15-4 after the first quarter and held a 29-15 advantage at halftime.
Reggie Hostetler added 10 points and four assists, while Tanner Leyden and Zach Hill recorded nine and eight points, respectively. Dallas Nye registered a near double-double with seven points and 10 rebounds.
IMS now is 7-1.
? IMS 46, WAPELLO 38: An 18-3 lead after the first quarter was never relinquished by Iowa Mennonite School as it coasted to a win in Wapello.
Kristin Davis made an impression on the score sheet with 14 points, four assists and three steals. Twelve of her 14 points were via the 3-pointer. Nicole Yutzy also had a productive outing with 12 points, seven rebounds and three steals.
Riley Schmieder added 13 points, and Cassidy Bontrager pulled down six rebounds for IMS (5-3).


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According to a recent Fact Sheet released by the White House, President Obama is calling for tax reforms that would include provisions for retirement. At his 2015 State of the Union Address, he referenced his plan to expand access to retirement savings options for middle-class workers. Whether you support the President’s plan or agree with his opponents, one thing is certain - our country is facing a retirement crisis.
Like many of our colleagues in the financial and retirement world, PAi has been carefully monitoring these developments. Regardless of the outcomes of these reforms, our vision remains unchanged – a world where workers own their own retirement. We will continue to focus on providing quality care to our customers and creating solutions, such as our Co-Pilot 401(k), that help make retirement readiness a reality for all workers. Regardless of politics, the fact that we are having this conversation at a national level is an important step in the right direction.

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Well being IT will see a major enhance with the implementation of healthcare reforms. Inside the atmosphere there are suprasystems, such as human society, and systems inside the suprasystem, equivalent to the academic and industrial methods and the health care delivery system. The rise in the patent violation instances, medical identification frauds, loss of patient data, and enterprise file breaches are predicted to propel the global healthcare cyber security market in the years to come back.
Ghana has a Nationwide Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), and built a public-personal partnership community to achieve areas with out public health services. It’s really not simply one thing you “do” however something that you just follow to strengthen, loosen up, and energize your physique and mind. A 2020Â report by the Company for Healthcare Research and High quality evaluated 10Â research of yoga for low-back pain (involving 1,520 whole members) and found that yoga improved ache and function in both the short time period (1 to 6 months) and intermediate time period (6 to 12 months).
An MBA in healthcare administration ensures that you simply obtain good management expertise with proper sources, internships and guest lectures. Various universal programs of well being coverage exist in all industrialized countries, except in the United States which has a mixture of private and non-private insurance but with excessive percentages of uninsured and poorly insured.
Fact: People with psychological well being problems are simply as productive as other staff. An analysis of the feasibility of at-residence telehealth yoga for treating power ache. For most people, whether the system is market-primarily based or government-run issues loads less than whether it’s meeting their needs. Just lately, tech giants are making their presence felt within the healthcare sector with numerous apps, new instruments, IT, analytics and utilizing cloud based technologies in a bid to make healthcare simple and accessible to every person.
A second main influence derives from the priorities given to numerous moral values: “There is no such thing as a strategy to adjudicate disputes among the many Holy Trinity of price, quality and access until a courtroom of values is on the market to dispense its wisdom” (Reinhard, pg. 1). These values include respect for the autonomy of each sufferers and providers, the maximization of profit, and the promotion of justice or fairness, understood as equality or liberty.


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genre: Progressive Rock
"Great Gig-Comfortably Numb" performed by One of These Daze
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These songs by Pink Floyd were performed by One of These Daze: Les Brooke (vocals, bass), Matt Geiger (vocals, guitars), David c Deal (keyboards), Tom Hannah (lead guitar), Steve Lee (drums), Cynthia Lugo-Zacharich (vocals), Jessica Stewart (vocals).
This was a wonderful band to be part of and I hope you enjoy our demo recording.
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Regarding the Death Penalty..
Recently outside of my dorms, I have listened to the voices of the people in chicago, crying for help to help the case of Troy Davis. The concept of the death penalty in a democratic nation shows (in my opinion), the lack of faith and patience our nation has in an individual.
Whether one has committed a crime, or whether one is innocent, we as a nation and a union should NEVER underestimate the rights of a man. I am not saying to have faith in an individual who has committed injustice, however it is unjust to create a death penalty for an individual such as Troy Davis, or any other individual in that sense. The death penalty has become an underestimated reason to amend situations, leading our nation and society to believe in safety again.
Our nation, as well as any other country should never force a death on a living soul. Hasn't our present and past already performed enough injustice? From friendly fire to suicide, to homicide, to torture, the list goes on and on. We as a nation should have faith and be able to distinguish from the just and unjust. Let me know what you think!


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Following the PoC of thermostat ransomware that Pen Test Partners showed at DefCon 24, this presentation digs deep into IoT devices and their “controlling” apps. We’ll walk you through the ransomware attack and then move onto general malware, which by-the-way has no easy method for detection. Even when firewalled correctly these devices are still vulnerable to local attacks, and we’ll show you how compromises can be achieved. We’ll also take a look at CSRF spraying, IoT equipment in public areas, supply chain tampering, and malicious firmware updates.
We want people to get maximum value from this session so we ask that everyone attending comes armed with questions and opinions, especially following the IoT DDoS botnet Mirai and the attack on Dyn.


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A bipartisan Senate bill would require the Department of Transportation to take a look at the impact hours of service and electronic logging device regulations would have on the agriculture industry.
The Modernizing Agricultural Transportation Act would create a working group of DOT, Department of Agriculture, and ag and transportation industry officials to focus on guidelines to reform existing HOS and ELD language on the trucking of farm goods. The ag industry has expressed concern about existing language, especially for truckers hauling live animals that would be unable to pull over or rest without presenting an animal welfare risk.
Appropriations riders have kept the ELD language from being enforced on ag truckers since it was rolled out, and the industry has sought broader legislative relief ever since. Sen. John Hoeven, a North Dakota Republican and the top GOP member of the Senate Ag Appropriations Subcommittee, said the bill “builds on our efforts, establishing a process to address unnecessary burdens under these regulations and advance reforms based on the input of agriculture producers, while also ensuring roadway safety is maintained.”
Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., is the bill’s lead Democrat. In a statement, he said “it is important that we maintain safe roads while also recognizing the unique flexibility needed to move Colorado’s agricultural products to markets.”
In addition to Hoeven and Bennet, the legislation is cosponsored by Sens. Steve Daines, R-Mont., Tina Smith, D-Minn., Mike Rounds, R-S.D., Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, James Risch, R-Idaho, Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, Mike Braun, R-Ind., and Roger Marshall, R-Kan.
The bill also has the backing of several ag industry groups, including the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and National Pork Producers Council.
For more news, go to www.Agri-Pulse.com.


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The former Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, passed amilitary medical examination commission in the winter, even before being appointed as Ambassador to the UK, where he was declared unfit for military service, the Ukrainian newspaper Dzerkalo Tyzhnia wrote on March 9, citing sources.
He resigned from military service in February after being placed at the disposal of the Defense Minister, but neither Defense Minister Rustem Umerov nor President Volodymyr Zelenskyy offered him a suitable military position commensurate with his level of training and experience.
Under these circumstances, General Zaluzhnyi decided to resign from military service in order to have the opportunity and right to pursue other activities.
It is unclear whether Umerov signed the resignation after the President announced his intention to appoint Zaluzhnyi as ambassador to London.
The several-week delay in resolving the issue was due to changes in the regulatory framework, including Presidential decrees, following the adoption of a law establishing a new list of military ranks.
"Therefore, it was not legally clear who should dismiss Zaluzhnyi, with the rank of general, from military service – by order of the Defense Minister or by Presidential decree, as previously generals of the Ukrainian army have been dismissed," the publication explained.
According to current legislation, after two months of being at the disposal of the Minister, financial support, excluding salary, is stopped. It was UAH 1,762 ($46) per month for General Zaluzhnyi, who holds the highest military rank
On Feb. 8, Zelenskyy announced that Zaluzhnyi was stepping down as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, to be succeeded by the Commander of the Ground Forces, Oleksandr Syrskyi.
The President made the announcement following a week of speculation about Zaluzhnyi’s resignation and reports of a rift with the Commander-in-Chief, which resurfaced in November 2023 after two prominent articles published in Time and The Economist, as well as subsequent events.
In the run-up to Zaluzhnyi’s resignation, Ukrainian journalists reported that the general was offered to serve as Ambassador to the UK, but at the time he declined in favor of remaining in the Ukrainian military.
On March 7, Zelenskyy appointed Zaluzhnyi as Ukraine's ambassador to the United Kingdom.
Kyiv has not had an ambassador to London since the summer of 2023, when Vadym Prystaiko was dismissed from his post.
Read the original article on The New Voice of Ukraine


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While there is much pride about India as a democracy where people have rights and representation, there is also another side of India which domestic and international media rarely hear about – the marginalized groups of this vast country (think geography, caste, class, ethnicity, gender, and more).Since 2003, Video Volunteers has been daring to challenge the status quo of media within Indian democracy, helping train and amplify video reporting by members of communities that are considered by those in power as unimportant, weak, or inferior. Today on the program we’re in Goa, at the headquarters of Video Volunteers listening to founder Jessica Mayberry explain what the organization has been up to; their successes, goals, and challenges that have come along with helping these embattled voices be heard. Fun fact: Back in 2010 we spoke with Stalin of Video Volunteers on this very podcast, listen to that show here.
Series recorded in India 2015.
The following text was written on an overnight train from Trivandrum to Coimbatore (India) in late November 2016: The following are words written by a 36 year old Portuguese-American raised happily in the 80’s and 90’s in New Jersey and at the age of 21…
It may draw some stares and annoy my traveling companions, but occasionally I take out the recorder while we are on long train journeys to try and capture the sounds and memories. The following is audio from some of those train rides. Some of South India’s most beloved train lines coming to you directly in audio format. Enjoy!
Jazz, konkani, Portuguese, bollywood; these are just the tip of the iceberg when you start to examine the rich heritage of Goan music. Colin D’Cruz is a one stop shop for music made in Goa. As a musician, producer, and record label, he’s got his ear to the ground when it comes to what sounds are coming out of Goa; yesterday, today and in the future. We went to visit him in the studio where we recorded this brief tour of Goan music.

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