3 March 1992. Two B-52G airplanes took off from the US air base Barksdale (Louisiana) taking the course to Russia. After 12 hours, passing the Atlantic Ocean and refueling in the air over England from the accompanying tanker KS-10А, they found themselves in the heart of Russia - over Ryazan. So 40 years later, after its creation, the B-52 strategic bomber made the first flight it was intended to carry out. However, the B-52 aircraft that appeared in Russian airspace did not carry weapons and carried out a purely peaceful mission - it was a friendly visit to Diaghilev air base, where celebrations on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the distant aviation Russia.
It is unlikely that the designers of the company Boeing, who developed this famous heavy aircraft, which for a long time personified the military power of the United States and was considered to be a symbol of the Pax Americana (just as the British battleships embodied Pax Britannis) a century before, assumed that time, their most likely adversary, over time, again, as in the years of the Second World War, which have just ended, will become almost a potential ally, and their “offspring” will be so hospitable in the Russian sky. However, it is likely that the pragmatists-Americans at Boeing didn’t set themselves the enemy’s image, but simply sought to get another large order and with maximum efficiency fulfilled the technical task assigned to them by the military department: to create a second-generation heavy intercontinental bomber to replace the Convair B- aircraft. 36 - the first American strategic combat JIA with intercontinental range, designed for action against Nazi Germany, and after the end of the Second World War Retargeted us on nuclear strike against the Soviet Union.
The design assignment for the new bomber was advanced: it was made in January 1946, a few months before the start of flight tests of the B-36 aircraft (August 1946), and two years before the start of its mass production. A plane was required that had a range of 8050 km with a bomb load of 4,5 t at an average flight speed of 480 km / h and capable of speeds up to 724 km / h at a working height of 10,7 km. The Boeing Company, which immediately began designing the aircraft, won the project competition and in June 1946 received a contract for further work.
The choice of Boeing was quite natural. All история This company, established in 1916, is closely associated with the US Air Force. The Boeing Company built its first military aircraft (training “model EA”) at 1917 by order of its predecessor, the US Air Force, the aviation department of the American Army communications corps. 1920-ies Boeing gained fame as the main supplier of fighter aircraft for the US Air Force Corps (MW-3, P-12, P-26), and in 1930-ies engaged in the design of heavy bombers, who had to fight primarily with maritime objectives (according to the isolationist policies pursued at the time, the United States did not intend to intervene again in wars in Europe and intended to confine itself to the defense of the American continent, in accordance with the Monroe Doctrine, and its possessions in the Pacific). Created by 1935, the Flying Fortress B-17 (“Flying Fortress”) aircraft and built almost simultaneously with the Russian TB-7 (ANT-42, Pe-8, 1936) were the world's first long-range bombers flight with high speed and combat load, capable of delivering powerful strikes against targets from the air. 1937 Boeing attempted to create an even heavier XB-15 bomber, but its efforts were crowned with success only during the Second World War: the BF-29 Superfortress (Over-Strength) aircraft, which went down in history with the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, became the crown of the work of the company Boeing in the field of heavy bomber piston aircraft. As is known, a copy of this machine was produced in the USSR under the designation Tu-4 and allowed to significantly raise the level of production technology in the domestic aviation industry.
Boeing B-52G bomber scheme
The atomic weapon created at the end of the Second World War was the strongest deterrent of the post-war period. However, as B. Brodie, an American military analyst, wrote, “the decisive factor is not so much the size of the stockpiles of nuclear weapons as the ability to deliver them to the target.” Until the arrival of intercontinental ballistic missiles at the end of the 1950, heavy bombers were the only means of delivering these weapons to a long range. Therefore, it is not surprising that the USSR and the USA, two post-war superpowers, directed all their efforts towards the development of strategic bombers carrying nuclear weapons. The US priority of these works was emphasized by the creation in March of 1946 of a strategic aviation command within the Air Force, which since September 1947 separated from the army into an independent third type of US armed forces (previously even military operations of the second world war could not force the leadership of the armed forces USA to take this step, despite the insistent demands of representatives of the Air Force).
RB-36F modified reconnaissance aircraft based on the Convair B-36 bomber
Pe-8 bomber designed by V.M. Petlyakov
Piston aircraft was nearing its decline. The US B-29 aircraft and its modifications B-50 and B-54 (draft), which were available to the USA, did not have sufficient payload, range and speed of flight. The Mastodon B-36 - the last of the American piston bombers - in terms of payload and range met the requirements of the beginning of the atomic century, but by the end of the 1940-s it was already outdated morally (its development began in 1941, when the American leadership decided that The US must be able to fight Germany from its territory in the event of England being defeated), and although it was removed from service only in 1958, its speed is even in the latest version of B-36J (using four TRDs in addition to six piston engines) not provide shaft the necessary security by fighter jets potential enemy. Even with a cursory acquaintance with the programs of the new American bombers of the second half of the 1940-s, they are amazed at their abundance, the scale of the work on the search for new constructive-layout solutions suitable for the coming era of jet aircraft. Both radical schemes (XB-53 with reverse wing sweep and “flying wing” YB-49) and normal ones with different configuration of power plants were considered. A huge role in shaping the appearance of new American aircraft was played by German captured materials, thanks to which, in particular, the introduction of swept wings was significantly accelerated. The largest American firms (Boeing, North American, Convair, Martin) actively participated in the work, trying to find their place in the period of a sharp post-war reduction of military orders.
Boeing XB-15 bomber escorted by fighter
Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress": target hit
The development of new layout schemes was conducted on medium bombers, many of which went into series. Creating a much more expensive intercontinental bomber required the informed choice of his scheme at the design stage. Initially, the Boeing company envisaged the creation of an aircraft with a turboprop engine and over the course of two years, it studied more than 30 variants of a strategic bomber with different take-off weight and wing and engine configuration. TVD allowed to achieve the required relatively low airspeed (it is quite likely that the initial terms of reference were compiled by the military with regard to the use of a combined power plant, as is the case with the B-36). At the first stage, it was supposed to use a straight wing (462 model with six single-screw theater engines), then a choice was made in favor of the swept wing, and at the last turboprop design variant (four-turbo engine model), coaxial screws were assumed. Also known is the XB-464 medium bomber project put forward by the company in 35 with four theater engines, which bring coaxial screws.
However, by that time, in the course of flight tests, the B-47 medium bomber, created in parallel by Boeing, had a well-established scheme with a moderately swept long elongation and turbojet engines located in the nacelles under the wing. Listening to the recommendations of the well-known German designer V. Voigt, who after the Second World War became the adviser of the bomber department of the command and logistics of the US Air Force, the US military leadership also began to lean towards the use of turbojets that promised higher speed characteristics of the aircraft German specialist - aerodynamic B. Gebert, who later took part in the assessment of the layout of the wing of the aircraft B-52). As a result, the company decided to use the B-47 aircraft scheme on a new bomber, having slightly sacrificed its flight range to achieve a higher speed. As is known, a similar choice in favor of TRD was made on its ZM aircraft and the Russian OKB by V.M. Myasishchev, while the Tu.O.N. Tupolev design bureau, when designing the Tu-95, focused on more economical engines with coaxial screws.
In October 1948, the Boeing Company, presented the final version of the preliminary draft of the bomber (model 464-49) with eight JD3 turbojet engines (later received the designation J57), which had 150 t at X takeoff weight and 4,5 combat load and 4930 km maximum range and maximum speed / h In March 910, a new contract was signed with the company, providing for the construction of two prototypes. Work on the program was accelerated and its funding was increased after the start of the Korean war in the summer of 1949. By 1950, during the design process, the take-off weight of the aircraft was increased to 1951 t to increase the flight range.
The construction of the first prototype XB-52 aircraft, carried out under strict secrecy, was completed on 29 on November 1951, but due to the need to make changes to its design on the first 15 on April 1952, the second prototype YB-52 began flight tests. Flight tests of the XB-52 aircraft began on 2 in October 1952. During the development of the aircraft, the volume of tests in ADT was about 6500 hours. The US Air Force decided to insure against difficulties in the B-52 program and in March 1951 attracted the company Conver to work on the strategic bomber YB-60, which according to the general scheme (swept wing with eight turbofan engines on the underwing pylons) was close to B-52, but retained the design of the B-36 aircraft fuselage and had a thicker wing. Flight tests of the experienced YB-60 began in April 1952, but the successful course of the B-52 program allowed to abandon the YB-60, and the decision on the serial production of the B-52 was made even before the first flight of its prototype.
The first of the three pre-production aircraft, B-52A, designed for operational tests, made the first flight of 5 August 1954, the arrival of the aircraft into service began with the transfer of 29 June 1955, the first aircraft B-52 to the training unit of the US Air Force strategic aviation command and in June 1956, the first B-52 aircraft in the combat unit. Total 1952- 1962 744 aircraft were built, among which besides the two experimental and three pre-production aircraft were the following options:
Boeing HV-44 prototype b-50 bomber
Scout Boeing RB-50B
B-52 (first flight of the first 25 aircraft on January 1955, built by 23 in 1955).
reconnaissance RB-52B (27 to 1955),
B-52 (March 9 1956, 35 to 1956),
B-52D (4 June 1956 g., 170 to 1956-1958 gg.),
B-52S (3 October 1957 g., 100 to 1957-1958 gg.),
B-52F (May 6 1958, 89 to 1958),
B-52G (October 26 1958, 193 to 1958-1961),
B- 52H (6 March 1961 g., 102 to 1961-1962 gg.).
Several aircraft were converted to the GB-52G, GB-52D and GB-52F versions for use in ground crew training. One of the bombers was converted into the NB-52 variant, which was used as a carrier for the North American X-15 experimental hypersonic aircraft (the first separation from the carrier was made on 8 June 1959). The modified B-52 aircraft were also used as carriers of the HL10 / M2F3 / X-24 main body (predecessors of the Space Shuttle VKS) and (from the middle of 1960's to 1973) of the Lockheed D-XNNX unmanned reconnaissance aircraft Lock-D-21-x to X-NUMX, Lock-D-XNNX unmanned reconnaissance aircraft Lock-D-5-x to 1990. the air launch of the cruise Pegas carrier rocket (the first launch took place on 747 on April 5), as flying laboratories for various studies (for example, to test the engines of Boeing XNUMX and Lockheed C-XNUMX).
Scheme bomber Conwer XB-53
Scheme bomber Boeing XB-55
The first experienced Boeing XB-52
The first hydrogen bomb was dropped from B-52 21 in May 1956. In the following years, a number of record flights demonstrated high aircraft performance: in November 1956, non-stop flights were performed around the North American continent and across the North Pole with a range of 27000 km; 18 January 1957. Three B-52 bomber made a round-the-world flight, flying 39750 km in 45 h 19 m at an average speed of about 850 km / h; 11 January 1962. The aircraft set a distance record without refueling in flight, breaking 20168 km in 22 h 9 m. Part of the B-52 aircraft for many years carried a constant alert on the airfields in readiness for take-off with nuclear weapons on board. 1960 for several years, around the clock in the air was organized around 10 of the B-52 aircraft. By the fall of 1963, in order to reduce the probability of hitting the B-52 aircraft on the ground, the transition to the distributed 42 basing of formed squadrons (15 aircraft in each) was completed on at least 36 aerodromes. By 1988, the number of airbases with B-52 bombers decreased to 12. By this time, all the planes had flown 6,6 million hrs, the 71 plane was lost in flight accidents. By the beginning of the 1990s, the 40 strategic bombers B-52 and B-1 were on permanent combat duty. In September 1991, due to a change in the geopolitical situation as a result of the collapse of the USSR, US President George W. Bush announced that they would be removed from duty in a state of readiness for a nuclear strike.
Scheme of the ZM / М4 bomber of the OKB VM Myasischev
B-52 was created as a high-altitude bomber for attacks using free-fall nuclear bombs. The high precision of the bombing was not decisive, because the B-52, like the Soviet strategic bombers of the same period (ZM, Tu-95), was equipped with a telescopic sight, which made it possible to increase the accuracy of bombing and, therefore, with one parties, to guarantee a higher probability of hitting the designated targets, and on the other, to reduce unintended damage to civilian objects and the public. Nevertheless, in the 1960-ies during the war in Southeast Asia, where strategic B-52 was used for operational and tactical purposes as a carrier of non-nuclear bombs, the United States, using the "scorched earth" tactics, used it mainly for carpet bombing , which caused a sharp negative assessment of the world community. In the latest versions of the aircraft (B-52G and H), optical sights, apparently, are generally removed, and bombs are dropped according to the navigation system and using a radar sight. As a result, during the 1991 war in the Persian Gulf zone, the actions of B-52 were limited to carpet bombing of squares.
The working height of the B-52 flight was by a third, and the cruising speed was about twice as high as that of the piston B-29. This significantly increased the survival rate of the aircraft in flight. The 1950's success in the high-altitude scheme of using the B-52 aircraft carrying nuclear weapons was convincing to the US leadership of the rather bold high-altitude flight of American reconnaissance aircraft in the Soviet airspace, which in many cases remained unpunished due to the lack of high altitude Soviet interceptors and the lack of reliable anti-aircraft missiles. In May 1955, Moscow was taken under guaranteed protection: the first national anti-aircraft missile system S-25 “Berkut” with a range of heights of targets 3-25 km, developed in KB, which is now known as NPO Almaz, was adopted. But a crushing blow to the concept of a high-altitude bomber was 1 on May 1960, the largest success of the Soviet air defense forces at that time - the destruction of intelligence officer Lockheed U-2 piloted by Sverdlovsk, piloted by G. Powers (the plane was destroyed by the first missile, it was launched by combat crew, led by Major Mikhail Voronin).
Another U-2 was shot down on 27 in October by 1962 on Cuba during the Caribbean crisis. In both cases, the C-75 anti-aircraft missile system, also developed by the Almaz Scientific Production Association, and capable (unlike the stationary C-25), thanks to mobility, was deployed in all the zones to be protected. According to some reports, the baptism of the complex occurred earlier - October 7 1959. There is evidence that on that day, in the Soviet capital's area, three Soviet-made C-75 anti-aircraft missiles of the Soviet production destroyed the Chiang Ishisky high-speed reconnaissance unit RB-57D at an altitude of 20600 m (fire Chinese military crews, but Soviet military engineers participated in the training of the equipment and personnel that fired. One may also note the case of using the 16 complex in November 1959, when a C-75 fire near Volgograd at the height of 28000 was shot down by an American balloon launched for reconnaissance purposes. The characteristics of the C-75 ADMS, which was approved by 1957 in November, allowed him to fight all the aerodynamic targets at that time in the world: the target destruction range was 34 km in the Desna variant and was brought to 43 km in the “Volkhov” variant, the target height range was equal to 3 ... 22 km in the original version “Dvina”, and then expanded to 0,5… 30 km (“Desna”) or 0,4… 30 km (“Volkhov”), maximum speed of the targets hit 2300 km / h ("Volkhov").
Scheme of a Tu-95 bomber with the OKB ANN Tupolev
To increase the survival of the B-52 aircraft during air defense breakthrough at high altitude, it was equipped with the ADM-20 Quayle missile targets and armed with UR North American AGM-28 Hound Dog, intended for fire suppression of the air defense missile system with subsequent destruction of strategic targets bombs or for the direct destruction of strong targets without entering the zone of enemy air defense. However, the effectiveness of the C-75 air defense system against high-altitude targets forced the Americans to conclude at the beginning of the 1960-s that the chances of B-52 overcoming Soviet air defense systems would retain only a significant decrease in the enemy's detection range of the bomber and, as a result, a sharp reduction in available time for interception its flight by anti-aircraft missiles and fighter-interceptors. The simplest and most efficient of practical ways to achieve this was to go to low flight altitudes (up to 150 m), which required improvements in aircraft equipment and making changes around 120 to harden the design (in particular, in 1972-1977 using the program Passer Planck "cost 219 million dollars were replaced wings on 80 aircraft B-52D). The inclusion of a low-altitude segment in the flight profile significantly reduced the flight range of the aircraft (for example, for variant B-52H from 16100 km without air refueling to 11700 km with one refueling at low altitude 4450 km) due to increased fuel consumption by engines.
However, with the reinforced design of the B-52, of course, can not be considered low-altitude aircraft. Despite the high specific load on the wing (more than 500 kg / m2 with mass 190 t), the large wing elongation and relatively low rigidity of the structure lead to the fact that the aircraft responds strongly to wind gusts: even at moderate atmospheric turbulence, flying at a speed of 600 km / h at the height of 300 m may be accompanied by overloads in the cabin from + 4 to -2 from exposure to air gusts. Therefore, during low-altitude flight in a turbulent atmosphere, the aircraft mass is subject to restrictions: from 113,4 t to 190,5 t (depending on the degree of turbulence) at a speed on the 500 instrument km / h. Training flights in a relaxed atmosphere are conducted at altitudes up to 120 m, but to reduce the rate of use of the life of airplanes, training low-altitude flights are generally canceled if moderate turbulence is predicted on the route. In fact, in combat operations (Vietnam, the Persian Gulf), the B-52 was used only for high-altitude bombing.
Later on, a powerful on-board electronic warfare system was also installed on the B-52, in the beginning of the 1970-s, instead of the Hound Dog missiles, SRAM missiles were adopted as a means of fire suppression of air defense missiles, and in the beginning of the 1980-s, cruise missiles appeared in service ALCM, significantly improved the possibility of striking without entering the enemy air defense zone. However, this method of attack became standard in the 1990-s after reaching combat readiness by the Rockwell B-1B strategic bombers, and in the 1980-s the standard mission provided for the use of firearms to suppress the enemy’s air defenses with a subsequent breakthrough for a nuclear strike using SPB or SRAM missiles.
Second experienced Boeing YB-52
The fleet of the B-52 aircraft that were simultaneously in service, peaked at the beginning of the 1960s. and totaled significantly more 600 bombers. 1965-1984 Options B-52 to B-52F were removed from service. By the beginning of 1992, the X-NUMX of the B-254 (52 B-159G and 52 B-95H) aircraft remained in service with the US Air Force, of which 52 B-33G were permanently re-focused on non-nuclear missions using conventional bombs and anti-ship missiles. Harpoon".
In August, 1993, at the Davis-Montan airbase (pieces of Arizona), began the destruction of the 350 aircraft of the B-52 aircraft in accordance with the Treaty on strategic offensive arms, previously signed with the USSR. Special "guillotine" cuts each plane into five parts. The composition of the regular Air Force left only 95 B-52H.
The price of one aircraft was 8,7 million at the rate of 1962. From the end of 1970 to the end of 1980, 52 billion were spent on upgrading the B-5 aircraft. The average cost of one flight of the B-52 aircraft during the Vietnam War was 41421 dollars (according to 1970), at the end of 1980-s - 37170 dollars (taking into account the average cost of one flight hour 5900 dollars and the average duration of a training flight 6,3 h). The average labor intensity of servicing B-52 on 1993 was 33-41 man-hours.


Nissan wins at Le Mans!*
*But not overall.
I wasn't going to post anything today since I was expecting to be soaking up the whole spectacle of Le Mans but since the race ended this morning I thought I'd post a quick summary. Needless to say, if you haven't been following the event yourself, SPOILERS LIE AHEAD!
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This first year back to Le Mans was always going to be difficult for Nissan with not only the learning curve of returning to the world's premiere endurance race after a long absence but also the added complexity of developing a radical new concept for a race car. Adversity was exactly what they encountered with clutch trouble sidelining the #23 car from the very start. The #21 car was in and out of the pits for various issues ranging from the gearbox to a door that popped open on the Mulsanne straight. Eventually, it was the first of the three cars to retire. The other two cars would also spend a lot of time in the garage but Nissan valiantly kept them going and the #23 at least made it all the way to the 23rd hour before succumbing like its sister before it. On the bright side, the #22 car did make it all the way to the end despite all the mechanical issues and being over a hundred fifty laps down from the winner.
The GT-R LM Nismo's were consistently well off the pace of the frontrunners but this year they weren't even running their hybrid system properly and suffered due to not having the extra power as well as the added acceleration and grip afforded by the originally planned electric RWD boost. They basically ran on just the 500ish hp V6 engine driving the front wheels without the benefit of the hybrid systems that gave the other LMP1 teams over a thousand horsepower of peak output. A lack of regenerative braking also played havoc with slowing the cars down. Overall, very much a learning year for Nissan but kudos for the determined effort despite the lack of development time. Next year will be very interesting if Nissan can get their full AWD hybrid system working and the aero setup optimized.
Since Nissan obviously didn't win overall, someone else had to take the honors and this year it was the Porsche team in a convincing 1-2 for their 19 and 17 cars. Audi's #7 car ended up in third while the Toyotas were surprisingly a non-factor for the win pretty much the whole race. Congratulations to Porsche and their winning driver team of Earl Bamber, Nico Hulkenberg, and Nick Tandy for a magnificent drive!
The LMP1 results may have been disheartening for Nissan but solace can be had in their continued dominance of LMP2. The #47 KCMG Oreca-Nissan led the class for almost the entire race and was never seriously challenged for the win except in the early going. Nissan-powered cars filled the top spots of LMP2 with the nearest alternate powerplant way down in seventh. An interesting bit of trivia is that roughly a third of this year's Le Man's grid had Nissan power.
In the GT classes, Corvette Racing did America proud by winning GTE-Pro – fitting for Flag Day when the Stars and Stripes are everywhere. Even more impressive is the fact that they've now won the Triple Crown of endurance racing this year, having scored victory at Daytona and Sebring earlier. Unfortunately the #63 car that had got those victories was unable to complete the hat trick after a stuck throttle put Jan Magnussen hard into the wall during a pre-qualifying test session. Fortunately he was unhurt but the car was unsalvageable. The sister #64 car fought hard and claimed the win in their stead however.
In GTE-Am Aston Martin looked set to win in the closing hours. Unfortunately a late shunt by the leading car within the final sixty minutes scuppered their bid and the #72 SMP Ferrari went on to the class victory. Of note, TV star Patrick Dempsey got second place in the class together with fellow American Patrick Long.
Overall, another great installment of Le Mans despite the troubles Nissan faced. Here's looking forward to next year!


In response to the Elm City’s continued spree of school-based violence, Hillhouse High School will be the first of New Haven’s public schools to upgrade its security system, using a grant approved by the Public Safety Committee of the Board of Aldermen on Wednesday.
The security grant, which was provided by the U.S. Department of Justice with the understanding that the city will match it over a two-year period, calls for Hillhouse to increase the presence of police personnel and security hardware on its campus.
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“Where there are two [metal detectors], we really should have four,” said Interim Director of Security Lieutenant Dwight Ware. “We have an obligation to make certain that all young people are checked.”
As outlined in the grant, Hillhouse will add new metal and hand-held detectors and also introduce door locks and security doors on its premises. In addition, the school will install a portable radio system to bolster communication among its security personnel and require them to undergo a new training program. The school will also ask school resource officers to extend their working hours.
The grant was issued in response to a surge of incidents involving youth violence on the school’s campus, where a team of school resource officers, security guards and administrators regularly mediate conflicts involving weapons such as handguns and knives. Hillhouse was chosen as the test subject for the grant after it witnessed the greatest number of incidents of gun violence among New Haven public schools last school year.
Many public schools in New Haven have added security systems involving metal detectors and armed personnel in recent years as an answer to escalating neighborhood violence.
“Sometimes [students] come from neighborhoods where they feel like they have to protect themselves, and they do that until the school doors,” Wake said. “We want every young person to feel safe.”
Ward 23 Alderman Yusuf Shah said that while Hillhouse’s handbook expressly bans students from carrying weapons to school, many students do not adhere to the regulations.
Some committee members said they were concerned about how students would receive the security changes.
“Are students going to believe that their school is now a prison?” Shah said. “You’re talking about kids. We do not want to give them an impression of a lock-down.”
He added that while he saw the initiative’s merits, its success will depend on how it is executed.
Ward 7 Alderwoman Bitsy Clark said officials must take care to involve students in the decision-making process so as to minimize such resistance, recalling a town meeting held last year at which students openly criticized the police.
“Young people could begin to see this as a police state unless they are involved in the process,” she said. “How you get people to go along with things is to engage them in decisions.”
Shah also said he was concerned the proposal did not specify the source from which the city would draw the money to match the grant. The security grant was passed with the understanding that the Board of Education would clarify this point at a future meeting.
Wake said that though the changes will initially only benefit Hillhouse High School, officials eventually plan to apply a standard security system across the New Haven public schools.


The fender extensions allow using twelf inch wide
rims on the Cayenne. Gemballa's wheel measures
22 Inch in diameter. Cabin is as comprehensively overworked as the exterior.
Most remarkable thing here is the new center console. At it the gear selector is arranged
closer to the driver's hand. Below it is a tray. (See thumbnails)
The center monitor is positioned higher than standard too. Not quite that striking,
but not less interesting, is the fact that the vents are pla-
ced in the sides of the
new console. Shortly behind the sports seats in the front, there is another screen
for the passengers in the back. As at the front, they may take a seat at two sport seats.
that and the rest is covered with finest leather and decorated by carbon applications.
When Gemballa names the conversion 'Tornado 750 GTS', it means that the car has got
750 hp. Of course, the engine is comprehensively overworked to achieve this. There is
a displacement increase to 5 Liters, larger turbo chargers, a sports exhaust system
and an adapted engine control, just to mention the most essential measures that enable
this performance. Peak torque rose to huge 1050 Nm.
So the Tornado manages running to 100kph from a standstill in 4.3 seconds, while the
maximum speed is claimed to be over 300 kph. To make such exercises as safe as possible
Gemballa equipped the Cayenne with a sports braking system including XXL discs, as they
call the things. The chassis is modified by a coilover suspension that's allowing lowering
rates of up to 70mm.


Monitoring Desk: “Maryam Nawaz is very fortunate that she had seen her acquittal in a case that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) fabricated against her. Retired brigadier Asad Munir, was not so fortunate and his daughter had to wait till his third death anniversary to read the news of the acquittal of her late innocent father who committed suicide after being cruelly persecuted by NAB”.
This was observed in an article published in the daily Pakistan Today on Tuesday titled “Asad Munir, Maryam Nawaz and NAB” written by Agha Iqrar Haroon.
The writer says that no action has ever taken place or even no inquiry has ever been launched in the allegation of abusing of office by the former Chairman NAB while hundreds of innocent persons were arrested without having credible evidence against them by NAB. They were found innocent by courts after years of facing humiliation and subjugation.
“When an objectionable video of Chairman NAB Javed Iqbal was leaked by a woman named Tayyaba, I thought that nature had carried out its justice and now Chairman NAB was for it, but I was mistaken and he completed his tenure even two years after the video leaks and no action has taken against him so far. It may be remembered that Tayyaba had lodged a complaint with Pakistan Citizen Portal (PCP) alleging that the then chairman NAB was harassing her and her family because she refused to please him. She claimed that she had recorded several videos and audio recordings against him. No action was taken against Chairman NAB, no inquiry was conducted and nothing has happened in this case though Chairman NAB is retired from his post. In June 2022, Tayyaba appeared before the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament where she submitted alleged audio and videos. Chairman NAB may or may not be involved in harassing Tayyaba but only an impartial inquiry can decide the facts and truth”, commented the writer.
The writer was of the view that after the acquittal of Maryam Nawaz PTI claimed that her acquittal is politically motivated, forgetting that PTI had been in power from 2018 to 2022 but NAB prosecutors failed to produce any tangible and credible proof against her for any wrongdoing in the Avenfield Apartments purchase etc. She was jailed and harassed and her media trial continues even today at a high pitch.


The Victorian government is set to announce a two-week shutdown of the construction industry after a protest against mandatory vaccines for workers in the sector became violent.
The closure across metropolitan Melbourne, Geelong, the Surf Coast, Ballarat and Mitchell Shire was decided on Monday night after the CFMEU building was damaged and riot police deployed in chaotic scenes in the CBD.
There is expected to be some exceptions for work to continue on special projects.
The Master Builders Association of Victoria informed members of the development in a Facebook post, saying the government was concerned about “an increase in Covid-19 transmissions in the building and construction industry, combined with the riots in Melbourne today”.
They said the shutdown would be in place from 11.59pm Monday.
There is a 25% cap on the industry’s workforce in Victoria, with tradies required to have had their first dose of a vaccine by this Thursday in order to be allowed back to work.
Earlier, the CFMEU said the protest was overtaken by “neo-Nazis and right wing extremists”, rather than union members.
Victoria police say several people were arrested as the crowd “grew increasingly hostile” during the protest that began before 9am on Monday.
Hundreds of construction workers wearing hi-vis, and their supporters, stormed the building, protesting against new mandatory vaccination rules for the building industry.
The protest escalated when two union officials, including Victorian construction branch secretary John Sekta, came outside the Elizabeth Street office to speak to protesters just before midday.
Setka was met with boos and insults from the crowd, while some protesters hurled bottles.
“Please calm down. Can you at least give me the respect to talk? We’re not the enemy, I don’t know what you have heard,” he told protesters.
“I have never, ever said I support mandatory vaccination.”
Once Setka went back inside, the protesters smashed a glass door to the building.
Later bottles were thrown at the already smashed glass entrance doors, as those protecting the entry sought refuge indoors.
Protesters also appeared to turn against each other, with a number of small fights breaking out within the crowd of bright orange and yellow.
The Victorian branch of the union released a statement just after 4pm, saying it has always supported freedom of choice regarding vaccination.
“We are not going to be intimidated by outside extremists attempting to intimidate the union, by spreading misinformation and lies about the union’s position,” the statement said.
“The CFMEU will always advocate for safety, jobs, and freedom of choice.”
CFMEU national construction secretary released a statement on Monday night accusing the crowd of being “infiltrated by neo-Nazis and other right wing extremist groups”.
“It is clear that a minority of those who participated were actual union members,” he said.
Chanting “fuck the jab”, those protesting are against having to show proof of their vaccination to be allowed back on building sites, with some saying they would rather the entire construction industry be shut down.
Rain and hail did not deter the protesters, many still rallying in the streets until dark.
Some said they would come to the CFMEU office every day until the union bows to their demands.
It is unclear whether all of those protesting are construction workers, after a message on the Melbourne Freedom Rally Telegram group encouraged anti-lockdown protesters to join them.
Premier Daniel Andrews said the protests were “not smart, they are not safe”.
“Protests don’t work. Getting vaccinated works, following the rules works. That’s how you stay open, that’s how you get open,” Andrews said.
Monday’s rally comes after construction workers set up plastic chairs and tables in the middle of streets across Melbourne on Friday, protesting against lockdown restrictions that included shutting down tea rooms for morning breaks.


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Zarif Mahmud: Even during the financial crisis, commercial banks are increasing the disbursement of loans to the industrial sector. But most of those loans are not being recovered. As a result, it is defaulting. Defaults in industrial loans have increased at a comparatively higher rate than overall bank loans. In one year till last December, defaulted loans in the banking sector increased by 16.83 percent to Tk 120,656 crore. At the same time, defaults in industrial loans increased by 23.82 percent.
Tk 17,383 crores of defaulted loans have increased in the entire banking system in the last one year; Out of this 67.50 percent is industrial loans. This is said to have happened because the large loans disbursed through irregularities and frauds at various times belong to the industrial sector. This information is known from the sources of Bangladesh Bank.
According to the latest data of Bangladesh Bank, the total credit status in the industrial sector till December 2022 stands at Tk 730,825 crore. Of this, Tk 60,951 crores have become defaulters; Which is 8.34 percent of the loans distributed in this sector. Out of the Tk 14 lakh 77 thousand 788 crore loans of the entire banking sector where defaults are 8.16 percent, currently 50.52 percent of the total defaulted loans in the banking sector are in the industrial sector.
Those concerned say that proper rules are not being followed in the disbursement of loans in the industrial sector. As a result, defaulted loans are increasing. Large industries are getting loans in turn. In many cases, they do not return the bank money because they are politically influential. And some are taking out money from the bank anonymously and smuggling it abroad. Usually, these funds are not returned. As a result, defaulted loans are increasing in this sector.
According to the latest report of Bangladesh Bank, up to December last year, the loan disbursed to the industrial sector was Tk 1 lakh 49 thousand 669 crore, which was Tk 1 lakh 24 thousand 865 crore during the same period of last year 2021. According to that, industrial debt increased by Tk 24,804 crore or 19.87 percent in one year.
Bankers say that due to the Russia-Ukraine war, prices of all types of products, including oil and gas, have increased abnormally since February last year. Besides, the dollar has increased by at least 25 percent compared to the last year, resulting in an overall increase in industrial loans.
In this regard, the managing director of a private bank said, we have had a simple monitoring policy since Covid; In addition, due to low loan interest, industrial sector loan growth has increased.
He further said that the import volume is decreasing throughout the fiscal year 2022-23. However, due to the increase in the price of the product, the additional import bill has to be paid. As a result, the debt also increased.
Meanwhile, with the increase in the disbursement of industrial loans, the recovery has also increased. Till December last year, the collection has increased by 54.63 percent. Bangladesh Bank’s report also shows that till December last year, debt collection in the industrial sector stood at Tk 1 lakh 57 thousand 683 crores, which was Tk 1 lakh 1 thousand 972 crores a year ago.
According to the report of Bangladesh Bank, out of disbursed industrial loans, Tk 730,825 crore is outstanding. This figure is 5.70 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. At the end of December 2021, the outstanding was Tk 6 lakh 91 thousand 395 crore. Among the loans disbursed to the industrial sector, the overdue figure was Tk 93,813 crore, which was Tk 95,946 crore in December of the previous year.
Out of disbursed industrial loans, Tk one lakh 19 thousand crores have been disbursed to large industries. Tk 11,749 crores have been distributed to medium industries and Tk 18,842 crores to small industries. Out of this, Tk 29,574 crores of term loans have been disbursed. And the current capital distributed is one lakh Tk 20,095 crores.
The former chief economist of World Bank’s Dhaka office regarding the increase in defaulted loans in the industrial sector. Zahid Hossain said that the rate of defaulted loans is higher for large companies than small companies in the industrial sector. Because big institutions are re-borrowing even after default. Therefore, the rate of defaulted loans has increased in this sector. Besides, due to rescheduling and restructuring facilities, distressed loans in this sector are much higher than bad loans.
He also said that there are defaulters with state-owned enterprises as well as big industrial enterprises. They are out of touch. Those who are out of touch should stop giving new loans. It must be ensured that new loans do not arise. Then the defaulted loans in this sector will decrease.
According to the rules of Bangladesh Bank, in case of default, no new loan is allowed. However, Bangladesh Bank has recently shown a liberal policy by leaving the power of rescheduling to the bank’s board of directors. This will increase rather than decrease defaults. Besides, defaulted loans are not being recovered due to weak legal process. Because of this, banks are not interested in legal proceedings. So, this process should be made easier. And if the legal process becomes easier, the collection of defaulted loans will increase.
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Airlines prefer to keep the compensation rules murky. It helps them wheel and deal at the departure gate when necessary.
Give the acrimonious relations between Southwest and its unions, an executive probably had to go. Randy Babbitt is 70 year old and led labor relations, so his departure makes sense.
Southwest and JetBlue might have the cheapest redemptions, but savvy frequent flyers generally still find more value in programs offered by American, Delta, and United.
It makes sense that Southwest is finally realizing what other airlines have known for years — partnering with international airlines makes good business sense.
This letter should get Sens. Markey and Blumenthal some attention. But beyond that, it is not likely to have much of an influence on the nation's airlines.
Southwest has made money for more than 40 years. But that consistency does not satisfy many Wall Street analysts, who keep pushing the airline to increase profits.
A good operational meltdown like Delta's should make travelers nostalgic for the good old days, when carriers regularly cooperated to help each other's passengers.
Passengers might be cursing Southwest and Delta now, but they'll be back. As four airlines own the vast majority of U.S. market share, travelers have few alternatives.
Southwest did have some trouble recovering from last month's router failure. But is that reason to fire the CEO?
Southwest has rarely followed the U.S. airline pack, and historically its actions have generated high returns for investors. But could this time be different?

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New Issues Emerges Over School Bus Safety in Abu Dhabi
Parents raised new issues about school bus transport after a school bus crash injured 47 people in Abu Dhabi. Some of them complained that bus drivers are not taking adequate safety precautions and others feared about bad habits of motorists.
Subramoniam S, a student's parent, is of the opinion that drivers should take care of passengers and be extra cautious about public bus transport services.
Pradnya, parent of a 5 year old child from Dubai, said that school bus safety is not the responsibility of bus drivers alone; others should also be vigilant about the school bus.
After the demise of a three-year-old girl, Nizaha Aalaa in October 2014, school transport safety has been revised. The girl suffered from heat prostration and died after being locked inside a school bus for hours. This incident led to closure of the school for a brief period, payment of a fine of 100,000 Dirhams in blood money. The school was forced to use government authorised bus operators thereafter.
In addition to this, Emirates Transport and Abu Dhabi Educational Council also introduced a safety initiative, which include ensuring of proper student behavior in school buses, conducting diurnal bus safety inspections, systematic maintenance, manual pupil checking system etc.
Cameras and tracking systems have been installed to identify the accident cause and recognize misdeeds made by drivers or students. Also, school buses have been installed with so many new and innovative safety devices that ensure student safety.
The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority informed that each school bus should have two extinguishers, two school bus attendants, and two first aid kits compulsorily. Also, they completely forbid the use of minibuses for school transportation.VN:F [1.9.16_1159]New Issues Emerges Over School Bus Safety in Abu DhabiRated 5.0 out of 5 based on 1 rating
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It's a record that, to me, reveals its charms on repeated listens. The first time through, the production values and big synthesizer sounds tend to overwhelm the melody - but listen again, and the utter charm of Young Dreams' approach becomes apparent. This is super-sunny pop music. Just in case the album cover, or the photo accompanying the single "First Days of Something" don't make it apparent, the music will: Norway's Young Dreams are making a summer soundtrack.
Here's the advance single "First Days Of Something":
The delicate guitars play just behind the beat, then about a minute in there's an afro-pop riff that jumps up, then fades back into the mix, where the vocals (lead and the angelic harmonies) take over. The beat fades into and out of the foreground. There's a lot going on, and it's all calculated for maximum enjoyment - I might even say, happiness... and the last minute or so of the song is pure bliss.
Here's "Fog of War":
And it is another pretty song, full of pop features that blend together into what would most certainly have been a massive radio hit when the radio was full of baroque stuff like this from the likes of Brian Wilson and Todd Rundgren.
And speaking of the continuing pop music influence of Brian Wilson - holy cow, check out the vocal harmonies in this cover of Tame Impala's "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards":
(this cut is not on the album, it's being released as part of another Modular release - a bundle of covers and remixes)
The album continues to reveal itself - just the 10:00-plus "The Girl That Taught Me to Drink and Fight" has plenty to keep you going - with pristine vocal harmonies, an insistent beat and a musical vocabulary that moves seamlessly from rock guitars to orchestral strings, and in places combines them. This is a record you will want to keep in the rotation for a while, and probably take back out when summer comes along. It was released Mar 2 in Australia, Mar 4 in Europe and Mar 5 (USA).
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Quercetin (3,3′,4′,5,7-pentahydroxyflavone) is one of the major dietary flavonoid, found in a broad range of fruits, vegetables and beverages, such as tea and wine, with a daily uptake between 10 and 100 mg depending on the dietary attitude. We previously demonstrated that quercetin sensitizes HPB-ALL cell line to CD95- mediated apoptosis through a mechanism independent of its antioxidant properties and related to its ability to regulate the activity of serine–threonine protein kinases. Here, we report that quercetin is an inhibitor of protein kinase CK2, a kinase involved in apoptotic resistance in several forms of leukemia. Quercetin inhibits CK2 in an in vitro assay and in HPB-ALL cells decreasing its activity of 3.5-fold within 12 h from treatment, in good agreement with the intracellular concentration of the molecule measured by HPLC on the same cells (0.933 ± 0.188 μg/mg of total proteins). Quercetin also inhibits pure CK2 enzyme with an EC50 of about 150 nM in an in vitro assay. A specific CK2 inhibitor, TBB (4,5,6,7-tetra-bromo-benzo-triazole), behaves similarly to quercetin since it abolishes CK2 activity in HPB-ALL cells, but fails to enhance CD95-mediated apoptosis when associated with an anti-CD95 monoclonal antibody mimicking CD95 ligand. The resistance to apoptotic induction in HPBALL can be bypassed taking advantage of the pleiotropic activity of quercetin. Combined treatments which include quercetin in associationwith death receptor inducers may represent a novel therapeutic strategy against leukemia.
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My b7 1.9 115bhp just started going into limp mode with a weird noise, checked turbo fins look sharp and pretty clean, boost control sensor maybe?? And where is it??
The noise is also quite loud, it's not a whistle or a whine or boost leak.
Any help (anything) appreciated.
As title, renewed all discs and pads and my handbrake is still rubbish, it's so bad I cannot use it on the slightest of hills.
Anyone with some knowledge on the b6 braking system could help?
(Off subject also, changed temp sensor and stat this week and what a difference in car and fuel).
Think my clicking issues are from a worn cv joint. Before I take on the task of changing it, do I need any special tools for removal of old one?
Or is it one for the garage to do?
Any info be great thanks.
Front end of car clicks or slightly knocks every now and then. I've changed the drop links thinking it was them but it's still there.
Suspension is standard sport suspension on b5 perches.
Anyone any ideas what it could be, it's really really annoying.
I've checked everything and cannot see...
Seen this on past forums and not noticed a thread like this on here.
Basically whatever you have done to your b6 today stick it up on here. Washed it, fixed it, modded it, looked at it, took it somewhere...so on.
The brake pad low symbol is flashing (the yellow one).
Brake fluid is full, brake pads are really thick and sensors are fine.
Warning light comes on temperamental but sometimes don't come on until about 15 mins of driving.
Any ideas anyone?
Anyone bridged the sensor to delete the light...
Fitted my hids the other night then straight away ABS etc warning lights come on.
What I've learnt, expensive hids, cheap hids it's pot luck whether they'll throw the abs lights up.
Moving the ballasts works for some people for me it didn't.
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About a year ago I made myself a cup holder to go in the rear armrest of the A4. 2 spaces for drinks and a storage area.
and it's served it's purpose brilliantly. With a 9 and a 4 year old in the back it's been perfect for our outings.
I've now made one that fits even better...
I'm interested in some new 18" alloys but the offset is really low at ET29.
The alloys are 8.5J wide.
What are your opinions on this setup for my avant? Are they gonna poke out to much with 225/45/18 tyres on them?
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Since I've had car (1 year) the wipers has never run smooth across the windscreen.
The ones that were on there when I bought the car were retrofit and were rubbish so replaced with Bosch retro fit but were still awfull, then tried Valeo and still same outcome.
They all clear the rain fine but...
Over the Christmas period I've gone right through the car with a tooth pick, also given it a service etc, cleaned out them drains under battery, sorted leaky boot and a few other things.
Today renewed the air filter and the box was drenched!! Full of crap and a slightly damp bottom end of...
I've read the a4 mod site on how to strip the headlights and it says its not as easy as putting them in oven to separate them.
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Bought this with 75,000 miles on clock.
Pretty good nick but alloys seriously needed refurbing and one or two dings need pulling out. Apart from that, it was clean!!
First jobs done: snowfoam etc, claybar & a couple of layers of collinite.
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And a Sarnia couple travelling home from Toronto who witnessed the chase, got a far more exciting trip than normal. And a Sarnia couple travelling home from Toronto who witnessed the chase…
OPP released this image following a police chase on Highway 401 on Sunday, March 23, 2020.
One of the injured men later died in hospital. Jay McAuley uploaded the video to his Facebook page on the weekend after witnessing the chase in London.
That's when the chase began, which continued down the 401 until a third attempt at deflating a tire was successful, bringing the chase to an end in a ditch near Dorchester Road. The SIU said that one man died at the scene, and three others were seriously injured.
CTV News London Video Journalist. “It just goes to show some of the risks that we have to deal with on a day-to-day basis.”. The pursuit came to an end when the truck ran over a spike belt that had been laid down by police.
401 police chase from Facebook page of Jay McAuley. Open for walk-ins 7 days a week from 7:00 a.m. - 11:30 p.m. The pursuit began just before 2 p.m., when sledge hammer-wielding bandits smashed display cases at a jewelry store in a mall and fled with an undisclosed amount of loot. A smash-and-grab jewelry robbery left two suspects dead after a highway gun battle and a high-speed police chase that started at a suburban shopping mall in London, Ontario on Wednesday. A 33-year-old Brampton, Ont. “It was being tracked with a GPS at some point," says OPP Const. Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating the Southdale crash.
A 33-year-old Brampton, Ont.
On Sunday, November 1, 2020, at approximately 5 a.m., an LPS officer observed a motorcycle travelling southbound on Crumlin Sideroad … BRAMPTON MAN FACING CHARGES AFTER FAILING TO STOP Drugs and prohibited weapon seized LONDON, ON (November 4, 2020 ) – A Brampton man is facing a number of charges after failing to stop for a police officer in the east end of the city over the weekend.
According to his post, the video was taken on the highway near the Highbury Avenue exit on Sunday. From CTV Kitchener’s Max Wark: The Special Investigations Unit has cleared the WRPS of wrongdoing in the deaths of two teens. Screenshot of video of Hwy. The Police Reporting Centre 1001 Brydges Street London ON N5W 2B5 519-661-2664.
By Scott Kitching March 23, 2020 12:08pm It was a far from normal drive on Highway 401 for a Sarnia man who captured a police chase on video. “It was really impressive just how co-ordinated the OPP was with it too,” says McAuley, “and as much as I wish I could have got closer it was probably smart they had the cars ahead of us flank as well.”. Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered on CBC Gem. What they captured was a harrowing scene, a five-tonne truck surrounded by at least 10 police vehicles swerving through all lanes heading westbound on the busiest highway in North America.
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“You just kind of wonder, thoughts start going through your head. A smash-and-grab jewelry robbery left two suspects dead after a highway gun battle and a high-speed police chase that started at a suburban shopping mall in London, Ontario on Wednesday.
Marek Sutherland The truck was reported stolen in the Greater Toronto Area, and OPP were notified when the truck entered Oxford County.
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The crashed vehicle was earlier seen racing down a street in London with a gunman inside the vehicle waving a weapon. The OPP said on Monday that officers responded to the westbound lanes of the highway around 6 p.m. after getting reports of a stolen commercial truck that had been taken from Oxford County. Two men are dead after a highway gun battle and a high-speed police chase ended in a dramatic crash in London, Ontario.
The video offers a unique perspective of a rare public sight. Phone line is staffed 24/7. BlackburnNews.com is a network of local newsrooms providing timely, accurate multimedia coverage of Southwestern and Midwestern Ontario. Jay McAuley … "The guy was hanging out of the sun roof holding a gun," said one witness.
The four occupants were ejected in the accident. The two dead men are from Quebec.
“It’s just a sea of red and blue flashing lights,” says Jay McAuley.
The video shows the truck swerving in the direction of a couple of the cruisers. Expand All | Collapse All. The driver of the truck attempted to flee the scene on foot before being detained. The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is focusing its probe on the actions of one Middlsex County OPP officer.
A 33-year-old Brampton man has been charged with two counts of dangerous driving, one count of flight from police and one count of possession of stolen property.
It is a priority for CBC to create a website that is accessible to all Canadians including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges. London Police Service 601 Dundas Street London ON N6B 1X1 519-661-5670.
man is facing several chargers after a wild police chase on Highway 401 Sunday evening. Box 500 Station A Toronto, ON Canada, M5W 1E6. What’s going on?”.
The London Police Service (LPS) is a municipal law enforcement agency which provides policing services for the city of London, Ontario, Canada.The department is responsible to the citizens of London for enforcing both the provincial laws of Ontario, and the federal laws of Canada including the Criminal Code of Canada and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Ontario's police watchdog agency, the Special Investigation Unit, is probing the incident that involved up to 50 police cruisers and several helicopters. A 33-year-old man from Brampton was arrested at the scene and is now charged with possession of stolen property, flight from police, and two counts of dangerous driving. The arms-length SIU is called in to investigate all civilian deaths involving police. LONDON, ONT -- Audience Relations, CBC P.O. The two survivors remain in hospital in London. Open 7 days a week from 7:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. All of the injured and dead were in the car that was being chased by police.
Contact Us by Department. The couple began recording the scene, Jay driving, wife Olivia recording on her phone from the passenger seat.
London police said two officers were treated for minor injuries.
It was a far from normal drive on Highway 401 for a Sarnia man who captured a police chase on video.
The accident happened when the car clipped a truck and rolled into a ditch.
“People often don’t get to see what a life of a police officer is,” says Crewdson. Adam Crewdson.
A second clip shows the truck after it went off the road and appears to show OPP officers arresting someone. The first clip, shown below, shows a white truck being followed by several OPP cruisers.
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PSG manager Unai Emery is looking to sign a new striker for the club, as he looks to complement Cavani.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic left the Ligue 1 side at the end of the season. And he joined Manchester United.
The former Napoli star is expected to lead the line under new head coach Emery, but the 44-year-old is eager to recruit more options in attack to take some of the pressure off Cavani’s shoulders.
“Cavani has played on the left a lot, he has to feel like he will be a centre forward, but we’re short on other players like him in attack,” he told L’Equipe.
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Leonhardt, Heidi, Michael Braito, & Reinhard Uehleke (2021, June). Combining the best of two methodological worlds? Integrating Q methodology‑based farmer archetypes in a quantitative model of agri‑environmental scheme uptake. Agriculture and Human Values. (Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-021-10242-w) (Open Access: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10460-021-10242-w)
Abstract: Increasing farmers’ acceptance and adoption of environmentally beneficial farming practices is essential for mitigating negative impacts of agriculture. To support adoption through policy, it is necessary to understand which types of farms or farmers do or do not (yet) apply such practices. However, farmers are not a homogeneous group and their behavior is subject to a complex array of structural, socioeconomic, and socio-psychological influences. Reducing this complexity, farmer typologies or archetypes are useful tools for understanding differing motivations for the uptake of sustainable farming practices. Previous investigations of the role of farmer archetypes in the adoption of such practices rely on either purely qualitative or purely quantitative methods in data collection, typology creation, and hypothesis testing. Our study combines both approaches by classifying survey respondents into farmer types based on a previous Q methodological study. We then use these types in a two-part regression model that aims to explain participation in agri-environmental schemes (AES) and the level of scheme participation. To control for farm structural factors, we additionally link our questionnaire data to secondary data from the farm accountancy data network. Results indicate that in Austria, AES are attractive to all types of farmers, but the level of participation (AES income per hectare) in these schemes differs between archetypes: Profitability-oriented farmers participate less, and nature-oriented farmers participate more than other types. This suggests that monetary compensations for sustainable farming practices are not perceived as sufficient by certain groups of farmers, and policy makers need to consider additional kinds of incentives.
Heidi Leonhardt <firstname.lastname@example.org> is in the Institute for Sustainable Economic Development, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Wien, Austria.

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No such talk, even if core of championship team is intact as injured players return
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The Green Bay Packers have 13 players on IR, including nine on defense. But somehow, they're hanging on and still in the playoff hunt as Sunday night's game in New England looms.


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Great Works: Single Lily with Red, 1928 (30.5cm x 15.9cm), Georgia O'Keeffe
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Friday 02 December 2011
The point about flowers as they were so often painted by some of the great still-life painters of, say, the 17th century in Holland, is that for the most part each flower was one amongst many. No flower was a self-preening individualist. No flower said: 'look at me in all my separately seductive gorgeousness, passing stranger'. Each separate bloom belonged to a great cascading of colour, a marvellous tonal agglomeration, a huge, peacockishly fan-like shapeliness.
What is more, it is the fact of the pleasing generality of those scenes, which may well have included a brace or two of dead birds (paintings are odour-free), that not only engages us, but also made paintings of this kind so saleable to those art-thirsty Dutch burghers in their heady state of prideful, newly won independence. Each flower was one amongst many, and each one was relatively – yes, relatively speaking – small. Each one belonged to a kind of chorus-line of flowers. There was no star turn. What is more, most of those kinds of paintings were wholly morally unexceptionable. They could hang anywhere. There was nothing to cause offence. Children were not corrupted. Flowers were nothing but flowers: beautiful, and extremely pricey when rare indeed. In short, they were a matchless export, painted or not.
Now look at this painting by Georgia O'Keeffe, painted in the middle of the 1920s. The rules have all changed. O'Keeffe believes in flowers as individuals – and individualists. She wants them to strut their stuff. She wants them to be more than they often seem to be when offered, awkwardly, by a man (by way of apology for a long, hard night) in their crinkly-papered bunches. Just look at the comeliness, the singular shapeliness of this lily. It seems to want to stretch so tall in order to remind us of the full extent of its beauty. You could call it balletic in the way that it yearns almost to fling itself backwards against that luxurious-looking ground of rich green leaf, set against an even richer red. Those background colours enhance the sense of the flower's own singular presence amongst us. They make it seem even more precious than ever. In fact, this particular variety of lily was not especially rare or precious amongst blooms – sometimes it was even despised.
Here it is a shockingly forthright presence, looming particularly large, as large as it would be if an insect were to be ogling it. And, yes, that is exactly our perspective as we look at it, peering just over the brim of the cup of its calyx, though not very far. We are more bees than human at this moment. Its size almost overshadows us. It looms over us, almost menacingly. We feel almost stiflingly close up to it – and this sense of our proximity is enhanced by the fact that we do not see the flower and its partially enclosing leaf in their entirety. We have zoomed in too close to see everything, and by choosing to represent it in this way, O'Keeffe has also, simultaneously, slightly reduced the degree of realism. She has nudged the flower, though authentic enough thanks to its sheeny, almost tackily waxy presence, which is so lovingly and painstakingly rendered, in the direction of a more generalised emblem of shapeliness. She has also emphasised its anthropomorphic qualities. We could even argue that she has nudged us into looking at it as a partial representation of the luxuriously clothed female body, presented to us partially enveloped in that cloak-like green ground. Let us not push this analogy too far, though. O'Keeffe responded furiously when her critics grossly sexualised her flower paintings. Let us stop at that.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) grew up in the American MidWest and spent much of her life in the wilds of New Mexico. Her painting helped to redefine the American painterly idiom during the 1920s in reaction against the dominant aesthetic of Europe. Her painting has been loosely described as "magic realism", which means that she invested real things with a kind of heightened aura of singularity which at times drifted in the direction of Surrealism. Many of her greatest paintings were of flowers and New York City. The first category she painted with a ferocious and almost brutal panache. She was married to the celebrated photographer Alfred Stieglitz.
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OK. Today I'm asking questions. Why do we read paranormal fantasy, urban fantasy, vampire books, were wolves, magic, witches and etc? Why was Buffy so popular, Moonlight, Medium? Why Dexter?
Are we looking for humor, blood and gore, kick-ass heroines, strong heroes with an excuse for not being sensitive? Do we want the romance (Dresden has limited love scenes but lots of sexual tension?)Are we looking for vicarious ways to experience super powers like in Heroes or Smallville? Do we want to know you can have magic and still maintain a family life like in Medium.
For me, I think I have always wanted magic and fairies to be real and to be able to perform the magic myself. Plus, being the strong heroine, defeating the deamons, ghouls and trolls would be so cool.
Plus it's unpredictable. I think that's what I like with the added ability of the characters to have a sense of humor in dark moments. Do I want real encounters with monsters? Of course not, I'm not nuts. The first time I tried to go head to head with an evil fairy-I'd be dead. But as an escape it works. I've always been one to figure out plots, but with fantasy, the rules change and you can be surprised.
Now, if anyone is interested, post a comment and everyone who posts will be put into a drawing for a small fantasy collage. You have until April 15th. That way you have something to look forward to besides taxes this month.
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Much like the radar system from which band takes its name (though the band didn’t name itself for the weather radar), Super Doppler pinpoints the movement of sonic weather across a broad expanse of musical terrain. From jangly psychedelia and Skynyrd-like country funk to party-down beach music and haunting Beach Boys-like ballads, Super Doppler’s Moonlight Anthems features sonic adventures for every taste, fueled by tight harmonies and adventurous musical experimentation.
The band, which debuted with their first album as Major and the Monbacks, has been playing around the Norfolk area for about ten years. Brothers Cole (bass) and Neal Friedman (vocals, guitar), and brothers Michael (guitar/vocals) and Bryan Adkins (drums), percussionist Tyler West, and guitarist and vocalist Harry Slater have been working out their sound over the past three years, developing solid vocal harmonies backed by musical instincts and songwriting that recall the dreaminess and fun of '60s garage band music or the free-form R&B vibe of the Young Rascals. Super Doppler knows how to keep us listening with shrewd songwriting; just when you think the song is over, a new guitar riff leads the song in a different direction, taking it to a completely new plane.
“You Only See Me (at Night)” opens with a riff straight out of Skynyrd’s “Gimme Three Steps” that underlies the melody for the rest of the song, a can’t-live-with-you-can’t-live-without-you take on the transparency of relationships. The album closes with “Happiness,” which opens with phrasing from the Beatles’ “It’s Getting Better Every Day” and ends with languorous choruses fueled by jazz hall piano and guitar. It’s a New Orleans-style swing reimagined as if Paul McCartney were leading the band. “Here Comes the King” takes the creepy-crawly bass line from the Who’s “Boris the Spider” and turns it inside out, while “The Clap” opens with driving rhythm guitars and vocals straight out of Bobby Miller’s beach music classic “Hey I Know You.” “Holidays” is a haunting ballad lifted by the group’s gorgeous harmonies, while the title track illustrates the musical virtuosity and singular musical character of Super Doppler; “Moonlight Anthems” is McCartney-meets-the-Band, but Super Doppler takes that sound to a new level, creating a punchy tune that’s infectious and memorable, making the music it own.
I caught up with Super Doppler’s Neal Friedman by phone recently for a chat about the new album and Super Doppler’s music.
Tell me the story of the album.
Neal Friedman: Basically, it’s been like a year and a half making the album. We recorded it last spring in between shows, and immediately we went out on the road. We’d play a festival on Saturday and get up early to get back to the studio to work on the album. We recorded it at Montrose Recording Studio; it’s an old farmhouse where they’ve built the studio in a barn. It has a great vibe. We definitely wanted the songs to stand out, and we wanted to capture the energy of our live shows. We also wanted to move beyond the jamming parts of our former years and previous album and to do a little bit more experimenting with on this one.
How did you select the songs on the album? Did you leave more on the studio floor?
NF: We had probably about 12 more songs; two or three almost made the final cut. We did demos in our own little practice studio and then sent them to Matthew White, our producer. He brought an experienced hand to the record. He has such an encyclopedic knowledge of music, so if you’re looking for a certain sound, he can help find it. He wanted to have more experimentation in the studio. He was also able to hear our music and provide an outsider’s perspective. We were just six guys who sometimes would argue about the music, so it was great to have another voice to guide us. Matthew’s a great mentor.
How did you come up with the title track?
NF: It is the song that most resembles the music on the last album. It’s got that country funk vibe. It’s kind of a bridge between we’re doing on this album and the old album. It’s a road song.
You’re putting together your supergroup; who’s in it?
NF: Paul McCartney on bass, and songwriting, too; Ginger Baker on drums; Richard Manuel and Garth Hudson; Jimmy Page.
What’s your songwriting process like?
NF: It’s still a mysterious process for me. I still don’t even know how the songs come together sometimes. I like to write a new song every couple of days, and I write on guitar. In the band, though, we have three guys writing the songs. I write, Michael writes, and Harry writes. Each one of us will bring an idea, or a lyric, or a tune to the band, and we’ll play through them, hearing what works and what doesn’t, keeping some songs and not others, so the songs are the product of us working together on them.
When did you start playing and writing?
NF: I started taking piano lessons as a little kid and started taking guitar lessons in middle school. I always had music around. My mom was a dancer. Dad loves music, and Grandpa had a record store in Norfolk, Dad and his brothers worked there. Of course, I used to hang around there all the time, too. I listened to old tapes of songs I made in sixth and seventh grade. There’s one called “Lake House,” about going on vacation, and was doing some rap on that song. (laughs)
What’s the music scene like in Norfolk, Virginia?
NF: Norfolk is about 90 miles from Richmond, so I was brought up in the jam scene there. The great thing for us is that there’s not much going on in Norfolk; there’s not much of a music scene there. That really helped us because we’ve had the room to create our own sound. We’ve had the freedom to do whatever we’ve wanted to do.
Some of the songs on the album have beach music vibe.
NF: Yeah; the old soul stuff can definitely be heard on this album. We used to play all soul covers back in the day; we’d play beach music, Charles Bradley songs; we even got to open for him.
How do you think the band had evolved over the years?
NF: Well, some form of the band has been playing together for ten years, but these past three years we’ve been really taking our music seriously. A lot of it is just practice; we’ve become better players. The coolest thing about us is our stage show; we bring all our energy to it. Harry has become an awesome guitarist; he’s improved by leaps and bounds. Our vocal harmonies have really been getting better, so we’re pretty tight now. One of the coolest parts is how much the music changes, and we keep growing musically.
How important is touring to you?
NF: Touring is how we make our money. I think touring is essential because it’s a great way to keep up our chops.
What’s next for you?
NF: I always want to try to write new music, so I’ll keep working on new songs. A Christmas album is always in the works. (laughs) Our goal is to get into the cycle of releasing a new album every year or so and touring on it.


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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Maybe The Earth Is Unhappy?
Earth crack a mystery
Doug Salewsky and Eileen Heider look at a 200-yard long crack in the earth Tuesday on Birch Creek Road in Menominee County. The crack is 2 to 3 feet wide in some places. The trees in back are tipping about 30 degrees and the earth around the crack has rose about 5 feet with other little fissures spreading out from center. EagleHerald/Rick Gebhard
By MIKE DESOTELL
EagleHerald staff writer
"BIRCH CREEK - One day the land was flat and filled with trees shooting straight into the air. Twenty-four hours later there's a 600-foot-long crack, 4-feet deep twisting its way through the woods - and those vertical trees are now pointed 30 degrees left and right where the earth has mounded 15 feet high. No, it's not a disaster movie; it's what happened Monday at the home of Eileen Heider on Bay de Noc Road in Birch Creek.
Heider was sitting in her recliner watching TV at about 8:30 that morning. "The chair shook for a few seconds and I thought the spring in the chair went," she said. Heider heard a noise at the same time. She checked her chair and around the house inside and out but couldn't find anything unusual.Heider wasn't alone. A neighbor across the road told her she heard a boom while taking a shower and that her husband was leaning against the washing machine and said he felt it move, even though it wasn't running. Another neighbor said he heard a boom and closed his window thinking it was thunder but then noticed the sky was clear.
The next day Heider's friend, Doug Salewski, found a hole in the ground and a 200-yard crevasse a short ways away which wasn't there before. Heider went to investigate and said the crack was three-feet wide and about five-feet deep in spots.
"The trees on one side are kind of tilted and on the other side are tilted the opposite way," she said. The hole found by her friend was dry so she didn't think it was caused by rain, even though some members of her family did. "My kids and different ones that came over said maybe it was because of so much rain and there was a buildup of pressure underneath."
Heider call authorities and Michigan State Trooper Paul Anderson from the Stephenson Post came out to take a look..."