“And his shoes were always perfectly polished.” “His suit was a bit weird? A bit middle-aged, staid?” “Oh my God, yes! Do you remember, he stood up for the national anthem and he was told to sit back down?!” I can’t believe this has happened to you.” She looks suddenly lost. My sister stares at her glass, slowly shaking her head. ![]() He’s a comrade from Bologna, came back to London a year ago.”Ĭarlo nodded, casual. I sensed he was watching my movements from behind the secretive shades.ĭan introduced him, the dark stranger who hadn’t said a word. Dan was stocky, but Carlo was the size of a bull. I spotted Dan, in his neon steward’s vest, and waved frantically, then headed towards him, ducking under a sea of trade union banners and Palestinian flags.Ĭarlo was standing behind Dan, his manner casual, yet commanding. I had first noticed Carlo on Piccadilly, leaning against the railings of St James’s Park, on the edge of the slow-moving crowd. Do you remember, his suit was a bit middle-aged, staid? And his shoes were always perfectly polished I’d joined the rush, working my way around the edges to the main surge, hoping to find the Unison banner. It was heaving from Tottenham Court Road down. I’d travelled down on the Bakerloo line alone, planning to meet my trade union comrades at Embankment. We were there to voice our disgust at the impending invasion of Iraq. Simultaneous protests happened around the country, on a scale not seen since 1968. It was the biggest political demonstration Britain had seen in 30 years. We had met among half a million people, marching through London on 28 September 2002. But I looked fit and healthy, like I’d been on a spa break. I had recently lost two stone, due to a relationship breakdown. My belly proudly displayed its new tattoo, a self-designed mosaic of red and purple hearts. I had twisted my shiny chestnut hair into loose bunches, and an amber bindi winked out from my forehead. He was in a yellow hi-vis vest over a sky-blue T-shirt with a nondescript logo, polarised sunglasses masking his eyes. The day I first met Carlo was bathed in acid colours, a Lichtenstein painting. We sit in a rare familial silence, the pair of them flicking through their books, not really taking in any words. I hand each a copy of Undercover by Rob Evans and Paul Lewis, the Guardian journalists who had done so much to expose the scandal of undercover police forming relationships with female activists. My sister stares at her glass of wine, a faraway look in her eyes. Steve is now a senior trade union official. “Was he spying on Steve? Dan, too?” Dan was a close friend and colleague in the homelessness sector, as well as a trade union and anti-racism activist. I grew up in a working-class family, was traditionally leftwing and a trade union rep at work, but I wasn’t involved in any organised activism beyond the odd protest march. My sister starts to nod her head, piecing the bizarre story together and making the link to my friends at the time, who were trade union and anti-racism activists. “You lived with him for two bloody years.” “Two years.” My mum taps her long nails on the table in a slow beat. And I know it doesn’t make an ounce of sense, but I think I was a cover for him.” He was sent by the state to spy on my friends.” He was an undercover cop, working for special branch. “What I’m saying is that Carlo was not a locksmith. The Carlo you knew was not a real person. “Sorry, Mum, there’s no easy way to say it. ![]() I wish I could have avoided this revelation for longer. Our biannual visits are normally jovial affairs. I pause, looking at them both with an unusual seriousness. It’s one of the things we have in common. “He was targeting environmental groups, right?” My sister has always been politically aware. Have you heard in the news about the women who had relationships with men who turned out to be undercover police officers?” “Has he been in touch with you? Tell him to get to – ” It’s not something we talk about any more. It is almost 11 years since Carlo and I split up, leaving me homeless and devastated. This is not what either of them had expected. ![]() “I need to talk to you about Carlo,” I say.
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![]() Q: Did the city expand the vaccine options for Safe Access O‘ahu?Ī: Yes, acceptable proof of vaccination for the Safe Access O‘ahu program has expanded to include COVID-19 vaccines authorized or approved by the World Health Organization, according to the Honolulu County website. ![]() The uploading of the vaccine document that includes the booster shot in Safe Travels is not necessary.” The state does not require booster shot information in Safe Travels, at this time. The vaccine document uploaded to Safe Travels would only need the corresponding information. territories is only required to enter their vaccine information that includes two shots of Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or one dose of Johnson & Johnson in Safe Travels. “Any traveler who is fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in the United States or U.S. Here’s the full response from Douglas Murdock, Hawaii’s chief information office, who runs the state Office of Enterprise Technology Services: Currently, the standard vaccine regimen - before boosters - suffices for Safe Travels and for the Hawaii SMART Health Card, a vaccine verification system that resides on the same digital platform. , through which eligible arriving airline passengers may seek a COVID-19 vaccine exception to Hawaii’s 10-day quarantine. You are referring to the digital platform travel. Question: Do I have to add my booster shot to my Safe Travels account? Am I supposed to upload my CDC card again, showing the booster?Īnswer: No and no. Holloway has absorbed 2,086 significant strikes in UFC competition, the most in company history.Īllen has suffered both of his career losses by decision. Max Blessed Holloway (Record: 22-6-0) set the UFC record books on fire in what many have called the greatest UFC main-event ever a five-round UFC. Holloway is the only fighter in UFC history to complete 27 octagon appearances without suffering a knockdown. Holloway has landed 3,366 total strikes in UFC competition are most in company history. ![]() Holloway has landed 3,122 significant strikes in UFC competition, the most in company history. No other fighter has more than eight such performances. Holloway has landed 100 or more significant strikes in 15 separate UFC fights, the most in company history. Holloway became the 12th fighter in UFC history to earn 20 victories with the promotion. Holloway’s 19 victories in UFC featherweight competition are the most in divisional history. Holloway’s total fight time of 6 hours and 37 minutes in UFC featherweight competition is most in divisional history. He would add another bonus to his record for a Performance of the Night for his TKO finish of Akira Corassani.UFC on ESPN 44 results: Max Holloway wins unanimous decision to give Arnold Allen first UFC loss Holloway would win his next two fights finishing Andre Fili and Clay Collard both in the third round. He was able to pick up the TKO victory midway through the second round and also earned the "Knockout of the Night" bonus. He next took on UFC debutant, Will Chope, at UFC Fight Night 34 in Singapore. He would lose consecutive fights for the first time in his career when he came up on the wrong end of a unanimous decision against Conor McGregor which moved his UFC record to 3-3 over an eighteen month span. ![]() In his next fight however, he was on the other end of a controversial decision as he lost a split decision to Dennis Bermudez at UFC 160. In a back and forth war, Holloway was able to come away with a controversial split decision. He faced off against Leonard Garcia at UFC 155 as a late replacement. He would win the next time out with a unanimous decision over Pat Schilling and a second round TKO with a body shot over Justin Lawrence. Although he lost, he looked impressive in his stand up game. He would step in as a late replacement in his promotional debut against fellow prospect, Dustin Poirier, at UFC 143 but he would lose by submission in the first round. He would fight once more in Hawaii before being signed to the UFC. Holloway was able to walk away with the win via split decision victory, earning himself another belt. He would face off against Harris Sarmiento who had over fifty fights experience at the time. He would make his pro debut for X-1 in Hawaii and won his first two fights before being given a title shot. He was able to win three amateur titles in a three month period at 808 Battleground, Destiny, and Just Scrap. Holloway started training MMA in 2007 at the end of his sophomore year in high school. He has earned the UFC "Knockout of the Night" bonus one time. Of his eight professional wins, only three have been finishes with all coming by T/KO. ![]() ![]() He has notable wins over Pat Schilling, Leonard Garcia, and Justin Lawrence. He has previously fought for X-1 in his native Hawaii where he was the lightweight champion. When he joined the UFC, he was the youngest fighter on the roster, but currently he is the fourth youngest. Max Holloway is an American featherweight fighter currently signed to the UFC. ![]() Representative of the Legend’s performance, Winchester’s 150 and 180-grain loads are advertised with respective muzzle velocities of 23 feet-per-second (fps). 350 Legend options should be fine for critters as large as black bears out to 175 yards or so. Although this claim is debatable, the growing list of. 350 Legend as “the fastest straight-walled hunting cartridge in the world.” They also hyped superior energy to cartridges like the. 223/5.56, so standard bolts can be used for either cartridge. The Legend’s case-rim shares the diameter of a. The simplest fix is to buy some that were designed for this cartridge. Of particular interest to AR owners, cartridge overall length (COL) is short enough to cycle through a standard AR-15, although modified magazines are required (through elimination of the internal ribs). 350 Legend’s appearance will have similarities. Overall though, for anyone familiar with the. Many are heavier with increased tapers, which also improve feeding from magazines. 357 Magnum revolver cartridges, Winchester uses more aerodynamic projectiles. But rather than go with blunt bullets common to. 357-caliber, a benefit for many handloaders. Since this cartridge lacks a shoulder, it headspaces on its mouth like many popular pistol calibers including the 9mm. This “rebated” design provides some taper for reliable feeding in semiautos. 350 Legend upper receiver on your existing 5.56 lower to gain an interesting two-caliber system. 223 but the base-section ahead of it is fatter.Ĭonversion of an AR-15 thus only requires a new barrel, or just drop a complete. But, actually, its case dimensions are unique. 350 Legend cartridge looks a lot like an un-necked. They also took advantage of existing manufacturing capabilities, which lowered both production and consumer costs. The door was open for a new but useful niche cartridge and Winchester seized the opportunity. 357-caliber minimum, but it comes with a high cost and recoil. 444 Marlin.Īs more states jumped on board, ARs began hitting the woods in qualifying straight-walled adaptations like the. Eventually, some of them okayed use of straight-walled metallic cartridges within specified overall lengths such as the. But, until fairly recently, many of the hotspot states limited firearms to shotguns (or muzzleloaders). is more than the nation’s breadbasket, it also produces lots of whitetail deer. All of this could inform your decision on whether it’s wise to invest in a new. Will it indeed live up to its name or wind up as one of many “discontinued” cartridges? There are a few takeaways from the above examples which could make or break Winchester’s new cartridge. Meanwhile, most owners of ballistically superior. Acceptance by SAAMI and strong marketing quickly transformed the Whisper to a mainstream cartridge which was embraced by other major ammo makers. 300 Blackout’s current popularity is attributable to a Remington’s former subsidiary, AAC, which gave it new legs by rebranding the. ![]() Those willing to take the plunge only needed a new. On top of that, it could approximate the power of the 7.62×39 Russian through a switch to supersonic loads. 300 BLK filled a niche by offering reliable subsonic AR-15 performance when paired with a suppressor. It’s only real flaw is lack of large-scale marketing.Īlthough it lacked the initial marketing resources of the. 25-45 Sharps (right) is a useful evolution of the. 308 Winchester performance without the need for a larger AR-10 (the original “AR”). Safe to say there are dozens of different upper options out there, most of which center on the smaller AR-15 platform. For the shooter looking to expand AR calibers beyond the standard 5.56, does buying an. I’m not sure if anyone knows exactly how many different calibers have been adapted to ARs, but many are now adding a. 350 bolt-action (or similar) rifle is an option over an upper receiver.
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With it, you can speedup different websites, protect your privacy, and also secure Wi-Fi hotspots.īe in control of your security. Make this app your number choice to use on your phone. With UFO VPN, you can enjoy unlimited VPN services on your Android device. It is worth mentioning that this app is fast and 100% free. It currently boasts of more than 10 million installs. This is a VPN Tools from UFO VPN, and it is one of the most popular tools on Google Play Store. What’s even worse is that these users do not know that they are using a fake app.ĭo you want to avoid this? Then you should install the UFO VPN app to your mobile device without hesitation. Some do not even provide a secure connection for users. However, not all these applications are as reliable as they claim to be. There are different VPN applications on the internet today, all of which are for Android devices. ![]() His series The Simpsons features a running joke of Bart Simpson making prank calls to barkeeper Moe Szyslak, asking to speak to patrons with joke names. The popularity of these prank calls spread throughout respective sports leagues, branching out to sports reporters and then into the larger media world.Īnimator and cartoonist Matt Groening has described himself as a fan of the tapes, particularly the “Garden Grove calls”. These dubbed copies of the calls were unofficially referred to as the Red Tapes or Tube Bar Tapes. He would utter threats such as, “I’m gonna break dem bones in your feet, so you’ll never be able to walk right again!” as well as “I’ll cut your belly open and show you all the black stuff you got in there!” Sometimes Red would offer the two pranksters a reward of $100 or $500 if they would show up at his bar in person, but they never took him up on the offer.īy the 1980s dubbed cassette tapes of the calls were shared between staff of several major league sports teams such as the New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers and Miami Dolphins. Most of the time, Deutsch would call out the names, unaware that he was subjected to a prank.Īt times Deutsch would catch on, and when he did, he would respond with extreme hostility, shouting profanity, obscene sexual references (usually involving the caller’s mother), and threats of physical harm at the caller. ![]() During a call, the pranksters would ask Deutsch to call out fictitious, pun-like/homophones names such as “Pepe Roni” ( pepperoni), “Hal Ja-Like-a-Kick” ( how’d you like a kick), “Phil My-Pockets” ( fill my pockets), “Al Coholic” ( alcoholic)or “Mike Hunt” ( my cunt). The bar was owned by heavyweight boxer Louis “Red” Deutsch, and most of the time Deutsch himself answered the calls. In the mid-1970s, two young men-John Elmo and Jim Davidson later known collectively as Bum Bar Bastards, or The BBB-began calling the Tube Bar located at Journal Square in Jersey City, New Jersey. ![]() The sad-sack bartender from The Simpsons, Moe Szyslak, is actually based on Louis “Red” Deutsch, a bartender in Jersey City who came to prominence following a number of popular phone pranks being played on him by Bum Bar Bastards, a group of prank callers in the 70s.ĭeutsch’s reactions of anger and threats inspired the dynamic between Bart Simpson and Moe, where Bart frequently prank calls him leading to a barrage of over the top threats. ![]() Pyramidal neurons: dendritic structure and synaptic integration. Reconstruction of 1,000 projection neurons reveals new cell types and organization of long-range connectivity in the mouse brain. Morphological diversity of single neurons in molecularly defined cell types. Single-neuron projectome of mouse prefrontal cortex. ![]() Quantitative census of local somatic features in mouse visual cortex. Integrated morphoelectric and transcriptomic classification of cortical GABAergic cells. Phenotypic variation of transcriptomic cell types in mouse motor cortex. Layer 4 of mouse neocortex differs in cell types and circuit organization between sensory areas. Classification of electrophysiological and morphological neuron types in the mouse visual cortex. Cell type-specific three-dimensional structure of thalamocortical circuits in a column of rat vibrissal cortex. Reconstruction and simulation of neocortical microcircuitry. NeuroMorpho.Org: a central resource for neuronal morphologies. Neuronal cell-type classification: challenges, opportunities and the path forward. Together, our study provides a comprehensive structural repertoire for the reconstruction and analysis of PFC neural network. Finally, integrative dendrite–axon analysis uncovered the organization of potential intra-column, inter-hemispheric and inter-column connectivity among projection neuron types in PFC. Furthermore, correspondence analysis among dendrites, local axons and long-range axons revealed coherent morphological changes associated with electrophysiological phenotypes. We uncovered 24 morphologically distinguishable dendrite subtypes in 1,515 pyramidal projection neurons and 405 atypical pyramidal projection neurons and spiny stellate neurons with unique axon projection patterns. We identified morphological variations of somata, dendrites and axons across laminar layers and PFC subregions and the general rules of somatodendritic scaling with cytoarchitecture. Here we report the complete dendrite and axon morphology of nearly 2,000 neurons in mouse prefrontal cortex (PFC). ![]() The structures of dendrites and axons form the basis for the connectivity of neural network, but their precise relationship at single-neuron level remains unclear. ![]() Note that, for solving a complex problem, a series of free-body diagrams may be required. So basically, FBD is a very useful aid to visualize and solve engineering problems. Free-Body Diagram allows students to clearly visualize a particular problem in its entirety or closely analyze a particular portion of a more complex problem. ![]() Students can use this diagram as a reference for setting up the calculations to find unknown variables, for example, force directions, moments, or force magnitudes. The purpose of the free-body diagram is to deconstruct a given problem by using only the necessary information. Solving the Free-Body Diagram Purpose of the Free Body Diagram.Add small masses until you are able to overcome the static friction keeping the block from sliding and it slides up the ramp. Make sure your mass hanger is light enough (or that incline of your ramp is large enough) so that the block doesn't slide across the ramp unless masses are added to the hanger. Set up the apparatus as shown in Figure 1.The block must have a hook attached to one end so that a string can be attached. Smaller block of wood to slide across ramp.Ramp (or piece of wood with one side elevated).For example, a rough piece of wood would have a higher coefficient of static friction than a smooth piece of metal.Īs shown in Figure 2, the only forces acting on m 2 are the force due to gravity and the tension from the string. The magnitude of static friction depends on the material used and what is called, “the coefficient of static friction”. This is done by adding masses to the mass hanger. This force must be overcome before the block will slide up the ramp. Static friction is a force that tries to keep the object static, or motionless. The last force acting on the block is static friction, f s. It is directed along the direction of the rope and away from the object Tension, T, is the force exerted on the block by the string. However, since the object is inclined to the plane of the table, there will be components of the force of gravity in both the x and y directions.Īnother force acting on m 1 is the normal force which is the force exerted by the ramp onto the block to compensate for the force of gravity pulling the block downwards. This force is essentially the ‘weight’ of the object: Fg = mg where m is the mass of the object and g is the acceleration due to gravity (9.8 m/s 2). To begin, each mass is acted upon by gravity, which acts straight down. It is important to take note of the chosen directions of x and y in each of the free body diagrams – this is arbitrary and can be put in any direction that makes analysis easiest (note that in the case of m 1 the x direction was chosen to be parallel to the face of the ramp so that the tension and normal forces are directly along each of the directions.) Many different types of forces are present in this demonstration. A free body diagram for each mass is shown in Figure 2.įigure 2: Left: mass hanger m 2 Right: block m 1 The mass can usually be simplified to a dot representing the object’s center of mass, and the forces are then vectors extending out from the dot in the direction they are applied. See Figure 1 for a diagram of the demo set up.įree body diagrams show all of the forces acting on each individual mass in a system. In this demonstration, a wood block is pulled up an inclined plane by masses hanging from a pulley attached to the ramp. The forces can then be analyzed easily using Newton’s second law of motion. Free body diagrams are a great way to simplify a complicated situation involving many different types and directions of forces. Thousands of folks who were ready just fine tried the new exam, and found out that they could do it.Īs teachers forcibly learn that physics is about more than plugging numbers into equations, as students figure out that they can't write a bunch of baloney and expect to earn credit, AP Physics 1 scores should eventually improve. Sure, a bunch of folks tried this exam who weren't ready (or whose teachers weren't ready). because Physics 1 is intended as a first year course. Even on a more difficult exam, even with higher standards for passing, more students passed this year than last. ![]() This is about half as many as earned 5s on Physics B.īut 63,000 students passed the AP Physics 1 exam - that's considerably more than the 55,000 who passed AP Physics B the previous year. On AP Physics 1, about 7,000 students earned 5s. Let's look at raw numbers now, not percentages. ![]() No wonder only 4% of the country earned 5s no wonder only 37% passed. And a bunch of teachers who were not experienced with college-level physics, or who were simply not yet capable of teaching college-level physics, were nevertheless thrown into an AP 1 course. Many of the 80,000 additional students taking the exam were intrinsically weaker students. Good.īut this twofold expansion in the student - and teacher - pool means a much broader range of student - and teacher - ability. Many schools appropriately replaced their "honors physics" courses with AP Physics 1. Physics 1 is in fact for first-time advanced physics students. Physics B was intended as a second-year course, and was so broad that it did not encourage serious, deep understanding. Part of the intent of the redesign was to increase the pool of students who could handle an AP physics course. In 2015, 170,000 students took the AP Physics 1 exam - just about double the population who previously took AP B. (That itself is a bit down from previous years, because the number of students taking AP B doubled over the previous decade.) That works out to about 13,000 students earning 5s on Physics B, and 55,000 passing. In 2014, 90,000 students worldwide took the AP Physics B exam of these, 60% passed, and 14% earned 5s. Now we have two effects that combine to reduce overall exam grades: a harder exam AND higher cutoff scores.Īnd finally, consider the population of students who took AP Physics 1 this year. Due to the higher raw score cutoffs, we would expect fewer of our students to pass even on an exam of equivalent difficulty to AP Physics B. There's no room to hide - the questions probe for explanations rather than answers. There are no pity points available for simple calculations. The AP Physics 1 exam, though, is considerably more difficult that Physics B. It takes more correct answers to pass now. The old physics B exam, typically, had cutoff scores of 65%-50%-35%-25%. In that letter, they revealed the grade cutoffs, which I've converted to percentage of available points necessary for each grade:ĪP PHYSICS 1 GRADE Percentage of available points on the test Trinna Johnson and Trevor Packer sent a letter to the "AP Teacher Community" discussion group describing the score-setting process in tremendous detail. Not like the old physics B, eh? Let's talk about the reasons for the ostensible precipitous decline in the scores.įirstly, the raw score necessary to earn each AP grade has increased, by about 5-6% across the board. AP Physics 1 scores 2015 - more people passed Physics 1 than Physics B, and other commentary.īy now those of you who taught the inaugural year of AP Physics 1 have seen how their students did. To qualify under our Defective on Arrival policy, goods must be returned in their original packaging. 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