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Ah. What Might Have Been! Exploring Alternate Histories and Parallel Worlds



Neither voices these thoughts, however, and both the judge and the maiden move on. The judge marries a woman of wealth whose love for him is based on his riches. Maud Muller marries a young uneducated farmer. Throughout the rest of their lives, each remembers the day of their meeting and remorsefully reflects on what might have been.




Ah. What Might Have Been!




my name is robert townshend i was in yuma proveing grounds working as a airfrfame spec. i saw it fly and was very proud to be part of the test. it did not crash in yuma. i have alot ot resect for the people that flew it.i later went to vietnam an that copter would have made alot of troops come home safe it was a great aircraft and could of been fixed. it had a rotion problen every 8th rotation that made the rotors to dip.the fix i feel would of slower the the forward speed and not put so much stran on the blades when in push prop mode when it was a fixedwing aircraft mode. it was a real oversight of the army. it still think is the best heliopter design i have ever worked on and flowen in all of them


Weichuang did not see Ah Q again till just after the Moon Festival that year. Everybody was surprised to hear of his return, and this made them think back and wonder where he had been all that time. The few previous occasions on which Ah Q had been to town, he had usually informed people in advance with great gusto; but since he had not done so this time, no one had noticed his going. He might have told the old man in charge of the Tutelary God's Temple, but according to the custom of Weichuang it was only when Mr. Chao, Mr. Chien, or the successful county candidate went to town that it was considered important. Even the Imitation Foreign Devil's going was not talked about, much less Ah Q's. This would explain why the old man had not spread the news for him, with the result that the villagers had had no means of knowing.


According to Ah Q, he had been a servant in the house of a successful provincial candidate. This part of the story filled all who heard it with awe. This successful provincial candidate was named Pai, but because he was the only successful provincial candidate in the whole town there was no need to use his surname: whenever anyone spoke of the successful provincial candidate, it meant him. And this was so not only in Weichuang but everywhere within a radius of thirty miles, as if everybody imagined his name to be Mr. Successful Provincial Candidate. To have worked in the household of such a man naturally called for respect; but according to Ah Q's further statements, he was unwilling to go on working there because this successful candidate was really too much of a "turtle's egg." This part of the story made all who heard it sigh, but with a sense of pleasure, because it showed that Ah Q was actually not fit to work in such a man's household, yet not to work was a pity.


Mr. Chao discussed the matter that evening at dinner with his son, the successful county candidate, suggesting that there must be something queer about Ah Q, and that they should be more careful about their doors and windows. They did not know, though, whether Ah Q had any things left or not, and thought he might still have something good. Since Mrs. Chao happened to want a good, cheap, fur jacket, after a family council it was decided to ask Mrs. Tsou to find Ah Q for them at once. For this a third exception was made to the rule, special permission being given that evening for a lamp to be lit.


Mr. Chao did not agree, saying that he might bear a grudge, and that in a business like this it was probably a case of "the eagle does not prey on its own nest": his own village need not worry, and they need only be a little more watchful at night. The successful candidate, much impressed by this parental instruction, immediately withdrew his proposal for driving Ah Q away, but cautioned Mrs. Tsou on no account to repeat what he had said.


One night he had just received a package and his chief had gone in again, when he heard a great uproar inside, and took to his heels as fast as he could. He fled from the town that same night, back to Weichuang; and after this he dared not return to such a business. This story, however, was even more damaging to Ah Q, since the villagers had been keeping a respectful distance because they did not want to incur his enmity; for who could have guessed that he was only a thief who dared not steal again? Now they knew he was really too low to inspire fear.


He is stark mad, whoever says,That he hath been in love an hour,Yet not that love so soon decays,But that it can ten in less space devour;Who will believe me, if I swearThat I have had the plague a year?Who would not laugh at me, if I should sayI saw a flash of powder burn a day?


For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun?And what is it to cease breathing, but to free the breath from its restless tides, that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered?Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing.And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb.And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.


At this particular time I have no oneParticular person to grieve for, though there mustBe many, many unknown ones going to dustSlowly, not remembered for what they have doneOr left undone. For these, then, I will grieveBeing impartial, unable to deceive.


The reality is that no 6 volt battery is exactly 6 volts and no 12 volt battery is exactly 12 volts. Individual cell voltages differ, even with batteries of the same brand and manufacturer. A 6 volt battery might have a cell voltage of 2.2 volts and a 12 volt battery might have a cell voltage of 2.1 volts. This can however be fairly easy to read with a volt meter if one was to check.


In our example, we are powering an 18 volt device, which may have a cut off at 16 volts. Our smaller 6 volt battery as it drains might drop to 5 volts, but the 12 volt battery (which is actually in this example 12.6 volts) still has enough charge. Meaning the total voltage being supplied is 17.6 volts (5 volts + 12.6 volts).


When some rechargeable battery types (the emphasis on some) have been completely drained, there is no chemical difference between the negative and positive plates. In our example, the 6 volt battery would hit this point first, but the 12 volt battery is keeping the circuit alive and would start attempting to recharge the smaller battery.


The older batteries get, both in terms of time since they were manufactured and in how many times they have been discharged and charged, the more this affects their real voltage and amp hour capacity. This means that if you have two batteries in series of the same voltage and amp hour capacity that you have been using for a while, but replace one with a new unit, what you have in reality is one battery with a higher voltage and amperage (the new battery) than the other older battery.


There is no hard and fast rule to this decline as much will have depended on how the battery was used since new. If it has been completely discharged on a regular basis, it will be in a far worse condition than one that has, for example, never been below a 30% state of charge. If it has been left unused for long periods of time, there may well be sulfation on the plates, which will affect its ability to both discharge and recharge.


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There are no modern diagnostic tools to assess individual susceptibility to the development of ALD, and the pathogenesis of ALD in humans is incompletely understood. As a consequence, no new drugs for ALD have been successfully developed since the early 1970s, at which time the use of corticosteroids was proposed for the treatment of severe AH. The poor understanding of ALD has resulted from the lack of experimental models of advanced ALD and from difficulties in performing clinical trials in patients with active addiction.3 As a result, there is an urgent need to develop new pathophysiology-oriented therapies.


Nutrition therapy is also important. Alcoholic patients often experience protein calorie malnutrition, which can cause bacterial infections. Nutrition support in AH improves liver function and might increase survival times based on short-term follow-up studies. Androgen corticosteroids have been used in attempts to improve the nutritional status of patients with AH.9


Since ALD is associated with increased levels of oxidative stress, a number of antioxidants (such as vitamin E and silymarin) have been used to improve the survival times of patients with AH, but no potential benefit was observed compared with controls.3


Liver transplantation has been used in patients with decompensated ALD as the last resort. Outcomes are equal to or better than those obtained from end-stage liver disease from other causes. As a result, several liver transplant centers have proposed that this be a rescue option for patients with severe AH who do not respond to medical therapy and are unlikely to survive.9


With more than 1,200 aircraft in operation accumulating over 4 million flight hours, 1.3 million of which have been in combat, the AH-64 Apache represents the backbone of the U.S. Army attack helicopter fleet and a growing number of international defense forces.


The AH-64E Apache is the most advanced multi-role combat helicopter for the U.S. Army and a growing number of global defense forces. To date, more than 500 AH-64E model Apaches have been delivered worldwide. The AH-64E features:


Mission Control was also concerned about whether the capsule's life-saving heat shield would hold when Glenn reentered the atmosphere. After Glenn began his second orbit, Mission Control received a signal that the heat shield, designed to prevent the capsule from burning up during reentry, was loose. Although it could have been a faulty signal, Mission Control took no chances. Normally, the retropacket package would be jettisoned after the rockets were fired to slow the capsule for reentry. In this case, however, Glenn was ordered to retain the retropack to hold the heat shield in place. While struggling to maintain control of the spacecraft, Glenn watched as huge chunks flew past the window and wondered whether it was the retropack or heat shield breaking up. The heat shield held. If it hadn't, Glenn and his capsule would have been incinerated. 2ff7e9595c


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