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Off-Road Legend Lives on in the 2021 Jeep Wrangler
The 2021 Jeep Wrangler is one of the most popular cars in the auto industry as it continues to offer plenty of off-road adventures for those who like to play in the dirt.
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The Jeep Wrangler has new advancements and features that allow it to deliver even better performance and accommodation while sitting in the driver's seat. If you want to discover all this model offers, there are a few important features to review.
The 2021 Wrangler comes standard with a 3.6-litre V6 engine, which delivers 285 horsepower with 260 pound-feet of torque. This engine is available with an eTorque mild-hybrid assist, which is optional if you're seeking more power under the hood. There are also additional powertrains available, which include a turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine, which generates 270
Those who want to tackle even more challenging settings on or off the road can select the 3.0-litre V6 diesel engine, which is built to deliver up to 260 horsepower and 442 pound-feet of torque. A turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine is also available and is paired with two electric motors. This engine delivers an impressive amount of acceleration and packs 375 horsepower with 470 pound-feet of torque. The turbocharged 6.4-litre V8 engine is another consideration for those who want 470 horsepower and 470 pound-feet of torque.
Many of the powertrains available feel energetic and lively to ensure you never feel weighed down. The V6 engines offer perfect acceleration at lower speeds. The SUV also feels composed while driving on winding roads and has minimal body roll. Drivers will also discover that the firm brakes deliver better stopping power than expected. Each trim comes with nine inches of ground clearance to make it easy to tackle different types of terrain. Its off-road capabilities are also better than previous models due to specific features like rock rails, limited-slip and locking differentials, and four-wheel-drive systems.
Although this generation may be a sporty and athletic vehicle for thrill-seekers, it still has a high level of safety to reduce the risk of collisions. Some of the top safety features that come with each trim include Traction Control, a Rollover Protection System, Electronic Stability Control, and Brake Assist. A rearview camera also comes with the Wrangler for increased visibility while backing out of tight spaces.
A host of available safety features are also offered for those who want extra bells and whistles that boost their confidence in how well they operate the vehicle. These optional features include rear parking sensors, forward collision warning, rear cross-traffic alert, blind-spot monitoring, adaptive cruise control, and automatic emergency braking.
Interior Features
There are plenty of tech tools and gadgets you'll find in the Wrangler to ensure you're accommodated in many ways. The vehicle offers a lot more advanced technology and features compared to previous generations, which makes it more competitive in its class.
The 5-inch infotainment screen comes with intuitive menu layouts, which are simple and have crisp graphics. Three different touchscreens are available and they're within reach of the driver's seat to ensure you don't have to stretch over too far. Each control on the dashboard is water-resistant, which offers peace of mind as you spend time in the mud and near water.
Those who are seeking additional features can opt for the power-folding soft top, extra USB ports, Android Auto, Apple CarPlay, dual-zone automatic climate control, and air conditioning. You can also upgrade to larger screens with the 7- and 8.4-inch touch screens available.
The 2021 Jeep Wrangler offers excellent visibility in all directions, which allows the cabin to feel more spacious in each row. The high ground clearance also allows you to sit higher than most cars on the road, which makes it easy to get a better view in every direction.
The vehicle comes with four seats and has an upright shape, which makes it easy to have a lot more space overhead for tall passengers in the front or back. Each seat in the vehicle is also comfortable and offers support to ensure you can maintain your posture and avoid strain on your body while driving long distances.
Exterior Features
This Wrangler continues to be recognizable because of its boxy frame and shape, which makes it look edgy and athletic. In addition, the model shows off a classic design with large circle headlights and a hardtop that is easy to remove. The ribbed grille is one of the main features that make it easy to spot the car from a distance and allows it to look sporty.
The vehicle also stands out for its large wheel wells and oversized tires, proving it's ready to tackle challenges both on and off the road.
Previous Generations
Previous generations of the Jeep Wrangler have had limited trim levels and fewer tech tools in the cabin. Many of the features could also get damaged easily while spending time in the great outdoors. Today, the surfaces suffer from a lot less wear and tear because they're more durable and hardwearing.
The 2020 model delivers impressive off-road capability and has traditional Jeep styling. It delivers excellent handling and a firm ride with a power-sliding top available.
Those who own the 2019 model will discover the vehicle delivers 285 horsepower from a 2.0 litre 4-cylinder, 3.6-litre V6 engine. It delivers brisk acceleration and has a spacious interior on the four-door models. The ride is a lot firmer on this model, and it's known to have poor fuel economy compared to the latest generations. This model also is the first generation to offer adaptive cruise control and forward-collision warning for increased safety while operating the vehicle.
Jeep continues to push the limits and remain competitive as it evolves and adopts new features and technology. It proves that a vehicle can be advanced and still get dirty in outdoor settings for those who want a versatile car that holds up well to punishing conditions outside.
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Carleigh LaVoy and dozens of other KU students fanned out through the exhibition "Visible and Divisible America" at the Spencer Museum of Art, exploring the works to identify which they personally related to the most.
She maneuvered her power wheelchair to view Twelve Drive-Ins I. Created by Jeff Brouws, the artwork comprises photographs of 12 drive-in theaters. Absent of people or cars, the drive-ins appear abandoned.
Flashing her broad, disarming smile and leaning slightly to the left in her chair, Carleigh raised her hand to be called on first.
"All the pieces of art look the same, but they are all different," she said of Twelve Drive-Ins.
"Just like all of us."
Her powerful observation captures the heart of Transition to Postsecondary Education (TPE), a KU program funded by a five-year federal grant in 2015 to include students with intellectual and developmental disabilities as full-fledged KU students. While its future is uncertain, TPE's impact is not: By diversifying the student body, it has widened perspectives and challenged assumptions among students, faculty, families and, most important, TPE students themselves.
Amid the crush of students in the gallery last September, LaVoy was doing what she does every day, as she puts it, "proving that people in wheelchairs can do everything that other people can do."
But a few years before, she and her parents had not imagined that she would apply to KU, attend classes on the Hill, perform with a KU choir or attend "Late Night in the Phog" with new friends. They did not envision that she would open doors for other students by advocating for her own independence on campus.
For her parents, the first few months of their daughter's life were full of questions and uncertainties. Doctors confirmed she had endured a brain injury before birth, caused by a lack of oxygen at some point, but no one knew what impact that would have. Her mother, Carrie LaVoy, felt overwhelmed.
"We didn't know if she was going to be able to talk because of the brain injury," says Carrie, who teaches undergraduate and graduate courses at the KU School of Education and Human Sciences. "We had no idea. Is she ever going to be able to live on her own, or go to school?"
But early interventions with therapists revealed that Carleigh could engage with the world around her—once she could see it. After she received her first pair of glasses at 4 months old, she went from not looking at her parents or making any kind of connection to laughing, smiling and kicking away, her mother recalls.
Therapy led to preschool through the Children's Center for the Visually Impaired in Kansas City, and then public school, culminating in her graduation from Olathe Northwest High School in 2019.
The LaVoys hadn't talked much about what would happen next. Then a KU colleague mentioned TPE to Carrie and encouraged the family to apply to KU.
It seemed perfect. Carrie worked on campus, so her daughter could join her. They completed the application process and interviews and, like other families, waited anxiously for a reply.
A video captures Carleigh's reaction when she opened her acceptance letter from the Office of Admissions in February 2019. She reads the letter aloud, emphasizing each word.
"The letter says, 'Dear Carleigh. Congratulations! You are a Jayhawk!'" Carleigh beams at the camera. "Yeah! I got in!"
Countless KU students need many kinds of practical and academic support to succeed and graduate.
Transition to Postsecondary Education offers students with intellectual and developmental disabilities a combination of academic, career development and student-life experiences to build their independence and prepare them for integrated employment.
TPE students enroll in undergraduate courses, participate in student clubs and activities, can live in student housing, and gain career experience through student jobs and internships. They graduate in two years with Transition to Postsecondary Education Certificates from the School of Education and Human Sciences on their official KU transcripts.
The only program of its kind in the state, TPE differs from many of the other 300 programs for students with intellectual disabilities at colleges and universities nationwide, says Dana Lattin, research project director and administrator for the program. Some programs may be structured to isolate students with intellectual disabilities into a separate group; they may not be allowed to live in student housing or, if allowed, they are required to live with other students with intellectual disabilities in a separate wing.
Segregated programs reduce opportunities to experience diversity, says Karrie Shogren, primary investigator for the TPE grant and director of the Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities. "Individuals in those [other] programs don't have peers to model," she says. "They don't get access to what it means to navigate around your community, to take risks, and to experience self-determination."
That concept of providing individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities more determination in how they live their lives is the culmination of six decades of research at the KU Life Span Institute. First led by Richard Schiefelbusch, g'47, distinguished professor emeritus of speech, language and hearing, its researchers have helped transform early practices. Individuals with intellectual disabilities, who years ago were isolated in long-term care facilities, now can benefit from early interventions that have improved their education, work, opportunities and overall quality of life.
TPE focuses on developing the skills students need to gain what is known among advocates as "competitive integrated employment" after graduation. That phrase describes the ideal standard: a job that is at least half-time, pays at least minimum wage—and integrates people with and without disabilities for a diverse workplace.
But today, 30 years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, a loophole in the law has allowed employers to pay people with intellectual and developmental disabilities far less than minimum wage. About 300,000 are employed in sub-minimum wage jobs, often in "sheltered workshops," or places that exclusively employ people with intellectual disabilities for assembly or other repeated tasks.
Like the general population, individuals with disabilities will be better able to compete for jobs if they have college experiences and internships, Lattin says, noting that through 2019, 80% of TPE's graduates had integrated employment or were continuing their education within 90 days after graduation, compared to 44% nationally in similar college programs.
"Our students are leaving KU with the skills not to change the oil or diaper a baby but with the communication skills, advocacy skills and the ability to clarify and make decisions—what we call 21st-century or soft skills—that get people much further," Lattin says.
Of course, when COVID-19 forced the closure of campus in mid-March, Lattin and her TPE colleagues worked to overhaul in-person academic coaching, internships and peer mentoring to offer online alternatives. Their work continues this fall as students return to campus.
Study sessions at Watson Library sometimes dissolved into laughter as Carleigh LaVoy and KU senior and TPE academic coach Madisen Huscher, c'20, riffed on each other's jokes.
From Watson, the friends would head west on Jayhawk Boulevard and north on West Campus Road to Joseph R. Pearson Hall, home to the School of Education and Human Sciences and the third-floor office of LaVoy's mother, Carrie. Along the way, Huscher, an academic coach for four semesters, witnessed her friend's frustration with the square blue buttons that make campus buildings accessible. When pressed, the button automatically opens the door to allow a person inside.
"The push button for the doors makes them not stay open very long, and I cannot get through very fast," LaVoy says. "People have to hold the doors open for me sometimes."
She didn't like asking for help from her personal assistants, friends or strangers. With Huscher's support, she met in November with Catherine Johnson, director of KU ADA Resource Center for Equity and Accessibility.
"Carleigh was the one directing what she wanted and needed," Huscher recalls. "We rehearsed what she was going to say beforehand sometimes so if there were needs that she had brought up to me, but forgot in the moment, I could bring those up."
Johnson worked with staff and advocates to find a way for a person to operate the door without the fine motor control needed to press the blue button and keep it open. They settled on a small radio signal transmitter about the size and shape of a key fob that LaVoy could use to control the door from a few feet away and keep it open longer. She identified which buildings she frequented for class, for her internship, and student housing where she visited friends. KU staff planned for the device to be added to each door she needed.
The solution would help other students, too. "Carleigh told me that we can set the pace and be the first people to get this ready for future students who might need the services, so it doesn't take them so long to get it figured out," Huscher says.
To comply with its federal grant, TPE staff track the number of students participating in the program and their courses and internships, sharing that information with similar programs and the public. Dana Lattin would like to explore further to document students' outlook on their quality of life, their self-determination and independence.
"We need more information about people with intellectual disabilities because the world thinks that they shouldn't be here in a university setting," she says.
The five-year federal grants for TPE and 63 other college and university programs funded creation and development, but to continue their work, directors must seek support from private, state or other resources.
At KU, the task has proved challenging, Lattin says. In addition to seeking other grants, she has championed TPE to parents, donors, KU administrators and students for four years. She is blunt about its future: Without funding, it will go away.
For now, there are some remaining grant funds that pay for administration, and each student pays fees on top of tuition that help fund the academic coaches, job development and other aspects of the program. A record nine new students from Kansas and Colorado have been admitted for fall 2020, joining LaVoy and another second-year student to make the largest group of TPE students in the program's history. KU Endowment has created a crowdfunding campaign (launchku.org/tpe) to benefit the program.
Lattin is quick to point out that TPE benefits not only its students but also the larger community. "It's breaking down that mentality that individuals with intellectual disabilities are less than, or they are child-like," she says.
TPE students' presence in classrooms, basketball games, choirs and other gatherings dispels those myths and demonstrates students' potential to KU peers and faculty. Those circles widen further through internships in the Watkins Health Center pharmacy, Mrs. E's dining hall, the campus greenhouse or, in LaVoy's case, the Spencer Museum of Art.
Carleigh, who makes friends wherever she goes, says that in her first year at KU, she learned she can conquer anything—and even adapt to disruption brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
"I learned I can stay positive through anything," she says. "I love it here, and TPE has done a great job, and when I graduate, I'm definitely going to come back to visit."
When she considers why she easily connects with other people, she says, "It's probably because I live a completely different life, and that since I'm in a wheelchair I prove that people in wheelchairs can do everything that other people can do, like going to basketball games or to Late Night in the Phog, my favorite.
"Just doing the things that regular people, like regular college students, do."
—Humphrey, j'96, c'03, g'10, is director of external affairs at the KU Life Span Institute.
Kamerae Luster
Hometown: Spring Hill
Graduated: 2018
"The reason TPE was my favorite thing at KU [was] because my parents would always suggest things for me, and life skills allowed me to become more independent. I can make my own choices."
Noah Krueger
Hometown: Lenexa
Graduated: 2019
"I learned living on my own, grocery shopping, budgeting, working and how to live with friends. I would recommend TPE because it gives the opportunity for [students] to live on their own, attend more events and activities, meet friends and find employment."
Jacob Hammer
Hometown: Lawrence
Graduated: 2020
"I didn't think I could be a full-time student at a university. If someone has a disability and I knew them and they were worried about being a full-time student, I would tell them about TPE. It's something you can put on your résumé, and help you get a full-time job because you have college experience."


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Slovakia's road race world champion Peter Sagan has signed for German team BORA-Hansgrohe on a three-year deal, starting in 2017, from Russian outfit Tinkoff, his new employers announced on Monday.
The 26-year-old, who won the world title in Richmond, Virginia, in 2015 and the green jersey on this year's Tour de France, has signed along with Tinkoff teammates Maciej Bodnar, Michael Kloar and Erik Baska, plus elder brother Juraj Sagan.
The number one in the World Tour rankings has taken his closest domestiques with him.
"It is a great honour to welcome one of the most popular cyclist of our time in our team," said BORA-Hansgrohe's team manager Ralph Denk in a release.
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Rumours had been circulating since July that Sagan, who briefly held the yellow jersey and won three stages on this year's Tour de France, would sign for the ambitious new German team having also been linked to Astana.
The team's first goal of the new season will be the Classics and further new signings are expected for the Grand Tours before next season.
"Since we started our sponsorship in cycling our objective was to get to the top of this sport," said BORA's owner Willi Bruckbauer.
"Peter will help us to achieve this goal.
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Implement the human structuring around your shared BIM library
To make membership and maintaining a shared library easier, you need to find ways to work using a multidisciplinary approach and thus break down potential organisational silos (modelling, BIM management, engineering, etc.). This often requires changing and adapting existing ways of working or inventing new ones.
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Should you set up a special shared library team?
The structuring around the shared library is key to its scalability.
Two structuring options are possible:
- Decentralised or distributed model: several members of the modelling teams have some of their time allocated to working on establishing and contributing to the shared library.
- Centralised model: A dedicated team is responsible for the shared library.
You can try out a combination of models too. Autodesk, for example, has a dedicated central team for the "Lighting" system, which is supported by contributors across the organisation.
Regardless of the organisational model you choose, the professions you need to involve from the start are as follows:
- Object modellers (experts and specialised profiles),
- Informed designers,
- One or more BIM Managers,
- The other set users, and business engineers
- A sponsor supporting the initiative.
The designers involved in building the shared library must be good at object modelling and information architecture.
Likewise, the engineers you use must be very oriented towards the data needs of each product.
It may make sense to also appoint a person who will be in charge of the shared library, drive its creation and maintenance, and who will know how to preach to the rest about why having this library in the organisation is so vital.
Above and beyond allocating dedicated resources to the object library, establishing clear governance is essential for ensuring that the system can adapt to any changes.
So, you have to start by answering certain questions about how to manage changes, such as who validates the changes made to the system? How are requests for new objects handled? What happens when bugs or regressions are detected in the implemented tool?
How do you encourage team engagement?
Even more importantly than constructing it, the key to an object library's success lies in the team's ability to encourage its key players to use it.
Depending on the size of the business, it is difficult to encourage people to adopt one and it will only be adopted if it is deemed useful.
For the organisation to be able to follow the direction that the team has established, you must:
- Instil a vision and establish strong and shared principles of experience.
- Get managerial support to finance it, i.e. dedicate capacity to the library over time.
- Show how valuable the library is through a test environment so that users can test it and appropriate it.
- Collect feedback and suggestions from internal users as you would any model. Getting this feedback is still a great way to understand their needs better, spot any problems and improve the library.
- Evaluate how internal users use the library through regular interviews, observation and quizzes.
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Communication also plays a key role in library adoption. We especially recommend that you:
- Promote the library internally through workshops, presentations and a dedicated SaaS platform.
- Create and share naming conventions for naming objects in the shared library.
- Use collaborative communication tools including engineers (e.g. a dedicated Slack channel) to share changes and keep library users and designers engaged.
- Organise formal catch-up sessions between the team and the shared library, users and the key players involved to discuss what works or needs improvement. It will also help if you prioritise and create a shared library roadmap so that the shared library keeps increasingly meeting the needs of the company.
- Share the library's success extensively by sharing the actual facts, e.g. by using figures and factual data.
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The success of a shared BIM library can be measured externally (in terms of the models' end users) and internally (how it impacts the teams).
KPIs about end users | KPIs for operational excellence | Increase in the productivity of development teams.² |
Improvement in the quality and consistency of the user experience (e.g.: System Usability Scale). | Adoption of the shared library by the various key players (designers, engineering professions, etc.). | Increase in the time spent on tasks other than modelling and especially feasibility studies. |
Reduction in the number of model warnings, or slowdowns. | Team satisfaction with the shared library (ex: Net promoter score NPS). | Increase in the time spent on tasks other than modelling and especially feasibility studies. |
Whatever KPIs you choose, you need to take some initial measurements before setting up the shared library so that you can measure progress afterwards.
As you have by now realised, a shared library is far more than just a set of reference 3D object files; it takes on a whole new dimension if other types of content are integrated more broadly (properties, set and reference, documents, etc).
As it becomes exhaustive, it turns into a valuable internal communication tool, standardising your company language. Also keep in mind that if you want to get the maximum value from your object library, you need to think of it as a project in its own right. Only by allocating resources, communicating about the benefits, measuring its impact and continually striving to improve it, will you ensure that it is useful and gets adopted by your teams.
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The Colonel and Borrit arrived this morning to stay till Monday. This evening Col. Robertson, the Major, Franklyn, and I walked along the shore to the ruins and back, and then had a bathe. A very rough sea. Elliott came up from Romani this evening. We've got sixteen men sent back to Kantara with dysentery, but only a few of them are bad cases.
The 1916 war diary of 2nd Lieut. Dick Willis Fleming |
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Bathed at six this morning. Had a slight touch of dysentery today. Up in the O.Pip tonight.
3 July 1916on July 3, 1916Dismissed at 4:30. The Colonel and Borrit left for Kantara this morning and Garside arrived to take over all the veterinary work for the troops up here. He is going to mess with us. Poulteney had a wire from the War Office this evening recalling him to England. I have practically recovered today, but still a bit limp. 4 July 1916on July 4, 1916
Poulteney left about four o'clock this morning. A broiling hot and very monotonous day.
5 July 1916on July 5, 1916Gen. Murray G.O.C. in C. Egyptian Expeditionary Force came up here today for a day or two and went round the defences this evening. We hear they are going to send up a howitzer battery and two more batteries to Romani shortly. Pease of the Essex Battery came up here from Kantara this evening to see our position. Mail in the evening. Up in the O.Pip tonight.
6 July 1916on July 6, 1916Very clear morning, dismissed at four thirty. A Boche plane came over during breakfast this morning, flying at about 5000 ft. He played about over us for about half an hour despite a very heavy fire from all the machine guns round about, but didn't drop any bombs. The mountain battery fired one gun at him but the shell burst about a thousand feet below him. Two of our own machines arrived from Kantara about half an hour too late. Bathed this morning. Small mail in this evening; heard from the Jacker. Pease left this evening. Good news in the official telegram from Flanders tonight, also from the Russian front.
7 July 1916on July 7, 1916Nothing much doing today. We hear from Kantara today that the Essex Battery have got over fifty men in hospital. There are rumours of leprosy, but we've not heard what it is yet. The rest of the Battery have been put in quarantine. An agent who has just returned from the Turkish lines reports that he visited Shellal, Bir Saba, and Hassana; that the Turks are about twenty thousand strong, inclusive of Germans, Austrians, Afghans, Syrians, and Arab horsemen, and intend attacking down the Northern Route in the late summer.
8 July 1916on July 8, 1916One of our battleplanes was circling about over us from about seven till eight this morning on the chance of the Boche turning up, but there was nothing done. Bathed this morning; old Garside bathed with us - his first for 15 years. He really is a marvel, over sixty and yet skips about out here like a two year old. The major has gone down to Kantara to see the General, so Elliott has come up here tonight from Romani. I heard from Cecil Ellis tonight, he has got his captaincy and seems to be having a great time. Up in the O.Pip tonight. 9 July 1916on July 9, 1916Stood by at 3 am, dismissed at four thirty when everything was reported all clear, and came down to camp and finished my snooze. Church parade in our mess tent this morning. I had to read the lesson as the padre had forgotten his glasses. The major got back from Kantara this evening, and had heard good news from the Flanders and Russian fronts. Mail in tonight, a lot of news from home. Jo and his squadron have gone to France with the 60th Division. Heard from Ben Stephens; he's been invalided home after five months on Mudros and the Peninsular and three months here. Very full intelligence report in tonight, the Turks are reported to have thirty thousand troops now.
10 July 1916on July 10, 1916Bathed this morning. One of the 261st Bde. has come up to be attached to us to take charge of the ammunition dump, and Simpson of our brigade column, who has been doing it since Poulteney went, has gone back to Kantara. I went down to Romani tonight as I've got to go to Kantara tomorrow to draw some money and pay off four men who are going home. 11 July 1916on July 11, 1916I went down to Kantara by the six o'clock train from Romani this morning. I had breakfast with the ammunition column when I got there. Drew some money from the Field Cashier and payed off the men. I went and had a bathe in the canal with Jackson and Hawkins of the West Riding Battery. The water was very greasy and full of jelly fish. I lunched with the column, they were in great form. The West Ridings are coming up to Romani within the next few days, so everything was in confusion. The Essex Battery are still in quarantine; it is paratyphoid they've got. When they are fit I believe they are coming to take our positions up here, and we are going to Romani to act as a mobile battery for any stunt that may come off. A battery of 60 pounders is also coming up here I believe. Left Kantara by the four o'clock train and got here about six thirty. Divisional Headquarters are up here now and the new general was coming up in the train tonight. He has been brought from Salonika. General Lawrence has handed over the 52nd Division to him, and he himself is going to command No 3 Section Canal Defences, The Colonel came up for the night this evening as Brigade Headquarters are moving up here tomorrow. 12 July 1916on July 12, 1916A very heavy dew early this morning. Stood by at 3 am and dismissed at 5. Busy helping Brigade Headquarters who arrived this morning. Bathed later. The Col., Kirk, and the padre messed with us today. A Bosch plane came over here yesterday while I was at Kantara. The mountain battery had four shots at it, but she was well out of reach. The West Riding Battery arrived at Romani today and are going to dig themselves into a position there.
13 July 1916on July 13, 1916A very heavy mist up until breakfast time this morning. Had some section gun drill. My day in today, so I didn't bathe, but the others saw three sharks down there. Somebody who was staying with General Lawrence the other day told Garside this morning that he had told him we are going to make a big push here in October. I hope it will be cooler then. At present we are of the opinion that if the Kaiser really wants a place in the sun, he is welcome to come and shrivel in Sinai. 14 July 1916on July 14, 1916
Section gun drill early. Bathed this morning; water very hot and not a bit refreshing, though cleansing. Up in the O.Pip tonight.
15 July 1916on July 15, 1916Stood by and dismissed as usual. I went down to Romani this morning, and rode out on a reconnaissance this afternoon with the Colonel to Bir El Rabah. Apparently they are going to send a strong infantry brigade out there and our battery is going with them to protect the railway till it gets to Katia, and then I suppose we shall shove on again. Kitty went very well this afternoon. We came back here this evening.
16 July 1916on July 16, 1916
I went down and had a bathe before breakfast. We've started doing some of Muller's exercises now, generally before bathing, as they are supposed to strengthen the middle against the attacks of gippy tummy. Checking the lines for the guns this evening. Intelligence report in today: apparently the Bedouin in Sinai have been informed of the revolt of the Sheriff of Mecca, but at present there are no signs of them turning against the Turks.
17 July 1916on July 17, 1916One of the men killed a snake this morning, 5 ft 1", rather the colour and markings of an adder, a most poisonous looking brute. A Boche plane came over during breakfast, the mountain battery loosed off at him, but he was flying at a great height and they couldn't touch him. Bathed this morning. Good news from the French front in the official telegram this evening. Up in the O.Pip tonight.
18 July 1916on July 18, 1916Stood by at 3 o'clock and dismissed at five, nothing doing. Bathed this morning, water a bit cooler. Small mail in this morning; heard from Mrs Pellatt. One of the officers of the Ayrshire Battery of the 1/2nd Bde. came here tonight to see our positions, as the Essex are still in quarantine. They are going to come up here temporarily to take over till the Essex are fit, and we are moving to Romani the day after tomorrow, preparatory to pushing out further, probably to El Rabah. 19 July 1916on July 19, 1916Busy filling up wagons and limbers with ammunition before breakfast. Bathed later this morning. The Ayrshire Battery arrived tonight and took over our emplacements. One of our aeroplanes came back from a reconnaissance this evening, and we've just had her report in. 3500 Turks and Germans, with seven thousand trotting camels are at Bir el Abd, which has for the last month or so been clear of the enemy. Five thousand more Turks are in an oasis a mile or so behind it, about twenty two miles from us. An attack is expected tonight, and the Ayrshire Battery are in our emplacements. We've got to get ready to move out on mobile column at a minute's notice. It looks as if our long wishes for a chance is now an absolute certainty. If we are not attacked tonight we are going down to Romani at six o'clock tomorrow morning and shall advance from there when things begin to move.
20 July 1916on July 20, 1916I went up to the O.Pip at two thirty this morning to give the Ayrshire observing officer any help he could have wanted with regard to the zone. I was up there till five but there was no attack. At six o'clock we had 35 camels, struck our camp, and sent it onto Romani and followed on with the guns; we've come into action in the open here, behind the first line redoubts. They sent up three more battalions from the 42nd Division tonight. From our reconnaissance today the old Turk at last means serious business. One of the Anzac patrols went out to Ogratina this morning but found it held by an advance guard of two hundred Turks who drove them back, though luckily with only a few casualties. This afternoon an Anzac patrol to Katia captured a patrol of these Turks. Our last aeroplane to reconnoitre tonight has come in with the news that the Turks have now got eight thousand men and six guns at Ogratina (12 miles away) and are digging themselves in there. Their main body is at Bin el Abd. Divisional headquarters have warned us that the attack is very imminent, and will in all possibility be tonight. If the chance offers, we are to go out on mobile column, but otherwise shall fire from our positions here. We've got about ten thousand men in all here, including the Anzacs and the 157th Brigade at Mahamdiya so ought to be able to hold them; but the worst of it is they attack at night always and not by day. One of our gravest problems here is the native labour corps. There are about eight thousand of them, and three time during this evening they have tried to break through the front line. They know what's on just as well as we do, and there is no shadow of doubt that half of them are in the pay of the Turks, but the infantry have now rounded them all up and marshalled them back about three miles down the line. It is very much a case of sleeping with one eye open tonight.
21 July 1916on July 21, 1916We heard late during the night that the Turkish outposts were in Katia. We stood by at the guns at three, but there was no attack. An aerial reconnaissance out towards Ogratina at dawn this morning reported 12 battalions of Turks with seven mountain guns leaving and marching southwards. It looks as if they mean to try and work round behind us and cut the line between us and Kantara. Three Turks was caught in the Gippy Labour Corps lines last night, and they said that their main force of about thirty thousand was advancing to Ogratina. Finished getting the camp straight this morning and then altered the position of the guns, so we can shoot South and West as well as East, so can protect our flanks to a certain degree. Two enemy planes made a reconnaissance over us about five o'clock this evening, our battleplane at once went up after them but they had too much start. The Ross Mountain Battery got some shells bursting pretty close to them. Troops and stores are still pouring up here. The 156th Bde. which was resting at Sidi Bish Camp in Alexandria, have been recalled and arrived here this evening. They packed off another big train of Labour Corps natives to Kantara this evening, and by the row they were making, they seemed to be glad to be out of it. I am the F.O.O. tonight, so am just off there. The staff warn us that they expect the attack by the Turkish main body within the next 48 hrs.
22 July 1916on July 22, 1916Got into communication with the battery once every quarter of an hour during the night. The moon was very late getting up so it was lucky really there was no attack as I couldn't have observed at all, and it would have had to be guesswork. Two large train loads of natives were sent back to Kantara early this morning and two battalions of infantry from the 53rd Division came up later on the morning. About eight o'clock this morning an enemy plane came over; the mountain battery at once opened fire, but all the shells burst a bit too low. Our aerial reconnaissance this morning has located the Turkish force which left Ogratina yesterday at Mageibra (supposed to be Joseph's well) which is south of us. They also saw two thousand more Turks dug in at Ogratina, and their main body at and near Bir el Abd and Hod el Bayud. Two more big troop trains packed with infantry came up from Kantara this evening. Our outposts have had a skirmish with Turkish patrols this evening, as some Anzac wounded have been brought in, also nine Turkish prisoners, including one officer. They don't think it so likely that there will be an attack tonight, as the old Turk evidently doesn't mean to be hurried, and is going to wait until he is quite ready.
23 July 1916on July 23, 1916Stood by at the guns at 3:30. About eight o'clock an enemy plane came over; a hot fire was opened by the mountain battery but it was not effective. Our battleplane went up and both planes got so high up we couldn't see them owing to the bright glare, but we heard their machine guns going and the enemy plane was eventually driven off. Another eighteen pounder battery, also a sixty pounder battery, came up from Kantara this morning. The report in this morning said the situation is unchanged. The Turk has firmly entrenched himself at Ogratina, also at Mageibra, and evidently means to wait for us to come out at him, so we are hoping a mobile column will be sent out in a day or so. We have dug a new well behind our camp. The water is pretty brackish but the horses know by now it is that or nothing, so drink it fairly well. We moved the horse lines up near the new well this afternoon. The officers from the 60 pounder battery came in to mess tonight. A convoy of eight hundred Indian transport camels came up tonight, so it looks as if we may be contemplating a mobile stunt. The administrative commandant told Elliott tonight that we have now got eighteen thousand troops up here and only three fantasses of fresh water, so if the Turks cut our communications there will be another Kut here. 24 July 1916on July 24, 1916I slept at the guns last night. Had great trouble with the Indian camel transport, who tried to bivouac all round the guns. Saw the communications were all right at three o'clock, and took the horses out for exercise at five. Dug another well this morning, about 100 yards from our other one; the water is not nearly so salty and the horses drink it much better. There is no change in the situation tonight. The Anzac patrols had a few casualties. The Ayrshire Horse Battery who are attached to the Anzac Mounted Division, went out with the 7th Light Horse and shelled the enemy trenches at Ogratina, lucky devils; I hope they send us out on mobile column soon. Another troop train came up this evening. Up in the F.O.O. tonight.
25 July 1916on July 25, 1916Kept in communication with the battery during the night. I don't think the Turks will try a frontal attack now, we are getting too strong. Another troop train in this morning early. About seven thirty an enemy plane came over, followed by a second at about eight o'clock. The mountain battery and several machine guns opened on them but without result. About ten o'clock a third Turkish plane came over, and was greeted with the customary ineffective fusillade. She dropped a message with long red, white and blue streamers attached to it, saying that they found it hard to distinguish our hospital tents and would they be more clearly marked in the future. They evidently mean to have a bombing strafe. The old Turk is quite a gentleman. Another troop train this evening. We've sent back about twenty of our poorest horses to Kantara and have got mules up from the brigade ammunition column to take their place - great whackers, some of them seventeen hands.
26 July 1916on July 26, 1916Our first excitement this morning was when a machine gun section of the 156 Brigade thought it would do a little practice into the bottom of the hill on top of which our camp is pitched, but when the bullets began to whistle round the mess tent, the major thought it was time to send down and stop the practice. I went out on a reconnaissance this morning to Hill 110, which is south of Lake Bardawil and northwest of Ogratina. We heard an Anzac patrol having a slight difference of opinion with a Turkish one away to our east. We saw a section of the Ayrshire RHA going out for a strafe as we got back. The major went out for a reconnaissance for positions for us and went up into the Ayrshire F.O.O. station, and said they were shooting hopelessly and we shall knock spots off them when we go out. We heard them shooting from here. Franklin went sick this morning and had to be removed in an ambulance sand cart, but I don't think there is much wrong with him. Brigade Headquarters are moving their camp up near ours, so they've all been in to mess with us tonight. A topping mail in from home tonight. From what the general said this morning, we are shortly going out on a mobile stunt and shall try and give Johnny Turk something for himself. No Boche planes over today; perhaps they've been busy overhauling their machines for a good bombing strafe tomorrow. The latest report is that the Turks have advanced their positions a little west of Ogratina and are strongly entrenched from there down to Mageibra. 27 July 1916on July 27, 1916Enemy plane over about seven thirty this morning. The mountain battery did some pretty shooting but their guns weren't made for anti-aircraft. They have left for Salonika today and they are going to send us some proper "archies" up here, so we may bring one of those Fokkers down before long. Got the detail out for the whole mobile column today; we shall be going out with the 156 Brigade when the stunt comes off. At present I am in charge of the right section but am very much afraid I shan't take them into action as Franklyn will have in all probability got over his indisposition by the time our strafe comes off. But still, you never know your luck. Situation unchanged today. I am in charge of the telephone communication between the battery and F.O.O. tonight. 28 July 1916on July 28, 1916Enemy planes came over about seven thirty this morning, but no mountain battery to open fire on her. News came in this morning that the Turks were shelling Hill 100, and later they were reported to be advancing in force on Katia and the Anzacs falling back. Stood by at the guns for the rest of the day, but I think they won't attack before dawn tomorrow. We've made a new F.O.O. which commands a much better view of our zone. We are in readiness now to turn out a mobile column. They are pretty certain to send one out tomorrow I should think, if the Turks entrench at Katia. Franklyn is back from hospital, but the major doesn't think he is fit enough to go out, so I shall be taking the right section into action tomorrow if we go out and Franklyn shows no signs of being fitter. The men are as keen as mustard and longing to get out at the Turk. I am just off to the F.O.O. 29 July 1916on July 29, 1916I had a good deal of trouble during the night with the telephone line from the F.O.O. to the battery. It was broken three times. An enemy plane came over at 7:30. Kenning came up and relieved me at the F.O.O. soon after eight. There was heavy rifle firing from Katia this afternoon, also some gun fire. The Turks have dug themselves in at Katia. One of the Australian Light Horse Brigade had a go at them this afternoon but got driven back. 30 July 1916on July 30, 1916News came in early this morning from the 158th Brigade Headquarters that the Anzac patrols which went out this morning towards Katia had been forced to retire, and Turkish patrols had followed them up to within a mile of redoubts, but Franklyn, who was in the F.O.O., didn't get a chance to open fire. Church parade at Brigade H.Q. this morning. Went up to the F.O.O. at midday and was relieved by Kenning at seven o'clock this morning. The infantry have been hard at work wiring just in front of our F.O.O. all day. Two monitors were lying off Mahamdiya today, but steamed away in the direction of Port Said this evening. We hope to get more fresh water here soon now as they have been fixing up a condensing plant at Mahamdiya, and are going to condense 26 thousand gallons a day. The Essex Battery came up today, they are out of quarantine now, but have had a pretty rough time of it. Fifty odd men down at the same time with paratyphoid, and two died. The Leicester Horse Battery came up today. Letter to Bettyon July 31, 1916263rd Brigade R.H.A. 52nd Division Egyptian Expeditionary Forces. July 31st 1916. My dear Betty, Just a line to wish you very many happy returns for August 10th. I hope this will reach you in time for your birthday, but if it doesn't, better late than never. You must be getting a grown up old thing now. I suppose the hair stays up permanently now. You will understand I can't send you a little token from this place, but perhaps after the war there might be "something she fancies". Things are still exciting here and we're very busy. This morning during breakfast four Boche planes appeared and dropped between twenty & thirty bombs, some unpleasantly close to the horse lines. I was "fair skeered out of my life". We may get a home mail in tonight with luck, but anyhow in a day or two. Thank you so much for the 'Fragments from France' you sent me last mail, they are killingly funny. I suppose old Fuzz is now back, give the little knave my love. I suppose you are having some small tournaments at Puckhouse now, but must find it rather hard to get men don't you? You would have laughed this morning if you could have seen some old camels when one of the Hun's tender little messages came rather close to them - it's a fact, but I never knew it before, a camel can gallop! Have you had any news of Jo lately, I shouldn't mind exchanging weather with him for a bit, we hear France is nearly under water at present. I wonder who you've got on the Island instead of Mr Davey - I expect you miss him very much don't you. I suppose you are bathing regularly in Fishbourne creek now - it must be topping. I hope the dinghy and the Grey Lady are giving you some good sails - has old Packham taken you out yet? I suppose the old boy will last the next winter all right, I am hoping for some good sails with him next summer. You ought to get some hunts in with 'Beagle' Young this summer, and don't forget to make him tell you the story of old man Carter and the Belgian Refugees. I am longing to hear you've had some good team drives and the horses go well together - I suppose Ida is handling the ribbons this summer and old Fuzz manages a note or two on the horn. There is no more news now. Best love and a happy birthday. Your very loving Dick 31 July 1916on July 31, 1916About seven thirty this morning four Boche planes came over and dropped twenty four bombs on us; we spent a most uncomfortable half hour, the worst of it is you can't hit back. They seemed specially to go for the artillery horses and one plane devoted its attention to ours and the Essex, but by a great stroke of luck they didn't get a direct hit. One fell close to the Essex lines and two within a couple of hundred yards of ours. The Leicester RHA lost a few men and horses, also the 157 Brigade Transport and the Royal Welsh Fusiliers caught it a bit. It was our first experience of high explosive, a good deal different to shrapnel. Considering the number of bombs dropped, the damage was slight. They made one particularly good shot in dropping a bomb right in the centre of No. 6 redoubt, but luckily there were no casualties. The efforts of some of the old camels to raise a gallop were very funny. There was an armoured train on the line today between here and Kantara, two twelve pounders mounted 'fore and 'aft and several machine guns. Another troop train of infantry came in the evening, also a battery of Howitzers (4.5s I think). I am responsible for the communications between here and the F.O.O. tonight.


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2014 PBeM Tournament
Tim Mossman moved into 7th place in the BPA Speed Circuit laurels standings by winning the 2nd PBeM tournament over a field of 26. He came from the back of the pack with a late forced pass and a successful chance dice roll to seal the win on the New Delhi track. It was the first tournament win for Mossman who finished sixth in last year's contest and has finished 3rd or 4th at WBC three times. Rob Kircher, fresh off his March Madness PBeM title, racked up more offseason laurels with a second-place finish. Michael Aubuchon doubled his laurel totals with a third place finish, fading from the early lead as his tires wore. Martin Burgdorf of Germany finished fourth followed by Doug Schulz and Curt Collins in the laurels. Rounding out the finalists in order were: Canadian Bruce Rae, Robert Runf, Chris Hancick, Jeff Cornett, William Kennard and Buck Karpowicz.
2012 PBeM Tournament
37 drivers competed over two heats to qulify 12 of their number for the feature race on the new Montreal circuit. Three hard laps forced only one retirement - and that was just before the last corner of the final lap. Jeff Cornett led for most of the race only to be passed on the last straight by usual WBC GM Doug Schulz for the win. John Shaheen took third place laurels followed by Tim Mossman with a pair of Italian drivers, Turyko Suky and Guiseppe Incorpora, taking 5th and 6th place laurels respectively.
The other finishers were Curt Collins, Doug Galullo, Rob Kircher, Bert Schoose and Chris Brandt in that order. Mike Aubuchon, the only other qualifier, finished last and had to withdraw due to brake failure.


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The Swing package is part of the Java™ Foundation Classes (JFC) in the Java platform. The JFC encompasses a group of features to help people build GUIs; Swing provides all the components from buttons to split panes and tables.
The Swing package was first available as an add-on to JDK 1.1. Prior to the introduction of the Swing package, the Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) components provided all the UI components in the JDK 1.0 and 1.1 platforms. Although the Java 2 Platform still supports the AWT components, we strongly encourage you to use Swing components instead. You can identify Swing components because their names start with J. The AWT button class, for example, is named Button, whereas the Swing button class is named JButton. In addition, the AWT components are in the java.awt package, whereas the Swing components are in the javax.swing package.
As a rule, programs should not use "heavyweight" AWT components alongside Swing components. Heavyweight components include all the ready-to-use AWT components, such as Menu and ScrollPane, and all components that inherit from the AWT Canvas and Panel classes. When Swing components (and all other "lightweight" components) overlap with heavyweight components, the heavyweight component is always painted on top. [1]
[1] To learn more about the differences between Swing components and AWT components, see the section "Converting to Swing" in the book The JFC Swing Tutorial. This section is also available on this book's CD and online at http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/converting/index.html.
Compiling and Running Swing Programs
To compile and run your Swing programs, we recommend that you either use the latest release of the Java 2 Platform downloaded from http://java.sun.com or use the Java 2 Platform v 1.3 included on this book's CD. You can run Swing applets in any browser that has the appropriate version of Java™ Plug-in installed. [2] Swing applets are covered in Appendix B, Internet-Ready Applets (page 407).
[2] The Java Plug-in is included as part of the JRE 1.3 Win32 release. For more information about the Plugin on other platforms, see http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/index.html
Getting Started
Object-Oriented Programming Concepts
Language Basics
Object Basics and Simple Data Objects
Classes and Inheritance
Interfaces and Packages
Handling Errors Using Exceptions
Threads: Doing Two or More Tasks at Once
I/O: Reading and Writing
User Interfaces That Swing
Appendix A. Common Problems and Their Solutions
Appendix B. Internet-Ready Applets
Appendix C. Collections
Appendix D. Deprecated Thread Methods
Appendix E. Reference


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Back-to-School Checklist: School supplies and accessories your tween will love
As your kids wave goodbye to elementary school, they must prepare for high school. Middle school, or grades 6 to 8, includes new and more refined subjects. In many schools, this will be the first time your child will have a locker, and different teachers for different subjects.
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The Leprinxol GmbH today.
On 23/05/2002, Axel Kaste and his wife, Nikola Kaste, founded Leprinxol GmbH in Bremen, and the Leprinxol brand was revived again with new business. Initially, there were regional sales of car and industrial lubricants. In 2002, the Leprinxol brand was also registered with the German Marken- u. Patentamt (Patent and Trade Mark Office) and it now has international registration.
In 2003, the first export business could be concluded with the Lebanon. Today, Leprinxol lubricants are sold throughout the world. Inter alia, partners are in Taiwan, Korea, Lebanon, South Africa, Venezuela, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, and many more countries.
As of 01/10/2004, a dealer agreement was concluded between Petro-Canada Europe Lubricants B.V. and Leprinxol GmbH. This was the start of a very valuable partnership which oversaw much successful business. As a result, the product portfolio was extended by premium products of a global brand which has its own base oils, refineries and very modern lubricant manufacturing facilities – a milestone.
In the years which followed, the company invested in its own fuel depot, warehouse and attracted many new customers and dealers. Today, the company has expanded to include new divisions and it is constantly growing. Thus, the export business has expanded and is attracting new customers. Direct marketing has been established in Germany. The wholesale trade with its bulk business, that is to say base liquids and finished products from the Rotterdam fuel depot, has grown steadily.
Quality is the company's top priority.


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Embarking on a journey with Swoop Airlines from USA promises a travel experience marked by convenience and excellence. The Swoop Airlines Palm Springs Office, strategically located in the heart of USA, plays a crucial role in ensuring a seamless and enjoyable travel experience for passengers. Let's explore the key details of the Palm Springs Office, including its address, contact information, services, and answers to frequently asked questions, providing valuable insights for your travel plans.
Swoop Airlines Palm Springs Office Address and Contact Details
Swoop Airlines has established a prominent office in Palm Springs, to cater to the diverse needs of travelers in the region.
Swoop Airlines Palm Springs Office
Palm Springs, CA 92262, United States
Swoop Airlines Palm Springs Airport Office Address
Address: Palm Springs International Airport, 3400 E Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs, CA 92262, United States
Phone No: +1-760-318-3800
How to Contact the Swoop Airlines Palm Springs Office
Passengers can easily connect with the Swoop Airlines Palm Springs Office for inquiries, support, or information. Contact options include:
Office Phone Number | +1-800-491-0297 or +1-760-318-3800 |
Headquarters Address | Calgary, USA |
Hub | Toronto Pearson International Airport |
Head Office | Click here |
Ticket Office | Click here |
Official Website | https://www.westjet.com/en-ca/flights/swoop |
Flight Booking | Click here |
Facebook Support | Click here |
Twitter Support | Click here |
Instagram Support | Click here |
Youtube Support | Click here |
The Palm Springs Office prioritizes responsive and accessible communication to meet the needs of passengers promptly.
The Swoop Airlines Palm Springs Office Customer Care Section handles the following inquiries
The Customer Care Section at the Palm Springs Office is well-equipped to address a variety of inquiries, ensuring passengers have a seamless travel experience.
Flight Reservations | Assistance with booking, modifying, or canceling flights. |
Baggage Inquiries | Information regarding lost, delayed, or damaged baggage. |
Fare and Pricing Queries | Clarifications on fares, pricing policies, and promotions. |
Flight Schedule | Details about flight schedules, delays, and cancellations. |
Seat Selection | Help with choosing or modifying seat assignments. |
Loyalty Program | Guidance on the airline's loyalty and rewards program. |
Special Assistance | Support for passengers with special needs or requests. |
Visa and Documentation | Information on visa requirements and travel documentation. |
Check-in Assistance | Assistance with online or airport check-in processes. |
General Information | Any other general information or assistance needed. |
Swoop Airlines Provides a Wide Range of Plane/Aircraft Types
Some of the notable aircraft in Swoop Airlines fleet include:
Aircraft | In service | Orders |
Boeing 737-800 | 10 | – |
Boeing 737 MAX 8 | 6 | – |
Total | 16 | – |
The Swoop Airlines Palm Springs Office serves as a vital hub for travelers in USA, providing accessibility to the airline's services. The Customer Care Section at the Palm Springs Office is committed to addressing passenger inquiries, making the travel experience seamless and enjoyable. As you plan your journey with Swoop Airlines from Palm Springs, rest assured that the Palm Springs Office is dedicated to providing support and assistance for a stress-free travel experience.
FAQs on Swoop Airlines Palm Springs Office
Here are some frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the Swoop Airlines Palm Springs Office:
How can I contact the Swoop Airlines Palm Springs Office for flight reservations?
You can contact the Palm Springs Office via phone at +1-760-318-3800 for immediate assistance.
What types of inquiries does the Customer Care Section at the Palm Springs Office handle?
The Customer Care Section handles inquiries related to flight reservations, baggage, fares and pricing, flight schedules, seat selection, loyalty programs, special assistance, visa/documentation, check-in assistance, and general information.
What aircraft types does Swoop Airlines operate?
Swoop Airlines operates a modern fleet, including the Boeing 737-800, known for efficiency and reliability.
Can I get assistance with lost baggage at the Palm Springs Airport Office?
Yes, the Palm Springs Airport Office provides assistance with lost, delayed, or damaged baggage.
Is the Palm Springs Office open on weekends?
Operational hours, including weekends, can be confirmed by contacting the Palm Springs Office directly.
How do I modify my seat assignment with Swoop Airlines?
For seat selection or modifications, contact the Customer Care Section at the Palm Springs Office or manage your booking online.
What is the loyalty program offered by Swoop Airlines?
The Customer Care Section can provide information on Swoop Airlines' loyalty and rewards program.
What is the contact number for urgent inquiries at the Palm Springs Office?
For urgent inquiries, dial the dedicated hotline at +1-760-318-3800.
What are the visa requirements for traveling with Swoop Airlines from Palm Springs?
The Customer Care Section can provide information on visa requirements and travel documentation.
How do I check in online or at the airport with Swoop Airlines in Palm Springs?
The Customer Care Section can guide you through the online or airport check-in processes for your Swoop Airlines flight from Palm Springs.
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The TLC channel never fails to bring us entertaining and real life shows that depict the struggles that many individuals face all over the world in our society today. This is brought to audiences once again in the form of TLC's newest television series, "Family By The Ton". Following the similar line of "My 600 Pound Life", it follows the weight loss struggles and triumphs of three morbidly obese individuals. In this article, we are going to discuss five things that you may not know about this new show on TLC, so let's get to the bottom of it:
It Follows The Journey Of A Family
This TLC show follows the weight loss journey involving three cousins, Naomi, Drew, and Chitoka. All three individuals are morbidly obese, and together, their weight totaled amounts to just about 2000 pounds.
One Cousin Hasn't Left Her Home In Three Years
That's right. Cousin Chitoka, who is 49 years old, has not left her home for three years because of her weight and her anxiety. Chitoka comes in weighing at a total of 680 pounds, the highest she has every weighed, and this has made her virtually bed ridden in her own home, and trapped in her own body by her immense weight.
There Have Been Complications In The Past
It has been revealed that Naomi, who weighs 400 pounds, eventually realized that her mother, who also underwent weight loss surgery of her own, was suffering from several complications after the procedure. It is a difficult surgery to recover from and to adapt to, but Naomi's mother has had blood sugar issues as well as trouble walking since her surgery. It is, in turn, making the cousin's apprehensive about undergoing the journey themselves.
They've Had Problems With Weight For Most Of Their Lives
All three of these cousins have dealt with these issues since they were young. They discuss further in episodes about their addictions to food and how weight loss has also been a difficult task to attempt. Naomi, the youngest of the bunch, is also hoping to have children at some point, but knows that it can be tricky to get pregnant while carrying so much weight as well.
Dr. Charles Proctor Jr., MD
Dr. Charles Proctor Jr, MD, has been in his surgical career since 2007, and operates out of Atlanta, Georgia. He has been involved with robotic surgery since 2008, shortly after he began his career, and now specializes in bariatric surgery. He is being featured as the cousins' primary doctor throughout the series, and will operate on them during their weight loss surgeries.
There you have it! We have revealed to you five things that you might not know about the newest TLC series, "Family By The Ton". This new show filled with six hour long episodes airs Wednesdays on TLC, after "My 600 Pound Life". You can catch all the drama and watch their amazing weight loss journey from start to finish every Wednesday night or you can stream episodes on TLC website. We hope you enjoyed are list and set your DVR.


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Frequently asked questions
Here are the most commonly asked questions about our services.
No, you can't benefit from the temporary admission relief unless the yacht is registered under a non-EU flag, owned by a non-EU company and used by a non-EU resident.
If you switch from commercial to private in French waters, customs might require the payment of the VAT on the hull.
From a customs point of view, in France, you have the right to charter under temporary admission and under a private certificate of registry as long as the main charterer is not an EU resident.
However, maritime regulations prevent a vessel without commercial certificates to engage in a chartering activity. Therefore, our advice is to charter under a "Yacht engaged in trade" certificate of registry proving that your vessel complies with the commercial requirements.
The "Yacht engaged in trade" certificate of registry is available and approved by the authorities in France for the Marshall and Cayman registries.
If your main vesssel has been imported, the tender can carry EU residents if the following conditions are respected:
1) the tender must be mentioned in the charter contract
2) the tender must be exclusively related to the main vessel
3) the tender can only be used for disembarking, embarking operations and activities that are not accesible to the main vessel.
4) a verbal declaration document must be filed for the tender.
If your tender is not registered and if it fits onboard, it will follow the same regime as the main vessel
If you are under a provisional commercial activity statement, VAT can be readjusted by customs on the value of the boat at the end of the year.
If under a permanent commercial activity statement, you will lose the benefit of the French commercial exemption the following year.
No, you are not required to do so. If you do, you will benefit from a VAT exemption on purchases made for your commercial activity the following year.No,
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By about a year, your baby can enjoy a mixed diet which will include:
• Dairy foods, such as fromage frais, yoghurt and cheese;
• Proteins such as lamb, chicken, white fish, eggs and beans;
• Cereals such as bread, pasta, breakfast cereals and rice;
• Fruit and vegetables.
Milk will still be an important part of your baby's diet. His or her milk feeds should be either breastmilk or formula milk until they are 12 months - although they can have small quantities of cow's milk mixed with cereals or porridge once they are six months old.
If you want to give your child any other fluids, offer cooled, boiled water, and if you offer fruit juice, mix it with water. (The acid in fruit juices attacks the softer enamel on babies' teeth. Giving fruit juices to babies encourages a liking for sweetened drinks that may be hard to cure in the future. They can also spoil a growing baby's appetite.)
Your baby will want to touch their food, squeeze it through their fingers, push it in their hair, and perhaps get some in their mouth. Accept this as a learning stage and be prepared!
• Place a large plastic mat or newspaper under the highchair.
• Offer him or her a plastic spoon/s of their own to feed themselves.
• Keep spare bibs handy.
• Remove any 'good' clothes - particularly if he or she is eating a banana, something that never comes out.
• Use a bowl with a suction pad on the bottom.
Cutting up pieces of food will both encourage your baby to eat independently, and develop fine motor skills.
Foods that can be sucked into a pulp are best at first, for example, fingers of toast, or bread sticks, or small, soft items such as cooked pasta or pieces of grated cheese. Take care with hard foods, such as raw carrot or celery, as he or she may bite off large pieces which they can't chew, something that can cause choking. For this reason, never leave your baby alone while eating.


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Do you often have a business trip? You will need the best ebags backpack that is stylish and can store stuff inside, such as clothes, documents, and a laptop. The style and function are blended into some backpack collections. If you have not found them yet, you can see our recommendation below.
We gather up some best and affordable backpacks. They will help you to store things on a business trip and keep yourself stylish. Let's see!
Mother Lode Travel Best Ebags Backpack
The backpack has a mature and eye-catching purple color. Not only looks compact and stylish. You can store many things there, from clothes to laptops. If you like traveling, you can also bring this backpack without carrying a big suitcase again. It's very convenient and simple!
Pro Slim Usb Laptop Backpack
Talking about backpacks doesn't always have to be about big and stuffy bags. Look at this bag. It looks petite and skinny, but inside, you can store a lot of things. It provides separate pockets so your items won't look messy inside. Inside this bag, there is a USB that you can connect to a laptop.
Business Slim Leather Backpack
What we like about this bag is that it is made of synthetic leather. This material makes it look more luxurious and robust. You can even make this bag a piece of style while hanging out. Such good stuff to make you more gorgeous and also keep the things you need in one place.
Encompass Womens Convertible Brief Backpack
We don't know if this stuff is a backpack or a tote back because it can be both! You can function this bag both as a backpack to accompany your business trip or as a tote bag for hanging out. It is also made of synthetic leather, which makes it cool and stylish.
Mother Lode Travel Best Ebags Backpack
Another purple backpack that looks so mature and warm! It also features many pockets inside so you can keep a lot of stuff you have. It is the best piece of fashion you need if you are a traveler that loves to go to another place. Well, not only keeping yourself tidy, but this bag also makes you look stylish as well.
Read Related Article: Affordable Ebags Handbags for Any Occasion
We have shown you the best ebags backpack recommendations that can accompany you for traveling or for a business trip. However, we want to show you some best tips to keep these backpacks clean and polished. Let's see.
- After you use the backpack, immediately wipe it with a wet tissue. If the dirt is difficult to clean, you can wash it immediately.
- Place things neatly. Put small items in the pockets provided. Then, put the laptop in the slot on the back.
- Fold clothes neatly so as not to make the bag bulge
- If you can't clean the bag with a wet tissue, wash it with soap, then hang it in a dry place or in the sun.
Thus, have you decided which best ebags backpack recommendations you would love to buy in the future?


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Leicester-based IMA Architects will join the club's Associate Partner programme for the 2021/22 season.
Specialising in architecture, interior design and conservation, the local business will benefit from working alongside Leicester Tigers for the upcoming season.
For over 20 years, a strong and diverse staff base is key to the continued success of IMA, with the company employing talented Architects, Designers and Technologists, ranging from graduate staff to Chartered personnel.
Formally Isherwood McCann formed in in 1997 by David Isherwood and Ian McCann, the partnership incorporated in 2005 and IMA has evolved into one of the leading Architectural Companies working across the UK.
As part of the partnership, IMA Architects will benefit from a number of advertising opportunities with the club, alongside a number of digital activations for supporters to get involved with.
A Leicester Tigers Associate Partnership package offers an entry-level and flexible solution for businesses to support the club and mix-and-match their business goals.
Mark Davies, head of business development at Leicester Tigers, said: ""We're excited to welcome IMA Architects to the Tigers Family and excited about working together throughout the season. Our partners continue to play an important role across the club at every level."
IMA Director, Anthony Day, added: "As a Leicester company, IMA are thrilled to have become an associate partner with Leicester Tigers. We're looking forward to a successful forthcoming season, both on and off the pitch".
Find out more about IMA Architects by visiting ima-architects.co.uk


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KOG Games today announced that the popular side-scrolling MMORPG fantasy epic, Grand Chase, will end service in North America today. Grand Chase launched in Korea 12 years ago and followed with a North American launch 7 years ago. The game was a force to be reckoned with in the fighting game genre, and it was home to some of the best competitive players in the world.
[Game website] Elsword, another action online title under KOG Games, is currently welcoming all Grand Chase players to Elrios! This includes a completely free, character level boost (completely free) for Grand Chase players with max level characters, in-game item rewards, an awesome cash item compensation package and more. Full details of this event can be found right here.


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I bought a vacation place that has VERY rocky soil. Is there a ground cover of some kind other than lawn that I could use? We are only there on weekends, so cannot water all the time. It is at about 3200 feet, and mountainous. |
Several easy care perennials can make a nice ground cover. One I particularly like is nepeta because it is a very undemanding plant, sprawls nicely, has soft gray foliage and lovely blue-purple blooms which complement the roses. You could also try nearly any of the assorted varieties of sedum or perhaps a mass planting of a lower growing veronica such as "Goodness Grows." Annuals might bring some spots of color during the season. Try marigolds in a pale cream, creeping zinnias in white, or any of the blooming periwinkles or annual salvias. If the soil is truly dry you might want to work in plenty of organic matter both for the roses and the groundcover since this will help improve the soil's water holding capacity. Also be sure to mulch throughly as this will help keep the moisture level more constant as well. |


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written by Metro Music Makers instructor Chelsea Sefzik
One of the most difficult tasks for me as a teacher is finding suitable music for young boys. However, Disney has come out with some fantastic hits over the years, and I want to share with you my top five picks for a young boy's vocal and character development. (Did you miss my picks for a young female voice? Check it out here!)
1. "Un Poco Loco" from Coco
This song has so many great points that I can hardly believe it. First off, there is the obvious Spanish language. Learning to sing in another language is a big plus for any song. Second, the song has minor jumps, but it sits in middle voice. For any young male student, solidifying pitches can be hard, and this song makes it a fun task. Lastly, with so many intriguing lyrics, I think this song is one that can be played over and over again.
2. "The Bear Necessities" from The Jungle Book
Notably, this song has been approved for Federation competition material, and rightly so. "The Bear Necessities" addresses fundamental pitch jumps in a young singer's voice while providing a bit of character development in the process. Definitely plug this one into your Disney playlist.
3. "You're Welcome" from Moana
If you have a young singer who's got spunk but lacking in high notes, "You're Welcome" is going to be the perfect song for you. I placed this song right in the middle of my list because while it doesn't have a lot of diversity in pitch, it does have a challenging rhythm, and a fun rap section to boot. With a fun, narcissistic character, this song will also be great for character development while performing.
4. "You've Got A Friend In Me" from Toy Story
Most of the time, vocalists have other musical talents, and if you've got a young one who plays guitar, this song is perfect for pairing. While I don't recommend vocal imitating, this song is a moderate, middle voiced song with a medium tempo. It's great for beginners, and who doesn't love Toy Story?!
5. "Go The Distance" from Hercules
"Go The Distance" is such an epic and thrilling song to sing. With a dramatic feel and an invigorating key change, this song takes a young belter to the next level. Not to mention, the last note is held through a dissonant chord structure at the end, making it a difficult but rewarding accomplishment.
Bonus: Check out this ballad from the NEW Toy Story 4 movie! Dive in to your full country mode and have a lot of fun with this short, quirky song!
P.S. If you need some help planning your next Disney vacation, one of Metro Music Makers' Holiday Recital sponsors, Jennifer Zasio with Ears of Experience, has your back!


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by Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor
It is an open invitation. Therefore not all nominations may be accepted. Furthermore only nominations submitted by bona fide national associations will be considered; a maximum of four applications per national association is requested.
Full hospitality will be provided in a twin room from dinner on Monday 15th January to breakfast on Monday 22nd January.
Each umpire will receive a daily allowance per competition day, according to ITTF regulations.
All invited umpires must organize their own transport to the region as well as travel and medical insurance. In addition, all invited umpires are responsible for early arrival and late departure.
Local transport will be provided from and Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (IATA Code: BUD) as well as Keleti Railway Station.
Should a nominated umpire require a visa, kindly send relevant details when submitting the nomination (full name as in passport, date of birth, place of birth, passport number, expiry date of passport). The issue of a visa is entirely at the discretion of the relevant embassy or consulate.
Umpires must wear the International umpiring uniforms as described in the Handbook for Match Officials.
An Advanced Rules Examination is offered on Monday 15th January at 3.00pm.
Evaluations for Blue Badge Umpires will not be conducted.
The closing date for nominations is Thursday 14th December. The list of umpires accepted will be advised on or before Monday 18th December.
For replies and questions, please address:
Tamas Dobak, Hungarian Table Tennis Association
Email: [email protected] and copy
Marta Szily, Referee
Email: [email protected]) and copy
Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Hungarian Open: Official Letter of Invitation (Monday 27th November)
Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Hungarian Open: Official Nomination Form (Closing Date is Thursday 14th December)