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- The 2nd Amendment States "The Right Of The People To Keep And Bear Arms Shall Not Be Infringed"
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- A Suburb Of Atlanta (Kennesaw) passed a law that required a home to possess at least one gun! The Burglary Rate Dropped 89%. 10 Years later the Burglary rate was still 72% Lower than before the law was passed! Hmmmm.... go figure...
- A Woman Named Bonnie Was Concerned About Threats Made by Her Ex Husband Towards her And Her Children! There Was A 48 Hour Waiting Period For The Gun! Her And Her Children Were Killed Less Than 24 Hours After Attempting To Purchase The Gun! (Its Never Too Late To Be Armed)
- Do you Plan On Getting In A Car Accident. NO...BUT I Bet You Carry Insurance....Do You Plan On Becoming The Victim Of Violent Crime....NO....BUT....Wheres Your Insurance.
- If Guns Cause Violence-Do Matches Cause Arson
- An armed man is a citizen, An unarmed man is a subject
- A gun in hand is better than a cop on the phone
- Gun Control Means Hitting Your Target
- If Guns Are Outlawed Can We Use Swords
- If Guns Cause Crime, Then Women Cause Prostitution
- Free Men Do Not Ask permission To Bear Arms
- 2nd Amendment, Americas Original Homeland Security
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- The West Was Not Won With A Registered Gun
- What Part Of "Shall Not Be Infringed" Do You Not Understand
- The Second Amendment Was Put In Place In case the Others Are Ignored
- Guns Have Two Enemies, Rust and Politicians
- Know Guns, Know Peace & Safety, No Guns, No Peace Or Safety
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- Criminals Love Gun Control, It Makes Their Job Safer
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Unibet has become the latest International online bookmaker to offer an in-play betting system that takes advantage of a loophole in the current Australian law which prohibits live betting via the Internet.
The Malta-based company rolled out their live in-play betting system, even as the federal government is discussing how to close the loophole. The system is similar to the one that is available to Australian players by other major bookmakers, including William Hill, Ladbrokes and Bet365.
The Interactive Gambling Act does not allow live in-play betting online; only via the telephone; however these systems use voice-over-Internet protocol technology that allow punters to place a bet with the click of a button and an automated telephone call.
The Australian federal government is currently considering the results of a report that reviewed online gambling in the country and is forming its response. Federal Human Services Minister Alan Tudge has been working to reduce the impacts of problem gambling with the introduction of a number of changes to Australian gambling law. These include banning offshore bookmakers from offering services to Australians, banning credit betting and an interim ban on in-play betting.
At the National RSL and Services Clubs conference, Mr Tudge said in a speech: "Some researchers put the rate of problem gambling for online gamblers at 2.7 percent compared with 0.9 percent for all gamblers."
Unibet has announced their live in-play betting is already available for Chrome and Firefox users and will soon be available on the Unibet app. Unibet is considered a leader in live in-play betting, awarded in-play sports operator of the year at the International Gaming Awards last year. According to Unibet's chief executive, Henrik Tjarnstrom, the company's Australian revenue has been "close to doubling year-on-year" and this new product is expected to be popular.
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Well, Washburn gave it a good effort, but NWMSU retains, 20-14. Now batting, Nebraska-Kearney.
For two weeks in 1988 The Man resided in New England, with New Haven beating UCF and then losing to AIC. New Haven's win at UCF was one of the first signs that New Haven (along with AIC) could be legitimate D2 programs and not just D2 in name while playing D3 teams half the time.
In New Haven's case, more ambitious scheduling and Mark Whipple's crazy offenses led to the first playoff run in 1992 in a season that began with a win at basketball-crazy UConn. But alas, they had their chance to be The Man again in 1997 under Tony Sparano, but they came far short of beating The Man (Northern Colorado).
They were told pretty regularly on the GSC board: "Do it - then talk about it"
Course I'm kinda old school.I'd rather do it and not say anything ( cause everyone knows anyway - you just look smaller when you crow (and foolish when you crow before the game and lose, which I expect will be the case here)).
Mules will be the man soon enough!
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The CIO of a national distributor says the lessons he gleaned from a 2500-year-old Taoist philosopher helped him come up with a low-cost inventory system that worked
Sun Tzu was a Taoist philosopher who lived in China about 2500 years ago. He wrote a book called The Art of War. It isn't so much a book about war as it is a book about the art of competition and collaboration - whether in business, politics, the military or even sports. I have puzzled through this book several times, and the concepts that I have taken away have helped me develop and preserve a reputation for IT agility within my company.
My company, Network Services, is a nationwide distribution cooperative that sells food service items, janitorial supplies and printing paper. We are wholly owned by our 86 member companies, each of which has its own facility and internal IT system. They have local customers, and we work together to serve national account customers. Our members' collective revenue is over $US7 billion, and Network's total national account revenue is over $US500 million, growing by double-digit percentages every year. We provide customers with a tailored package of products and supply chain services to lower their overall operating costs.
One of our biggest national account customers is a chain of stores that each holiday season uses specially printed paper items to promote its holiday theme. These items are used in the customer's 4500 stores during November and December, and when January arrives, any remaining inventory has to be written off. The same holiday print designs are never used two years in a row. In years past, there was excess inventory of around 4 percent, amounting to almost $US600,000 in costs that had to be written off by the customer.
This retail chain hired a new purchasing manager who decided we could all do better than that this holiday season. He called us out to the company's headquarters last [northern] summer for a meeting. There, he announced his intention to reduce excess inventory of the specially printed holiday items by 50 percent or more. We still had to maintain 100 percent product availability for all its stores and minimize expensive movements of inventory from one region to another to meet unexpected demand. He asked us how we were going to work with him to make that happen. I told him we understood what he wanted and that we'd be back in touch with the specifics in a few weeks.
As we flew home, our sales director on the account told me this was a high-visibility project with the customer, and we had to figure out how to do it. He reminded me that it was already halfway through the summer, so we had to be ready to go in 90 days because we would begin stocking inventory in our distribution centres by October. And, of course, we couldn't spend lots of money on this because margins are tight. In addition, all the parties in this supply chain used different ERP systems. And even within Network, the 26 member companies that served the account used different ERP systems. Several times on that flight, I experienced a sudden falling sensation in my stomach, and it wasn't due to air turbulence.
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President Barack Obama plans to commit to sending 4,200 more troops and hundreds more civilians to Afghanistan in a speech at the White House on Friday morning, and also to embrace a new system of benchmarks to measure progress. "He's gone all in," said an official briefed on the plan. "This is Obama's war. He's pushed all the chips to the center of the table." ...
Here are the elements Obama plans to announce:
- Military: The additional troops will help "provide capability for the Afghan government and military until they're able to do it themselves," an official said.
- Benchmarks: The president will embrace the notion of measuring progress. "We're not going to pursue a policy indefinitely if it's not working," an official said. "We need to be able to judge it."
- Accountability: With all this new money going into the war, the administration will fund more inspector-general-type accountability programs to ensure the money is efficiently and effectively spent.
- Civilian side: A significant increase in civilian capacity — "civic engagement" — is planned. Afghanistan may need more experts on rule of law to enhance the judicial system. The country needs more police trainers, agriculture experts, veterinarians and experts on water systems. "You have to have a bigger and better and less corrupt police force," an official said. "We will apply more help and resources to the bottom-up government effort — provincial and district governments. We want more of a connection between governance and the people, so they can see the results of the governance and an alternative to the Taliban."
- Pakistan: The U.S. will continue to work with Pakistan and help them realize that the terrorist threat to the U.S. is as much a threat to them. "We've got to help them develop the capacity to deal with it, which is difficult because they have issues with us being there and on the ground," an official said. "That's how you really develop their capacity."
- Financial: The president will endorse an amendment by Sens. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) and Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) that calls for additional foreign aid money for Pakistan, with strings attached with the goal of reducing terrorism.
- "Hearts and minds": The administration recognizes the need to win the support of the people of Afghanistan. (more)


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When Barack Obama was elected president two nights ago, his speech promised that "the best is yet to come" for America. The results of the election certainly proved that the United States are moving towards a new social standard, settling into the twenty-first century. Obviously the question who would be the next President dominated the national and international news, but on a smaller scale, steps towards a more open-minded and socially inclusive America were taken. Wisconsin elected the first openly homosexual senator in Tammy Baldwin; a disabled, female war veteran got the vote for the 8th congressional seat of Illinois (Tammy Duckworth); and two GOP-representatives who had recently shamed victims of rape were defeated in their races.
Amongst the big issues like the economy and foreign policy, a lot of smaller social issues received less media coverage, but some found their way onto ballots in their own right. The fact that these issues were up for a vote and were taken so seriously by the voters is proof that the citizens are ready to stand up for their beliefs. They are a nice reminder that, in a time when the US voter is often seen as apathetic and disinterested, the people do care and can make informed choices.
Some of the most important results came from Maine, Washington and Maryland, where gay marriage was made legal. Washington and Maryland had passed bills making it possible for gay couples to marry earlier this year, and found these legislative efforts affirmed on election night, while Maine asked whether its ban on same-sex marriage should be overturned (and it was). Popular support for same sex marriage has been steadily growing over the last few years, but initiatives supporting gay marriage have had trouble getting the required votes in a number of states. These results from Tuesday seem like a historic step towards equal rights for the gay community and should bring the subject back into focus on the national level.
Another subject that went unnoticed by a lot of media, but was on the ballot in a number of states, was the legalization of Marijuana. Colorado and Washington voted to legalize and tax the recreational use of Marijuana for people over 21, while Montana will see its laws regarding medicinal marijuana upheld and reformed. Oregon also had recreational use on the ballot, while Arkansas voted on the medical use, but both of these initiatives did not get enough popular support.
Two other issues, widely discussed during President Obama's term, were also up for vote last night: abortion and voter ID. In Florida, US citizens were able to vote on whether or not to restrict abortion by outlawing its public funding, but decided against the measure. Minnesota's Voter-ID law suffered the same fate, when voters decided that people should not have to present photo identification to cast their vote. Both of these results can surely be seen as victories for the Democratic Party and for advocates of civil rights.
It remains to be seen to what degree these popular votes can transfer from the smaller, state level, to the bigger picture of national legislation. The Obama campaign has until now, for example, been opposed to recreational Cannabis use and isn't likely to change its position because two states want to see it legalized. But as Art Way of the Drug Policy Alliance of Colorado said, these votes may well be a starting point for the rest of the nation. The same can hopefully be said for the other issues that were decided on Tuesday.
Important social changes took place and with a large number of people paying attention to and voting in these ballots, it seems like social issues really are at the heart of the Nation. High interest in these questions and their results show that America is on the track to social change. It may start from the bottom, with a simple answer to a short question, but the U.S. has proven time and time again that local initiatives and ideas can grow into big phenomena that shape the policies of the future. A number of states took small, but important steps regarding a number of social issues on Tuesday; hopefully, it is only the beginning.


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Paul Darrow
This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (December 2009)
Paul Darrow (born Paul Valentine Birkby; 2 May 1941) is an English actor best known for his portrayal of Kerr Avon in the BBC science fiction television series Blake's 7. He also guest starred twice on Doctor Who, playing Captain Hawkins in the serial Doctor Who and the Silurians which was transmitted in 1970 and Maylin Tekker in the serial Timelash which was transmitted in 1985. He is also the voice of "Jack", on independent radio stations JACK FM and Union JACK, whose lines include dry-witted comments pertaining to current events.
Paul Darrow
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Paul Valentine Birkby
2 May 1941
Chessington, Surrey, England
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Early yearsEdit
Darrow was born in Surrey, England, and was educated at the Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, before studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
The popularity of his role as Avon has tended to overshadow his extensive work in theatre and television. He also plays the character of Kaston Iago in the Kaldor City audios. He appeared in all but the first episode of Blake's 7.
Darrow's other TV appearances include: Emergency – Ward 10, The Saint, Z-Cars, Dixon of Dock Green, Within These Walls, as the Sheriff of Nottingham in the 1975 BBC series The Legend of Robin Hood, as Mr. Tallboy in the 1973 TV adaptation of Dorothy L. Sayers' Murder Must Advertise, as Thomas Doughty in the TV film Drake's Venture, Dombey and Son, Maelstrom, Making News, Pie in the Sky, Hollyoaks, Toast of London and Little Britain. He provided the voiceover for Biblical quotations in Richard Dawkins's The Root of All Evil?. He was also the presenter of the 2004 BBC3 reality TV series Hercules.[1] His film credits are few but include roles as doctors in The Raging Moon (1971) and the Bond movie Die Another Day (2002) which he filmed but was deleted before the film went on release to cinema's. .
Paul Darrow had a one off appearance in the 1990 series of Cluedo but did not play the murder victim.
Proud of his work on Blake's 7, Darrow has acted as the show's most prolific spokesman, both in the UK and during the late 80s, in the U.S., when the show was frequently broadcast on UK public television. In the mid to late 1990s, he purchased the rights to Blake's 7 and attempted to produce a big-budget follow-up mini-series, Blake's 7: A Rebellion Reborn. According to Darrow, it would have begun 25 years after the ending of the original series and might have included an aged Avon passing the torch to a new generation.
Darrow records voiceovers and straplines for UK Jack FM station in Oxfordshire. He also provides the voice of the character Grand Moff Tarkin in the computer game Star Wars: Empire at War.[2] He also voiced the character of Zarok in the PlayStation game MediEvil. Darrow appeared in Emmerdale from 13 July 2009, playing Eddy Fox, a friend of Alan Turner's; he knows Turner as "Tank".[citation needed]
Darrow also provided the voice of a main character in the PC game Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising. The actress Glynis Barber, who played Soolin on Blake's 7, provided the voice for the main female character. The game was narrated by Tom Baker of Doctor Who fame.
Darrow played the role of Samuel Vimes in the 1998/9 touring production of the play based on Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel "Guards! Guards!". [3]
In 2004 Darrow was the subject of the fourth volume of MJTV's "The Actor Speaks" audio CDs, featuring frank interviews and dramatic pieces, alongside guest Peter Miles, with a piece specifically written by Tanith Lee.
In December 2011 Darrow voiced the character of Overseer Tremel in the Bioware MMORPG release Star Wars: The Old Republic.
In 2012, Darrow returned to the role of Kerr Avon in Big Finish Productions' Blake's 7: The Liberator Chronicles, a series of dramatic readings which take place during Series One before the death of Olag Gan. Darrow stars as Avon in The Turing Test and The Magnificent Four.
In 2015, Darrow starred as Paul Rand, the enigmatic business man in charge of the business institute Atlas in the interactive video game Contradiction: Spot the Liar!. A sequel was planned in 2016, but never came to fruition.
Darrow was Patron of the University of York Astronomy Society (AstroSoc) 1981-1984.
An extinct crocodile from the Miocene of Australia, Baru darrowi, was named after Paul Darrow[4]
Personal lifeEdit
In late 2014 he suffered an aortic aneurysm. Due to complications, surgeons had to amputate both of his legs; one above the knee and the other below it.[5]
On 27 October 2018, Darrow appeared on a celebrity sci-fi edition of the quiz show Pointless, along with fellow Blake's 7 star Michael Keating. Darrow was using a wheelchair due to his amputations.[6]
Further readingEdit
He is the author of Avon: A Terrible Aspect (ISBN 0-80651-112-5), a 1989 novel about Avon's father and Avon's own early life. Darrow's autobiography, You're Him, Aren't You? (ISBN 1-84435-236-6) was published in 2006. Darrow narrated the 2008 audio book of Terry Nation's classic children's story 'Rebecca's World, Journey to the Forbidden Planet'.
In 2016, Darrow released an audio book of himself reading his autobiography "You're Him, Aren't You?".
Partial filmographyEdit
- The Raging Moon (1971) - Doctor
- Die Another Day (2002) - Doctor (scenes deleted)
- Mister Jerico (1970 TV Movie) - Receptionist
- ^ Hercules (TV series) on IMDb
- ^ https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2014/04/interview-conversation-actor-writer-paul-darrow/
- ^ peter benedict (28 May 2009). "Terry Pratchett's GUARDS! GUARDS!" – via YouTube.
- ^ "Baru darrowi - Australian Museum". australianmuseum.net.au. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
- ^ "Some bad and good news about Paul Darrow". www.eagletransporter.com. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2018.[better source needed]
- ^ "Pointless Celebrities series 11 - Sci Fi". BBC iPlayer. 27 October 2018.
External linksEdit
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Paul Darrow.
- Paul Darrow on IMDb


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This weekend, Nana Dana and G-Diddy came to visit for their birthdays. (How fun is it that they come to us for their birthdays? I love it!) Jen and Colin came, too (so fun!), and we made the trek to Hendersonville for Becca's first trip to the pumpkin patch. (Yeah, First Methodist Youth!) Becca LOVED the pumpkins and had a great time, even though it was cold. She was so excited about playing with these fun orange things with sticks on top that she didn't mind!
Here she is among the big boys:
And in a patch a little more Becca-sized:
Posing with Aunt Jen and "Uncle" Colin (will we get to remove the " " 's someday?....hhmmm...if it were up to Becca, we definitely would! ;) :
I love this picture of John snuggling with her...he's such a great daddy! (And I don't know why it is doing funky things with the font here - sorry!):
And, of course, Mommy had a great time, too:
Somehow Nana and G-Diddy managed to make it out of the patch without posing with Becca, but here they are at their birthday dinner at the Hibachi grill - yum! We hope you had a happy (early) birthday! Aren't they cute?
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The five hundid' was rocky like a possum in a cotton gin. It was smokey like a pack of pall malls in the hills of north cackilacky…. and fast like dem' duke boys being chased by Sherriff Roscoe P. Coltrane. In the end, the Vegas born Harvick leaned his car's nose ahead of the old-guy Martin to take the grand-daddy race of the year. I guessed wrong, but there was a good crash in the last lap, so racers and fans alike were all happy and up against the fence tryin' to see if anyone other than Bowyer could slide across the finish line upside down on their roof.
Nuff with Nascar for now… greetings now from the sunny SoCal where palm trees made way for starlets and overpriced pizza with gouda and goat cheese are the norm. Been chillin' at the local starbucks, doing the people watchin' and page surfin'. Visiting some fam and friends while here, catching the tail end of winter here, which don't go much below 50 from what i hear. Yay for that. Now if the traffic would die down a bit, it'd be paradise. Get the sunscreen out from last summer and bust out those flip-flops (or Crocs if you got 'em, since they are the new craze, and comfy too) cause I know warmer days are ahead. Tonight I'm off to Marina del Ray to reconnect with friends, so hopefully I'll start putting new pics up as well. More from SoCal to come….


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In case you missed it, yesterday was election day. I'm not here to talk about who I voted for, or if I'm happy with yesterday's outcome. I want to to talk about something bigger.
You see, it doesn't matter one bit who takes that oath. Jesus is still on His throne. This has not escaped his attention or taken him by surprise. Every little thing is still in his hands and his control. He is still good, He is still sovereign, He is still King!
I hope that today and everyday, you can rest in that knowledge. God is still God, no matter who is our president.


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Rhonda Gale Jackson
Rhonda Gale Jackson, sixty-two, of LaMarque, Texas passed away unexpectedly Saturday, June 27th, 2015 at her home. A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, July 11th, 2015 at the VFW in Dickinson, Texas at 1:00pm.
Rhonda is preceded in death by her mother, Josephine Marie Overbeck; her beloved aunt, Oneto Aleene "MeMe" Ivie; and grandson, Dusty Castillo.
She leaves behind her legacy in her father, John E. Overbeck Jr.; her husband of twenty-two years, Marvin Jackson; daughters, Tonya Mann, Rhonda Jackson (Amanda), Jennie Gore (Jerry); sons, Michael Jackson (Tammy), Todd Trilicek (Mekisha), and Kevin Ellis; grandchildren, Jesse, Kristen, Zackary, Shayna, Aaron, Aiden, Austin, Jackson, Matt, Katie, Taylor, Stephen, Chris, Jake, Kari and Paisley; great-grandchildren, Riley, Reneseme, JR, Chloe, Chevy, and Leonidas; Sister, Cheryl Eskew; Brothers, Joe Overbeck and John E. Overbeck III; numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives, and some of the BEST friends that she could have asked for.
Rhonda was born October 10, 1952 in Galveston, Texas. She is a 1971 graduate of Santa Fe High School. She was a life member of the American Legion Post 554 and VFW Post 6378 where she was an active Auxiliary member since she was eighteen years old. Every year she could be seen participating and putting in countless hours in the BBQ cook-offs and most recently as a member of the B-N-C (B&B Cookers) team. She was an employee of Bradshaw's Florist in Texas City for the past fourteen years. She was that friendly voice heard or smiling face that greeted you when you placed your order. She was a kind hearted woman who loved all around her and will be greatly missed. She enjoyed family gatherings with good times and good food, you didn't realize you were making memories with her, you just knew you were having fun. And our memories of her and karaoke nights will never be forgotten; she never did sing, but boy could she cut a rug….Harper Valley PTA will never be the same.To the Rhonda Gale Jackson Family and Friends,
In the time of your loss, Carnes Funeral Home would like to extend our deepest condolences. It's our honor to serve your family...


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Khawaja Asif meets Chinese counterpart ahead of SCO meeting
BEIJING: Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif, who is on a visit to China to attend the Council of Foreign Minister's meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), on Monday met his counterpart and State Councilor Wang Yi at Beijing.
This is the first time that the Foreign Minister would be participating in the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers' meeting after membership of Pakistan in SCO.
Khawaja Asif congratulated Mr. Wang Yi on his reelection as foreign minister and elevation as State Councilor. He also congratulated him on re-election of Xi Jinping as the President of China and as the leader of Communist Party of China.
During the meeting the two sides exchanged in-depth views on all matters of mutual concern. The foreign minister appreciated the vibrant role of SCO in the region as a significantly vital forum for regional cooperation.
He underlined Pakistan's support to China's chairmanship of SCO in 2017-2018, and is looking forward to a productive and fruitful meeting of Heads of State of SCO to be held in Qingdao in June 2018.
The foreign minister also appreciated the Chinese initiative for Pakistan-China-Afghanistan Foreign Ministers' Trilateral Mechanism for enhancing cooperation with Afghanistan. He also apprised of the grave situation prevailing in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK).
State Councilor Mr. Wang Yi stated that Pakistan and China are close friends and all-weather strategic cooperative partners.
He appreciated Pakistan's active participation in the SCO and all its mechanisms. He expressed China's strong support for Pakistan's contribution to enhancing regional peace and cooperation and its relentless and tireless efforts in countering terrorism.
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NHL Rumor Roundup: Max Pacioretty's days with the Canadiens are numbered
Can't get enough NHL rumors? Lyle Richardson's Rumor Roundup column serves as a one-stop guide to the latest rumblings around the league.
It appears Max Pacioretty's tenure with the Canadiens could be ending soon. The Athletic's Marc Antoine Godin reported Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin won't offer the 29-year-old winger a contract extension, intending instead to trade him as soon as possible.
A five-time 30-goal scorer, Pacioretty is due to become an unrestricted free agent next July. As a result, the Montreal captain became a frequent fixture in the NHL rumor mill this year.
During last month's NHL draft, the Canadiens reportedly had a trade in place to ship Pacioretty to the Kings. However, the deal fell through because a contract extension couldn't be worked out. The Kings went on to sign free-agent left wing Ilya Kovalchuk to a three-year deal.
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Pacioretty recently replaced longtime agent Pat Brisson with Allan Walsh, who claims his client wants to stay in Montreal. Bergevin, who never publicly comments on contract negotiations with his players, hasn't commented on the report.
Having signed well below market value ($4.5 million annually for six years) on his current contract, Pacioretty is expected to seek a substantial raise in his next deal. He'll likely look for something comparable to James van Riemsdyk's new five-year, $35-million contract ($7 million per season) with the Flyers.
If the Canadiens are shopping Pacioretty, clubs that failed to land John Tavares via free agency - like the Sharks - could come calling. The Habs' asking price could be a scoring forward, preferably a center. Landing that type of return, however, will be very difficult if Pacioretty intends to hit the open market next summer. The Blackhawks have also surfaced as a suitor after clearing all-but-retired winger Marian Hossa's $5.275 million cap hit in a trade with the Coyotes on Tuesday.
A sign-and-trade scenario seems unlikely. If the Canadiens attempt to re-sign Pacioretty, he could seek assurances they won't trade him during the final season of his current contract.
MORE: Canadiens remain in the dreaded middle after free agency
Lightning still in on Erik Karlsson
The Lightning locked up a key member of their core on Monday, re-signing right wing Nikita Kucherov to an eight-year, $76-million contract extension.
With Kucherov set to earn $9.5 million annually starting in 2019-20, the Lightning will have over $65.8 million invested in just 12 players for that season. Having that much tied up in so few players could adversely affect their rumored efforts to acquire and sign Senators defenseman Erik Karlsson.
Lightning GM Steve Yzerman, however, doesn't appear concerned. Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Yzerman said the Kucherov signing wouldn't impact any attempts to acquire a high-salaried player. However, he didn't indicate if that player might be Karlsson.
With over $2.6 million in projected cap space for 2018-19, the Lightning would have to move one or two players signed through 2019-20 to take on Karlsson's $6.5 million cap hit this season and create sufficient room to ink him to an extension. The Athletic's Joe Smith suggested right wing Ryan Callahan ($5.8 million annual average value) or Tyler Johnson ($5 million) as possible trade options, though their respective no-trade clauses could complicate efforts to move them.
MORE: What can the Senators expect to get in an Erik Karlsson deal?
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Hurricanes defenseman Justin Faulk continues to surface in media trade chatter. The club's recent front-office changes, as well as their recent additions of blueliners Dougie Hamilton and Calvin de Haan, is fueling speculation he'll be on the move soon.
Faulk's been linked to the Blackhawks in recent weeks. Having shipped Hossa's cap hit to the Coyotes, Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman could be freeing up dollars to pursue the 26-year-old rearguard.
The Athletic's Scott Powers believes Faulk would be an upgrade for the Hawks blueline but he could prove too costly to acquire. He cited "multiple reports" claiming the Hurricanes want winger Brandon Saad in return.
The Blackhawks aren't the only team with possible interest in Faulk. Newsday's Andrew Gross suggested he'd be a good trade target for the Islanders, while Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman believes the rebuilding Red Wings could be eyeing him.
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Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal will be visiting the 13th International Naval Engineering Conference and Exhibition (INEC 2016). INEC 2016 is being held Tuesday 26 – Thursday 28 April 2016 at The Passenger Shed at Brunel's Old Station, Bristol, UK and is an Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) Learned Society event."We are delighted that Her Royal Highness, an Honorary Fellow of our Institute, will be attending INEC 2016," says the Institute's Chief Executive, David Loosley. "As Admiral Chief Commandant for Women in the Royal Navy we believe she will find the conference, with its theme 'Engineering the Triple A Navy: Active, Adaptive, Affordable' of particular interest."
In the words of Cdr Matt Bolton RN, Chairman of the INEC 2016 Technical Advisory Committee: "INEC provides a unique and uncompromising forum for professional engineers and technologists from across the world's navies, defence industries and academic establishments to share the very latest thinking and developments in warship and submarine design and operation."
The biennial INEC, which HRH The Princess Royal attended in 2010, has a long and proud history. Over 300 delegates from nearly 20 countries are expected, including representation from navies at all levels; manufacturers and suppliers; and academics.
In addition to keynote addresses and over 75 peer-reviewed technical papers, more than 20 of which are eligible for the Sir Donald Gosling Award, designed to recognise young authors aged 35 and below, INEC has a small focussed exhibition, and delegates will be taking advantage of the excellent networking opportunities both within the exhibition hall, and within the social programme, which includes a reception aboard Brunel's ss Great Britain.
The Principal Sponsor of INEC 2016 is the Babcock International Group together with Major Sponsors: BMT Defence Services, Rolls-Royce, QinetiQ, and GE's Marine Solutions.


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Thank you, Matt Damon, for this glorious decade of marriage.
Oh, not our marriage to him (the one-sided terms of which will remain private), but the star of The Martian is celebrating his 10th wedding anniversary with wife Luciana Barroso today—and let us be the first to congratulate them on their relatively dull 10 years.
And we mean that in the best way possible, because too much excitement tends to not be a harbinger of success for most Hollywood unions.
Instead of providing tabloid fodder and knowing nods around the virtual water cooler, Matt and Luciana just met-cute in 2003 (she was tending bar in Miami, where he was filming a movie), tied the knot two years later in a private civil ceremony and have been happily busy raising their four girls—their daughters together, Isabella, Gia and Stella, and Alexia, from Barroso's previous marriage—and maintaining a relatively stable life as Damon's career has steadily skyrocketed.


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Director of Services Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Services:
John Condon
Castlebar Municipal District: Marie Crowley
Water Servcies: Iarla Moran
Climate Action: Martin Keating
Fire Service: Seamus Murphy
Director of Services Planning, Economic and Community Development:
Catherine McConnell
West Municipal District: Padraig Walsh
Planning: Iain Douglas
Economic/LEO: John Magee
Community: Siofra Kilcullen
Director of Services, Housing, Roads and Services Development:
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Ballina Municipal District: Declan Turnbull
Housing: Simon Shevlin
Roads: Paul Dolan
Director of Finance, Financial Management and Motor Tax:
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Accountants: Tracy Flanagan, Olivia Heffernan
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Claremorris Municipal District: Padraic Flanagan
Human Resources: Fiona Campbell
IS: Beatrice Heneghan
Architects: Geeta Keena
County Librarian: Austin Vaughan
Communications: Martina Hughes
Each Municipal District is represented by a varying number of Councillors (based on the area's population; between 7 and 8 per area). View Councillors.
Learn more and search the register of electors.
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi opens this week (very excited) and so the Top Ten Show, starring John Rocha and Matt Knost, decided to do the Top Ten List of Secondary Star Wars characters on their weekly podcast. "The Pit Boss" Ken Napzok, the Schmoedown Star Wars Trivia Champion, joined the duo for this list to show his remarkable knowledge of the Star Wars universe.
I listened to the podcast and enjoyed it as I do every week. As I have been doing, I will be adding the EYG choices for Top Ten Star Wars Secondary Characters.
#10. Chirrut Imwe. From Rogue One, Donnie Yen created a wonderful new character who was not a Jedi, but who believed in the Force and that the Force would protect all. Chirrut was blind and extremely spiritual. He brought several funny moments to a film that could have been truly dark.
#9. Mon Mothma. Another character who made an appearance in Rogue One, returning from The Return of the Jedi, where she uttered the huge fan favorite line of dialogue, "Many Bothans died to bring us this information,"
#8. Admiral Akbar. IT'S A TRAP! One of the most iconic lines delivered in Star Wars by any character, despite the fact that this could have been a throw away side character. Akbar will always be remembered for that line, but he is actually quite an important character. He was also Ken Napzok's number one character on his list, which immediately provided Akbar with credibility.
#7. Lando Calrissian. Billy Dee Williams arrived in Empire Strikes Back at Cloud City on Bespin and created a character that will always be memorable. The oozy charm of Lando fit beautifully with Han Solo. The idea that Lando was in the origin story of the Millennium Falcon as the person who lost the Falcon in a poker game, something that we might get a chance to see in Ron Howard's upcoming Solo standalone movie.
#6. Saw Gerrera. Another character from Rogue One. Saw was a rebel fighter during the Clone Wars. I would have loved more with Saw in Rogue One. Part of the real epic nature of this character was the portrayal of Saw Gerrera by Forest Whitaker. The way Saw was more mechanical than human any more really spoke to the difficulty of this character's life. We may yet see more of this character in the history of Star Wars.
#5. Maz Kanata. Lupita Nyong'o played a great character in The Force Awakens. She has a world of experience that we have yet to see. She had Luke's lightsaber and was able to provide Finn and Rey a place to pause on their trip. She was someone whom Han Solo knew. There is background to her that we may see yet. Maz is a great looking character and is a great addition to the Star Wars world.
#4. Boba Fett. I actually was not as much of a fan of Boba Fett as many people are, but you cannot argue that this bounty hunter had an impact on geek culture. For someone who did not have very many lines and died in a horrific way, Boba Fett was very popular. The outfit is iconic.
#3. K-2SO. One of my favorite droids ever. This droid, voiced by Alan Tudyk, stole every scene he was in in Rogue One and his death was one of the most emotional of any of these ill-fated characters. K-2SO was snarly and snippy and funny as can be. He was the most original droid we have seen in Star Wars and I loved him.
#2. Darth Maul. I would not have included him at first, but the Top Ten guys had Darth Maul on their list, so I included him. I loved Darth Maul and I think he was the biggest waste of the prequels. This guy could have been the ultimate villain until Vader arrived. Ray Park was the actor, but he did not have to give a great performance. Darth Maul had a great look and a great fight scene with Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon. I almost made Darth Maul number one, but I acquiesced to put the one and only number one…
#1. Jabba the Hutt. I loved Jabba the Hutt. He was such a great villain in one of my absolute favorite action set pieces from Return of the Jedi. Jabba is slimy, lowlife gangster that is clearly wicked. He kept the carbonized Han Solo as his prized possession. He forced Leia into a metal bikini and put her on a chain. He spoke a weird language. He was fat and slovenly and just so awesome. I would love a Star Wars crime story telling about the world that Jabba the Hut was involved in. And he has an iconic laugh…
So there we have it. Jabba is number one, which is also what the Top Ten guys decided.
Honorable mention: Captain Phasma, Mac Windu, Nien Nub, General Grievous, Salacious B. Crumb, Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes, Greedo, Wedge Antilles, Admiral Statura.
Excited for Last Jedi!


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Real Tonga will be using a SAAB 340 like this one for its direct flights between Tonga and Samoa
Staff Reporters
APIA, SAMOA – FRIDAY 09 FEBRUARY 2018: Real Tonga Airlines will be launching its first regional flight next Monday 12 February at Faleolo International Airport. It will be its first direct flight between Tonga and Samoa.
The flights will use a SAAB 340 30-seater aircraft and will fly from Tongatapu to Faleolo Airport via Vavau, in the Kingdom's northern island group.
Real Tonga Airlines has a codeshare agreement with Samoa Airways for the two airlines to share the same flight.
The airlines' owner Tevita Palu said he was looking forward to working hand in hand with Samoa Airways to develop direct air transportation between the two nations and to support tourism growth in the region.
The hour and a half long direct service will start with two flights a week and will cost about US$400.
The direct service is expected to fill the travel vacuum for passengers who have to travel to Tonga via Fiji or New Zealand at great expense and transit time.


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What does a Local Safeguarding Children Board do?
Local Authorities were required to establish a Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) by 1 April 2006 after the Children Act 2004 introduced it as the key statutory mechanism for agreeing how partner agencies will co-operate to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and ensuring the effectiveness of local safeguarding children arrangements in the local area.
The Local Safeguarding Children Board has a range of statutory functions which include the following:
- Developing thresholds, policies and procedures for responding to safeguarding and welfare concerns about individual children
- Communicating and raising awareness of safeguarding children issues
- Quality assuring practice through audits, scrutiny and evaluation
- Producing and publishing an annual report on the effectiveness of safeguarding in the local area
- Assessing the effectiveness of Early Help arrangements
- Assessing whether partners are fulfilling statutory obligations and encouraging effective working relationships
- Making recommendations for commissioning bodies and participating in local planning/commissioning of services for children
- Collecting and analysing information about the deaths of all children and putting in place procedures for responding to the unexpected death of a child
- Undertaking Serious Case Reviews and ensuring implementation and monitoring of action plans
- Improving local ways of working in light of learning from local and national experience
- Seeking assurance about accessibility and quality of safeguarding children training
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All children and young people in Worcestershire are safe and thriving
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- Evidenced partnership effectiveness so that the Board is in a strong position to make a positive safeguarding assurance statement in its annual report
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- Worcestershire Early Help Strategy 2017 to 2020
- Worcestershire Safeguarding Children Board Annual Report 2017 to 2018
- WSCB Business Plan 2018 to 2019
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EasyBuild is using the Google Tango technology. It is available on Lenovo PHAB2PRO and soon on other devices.
EasyCloud allows you to save, store and share projects between the application EasyBuild and the website. A user can create his own library of 3D models or textures in his private area for use on the EasyBuild application using the webservice.
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An architect wants to renovate a house for his client. He starts to create the project based on several information (address, description etc). With EasyBuild he will be able to scan each room of the house or create rooms with the option WhiteRoom.
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The Frisch-Peierls Memorandum, March 1940
On the
Construction of a "Super-bomb" based on a Nuclear Chain Reaction
in Uranium
The possible construction of "super-bombs" based on a nuclear chain reaction in uranium has been discussed a great deal and arguments have been brought forward which seemed to exclude this possibility. We wish here to point out and discuss a possibility which seems to have been overlooked in these earlier discussions.
Uranium consists essentially of two isotopes, 238U (99.3%) and 235U (0.7%). If a uranium nucleus is hit by a neutron, three processes are possible: (1) scattering, whereby the neutron changes directions and if its energy is above 0.1 MeV, loses energy; (2) capture, when the neutron is taken up by the nucleus; and (3) fission, i.e. the nucleus breaks up into two nuclei of comparable size, with the liberation of an energy of about 200 MeV.
The possibility of chain reaction is given by the fact that neutrons are emitted in the fission and that the number of these neutrons per fission is greater than 1. The most probable value for this figure seems to be 2.3, from two independent determinations.
However, it has been shown that even in a large block of ordinary uranium no chain reaction would take place since too many neutrons would be slowed down by inelastic scattering into the energy region where they are strongly absorbed by 238U.
Several people have tried to make chain reactions possible by mixing the uranium with water, which reduces the energy of the neutrons still further and thereby increases their efficiency again. It seems fairly certain however that even then it is impossible to sustain a chain reaction.
In any case, no arrangement containing hydrogen and based on the action of slow neutrons could act as an effective super-bomb, because the reaction would be too slow. The time required to slow down a neutron is about 10-5 sec and the average time loss before a neutron hits a uranium nucleus is even 10-4. In the reaction, the number of neutrons would increase exponentially, like et/t where t would be at least 10-4 sec. When the temperature reaches several thousand degrees the container of the bomb will break and within 10-4 sec the uranium would have expanded sufficiently to let the neutrons escape and so to stop the reaction. The energy liberated would, therefore, be only a few times the energy required to break the container, i.e. of the same order of magnitude as with ordinary high explosives.
Bohr has put forward strong arguments for the suggestion that the fission observed with slow neutrons is to be ascribed to the rare isotope 235U, and that this isotope has, on the whole, a much greater fission probability than the common isotope 238U. Effective methods for the separation of isotopes have been developed recently, of which the method of thermal diffusion is simple enough to permit separation on a fairly large scale.
This permits, in principle, the use of nearly pure 235U in such a bomb, a possibility which apparently has not so far been seriously considered. We have discussed this possibility and come to the conclusion that a moderate amount of 235U would indeed constitute an extremely efficient explosive.
The behavior of 235U under bombardment with fast neutrons is not experimentally, but from rather simple theoretical arguments it can be concluded that almost every collision produces fission and that neutrons of any energy are effective. Therefore it is not necessary to add hydrogen, and the reaction, depending on the action of fast neutrons, develops with very great rapidity so that a considerable part of the total energy is liberated before the reaction gets stopped on account of the expansion of the material.
The critical radius ?o- i.e. the radius of sphere in which the surplus of neutrons created by the fission is just equal to the loss of neutrons by escape through the surface-is, for a material with a given composition, in a fixed ration to the mean free path of neutrons, and this in turn is inversely proportional to the density . It therefore pays to bring the material into the densest possible form, i.e. the metallic state, probably sintered or hammered. If we assume for 235, no appreciable scattering, and 2.3 neutrons emitted per fission, then the critical radius is found to be 0.8 time the mean free path. In the metallic state (density 15), and assuming a fission cross-section of 10-23 cm2, the mean free path would be 2.6 cm and ?o would be 2.1 cm, corresponding to a mass of 600 grams. A sphere of metallic 235U of a radius greater than ?o would be explosive, and one might think of about 1 kg as suitable size for a bomb.
The speed of the reaction is easy to estimate. The neutrons emitted in the fission have velocities of about 10-9 cm/sec and they have to travel 2.6 cm before hitting a uranium nucleus. For a sphere well above the critical size the loss through neutron escape would be small, so we may assume that each neutron after a life of 2.6 x 10-9 sec, produces fission, giving birth to two neutrons. In the expression et/t for the increase of neutron density with time, it would be about 4 x 10-9 sec, very much shorter than in the case of a chain reaction depending on slow neutrons.
If the reaction proceeds until most of the uranium is used up, temperatures of the order of 1010 degrees and pressure of about 1013 atmospheres are produced. It is difficult to predict accurately the behavior of matter under there extreme conditions, and the mathematical difficulties of the problem are considerable. By a rough calculation we get the following expression for the energy liberated before the mass expands so much that the reaction is interrupted:
E = 0.2M(r2/t2)v((r/ro)-1)
(M, total mass of uranium; r, radius of sphere; ro, critical radius; t, time required for neutron density to multiply by a factor e). For a sphere of radius 4.2 cm (ro = 2.1 cm), M = 4700 grams, t = 4 x 10-9 sec, we find E = 4 x 1020 ergs, which is about one-tenth of the total fission energy. For a radius of about 8 cm (m = 32 kg) the whole fission energy is liberated, according to the formula (1). For small radii the efficiency falls off even faster than indicated by formula (1) because t goes up as r approaches ro. The energy liberated by a 5 kg bomb would be equivalent to that of several thousand tons of dynamite, while that of a 1 kg bomb, though about 500 times less, would still be formidable.
It is necessary that such a sphere should be made in two (or more) parts which are brought together first when the explosion is wanted. Once assembled, the bomb would explode within a second or less, since one neutron is sufficient to start the reaction and there are several neutrons passing through the bomb every second, from the cosmic radiation. ( Neutrons originating from the action of uranium alpha rays on light-element impurities would be negligible provided the uranium is reasonably pure.) A sphere with a radius of less than about 3 cm could be made up in two hemispheres, which are pulled together by springs and kept separated by a suitable structure which is removed at the desired moment. A larger sphere would have to be composed of more than two parts, if the parts, taken separately, are to be stable.
It is important that the assembling of the parts should be done as rapidly as possible, in order to minimize the chance of a reaction getting started at a moment when the critical conditions have only just been reached. If this happened, the reaction rate would be much slower and the energy liberation would be considerably reduced; it would, however, always be sufficient to destroy the bomb.
For the separation of the 235U, the method of thermal diffusion, developed by Clusius and others, seems to be the only one which can cope with the large amounts required. A gaseous uranium compound, for example uranium hexafluoride, is placed between two vertical surfaces which are kept at a different temperature. The light isotope tends to get more concentrated near the hot surface, where it is carried upwards by the convection current. Exchange with the current moving downwards along the cold surface produces a fractionating effect, and after some time a state of equilibrium is reached when the gas near the upper end contains markedly more of the light isotope than near the lower end.
For example, a system of two concentric tubes, of 2mm separation and 3 cm diameter, 150 cm long, would produce a difference of about 40% in the concentration of the rare isotope between its end without unduly upsetting the equilibrium.
In order to produce large amounts of highly concentrated 235U, a great number of these separating units will have to be used, being arranged in parallel as well as in series. For a daily production of 100 grams of 235U of 90% purity, we estimate that about 100,000 of these tubes would be required. This seems a large number, but it would undoubtedly be possible to design some kind of a system which would have the same effective area in a more compact and less expensive form.
In addition to the destructive effect of the explosion itself, the whole material of the bomb would be transformed into a highly radioactive stage. The energy radiated by these active substances will amount to about 20% of the energy liberated in the explosion, and the radiations would be fatal to living beings even a long time after the explosion.
The fission of uranium results in the formation of a great number of active bodies with periods between, roughly speaking, a second and a year. The resulting radiation is found to decay in such a way that the intensity is about inversely proportional to the time. Even one day after the explosion the radiation will correspond to a power expenditure of the order 1,000 kW, or to the radiation of a hundred tons of radium.
Any estimates of the effects of this radiation on human beings must be rather uncertain because it is difficult to tell what will happen to the radioactive material after the explosion. Most of it will probably be blown into the air and carried away by the wind. This cloud of radioactive material will kill everybody within a strip estimate to be several miles long. If it rained the danger would be even worse because the active material would be carried down to the ground and stick to it, and persons entering the contaminated area would be subjected to dangerous radiations even after days. If 1% of the active material sticks to the debris in the vicinity of the explosion and if the debris is spread over an area of, say, a square mile, any person entering this area would be in serious danger, even several days after the explosion.
In estimates, the lethal dose penetrating radiation was assumed to be 1,000 Roentgen; consultation of a medical specialist on X-ray treatment and perhaps further biological research may enable one to fix the danger limit more accurately. The main source of uncertainty is our lack of knowledge as to the behavior of materials in such a super-explosion, an expert on high explosives may be able to clarify some of these problems.
Effective protection is hardly possible. Houses would offer protection only at the margins of the danger zone. Deep cellar or tunnels may be comparatively safe from the effects of radiation, provided air can be supplied from an uncontaminated area (some of the active substance would be noble gases which are not stop by ordinary filters)
The irradiation is not
felt until hours later when it may become too late. Therefore it would be
very important to have an organization which determines the exact extent of
the danger area, by means of ionization measurements, so that people can be
Part II
The attached detailed report concerns the possibility of constructing a 'superbomb' which utilises the energy stored in atomic nuclei as a source of energy. The energy liberated in the explosion of such a super-bomb is about the same as that produced by the explosion of 1,000 tons of dynamite. This energy is liberated in a small volume, in which it will, for an instant, produce a temperature comparable to that in the interior of the sun. The blast from such an explosion would destroy life in a wide area. The size of this area is difficult to estimate, but it will probably cover the centre of a big city.
In addition, some part of the energy set free by the bomb goes to produce radioactive substances, and these will emit very powerful and dangerous radiations. The effect of these radiations is greatest immediately after the explosion, but it decays only gradually and even for days after the explosion any person entering the affected area will be killed.
Some of this radioactivity will be carried along with the wind and will spread the contamination; several miles downwind this may kill people.
In order to produce such a bomb it is necessary to treat a few cwt. of uranium by a process which will separate from the uranium its light isotope (U235) of which it contains about 0.7%. Methods for the separation of isotopes have recently been developed. They are slow and they have not until now been applied to uranium, whose chemical properties give rise to technical difficulties. But these difficulties are by no means insuperable. We have not sufficient experience with large-scale chemical plant to give a reliable estimate of the cost, but it is certainly not prohibitive.
It is a property of these super-bombs that there exists a `critical size' of about one pound. A quantity of the separated uranium isotope that exceeds the critical amount is explosive; yet a quantity less than the critical amount is absolutely safe. The bomb would therefore be manufactured in two (or more) parts, each being less than the critical size, and in transport all danger of a premature explosion would be avoided if these parts were kept at a distance of a few inches from each other. The bomb would be provided with a mechanism that brings the two parts together when the bomb is intended to go off. Once the parts are joined to form a block which exceeds the critical amount, the effect of the penetrating radiation always present in the atmosphere will initiate the explosion within a second or so.
The mechanism which brings the parts of the bomb together must be arranged to work fairly rapidly because of the possibility of the bomb exploding when the critical conditions have just only been reached. In this case the explosion will be far less powerful. It is never possible to exclude this altogether, but one can easily ensure that only, say, one bomb out of 100 will fall in this way, and since in any case the explosion is strong enough to destroy the bomb itself, this point is not serious.
We do not feel competent to discuss the strategic value of such a bomb, but the following conclusions seem certain:
1. As a weapon, the super-bomb would be practically irresistible. There is no material or structure that could be expected to resist the force of the explosion. If one thinks of using the bomb for breaking through a line of fortifications, it should be kept in mind that the radioactive radiations will prevent anyone from approaching the affected territory for several days; they will equally prevent defenders from reoccupying the affected positions. The advantage would lie with the side which can determine most accurately just when it is safe to re-enter the area; this is likely to be the aggressor, who knows the location of the bomb in advance.
2. Owing to the spreading of radioactive substances with the wind, the bomb could probably not be used without killing large numbers of civilians, and this may make it unsuitable as a weapon for use by this country. (Use as a depth charge near a naval base suggests itself, but even there it is likely that it would cause great loss of civilian life by flooding and by the radioactive radiations.)
3. We have no information that the same idea has also occurred to other scientists but since all the theoretical data bearing on this problem are published, it is quite conceivable that Germany is, in fact, developing this weapon. Whether this is the case is difficult to find out, since the plant for the separation of isotopes need not be of such a size as to attract attention. Information that could be helpful in this respect would be data about the exploitation of the uranium mines under German control (mainly in Czechoslovakia) and about any recent German purchases of uranium abroad. It is likely that the plant would be controlled by Dr K. Clusius (Professor of Physical Chemistry in Munich University), the inventor of the best method for separating isotopes, and therefore information as to his whereabouts and status might also give an important clue.
At the same time it is quite possible that nobody in Germany has yet realised that the separation of the uranium isotopes would make the construction of a superbomb possible. Hence it is of extreme importance to keep this report secret since any rumour about the connection between uranium separation and a super-bomb may set a German scientist thinking along the right lines.
4. If one works on the assumption that Germany is, or will be, in the possession of this weapon, it must be realised that no shelters are available that would be effective and could be used on a large scale. The most effective reply would be a counter-threat with a similar bomb. Therefore it seems to us important to start production as soon and as rapidly as possible, even if it is not intended to use the bomb as a means of attack. Since the separation of the necessary amount of uranium is, in the most favourable circumstances, a matter of several months, it would obviously be too late to start production when such a bomb is known to be in the hands of Germany, and the matter seems, therefore, very urgent.
5. As a measure of precaution, it is important to have detection squads available in order to deal with the radioactive effects of such a bomb. Their task would be to approach the danger zone with measuring instruments, to determine the extent and probable duration of the danger and to prevent people from entering the danger zone. This is vital since the radiations kill instantly only in very strong doses whereas weaker doses produce delayed effects and hence near the edges of the danger zone people would have no warning until it were too late.
For their own protection, the detection squads would enter the danger zone in motor-cars or aeroplanes which are armoured with lead plates, which absorb most of the dangerous radiation. The cabin would have to be hermetically sealed and oxygen carried in cylinders because of the danger from contaminated air.
The detection staff would have to know exactly the greatest dose of radiation to which a human being can be exposed safely for a short time. This safety limit is not at present known with sufficient accuracy and further biological research for this purpose is urgently required.
As regards the reliability
of the conclusions outlined above, it may be said that they are not based
on direct experiments, since nobody has ever yet built a superbomb, but they
are mostly based on facts which, by recent research in nuclear physics, have
been very safely established. The only uncertainty concerns the critical size
for the bomb. We are fairly confident that the critical size is roughly a
pound or so, but for this estimate we have to rely on certain theoretical
ideas which have not been positively confirmed. If the critical size were
appreciably larger than we believe it to be, the technical difficulties in
the way of constructing the bomb would be enhanced. The point can be definitely
settled as soon as a small amount of uranium has been separated, and we think
that in view of the importance of the matter immediate steps should be taken
to reach at least this stage; meanwhile it is also possible to carry out certain
experiments which, while they cannot settle the question with absolute finality,
could, if their result were positive, give strong
support to our conclusions.
Stasz, Ferenc Morton. British Scientists and the Manhattan Project. The Los Alamos Years. St. Martin' Press, New York, 1992.


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Sandy started playing guitar in the folk music boom of the sixties. In the lively folk music scene that existed in Madison, Wisconsin, he was first exposed to traditional American folk music, blues, bluegrass, and related musical styles. In the mid-70's he studied at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, earning a degree in classical guitar performance. There, he built a firm musical foundation from which he could explore his many musical interests.
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Thomas Pickering, a former ambassador who represented America across the world under both Republican and Democratic presidents, made a surprisingly candid statement that seemingly impugned the reasoning capabilities of American voters.
During a discussion of President Donald Trump's latest rants attacking America's NATO allies, Pickering said that Trump's background in reality TV gave him a natural advantage when it comes to appealing to and communicating with American voters.
"Unfortunately, the American people don't like to get complicated with data and statistics and complicated issues of that sort," Pickering said. "And so he has a natural advantage in his experience in reality television and being able to push ahead with this kind of thing."
However, Pickering went on to point out that reality TV isn't actually reality — and in reality, he said, Trump's antics were not strengthening America's interests.
"The clear question is, what are our strategic interests, how is he promoting those interests, and why and how is he going to make this a better country, a better community of our allies and friends, and a better world for all of us?" he said. "And I think he fails on all of those questions and, unfortunately, I think not enough people are asking them."
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A guide to office dress codes
Workspaces and office cultures have changed over the years. Nowadays some offices operate from home-offices, coffee shops, or at any place that offers free Wi-Fi access. However, offices still require standards when it comes to office dress codes. Here is a guide to standard office dress codes.
- Lengths – If you are wearing a skirt or a dress to work, look at pieces that reach your knees or are a little below your knees. These lengths are not only flattering; they make working and moving around an office a lot easier.
- Necklines – Avoid plunging necklines that may make you feel conscious and your colleagues uncomfortable.
- Be prepared – It is best to keep a blazer or a sweater at your desk together with a pair of ballet flats, just in case you need to dress up or dress down an outfit.
- Less is more – Keep your makeup and your perfume simple for work. Look at a good quality foundation, blush, mascara and a little lipstick or lip gloss. Complete your outfit with a fresh smelling perfume that is subtle.
- Jewelry – It is best to avoid jewelry that jangles around the office. Therefore, opt to wear a pair of earrings, a watch, and a single chain.
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BB&A was retained to provide construction oversight for the improvements involved in the interconnection of the CN Railway (CN) and EJ&E tracks in the villages of Matteson and Park Forest, Illinois. The east/west EJ&E tracks were grade separated from the north/south CN tracks (which Amtrak also uses), and the new interconnection allows CN trains to bypass congestion in Chicago.
The improvements directly effected commuter access and parking for the Matteson/Park Forest Metra Station. Construction was phased to maximize commuter safety while maintaining 24/7 access to the station.
Other elements of the project included the rehabilitation of the Front Street structure ans substructure, new retaining walls and embankment, new track curves and switches, and a new bridge over the reconfigured pedestrian access route to the station.


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Strong Future for Hawke's Bay Economy as Hastings Council Secures GM Free Status
Hastings District Council has secured a major economic opportunity for local food producers by making the district the first offical GM Free food producing zone in the country.
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Rules in the newly released Hastings District Plan prohibit both releases and field trials of GM crops and animals.
"This is a great day for Hawke's Bay," says John Bostock. "Today, Hastings joins a growing number of innovative, high-value food producing regions around the world that have protected their GM Free status to meet consumer demand. We congratulate the Council for its leadership in securing that position for Hastings."
Twenty-one regions in France and sixteen in Italy are officially GM Free. Among them are Burgundy, Champagne, Provence and Tuscany – regions renowned the world over for their fine food products, good cuisine and rich agricultural traditions. South Australia and Tasmania have similarly prohibited GM releases in order to capture premium markets.
In recent months, a number of European countries – including Germany, France, Italy and Scotland – have also announced that they will prohibit release of GM crops in their productive lands.
"Hastings food producers can make the same guarantees to overseas buyers as these world-class food producing regions now that the Hastings District Council has formally enshrined our GM Free status", says Will MacFarlane.
"With the District Plan behind us, Hastings producers can confidently brand our products as grown in a GM Free food producing area", he says.
"This is a win-win for the Hastings and the wider region," says Scott Lawson. "We can secure our valuable GM free status at little cost, with major economic and reputational upside."
"Returns for premium products are strong and growing. This added value for our producers reinforces the view that Hawke's Bay's economic prosperity lies with premium, uniquely pure and GM Free exports," says Bostock.
Other councils around the country currently considering introducing similar rules in their territories are Auckland, Whangarei and Far North.
The Hastings District Council has strong backing for this move from Hawke's Bay producers and the community at large. 84% of respondents in a Colmar Brunton poll commissioned by Pure Hawke's Bay in 2012 said the region fields should remain free of GM crops and animals and 85% want Hawke's Bay councils to make sure that happens.


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