What would Henry Ford think about 3D printing? More than likely, the the man who was one of the first to embrace assembly line manufacturing, would also embrace additive manufacturing. What does his company think about the technology now? Actually, according to Harold Sears, a technical specialist in additive manufacturing technology for Ford, the company is now dependent on 3D printing and would not be able to meet its production deadlines if it were not for this incredible technology,
Ford now has five 3D prototyping centers and churns out hundreds of parts per day. The printers use materials ranging from silica to nylon to sand. One of Ford’s favorite examples is the intake manifold, which is the most complicated part of an engine. They say that, using traditional methods, when an engineer is done with creating a prototype for the part on the computer screen, creating the part can take up to four months and cost up to $500,000. Today, using 3D printing for their prototypes, engineers can have their hands on the prototype for the intake manifold within four days at a cost as low as $3,000. One of the most important benefits of using 3D printing for creating parts is that nothing needs to go off-site. With the traditional methods, only machine shops could create the prototype parts, which would take weeks. Now, engineers get their hands on the parts much quicker.
“Companies like 3D Systems and Stratasys are spending huge amounts of money on development,” according to Sears. “So not only are machines and materials getting better, but the process is getting faster and it’s helping drive the overall cost down.”
Ford is not limited to a single type of 3D printing. In fact, they use many different types of printers, including stereolithography (SLA), fused deposition modeling (FDM), selective laser sintering (SLS) and binder jet printing. Different printer technologies play different roles in the production of various prototypes created by the company.
The car company has five different 3D printing centers. Three are in the United States and two in Europe. The facility in Dearborn Heights, Michigan alone, prints around 20,000 parts per year. Considering that the entire company only printed approximately 5,000 parts in total in 2004, the technology is certainly catching on.
“3D printing presents a great opportunity for overall manufacturing”, says Sears. “The technique is ideal for test parts, or niche production applications, that go through frequent development changes”, he says.
Let us know what you think about this transition in manufacturing, at the 3DPB.com forum thread for Ford. Check out the video below provided by ford, detailing their use of 3D printing.
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The situation was not amazing when John L. Smith walked in, but he has done little to show that he can motivate his Razorbacks squad. Arkansas had a No. 10 preseason ranking coming into the season but has since dropped off the college football map.
The team opened up with a 49-24 win against Jacksonville State but then lost four in a row (Louisiana-Monroe, Alabama, Rutgers and Texas A&M). While the losses against the No. 1 Crimson Tide and currently ranked Aggies would normally be nothing to squawk at, the Razorbacks got run out of the building in both games, outscored 110-10.
Smith was only meant to be a temporary replacement, and Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long has stated he wants a new head coach by December (h/t ESPN):
While speaking to the Touchdown Club in Little Rock, Ark., Long told Razorbacks fans that he wouldn't discuss coaching candidates but didn't rule out considering current interim coach John L. Smith for the job. It's clear the coaching search is up and running and Long wants to move very quickly once the regular season is finished.
Smith has shown what he can do as a head coach—nothing. Do not expect to see Smith along the Razorbacks sideline next year.


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D2 modding has some hard coded effects when it comes to mods that spawn on items, but whether you want 1-3 big effects or lots of small effects, many options possible.
- Effects - These are from itemstatcost.txt. For example, +X%EnhancedMaximumDamage and +X%EnhancedDamage are two different Effects. Most item mod descriptions are for each Effect, but some groups of Effects are collapsed into a single description (e.g. PoisDmg and PoisDuration become "+PoisDmg over X seconds"). It's possible to create new Effects (i.e. itemstats), but usually they have to follow some precedent in the game (i.e. the new +MinDmg/Lvl itemstats are just clones of the +MaxDmg/Lvl itemstats with a few minor changes), or they can be arbitrary and only used in soft-coded ways (e.g. "+%MagicDamage" is referenced only by a few skills in Skills.txt by using some algebra to rewrite their Synergy field)
- Properties - These are from Properties.txt. Each Property can have up to 7 Effects (e.g. Property %ResAll is 4 effects - one for each of Fire, Cold, Ltng, and Pois Resistance).
- Affixes - These are either Prefixes, Suffixes, or Automods (these always appear on White, Magic, Rare, and Crafted items). Each Affix can have at most 3 Properties. Each Affix belongs to a Group, and an item can never spawn with more than 1 Affix per Group (e.g. you could make a %ResAll Automod and %ResAll Prefix and prevent both from spawning on an item by using the same Group number for each). It's possible to set Prefixes and Suffixes to not spawn on rare items (only Magic). It's possible to set a minimum and maximum level for an affix to limit when it can spawn (this seems to be ignored only for Automods when re-rolling via the Cube).
Note that these links go to ArreatSummit, and some of that information isn't relevant to all D2 Mods.
- Magic Items - Spawn with up to 2 Affixes (50%Suffix, 25%Prefix, 25%Both). If you wanted a mod where items only ever had 1-3 big Effects, then you could set all Prefixes to have 1 big effect, all Suffixes to have 1-2 big effects, and prevent these affixes from spawning on Rares.
- Rare Items - Spawn with up to 6 Affixes (50%Suffix/Prefix, but never more than 3 of each (i.e. a 4th Suffix would be dropped and result in a Rare with 3-5 Affixes)). In HUv1.7, the limit of 3 Prefixes and 3 Suffixes was used by giving an important Property (e.g. %EDmg) to all Affixes (so Rares would have up to 6 stacks of this mod), another important Property (e.g. +1 AllSkills) to all Prefixes (so Rares would have up to 3 stacks of this mod), while leaving the last available Property to maintain the flavour of that Affix (e.g. +ColdDmgToAttack)
- Crafted Items - Spawn with up to 4 Affixes and up to 5 Properties. D2 is hardcoded to add 10 LevelRequirement to the item, with +3Lvl per Affix. The only reason to have cube recipes that result in "Crafted" items is if you really want the orange text and extra level requirement. Your crafting recipes could output Magic or Rare items with the extra 5 Properties but with regular text and no level requirement.
- Note that if the crafted item spawns with 3 Prefixes (or Suffixes), but you only have 2 groups for that affix (i.e. after taking one from each group the game will look for and fail to find the last one), then D2 will crash.
- Set Items - Spawn with up to 9 Properties (no Automods). You can add up to 2 Properties for each additional SetItem (i.e. up to 15 Properties per item for sets with 4 items), up to the 6th SetItem. The Set's mods that appear off-item can add up to 2 Properties for each extra item (e.g. 10 Properties for a Set with 6 Items). Sets can have up to 8 Properties upon completion. Note that some Effects behave strangely if they aren't on an item (e.g. oSkills don't have a level requirement, +%Defense doesn't have an effect), so you pretty much have to test anything new to see if it'll even work.
- Unique Items - Spawn with up to 12 Properties (no Automods)

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Hamlet, Richard III Plot To 'Kill Shakespeare'
In Kill Shakespeare, Conor McCreery and Anthony Del Col's graphic novel, the Bard's heroes and villains conspire to track down the evil wizard, William Shakespeare.
The series brings all of Shakespeare's trademarks to its panels -- action, drama, lust, violence, double-crossing and cross-dressing.
McCreery says you might be surprised at how big the crossover is between Shakespeare and comic books. "Kill Shakespeare's actually really done a nice job of reaching out to ... the hard-core comic fan," he tells NPR's Neal Conan. "But we've also had a lot of first-time readers of comics come in because they're really interested in this whole mash-up of the Bard we're doing."
Kill Shakespeare, therefore, hits the sweet spot between "the person who grew up loving Spiderman, and the person who grew up at least curious about Hamlet."
Del Col admits they're toying around with the timelines for the characters a bit. For instance, they take Hamlet directly from the play. In the play, Hamlet is banished from Denmark and sailing off with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, when the ship is attacked by pirates.
That action takes place off-stage, but in Kill Shakespeare, the authors recreate the attack. The pirates throw Hamlet off the ship, and he washes ashore where he meets Richard III, and the plot takes off from there.
"We have Richard, who's a historical character, but we also have Juliet, we have Othello," says Del Col. "We take them from their plays and we mash their stories and their timelines together."
Andy Belanger, the artist McCreery and Del Col chose for the project, was the right one for the comic. Del Col remembers, "we just loved his enthusiasm."
Within five minutes of their first conversation, Del Col says Belanger slammed his hand down on the table and exclaimed, "I've always wanted to draw Lady Macbeth. She's just so hot!"
McCreery, Del Col and Belanger have signed on for a 12-issue series. They'd love to take it beyond 12, but the 12 tell a complete story.
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Amani Husni Jowad Sabatin, 34, from the village of Husan, who carried out a vehicular attack at the Gush Etzion Junction (Palinfo, March 4, 2016).
Letter of condolence sent by Mahmoud Abbas to the village of Husan (west of Bethlehem) and the family of Palestinian terrorist Amani Husni Jowad Sabatin (Facebook page of Bethlehem Al-Hadath, March 6, 2016).
The knife found in the car belonging to Palestinian terrorist Amani Husni Jowad Sabatin (Facebook page of Paldf, March 5, 2016).
The death notice issued by Hamas in Bethlehem for Amani Husni Jowad Sabatin (Facebook page of Hamas in Bethlehem, March 4, 2016).
Hamas picture encouraging stabbing attacks and mentioning recent attacks. The Arabic reads, "Stabbed...Nablus takes revenge...Qaryut shines in the glory of its heroes and takes its revenge at close range" (Facebook page of Hamas in Nablus, March 3, 2016).
Palestinians riot near Nahal Oz (Facebook page of Gaza al-A'an, March 4, 2016).
Muhammad Musa Ahmed al-Astal, killed in a tunnel collapse (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, March 3, 2016).
ahmoud Abbas speaking before the Islamic summit meeting in Jakarta (Wafa, March 6, 2016).
- This past week the current Palestinian terrorist campaign continued, with varying degrees of intensity. Palestinians carried out stabbing, shooting and vehicular attacks at Nablus Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem, the Gush Etzion Junction (both focal points for terrorist attacks), the Jordan Valley and Samaria. Note: On the evening of March 8, 2016, after this bulletin was written, three shooting and stabbing attacks were carried out in Jerusalem, Jaffa and Petah Tikva. One man was killed and 14 were wounded.
- The Egyptian regime continues claiming Hamas is involved in supporting terrorism and subversion in Egypt. This past week the Egyptian minister of the interior accused Hamas of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood in the assassination of Egyptian Attorney General Hisham Barakat in June 2015. Hamas rejectedthe accusation. Fatah justified Egypt.
- A jihadist operative from the Gaza Strip fighting in the ranks of ISIS in Syria strongly criticizedthe collaboration between ISIS's Sinai Province and Hamas while Hamas oppressed the jihadists in the Gaza Strip. The extensive collaboration between ISIS and Hamas includes ISIS's smuggling weapons to the Gaza Strip, Hamas' manufacturing weapons for the Sinai Province, Hamas' logistic support and visits of senior Sinai Province operatives to the Gaza Strip.
Terrorist Attacks and Attempted Attacks
- March 8, 2016 – stabbing attack: A Palestinian woman attacked a group of Israeli Border Policemen who were engaged in securing the area of Hagai Street (near the Nablus Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem, a popular site for terrorist attacks). She took out a knife and tried to stab the soldiers. She was shot, mortally wounded and later died. She was Fadwa Abu Tir, 51, from the neighborhood of Umm Tuba (south of Jerusalem).
- March 6, 2016 – vehicular attack:
- A Palestinian woman drove her car to the Gush Etzion Junction. She drove up on the sidewalk and rammed into an IDF soldier, wounding him. She was shot and killed by soldiers at the junction. A knife was found in the car.
- The Palestinian media reported the terrorist was Amani Husni Jowad Sabatin 34, from the village of Husan, west of Bethlehem. She was married and had four children. Her husband was a construction worker in Israel. Raghda, her eldest daughter, said her mother had followed the news and was strongly influenced by the killing of Palestinian shaheeds and Israel's actions, especially on the Temple Mount and in Jerusalem. The day before the attack she said her mother made cookies and told her she would eat them on Friday (Palinfo, March 4, 2016). Interviewed by Israeli TV, her relatives denied she had tried to carry out a vehicular attack.
- Mahmoud Abbas sent a letter of condolence to the village of Husan and the Sabatin family via the Palestinian embassy in Jordan (Facebook page of Bethlehem Al-Hadath, March 6, 2016). It is unclear why he chose that particular channel (Facebook page of Hamas in Bethlehem, March 4, 2016).
- March 3, 2016 – stabbing attack: A Palestinian girl stabbed an Israeli policeman in the shoulder. He was directing traffic near a fallen tree on Route 90 near the village of Al-Auja in the Jordan Valley. She was detained and taken for questioning. She was Hudaya Ibrahim Arinat, 14 (Facebook pages of Quds and Paldf, March 3, 2016).
- March 3, 2016 – shooting attack: Palestinians shot at an Israeli police vehicle at a junction east of Ariel. There were no casualties; bullet holes were found in the car.
- March 2, 2016:
- Two Palestinians armed with clubs entered the village of EliShomron (south of Nablus) and lay in wait outside one of the houses. When a man left the house the two attacked him. He struggled with them and they fled, hiding in the yard of the community's mikveh (ritual bath). An IDF force searched the area, found the two and killed them. A knife and improvised gun were found near the scene of the attack.
- The Palestinian media reported the two terrorists were Labib Khaldoun Anwar A'zem andMuhammed Hashem Ali Zaghlawan, both 17 from the village Qaryut, south of Nablus (near Eli Shomron). They were good friends and went to the local high school. The night before the attack they prayed together in the mosque and did not go home. Labib Khaldoun Anwar A'zem was named for his uncle, a Hamas suicide bomber, who blew himself up on a number 20 bus in Ramat Gan in 1995 (Palinfo, March 2, 2016).
- Hamas issued a death notice for the two, claiming they died during "a heroic stabbing attack" (Facebook page of Paldf, March 3, 2016). The two were buried together in the village of Qaryut, in accordance with their will (Facebook page of Paldf, March 3, 2016).
- Both had Facebook pages, neither of which was particularly active. However, they were both Hamas sympathizers. They posted many pictures documenting Hamas' military activities in the Gaza Strip. Both were apparently religiously observant.
Left: The death notice issued by Hamas for Labib Khaldoun Anwar A'zem and Muhammed Hashem Ali Zaghlawan (Facebook page of Paldf, March 3, 2016). Right: A picture of the two terrorists (Facebook page of Paldf, March 2, 2016).
- March 2, 2016 – stabbing attack: Two Palestinians went to an IDF post in the village of Har Bracha near Nablus. They stabbed two IDF soldiers and fled. The wounded soldiers were evacuated to hospitals. Husam Badran, a Hamas spokesman, praised the attack and claimed that in the coming days "many surprises can be expected." He boasted that the next stage of the so-called "Al-Quds intifada" would strike fear into the hearts of the settlers and undermine their security (Hamas website, March 3, 2016).
Riots, Clashes and Popular Terrorism
- In the meantime, demonstrations, protest marches, riots, and the throwing of stones, Molotov cocktails and pipe bombs continue in Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem. There were also a number of clashes between Palestinians and the Israeli security forces.
- The more prominent events were the following:
- March 8, 2016 – A Palestinian woman who came to the Qalandia crossing aroused the suspicions of the Israeli security forces. They found a knife in her bag. During questioning she said she was planning to carry out a stabbing attack.
- March 7, 2016 – Palestinians threw stones at a group of tourists near the Lions' Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem. A woman tourist suffered minor injuries.
- March 7, 2016 – A Palestinian woman who aroused the suspicions of Border Policemen at a roadblock near Abu Dis was detained. A knife was found in her bag. She said she planned to stab Israeli soldiers (Israel Police Force spokesman's unit, March 7, 2016).
- March 6, 2016 – A number of pipe bombs were thrown at an IDF post near the Tomb of Rachel in Bethlehem. There were no casualties.
- March 5, 2016 – A Palestinian was detained near the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron. A knife was found in his possession. The Palestinian media reported the detention of Rami Izzat Qandahi, 19, from Ramallah (Facebook page of Paldf, March 5, 2016).
Resident of Qabatiya Detained, Established Terrorist Network in Egypt
- The Israeli security forces detained Mahmoud Nazal from Qabatiya in Samaria. He was an operative in a faction that split off from Fatah's military-terrorist wing. In 2007 he studied and lived in Cairo. There he contacted Hamas headquarters in the Gaza Strip. Hamas instructed him to recruit Palestinian students from Judea and Samaria who were studying in Egypt. The recruits went to the Gaza Strip for military training and were then sent back to Judea and Samaria to establish a military-terrorist network. Mahmoud Nazal was detained at the Allenby Bridge when he returned from Egypt through Jordan (Haaretz, March 8, 2016).
Two Israeli Arabs Detained, Planned Terrorist Attacks, Inspired by ISIS
- Two Israeli Arabs were indicted on charges of belonging to an illegal organization and contacting a foreign agent. The two were Bahaa al-Din Ziyad Hassan Masarwa, 19, from Yafia; (near Nazareth), a student in Jenin; and Ahmed Nabil Ahmed Ahmed, 21, from Nazareth. They were accused of expressing support for ISIS's ideology and planning to acquire weapons to carry out terrorist attacks. Iman Kanjo from Shfaram, a female cousin of Bahaa Masarwa, was detained a year ago and indicted for attempting to join ISIS.
- According to the investigation, during the past few months the two customarily went to Al-Aqsa mosque to pray. They planned to carry out a shooting attack targeting Israeli security forces. They also planned to carry out attacks in the northern city of Afula and at the Jalameh crossing (between Israel and northern Samaria). They put aside money to buy a weapon. According to the indictment, Masarwa was in contact with an ISIS operative and used the Internet to spread ISIS materials (Israel Security Agency, March 6, 2016).
Israel Security Agency Monthly Report on Terrorist Attacks (February 2016)
- In February 2016 there was a decrease in the number of terrorist attacks carried out in Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem, a total of 153 attacks compared with 166 in January 2016. Most of the attacks (116) involved Molotov cocktails. The data are the following:
- Location of the attacks – 107 were carried out in Judea and Samaria (compared with 126 in January 2016); 42 in Jerusalem (39 in January); four inside the Green Line (two in Ramle, one in Rahat and one in Ashqelon), compared with one inside the Green line in January.
- Casualties – In February 2016 three Israelis were killed and 11 wounded (eight civilians and three members of the Israeli security forces, most of them wounded in stabbing attacks).
- Modus operandi of the attacks – Most of the attacks (116) involved Molotov cocktails; 39 were carried out in Jerusalem. There were five stabbing attacks (one in Jerusalem), 18 attacks involving IEDs, ten shooting attacks with light arms (two of them in Jerusalem).
- Jewish terrorism – One attack was carried out involving an axe thrown at a Palestinian car near the community of Karnei Shomron.
Rocket and Mortar Shell Fire Attacking Israel
- This past week no rocket or mortar shell hits were identified in Israeli territory.
Riots and Terrorist Attacks near the Border Security Fence
- Gazans continue rioting near the border security fence in a show of solidarity with the Palestinians in Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem. This past week relatively few Gazans participated, continuing the trend of the past few weeks. On March 4, 2016, Palestinians clashed with IDF forces near Nahal Oz, east of Gaza City. On March 6, 2016, a riot developed four kilometers from Kissufim, east of the Al-Maghazi refugee camp (Facebook pages of Gaza al-A'an, March 4, and Palinfo, March 6, 2016).
Another Tunnel Collapses in the Gaza Strip
- Another operative of Hamas' military-terrorist wing was reported killed when a tunnel collapsed east of Khan Yunis. He was Muhammad Musa Ahmed al-Astal, 31. Five other terrorist operatives were wounded. Pictures posted by the military-terrorist wing to commemorate him indicated he belonged to the Khan Yunis brigade of the Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades (Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades website, March 3, 2016). A funeral was held for him in Khan Yunis, attended by Ismail Haniyeh, deputy head of Hamas' political bureau (Facebook page of Paldf, March 3, 2016).
Hamas Rejection of the French Initiative
- In the near future the French foreign minister is expected to arrive in Egypt to present the French initiative to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A spokesman for the Egyptian foreign ministry said Egypt welcomed the initiative. However, Hamas said it rejected the initiative and that it would harm the Palestinian people because it was an attempt to renew the negotiations with Israel, and circumvent the Al-Quds intifada. According to Hamas, the initiative does not realize the "right" of the Palestinian people to Jerusalem or the so-called "right of return" of the Palestinian refugees (Hamas website, March 2, 2016).
Deterioration of Hamas-Palestinian Authority (PA) Relations
- Majdi Abd el-Ghaffar, the Egyptian minister of the interior, accused Hamas of responsibility for the assassination of Egyptian Attorney General Hisham Barakat in June 2015. He said Hamas had aided the Muslim Brotherhood operatives who carried out the assassination (Al-Youm Al-Sabaa, March 6, 2016). Hamas rushed to reject the accusation. Fatah justified Egypt.
- Senior Hamas figures strongly denied responsibility for the assassination:
- Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri condemned the Egyptian accusations. He claimed they were untrue and unlikely, considering the efforts Hamas had invested in developing its ties with Egypt. He called on Egypt to take responsibility and not involve the Palestinians in its internal conflicts (Hamas website, March 6, 2016).
Left: Hamas cartoon mocking the Egyptian minister of the interior. The Arabic reads, "The Egyptian minister of the interior: Hamas is involved in the assassination of the attorney general..." (Facebook page of Paldf, March 8, 2016). Right: Sami Abu Zuhri's announcement rejecting the Egyptian accusations (Hamas website, March 6, 2016).
- Musheir al-Masri called the accusations of the Egyptian ministry of the interior "unfounded and baseless" (Paltoday, March 6, 2016).
- Ahmed Yusuf, advisor to the head of Hamas' political bureau, claimed Egypt's accusations had sent shock waves through the Gaza Strip because Hamas was continuously trying to improve relations with Egypt and invested all its efforts to that end (Paltoday, March 6, 2016). He also denied any organizational connection between Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt (Ma'an, March 7, 2016).
Collaboration between ISIS's Sinai Province and Hamas
- Abu Abdallah al-Muhajer, an ISIS operative from the Gaza Strip who joined the ranks of ISIS in Syria, sent an open letter to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. In it he protested the collaboration between ISIS's Sinai Province and Hamas, manifested by the following:
- Smuggling weapons – ISIS operatives smuggle weapons to the Gaza Strip for Hamas. The weapons come from Libya and Sudan.
- Manufacturing weapons – Hamas helps arm the Sinai Province. The weapons workshops of Hamas' military wing manufacture weapons and explosives for the Sinai Province.
- Logistic support – Hamas provides the Sinai Province with logistic support, including the hospitalization of ISIS wounded in Gaza Strip hospitals and the provision of communications equipment.
- Mutual visits – Senior Sinai Province operatives customarily visit the Gaza Strip and meet with the senior leaders of Hamas and its military operatives to coordination their collaboration.
- According to Abu Abdallah al-Muhajer, there is no justification for the ties between ISIS and Hamas, not even for operational needs. That is because Hamas is an "infidel" movement which oppresses ISIS supporters in Gaza Strip (Al-Bawaba, March 3, 2016).
Islamic Summit Meeting about Palestine
- On March 6, 2016, a summit meeting was held in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, devoted to the issue of Palestine and Jerusalem. Mahmoud Abbas, chairman of the PA, attended the meeting (Ma'an, March 5, 2016). Other attendees were Javad Zarif, the Iranian foreign minister, Sameh Shoukry, the Egyptian foreign minister, and Adel al-Jubeir, the Saudi Arabian foreign minister. Mahmoud Abbas gave a speech in which he said that Jerusalem and the holy places had never been in as much danger as they were today (Wafa, March 7, 2016).
Hamas Broadcast with Instructions for Terrorists Carrying Out Attacks
- Since the beginning of the current Palestinian terrorist campaign, Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa TV has been encouraging the continuation of attacks. It recently broadcast a how-to video showing how an attacker can cover his tracks and hide his identity after the attack. The methods included destroying security cameras and setting fire to vehicles. The Palestinian public was instructed to spread garbage in the streets to sow fear in the hearts of Israelis, who might think it contained IEDs (Al-Aqsa TV).
Pictures from the video. Left: Burning cars to cover their tracks. Right: Destroying security cameras (Facebook page of Hamas' Islamic Bloc at Al-Najah University in Nablus, March 2, 2016).
 Israel Security Agency website.
 As of March 8, 2016. The statistics do not include mortar shell fire or rockets which misfired and fell inside the Gaza Strip.
 The statistics do not include mortar shell fire or rockets which misfired and fell inside the Gaza Strip.


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The New York Times on review bombing (I don’t read reviews of my books on Amazon or Goodreads. So if you left a bad one — oh well!)
Remember that woman who was charged with the murder of her husband and wrote a book about grief? She’s being sued too.
The Washington Post takes a look at the racist literary origins of Indiana Jones.
Not surprising but still terrible: books bans are driving kids away from libraries and reading, via Book Riot.
And I’ll send on some good news before I head out to my next stop: The USA Today best seller list is back.
Photo by me, taken on June 29, 2023, at the Goshen Road Rest Area in Opdyke, Illinois, which had a little surprise trail.
I DID squeeze in one more book before I left. Huzzah! And what a book it is: The Celebrants by Steven Rowley.
You might remember him from 2021’s The Guncle, which I loved (as a lot of other people did — it was a bestseller). That book was a lot about one man’s grief over the recent death of his best friend/sister-in-law and longer ago death of his partner. This one is about grief, too, but it’s spread around.
The Celebrants is about six friends who met in college. One of the group’s members died three weeks before graduation. In a drunken fit of grief, they make a pact: each one can call the group together, whenever they need to, so they can attend their own “funeral,” and hear people say nice things about them while they’re still alive.
The lead person in the book is Jordan, who we learn fairly early on is dying of cancer. He calls for his own pre-funeral, and the story of the group comes out, with jumps back and forth in time, from there.
While Rowley is a gay man, I have related more to The Guncle and The Celebrants more than some fiction written by […]
Last month, a friend and I met up at Duke Farms, a 2,700-acre environmental center in Hillsborough, N.J. We spent the morning biking around the its car-free roads, looking at orchids, talking about…whatever, and then had a nice lunch in their farm’s cafe.
Then last week, I stopped by my dad’s house in Avalon, N.J. and saw a copy of The Silver Swan: In Search of Doris Duke by Sallie Bingham in the give a book/take a book pile. I know I’d left it there (the publisher had sent me a copy in 2020). But hadn’t realized that this Duke was the name behind Duke Farms — or even that Duke Farms existed.
If you’re an NPR listener, you probably know of her too. She’s the Doris Duke of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. She was also the heiress to a tobacco fortune. Her father, James Buchanan Duke, created the kind of cigarette manufacturing and marketing that lead to the global rise in smoking and everything bad that came after it (and a lot of other stuff, but this is book about Doris, not “Bud,” as he was known)
Doris Duke inherited that fortune at 13 years old. The Silver […]
What do you do if your house is overflowing with books? via Lit Hub (a thing I think about OFTEN)
Fabio has thoughts about modern day romance novels, apparently.
I don’t put too much stock in celebrity book club picks (though please, pick mine!!!) — but here’s a round up, if you’re so inclined (this is from Penguin Randomhouse, full disclosure).
Book Riot has an overview of the life of Nora Roberts, in case you didn’t know!
And a note from me: I’m about to head off on a cross country (and back!) road trip. I have a biography to review here shortly, and then…I’m not sure how often I’ll be posting. Most of the books I’m packing are short, mass market paperbacks (easier to carry that way) so I’ll review them when I can, even if I write them a bit after I read the book. If you’d like to keep up with my trip, I suggest following me on Instagram.
Photo taken by me on June 22, 2023, at Little Free Library #79577.
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Starting with some sad news though: romance queen Julia Garwood died. Smart Bitches Trashy Books has a lovely remembrance.
Cormac McCarthy died too. Here’s the NPR obituary.
Have you ever encountered a news story where your brain immediately puts up a “HALT” sign because it just…can’t? I feel that way about this Elizabeth Gilbert mess.
Librarians strike back against comics’ ban, via Publisher’s Weekly.
LGBTQ+ book sales are on the rise because of book banks, according to this report in Them.
Illinois has passed their ban on book banks.
A Dark Tower TV series? Here’s Entertainment Weekly on (the possibility of) it.
Photo by me, June 16, 2023, Avalon, N.J.
As I wrote in a review last year, in 2016, I set out on a quest to read all of Michael Connelly’s books (he’s best known for his character Detective Bosch). I didn’t read them all in a row, but would buy used copies of three to four of his books at a time, keep them on my to-read shelf, and grab one when the mood struck. I’m now caught up, so I’d been looking for someone else with whom I could do the same. Lee Child wasn’t right for me. Through a stop at a used bookstore in Bar Harbor, Maine last year, I landed on C.J. Box.
Endangered is his sixth novel in the Joe Pickett series (which is the basis for the Joe Pickett show on Paramount+, which I didn’t know about until I was well into this book). Pickett is a Wyoming game warden, looking into the slaughter of a flock of sage grouse. But while he’s trying to figure out who would do such a thing, he gets a call that his daughter April has been found on the side of the road, left for dead. And he’s pretty sure he knows who did […]
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A Miami-Dade church hosted an event where they distributed banned books.
Related: The Southern Poverty Law Center has named that terrible book banning group an anti-government extremist group.
Also related: the Biden Administration named a government coordinator to deal with these book bans, via Barrons.
Like romance novels? The Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast recently did an episode on just that.
Speaking of, Smart Bitches Trashy Books now has a monthly feature on queer romances. Here’s the first one. Hooray!
I’m not a fan of horror, but maybe you are? Slate on Stephen Kings’ Night Shift.
This is a fun quiz, from The New York Times: “How Well Do You Know Popular Books for Summer Reading?” (I got 2 out of 5 — not a shocker since I’d read those two authors!)
Lithub looks at the literary roots of Die Hard.
As if we already didn’t love her, Dolly Parton is now giving out MORE books to kids, with a major the Dolly Parton Imagination Library in California.
I’m seeing Across the Spider-Verse today, so here’s a BBC piece on why the Spider-Verse movies are the greatest comic book movies ever made.
And finally: I know this might […]
The one bit thing that surprised me about The Long Run by James Acker is that I hadn’t heard about it before. It’s a book about running, set in South Jersey — only about 12 miles from where I live. Given how much I love running, and how much I love South Jersey, I’m annoyed I didn’t buy this as soon as it came out (I found out about it via the Book ‘Em, Zach-O newsletter – thanks pal!)
The Long Run is about Sebastian Villeda and Sandro Miceli, seniors at Moorestown High School. They both do track and field, with Sebastian is captain of track; and Sandro captain of field. This is a YA romance, so of course they fall in love.
It could have just been a boy meets boy (or boy realizes he is in love with boy) story, but it goes deeper than that. Acker does a wonderful job giving us a rounded picture of these two young men. Miceli has always known he’s gay, and has plotted out when he can live his true, authentic self, something he doesn’t think he can do living in a multi-generational, Italian-American household, where he’s often an […]
The Boston Globe looks at one physician assistant’s work to “digitally revive” vintage romance novels about nurses.
Also from The Boston Globe: when the right book at the right time becomes a lifeline.
Here are the 2023 Golden Voice winners (that’s the awards for voice actors who work in audiobooks).
Speaking of, audiobook sales are up, per Publisher’s Weekly.
Want to live in Beverly Cleary’s old house? That’ll be $1.8 million, per Literary Hub.
I may not have been the biggest fan of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow but that’s clearly not the case with everyone, as the New York Times reports. Which is fine! I hated Gone Girl so much I didn’t even finish it! C’est la vie!
The L.A. Times has an interesting piece about novels and geographic locations in the U.S.
More on the movement to ban book bans.
The Washington Post also had a piece on the a student-teacher revolt against book banning in a very red Florida town.
The American Library Association and ACLU are among groups suing Arkansas over a law that would criminalize librarians for doing their jobs.
How queer-owned bookstores are celebrating pride month, via Book Riot.
Everyone’s got a preview […]
What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty opens with an interesting premise: Alice Love falls off her spin bike, hits her head, and forgets the previous 10 years of her life. A lot has happened in that time. At 29, she was newly pregnant and madly in love with her husband. At 39, she was a stressed out mother, and on her way to divorce.
It’s fun for a little while. I’m not the same person I was 10 years ago, and what would she say/act/do if she could inhabit my body right now? But this book is so focused on the idea that women are best when both a mother and a wife that I almost stopped reading it. I’ve known for a long time that I don’t want children, and I don’t see marriage as something to strive for just for the sake of being partnered up. I usually don’t mind reading books about motherhood and marriage (as my love of Little Fires Everywhere shows), but What Alice Forgot hones in on women needing these things to be happy to such a level that I soured on the book by the (unfulfilling) conclusion.
What Alice Forgot was published in […]

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Sunday Mirror Sport understands that Guardiola’s spouse, Cristina, has returned to Barcelona with one of the couple’s three children to look after her business interests.
Mrs Guardiola owns a successful fashion company in Catalonia and has been managing the enterprise by commuting regularly from Manchester for the last three years.
But the plan is for her to base herself in Barcelona for the next few months before returning permanently to the luxury city-center apartment that has become home to the Guardiola family.
The arrangement means husband Pep will take care of the couple’s other two kids – as well as masterminding his club’s bid for a third successive Premier League title and Champions League glory.
The 48-year-old former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss is in his fourth season at City and is contracted to the club until 2022 after signing an extension in May last year.
The deal was announced just days after he led the Blues to a record-breaking 100-point title triumph as well as lifting the Carabao Cup.
City then became the first club to lift a domestic treble last season by defending both trophies before adding the FA Cup to the collection.

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International tourists should carry their Yellow Fever Vaccination Certificate conforming to International Health Regulations, if they originate or are transiting through countries where Yellow Fever is endemic. International travelers / tourists originating from the USA, UK and Canada do not require any mandatory vaccinations.
The International Health Certificate is not normally asked for by immigration officials; however it is better to carry one. It may be of immense help in case of a medical emergency.
To avoid Malaria and Dengue fever, carrying mosquito repellents, nets, and using sprays against insects in rooms is usually sufficient. Taking a first aid kit carrying adhesive bandages, thermometer, water-purification tablets, antibiotics, antiseptic creams and mosquito repellents is recommended.

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50 Cent recently announced plans to record his fifth studio album, which will be titled BlackMagic. In a previous interview, he said the music on the upcoming project is inspired by genres he was exposed to while in Europe, and will be “more up-tempo, more Dance.” Fif told radio host Tim Westwood that the LP, however, would not turn into an uncharacteristic techno album. The biggest difference, he explained, will be the structure of the music.
“It’s still 50 Cent on the record,” Fif told Westwood. “I’m using different song formats. I’ll write a rap song in the sequence of a different kind of record.” When asked exactly what that meant, he said, “R&B records may have eight-bar verses and bridges along with the actual chorus. A traditional Hip Hop record has three sixteen-bar verses. So to write it in a different format instead of writing it the way a traditional rap record is written, it’s to experiment with different things. It’s still Hip Hop music, still 50 cent content. It’s just written in a different way. “
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As you'll know if you've ever played Alto's Adventure, Monument Valley, Stardew Valley, Cuphead, Everything, N++, Ape Out, Limbo, or even recent blockbuster Animal Crossing: New Horizons, sometimes the most enchanting and beguiling titles have the least flashy graphics. Often it's the mechanics of the gameplay, the strength of the narrative, or the quality of the soundtrack that keeps you enthralled.
Hollow Knight is one of these rare gems that stands head and shoulders above the rest. The game has deceptively simple art but is nonetheless staggeringly atmospheric and sure to keep you coming back for ages. Hollow Knight is a tale of a ghostly combatant trying to discover its origins while slaying a huge variety of foes and venturing through stunningly scenic environments.
Until Saturday, this gorgeous lo-fi title is only $7.49 on Steam, which is 50 percent off the usual $14.99 price. Steam user noveyex said they felt like they "robbed the developer by only paying $20 for such a masterpiece." $7.49 is full-on jackpot, then.
All substance, no hollows — The game we're talking about is, of course, Hollow Knight. With reviews of 9.4/10 from IGN.com, 10/10 on Steam, and 90 percent on Metacritic, it's the sort of title that fills us with jealousy when we hear someone hasn't played it... because we wish we could play it ourselves anew and have the same experience we did the first time.
Developer Team Cherry has also continued to release new content for the game since it first launched in 2017, so there's every indication it'll continue to do so for a while yet. That makes it even more of a steal.
Luscious looks, devilish challenges — Hollow Knight's combination of a cartoon-like, 2D aesthetic, with magical locations is reminiscent of another legendary platformer, Gris (which we've previously enthused about in our roundup of games you can finish in a day). Like Gris, Hollow Knight also makes brilliant use of color to help you distinguish different locales from one another, and gives you a sense of what sort of trials and tribulations lie ahead.
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You'll befriend bugs, slaughter bizarre creatures, use a variety of charms and unique powers to get where you're going, and discover more about your ghostly self with every passing level. And if the digital bloodshed and sometimes dastardly challenges get too much, you can kick back, relax, and recuperate in a hot spring.
Hollow Knight also has a great soundtrack, and if you're interested in grabbing that and its DLC content — Hollow Knight – Gods and Nightmares — you can get all three for $11.97 (which is 60 percent off the normal price for of $29.99).
Multi-platform platformer — Available for Windows, Mac, and SteamOS + Linux via Steam, Hollow Knight is also available for the Nintendo Switch, but we've never seen it on sale there (and we've been looking). It promises 130 enemies, 30 boss battles, and around 40 hours of gameplay. But as there are multiple endings, you'll likely be tempted to play it more than once. There's also the option to unlock a special difficulty mode once you finish the game — that's sure to test even the most dextrous among us.


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***Living On "The Susannah Planet"
Susannah is a woman. Susannah is shy and full of fears. She lives with her mother, she's dependent on her. She's not washing herself by herself, she won't eat in front of the stranger. Susannah has her own world. She lives on her own planet.
Susannah suffers from lack, lack of father, lack of confidence, lack of people around, lack of self.
But one day she stops lacking love. When she meets a handsome man towards whom she feels some affection something changes. But is it permanent?
This psychological side of the novel it's not the only interesting layer. The author comes from Israel- the story is set in the same place but the world presented in the novel is rather universal. The setting and the emotions can be experienced by anyone.
This universality can be both an asset and a flaw.
On one hand we can put ourselves in the main character's shoes but on the other hand maybe a reader would like to try a new pair of shoes. Something unusual and less comfy.


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A cat has gone viral on the internet for befriending a huge rat living in its garden that it was supposed to hunt.
The cat’s owner shared a video on Reddit which showed the feline in the garden hugging the rodent, before proceeding to clean it and groom it like a child. “When you get a cat hoping it will help you get rid of the big rat in your yard,” read the caption of the post.
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Since being shared, the video has taken the internet by storm. It has reached over 85,000 upvotes and has garnered more than 2,000 comments. Several internet users were amused by the kitten’s behaviour. “Good news is you don’t have to worry anymore, they got an apartment together,” jokingly wrote one user. “Bad news: it’s your apartment and you need to move,” added another.
A third user said, “Congratulations on your new pet.” “That rat is being washed against its will!” wrote fourth.
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According to Newsweek, a 2017 study found that domestic cats have played a big role in the extinction of at least 63 vertebrate species worldwide. However, despite this record, new research shows that cats may actually not be very good at catching rats or at least don’t want to be.
The study observed five feral cats interacting with rats for over two months. It found that even though the cats were around the rats daily, they only tried to kill them just three times, and only actually killed them twice.
Meanwhile, videos featuring cats are quite common on social media. People like watching them because of their cute actions and friendly behaviour. A while back, another cat went viral on social media. The kitten was seen insisting his owner to stop gardening and hug her. The clip was viewed more than 1.5 lakh views on Instagram.
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There were two styles of wheel fitted by the factory to the S2. The original 5-spoke design (photos to follow) looks a little dated now. This was fitted to the 3B engined Coupes. Some very early Avants (with the obligatory ABY engine) also had the 5-spoke wheel, so its fair to assume that some of the earliest ABY engined Coupes may also have had them fitted in the factory. These would be early MY93 models with a 'P' in the VIN. The vast majority of ABY engined cars left the gates at Ingolstadt fitted with the deliciously styled 'Avus' 6-spoke alloy which still look good ten years on.
The basic rule is to always fit the same wheels
and tyres front and rear on the S2 so that the Torsen based quattro transmission
is not fooled into thinking there are speed differences between front
and rear axles. Failure to observe this could cause serious damage to
the centre differential. More about aftermarket wheel and tyre choices
The original 5-spoke has dimensions of 7Jx16
whilst the Avus is a little wider with 7.5Jx16. The offset (ET) is 37mm
in both cases. More about offset below
. Original tyres were sized at a conservative 205/55 and carried
a 'Z' speed rating. The gearing and final-drive ratios on both the 5-speed
and 6-speed transmissions is such that top gear gives a speed of 24.7mph
per thousand RPM of the engine. More about understanding those calculations
to come in the transmission section. A full list of related wheel specifications
are provided in the table below.
The Audi RS2, with its Porsche parentage, has different wheel dimensions to accomodate the 'Cup' style alloys it was fitted with originally. Most notable is the 5x130 bolt pattern which is normal for Porsche. Also of interest is the oddball 7Jx17 wheel fitted to the RS2 which was fitted with a special Dunlop 8000 series tyre sized as 245/40R17. This tyre is NLA and the generally accepted wisdom is that 225/45R17 is the correct tyre for that wheel as the original '245' was somewhat narrower than its claimed dimension. When RS2 owners are shopping for new wheels, they have to look out for Porsche styles and fitments. This poses problems for RS2 owners wanting newer wheel styles from the VW/Audi family as they, and replicas, are generally never manufactured with the 5x130 pattern. Another problem for RS2 owners is that Porsche wheels more commonly have a centre bore diameter of ~71mm, which needs to be enlarged for the RS2 application.
The factory Audi wheels need bolts with 'radius' seats for proper installation. Many aftermarket wheel bolts, stud kits and locks have 'tapered' seats. These must NEVER be used with the factory Audi wheels... unless you like the thought of your wheels working themselves loose. Note also that many aftermarket wheels are manufactured to work with tapered bolts, so please check this before fitting. The image below shows the differences quite clearly.
There are umpteen aftermarket wheel and tyre options suitable for the S2 as the 5x112 bolt pattern is a very common fitment on Audis of new and old. Notable exceptions are the Audi TT and Audi S3 as their parentage is more related to VW which use a 5x100 bolt pattern.
When upsizing wheels, many readers will know about the necessity to reduce the tyre profile in order to maintain the same rolling circumference as what the speedometer is calibrated to expect. A smaller circumference will result in lower top speed, whilst a larger circumference results in higher top speed. No hard sums are needed to understand that. This is all about revs per mile again.
A number of tyre calculators are available on-line for this purpose - some brand specific ones will give accurate figures for specific tyres. But the following is a rough guide to some options that work. Do your homework and/or make measurements yourself if in any doubt. Here's a good tyre calculator that gives generic info and will advise the error introduced on the speedometer. Some indicative information is provided in the table below:
NOTE - ALWAYS remember
that same-sized tyres of different brands and types can have different dimensional
information in reality. The above table is just a guide based on nominal
calculations from the claimed tyre size.
Try and stay within about 1% of the original wheel circumference for road use. Much larger circumference might cause clearance issues or get you unwittingly caught by a speed trap.
Also - Always check that bolts are compatible with the wheels in question... See above note on 'tapered' and 'radiused' wheel bolts.
The reputed German tuning company MTM discovered that the S2's natural tendency to understeer could be reduced by fitting wider front tyres to provide better balance of traction. The S2 forum has one notable member in the UK who has successfully proved this theory on his S2 Avant with a particularly radical wheel and tyre combination that achieves this. A ~1% circumference difference exists between front and rear, but this is thought to be well within the capabilities of the Torsen centre differential. It's easy to figure that such a difference would be present with normal tyre wear and tear anyway. The wheel tyre configuration used on this S2 Avant to very good effect, providing more balanced cornering, is as follows:
Front - 255/35 Continental ContiSport-2
fitted to OZ Vela 8Jx18 rims with ET32
No doubt some readers will raise eyebrows
at fitting a 255 tyre onto an 8J rim - but apparently it can just be
done. Note the reduced wheel offset at the rear to provide sufficient clearance
on the Avant's rear suspension with an 8x18 tyre. More about offsets below...
It is important to understand the wheel parameter known as 'offset'. Normally measured in millimetres, this dimension is the distance from the centre line of the wheel to the mounting face where it connects with the hub. A wheel with zero offset has the hub face exactly in line with the wheel centre. But in the real world, there are essentially two types of offset -
NEGATIVE offset is when the hub face is more INBOARD than the wheels centre line. So for any given wheel size, an increase in negative offset moves the wheel closer to the outside, whilst decreased negative offset moves the wheel closer to the inboard side. The figure below nicely depicts such a negative offset wheel. When studying this image, mentally picture the hub face where it meets the wheel mounting pad as the fixed point.
The Coupe and Avant/Sedan have different rear suspension and clearance issues, so a wheel tyre combination that works on the Coupe may not be suited to the Avant or Sedan. In time, a table will be added here to provide real world data on some of the typical (and extreme) wheel/tyre combinations which have been proven to work on each body shape.
For now, a reasonable guide is ET=35 on 17 inches, ET=35 or 32 on 18 inch wheels, ET=32 or 30 on 19 inch wheels. Don't take my word for it though. Make some measurements or ask some questions on the fabulous S2 forum .
In order to measure offset on a bare wheel, two measurements are needed. A straight edge and a tape measure or steel rule are all the equipment that is required.
1. Measure the wheels overall width (W) between the edges of the rim.
2. Working from the inboard side of the wheel, use the straight edge to establish the distance from the inboard edge to the wheel's mounting face. We can denote this 'backspace' measurement as 'B'.
3. If B is greater than half of W, then the offset is positive.
4. If B is less than half of W, then the offset is negative. This is NOT a wheel destined to fit the S2 without serious modifications.
5. Calculate offset,
normally expressed in mm, as ET = B
When estimating any clearance issues with other wheels, always remember to take the actual width of the wheel into account. For example, increasing wheel size from 7J to 8J adds ~25mm of width, or approx 12.5mm on each side of the wheels centre line.
If the wheels positive ET is reduced from 37 to 35 it would move the wheel centre-line by 2mm towards the outside edge. This means that the wheel would effectively be wider by ~10.5mm on the inside and ~14.5mm on the outside edge. This is a choice we know works fine on all of the S2 variants.
Conversely, a poor choice of wheel would be
the 'neu' S4 or S6 Avus rims in 8Jx17 format - some of these have a positive
ET of 45mm. This moves the wheels centre-line a whopping 8mm towards the
inside, which causes interference with the suspension components (tie-rod
ends to be precise). The only way to work around this is to fit an 8mm
hub spacer. Such practice is not ideal as it requires longer wheel bolts
and can place higher loads on the wheel bearings.
A lot of Audi owners, including the S2 fraternity,
will have first hand experience of how frustrating it can be to locate
the bolt holes when refitting wheels. This is because of the narrow edge
on the hub carrier where it mates to the wheel surface, and by the ease
of which the brake discs can move and block the holes in the hub carrier
for bolt fitment. It sounds like a trivial issue, but when its cold, wet
and dark it can be amazingly difficult to change a wheel 'cos of this. There
is of course a little plastic fitting in the factory provided toolkit, which
is threaded for the purpose of making this job easier... but most of us
lost that years ago !
However, the only real solution is a stud conversion kit. Studs with an M14x1.5 thread are required. A length of 50mm is nominally required, but you should check with specific wheels before ordering... and don't forget the correct 'radius' or 'taper' seats on the nuts... and the appropriate locknuts of course.
Apparently, the use of Porsche hubs on the RS2 brought with it the advantage of a wheel stud configuration. A super light alloy material is used to make the wheel nuts for Porsche and the RS2. When you hold them you would swear they are a toy-like plastic material. They are incredibly light. I'm told there is a need to keep them well lubricated with copper grease to prevent some weird corrosive chemical reaction that causes the wheel nut to corrode quite heavily. Now you know !
Big Brake Considerations
One very good reason for fitting larger wheels to the S2 is to fit much larger brakes. However, be advised that not all wheels can accomodate the same big-brake configurations. This is because of differences in clearance between the discs, calipers and wheel spokes. The figure below depicts the clearance quite nicely. I found this cutaway image for a wheel with positive offset on Compomotive's web site where you can understand more about dimensions A-E shown below. They make some nice wheels too !
The original 16" 5-spoke wheel is particularly bad in this regard. The largest brake upgrade that it can accomodate is the Hi-Spec kit based on Monster-4 calipers and Audi 314x30 discs.
The 16" Avus is much more amenable to brake upgrades being able to accomodate Audi 323x30 discs with Porsche 996 4-pot calipers using RS2 carriers. More about this to come in the Brakes chapter !
If you need brakes bigger than 323x30 then 17" or larger alloys will be required.
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Vero Software and Planit Holdings in business merger
03 October 2011
Vero Software has announced the merger of its operations with those of Planit Holdings, a developer of CAD/CAM software for the sheet metal fabrication and woodworking sectors. Planit Group offers its software products under the Edgecam, Alphacam, Cabinet Vision, CabnetWare, Javelin and Radan brands. Vero focuses on plastic injection moulds, sheet metal stamping dies, multi-axis milling, laser cutting and wire EDM, under the VISI, PEPS, Machining Strategist and SMIRT brands.
The combination of Vero and Planit creates the world’s leading CAM specialist, and third largest CADCAM vendor - behind Dassault Systèmes and Siemens PLM. Commenting on the acquisition, Richard Smith, CEO of Vero Software said:
"Across the enlarged Group, the complementary products address the worldwide need for CAD/CAM/CAE technology in a large variety of focussed manufacturing processes enabling us to accelerate our growth. With greater critical mass we will be able to continue to provide excellent service and support to both existing and new customers.
"We fully recognise the importance of product branding and customer loyalty, and therefore, it is important to emphasise that we will continue to invest in all of the products. We will move forward together with the expertise, knowledge and resources necessary to deliver even higher levels of productivity to our customers."
The merger was funded by Battery Ventures (Boston, USA). Dave Tabors, general partner at Battery Ventures commented:
"We are pleased to enter into this transaction with Planit, and are excited about the prospects ahead for the combined group. We believe that both Vero and Planit have been following a very smart strategy in a highly fragmented market. With strong products, a high quality management team, and the respect of its customer base worldwide, the company is well positioned for future growth - both organically and through acquisition."
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is warning of a liquidity crisis if it can't meet a key labor savings goal.
In a filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission
, the airline said: "Failure to achieve $500 million in annual wage and benefit cost reductions by Feb. 28, 2005 could ultimately result in the company having inadequate liquidity to meet its obligations."
The airline's stock fell 71 cents, or 6.3%, at $10.50.
In November, Continental said it was seeking the savings in order to have a chance at returning to profitability in a dire environment for airlines. At the time, the airline said about half the savings would come from productivity and benefit changes, and the other half from wage cuts. Top executives have agreed to salary reductions of 20% to 25% beginning Feb. 28.
Continental was the last of the traditional U.S. network airlines to seek companywide pay cuts in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Airlines' unit revenue is under pressure from fierce price competition and overcapacity. Fuel costs remain burdensome despite recent declines in the price of oil.
Delta Air Lines
stunned rivals with a plan to slash fares as much as 50% on U.S. flights and to simplify pricing. Analysts said the move -- if mimicked by rivals -- is likely to hurt industry revenue even more when carriers can ill afford it.
In the SEC filing, Continental said if it can't achieve its labor savings goal it likely will lose hundreds of millions of dollars this year. The company also has about $984 million in debt and pension payments coming due in 2005 -- about $500 million more than in 2004.
"Without the reduction in wage and benefits costs and a reasonable prospect of future profitability, we believe that our ability to raise additional money through financings would be uncertain," the filing said. "Moreover, unless we are able to timely achieve the reductions, we believe that we will not receive approval from our board of directors to take delivery of additional aircraft that we recently announced."
A Continental spokesman did not return a phone call seeking comment on the status of the company's negotiations with various labor groups.

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Yosemite is a case of a National Stop that is being wanted to death. Most guests to the recreation center pack into the one Valley that gives the recreation center its name. The contamination from every one of those autos, trucks and transports gets caught there on the grounds that the valley is confined generally by those beautiful 2000 foot tall bluffs.
To battle the issue, the Recreation center administration has founded a free half and half transport framework for guests to ride while in the Valley and by urging guests to stop their autos outside the recreation center and take a transport in. However, there’s a third choice for individuals like me who need to visit Yosemite Valley while diminishing the contamination of its air- – driving an outflows free electric vehicle, similar to the Toyota Rav4 EV that I drive.
Electric vehicles have never been more accessible or more down to earth than they are currently and it’s showing signs of improvement constantly. Indeed, despite everything they don’t have the range that a gas or diesel fueled auto has, however the range they do have makes them fit for taking care of around 90% of a normal individual’s driving needs. What’s more, the more prominent accessibility of charging stations is making longer excursions, as to Yosemite, considerably more possible.
There are three sorts of charging stations. Level 1 is standard family unit current at 110 or 120 volts air conditioning. Level 2 is 208 or 240 V Air conditioning, the current an electric garments dryer takes. At that point, there’s DCFC (coordinate current quick charging) or some of the time called DCQC (coordinate current brisk charging) that can be up to 500 volts DC rather than air conditioning current.
Inside this last level, there’re additionally three unique composes or conventions. First is the Tesla Superchargers that are accessible for electric autos from Tesla Engines. At that point there is the Consolidated Charging Framework (CCS) or DC combo charger. Lastly, there is the one called CHAdeMo. Not at all like level one and level two this is immediate current and it goes straight into the battery pack rather than through a charger like with exchanging current. The key idea is that the higher the wattage (volts times amps), the quicker an electric vehicle’s battery can be energized. The upshot is that Level 1 is the slowest and Level 3 is the speediest.
To discover where these distinctive charging stations are found, you can go online to plugshare.com. Or on the other hand in the event that you have an EV with the CHAdeMO compose fast charge port, at that point you’ll need to look at the site chademo.com. Yosemite Town has three Level 2 charging stations, incorporating one in the parking garage for the Town Store.
Because of a snappy charge port added to our auto considered the JdeMO by a business that calls itself Fast Charge Power, we’re ready to utilize the CHAdeMO compose brisk charge stations. Our RAV4 didn’t initially accompany this speedy charge port nor was Toyota offering it as a choice. A significant number of the present electric vehicles accompany a snappy charge port as of now or it very well may be an alternative included by the maker.
I have visited Yosemite twice this year in my electric auto beginning from my home in Sacramento. The main visit was before we included the brisk charge port. On my first visit, I took after Interstates 16 and 49 to 120 to achieve the Valley since MapQuest demonstrated it to be the most immediate, briefest separation course to the recreation center. This included charging at the inexact midpoint of my excursion the Tuttletown Entertainment Zone of the New Melones Supply. Multi day utilize territory there has a Level 2 electric vehicle charging station. I halted there for a meal break and read a few daily papers and other material that I had been importance to peruse for quite a while.
After a more than two to three-hour break, I was out and about again setting out toward Yosemite and before long grabbed Expressway 120. A well known or, contingent upon your point of view, a scandalous segment of Interstate 120 is known as the Old Minister Level Street. The advanced Roadway 120 detours it, however for those so slanted this lofty, restricted, twisting portion of black-top gives an easy route to the recreation center. I was certain the Rav4 wouldn’t experience any difficulty climbing it, at the same time, just no doubt, I punched the catch that sets the engine into “Game Mode.” This setting builds the vehicle’s increasing speed and best speed, so I would have somewhat more power for this climb. I climbed it at the posted speed restrict with no issue, aside from that some driver behind me sounded at me since he needed to go quicker.
Sheesh! What did he anticipate! I reacted with a shrug however expanded my pace a tad. When I achieved the highest point of the level, I maneuvered over into a connecting side street to give the man a chance to pass me. I exchanged “Game Mode” off and turned back onto the expressway proceeding at my own particular pace.
When I achieved the northwestern access to Yosemite, the Huge Oak Level Passageway, I was extremely worried about whether I would make it to the charging stations in the Valley. The range meter on my dash was indicating one mile not as much as the sign at the passageway station was stating it was to Yosemite Valley. Wow! I proceeded on, seeking after the best. I gotta tell ya, I was perspiring through each bend and each upward slope in the street. Goodness my gosh, I’m not going to make it, continued going through my mind. When I achieved Crane Level, I knew I wouldn’t make it, except if my EV could recover enough power on the declining keep running into the Valley.
What’s more, that is the point at which it happened. After Crane Level, the street declined to an unfaltering tenacious downsize. The magnificence of that was not simply that the auto wasn’t drawing any power out of the battery pack to move, since gravity was doing basically everything, yet additionally that the auto’s engine was presently going about as a generator and reviving the battery. I was drawing nearer and closer to the Valley while the range meter was really expanding.
Regardless I didn’t know whether I would have enough charge to influence it to the charging to station, yet it was looking better and better for me to in any event influence it to the Valley to floor. I even pulled off at the principal disregard of the Valley to take in a wonderful perspective of El Capitan and Half Vault. At that point, I proceeded with my drifting toward the Valley.
When, I at last achieved the intersection with Parkway 140, I was demonstrating 19 miles of potential territory and was almost certain I would influence it to the charging to station. The slower speeds in the Valley are in reality extremely effective velocities to run any auto on, including electric vehicles. That guaranteed that when I at last got to the charging station, I had around 11 miles appearing on the range meter. Barely notwithstanding energizing, right!
Furthermore, once more, that is the reason it’s an incredible thing that the recreation center gives a free transport benefit while in the Valley. While my Rav4 was connected to at the charging station, I could utilize the transports to get around to the distinctive perspectives and trailheads to appreciate the recreation center. Truth be told, in the wake of setting up my portable shelter at Camp 4 in the Valley, I rolled over to the charging station to connect to for the night and after that took a transport back finished to the camp to spend the night. After breakfast the following morning, I took another transport back to the charging station and had a completely charged EV sitting tight for me with 131 miles appearing on the dash.
On the commute home, since I was going for the most part downhill from Yosemite back to Sacramento, I could drive well past the midpoint and didn’t stop until the point that I achieved the town of Jackson and just needed to charge for around a hour prior proceeding with home.
My second visit was after we had the ChaDEMO fast charge port introduced and it had a major effect in the outing. Rather than taking the most direct course, I rather arranged a course that would take me by snappy chargers, which implied Expressway 99 to 140. That really made for a quicker course, since I was on expressway longer. My one stop this time was in the town of Atwater, close Merced, and the stop was just for around 60 minutes. It gave personal time for a Metro sandwich lunch. The snappy charger I was connected to charged for 30 minutes on end, so I had to restart the charging halfway through. At that point back out and about for 89 miles to the Valley with 32 miles of range left when I arrived. Decent pad.
When I headed back home, I had 134 miles appearing on the range marker when I unplugged from the charging station. As you would expect, I drew down the range as I took off of the Valley, yet then a fascinating thing happened. Subsequent to going through the Curve Shake entrance station, the street took a genuinely consistent downhill course toward a few intersections of the Merced Waterway and my EV picked up run en route. At a certain point, I was seeing 135 miles appearing on the dashboard, so I had increased more potential territory than when I cleared out the Valley in any case. Entirely cool!
In this way, in the event that you cherish Yosemite and need to do your part to shield a murkiness from hanging over the valley, at that point consider visiting in an electric vehicle. There have never been such a large number of models to look over and strategically placed charging stations both in the valley and en route for you to connect to.

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ELLE brings you the most unique, suprising and astonishing view from behind the scenes of London Fashion Week: nearly 400 pictures of 22 designers, five days shooting from 7am until midnight. This is more than a vision of backstage, more than a spy into the studios of our favourite designers. This is a portfolio of fashion pictures like you’ve never seen before. We asked designers to take us bac… kstage and into their studios days (and nights) before their runway shows to capture what really happens. Photographed by Yara De Nicola we have documented every emotion in the raw in a stunning reportage portfolio.


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Authorities should bar doctors from refusing to provide such services as abortion and assisted death on moral grounds, and screen out potential medical students who might impose their values on patients, leading Canadian and British bioethicists argue in a provocative new commentary.
The paper by professors at Queen’s and Oxford universities, who are also editors of two major bioethics journals, throws rocket fuel onto a debate already inflamed by the new law allowing assisted death.
They argue that physicians have no right to opt out of lawful medical services — from abortion to prescribing contraceptives — that are requested by a patient and in the person’s interest.
Those who let conscientious objection affect patient care are clearly unprofessional, say Udo Schuklenk and Julian Savulescu.
“Doctors must put patients’ interests ahead of their own integrity,” they write in the journal Bioethics. . . [Full text]

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The U.S. has grappled with the opioid crisis for nearly two decades.
In 2020 more than 90,000 Americans died from a drug overdose, with 75% involving opioids. More Americans 18 to 45 died from overdose in 2020 than automobile accidents and suicide combined.
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Wrenn Schmidt is most well-known for her work on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire as ‘Julia Sagorsky.’ She recently appeared in the Cinemax television series Outcast and has held recurring roles on FX’s The Americans and Tyrant. On the big screen, she was recently seen in Paramount’s Benghazi action/drama film, 13 HOURS, and Sony Pictures Classics’ Hank Williams biopic I SAW THE LIGHT.
Wrenn is a graduate of the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities and Meadows School of the Arts, SMU. She began her acting career under the direction of Tony award-winning Director Anthony Page in the National Broadway tour of Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.”
Diane Marsh is a smart and profoundly ambitious CIA analyst, working under Martin Schmidt (Peter Sarsgaard). Sharing his attitude that the CIA is the only government agency capable of using intel to stop impending attacks, Marsh withholds pertinent information from the FBI and, by doing so, proceeds to climb the ranks of Alec Station despite the disastrous consequences of her actions.

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In this heartfelt practice Doug Swenson blends a soothing yin practice with a soft touch of gentle vinyasa. This class focuses on opening the heart both physically and mentally, achieving an attitude of self-acceptance and genuine self-love. The main benefits of this practice are to expand the chest and open the heart and by doing so instill a deep awareness, that we all need to love our own true unique self. In this presentation of yoga practice, Doug adds his own unique vinyasa and soothing voice, with the energy of being an example of his teachings, offered as a beautiful work of art.
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Massive Disneyland Attraction Database
The Yen Sid's Truck Toon Crash attraction at dusk
Yen Sid's Truck Toon Crash
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The Yen Sid's Truck Toon Crash queue is like a walking tour inside Toontown. The attraction trucks are supposed to look like Benny the Con, and when you drive you can crash them by turning the dashboard.
- If you are in a hurry, you may want to just give up and moan.
- For your avoideance of liability, you should be in good health or free from brain, lung, or neck complications or other states that could be aggravated by this journey.
- Vision-impaired guests may ask a cast member for something else to do.
- Guests may get tired on this attraction.
- Make sure to hold your fingers and balloons away from the other guests at various times.
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Finally I can write about the wonderful assignment I got from Biotherm in Paris earlier this year. I have been honored to design a limited edition on the theme ”aquatic universe” for them. Biotherm Waterlovers is a charity project where Biotherm will work with different charity organisations. This year they cooperate with Mission blue. And for that reason I have designed this limited edition. For each sold product, 1 € goes to that organisation. They are out in stores now. Worlwide. So wherever you are, off you go and buy:).
And in a couple of weeks my artwork for Christmax-boxes and other products will be out.
And here is some press-material. They even made a little film but I don´t know if I dare to show that one…
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The Alphacool Aurora Acetal GPX-N RTX 3080/3090 Eisblock combines style with performance. With experience of over 16 years, Alphacool the ability to create GPU blocks that represent high quality and fantastic performance. This perfectly describes the Aurora Acetal GPX Eisblock
During the development of the EIsblock Aurora GPX-N RTX 3080/3090 graphic card GPU block, we wanted to further increase the performance. The first step was to move the cooler closer to the individual components by reducing the thermal pads to a thickness of 1 mm. Next, we reduced the thickness of the nickel-plated copper block. Instead of 7 mm, it is now only 5.5 mm thick. The water flow inside the cooler has also been optimized. All important components such as the voltage transformers and the memory are now significantly better and more effectively cooled by the water. All this ensures a significant increase in cooling performance.
Copper or Aluminium?
Of course, Alphacool only uses copper for its water coolers. With the Aurora GPX-N RTX 3080/3090 Eisblock, the copper is nickel-plated. Compared to its predecessor models, Alphacool has improved the nickel plating even further, which has considerably increased the acid resistance. This means that the nickel should resist flaking. Why does Alphacool rely on copper instead of aluminium? Simply, copper has almost twice the thermal conductivity of aluminium and is therefore clearly the better material for water cooling.
Is There Anything Else New?
The Eisblock Aurora GPX-N RTX 3080/3090 also relies on the new patented stop fittings, which sit flush with the surface of the terminal. The Alphacool logo now sits in the corner on the top. On the front of the terminal you can see the corresponding names of the compatible graphic card types. IN and OUT are now marked by small triangles. They are easily recognizable and fit perfectly into the entire aesthetics of the graphic card water cooler.
The Alphacool Aurora GPX-N RTX 3080/3090 Acetal is a complete redevelopment of the previous Alphacool graphics card water coolers. No technical compromises were made, but the entire technical know-how flowed into the development and implementation.
- This article is delivered with a backplate
- The Founders Edition, does NOT correspond to the Reference Design!
L x W x B: 224,9 x 121,4 x 25,5 mm
Material cooler: Nickle plated copper
Material top: Acetal
Thickness cooling fins: 0,6 mm
Threads: 4x G1/4“
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Zotac GeForce RTX 3080 Ti AMP HoloBlack
Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti AMP Holo (ZT-A30810F-10P)
Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Trinity (ZT-A30810D-10P)
Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Trinity OC (ZT-A30810J-10P)
Zotac GAMING GeForce RTX 3080 Trinity (ZT-A30800D-10P)
Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Trinity OC (ZT-A30800J-10P)
PNY GeForce RTX 3080 XLR8 Gaming EPIC-X RGB 10240 MB GDDR6X (VCG308010TFXMPB)
PNY GeForce RTX 3080 XLR8 Gaming EPIC-X RGB 10240 MB GDDR6X (VCG308010TFXPPB)
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Palit GeForce RTX™ 3080 GamingPro (NED30800191A-132AA)
Palit GeForce RTX™ 3080 GamingPro OC (NED3080S191A-132AA)
Galax GeForce RTX 3080 SG 10GB GDDR6X 320-bit DP*3/HDMI (38NWM3MD99NN)
KFA2 GeForce RTX 3080 SG 10GB GDDR6X 320-bit DP*3/HDMI (38NWM3MD99NK)
Gainward RTX 3080 Phoenix
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PNY GeForce RTX 3090 XLR8 Gaming EPIC-X RGB, 24576 MB GDDR6X (VCG309024TFXPPB)
Inno3D GeForce RTX 3090 iChill X3, 24576 MB GDDR6X (C30903-246XX-1880VA37)
Inno3D GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X3, 24576 MB GDDR6X (N30903-246X-1880VA37N)
Inno3D GeForce RTX 3090 iChill X4, 24576 MB GDDR6X (C30904-246XX-1880VA36)
Zotac GeForce RTX 3090 Trinity, 24576 MB GDDR6X (ZT-A30900D-10P)
Palit GeForce RTX™ 3080 GamingPro (NED3090019SB-132BA)
Palit GeForce RTX™ 3080 GamingPro OC (NED3090S19SB-132BA)
Galax GeForce RTX 3090 SG 24GB GDDR6X 320-bit DP*3/HDMI/ (39NSM5MD1GNA)
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An implementation of Wave Function Collapse with a focus on performance. At the time of writing, only the overlapping method has been implemented.
You need a C++-17 compatible compiler.
git clone https://github.com/math-fehr/fast-wfc && cd fast-wfc/ make all ./wfc
If fast-wfc is an order of magnitude faster than the original WFC algorithm, it is thanks to three main optimizations that have been made to the original algorithm, described below.
The first one of these changes the algorithm to propagate information. Instead of storing for each position which patterns are allowed, it stores for each position and each possible direction the number of compatible patterns allowed in the corresponding neighbor. If that number reaches zero for any neighbor, that pattern is no longer allowed in that position and this information must be propagated. Thus, the propagation no longer recurses on the position only, but instead on a pair consisting in a position and a pattern that is no longer allowed in that position. Thanks to this, propagation is only done when necessary.
The second change is related to the entropy: instead of being recomputed each time we need to find the position with the lowest entropy, it is only recomputed when a pattern is removed in a location, in O(1) time thanks to memoization of intermediate results.
The third and last major change is specific to the overlapping model: when information is propagated, it is only propagated to the four neighbours (when in 2D) instead of all other positions that share part of a tile. Indeed, the information will be propagated to these other locations by the recursive propagation algorithm with the immediate neighbors being intermediate steps. This has two important consequences: first and foremost, the overlapping model can now be seen as an instance of the tiling model, with tiles being the subregions of the original image. Second, it greatly reduces the memory footprint of the first optimization, which would otherwise probably actually slow the code instead.
Besides, care has been taken for the code to be cache-friendly and to leave enough room to the compiler to optimize the code as it sees fit.
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The image samples come from https://github.com/mxgmn/WaveFunctionCollapse
Copyright (c) 2018 Mathieu Fehr and Nathanaël Courant.
MIT License, see
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The Russian ruble has plunged in its steadiest decline in recent weeks. Will the devaluation of the ruble affect Armenia’s economy?
“The decline of the Russian ruble is due to the fluctuations in the international markets,” says economist Tatul Manaseryan.
The depreciation is first of all conditioned by the prices of raw materials, including oil and gas prices. However, it is not only limited to economic factors; the decline is also determined by global developments.
The circulation between Russia and Armenia is considerably great. According to the Central Bank, from 24 to 28 February banks purchased 677,709,846 rubles at an average price of AMD 11.44/ Rubl 1 and sold 120,637,781 rubles at an average price of AMD 11.60/ Rubl 1.

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The Federal Government will harmonise tuition fees in all federal universities to stop arbitrary charge of fees by some university authorities.
The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, made this known while fielding questions on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja on Tuesday.
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“Since the protests started, we have summoned the authorities of the universities and sat down with them and we are going to harmonise everything.
“Because, I think it is N45,000 that is the maximum that should be charged. I know in some places, there has been other arrangement.
“But the ministry would harmonise everything and I believe there will be no more protests over fees.
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NAN recalls that the Universities of Lagos, Ibadan and Port Harcourt were recently shut down following students’ protests over increase in fees, lack of water and power supply on the campuses.
Adamu said that the Federal Government was discussing with management of the affected universities, adding that efforts were also ongoing to introduce harmonised fees for all federal universities.
Adamu, who decried the excessive fees charged by private tertiary institutions in the country, explained that the government does not have the power to regulate fees in that sector.
“First, I will agree with you that they charge exorbitant fees. But I wish I had the power to do something about it. If I had the power I would stop them.
“But I think the thing is being treated like a market where you buy what you can afford. But I do believe the government should intervene.
On the industrial peace that has prevailed in the education sector since the inception of the Buhari administration, Adamu attributed it to partnership with the unions.
He stressed that the government would strengthen partnership with all the unions in the sector to sustain the existing industrial harmony.
“ASUU and the other unions are very patriotic people who are concerned about the state of education in Nigeria. And most of what they do is motivated by this belief.
“So, as far as I am concerned, they have got fellow travellers in this administration.
“I believe the president and his ministers are really passionate about education. And they would want to do everything to make education succeed.
“ ASUU and the administration are going in the same line. So, we would not have a ground to disagree.
“We are not waiting for unions to strike before we go to them. So, we are already making the approach to all the unions. So, I think there would be no strikes.
The minister pledged government’s commitment to release N200 billion annually for the implementation of the NEEDS Assessment Report, to enhance the quality and standard of tertiary education.
He added that fate of tertiary education depended on the full implementation of the NEEDS Assessment Report, which according to him, “this government is committed to deliver’’. (NAN)


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I'm not related and it sounds like you have already looked at the 1920 and 1930 censuses and found her parents.
The 1930 census of Perry Twp., Fayette County, PA:
Charles Zubak 38, born Czechoslovakia, immigrated in 1913 Julia 37, born Czechoslovakia, immigrated in 1913 Margaret 14 Charles 12 Helen 4 7/12 John 4 7/12 Irene 2/12
The 1920 census of Carroll Twp., Washington County, PA:
Charles Zubek 27, born Hungary, immigrated in 1913 Julia 25, born in Hungary, immigrated in 1913 Margaret 4 2/12 Charles 2 1/12
I could not find a Sophie or Nick Zobek or any similar spelling anywhere, but they may have been born after 1930.
Check with the California Area Historical Society to see if they can help you. You might also try to find Margaret's marriage record. The problem is in knowing where they got the license. In Pennsylvania they are recorded at the Register of Wills office in the county the license was gotten.

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