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GPS guidance can not work in the metro because satellite signals do not go underground.
The only way to guide yourself, without making any physical installations in the environment, is to use inertial navigation.
For this we use the sensors of the mobile phone: accelerometers, gyrometers, magnetometers to deduce the displacement of the user. The latter must declare his starting point, for example headend station Denfert-Rochereau and it is then guided by voice. When the device finds that the requested action is correctly executed, it validates it by saying "OK" and proceeds to the next instruction.
There are two demo videos on two line changes by a visually impaired user and another blind.
These demonstrations are experimental, to extend them to the whole of the subway RER, it is necessary to have the complete cartography of the lines and to redo the routes once to check the veracity of the plans and the relevance of the edited messages.
We hope to find partners or means to carry out this work, the magnitude of which exceeds our current resources.
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Take 5 with Kathryn Wandling
Catching up on the New Hanover County Commission for Women
When she thinks about women’s ability to, as she says, “knock it out of the park” even in difficult circumstances, KATHRYN WANDLING remembers a quote about Fred Astaire’s dance partner: “Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.”
Wandling chairs the recently re-established New Hanover County Commission for Women. She’s an attorney – the only one on the eleven-member commission, but she’s also a mediator.
While waiting to take the North Carolina bar exam after moving to Wilmington a few years ago, she earned a license to mediate legal disputes and joined the staff of the nonprofit Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Center. Then, she and fellow ADR mediator SHEILA EVANS co-founded the Coastal Community Mediation Center of North Carolina. The center, of which Wandling is co-director, works with parties to settle disputes that otherwise would go to District Court.
That mindset of defusing conflict and solving problems through consensus will serve Wandling well as she and the commission’s ten other members strive to identify priorities and advocate for women.
“Overall, this is a dynamic, thoughtful, and solution-oriented group: three things that I think are essential for public service work,” she says. “I think our strongest attributes are our abilities to brainstorm and think outside the box and, perhaps most importantly, laugh together and regroup when the challenges seem unmanageable.”
Although the commission, which held its first meeting last August, reports to the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners, Wandling says the county has given it no real agenda or expectations so far.
“We are flying by the seat of our pants this first year,” she says. “We’ve had tremendous freedom to set our own agenda and goals, but with COVID, we have huge social issues smacking us in the face.”
The upheavals resulting from the pandemic this past year have underscored such long-time problems as racial inequality, socio-economic disparities, and gender pay gaps, Wandling explains, adding that women have been especially affected by the difficulties of the COVID environment. And there’s the fact that women, who make up 51% of the North Carolina population, are underrepresented in positions of leadership in state government as well as in the business community.
There are many issues to tackle, but the commission believes health care – including mental health – is the biggest one and underlies some other issues.
“When we started meeting last summer, we identified health care access as one of the most important issues,” Wandling says. “We kept thinking, ‘This is not going to go away.’
“Health care was problematic before COVID; now it’s just staggering,” she adds. “We have to do a better job of recognizing what women are being asked to carry at this point. I don’t think we have the mental health structure anywhere to deal with the (fallout) of this pandemic. And stress is a terrible conundrum.”
But even in so-called normal times, women continue to be at a disadvantage, she says.
“That’s kind of our mission now: communicating to lawmakers the importance of these initiatives that address women and children,” she says. “(Women) have made such gains over the past thirty to forty years we lose sight of the fact there is still so much work to do.”
Five of the commission’s members are appointed by the county. They are MEAGHAN LEWIS, SHEILA EVANS, BHAIRAVI JEGANATHAN, STEPHANIE JOHNSON, and NATOSHA TEW.
Another five are appointed by the city of Wilmington: BRIDGET TARRANT, JANE BIRNBACH, KIMBERLY SPADER, KATHERINE KIRBY, and Wandling. One slot is reserved for a representative of the YWCA Lower Cape Fear: currently, that seat is filled by the organization’s CEO VELVA JENKINS.
Take 5 with Kathryn Wandling
What issues and problems have been at the forefront so far? What are your priorities?
“Health care issues have been at the forefront of our work. Our Healthcare Subcommittee is hosting a virtual town hall on Medicaid expansion in March along with the League of Women Voters, Women’s Issues Action Team, and the YWCA, and we are partnering with other women’s commissions throughout the state to address vaccine hesitancy among other issues brought to the forefront by the pandemic.”
What’s your background, and what experience do you bring to the group?
“My automatic answer to that question is ‘I’m a lawyer,’ but my experiences as a mother, a daughter, and a friend influence my policy standpoints so much more. I’ve been incredibly fortunate to lead a life surrounded by strong women, including those who are serving on this commission with me, and I feel we all have an obligation to lift each other up.”
What attributes do the other commission members add to the group?
“I wish I could go through our membership and give everyone a different superlative! Overall, this is a dynamic, thoughtful, and solution-oriented group – three things that I think are essential for public service work. I think our strongest attributes are our abilities to brainstorm and think outside the box and, perhaps most importantly, laugh together and regroup when the challenges seem unmanageable.”
What does the commission hope to accomplish in the next, say, three to five years?
“That’s a question that I don’t have an answer to. A year ago, I would’ve told you we’d have some kind of a comprehensive plan. Right now, I can say I hope we continue to provide organized forums for issues at the forefront for women in the community. I hope that whatever the next three to five years bring, we respond in a way that supports all the women of our community.”
What has surprised you most in helping to improve the status of and opportunities for women in the area?
“How much work we have to do. It can seem pretty bleak and overwhelming – particularly in 2020 – when you think about the issues women still face in this country, particularly women of color and women in lower socioeconomic classes. However, I want us to remember that women are tough as hell. We’ve overcome so much, and I have faith that we will continue to do so. Especially after the past year, I feel so much hope and inspiration from watching the women of this state and this country knock it out of the park.”
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Umm, sugar is so yum. How can anyone have coffee or tea without ‘S-U-G-A-R’!! But it is also the most contagious ingredient and the biggest enemy of the heart! So let’s ‘manage’ it. Bring a balance.
1. DIAGNOSE IT CORRECTLY: sugar cravings are a lot more about something else and a lot less about ‘sugar’. We crave sugar for a reason other than the sugar. The sugar has a potential to give our brain ‘happy signals’ so what else is your brain missing which could bring the ‘Happy Feeling’? Love? Nutrition? Food when hungry? Relaxation?
2. EAT MORE DARLING: S-T-O-P starving!! It never helps, not in the short term and it 100% harms in the long-term. You rather eat 6 small meals a day every 2.5 to 3 hours than have 3 large plate-fulls.
3. PLAN AHEAD: What are you eating at the next meal? Decide before you wrap up this one. That way you are not scrambling for food when your stomach is screaming ‘Hunger’. What choices to make at the party / travel? E.g. eat ahead and then leave, pack health food, plan to visit places that give you healthy food options, etc.
4. SEEING IS BELIEVING: Our brain is so programmed to ‘see’ things before interacting with them. So let your brain interact with the healthy stuff more and you have won your battle half way through. Right now check what your pantry and snack drawer shows you when you open it? Do you see more sugar or more health? Also, keep your meals READY in See Through containers right at your vision.
5. ATTRACTION IS THE KEY: You are building a RELATIONSHIP with your food, so better make it attractive!!! While you decide on MORE salads, soups, oats and juices, add some nuts, seeds, cilantro, dates, raisins, strawberries or whatever your require to make your body CRAVE for the healthy food in the same way as it craves for the sugary foods.
6. RAKE THE FAKE: Rake out or throw away all your fake sugars – sugar free, diet cokes, Splenda, etc. are very harmful to our brain since they are more processed and contain essences or ingredients that are chemically harmful. You rather have a whole bar of chocolate with sugar in it than have one piece of sugar free chocolate. Your body can fight out the former much more easily since it is much less complex food!
7. CUT THE BRANCH: Stop ‘Hanging Out with your Guilt’ forever. You ate it, that moment is gone forever! You criticizing yourself, thinking about it a 1000 times, beating yourself up will not help one bit. Rather take a pen-paper, write your next goal, stick it on the wall
8. WHO ARE YOUR REALLY?: Ask the Sugar – “Who are you really?” Is the sugar your hurt from past relationships, resentment and bitterness towards your parents, partner or friends? Is it your habit from childhood to protect yourself or to make yourself feel better? Is it your way to relive your happy moments that you miss or just the lack of enough sleep?
9. SLEEP EARLY: Do this for 30 days in a row, sleep before 10.45pm and a 100% you will see a dip in your addiction, weight, stress and a growth in your health. Now, I am in the challenge too, I need to be accountable as well.
10. FOOD JOURNAL: My Dietician Anuvi taught me this in 2006 and it has been my savior whenever I put my mind to it. Note down every little thing you ate, in each of its amount and time of the day and run back on your notes each week. You will surprised how many times you told you mind – “I am only having a little bit” Food Journals have great ‘mirroring’ power, use it to your benefit.
11. KNOW YOUR FOOD: Carbs is also sugar. The chapatti and grapes are sweet tasting because they have carbs which convert into sugar in our body. Do your best to include more proteins, fiber and less sugary veggies in your diet.
12. BUNK THE CALORIES: In the 18 kgs I shed in a year, not once have I looked at calories. Eat clean carbs, more protein and some fats.
Article Credit: Inspired by Kathy – my once upon a time, Fitness Trainer Friend
Image Credit: Flickr found on Google images.

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Saddled with an unwanted extra month of summer vacation, the 11-time Calder Cup champions have been busy gearing up for the 2013-14 American Hockey League season. In addition to hiring head coach Mike Haviland and assistant Ryan Mougenel, Hershey has overhauled its roster since the AHL's free-agent period kicked off in July.
"It's been extremely busy," said Doug Yingst, team president and general manager. "We've gone through the player situation before, but not with as many holes as we've had to fill this year with coaching - head and assistant."
Haviland replaced Mark French on June 18. Mougenel filled in for Troy Mann on July 5. Hershey finished 36-31-3-6 last season before bowing out to rival Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in the first round of the playoffs.
"We got two really excellent coaches who are both aggressive in thinking, which we all like," explained Yingst, entering his 32nd season with the organization. "And, they did a good job at prospect camp."
Both coaches recently attended the Washington Capitals developmental camp, which gave them an opportunity to match names with faces. They are expected to officially meet the troops Sept. 11. The Bears' training camp starts Sept. 23.
"The transition and getting accustomed to each other and their habits takes a little time," added Yingst.
Yingst cited several players, including Michael Latta, Dane Byers and returning fan-favorite Joel "The Wrecker" Rechlicz, as key ingredients to giving the Bears more on-ice growl.
"Hopefully, we come out with more aggression, more body contact and we're tougher to play at home," he said.
Goalie David Leggio is perhaps the biggest off-season acquisition. Leggio led the AHL in wins last year with a 38-24-1 record (2.56 goals against average) for the Rochester Americans. The Capitals signed the 28-year-old keeper to a one-year, two-way contract on July 8.
Leggio is projected to compete with up-and-comer Philipp Grubauer for time between the pipes. Grubauer posted a 15-8-2 mark (2.25 GAA) in 28 games for Hershey this past season.
"They are both quality," boasted Yingst. "We're so happy and lucky to have Leggio. One is proven; one is a prospect, which is ideal for the Hershey Bears. Their time - who gets the most minutes, most games - has yet to be determined. We'll see, but they're both outstanding."
Goalie depth should be a strength, considering the Bears also extended a one-year offer to Riley Gill, who anchored ECHL-affiliate Reading's run to the Kelly Cup last year as the playoff MVP. Hershey also has Brandon Anderson waiting in the wings.
However, with addition - comes subtraction. Several mainstays have seperated ways with the club since the start of the AHL's free-agent frenzy. Grizzled veterans Boyd Kane and goalie Dany Sabourin are among the notable departures.
Kane, a two-time captain, notched 220 points (102 goals, 118 assists) in 365 games wearing chocolate and white. The 35-year-old forward helped Hershey hoist Calder Cups in 2006 and 2010 and earned the organization's AHL Man-of-the-Year award for his off-ice charities last spring. Kane inked a one-year contract in June to play for the KHL's Medvescak Zagreb, where he will reunite with French for the upcoming campaign in Croatia.
Sabourin, meanwhile, signed a one-year deal with the Grazz 99ers in Austria.
"It's actually really hard; it's not a fun part of the job," Yingst said. "You get attached to some those players like Kane and Sabourin. They're not only good hockey players, but they're wonderful people - family people who were committed to the Hershey Bears. It's tough to say goodbye, but at some point you have to."
The 2013-14 AHL schedule is expected to be released within the next three weeks. The National Basketball Association dictates the process due to the fact they co-occupy arenas in certain cities.
"Hershey is the best place to play in the American Hockey League, but it's also the best place to play as the opposition," noted Yingst. "(The visitors) come in on a Saturday night and see 10,000 people, and they get excited too."
The Bears return to Giant Center for their first preseason game at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27 against the Utica Comets (formerly the Peoria Rivermen). Rival Wilkes-Barre/Scranton visits Sept. 28 at 7 p.m., before the Bears and Baby Penguins head to Mohegan Sun Arena for a 5:05 p.m. final tune-up Sept. 29. Preseason tickets - $12 general admission - go on sale Aug. 19.
Hershey's regular season home opener is slated for Oct. 5th against an undetermined opponent. Season tickets are currently available at Giant Center's box office or by calling 508-BEAR.
Notes: The 2013-14 AHL Outdoor Classic will be hosted by the Rochester Americans at Frontier Field on Dec. 13 against an unknown opponent. ... Along with Peoria, the Houston Aeros relocated to Des Moines, Iowa and will be dubbed the Iowa Wild. ... The Connecticut Whale switched back to the Hartford Whale Pack.


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ing the inventory, we now have the ability to produce their cards on demand with consistency, which will help level out our production and reduce the risk of overproduction.” The 750S is the third generation of the J Press series, another reason for ASB’s purchase according to Brisen- dine. “This isn’t new to Fujifilm. This is something Fujifilm had success with and continues to refine. Not to mention they’ve got the number one print head in the industry.” ASB Graphics is passionate about staying on top of the market trends and its customer needs as well as the ability to open up new areas and new markets. When reflecting on the age of digital production inkjet, Brisendine said, “We’re in it now. It’s here.” Visit www.fujifilm.com/us/en/about/region for more. Baysek Expands Global Footprint With Sale Of Die Cutter In Denmark Nelsonville, Wisconsin based Baysek Machines has con- firmed that a large independent corrugated packaging manufacturer in Denmark has purchased a Baysek EL-150 automatic die cutter. The die cutter has a maximum sheet size of 1220mm x 1320mm, but can extended to 2130mm x 1320mm for companies producing larger work. Robert Jess, UK & Europe Sales Manager, said, “It’s an exciting time for Baysek, as more companies are realiz- ing the benefits of our machinery, their versatility and the
after-sales support we offer. We have 170 machine instal- lations globally, including dozens across Europe and the UK and now expanding our footprint into Denmark. The machine will be installed later this year and will be more easily accessible to Northern European customers want- ing see our machinery in production.”
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and while consumers “wishcycle” their plastic packaging in the hopes that it will be kept away from the side of the road and out of the ocean, legislatures and others can to- day look to corrugated boxes for inspiration. Corrugated boxes have been a packaging solution for more than 125 years. With an industry focus on recycling that began in early 1970s, the industry knows that it takes time, infrastructure, manufacturing and transportation sys- tems, and markets for recovered materials to become cir- cular by nature. From its humble beginnings, the brown corrugated box has become stronger, structural designers have created infinite shapes and printing technologies have allowed the sides of box to become a billboard for vibrant graphics and important messages. Yet the focus has never drifted far from building an industry framework that ensures its products are both restorative and regen- erative by design. Dennis Colley is President and CEO of the Fibre Box Association (FBA).
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For the second consecutive week, a Washington Redskins player is in position to win Frivolous NFL Fine of the Week honors.
Quarterback Robert Griffin III was fined $10,000 by the league for wearing unauthorized apparel, according to The Washington Post. The offending garment, the report said, was the long-sleeved white T-shirt with the phrase "Operation Patience" across the front, which Griffin wore during warmups before Monday's preseason game at FedEx Field against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
"Operation Patience" is the name RG3 gave to the team's cautious rehab plan after knee surgery.
Griffin was not active for the game, as he was ruled out for the entire preseason before training camp began last month. Still, league rules prohibit unauthorized apparel during a period in which players are visible to the stadium and television audiences. Pre-game warm-ups for exhibitions in which the player will not participate fall into that category.
The previous week in Tennessee, tight end Fred Davis was fined $7,875 for celebrating his first touchdown since returning from an Achilles tendon tear by dropping to the ground, a banned act for which he drew an unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty.
Griffin was fined last season after wearing non-Nike apparel to a post-game press conference in December, the Post reported.
There was no mention in the report of the NFL's position on the floppy white hat Griffin wore on the sidelines during the second half of the game.


Ingram Micro has rolled out the Microsoft Surface and Surface Pro and the NCR Silver point-of-sale system on its Cloud Marketplace to help partners easily bundle devices and cloud services.
The Irvine, Calif.-based distributor said putting devices such as Microsoft Surface and NCR Silver point-of-sale system on its marketplace will help solution providers avoid commoditization by making it possible to sell holistic offerings through an e-commerce storefront. This means that the channel can procure and resell the Surface Pro and cloud services in a single shopping cart or order.
"Cloud is one piece of a bigger business solution," Renee Bergeron, Ingram Micro's senior vice president of global cloud, told CRN. "We're starting to add the devices that our partners need into the marketplace so that they can create real turnkey business solutions."
Microsoft Surface initially will be available through the Cloud Marketplace in just Australia and New Zealand, Ingram Micro said, and will roll out to other locations later in the year. Microsoft Surface will only be available to partners authorized by Microsoft, Bergeron said, and unauthorized partners will not be able to market, sell or support it through the Cloud Marketplace.
Microsoft Surface and Surface Pro are also available on Ingram Micro's general line card outside the Cloud Marketplace, according to the company. The commercial product sells very well, Ingram Micro said, and the distributor is currently launching the consumer line.
Solution providers can resell Microsoft Surface and NCR Silver through either a one-time purchase or a monthly as-a-service-type arrangement. Device refresh is not currently included in the monthly subscription model, but Bergeron said Ingram Micro plans to look at incorporating that in the future.
"Depending on the way the partner wants to bill the solution for the customer, options are available," Bergeron said.
Adding devices to the Cloud Marketplace will boost partner efficiency by allowing them to get all the pieces they need in one consolidated invoice, Bergeron said. It also will enable solution providers to offer complete solutions to customers on e-commerce storefronts based on the Ingram Micro marketplace, she said.
"The more the resellers or partners are able to bundle these solutions, the less commoditization they're exposed to," Bergeron said.
Ingram Micro started with Microsoft Surface and NCR Silver since they were the most in-demand hardware devices based on partner feedback and business use, Bergeron said. And the distributor said it plans to expand the device portfolio available through its Cloud Marketplace in the months ahead.


Every now and then, I hear about such a great event that I have to write about it even if it IS outside the city limits of Laguna Beach. (Thankfully, in this case, the event is the brainchild of a particularly philanthropic couple who lives here in Laguna Beach, so it actually still counts as Laguna Beach.)
The annual Witte Lectures at the Newport Beach Public Library Foundation are what I would boldly equate to many of the best TED lectures out there. While the famous TED Conference features world renowned speakers on technology, entertainment and design, the Witte Lectures bring in the highest level authors, columnists, playwrights and more. What I like about the majority of the speakers in the Witte Lectures is that they don’t take themselves too seriously. While they are clearly at the top of their game, they tend to be warm, witty and very interesting speakers.
The mailing I received just covers the Witte Lecture schedule through April, and the first two on the 2014 docket are both favorites of mine. (Therefore, ahem, I sincerely believe they should be favorites of yours, too.)
Jan 31st – Film Critic Kenneth Turan
On Friday, Jan. 31st at 7:00 p.m., and again on Saturday, Feb. 1st at 2:00 p.m., well known Film Critic Kenneth Turan takes to the stage. Turan has been the resident film critic for the L.A. Times and NPR’s Morning Edition for more years than I can count, and is the Director of the L.A. Times Book Prizes, too.
I’d venture to say that Turan has written the most comprehensive and insightful book on film festivals and the impact they’ve made in the industry and in our lives (Sundance to Sarajevo: Film Festivals and the World They Made). He also wrote a meaty directory and review on the best movies that either never made it to the big screen or never received the accolades they deserved (Never Coming to a Theater Near You). At the Witte Lectures, he will be discussing “Why Movies Matter,” and you can expect it to be quite a lively and thoughtful presentation.
Feb 21st – Sports Columnist Rick Reilly
Then, later in February – Feb 21st at 7:00 p.m., and Saturday, Feb. 22nd at 2:00 p.m., the Witte Lectures welcomes Sports Columnist Rick Reilly. Having been a sports columnist (way) back in the day myself, Rick Reilly ranks right up there in my top two along with Mitch Albom.
Albom has the all-time record, named 13 times as the National Sportswriter of the Year. Reilly has received the very same award eleven times. (Let me assure you, folks, there are tens of thousands of sportswriters out there who would love to even receive one vote toward that title during their entire careers.) Reilly might actually have one-up on Albom as an astronaut once took Reilly’s signed trading card into space.
The outspoken (and, yes, opinionated) Reilly is the front-page columnist of ESPN.com and delivers human-interest backstories for ESPN’s Monday Night Countdown. He’s the author of 10 books, including his latest, Sports From Hell – My Search for the World’s Dumbest Competition. The book was a finalist for the 2011 Thurber Prize, perhaps because Reilly was willing to “bare all” by including his embarrassing attempts to participate in Nude Bicycle Racing, Zorbing, the World Rock Paper Scissors Championship and an “unfortunate week” on a women’s pro football team.
Where Mitch Albom has written books that make me tear up with ragged emotion (Tuesdays With Morrie as one example), Reilly’s books often make me laugh so hard I can’t stop crying.
You can’t lose by attending one or both of these events at the beautiful Newport Library. If you’re a Library Foundation member, tickets are $45 on Fridays and $30 on Saturdays. Non-members pay $50 on Fridays and $35 on Saturdays. Seating is limited to just 200 people, so best to grab your tickets online as quickly as you can at nbplfoundation.org
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Antibiotic resistant pathogenic bacteria and their resistance genes in bacterial biofilms
Obst, U. / Schwartz, T. / Volkmann, H. (2006)
Int. J. Art. Org. 29 (2006), 387-394
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Obst, U. / Schwartz, T. / Volkmann, H. (2006): „Antibiotic resistant pathogenic bacteria and their resistance genes in bacterial biofilms“. In: Int. J. Art. Org. 29 (2006), 387-394
Although data concerning the occurrence and spread of resistant bacteria within hospital care units are available, the fate of these bacteria in the environment and especially in the aquatic environment has barely been investigated. Once antibiotic resistant bacteria have entered the environment, a back coupling by ingestion or other possible entry into the host has to be prevented. Therefore a strategy to investigate paths of entry, accumulation and spread of resistant bacteria in environmental compartments has been developed using quantitative determination of genetic resistance determinants.
Additionally a bacterial bioassay assessed bioeffectivity thresholds of low antibiotic concentrations. This approach enables an evaluation of the potential of contaminated waters to exert a selection pressure on bacterial communities and thus promote the persistence of resistant organisms. Completed with an indicator system for the identification of sources of multiresistant bacteria a concept for monitoring and evaluation of environmental compartments with respect to their potential of antibiotic resistance dissemination is suggested.


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Leeds suffered a humiliating FA Cup exit against Crawley as the League Two side swept to a shock 3-0 win, while Timo Werner ended his Chelsea goal drought and Bernardo Silva sparkled for Manchester City as the Premier League giants eased into the fourth round on Sunday.
After the spiking coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc with matches across the third round on Friday and Saturday, the FA Cup was back on more familiar ground as Leeds became the competition’s latest big name to be knocked out by a feisty underdog.
Crawley’s unexpected success encapsulated the FA Cup’s unique charm and football’s restorative powers at a time when the sport is badly in need of some positive news.
Numerous clubs have been hit by Covid-19 problems as the new variant sweeps across Britain, forcing Aston Villa and Derby to field entire teams of youth players while their senior stars went into self-isolation.
Villa’s kids were beaten by Liverpool on Friday and Derby’s youngsters lost to non-league Chorley, with Southampton’s tie against Shrewsbury postponed after a virus outbreak at the League One side.
Despite calls for the English season to be halted while the virus is contained, the FA Cup goes on for now and Crawley relished their chance to steal the spotlight.
Leeds sit 12th in the Premier League after a fine first season back in the top-flight, but boss Marcelo Bielsa paid the price for making seven changes at The People’s Pension Stadium in leafy Sussex.
Crawley, sixth in League Two, had survived an incredible 6-5 win against Torquay in the FA Cup first round, but this victory was even more remarkable.
On a fairytale day for Crawley, it was fitting that Nick Tsaroulla should open the scoring with his first career goal in the 51st minute.
Ashley Nadesan’s low shot crept under Leeds keeper Kiko Casilla’s weak attempt save to double Crawley’s lead two minutes later.
Jordan Tunnicliffe delivered the final blow in the 70th minute, forcing the ball into the roof of the net after Leeds failed to clear a Sam Matthews free-kick.
It is not the first time Leeds have endured FA Cup ignominy after Don Revie’s stars were famously eliminated by Colchester in 1971, while the club’s 2008 side were embarrassed by Histon and the 2017 squad lost to Sutton.
Chelsea, eight-time winners of the FA Cup and runners-up last season, showed Leeds how to deal with an upset threat as they thrashed League Two team Morecambe 4-0 at Stamford Bridge.
Two-time world heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury has a gym at Morecambe’s Mazuma Stadium, but it was Chelsea who delivered the knockout blows.
Mason Mount marked his 22nd birthday in a memorable fashion as the midfielder fired in from 25 yards in the 18th minute.
Werner finally got on the scoresheet in the 44th minute, bundling home after Kai Havertz headed into his path.
Callum Hudson-Odoi struck in the 49th minute and Havertz got the fourth in the 85th minute.
Romantics looking for a shock at the Etihad Stadium were left disappointed as Manchester City cruised to a 3-0 win against second-tier Birmingham.
Pep Guardiola made four changes from the team that beat Manchester United in the League Cup semi-finals on Wednesday.
Bernardo Silva was one of those who came in and he opened the scoring with a superb half-volley after eight minutes.
Silva struck again with a close-range finish in the 15th minute and Phil Foden got the third in the 33rd minute.
Sunday’s standout tie sees Marine, of the eighth tier Northern Premier League Division One North West, host Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham.
It is the biggest gap — 161 places — between opponents in FA Cup history.
Marine’s squad is made up of teachers, NHS staff, bin men and factory workers, with the highest-paid player earning between £200 and £300 a week.
If Marine cause the biggest shock in FA Cup history, fans in the Merseyside town of Crosby should look out for goalkeeper Bayleigh Passant, who visited a local shop to get beers to celebrate his side’s second-round win — still dressed in his full kit.


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DeFi project Harvest Finance project has just raised the reward for any information that can help it recover assets stolen from its users from $100,000 to $1M.
The Harvest Finance team has asked users who wish to help not to reveal the identity of the attacker, but to focus on just recovering the funds. The company has reported:
"Here's what we know about the attacker: understands flashloan, understands arbitrage and trading, understands curve internal code, understands renBTC, understands opsec, understands yield farming, is able to code up smart contracts, understands how to use available mixers, including on the dark net, available at the time of the attack."
Harvest Finance will pay 1 FARM token to five random people from among those who retweet the post.
On Monday a hacker used a $50M flashloan to manipulate prices in the pools of the stablecoins USDC and USDT. As a result, users lost $34M.
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PERTH, Australia, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Commonwealth leaders were told today that their summit risked being labelled a failure if they ignored proposals to adopt "meaningful" reforms, including taking a much tougher stand on human rights abuses.
Leaders of the 54 mostly former British colonies are meeting in the remote Australian city of Perth, under pressure to reform the body to avoid it sliding into irrelevance.
But few expect them to agree to more than tentative steps on dealing with human rights, an issue which has focused squarely on Sri Lanka and accusations of war crimes in the final stages of its civil war that ended in 2009.
|Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip wave as they board a plane to depart Australia yesterday after an eleven-day visit and attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Perth. Reuters
"There is no doubt ... that this CHOGM (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting) is expected to deliver meaningful reforms of the Commonwealth," former Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi told leaders.
Badawi chaired an eminent persons group set up to recommend reforms that would give some relevance to the Commonwealth, which is home to more than two billion people. "If this CHOGM does not deliver such reforms it is our duty to sound the caution to you that this CHOGM will be remembered not as the triumph it should be, but as a failure," he said.
Badawi's panel decided to make its report public with one member, former British defence minister Malcolm Rifkind, calling it a "disgrace" that Commonwealth leaders had not authorised its release themselves.
"The Commonwealth faces a very significant problem. It's not a problem of hostility or antagonism, it's more of a problem of indifference," Rifkind told reporters. "Its purpose is being questioned, its relevance is being questioned and part of that is because its commitment to enforce the values for which it stands is becoming ambiguous in the eyes of many member states," he said.
The group said the Commonwealth in recent years had failed to maintain its strong stance in defence of human rights seen during its campaign for an end to South African apartheid.
Leaders spent today in seclusion in the west Australian city's King's Park and are expected to finalise their communique later in the day. Some leaders, including British Prime Minister David Cameron, are expected to fly out before Sunday's final day of the summit.
Though leaders agree the Commonwealth should be more proactive over human rights abuses, they appear to be divided over a recommendation by the eminent persons group that they appoint an independent commissioner to focus on the issue.
The group is also pressing leaders to focus more on issues such as HIV/AIDS as well as climate change and debt that are threatening many of its smaller island members, which make up more than half of the Commonwealth states.
"Whatever the outcome of this weekend, one thing is undoubtedly the case, the issue of the rule of law, democracy and human rights and the Commonwealth's attitude to it, has been the dominant theme of this conference. It won't go away whatever the communqué actually says," Rifkind said.


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A single mother in Georgia said she was banned from attending her six-year-old girl's elementary school father-daughter dance after she tried to go dressed up like a man.
Amy Peterson said her daughter, Gracie, was looking forward to having her mom play the role of her father, given that her dad is out of the picture, ABC affiliate WSB reported on Monday. But the school in Henry County, Georgia, forbade them from attending the annual dance.
"To me, I’ve identified myself as her father and her mother because that’s what I’ve done for six years," Peterson told WSB. "She was okay with it. She was excited that her friends were going to get to see this."
Peterson said she filed paperwork a month ahead of last Friday's dance to let the school know that she would be attending.
But Peterson said she received a phone call from the school’s principal about an hour before the dance telling them not to come, according to WSB.
"She [the principal] said, 'No. I forbid you to come and if you show up we will turn you away,'" Peterson said, recalling the conversation. "How do you explain that to a 6-year-old? You can’t go to a dance because you don’t have a male role model in your life?"
Peterson said she believes the school handled the situation poorly.
The Henry County school district defended its decision in a statement.
"The school is cognizant that different dynamics exist across households in our school system," the statement read. "There are multiple parent engagement events and opportunities to participate with their kids annually at this school in an effort to make that connection and build school spirit."
But Peterson said the policy makes children like Gracie feel left out and compared the school's behavior to bullying.
"They're already being bullied. Why be bullied by the school too?" Peterson said. "Why is she being punished because she doesn’t have a dad?"


It is a remarkable achievement. The year 2021 marked the 40th anniversary of one of the most catalytic events in the history of piping in British Columbia: Jack Lee’s capture of the Gold Medal and Silver Star at the 1981 Northern Meeting, the first by a British Columbia bagpiper.
His historic achievement and subsequent teachings of students paved the way for two more generations of BC pipers to capture Gold Medals and established the BCPA tradition of awarding a Life Membership to BCPA region pipers who win the Gold Medal at the Northern Meeting or Argyllshire Gathering.
With his capture of the 2021 Glenfiddich Piping Championship, Jack capped an amazing anniversary year and demonstrated a longevity of piping excellence unmatched in the history of competitive piping.
While thousands of people around the world watched Jack’s 2021 Glenfiddich Pipe Championship performances via the National Piping Centre internet livestream, in 1981 there were only two BCPA people who saw Jack’s Gold Medal and Silver Star performances in-person.
The series of articles this week presents their reminiscences of those historic performances and concludes with Jack’s personal memories of his 1981 Northern Meeting experience.


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Re: Northern Life managing editor’s July 29 column “What does it mean to be a good neighbour?”
So Northern Life supports the widening of Second Avenue? What does this mean? Have the president, the publisher and all the reporters made up their collective mind about this?
What about the readers? This is, after all, a community newspaper.
From a community paper, I expect to find out about all sides of an important matter such as the quality of my environment.
Instead we get an op-ed polemic that labels as “vexatious complainers” people who have worked long and hard to improve our community.
Road infrastructure discussion in our city of lakes should not pit legitimate concerns about water pollution against commuter convenience (and the air pollution that comes from heavy traffic).
If the problem is rush hour, why don’t we deal with that problem? Rush hours only happen because everyone is starting and ending the work day at the same times. Why?
We have a powerful Chamber of Commerce, numerous networks of business and professional folk.
A truly resourceful community would find a solution to rush hour by co-operatively adjusting business and work hours. This would reduce traffic pollution and driver stress and be an example to mid-size cities everywhere.
Isn’t it time we started to think for ourselves and stop following the rush-hour herd?


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can i request some hak x yona smut since the next volume is coming out tomorrow? i'm so excited & i love your work!!
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anon! thank you so much for requesting and i’m glad you like my work! i did want to get this done for you today to acknowledge your excitement for the next volume but i admit i totally just scrapped this together because i’m just a tad
busy tonight! so this is a little shorter than you would probably like, but
hopefully you find this still to your liking!
Just as Yona expected, Hak is very good with his tongue—and he
doesn’t need honey to prove it.
Sometimes, by the end of the day, the drafty attic was too cold to spend the night in, so she lay by the dying embers of the hearth to keep warm.
It was three in the morning and you had finally finished all the work for the day, standing at the doorway looking up at the climb to your ‘temporary’ room the tower never looked cold and dark. Glancing back over to the low burning embers you decided that keeping warm was more important than sleeping on the pitiful excuse you had for a bed. Pulling an old round pillow you settled down for the night. Enjoying the warmth coming from the fireplace as it lulled you to sleep.
The shrill ringing of the servant’s bells woke you suddenly. Rolling around you snapped up wide away as your stepfamily called you up for the day.
“I thought breakfast was ready?” Madam said as she shuffled into the dining room. You looked up from your position,
“It is madam, I’m only mending the fire,” you said scrubbing the bottom, finishing your last job.
This is a collaboration with the beautiful @hifftn. A wonderful anon requested a speacial story. I wrote something fluffy and Jazz wrote something smutty. This was so much fun to write and I hope that it made you smile.
The large room is dark and drafty, only illuminated by the neon blue glow of the small LCD screen. Her breath is heavy as sweat drips down her temple while she considers her options. The chatter from her radio is distracting her, so she turns it off. 1:45 1:44 1:43 The countdown is not stopping and there is no time to call for backup. She could run, if she left now she may even get out of the blast zone alive and unharmed. But there is no way she is leaving behind a scared little girl tied to the bomb. Shaking her head to clear her thoughts she pulls out her knife and begins sawing into the thick ropes. One rope gone, two to go……..two gone, one more….. 0:33 0:32 0:31 “Come on, come on!” Finally the last rope brakes free, dropping the blade she grabs the girl and runs as fast as she can push her willowy legs. Diving behind a large pillar on the other side of the room, she covers the small screaming child with her own body. ‘Somehow, one of us has to make it out of here alive.’
She feels it before she hears it. The blast creates a deafening boom that causes them both to scream out. Afterwards she hears nothing…. nothing but the constant ringing in her head. The building shakes and searing heat brushes against her back. She curls more tightly around the child as they both try to scream, but the wind created by the blast blows away their air, leaving them gasping. Dust and debris swirls around them and the ground feels unstable.
She can feel the pillar starting to collapse, not knowing where the strength comes from, she picks up the girl and runs toward the exit. Every step sends a jolting pain up her legs and into her back. Her lungs burn and her arms feel heavy from exhaustion as she carries the limp child close to her body. Disoriented, she stumbles along until she finally sees a light… too bright… it hurts to look at it. Somehow, she knows that this means safety. She can see a shadow of people in the light making their way to her, but the ground becomes wobbly and unstable. When one of the shadows gets close enough she thrusts the child into the light as the ground falls out from below her. The last thing she sees is his beautiful face reaching for her with the child in tow. She smiles as the darkness swallows her whole.
i just finished watching WataMote, and, like after I watched Evangelion, I’d like to share thoughts
I remember when I was a self-conscious, jealous little shit who blamed everyone else for my problems. When Tomoko tried to be stoic in hopes that someone would find that interesting, and found that no one even looked at her, I just started bawling when she teared up, like fuck. I remember being there: sitting alone constantly, eating lunch in a bathroom stall, hating everyone for being adjusted, and it just hurt me to relive that. I’m not like Tomoko anymore, I love myself and I find being social so much easier, but this show filled me with sadness because I wished I could tell her that she’s not alone, and that she isn’t hopeless. I remember having that terrible mindset where you feel like everyone is stupid and shallow, wanting something special to happen to you with no work on your part. I’m on my way to being an English teacher now, and I want to be there for kids like her. There were also those moments where she met people who were kind to her but she didn’t hold onto them. When you project your negativity onto other people, you don’t realize the wonderful things you have… I got really nostalgic, too, when she met that nice older girl during the cultural festival who wanted to be there for her. I’m glad I have those memories of kindness, even though at the time they meant nothing to me; I’d always revert to a place of numbness. I’ll never forget the girl who kissed me at a Christmas party, when I was alone. She made me feel beautiful. Now, years later, in my place of self-love, I will always be thankful to her for giving that to me, even though I don’t know her name. Those moments where someone you don’t even know shows you kindness. They’re indescribable. I want to be that person for others, I don’t want to watch someone fall into a pit. No one deserves to be stuck like Tomoko, even if she is jealous and judge-mental. She isn’t a bad person, she’s growing up. That shit is tough, homie
Anyways, p good show, watch it if you like dark comedies and realistic female characters in yer anime
Alright so since it’s Captain Swan AU Week, I’ve felt inspired to go back and re-edit this a bit. I wrote it back in December I believe? I don’t know but this was supposed to be the first of an Anastasia inspired AU that I just never got around to continuing and I’m not sure if I will. Regardless.. Here it is! I haven’t written fan fiction in years so I’m sure it’s a bit rusty so apologies in advance!
The castle was alive with cheer and splendor. Everywhere the young princess looked, decorations were being put up, fires stoked to keep the drafty halls warm against the cold snow falling outside. Blonde curls swayed and bounced as Emma skipped along the ornate tile, her heels clicking and echoing down the hall. She smiled at everyone she saw, wishing them a merry christmas. It was her favorite time of the year. To her, the castle came alive, red and golds and greens as far as the eye could see, pleasant faces and distant relatives visiting from far off places. In fact, her family fell into that category. Every year, she’d spend the winter months with her Aunt Elsa, Queen of Arendelle. She wasn’t truly her aunt, but her mother was extremely close to woman and her sister, thus, Emma had known them her entire life.
Despite the fact that she’d stay here every year for three months straight, her mother and father were forced to take trips back home for a week or two, having to handle business back in their own land, Mist Haven. Snow White and Prince Charming were the most kindhearted and benevolent rulers Mist Haven had ever known, after years spent under the rule of the evil queen, the two of them overthrew her and took their rightful place as leaders. Emma hated it when she would be forced to part from her family for weeks, but Elsa, Anna, and her husband Kristoff always made sure she was well taken care of, offering plenty of distractions. Emma however, found distractions of her own, always being one to let her curiosity get the best of her. The six year old was currently making her way towards the servant’s quarters, intent on finding one of her so called distractions.
The moment I saw that new Stonefox had surfaced late last week, I knew we were in for a magnificent treat. Sure enough, the Melbourne indie trio take us to great heights of transcendental ecstasy with their ambient pop, as they’ve done many times over in the past. Dreamstate is a perfectly named beauty. Its cool drifting, drafty mellow soundscape is the agile handiwork of producer Jean-Paul Fung, who’s worked with the likes of Snakadaktal and Last Dinosaurs in the past. Dreamstate is serene yet stirring, a sublimely entrancing song.
I’m wary of wearing
my well-worn jeans
because the worn places seem
likely (most) soon to split at the seam
Warning would be wise before wear-
“Ware of wearing when worn threads break free-
Sudden exposure risk: assume drafty
means drastically increased visibility…”
Cheeky bum trousers, they be-
to dare incur such brazen abrupt baring!
So … I had a good birthday. Had some anxiety, but other than that had a good birthday. And I have to say …. I’m absolutely overwhelmed by my bestie who got me this for my birthday.
She didn’t have to get me anything at all, I mean we live an entire country away from each other, we haven’t even met in real life, but every time I need her she’s there for me. When I have anxiety, no matter what she’s doing or going through she’s always there for me, and I couldn’t ask for a better person in my life!
And the thing I love most about her is she listens …. Unlike me cause I’m horrible at that. She got me a blanky because I complained it was cold in my room all the time during the winter because it’s -50F outside and my rooms in a basement with a drafty window.
Honestly, you know who you are! You didn’t have to do this, and you don’t have to do anything that you do for me, but I appreciate every moment of it. Now I’m going to stop being sappy and get back to writesing!!!!
And I’m not telling anyone who it is cause she knows who she is and no ones allowed to steal my Squeeby from me!
"Where d'ye even find this sort o' thin'?” (TAJ AND ARELIAN HAVE NEVER ACTUALLY MET SO THIS'LL PROBABLY BE WEIRD and no obligations 2 actually write 8D;)
(IT’S NOT WEIRD SHUT UP THEY’LL MEET SOON I BET)
“This?” He utters over a table crowded with mugs. At the center sits a rod capped with a jewel and the jewel shines with a light that seems to flicker and dim, guttering like some sort of torch in a drafty cave. A shoulder lifts, a shoulder falls.
“There’s no sweeping tale, I’m sad to say. There’s no elegance, nor majesty nor princess to be saved.” Arelian glances up, hands lifted with palms outward as he quickly says: “Or prince, mind you. Equal opportunity damsels.” Clearing his throat, his sluggish gaze falls to the rod, surrounded by mugs.
“You find this sort of thing as a gift. A thing left behind from those who’ve left and want to do you well. Almost tragic, really.”
A breath heaves into his lungs, a breath exhales from his lungs. Looking like he’s about to speak; But instead a mug is lifted and downed in a single go.
Home. The memory was a scattered one, a mosaic of mismatched edges that didn’t really fit in any discernible order. He remembered rickety old floorboards and drafty windows. There was a feverish warmth of frail, slender fingers resting limply in his palm, and the Soldier couldn’t quite recall why that made him so sad.
He’d been left, misplaced in the chaos of a mission, and too injured to find his way back on his own. The Soldier didn’t know how far the river he’d fallen in had carried him, but the impetus to return to his makers was less solid than it had been. Like scratching at a lottery ticket, he was drawn to the mystery underneath, pulling him…somewhere else.
Maybe it was dumb luck that the Soldier washed up on a riverbank he was sure he knew, though he couldn’t recall having been there. Disoriented and aching, the Soldier sat up, looking at the skyline that rose behind him. Brooklyn, his mind supplied, though he couldn’t recall having been here either.
Lemme tell you. I wanna grab him and drive forty hours to Alaska in the mountains to some ugly small cabin with a chimney and a shitty TV and antique snowshoes (too big, and we trip face first into powdery snow over and over again). Old quilts and boiling hot chocolate packets, and runs to the gas station ten miles away, (the old man who owns it always disapproves, shakes his head when we giggle high over cans of chicken soup and Goldfish). Weed in the morning, tobacco in a pipe and whiskey in mugs throughout the day. The fire pit takes a while to tinker with– for a few weeks, our marshmallows taste like kerosene– but once we crack it we hunker down in front of it for ages. Sex is goofy; the cabin is drafty and the mattress always squeaks, so suffice it to say there are many sunrises enjoyed from the kitchen floor in a nest of blankets like we’re some raggy kids in a pillow fort.
Here’s a dumb problem– the metal cross that he refuses to take off always freezes to his neck when we get lost in endless pine and snow, so he takes to wearing one of my pink woolly scarves with Pom poms at the end (it was a gift!). I tell him it’s his color. He tells me that because his Dick is so Huge he feels obligated to masculinity to even things out and Save a lil Pussy for the other guys. I tell him I like the Pom poms. I say he can keep it. He paints a rock with a dumb smiley face as a gift in return, because I’m always complaining that the cabin has no real decoration (aside from stuffed elk heads above the couch), and he thought it could brighten things up. I put it on our bedside table.
I take to painting on the roof. One night we splurge on champagne and slip around drunk and immune to the cold beneath acres and acres of constellations. Occasionally we fight. The worst lasted 24 hours only because he took the Ford and drove off and got lost and overtired and swears in a fit of delirium and emotion he saw a bison and thought it was the Nature Goddess. Burned his way through a tank of gas. Looked like a lost little kid soaked in snow, I swear, something about that boy, it felt like a hole in my chest. When he came back I held him for a few hours while the Wizard of Oz played statically, and made fluff sandwiches, and stroked his hair.
He takes long hikes and photographs the sky and one afternoon we drive our truck farther east than usual and find a gorge where he honest to god ice fishes (and catches something on the third day, after bein a stubborn bastard about it). I teach him to whittle. I teach him to throw knives. He shows me how to hold a gun and hunt, but mainly I like to watch him do it. One time we drive four hours north to where everything is glassy, blue-tinged, and looks like frosted cake. We drink green tea in thermoses. We see the aurora borealis. I don’t know. I couldn’t explain it to you if I tried. I drove home that morning with him sleeping in the passenger seat and thanked God thank you God, that I had that moment, that I held his hand, in exactly that moment when he was exactly that person. He was wearing this gray beanie. That boy. The whole ride home I couldn’t stop looking at him; his plaid, his pink-tipped nose, the very blue sky.

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Archivos de medicina veterinaria
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OTTH, L.; WILSON, M.; CANCINO, R. y FERNANDEZ, H.. In vitro susceptibility of Arcobacter butzleri to six antimicrobial drugs. Arch. med. vet. [online]. 2004, vol.36, n.2, pp.207-210. ISSN 0301-732X. http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0301-732X2004000200012.
The susceptibility patterns of 50 A. butzleri strains to six antimicrobial agents were determined using the E-test method. No strain was found to be resistant to gentamicin and tetracycline, but two different strains (2%) were resistant to erythromycin and ciprofloxacin. Ninety and 98% of the strains were resistant to ampicillin and chloramphenicol, respectively. Only two of the 45 ampicillin resistant strains were able to produce ß-lactamase.
Palabras clave : Arcobacter butzleri; antibiotic susceptibility; emerging bacteria; E-test; ß-lactamase.

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Reel back the years to the 1970s, and Alfa Romeo was a force with which to be reckoned in motorsport. In its heyday, its Tipo 33 (in all its iterations) was a holy terror, raced indefatigably from 1967 and until 1977. Of course, every card-carrying Alfa enthusiast pledges allegiance to the Stradale 33, the road-going variant of the early race car, of which a mere 18 were made between 1967 and 1969. On the track, things were intense, with Alfa Romeo often prevailing. Importantly, the Alfa Romeo 33TT12 won the World Championship of Makes in 1975, and the later version won the 1977 World Championship for Sports Cars, taking first place in all eight of the championship races.
The Tipo 33 had a fascinating evolution, beginning with a straight-four engine in the exquisite TZ2, and quickly transitioning to a 2.0-liter V-8 developed by Alfa’s racing subsidiary Autodelta. Engines increased in displacement over the years, and the 3.0-liter V-8 in the Tipo 33/3 matched Alfa’s cloverleaf with Porsche’s 908 and Ferrari’s 312P.
With its power plant mounted midships, the Tipo 33/3 was clothed in an elegant shape that only an Italian carmaker like Alfa Romeo could envision. By 1967, Italian racing competition like Bizzarrini, Lancia and Maserati were mostly relegated to history, while Lamborghini was MIA in motorsport, and Ferrari was busy pitting its V-12s against Ford’s V-8-powered machines. (Ferrari often lost.) Victory in various quarters, as noted above, was finally assured with Alfa Romeo’s 3.0-liter flat-12 engine, a story for another time.
That was then, and this is now, when the sixth biennial RM Sotheby’s Monaco auction brings together a number of Formula 1 and Le Mans race cars at the Grimaldi Forum on May 14, including a stunning Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/3. The Tipo 33/3 is the most beautiful of them all—apart from the Stradale 33. It debuted in 1969 at Sebring, making an impressive 400 hp but placing only seventh in the 1969 International Championship for Makes. Undaunted, Alfa pressed on and, in 1971, achieved numerous class wins. Meanwhile, its race car became a movie star, adding another shade of red to the racing grid for Steve McQueen’s 1971 film Le Mans.
The Alfa Romeo on offer is the car from the movie, but importantly, it also competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1970. It was built by Autodelta and raced by Nanni Galli (who died in 2019) running a comfortable second place for much of the race, but eventually retiring. Sold to its first private collector in 1973, this Tipo 33/3 has had only four individual owners from new and received a comprehensive rebuild in 2020, with maintenance invoices exceeding US$900,000 during its current stewardship. It is estimated to fetch between US$1.88 million and US$2.32 million.


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In today’s rapidly evolving world, marked by technological advancements, we are witnessing an increasing “crisis of meaning” where the “how” often overshadows the “why.” Recognizing the need for a comprehensive education that goes beyond disciplinary boundaries, the University Mohamed VI Polytechnique has established the Center for Science and Quest for Meaning. This initiative aims to address these challenges among students and professionals alike, with the guidance of Jean Staune and in collaboration with Bruno Guiderdoni.
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Hello all, I have a few questions regarding the parts for conversions and modification of some magazines for LRBHO. First: Looking at the conversion kits at California Shooters Supply at my options for converting my newly purchased IZ-433, and I have some concerns about the trigger guard. I don't really see any information showing if either of the trigger guard options will interfere with the tab up front for the mag well. I would imagine the answer is no, but I have no way to make a real mock up other than to use the pins in the receiver for an approximate of where the trigger guard will end up. The trapezoidal one (Tromix DIY) looks neat and seems to offer more space for gloved fingers, but would get pretty close to my magwell and reduce the overall space for the mag release tab. Here is the proposed kit. Does anyone see any problems/compatibility issues or am I over analyzing this? Here's the second project: (Note: I am aware that there are magwell magazines, but I got 4 new mags for just under the price of two 10 rounders) I got a killer deal on some SGM 12 rounders, so I decided I'd sacrifice one in the name of being poor (ironic right?) and see if I can get it to work with my gun like some of the other people in the forums have done. With a dremel/file and some eyeballing it locks in perfectly with very little side play and no wiggling front to back. It basically sits in the same position as my factory mag. Here's the mags side by side, the angling was a little tricky and ended up involving lots of time with my file. After enjoying a brief victory, I noticed that these SGM magazines do not have a BHO. So while I made myself a little notch for the BHO lever, I need to figure out a way to get the SGM followers to engage the BHO lever or just replace them outright. Each option has its problems. If I were to keep the stock follower, I would have to add a bho tab that would need to physically extend past the top of the follower about 1/4 inch to properly engage the BHO. Some late night garage experiments were promising with small pieces of steel picture hanger hooks, but the looseness of the follower caused the thin piece of steel to move forward and not properly engage the BHO. I have found several other donor pieces of metal that could possibly serve as tabs to engage the BHO latch listed below: A salvaged PSU heatsink, a CPU heatsink, a bracket for a recessed light and a thin piece of spring steel that is just the right width of the follower and with the perfect curve and pre punched holes that would work for rivets. I have three options for mounting it onto the follower, one being to glue it, which would work pretty good if I decide to use more polymer, or maybe alright for metal, but ideally I'd either use the small slit I made in the picture below to fold a piece of metal inside and grip the plastic. (it worked very well for the picture hanger, until I snapped it after adjusting the length multiple times.) The last that I am thinking about is using rivets to secure it, and hoping that the channel will provide enough clearance and hopefully that the rest of the mag will not interfere with the attached piece. The last and easiest would be to just find followers with BHO and drop them in, which I have (so far) had no luck in locating. I noticed that the sgm followers are (as claimed) made from the original design, but have a few changes that vary it from the original. Pleasingly enough the follower from the factory 4 fits right in....except for these two little feet which I am guessing serve as anti tilt. As much as I would love to take the feet off or bend them in to test it. I don't want to risk messing a more expensive/rarer mag to make the common one operational. You can see what I am talking about below. So to wrap things up, while I am scratching my head trying to make heads or tails, has anyone seen or know of a place that sells followers with bho or does anyone have any suggestions that might help with this dilemma?


Alternative energy concept for Friedberg school complex
Alternative energy for school
For years the district has supplied its schools in Aichach with regenerative thermal energy via the town's biomass cogeneration plant. For the school centre in Friedberg, no alternative energy source has been available to date. As part of the extension of the Konradin Realschule school, where a small air heat pump and a photovoltaic system were planned for the new building currently under construction, the district's building department has again increased its efforts to find a more sensible, large solution for the whole school centre.
bifa had carried out studies on a regional Augsburg local heat network on behalf of the Ministry of the Environment, from which an idea was born: Mobile heat transport turns unused waste heat into heating energy for schools.
Pilot project: Mobile heat transport
Wastes from the region become energy for the region. The pilot project in Friedberg school centre has been underway since 7 January 2013. In view of the implementation contract, the company LaTherm has invested in the development again and optimised the containers, which are now more like tanks. The district's technical teams and the AVA waste incineration plant have worked together on the necessary controls since the middle of the previous year, in order to fill the containers optimally with heat, and to be able to empty them by the maximum possible amount. In the meantime, after a few operating days, approx. 2,000 kWh has already been transported with each delivery. If the containers produce their full output in the morning, then at approx. 0° C their own gas burners have a break. Two schools including the extensions, two sports halls and a swimming pool are now heated by the mobile heat.
Since school began in the new year around 50 % of the heat consumption of these buildings has been covered by waste heat. During this short time, 5,000 m³ gas have already been saved and therefore 10,000 kg CO2 have been avoided. The transport by truck by comparison only generates only two to five percent of this. The progress of the project is being monitored attentively by the biogas farmers in the region. Especially because many older plants are located a long way from buildings and have until now not been able to use the waste heat. The intention is also for the concept to be pushed into the awareness of industrial companies, because each kilowatt hour of heat used sensibly saves twice as much valuable raw materials.
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The Robert Crown Center in Evanston, Illinois, has provided indoor spaces and adjacent athletic fields to the community since 1974. When the center showed signs of deterioration, Cordova stone was used on its façade to meet the aesthetic and environmental goals.
Over the years, there has been a need to accommodate larger populations in the community center’s spaces and programs, however, it could not meet those needs. The center was also showing signs of severe wear with several civil, structural, architectural, and mechanical issues. After many years spent researching how to make the building fit the needs of the residents, it was determined demolishing the existing center and building a new facility would be the most appropriate choice.
The Robert Crown Center was located in the middle of the 6-ha (14-acre) Robert Crown Park. For the new center, a site was chosen on the west side of the park.
“During the concept design phase, we looked at every iteration of site configuration possible before choosing the final location. We were focused on right-sizing everything from the footprint of the building to its parking lot, three athletic fields, and natural surrounding space,” said Brian Foote of Woodhouse Tinucci Architects, the architect of record on the project.
The company worked with collaborating partner MJMA, based in Toronto, to design the facility.
The project’s goal was to provide the community with a space that could accommodate current and future needs for recreational programs. It was to include a fully licensed preschool and childcare facility, an indoor athletic space and basketball courts, indoor running track, two full-sized ice rinks, three artificial turf athletic fields, meeting rooms, and multi-purpose rooms. Additionally, the center is in an area without its own branch library, nor another one within close proximity. In choosing to rebuild the center, the city decided to include a new branch of the Evanston Public Library at the location.
Foote says an important design element was that every space has connection to others, whether it is literally through access or visually through windows or hallways. However, this created unique challenges in terms of maintaining acoustical and environmental separation between spaces. The ice rink requires cold temperatures; the gym is often a humid space; and the library somewhere in the middle.
“The key was getting it all to happen in a way the building could open upon itself and not feel like there was a drastic climate change from one space to the other,” said Foote.
As important as it was for the architects to make the interior spaces work with each other, it was imperative the building’s exterior fit well within its environment. Although in a park, the new center was nestled within a densely populated suburban neighborhood with homes on all sides.
“We wanted it to feel part of the residential neighborhood and not like an institution or athletic arena. Often these types of long-span spaces are pre-cast or metal clad and that was not appropriate for this neighborhood,” Foote said.
The designers wanted a masonry solution that worked economically and offered the modular scale appropriate for the scale of the building. Therefore, architects chose Cordova stone.
“The building ended up being long and lean and we liked that Cordova in [102 x 610 mm] 4 x 24 in. would imitate the proportionality and scale of the building,” Foote said.
He adds they looked at several color choices, wanting a light and airy feel. “Through the design and glazing, we endeavored to break down the volume to minimize its heft on the site. The light-colored Alabaster helped with that.”
As an added benefit, installation of Cordova stone is expedited because it can be cut to fulfill the dimensional needs of any project. When cut, Cordova stone retains its consistent color throughout, thanks to the all-natural aggregates dispersed equally within it. Cordova stone units, when properly installed and cleaned, require virtually no maintenance other than standard cleaning.
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification is pending on the project.