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SimBiology problem object for parameter estimation
Since R2021b
Create a
fitproblem object to estimate model parameters using
nonlinear regression or nonlinear mixed-effects modeling.
Create the object using
Required properties
Data — Data to fit
groupedData array (default) |
groupedData object
Data to fit, specified as a
The name of the time variable must be defined in the
IndependentVariableName property of
Data. For
instance, if the time variable name is
'TIME', then specify it as
prob = fitproblem;
prob.Data = groupedData;
prob.Data.TIME = [1:1:10];
prob.Data.Properties.IndependentVariableName = 'TIME';
If the data contains more than one group of measurements, the grouping variable
name must be defined in the
GroupVariableName property of
Data. For example, if the grouping variable name is
'GROUP', then specify it as
prob.Data.Properties.GroupVariableName = 'GROUP';
Estimated — Estimated parameters
estimatedInfo array (default) |
estimatedInfo object | vector of
estimatedInfo objects |
CovariateModel object
Estimated parameters, specified as an
estimatedInfo object, a vector of
estimatedInfo objects, or a scalar
CovariateModel object.
This property defines the estimated parameters in the model and other optional
information such as their initial estimates, transformations, bound constraints, and
categories. Supported transforms are
probit. For details, see Parameter Transformations.
When you perform nonlinear regression by setting
object.FitFunction =
"sbiofit", then:
scattersearchas an optimization function requires you to specify finite transformed bounds for each estimated parameter.
If you do not specify the Pooled property, the software uses the
CategoryVariableNameproperty of the
estimatedInfoobject to decide if parameters must be estimated for each individual, group, category, or all individuals as a whole. Set the
Pooledproperty to override any
CategoryVariableNamevalues. For details about the
CategoryVariableNameproperty, see
EstimatedInfo object.
The software uses the
categoricalfunction to identify groups. If any group values are converted to the same value by
categorical, then those observations are treated as belonging to the same group. For instance, if some observations have no group information (that is, an empty character vector
''), then
categoricalconverts empty character vectors to
<undefined>, and these observations are treated as one group.
For nonlinear mixed-effects modeling with
object.FitFunction="sbiofitmixed", the
CategoryVariablename property of
object is ignored.
FitFunction — Name of SimBiology estimation function
"sbiofit" (default) |
Name of a SimBiology estimation function to use, specified as
"sbiofit" or
"sbiofitmixed". Use
sbiofit for nonlinear regression problems and
sbiofitmixed for nonlinear mixed-effects problems.
Model — SimBiology model
Model array (default) |
Model object
SimBiology model used to fit the data, specified as a
Model object.
ResponseMap — Mapping between model components and data variables
0 empty string array (default) | character vector | string | string vector | cell array of character vectors
Mapping between model components and data variables, specified as a character vector, string, string vector, or cell array of character vectors.
Each character vector or string is an equation-like expression, similar to
assignment rules. It contains the name (or qualified name) of a quantity (species,
compartment, or parameter) or an
object in the model, followed by the character
'=' and the name of a
variable in
Data. For clarity, white spaces are allowed between
names and
For example, if you have the concentration data
'CONC' in
Data for a species
'Drug_Central', you can
specify it as
ResponseMap = 'Drug_Central = CONC';
To name a species unambiguously, use the qualified name, which includes the name of the compartment. To name a reaction-scoped parameter, use the reaction name to qualify the parameter.
If the model component name or
grpData variable name is not a
valid MATLAB variable name, surround it by square brackets, such as:
ResponseMap = '[Central 1].Drug = [Central 1 Conc]';
If a variable name itself contains square brackets, you cannot use it in the expression to define the mapping information.
If any (qualified) name matches two components of the same type, an error is issued
when you run the
fit function of the object. To resolve the error,
you can use a (qualified) name that matches two components of different types, and the
function first finds the species with the given name, followed by compartments and then
Data Types:
char |
string |
Optional properties
Doses — Doses applied during fitting
Dose array (default) |
RepeatDose |
ScheduleDose object | object | 2-D matrix of dose objects | cell vector of dose objects
Doses applied during fitting, specified as an empty array or 2-D matrix of dose
objects (
ScheduleDose object or
RepeatDose object). By
default, the software applies no doses even if the model has active doses.
For a matrix of dose objects, it must have a single row or one row per group in the input data. If it has a single row, the same doses are applied to all groups during simulation. If it has multiple rows, each row is applied to a separate group, in the same order as the groups appear in the input data. Multiple columns are allowed so that you can apply multiple dose objects to each group.
For a cell vector of doses, it must have one element or one element per group in the input
data. Each element must be
[] or a vector of doses. Each element of the
cell is applied to a separate group, in the same order as the groups appear in the input
In addition to manually constructing dose objects using
sbiodose, if the input
groupedData object has dosing
information, you can use the
createDoses method to construct
FunctionName — Name of optimization function
"auto" (default) | character vector | string
Name of an optimization function that is called by
sbiofit or
sbiofitmixed), specified as a
character vector or string.
FitFunction="sbiofit", valid choices are as follows.
"nlinfit"(Statistics and Machine Learning Toolbox™ is required.)
"fminunc"(Optimization Toolbox™ is required.)
"fmincon"(Optimization Toolbox is required.)
"lsqcurvefit"(Optimization Toolbox is required.)
"lsqnonlin"(Optimization Toolbox is required.)
"patternsearch"(Global Optimization Toolbox is required.)
"ga"(Global Optimization Toolbox is required.)
"particleswarm"(Global Optimization Toolbox is required.)
By default (that is,
FunctionName="auto" and
FitFunction="sbiofit"), the
fitproblem object uses
the first available estimation function among the following:
lsqnonlin (Optimization Toolbox),
nlinfit (Statistics and Machine Learning Toolbox), or
fminsearch. The same priority applies to the default local solver choice
FitFunction="sbiofitmixed", the valid choices are:
FunctionName="auto" and
FitFunction="sbiofitmixed", the object uses
"nlmefit" as the optimization function.
Data Types:
char |
Options — Options for optimization function
[] (default) | struct |
optimoptions object
Options for the optimization function, specified as a scalar struct,
optimoptions object or empty array
FitFunction="sbiofit", you can use the following options:
statsetstruct for
optimsetstruct for
optimoptionsobject for
ga, and
See Default Options for Optimization Functions Called by sbiofit for more details and default options associated with each estimation function.
FitFunction="sbiofitmixed", define a structure as follows:
The structure can contain fields and default values that are the name-value arguments accepted by
nlmefit(Statistics and Machine Learning Toolbox) and
nlmefitsa(Statistics and Machine Learning Toolbox), except the following that are not supported.
'REParamsSelect'is only supported when you provide a vector of
estimatedInfoobjects when specifying the estimated parameters.
Use the
statset(Statistics and Machine Learning Toolbox) function only to set the
'Options'field of the structure (
opt), as follows.
opt.Options = statset('Display','iter','TolX',1e-3,'TolFun',1e-3);
For other supported name-value arguments (see
nlmefit(Statistics and Machine Learning Toolbox) and
nlmefitsa(Statistics and Machine Learning Toolbox)), set them as follows.
opt.ErrorModel = 'proportional'; opt.ApproximationType = 'LME';
ProgressPlot — Flag to show progress of parameter estimation
false or
0 (default) |
true or
Flag to show the progress of parameter estimation, specified as a numeric or logical
1 (
true) or
false). If the flag is
true, a new figure opens
containing plots during fitting.
Plots show the log-likelihood, termination criteria, and estimated parameters for each iteration. This option is not supported for
If you are using the Optimization Toolbox functions (
lsqnonlin), the figure also shows the First Order Optimality (Optimization Toolbox) plot.
For an unpooled fit, each line on the plots represents an individual. For a pooled fit, a single line represents all individuals. The line becomes faded when the fit is complete. The plots also keep track of the progress when you run
sbiofit(for both pooled and unpooled fits) in parallel using remote clusters. For details, see Progress Plot.
FitFunction="sbiofitmixed", the plots show the values of fixed effects parameters (
theta), the estimates of the variance parameters, that is, the diagonal elements of the covariance matrix of the random effects (Ψ), and the log-likelihood. For details, see Progress Plot.
Data Types:
double |
UseParallel — Flag to enable parallelization
false or
0 (default) |
true or
Flag to enable parallelization, specified as a numeric or logical
1 (
true) or
false). If the flag is
true and Parallel Computing Toolbox™ is available, the software enables the parallelization by doing the following:
SimFunctionobjects with
Pass the flag
UseParallel=trueto the optimization function, such as
lsqnonlin. Note that some optimization functions do not support parallelization. See the reference page of the corresponding optimization function to find out about the parallelization support.
FitFunction="sbiofit", and you are performing an unpooled fit (
Pooled=false) for multiple groups, each fit is run in parallel. For a pooled fit (
Pooled=true), parallelization happens at the solver level. In other words, solver computations, such as objective function evaluations, are run in parallel.
Data Types:
double |
Variants — Variants applied during fitting
Variant array (default) | 2-D matrix of variants | cell vector of variants
Variants applied during fitting, specified as an empty array
or a 2-D matrix or cell vector of variant objects. By default, the software applies no
variants even if the model has active variants.
For a matrix of variant objects, the number of rows must be one or must match the number of groups in the input data. The ith row of variant objects is applied to the simulation of the ith group. The variants are applied in order from the first column to the last. If this matrix has only one row of variants, they are applied to all simulations.
For a cell vector of variant objects, the number of cells must be one or must match the number
of groups in the input data. Each element must be
[] or a vector
of variants. If this cell vector has a single cell containing a vector of variants,
they are applied to all simulations. If the cell vector has multiple cells, the
variants in the ith cell are applied to the simulation of the
ith group.
In addition to manually constructing variant objects using
sbiovariant, if the input
object has variant information, you can use
createVariants to construct variants.
Optional properties for
FitFunction="sbiofit" only
ErrorModel — Error model
"constant" (default) | character vector | string | string vector | cell array of character vector | categorical vector | table
Error models used for estimation, specified as a character vector, string, string vector, cell array of character vectors, categorical vector, or table.
If it is a table, it must contain a single variable that is a column vector of error model
names. The names can be a cell array of character vectors, string vector, or a vector of
categorical variables. If the table has more than one row, then the
RowNames property must match the response variable names specified in
the right hand side of
ResponseMap. If the table does not use the
RowNames property, the nth error is associated
with the nth response.
If you specify only one error model, then
sbiofit estimates one set of error parameters for all responses.
If you specify multiple error models using a categorical vector, string vector, or cell array
of character vectors, the length of the vector or cell array must match the number of
responses in
You can specify multiple error models only if you are using these methods:
ga, and
Four built-in error models are available. Each model defines the error using a standard mean-zero and unit-variance (Gaussian) variable e, simulation results f, and one or two parameters a and b.
If you specify an error model, you cannot specify weights except for the constant error model.
If you use a proportional or combined error model during data fitting, avoid specifying data points at times where the solution (simulation result) is zero or the steady state is zero. Otherwise, you can run into division-by-zero problems. It is recommended that you remove those data points from the data set. For details on the error parameter estimation functions, see Maximum Likelihood Estimation.
Data Types:
double |
char |
string |
table |
Pooled — Fit option flag
"auto" (default) |
true or
1 |
false or
Fit option flag to fit each individual or pool all individual data, specified as a
numeric or logical
1 (
true) or
0 (
false), or
Pooled is set to
"auto", the software
infers the value from the
Estimated property as follows.
Estimated is an
estimatedInfo object with
CategoryVariableName property set to the default value
<GroupVariableName>, then the
property is set to
false. Otherwise, the property is set to
When the property is
false, the
fitfunction of the object estimates each group or individual separately using group- or individual-specific parameters, and the returned fit result is a vector of results objects with one result for each group.
When the property is
true, the
fitfunction performs fitting for all individuals or groups simultaneously using the same parameter estimates, and the returned result is a scalar results object.
Use this option to override the
CategoryVariableName value of
estimatedInfo object.
Data Types:
char |
string |
double |
SensitivityAnalysis — Flag to use parameter sensitivities to determine gradients of the objective function
"auto" (default) |
true or
1 |
false or
Flag to use parameter sensitivities to determine gradients of the objective
function, specified as a numeric or logical
true) or
0 (
false), or
The default behavior (
"auto") is as follows.
The property is
lsqcurvefit, and
Otherwise, the property is
If it is
true, the software always uses the
sundials solver, regardless of what you have selected as the SolverType property in the
Configset object.
The software uses the complex-step approximation method to calculate parameter sensitivities. Such calculated sensitivities can be used to determine gradients of the objective function during parameter estimation to improve fitting. The default behavior of
sbiofit is to use such sensitivities to determine gradients whenever the algorithm is gradient-based and if the SimBiology model supports sensitivity analysis. For details about the model requirements and sensitivity analysis, see Sensitivity Analysis in SimBiology.
Data Types:
double |
logical |
char |
Weights — Weights used during fitting
[] (default) | matrix | function handle
Weights used for fitting, specified as an empty array
[], matrix of real
positive weights where the number of columns corresponds to the number of responses,
or a function handle that accepts a vector of predicted response values and returns
a vector of real positive weights.
If you specify an error model, you cannot use weights except for the constant error model. If
neither the
ErrorModel or
Weights is specified, by
default, the software uses the constant error model with equal weights.
Data Types:
double |
Object Functions
|Perform parameter estimation using SimBiology problem object
|Reset optional SimBiology fit problem properties
Fit PK Parameters Using SimBiology Problem-Based Workflow
This example shows how to estimate PK parameters of a SimBiology model using a problem-based approach.
Load a synthetic data set. It contains drug plasma concentration data measured in both central and peripheral compartments.
Convert the data set to a
groupedData object.
gData = groupedData(data); gData.Properties.VariableUnits = ["","hour","milligram/liter","milligram/liter"];
Display the data.
sbiotrellis(gData,"ID","Time",["CentralConc","PeripheralConc"],... Marker="+",LineStyle="none");
Use the built-in PK library to construct a two-compartment model with infusion dosing and first-order elimination. Use the configset object to turn on unit conversion.
pkmd = PKModelDesign; pkc1 = addCompartment(pkmd,"Central"); pkc1.DosingType = "Infusion"; pkc1.EliminationType = "linear-clearance"; pkc1.HasResponseVariable = true; pkc2 = addCompartment(pkmd,"Peripheral"); model2cpt = construct(pkmd); configset = getconfigset(model2cpt); configset.CompileOptions.UnitConversion = true;
Assume every individual receives an infusion dose at time = 0, with a total infusion amount of 100 mg at a rate of 50 mg/hour. For details on setting up different dosing strategies, see Doses in SimBiology Models.
dose = sbiodose("dose","TargetName","Drug_Central"); dose.StartTime = 0; dose.Amount = 100; dose.Rate = 50; dose.AmountUnits = "milligram"; dose.TimeUnits = "hour"; dose.RateUnits = "milligram/hour";
Create a problem object.
problem = fitproblem
problem = fitproblem with properties: Required: Data: [0x0 groupedData] Estimated: [1x0 estimatedInfo] FitFunction: "sbiofit" Model: [0x0 SimBiology.Model] ResponseMap: [1x0 string] Optional: Doses: [0x0 SimBiology.Dose] FunctionName: "auto" Options: [] ProgressPlot: 0 UseParallel: 0 Variants: [0x0 SimBiology.Variant] sbiofit options: ErrorModel: "constant" Pooled: "auto" SensitivityAnalysis: "auto" Weights: []
Define the required properties of the object.
problem.Data = gData; problem.Estimated = estimatedInfo(["log(Central)","log(Peripheral)","Q12","Cl_Central"],InitialValue=[1 1 1 1]); problem.Model = model2cpt; problem.ResponseMap = ["Drug_Central = CentralConc","Drug_Peripheral = PeripheralConc"];
Define the dose to be applied during fitting.
problem.Doses = dose;
Show the progress of the estimation.
problem.ProgressPlot = true;
Fit the model to all of the data pooled together: that is, estimate one set of parameters for all individuals by setting the
Pooled property to
problem.Pooled = true;
Perform the estimation using the
fit function of the object.
pooledFit = fit(problem);
Display the estimated parameter values.
ans=4×3 table
Name Estimate StandardError
______________ ________ _____________
{'Central' } 1.6627 0.16569
{'Peripheral'} 2.6864 1.0644
{'Cl_Central'} 0.78497 0.095621
Plot the fitted results.
Estimate one set of parameters for each individual and see if the parameter estimates improve.
problem.Pooled = false; unpooledFit = fit(problem);
Display the estimated parameter values.
ans=4×3 table
Name Estimate StandardError
______________ ________ _____________
{'Central' } 1.422 0.12334
{'Peripheral'} 1.5619 0.36355
{'Cl_Central'} 0.5291 0.036978
ans=4×3 table
Name Estimate StandardError
______________ ________ _____________
{'Central' } 1.8322 0.019672
{'Peripheral'} 5.3364 0.65327
{'Cl_Central'} 0.86035 0.026257
ans=4×3 table
Name Estimate StandardError
______________ ________ _____________
{'Central' } 1.6657 0.038529
{'Peripheral'} 5.5632 0.37063
{'Cl_Central'} 1.0233 0.027311
Generate a plot of the residuals over time to compare the pooled and unpooled fit results. The figure indicates unpooled fit residuals are smaller than those of the pooled fit, as expected. In addition to comparing residuals, other rigorous criteria can be used to compare the fitted results.
t = [gData.Time;gData.Time]; res_pooled = vertcat(pooledFit.R); res_pooled = res_pooled(:); res_unpooled = vertcat(unpooledFit.R); res_unpooled = res_unpooled(:); figure; plot(t,res_pooled,"o",MarkerFaceColor="w",markerEdgeColor="b") hold on plot(t,res_unpooled,"o",MarkerFaceColor="b",markerEdgeColor="b") refl = refline(0,0); % A reference line representing a zero residual title("Residuals versus Time"); xlabel("Time"); ylabel("Residuals"); legend(["Pooled","Unpooled"]);
As illustrated, the unpooled fit accounts for variations due to the specific subjects in the study, and, in this case, the model fits better to the data. However, the pooled fit returns population-wide parameters. As an alternative, if you want to estimate population-wide parameters while considering individual variations, you can perform nonlinear mixed-effects (NLME) estimation by setting
problem.FitFunction to
problem.FitFunction = "sbiofitmixed";
NLMEResults = fit(problem);
Display the estimated parameter values.
ans=12×3 table
Group Name Estimate
_____ ______________ ________
1 {'Central' } 1.4623
1 {'Peripheral'} 1.5306
1 {'Cl_Central'} 0.53208
2 {'Central' } 1.783
2 {'Peripheral'} 6.6623
2 {'Cl_Central'} 0.8039
3 {'Central' } 1.7135
3 {'Peripheral'} 4.2844
3 {'Cl_Central'} 1.0708
Plot the fitted results.
Plot the conditional weighted residuals (CWRES) and individual weighted residuals (IWRES) of model predicted values.
More About
Default Options for Optimization Functions Called by sbiofit
The following table summarizes the default options for various estimation functions.
|Default Options
nlinfit (Statistics and Machine Learning Toolbox)
fmincon (Optimization Toolbox)
fminunc (Optimization Toolbox)
lsqcurvefit (Optimization Toolbox),
lsqnonlin (Optimization Toolbox)
Requires Optimization Toolbox.
patternsearch (Global Optimization Toolbox)
Requires Global Optimization Toolbox.
ga (Global Optimization Toolbox)
Requires Global Optimization Toolbox.
particleswarm (Global Optimization Toolbox)
Requires Global Optimization Toolbox.
|See Scatter Search Algorithm.
Version History
Introduced in R2021b
See Also
sbiofit |
sbiofitmixed |
EstimatedInfo object |
groupedData object |
LeastSquaresResults object |
NLINResults object |
OptimResults object |
sbiofitmixed |
nlinfit (Statistics and Machine Learning Toolbox) |
fmincon (Optimization Toolbox) |
fminunc (Optimization Toolbox) |
fminsearch |
lsqcurvefit (Optimization Toolbox) |
lsqnonlin (Optimization Toolbox) |
patternsearch (Global Optimization Toolbox) |
ga (Global Optimization Toolbox) |
particleswarm (Global Optimization Toolbox)


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Dublin 0-09
Waterford 2-17
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Jody Couch 0-01
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Waterford Scorers
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Updated | Gone are the days when a Scientology exposé had the impact of a classified document dump—defections from the notoriously insulated religion now occur with all the frequency of Justin Bieber meltdowns. In 2013, Lawrence Wright's Going Clear documented the experiences of several formerly high-ranking Scientology members; Alex Gibney's HBO adaptation aired in March. Jenna Miscavige Hill, niece of Scientology leader David Miscavige, wrote a memoir about her time in the church, as have a half-dozen other former practitioners. The secrets of a church that claims its secrets are too mind-blowing for the average person to know have long since been revealed.
Still, Leah Remini's Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology was highly anticipated. A member of the church for more than 30 years—she joined as a child after her mother started dating a Scientologist—Remini had long been a committed, if not hugely vocal, Scientologist. Her defection was a blow even for a church that knows a lot about bad press.
"Leah Remini has become what she once declared she never wanted to be known as: 'this bitter ex-Scientologist,'" the church wrote in a statement about the book. "She needs to move on with her life instead of pathetically exploiting her former religion, her former friends and other celebrities for money and attention to appear relevant again."
Given Remini's no-nonsense personality, it's hard to understand how she could have been so committed (like $5 million committed) to a church with such controversial policies. But in Troublemaker, a breezy and snarky 250 pages of Scientology dirt, Remini rattles off church ideology and acronyms like a pro: There are Operating Thetans (OTs) and Training Routines (TRs); Master-at-Arms (MAAs) and MEST work (matter, energy, space and time). Knowledge Reports. The Tone Scale. The Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF). The Commodore's Messenger Org (CMO). It's clear from the book's first page that Remini was in, and she was in deep. And while much of the information in Troublemaker is not new, Remini does offer up some juicy tidbits from her decades in the church.
All of Scientology's members could fit in Yankee Stadium.
Although not necessarily dedicated to member retention—Scientologists are forced to disconnect from anyone the church has declared a "Suppressive Person"—the church has claimed some 10 million parishioners worldwide. Remini clarifies: "[This] number apparently includes anyone who has ever bought a book, taken a course, or entered a church building. Estimates of the actual worldwide members are closer to 35,000." She also says the Sea Organization, Scientology's clergy of sorts, is estimated to have 4,000 members in the United States.
Kevin James is the best.
Remini's co-star on King of Queens, Kevin James, pops up a few times in Troublemaker, and always as a voice of reason. After Remini agrees to take a meeting about King of Queens after first rejecting the part, she meets James on set. "Kevin took one look at me and said, 'I'm sorry. Were you too busy not counting the money you weren't making on your canceled shows to make it to this meeting?' I was in love." Later he makes a "wrap it up" motion during Remini's wedding (held in 110-degree Las Vegas heat) and after she leaves the church he calls her to say he's proud of her. "[Kevin] has ruined me for life," Remini writes. "He was my first leading man; and despite doing other shows with other leading men, I've never found anyone who could compare favorably to him."
Remini paid the church $40,000 for stealing hamburgers.
During a brief stint in the Sea Org as a teenager, Remini would use a false name to order food at public restaurants on base, and then flush the evidence. Years later, she admits this in an auditing session at the same base, to which she has returned as a regular parishioner. "[My] auditor asked how much I thought I owed to make up the damage for the food I stole twenty years earlier," Remini writes. "'I don't know,' I said. 'How much was custard and hamburgers for three months in the eighties?'" Her auditor replies, "'[Let's] just round it up to forty thousand dollars.'"
Remini met Tom Cruise after making her first $1 million donation.
After their initial meeting at Scientology's Celebrity Centre, Remini joins what she calls Cruise's "Scientology entourage." Other members included EarthLink founder Sky Dayton, actress Marisol Nichols, actor Ethan Suplee and actress Jenna Elfman and her husband Bodhi. "Noticeably absent from the chosen few were Kirstie Alley and John Travolta," Remini writes. "I had heard that Tom didn't like them."
Cruise invited Remini and Jada Pinkett Smith to play hide-and-seek.
The eccentricities of Tom Cruise abound in Troublemaker, including in one anecdote where Cruise invites a few Scientologists and other celebrities to his home and tells them he wants to play hide-and-seek. "At first I thought he was joking, but no, he literally wanted to play hide-and-seek with a bunch of grown-ups in what was probably close to a 7,000-square-foot house on almost three full acres of secluded land," Remini writes.
Later that same night, Cruise gets angry when he can't find the ingredients to make cookies; the dough is right in front of him but everyone's too scared of him to point it out. "Still not noticing the log of pre-made dough on the counter, Tom raised his hand above his head," Remini writes. "'LRH is here,' he said, then lowered his hand to his chin and said, 'And Dave and I are here.' Then, with his hand down at his waist, he said [to his assistant], 'And you are here.'"
Cruise asked Remini to invite Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony to his wedding.
Remini has long been friends with Jennifer Lopez, and several times she and her husband Angelo brought J. Lo and Marc Anthony to Cruise's house for get-togethers. When Cruise and Katie Holmes were planning their nuptials, they asked Remini and her husband to invite Jennifer and Marc to the wedding. "'Don't you think you guys should?' I asked, confused. 'Well, we don't really know them that well,' Katie said."
Everything goes south at the Cruise/Holmes wedding.
The beginning of the end for Remini and Scientology kicks off at the star-studded Italy wedding of Cruise and Holmes. After getting to Rome, Remini is reprimanded for arriving late (she came with J. Lo instead of the Scientology crew) and makes waves again after requesting that she and Jennifer be seated at the same table. Later, she finds a 7-month-old Suri, Cruise and Holmes's daughter, crying in the bathroom, surrounded by Scientologists. "Rather than talking to her in a soothing voice, they kept saying, 'Suri! Suri!' in a tone that sounded like they were telling an adult to get her shit together," Remini writes. She gives Suri a bottle, but several Scientology members later write Knowledge Reports claiming Remini's behavior at the wedding was rude.
Remini also writes some Knowledge Reports of her own, claiming to have seen an abundance of "off policy" behavior at the wedding: two senior Scientology officers (both married) making out; another Scientology officer drunk and hitting on Brooke Shields; David Miscavige flirting with his assistant (his wife Shelly is MIA). "All of these rules appeared to have been broken because of or in relation to [Tom Cruise] and his standing in the church," Remini writes. "Was my church falling apart? Was Tom in charge?"
After the wedding, Katie Holmes tattles on Remini.
As Remini's own Knowledge Reports go unaddressed, she is told that Holmes wrote one on her, "in which she referred to my behavior during the wedding weekend as 'very upsetting,' and accused me of disrupting the party, which she claimed was a 'poor example to others.' She went on to say, '[She] made the party all about her,' and concluded the report with reference to the fact that all of this so-called bad behavior 'disturbed me greatly.'"
Remini is insulted—"What do I say about this childish report that looks like it was written by a seventh grader with all the exclamation marks?" she scoffs at her MAA (sort of a Scientology disciplinarian)—but is still made to apologize for the incident. She later frames the wedding invitation and other mementos in a picture box, which she sends to Holmes with a note: "I'm so sorry that I destroyed your wedding." Katie responds with a text: "Just handle it with your MAA."
Remini asks for her money back.
After Cruise and Holmes split in 2012, Remini assumed Holmes would be declared a Suppressive Person over the very public divorce. Since Knowledge Reports written by SPs are usually expunged, Remini campaigned to have Holmes's report about the wedding removed from her file. She also asks about the roughly $300,000 in services she was made to pay for after the wedding, when she spent weeks being interrogated over her alleged transgressions. "Well, if it was all wrong, are you going to give me back my money?" Remini asked. "Because, as a Scientologist, when I'm reprimanded I'm asked what I'm going to do to make up the damage. So now I'm asking you, what are you going to do to make up the damage?"
After six years of haggling, Remini is eventually reimbursed, but the incident underscores a central critique in Troublemaker: that the church makes insane monetary demands of its regular practitioners. "Most members, regardless of their income, over a lifetime in the church spend upwards of $500,000 to get to the highest levels, which often takes more than twenty years," Remini writes. "During this time, they are required to purchase roughly 300 books, 3000 lectures, and 100 courses." She also accuses the church of helping its members rack up enormous credit card debt. "[They] 'help' you call Visa or Amex and they know exactly what to say to get your limit upped. And once they've helped you get that $10,000 or $25,000 credit limit increase, you end up charging that amount to your card as a donation."
Nobody, and I mean nobody, wants to talk about Shelly Miscavige.
Perhaps even more than her rift with Cruise and Holmes, Remini's frequent questions about the whereabouts of Shelly Miscavige earn the ire of many high-ranking Scientologists, including Miscavige himself. Before her disappearance, Shelly and Remini were friends, and the latter asks anyone who will listen why no one has seen or heard from Shelly Miscavige in years (indeed, some variation on the words "where's Shelly" appears 48 times in Troublemaker). Attempts to contact Shelly directly are thwarted by the church, and at one point Remini even goes so far as to file a missing person report with police—several days later the LAPD closes the case, calling Remini's report "unfounded." (Remini claims a detective told her no one spoke with Shelly Miscavige directly, though there are conflicting reports on this.) During a conversation with David Miscavige, Remini is told that Shelly has to be kept away "because SPs are constantly trying to have her subpoenaed," and in another conversation she is told that Shelly is on Gold Base, Scientology's 500-acre compound near Hemet, California. To date, Shelly Miscavige still hasn't been seen in public since 2007.
This story has been updated to reflect the LAPD's response to Remini's missing persons report, and to add a statement from the church regarding the release of Troublemaker.


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Lucky Illinois IHOP Waitress, who served Blue Bloods star Donnie Wahlberg and wife Jenny McCarthy on Wednesday, now knows firsthand how generous the new kids at Black Singer are. The actor left his service for the service $2,020 tip for the $ 75.45 bill. Bethany Provencher, the server, said he was a big NKOB fan and was "a bit out" after seeing Wahlberg's receipt.
McCarthy tweeted a picture of the receipt, showing 0 2,020 on the tip line and 0 2,098.45 on the entire line. "Thanks, Bethany," Wahlberg wrote on the top. He added and wrote "2020 Tip Challenge" and "Happy New Year" to the bottom.
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The 37-year-old prankster said, "When I was a kid, I loved Donnie all my life – I'm a huge New Kids on The Block fan." "I didn't want to go out on the table, so I went into the bathroom and went out a little bit. I was like, 'Oh my god.'
Provencher, a single mother with a son, said she served the couple "the best I could." Wahlberg associates her with the receipt and tells her not to open it after he leaves.
He said, 'Okay, thank you, guys, come again. I'll take care of you again,'
Provencher explained, "Then I opened it. I almost fell to the ground."
"I started crying," Provencher continued. "I can't believe it. Who do I mean? It's a blessing. I went into an apartment; I'm a single mother – with my son. So I struggle every day to meet."
I can buy furniture & put some money in the bank and make sure my son is good.
Subsequently, Wahlberg called IHOP near his St. Charles, Illinois home and spoke with Provencher.
Wahlberg has a history of leaving big suggestions in restaurants. In 2017, he dropped a $ 2,000 tip at a Charlotte affair house and gave employees front row seats at the NKOB show.
Wahlberg recently participated in the Target's Heroes & Helpers program, which helps thousands of underage children shop during the holidays with the help of local public safety agencies.
"They most probably gave away $5 million in Christmas gifts to children who could use them, and it was growing up in a community that was unworthy of me, and an unworthy householder with nine children. They never had a guarantee."
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This low-carb Mediterranean-style cucumber salad is the perfect side dish for summer! Light, fresh, and full of flavor, it is quick and easy to prepare. Serve it at your next family get-together, potluck, or barbecue.
The temps have been heating up here in Colorado, so I've been avoiding using my oven as much as possible. My husband has been grilling just about every night, which has been awesome. Our house stays cool and I get a break from cooking!
I'm not completely off the hook, however. While my husband takes care of grilling the meat, I usually whip up a simple side dish. My go-to is a fresh garden salad, but lately, I've been switching it up with this Mediterranean-style cucumber salad.
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This tomato cucumber salad is quick and easy to prepare. You will need the following ingredients: red onion, mini cucumbers, tomatoes, black olives, parsley, feta cheese, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper.
Start by dicing up the vegetables and combining them in a large bowl with the olives.
Next, whisk the olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper together in a small bowl. Pour the mixture over the vegetables and toss to coat.
Cover and place in refrigerator to chill for 30 minutes to an hour. Sprinkle with parsley and feta cheese just before serving. Enjoy!
How Do I Store the Cucumber Salad?
You can store any leftover cucumber salad in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Can I Eat the Cucumber Salad Warm or Cold?
This cucumber salad is best served chilled and is the perfect refreshing salad for a hot summer day!
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According to OAU Public Relations Officer, Mr. Biodun Olarewaju, the university has been for fourth consecutive times ranked first in Nigeria.
Olarewaju said, "According to the latest ranking released in July, 2014 on its website: http//www.webometrics.info/en/africa/nigeria, OAU has been adjudged to have continuously recorded excellence in its area of research, academic, university governance and extensive deployment of ICT for its operations.
"This is the first time that any Nigerian university would be so ranked and rated the first and the best for four times running, bringing to rest any contention from any quarter.
But, a statement by the UNILORIN Deputy Director, Corporate Affairs, Mr. Kunle Akogu, said the university was adjudged best in Nigeria.
According to him, the university is also 20th best university in Africa and 1,842nd in the world in the 2014 University Web Ranking.
He said the result of the ranking conducted by International Colleges and Universities was released on July 29, 2014.
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CEO Voice: October 2020
Dear Members,
We hosted the first ever virtual Windaba Conference this month, coinciding with a string of significant progress on the policy changes.
Just weeks after the Ministerial Determination for procurement of renewables and other technologies was gazetted, the Minister of Mineral Resources & Energy announced during the debate on Economic Recovery Plan, that the Bid Window 5 for the REIPPPP will be issued in December 2020. That is certainly something to look forward to. Windaba's 10th year, was meant to be celebrated in grand style, however COVID-19 happened and forced us to rethink the format of this year's conference. This led us to a decision to host the conference and exhibition on a virtual platform. despite this, we still consider the 10th instalment Windaba to have been quite a success hosting an event online, required the event to be mostly pre-record for technical reasons. Please review the conference stats below.
The programme was well aligned with this year's theme "10 Years & Beyond – Wind energy leading two decades of energy transition" which means that we are reflecting on the industry growth over the past 10 years, where we saw procurement of 3.4 GW of wind power over 4 bidding rounds, and looking ahead to the 14.4 GW of wind to be built over the next decade, as outlined in the IRP. The conference programme focused on a broad range of topics from development & Construction, to technical and operations, to policy and markets and economic development.
As we look ahead towards what promises to be an unprecedented growth of the wind energy industry in South Africa, Windaba 2020 was a platform to reflect on our state of readiness, to deliver this capacity. Readiness in terms of availability of investment capital, skills availability, land availability, grid access, operational excellency, and investment in local supply chain development to support this growth phase. These are some of the topics that were tackled over two days of Windaba, in line with the Conference theme.
On behalf of SAWEA Board I would like to thank you as members of SAWEA for your continuous support of Windaba through either sponsorships, exhibitions or participating as delegates and as speakers, despite the current global health pandemic related challenges.. I trust you did had an opportunity to reconnect and make new business moves through our virtual B2B platform. The platform will remain available for the next 12 months for you to revisit the content (videos and presentations) and continue networking. We look forward to seeing you in person at Windaba 2021.
Kind regards,
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ISLA, AMSHeR and Synergía hosted the first virtual session of the ACHPR Civil Society Organisations' Side Events (ACSE).
The two-week webinar series took place from 21 September until 2 October 2020, with a total of 21 webinars hosted in parallel on Zoom and GoToWebinar. All sessions were open to the public, free of charge and in some cases offered simultaneous interpretation services for French and Spanish speaking participants. Over 500 people participated in the online seminars, workshops, plenaries and member meetings. As in previous sessions since 2012, ACSE has managed to successfully engage a global community that remains committed to advocating for the independence, transparency and effectiveness of the African Commission.
The closing session hosted a plenary with the new Commissioners who were sworn in in June 2020: Marie Louise Abomo, Alexia Amesbury, Ndiamé Gaye, Mudford Z. Mwandenga joined the Vice-Chairperson of the African Commission Rémy Ngoy Lumbu, prof. Frans Viljoen of the Center of Human Rights of the University of Pretoria and human rights defenders from the continent to introduce themselves and share with participants their views on the future of the African Commission.
Click here to see the closing session.
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TIGER JAX-S10U 5.5 cup Microcomputer Controlled Rice Cooker & Warmer SLOW COOKER (NEW MODEL). The TIGER JAX-S multi-functional rice cooker allows you to prepare two dishes simultaneously with the new "tacook" synchronized cooking function. With minimal preparation and the press of a button, Tiger's Automatic Cooking Logic system actively monitors cooking temperatures to create the perfect meal. Unlike other rice cookers, Tiger's cooking plate is specially designed so the flavors from the cooking plate do not affect the flavor or texture of the rice. Other convenient features include a slow cooker function for stews and soups as well as a porridge function for risottos or rice porridge.
Two preset cooking timers allow the user to delay cooking, and with Tiger's new white and stainless steel design, it will look great in any kitchen. Thick inner pot (1.5mm for 5.5 cups/ 1.8mm for 10 cups).10 computerized cooking menus including slowcook and brown rice settings. Detachable steam cap for easy cleaning. Detachable inner lid for easy cleaning.
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Apollinaire's Calligrammes (1918)
A book of poetry by French writer Guillaume Apollinaire, noted for its use of "caligrams" in which typeface and arrangement of words on the page add to the meaning of the compositions. In this way, the collection can be seen as a contribution to the tradition of concrete or visual poetry. Considered as the forefather of Surrealism, Apollinaire described his work as follows:
Subtitled "Poems of Peace and War 1913-1916", many of the poems deal with Apollinaire's wartime experience as both an artilleryman and infantry officer. He was badly hurt in 1916 with a shrapnel wound to his temple and it was during his recovery that he coined the word "sur-realism" in the programme notes for Jean Cocteau's and Erik Satie's ballet Parade. Although he made an eventual recovery the injury weakened him and Apollinaire became one of the many victims of the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic. Published the year of his death, Calligrammes remains one of the most influential books of the twentieth century.
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Meet the Deavors – Bob Odenkirk and Catherine Keener Talk Incredibles 2 Experience #Incredibles2Event
Let's get a quick recap of where we have been along this INCREDIBLE journey, the past couple of weeks as we have covered the release and inside details of INCREDIBLES 2! We have given you some inside chat with Craig T. Nelson (Mr. Incredible), Holly Hunter (Elastigirl), Sarah Vowell (Violet), Huck Milner (Dash) and Samuel L. Jackson (Frozone). We even shared our TOP 6 reasons to see INCREDIBLES 2.
Well today, I am going to introduce you to the dynamic sibling duo, the Deavor's. Winston Deavor (Bob Odenkirk) and Evelyn Deavor (Catherine Keener) are a pair of siblings coming from an affluent family who are in support of super heroes and making them legal again everywhere. Each has unique and admirable characteristics that you will love. Winston Deavor is naive and endearing. Evelyn Deavor is witty, charismatic and intelligent.Right from the onset, Catherine walked into the room with a bright, beaming smile and was excited to be in a room FILLED with women bloggers!
She sat down a few moments ahead of Bob and was ready to delve into a detailed Q&A with us. We started right off with her voice work and how amazing she is. We wanted to know how she got the role of Evelyn Deavor and that moment when she got the call.
It wasn't Pixar, by the way. It was Brad Bird. Yeah. I was so excited. My wonderful agent I've had for 25 years. So, I got a call from my agent and she said that Brad Bird wants to call me.
Everyone's like, rrr, you're –Pixar and all that kinda 'Pixar movie. Can you believe it?' No, but I'm in a 'Brad Bird movie. That's what's blowing my mind.'
So, anyway, we had a appointment to talk. I didn't know that the movie was being expedited for a year? So, I had no idea. I didn't know anything, but I was what. And I had heard that he, you know, wanted maybe — it wasn't for sure but maybe for me to do this part in it. And I thought okay.
So, and then when he said 'I'm doing this', I got on the phone and I started pouring praise and all this on it. I said, 'Well, I'm in!' And he goes, 'Okay, great.' [CHUCKLES] It was like that. It was like go back to your work. So, it was about a minute phone call. [LAUGHS] For real.
At this point, Bob had joined the conversation. We asked them both, "What makes Brad Bird different to work with than other directors in Hollywood?" They each responded with their input into Brad Bird moves.
Bob: Well, he's not different from all of the directors. He's a lot like the best directors. My experience — I mean you could speak (pointing to Catherine Keener) — 'cause you've worked with amazing directors and Spielberg and Alexander Payne and Vince Gilligan. These guys know what they want, and they dial it in just so — and that could sound like oppressive to an actor. It's not though!
Somehow it's like a challenge that you wanna meet, and it's like a neat thing to do it. You feel accomplishment when you do it, but also they're all willing to hear, especially in the early stages of a scene, what you wanna try. Try something or even maybe after they got exactly what they want, you can say, 'Yeah, but I don't know. I had a different thought about how to say that line'.
And they'll go let me hear it. And then they go down that road together, but they all are dialing it in just so and it's great. You feel like you're in really good hands. And somehow it doesn't steal your own — inspiration and creative input.
Catherine: Creative. I feel that I — going off when you were describing it (pointing to Bob Odenkirk), I do.
It feels like a — what's the word? Is it an aperture that kinda closes like that? Like, it's like that. And once you go through it, it's like crazy, open space, you know, for you. But they'll show you that thing.
And then you actually feel — it's so exciting, because you go into somebody else's world and then create your own. It's really exciting when that happens, which is what all actors…wanna work with great filmmakers. That's really where it goes. When they start out and before they're compromised by the business and stuff, everybody does it because of the creative reasons. And a lotta actors just need a good part, you know.
This next question is a great one. I am sure at some point in time in most people's lives, they have wanted to know what it would be like to be or see yourself animated. We posted that same question to Bob and Catherine, "What's it like seeing yourself animated?"
Bob: People have said my character looks a lot like me. There are ways I'm like, 'Wow, I'm (do) not remotely (look) like that.' Obviously I don't dress as well as the character. That's for sure.
And you're alluring in your character. (Referring to Catherine Keener as Evelyn Deavor). She draws you in.
I'm not sure. I kinda like him. I have to get more familiar with him. My family's proud of it, and they're like, 'Yeah, Dad, it's a great character.'
Catherine: But that's always what it is. You want your family to be happy. It really narrows down to that. It's like, 'did you like that?'
That infamous question we asked all of the cast, "If you could have one super power in real life, which one would it be and why?"
Bob:Very good question. She's got a best answer. (Pointing to Catherine Keener). We've been asked it. I like her answer.
I'll say mine, 'cause it's dopey. I would like to be able to eat whatever I want and not gain weight. I mean really it's an obsession. It's a part of my life too much, and that's what I wish I could have. But I like hers. It's a better idea, and it's really — it would be wonderful.
Catherine: Well, I would just like to be able to go home at any — that's all I wanna do, to teleport. Teleportation…and I'm home. I'm in my pajamas. My bed's made. Clothes are off the floor. I'm ready to go to bed, you know. Like, I'm gonna watch some– it's all — it's like I'm set.
Asking Catherine on her role as Evelyn Deavor/ScreenSlaver and people approaching her on being the villain in the movie.
Catherine: Yeah, they do. People think you're like your character, and I'm so not like my characters it's crazy. One journalist said, 'If you saw Saul in a room, would you wanna hang out with him?' I'm like, 'No, I wouldn't go near that guy.' (Referring to Bob Odenkirk as Saul Goodman in Breaking Bad).
No, I just wanted to say that Brad told me last night – my character was originally a man.Which clearly [LAUGHS] I mean, then you thought, 'What woman could play this man?' [LAUGHS]
Bob: And I wanna say — 'cause I said it the other day and I haven't fully analyzed it, but you guys are all great brains. And everybody talks about how Holly Hunter and the Elastigirl's story and being a female superhero is so great for women, and it is. And I'm glad my daughter saw that. And I'm especially glad she saw the scene where the dad's knocking on the daughter's door (Violet) 'Leave me alone.' And then I got — she got to experience what it's like on the other side of her door.
I really loved sitting next to her for that scene, and just — I got — I felt like she sees like how much I wanna help her, but I can't.
Another awe-inspiring moment in the books for me personally. I really enjoyed meeting Bob and Catherine and was delighted by their mutual love, candor and respect for each other and for Brad Bird.
Get ready for an INCREDIBLE TIME!
Everyone's favorite family of superheroes is back in "Incredibles 2" – but this time Helen (voice of Holly Hunter) is in the spotlight, leaving Bob (voice of Craig T. Nelson) at home with Violet (voice of Sarah Vowell) and Dash (voice of Huck Milner) to navigate the day-to-day heroics of "normal" life. It's a tough transition for everyone, made tougher by the fact that the family is still unaware of baby Jack-Jack's emerging superpowers. When a new villain hatches a brilliant and dangerous plot, the family and Frozone (voice of Samuel L. Jackson) must find a way to work together again—which is easier said than done, even when they're all Incredible.
Voice Cast includes Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Huck Milner, Samuel L. Jackson, Brad Bird, Bob Odenkirk, Catherine Keener, Jonathan Banks, Sophia Bush and Isabella Rossellini
Here is the OFFICIAL Trailer!
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New Zealand Engineers, Middle East
21 Mechanical Equipment Company
21 Mechanical Equipment Company
By the end of February the Tobruk water-supply installation at Wadi Sahal was well forward and a start had been made in excavating a site for the pumphouse; at Benghazi the provision by No. 3 Section of tarmac runways for the landing grounds at Berca was making some progress after more than a fair share of teething troubles. Repairs Section had to make an extensive overhaul of the tar pots and mixers before they would work satisfactorily. The Kiwi sapper is a prince of improvisers but detests having to put up with inefficient machinery.
The next difficulty was damp sand. The weather broke and the frequent winter showers raised the water content of the sand to a point beyond the margin where it would mix successfully with hot tar. Repairs Section overcame that problem with sand driers. Then the most suitable tar, F 70, ran out and a lower grade that came solid in drums took three hours to heat before it was ready for mixing, which meant starting an hour earlier for the tar-pot attendants. February had seen the end of these hold-ups, and the sealing work was accelerated when Repairs produced another amenity in the shape of a rubber-tyred wheelbarrow made from a large petrol drum and a small wheel stripped from an enemy plane. The barrows held one mix and were easy to push.
Berca No. 2 runway was finished by the end of March and No. 2 Section left immediately for Marble Arch. The standard of work performed by 21 Mechanical Equipment Company on the Benghazi airfields did not go unnoticed. Headquarters IX Bomber Command, Ninth US Air Force, wrote:
Colonel A. G. Bonn,
D.C.E. Aerodromes,
Dear Colonel Bonn,
Please allow me to express to you and the officers and men of your command, the sincere appreciation of all flying officers in this command, for the excellent job you have done in the page 473 construction of aerodromes in this area. I have heard nothing but praise from the pilots, which you will agree with me is exceptional and is certainly a tribute to the thoroughness of your work.
I have taken the liberty of writing of this to Major General Louis Brereton.
U. G. Ent,
Colonel, A.C.
No. 1 Section spent two months grading the several aerodromes in the Benghazi area before it was given a single task that could employ the whole section. An advance party left on 2 March for Savoia, where a large landing ground was to be built, and the balance of the sappers followed about three weeks later. Savoia was about five miles from Cyrene, midway between Benghazi and Tobruk, and the centre of an Italian farm colony but once the capital of the Roman province of Cyrenaica. Little beyond the enormous amphitheatre and extensive caves in the hills remain of the once-proud city. The sappers occupied the deserted houses of Italian colonists and made themselves thoroughly at home. The airfield was to consist of three runways, forming a capital A, the two landing strips to be 1600 yards by 50 yards and the third one 2000 yards by 50 yards respectively.
The work differed in no way from that of levelling the thousands of square yards of Middle East already undertaken by the Company over the previous two years and the first strip was handed over to the RAF on 1 April.
Repairs Section also had its hands full, for owing to the acute shortage of plant caused by urgent demands from the front and the necessity of maintaining landing strips in the Benghazi area, the section was asked to think up ways and means of constructing improvised graders. Three German tractors were brought in from the desert and two made serviceable with parts from the other. Graders were built on the pattern of one made from bits and pieces twelve months earlier.
Repairs Section and Company Headquarters joined No. 3 Section in new quarters near Tobruk for convenience in administration and maintenance.
No. 3 Section completed the pumping station towards the end of May, and after some small jobs such as grading the El Adem landing ground and adjacent roads, was assigned to the repairing of a slipway at Tobruk for the use of assault landing craft.page 474
The project was somewhat different from that of 19 Army Troops Company in Benghazi, inasmuch as the slipway had actually been in use until it received a direct hit from an RAF bomber during the enemy occupation. The underwater section had been extensively damaged and there was a large amount of debris which had to be removed by a scoop and a tractor winch; snags were dislodged by naval divers and the sea bed graded by dredge, while crane barges were provided by salvaging three from the bottom of Tobruk harbour. They were christened nostalgically Waitemata, Tui and Hokanui, New Zealand beverages not unknown to thirsty civilian engineers.
The Company was not affected to any extent by the Ruapehu furlough draft and the work went on steadily until its completion on 30 October.
The reconstruction by No. 2 Section of the airfield at Marble Arch into an all-weather 'drome prior to Eighth Army's resuming its advance on Tunis meant the provision of three temporary strips as the field was being used by aircraft ambulances. These were ready by the middle of April and an immediate start was made on No. 1 runway, 2000 yards long by 50 wide, which was to be covered with three inches of bitumen mix. Eight mixers were used and worked sixteen hours daily. The job was started on 15 April and handed over to the Air Force on the 30th—100,000 square yards of bitumen laid in sixteen days, less four half-days lost through shortage of bitumen supplies.
The war in North Africa ended but the aerodrome work went on in readiness for the invasion of Italy. Imagine then the consternation of the section when it was informed that it was to represent the Company at an inspection by a VIP at Tripoli on 21 June. It has been indicated in this history that non-divisional engineers had not been very successful at ceremonial parades, and No. 2 Section, according to its unofficial historian, ran true to form:
'The writer will never forget the spectacle that No. 2 Section of the 21st Mech. Equip. Co. made on that parade at Tripoli. 38 men in all, wearing NZ Summer dress showing, despite creditable efforts at cleaning and pressing, much sign of the hard wear and grime it had been subject to…. When we arrived at the Tripoli Marine Parade lined with date palms and immaculately dressed and drilled troops from all parts of the Empire our officer called us to attention and commenced to career down the centre of the awe inspiring avenue bounding page 475 with his long legs and peculiar gait like a gazelle over thorn bushes. The leaders of the column made gallant attempts to keep at least within hearing distance… imagine the spectacle! Imagine the shame! However, we saw the King and the King saw us and after seven days we were back on the job again.'3
The New Zealand non-divisional engineers were definitely not parade-ground soldiers.
No. 1 Section carried on with the draining and grading of the second runway, which was ready at the end of May, and a start was made on the third, with sub-sections away on other like jobs at Barce and Tocra aerodromes. By the end of June the greater part of the earthwork on No. 3 runway was completed and an 'aerodrome planer', invented and built by Repairs Section, used crosswise and longitudinally on all three with excellent results. The marching in of an Indian labour unit and the setting up of two metal crushers for stockpiling material for tarsealing were the only events of note during this period.
The Marble Arch project was finished on the last day of June and No. 2 Section, which had watched with pride the fighting men of 2 NZ Division roll past Mussolini's edifice on 22 and 23 May and were thus the last New Zealanders in Tripolitania, began to move to Savoia where they were to work with No. 1 Section. The move with all the heavy equipment was completed on 9 July, when the sappers had moved into a batch of farmhouses near No. 1 Section.
Savoia aerodrome was a big construction job and an important one, for it was part of the Air Force base for the invasion of Italy. The crushing, spreading and rolling of metal, the heating and spraying of bitumen was done in double shifts and more labour was marched in to assist. Before the metalling began on No. 1 runway (10 August), two West African and one Palestinian Arab pioneer companies were working under the direction of the Kiwi sappers.
The job was going ahead at a satisfactory pace but faster progress was asked for, even though it might affect the quality of the work. September the 30th was given as the deadline for the completion of Nos. 1 and 3 runways, north and south taxiing tracks, dispersal and access roads. Extra plant was promised which, of course, never arrived, but the place was haunted by inspecting officials of high and low degree. No. 1 runway was page 476 completed at midday on 18 September and one aircraft took off and landed again. In the meantime the deadline for No. 3 had been extended to 15 October. The metalling was finished on 9 October but rain held up the sealing until the 17th, as the Company war diary, incidentally almost the last entry, describes:
'Usual Sunday routine except for men assisting No. 1 Sec. All runways, taxi tracks, dispersal bays and roads are now complete. Only work remaining consists of small jobs for DCRE and RAF and cleaning and dispatching plant. Section won cricket match against BMA from Beda Littoria.'
Twenty-first Mechanical Equipment Company had finished its last construction job.
The sections concentrated at Tobruk and proceeded in convoy to Maadi Camp, whither Headquarters had preceded them. It was the first time in two years and nine months' campaigning that the whole Company was in the one place at the same time. Men were marched out to different units until the Company ceased to exist at midnight on 21 November 1943, when the remaining strength marched out to New Zealand Non-Divisional Engineer Details.


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'CNN is ISIS' Trends on Twitter As Signs Appear at 'Pittsburgh Not Paris' Rally
'CNN is ISIS' was trending on Twitter on Saturday, as demonstrators at the pro-Donald Trump ' Pittsburgh Not Paris' rallies brought out signs to attempt the InfoWars challenge.
????????'CNN is ISIS' is trending party???????? pic.twitter.com/7w3zVM2tvJ
— ????????S4T???????? (@realS4T) June 3, 2017
In Washington, DC, where there was a Pittsburgh Not Paris rally occurring at the same time as an anti-Trump rally featuring Sharia Law advocate Linda Sarsour, free speech advocate George McIntyre was one of several people who brought a "CNN Is ISIS" sign featuring the photo of Kathy Griffin.
Someone is holding a "@CNN is ISIS" sign at the "Pittsburgh, Not Paris" rally pic.twitter.com/a4k5TSnMul
— Andrew Kimmel (@andrewkimmel) June 3, 2017
McIntyre's sign was spotted during a CNN interview as well as on a Buzzfeed Live broadcast.
lol this trump supporter had a sign that said "CNN is ISIS"
— spooky trash prince! (@oatesandsuch) June 3, 2017
Big League Politics spoke to McIntyre, and asked him if he had faced any problems or backlash over his sign during the dueling rallies.
She walked right into the pro-Trump rally, yelling "Trump has no clothes!" They called her "crazy lady." #ParisAgreement pic.twitter.com/QeYB51yMHY
— Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) June 3, 2017
"Only at the Linda Sarsour event," McIntyre said. "Some guy called me a 'loser.'" In contrast, McIntyre said that "everyone by the White House was really friendly and courteous." He added that the march event was "hostile."
"CNN is ISIS, InfoWars dot com," he says, to the InfoWars guy wearing a MAGA hat. #ParisAgreement pic.twitter.com/oMwbrQ9pqR
— Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) June 3, 2017
McIntyre said that the CNN crew at the White House had attempted to avoid filming him, but he still managed to make it into some of their shots.
As we previously reported, following Kathy Griffin releasing the ISIS style photo of herself holding the decapitated head of President Donald Trump, journalist and author Mike Cernovich and Alex Jones of InfoWars offered $1,000 rewards for photobombing CNN live shots with a sign that reads "CNN is ISIS," along with the photo.
When BLP asked if he thought he had completed the challenge, McIntyre stated that he was not sure.
Griffin has been a co-host of CNN's annual New Year's Eve coverage for the past decade, but the network did not immediately announce whether or not she would be pulled from future broadcasts. After massive outcry online and a boycott effort towards advertisers, which prompted home security company ADT to pull their ads from the network, CNN eventually announced that they had terminated their contract with the "comedian."
During the election season, Infowars announced a contest offering up to $1,000 for anyone who gets on national television and asserts that the former president is a rapist, or $5,000 if they do it in Roger Stone's infamous "rape" shirt. The challenge immediately went massively viral and many completed the stunt.
We reached out to Cernovich for comment, but he had not responded by time of publishing.
UPDATE: 'CNN is ISIS' signs are also present in Virginia at a flash mob protest outside Bilderberg.
We will update this story when it becomes clear if anyone will be claiming reward money for the stunt.


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Dak Prescott Rumors: QB Wants 4-Year Contract; Cowboys Offer Surpasses Goff DealMarch 10, 2020
The Dallas Cowboys and Dak Prescott continue to work for a new long-term contract ahead of the start of free agency, but the two sides remain apart on a few issues.
According to Jane Slater of NFL Network, the guarantees in the proposed deal from the Cowboys has gone up, but "the sticking point still seems to be the years of that contract."
While Prescott wants a four-year deal, the Cowboys want to lock the quarterback down on a longer contract.
Slater also noted the deal would be worth more than what Jared Goff received from the Los Angeles Rams, which pays him $134 million over four years, per Spotrac.
Goff is currently tied for third in average annual salary at $33.5 million per year, behind only Russell Wilson and Ben Roethlisberger.
Calvin Watkins of the Dallas Morning News previously reported the Cowboys offered a deal worth $33 million per year with $105 million guaranteed, while ESPN's Todd Archer later added that a new offer would be at least in the neighborhood of Goff "if not more."
It now seems Prescott will at least be among the top three players in the league with his new deal.
The quarterback also realizes how much salaries continue to rise at the position, seeking a shorter contract to maintain a lot of earning power in the future.
The 26-year-old is coming off a strong season with 4,902 passing yards and 30 touchdowns, both career highs. He also engineered the No. 1 offense in the NFL in yards from scrimmage.
Dallas clearly doesn't want to let him hit free agency, although the franchise tag remains an option, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network.
The NFL announced it has pushed back the deadline for teams to use any tags on players until Monday, per Tom Pelissero of NFL Network. Free agency would then open next Wednesday.


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Today we went on the first of our day-long guided bus tours for sites near London. Â First stop, Stonehenge!
It was a dramatic cloudy day, just the thing to imagine all those ancient Britons dragging rocks across the field for whatever reason they dragged all those rocks. Â We had a grand time.
And here's a Kate-and-Diana henge, visible through the stones:
Then it was a matter of who could do the best impression of the frowning stone. Â You tell me – who wins?
Then it was off to Salisbury, a town near Stonehenge, where they have a terrific gothic cathedral and plenty of Elizabethan architecture. Â In fact, Kate looked at buildings like this one and said that she always thought that kind of thing was just a spoof in amusement parks. Â She found the real thing to be quite disorienting!
I particularly like the way that the British include a little modern art with their ancient buildings. Â They had several plastic statues of modern folk around the cathedral. Â Here's one of my favorites:
And here's the modern baptismal font, complete with reflection of the cathedral ceiling.
Interesting factoid: William Golding, author of Lord of the Flies, was a teacher at a boy's school in Salisbury. Â Yes, that's right. Â Lord of the Flies was inspired by its author's time spent teaching young boys.
Then it was off to Bath, including the Roman baths there. Â Where, interestingly, we ran into our guide from the Jack the Ripper tour last night. Â (Good thing too – he owed me a piece of candy for knowing who the current Duke of York is, which he paid off today.)
Here's the baths, with Kate in the foreground:
But my favorite thing that happened in Bath was when we hit the gift shop. Â There was a copy of a guide of the Bath Fashion Museum. Â Fashion museum, said Diana? Â We still had forty minutes before the bus had to leave, and it was only a ten minute walk to the museum, so Diana and I put on our rocket boots and sped our way through the lovely Georgian streets of Bath. Â We did a mad tour of an exhibit on movie costumes, including the following from Young Victoria:
Then, confident that we had twenty minutes left, allowing for a leisurely wander back down the hill and a visit to the Bath Abbey (where Julie, Andy, and Kate went instead of the Fashion Museum), we turned a corner and found – there was another whole floor of period clothes!
Yes, we did that floor. Â Yes, we picked up a book for Diana in the gift shop. Â Yes, on the way back we did a quick pass through the abbey. Â And yes, we made the bus on time!
I do love adrenaline siteseeing!


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Ring-necked Pheasant and Grey Partridge Hunting Forecast for Alberta—Fall 2022
We reached out to volunteers to help with gathering information on upland bird numbers to better understand trends and provide insight for hunters looking to get out this fall. Both pheasants and grey partridge (Huns) numbers are up compared to the past couple of years. The total count of pheasants was higher than last year despite significantly less survey distance covered. Overall, 78 pheasants were flushed while covering 26 km over 11.6 hours of effort, for a flush rate of 1.55 encounters per hour (single or covey). More survey effort went into grey partridge, compared to pheasants, with participants covering 46 km over 18.3 hours returning 1.31 encounters per hour (single or covey).
Beginning in 2020 we altered our survey methods by reaching out to the hunting dog community and asking for their assistance with gathering data. This expanded the area of coverage and effort (e.g., survey time and distance walked) contributing to these annual forecasts. Over time, this will provide a broader geographic perspective of how the current hunting season for gamebirds will appear compared to previous years. However, this change in protocol makes it difficult to compare results from 2020 onward with those generated from 2019 and prior years (see red vertical line on below table). Volunteers were encouraged to survey areas throughout the entire province where at least one species of gamebird occurs. However, not all gamebirds are found in all habitats, and there can be quite a bit of variability among the areas surveyed within the same year. We provide summarized results in the tables below.
From this short survey, it appears that upland hunters have every reason to get out there and put in the effort 2022! Our volunteers moved 3 pheasants and almost 5 partridges for every kilometer walked, so with boot leather on the ground it should be a very good year! As always, you need to search for suitable habitat that is preferred by wild birds and seek landowner permissions to open up additional opportunities. There are also lots of pheasant hunting opportunities on the Provincial Pheasant Release Sites ranging from Peace River to Medicine Hat. Visit the ACA website to plan your hunts at over 40 sites.
We wish everyone a safe and productive upland hunting season! A big thank you goes out to all the volunteers and ACA staff who helped pull this year's survey together! If you are interested in participating with next year's fall forecast, please email firstname.lastname@example.com.