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ISL: ATK sign Australian striker David Joel Williams
10:58 AM GMT 28/06/2019
The ISL outfit have signed the Australian striker who last played for Wellington Phoenix in the A-League...
Indian Super League outfit ATK have added another forward in their ranks for the upcoming season with the signing of Australian striker David Joel Williams.
31-year-old Williams last played for Wellington Phoenix in the Australian A-League where he forged a lethal partnership with fellow ATK recruit Roy Krishna. The pair bagged a total of 30 goals between them in the 2018-19 season with Williams himself accounting for 11 of them.
"I am happy to join ATK for the upcoming season of Indian Super League," the Australian said on his move.
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"I am absolutely delighted that I will be able to play alongside my friend Roy Krishna.
"Hopefully, together as a team, we will be able to win the title and create memories."
The forward had represented Australia at the 2005 FIFA U17 World Cup in Peru and has also earned two caps for the senior national team. Williams has played in the A-League for the major part of his career with stints at Queensland Roar, Sydney FC, Melbourne City and Wellington Phoenix.
He has also undertaken two stints in Europe with Brondby in the Danish Superliga and with Haladas in the Hungarian League.
ATK head coach Antonio Lopez Habas has welcomed the forward's signing and is expecting Williams to recreate his partnership with Krishna.
"David Williams is another signing I am very happy with. His pace and technique will be valuable to us," Lopez stated.
"He also brings variety to the squad since he can play on either side of the wings as well. His understanding with teammate Roy Krishna will be crucial for us," he added.

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FlySafair reaches 1000 employees five years after the company's launch
Companies / 26 April 2019, 11:00am / Staff Reporter
FlySafair has reached another milestone in just under five years, it now employs over 1000 people, four times the number it started with. Picture: Supplied.
DURBAN - FlySafair has reached another milestone in just under five years, it now employs over 1000 people, four times the number it launched with in October 2014.
Elmar Conradie, Chief Executive at Safair Operations and FlySafair said, "When FlySafair launched in 2014 with a 260-strong team, we couldn't have envisioned the creation of 820 new jobs within five years. We did, however, see a great opportunity in the South African market to make a difference. Not only have we opened the skies to more than 8 million fliers, we've created employment opportunities for South Africans from all walks of life, both directly and through our partner network".
One such organisation is at First Car Rental. Melissa Nortje, Executive Head: Strategy, Development and Marketing at the organisation said, "FlySafair's growth over the last few years has allowed us to push more volume through existing branches, creating both job security and the ability to serve customers more efficiently. Given that all FlySafair renters arrive in the same plane, at the same time, we are also able to continue the customer satisfaction journey".
Since launch, FlySafair has single-handedly disrupted South Africa's aviation industry. Due to its low fares, air travel has become accessible to more South Africans. People who would never have considered air travel - now can - making FlySafair's journey one of diversity and inclusion and a true South African success story.
According to the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), South Africa's travel and tourism industry contributed 1.5 million jobs and R425.8 billion to the economy in 2018, making it the largest tourism economy in Africa. It is estimated that by 2028, almost 2.1 million jobs will be created by travel and tourism, 11.1 percent of the country's total employment.
As this trend continues, FlySafair is ideally placed to boost both employment and tourism in South Africa.
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IG report: Comey's FBI made 'significant' omissions in FISA applications
James Comey received his second bureaucratic slap on the wrist this year with Monday's release of the long-awaited Department of Justice (DOJ) inspector general's report on alleged abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
After months of build-up, Inspector General (IG) Michael Horowitz concluded that the FBI's investigation of the 2016 Donald Trump campaign was justified, but that the DOJ and FBI under Comey made "significant" omissions in seeking to spy on Trump campaign member Carter Page, Fox News reports.
But although the FBI clearly spied on the Trump campaign — and on flimsy pretenses, it would seem — Comey swiftly claimed "no spying" and tweeted out an op-ed congratulating himself Monday.
"So it was all lies. No treason. No spying on the campaign. No tapping Trump's wires," he tweeted. "It was just good people trying to protect America."
Comey has repeatedly claimed that the FBI's spying on Trump in what was known as Operation Crossfire Hurricane was justified and "totally normal," according to the Daily Caller, and he even quibbled with the term "spying" itself — but an investigation by the DOJ's Office of the Inspector General reached a far more subtle conclusion. Horowitz's report dealt a scathing rebuke to the FBI under Comey, even as it exonerated him and other FBI and DOJ officials of bias toward Trump.
The nearly 500-page report confirmed long-standing Republican suspicions about the FBI's abuse of the FISA process to spy on Page using an unreliable dossier riddled with deranged innuendo. The report found that Christopher Steele's salacious dossier was a core part of the applications and that it was not deemed wholly credible, but that it was used to justify spying on Page despite at least 17 "significant inaccuracies and omissions" that, the report hints, might have otherwise prevented the FBI from renewing the warrants.
"The Crossfire Hurricane team failed to inform department officials of significant information that was available to the team at the time that the FISA applications were drafted and filed," the report notes, according to Fox News. "Much of that information was inconsistent with, or undercut, the assertions contained in the FISA applications that were used to support probable cause and, in some instances, resulted in inaccurate information being included in the applications."
The report also confirms that the FBI spied on Trump campaign members including Page and George Papadopoulos using informants, hardly a "normal" turn of events. Still, Horowitz somehow let Comey off the hook.
"We did not find documentary or testimonial evidence that political bias or improper motivation influenced the FBI's decision to seek FISA authority on Carter Page," the report said.
The Deep State skates again
Horowitz's conclusion was expected after early leaks of the report led many to downplay the rather explosive hopes invested in it by supporters of President Trump, including Fox News' Sean Hannity. By the time of the report's release, some were prepared to write it off as the work of a bureaucrat — Horowitz is an Obama appointee — who was never going to bring the hammer down on Comey and other top foes of the president, like John Brennan and James Clapper.
The report marks the second time that Comey has avoided prosecution despite high expectations of some kind of reckoning for the "Deep State." Horowitz referred Comey for prosecution over his memo leaks earlier this year, but the DOJ declined, according to NBC News.
Comey has admitted to leaking memos of his conversations with Donald Trump to spark a special counsel probe, an action that spurred the IG to denounce his "dangerous example" in its previous IG investigation of his memo leaks, according to the Associated Press. Still, the former FBI leader claimed vindication despite that scathing assessment of his leadership and demanded an apology from those who had accused him of crimes.
Cardinal Comey once again responded by playing the victim card with his tweet Monday, but in a sign of the deepening divide between Deep State loyalists and President Trump, Attorney General Bill Barr also issued a stunning statement Monday saying that the report "makes clear that the FBI launched an intrusive investigation of a U.S. presidential campaign on the thinnest of suspicions that, in my view, were insufficient to justify the steps taken," according to NBC.
Barr's prosecutor, John Durham — who is overseeing a separate, criminal probe of Russiagate — also took issue with Horowitz's conclusion and alluded to the wider scope of his probe, which is also looking into whether the CIA improperly influenced the FBI in launching Crossfire Hurricane. But for now, it looks like Comey will once again get off scot-free — unless Barr does something about it.
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Matthew Boose is a staff writer for Conservative Institute. He has a Bachelor's degree from Stony Brook University and has contributed to The Daily Caller and The Stony Brook Press.


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Amy Hall Joins Equity Trust Company as Chief People and Human Resources Officer
CLEVELAND, OHIO, April 19, 2022
Amy Hall has been named Chief People and Human Resources Officer at Equity Trust Company, a leading financial services company enabling investors to diversify retirement accounts into alternative assets.
Amy will help attract, grow, and develop associates at Equity Trust, which has been named to the NorthCoast 99 list of top workplaces in Northeast Ohio for eight years. She will also oversee various efforts and initiatives including attracting top talent, training, compensation and benefits analysis, and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force.
Equity Trust continues to build on its people-first philosophy, assessing policies and adding workplace amenities to promote personal and professional growth, as well as work-life balance. Amy will lead the effort to advance this company culture.
"Equity Trust's values and people-first culture are what drew me to join this leadership team," said Amy Hall, Equity Trust's new Chief People and Human Resources Officer. "I am excited to collaborate with them and build upon the company's momentum."
"I am extremely excited about Amy joining the Equity Trust Executive Team, as the scope of her experience is significant and crosses the vital areas of human resources, and her genuine passion for people and talent will help us continue our mission to foster a people-oriented culture," said George Sullivan, CEO of Equity Trust Company.
Amy has over 17 years of human resources and business experience on a global scale. Most recently, she served as the Senior Vice President of Human Resources North America at AmTrust Financial where she has been since 2015 and was responsible for talent acquisition, human resources operations, employee relations, and mergers and acquisitions.
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14 Luxury Car Makes That Disappeared From The Roads
Vukasin HerbezFebruary 20, 2018
The Stutz Motor Company was an American producer of high performance and premium cars based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Harry C. Stutz started the company in 1911. Since it was at the home of America's motorsport tradition, the Stutz was successful in races on the famous Indianapolis track.
The Stutz Bearcat model was the first American sports car, born out of the company's racing efforts. This also helped its reputation as a high performance, luxury brand. Stutz raced in Europe and introduced advanced 32-valve cylinder heads for its engines, which were the first ones on the market. With high performance hardware and quality construction, Stutz cars won numerous races and broke speed records in the 1920's.
This help them to establish the Stutz as the one of the fastest American cars ever. However, it wasn't enough to keep the company alive, so Stutz closed its doors in 1935. In 1968, they tried unsuccessfully to revive the Stutz name with a series of retro-looking custom cars.
Entering the car industry in 1927, La Salle was a luxury brand established by General Motors. They wanted it to fill the market gap between luxury Cadillacs and common brands like Buick and Oldsmobile. La Salle was under the control of Cadillac, so they developed it alongside their own brand. The concept was successful, and La Salle was a relatively popular model.
The big part of its appeal was the design and technology. Buyers got a baseline Cadillac for less money, which appealed to a wider audience. However, by the end of the 1940's, General Motors realized having several brands covering the same market segment was not practical. So, they decided to kill the brand. In the 50.s and 60.s, the La Salle name reappeared on several GM concept cars.
Marmon
Marmon Motor Cars Company was another renowned luxury manufacturer from Indianapolis, Indiana. Howard Carpenter Marmon established the brand in 1902. It soon became famous for its innovative V2, V4, V6 and V8 engines. Marmon cars were fast and powerful for their time, so the next logical step was to enter the races. In 1909, the Marmon Wasp racing car was the first car to win the famous Indianapolis 500 race. This gave the company some valuable publicity.
The company was famous for luxurious, fast sedans, but over the years, it lost ground to its flashier, better marketed counterparts. In its last attempt to win the market over, Marmon introduced a V16 engine to compete with Cadillac. However, it just wasn't enough, so the company closed in 1933.
Dual Ghia
Not many people know about Dual Ghia. It was an exclusive American car company they founded in 1956. But it was defunct just two years later in 1958. Businessman Eugene Casaroll, started Dual Ghia. Casaroll sent its chassis to Italy to be re-bodied by the famous Italian design house Ghia; hence, the name.
It was a producer of high powered, custom built convertibles that used Chrysler platforms and 315 V8 engines. The selling points were the body and luxury appointments. The Dual Ghia appeared in 1956 as the most expensive American car at the moment. They only made 117 Dual Ghias. However, A-list celebrities like Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Richard Nixon bought most of them.
If you think the Edsel is Ford's only failed luxury attempt, think again. In the mid-50's, Ford decided to establish a separate brand. They called it the Continental Division. It was supposed to produce new luxury cars positioned above the Lincoln brand. The first and only car was the famous Continental Mark II, which they introduced in 1955.
Ford's idea was to present a superb luxury coupe with the finest technology and comfort, and then market it as a separate brand. The idea sounded good, but the market response wasn't great. Ford shut down the Continental Division after just five years following the disappointing sales of the Mark II coupe, even though it was one of the finest American cars they ever made.
This list covered the forgotten luxury of those long lost American luxury car manufacturers. Most car fans respect and appreciate these vehicles and some would even like to see them return someday.
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Colen Campbell, 1676–1729, British, Lowther House, Westmorland: Principal and First Floor Plans, between 1718 and 1729
Colen Campbell, 1676–1729, British, Lowther House, Westmorland: Principal and First Floor Plans, between 1718 and 1729, Graphite, pen and black ink, gray wash, within triple-ruled border on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper bar scale of 1/20 inch to 1 foot, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1977.14.1070
Colen Campbell, 1676–1729, British
Lowther House, Westmorland: Principal and First Floor Plans
Graphite, pen and black ink, gray wash, within triple-ruled border on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper bar scale of 1/20 inch to 1 foot
Sheet: 18 7/16 x 11 1/4 inches (46.8 x 28.6 cm)
Inscribed in pen and black ink, center: "32 square", "30 | 21", "30 | 21", "19 | 21", "32 | 24"
Watermark: IV
architectural subject | designs | floor plans | house | Palladian
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This is one of a set of four surviving drawings at the Yale Center for British Art showing Campbell's proposal for rebuilding Lowther House for Henry Lowther, third Viscount Lonsdale (1694–1751) (see also B1977.14.1069–1072). The principal floor and first-floor plans in this drawing show a symmetrical design, the main rooms laid out on the center axis, with a clear vista through these spaces from one end of the house to the other. The thirty-two-foot square room overlooking the garden rises through two stories and may have been intended as a cube, thus evoking other Palladian designs, such as Inigo Jones's Queen's House at Greenwich, or Campbell's own Wanstead House (both featured in Vitruvius Britannicus, vol. I). Colen Campbell was probably introduced to the third Viscount Londsdale by Richard Boyle, third Earl of Burlington (1694–1753), a leading figure of the Palladian movement and an important early patron of Campbell. Lord Burlington helped launch the architect's career with introductions to influential and wealthy patrons in London and the north. Campbell made an early attempt to gain Lonsdale's patronage in 1717, when he dedicated to him a design for minor alterations to Lowther House in volume II of Vitruvius Britannicus. The architect's later design, as shown in the Center's drawings, was for a more drastic reconstruction, suggesting that it was submitted after the house's destructive fire. Despite the detailed proposals, Campbell's designs for Lowther House were never executed. Unfortunately for Campbell, Lonsdale's finances suffered greatly from the South Sea Bubble crisis in 1720. He sold off more than £26,000 in estates, and he never salvaged the fire-damaged house. In 1806, Lowther House was rebuilt as a castellated mansion designed by Robert Smirke.


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February 23, 2005 in Nutrition Topics in the News
Recent Canadian research shows that a healthy-living program that promotes good nutrition with regular physical activity for children in primary school – drastically reduces the number of overweight children. The program, which is currently in place in 12 Nova Scotia schools includes healthy-eating curriculum, daily gym class, healthy and inexpensive cafeteria food and accessible after-school activities.
Researchers claim that to be effective, a comprehensive, integrated approach is necessary to tackle the problem of childhood obesity. The research found that under the healthy-living program, the number of obese children fell even more dramatically than the number of overweight youngsters.
In schools without a healthy-living strategy, about 10 per cent of children were obese and 33 per cent were overweight, compared to schools with the program, where about 4 per cent of youngsters were obese and 18 per cent were overweight. The program resulted in children eating more fruits and vegetables, fewer fatty foods, playing more games and sports, and engaging in fewer sedentary activities, such as TV and video games.
The healthy-living program began in 1997, after parents became concerned about the poor quality of the food in their children's lunchboxes and in the cafeteria, which brought in food from local fast-food restaurants. After-school sports programs are also offered free of charge, and money has been allotted to a drive-home program to ensure all children who want to, can participate.
At Port Williams Elementary, a school with 275 students, the healthy-living program costs about $25,000 annually -- or less than $100 per student.
The study, which involved 5,200 Grade 5 students, compared body weight, diet and activities of children in schools with no program, with only a nutrition program, and with a comprehensive nutrition and physical-activity program. There was virtually no difference between the schools with a nutrition program and those offering nothing at all, but results were better across-the-board in the schools with comprehensive healthy-living programs.
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See also : China Song and Yuan Chinese art Ancient Chinese porcelain Tibet and Nepal Islam Egypt Japan and Korea Renaissance Italian painting 1300-1700 Ancient sculpture Madonna and Child Religious texts Chinese calligraphy Landscape Animals Horse Cats
Himalayan Enlightenment
2017 SOLD for $ 3.85M including premium
The art of gilded metal is millenarian in the mountains of the Himalayas. In the loneliness of their monasteries the artists developed and maintained some original features with great refinement and sharpness in the carving.
On September 13 in New York, Christie's sells a 51 cm high Buddha in golden bronze made in Nepal 800 to 600 years ago, lot 620 estimated $ 600K. This hollowed figure served as a reliquary and still preserves a mixture of scriptures, fabrics and herbs.
The Sage is figured at the moment when he reaches the enlightenment after having finally repelled the demons. He is sitting in the position of the bhumisparsha mudra : the palm of the left hand is open upward for an offering and the right hand touches the ground to signify that Buddha's body is now providing the mystical connection between Earth and Heaven. The gaze is in retrospection, the third eye is prominent and the toes are splayed.
On October 3 in Hong Kong, Bonhams sells a 34 cm high Buddha in the same posture except that the lightning appears under the right hand. It was made in Tibet 600 to 500 years ago in copper alloy, gilt with the exception of the lapis dyed hair and of the offering bowl which here has survived. This figure is estimated HK $ 15M, lot 22.
On this piece which is more recent than the statuette discussed above, the deviation from the Buddhist canon is more visible, including a triangular face emphasizing the broad forehead at the expense of the chin and a sharp edged nose. The bust and arms are too long, probably deliberately to accentuate the commanding attitude. The patchwork robe inlaid with turquoises, garnets and lapis is inspired by the Chinese imperial silk garments.
It is the first of the the three lots highlighted by Bonhams in the video below.
Nepal at Christie's : SOLD for $ 3.85M
Tibet at Bonhams : SOLD for HK$ 18M
5 minutes with... A Himalayan gilt-bronze Buddha https://t.co/w5LOJdSawk pic.twitter.com/17nDyMqA3N
— Christie's (@ChristiesInc) September 5, 2017
Rare and unique Tibetan gilt copper alloy figure of Akshobhya to lead Images of Devotion sale in HK https://t.co/pN4aU822FR pic.twitter.com/8X4nkG8NsJ
— BONHAMS (@bonhams1793) September 8, 2017
1305 Giotto stopped at Rimini
2014 SOLD 5.7 M£ including premium
At the end of the thirteenth century, the small town of Rimini gained a political importance when Malatesta became its podesta. The condottiero embellished the city: Giotto realized for the cathedral the frescoes that were destroyed around 1450.
The date when Giotto was in Rimini is not documented but is certainly after his Assisi frescoes made in 1298. Through considerations on the evolution of his art, it is known that his work at Rimini is prior to his long stay in Padua started in 1303.
Giotto was one of the greatest innovators of Christian art. Superseding the stiff Byzantine style, he provided clever compositions featuring characters in flexible and communicating attitudes.
The beginning of the Rimini school relies on the images by Giotto. At that time when artistic innovations were slowly spreading, Rimini long remained limited in the intermediate style of the maestro before the innovations of Padua.
On July 9 in London, Sotheby's sells a sumptuous panel made between 1300 and 1305 in tempera on gold made by a follower of Giotto. In an exceptional condition of preservation, it is estimated £ 2M, lot 17.
The author is probably Giovanni da Rimini, one of the earliest Rimini painters best known for a copy dated 1309 from a Crucifix by Giotto and who tentatively must not be confused with Giovanni Baronzio.
This panel 53 x 34 cm shows biblical and hagiographic scenes in a bold composition joining vertically at the left side the upper two registers. It is the left wing of a diptych separated in the eighteenth century. The right wing displays in a stricter composition six episodes from the life of Christ. It is kept at the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica in Rome.
This exceptional and very ancient painting was sold for £ 5.7M including premium.
early Yuan - Jingdezhen with the Yuan
2016 SOLD for HK$ 30M including premium
After the perfection in material, robustness and geometry under the Song, the Chinese porcelain got a new artistic development with the Yuan. The blue and white porcelain was also known for a long time but the new Mongol dominance facilitated the import of cobalt from western Mongolia.
The Jingdezhen kilns were already operational under the Tang and Song but their activity is much developed by the Yuan. Responding to the taste of the Middle East, Jingdezhen potters are making complex shaped wares moulded with hollows and bumps for enhancing the decorative pattern. A technical influence from Persian silverware is likely.
The blue and white applied in spares or brush multiplies the figurative themes in the tradition of Chinese graphic art, of course, but also with pleasant vegetal themes that also support the export of Chinese porcelain to the Middle East. At that time the Chinese ceramics, especially those from Jingdezhen, are the only ones that are hygienic enough to bring no health risk to the user.
On October 5 in Hong Kong, Sotheby's sells a Yuan charger,lot 3636 estimated HK $ 25M. This massive piece successfully accumulates the technical difficulties with its mouldings, its bracket lobed rim and its very large size, 48 cm in diameter.
The decoration uses reserves to reveal the white by washing the blue background. Such pieces waste too much cobalt and in addition they were designed per unit. This technique was soon superseded by a blue on white without moulding, cheaper and suitable for a production in series.
Yuan - The Return of the Drunken Kings
2016 SOLD for RMB 304M yuan including premium
On November 29, 2009, Christie's sold for HK $ 46.6M a Chinese hand scroll on the theme of the drunken kings, lot 815. Before the sale, I had discussed this unusual and nice picture as follows :
"It is a hand scroll 2.10 m long and 35 cm high painted in ink and colors. The title is remarkable : Five drunken kings return on horses. There are nine characters overall. The kings are riding in vacillating attitudes and four grooms attend to assure that their honorable masters will not fall.
"The artist was named Ren Renfa and lived under the Yuan dynasty 700 years ago. He was following a tradition dating back to the Tang dynasty and specialized in images of horses of great beauty. The irreverent nature of the theme is a proof of humor rare in art history suggesting a great artistic freedom at the time of the Mongolian rule."
This piece returns for sale in Beijing on December 4 at Poly Auction, lot 4050. It is in a very good contrast in spite of its age and has been carefully analyzed. The pattern of the paper is conformant to the Song technologies and is earlier than the Ming. The scroll includes ancient colophons as well as the seals of three Qing emperors.
These drunken kings can be identified and were the subject of a very ancient poem. Although his work is not uncommon, Ren Renfa was probably not a professional artist : he worked as an imperial official in charge of water control. Contrary to my 2009 enthusiasm, it is fool to discuss from that single example the freedom in artistic expression at Yuan time.
The Tang loved horses, for war and for pleasure. Artists like Han Gan and Zhang Xuan were drawing the riders with high realism and this tradition was still fresh under the Yuan. Another predecessor of Ren Renfa was the Song artist Li Longmian. The procession of drunken kings by Ren displays revealing similarities in its composition with an elegant promenade of women painted two centuries earlier by Li after Zhang and preserved at the Taiwan Museum.
1334 An Annunciation in the Trecento
2012 SOLD 4.1 M$ inclding premium
Painting at the time of the first successors of Giotto is primarily intended for devotion. Diptych and polyptych are common forms of this art.
The painting on panel in tempera on gold background, 29 x 21 cm, for sale by Sotheby's in New York on January 26 was the right part of a diptych on the theme of the Annunciation.
It demonstrates a remarkable artist's intention to link the human and the wonderful, providing a subtle psychological dimension to the attitude of the Virgin Mary.
She is here a very young woman, dressed in a lavishly decorated cloak, pushed to the right by the breath of the invisible angel (the character of the lost left part of the diptych). She is in the process of deciding with a concern which does not extend to anxiety whether to accept or not what she is just being told.
The artwork is attributed by recent but strong considerations to one of the top masters of Siena, Simone Martini, circa 1334 and certainly before his move to Avignon which took place around 1340.
In addition to the iconographic quality, the consideration that the back of the panel was once silver coated is in line with a firm attribution to Simone, who could have been helped by the Lorenzetti brothers for the use of precious metals.
We do not have often at auction a major piece from a contemporary of Petrarch, but the estimate, $ 3M, remains cautious. Here is the link to the catalog.
This small painting is a remarkable witness of the questions posed by Christian art at the time of the successors of Giotto. It was sold $ 4.1 million including premium.
I invite you to play the video shared by Sotheby's :
1330s - 1360s Private Devotion in Florence
On April 14 in New York, Christie's sells as lot 125 an altar piece 77 cm high composed of panels in tempera and gold in an architectural structure in gesso. This complex piece in great condition is a witness of the religious art in Florence throughout the Trecento.
The central panel is the most ancient. Painted in the 1330s by Bernardo Daddi, it shows the Enthroned Madonna and Child.
Bernardo had worked with Giotto and is his best follower in Florence. These fresco masters also had clients for private devotion or portable pieces and knew to transcribe their grand art into miniature formats. In this charming scene, Bernardo uses a variety of soft colors. The lines are deliberately strengthened to provide a three-dimensional illusion.
The top and side pictures and the predellas were added about 30 years later and are attributed to the Misericordia Master who was the leading painter in Florence after the plague of 1348 in which Bernardo died. His name was not found.
These additional panels are shaped to match the gesso frame that has certainly been assembled at the same time for an unknown customer who can perhaps be identified by the coats of arms in the predellas.
The altar is now dominated by God the Father. On each side in symmetry, a pair of angels are ascending to God while trying to contemplate Him. The most daring, forward, overcomes the glare of light by using a dark glass. The other, still behind, has not found the solution and masks his eyes with his hand. This rare theme had previously adorned the pinnacle of a monumental altar by Giotto.
I invite you to watch the video shared by Christie's.
1340-1345 The Major-domo of a Powerful Mamluk Emir
In Egypt, the later reign of the Mamluk sultan An Nasir Muhammad was a short period of stability with the strengthening of the role of the viceroys who were emirs in charge of overseeing the territories of the kingdom. Being constantly on the field of war, the emirs left the direction of their home to mayors or major-domos who had their own place in the high nobility.
A Mamluk candlestick for sale by Sotheby's in London on April 6 reflects this hierarchical structure. It is estimated £ 2M.
The base is a truncated cone slightly curved, 34 cm in its largest diameter. It is topped by a stick that supports the candle holder, also a truncated cone, for a total height of 38 cm. This piece of brass inlaid with copper and silver is decorated on its whole surface with inscriptions, armorials and other animal, vegetal and geometric motifs.
The white eagles and cups in cartouches shaped as reversed teardrops are the blazon of the emir Tuquztamur, who was certainly famous in his time! The inscriptions testify to the faithfulness of the major-domo of his noble house.
The identification of the Emir enables to date the candlestick with some accuracy because his role of viceroy was limited to a period of five years (741-746 AH, 1340-1345 AD). Curiously, this information can not locate the object, since the emir executed several successive appointments in Egypt and Syria.
The great rarity and the complex decoration of the candlestick pushed it up to £ 4.5 million including premium.
It takes its place among the important pieces of ancient Islamic art.
1345 The Lotus Sutra
2016 SOLD for HK$ 31.6M including premium
The Lotus Sutra is a fundamental text of Mahayana Buddhism, announcing the eternal nature of Buddha and defining the bodhisattvas. Translated into Chinese, it is the basis of the teaching of Buddhism in the Far East. All living beings can attain the quality of a bodhisattva. The white lotus is an immaculate flower that manages to thrive while having its root in the mud.
On May 30 in Hong Kong, Sotheby's sells as lot 368 a set of seven calligraphic albums 32 x 22 cm with fifty to sixty leaves each, constituting the whole of this sutra in the translation of Kumarajiva which was one of the earliest. Its writing in gold on dark blue paper displays an extreme luxury. The seventh album is dated to the fifth year of the Zhizheng period corresponding to 1345 in our calendar.
Under the Mongolian Yuan dynasty, Buddhism has almost the rank of an official religion in China. Zhizheng is the fourth era of the reign of Toghon Temür. Korea was a vassal state of the Yuan. Its king belonged to the Goryeo Dynasty.
The 28th Goryeo king had ceased to please the powerful Emperor of China, but all hopes were placed in his eldest son pushed to the throne in 1344 at the age of six. The Sutra manuscript was certainly prepared for the use of the young prince who died after a reign of four years.
1350 Zhichuan Resettlement by Wang Meng
2011 SOLD for RMB yuan 400M including premium by Poly
Result reported by Artron.
The image below is shared by Wikimedia.
late Yuan - blue and white jar
2005 SOLD 15.7 M£ including premium by Christie's
Link to catalogue.
1366 Two Lions at the Feet of the King
2017 SOLD for £ 9.4M including premium
In the long line of the kings of France the succession of Jean II in 1364 during the Hundred Years War is one of the most disputed. The 26 year old dauphin had been régent while his father was a prisoner and he was clever. Having won this ruthless dynastic competition, he will be Charles V le Sage.
The divine authority claimed by the legitimate heir is not sufficient to preserve and protect his power. Upon his accession Charles V multiplies the symbols of his superiority and of his prosperity. The lion is his emblem.
To maintain the chain of legitimacy they must also rehabilitate the ineffective Jean II. In the very first year of his reign Charles V decides to build the funerary monuments of Jean and of Jean's parents in the traditional necropolis of the Capétiens at Saint-Denis. He adds the commission for his own tomb, which is a considerable innovation for the time.
The contractor of the four monuments is the best sculptor of that period, known from a royal document as Andreu Bauneveu, André Beauneveu in modern French. The king is powerful and must be honored as a priority : his gisant (recumbent) is the best of the four with a beautiful polishing of the white marble. Beauneveu worked until 1366 on that site.
The royal monuments of Saint-Denis were dismantled in 1793. The outstanding pieces were recovered by the archaeologist Alexandre Lenoir, founder at the request of the government in 1791 of the Musée des Monuments Français for collecting artworks confiscated to the clergy by the Révolution. During the Restauration in 1816 King Louis XVIII obliged Lenoir to relocate to Saint-Denis what remained from the monuments of the necropolis including the gisant of Charles V by Beauneveu.
The monument of Charles V included a group of two addorsed lions which was placed at the feet of the king. This group was only known from one sketch drawing made by an antiquarian scholar. It has just been rediscovered in the descendance of an English collector who had acquired it in 1802, certainly bought to Lenoir whose financial backing was low at that time.
This group of lions is a marble of the same quality as its gisant and certainly executed by the same artist. The fixing points of this statue match exactly the distance of the associated points on the feet of the gisant.
The Beauneveu lions, 45 x 29 x 12 cm, will be sold as lot 10 by Christie's in London on July 6. Please watch the video shared by the auction house.
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Hongwu - The City of the High Hills
2011 SOLD 41 MHK$ including premium
Some cities had their rise ensured by fabulous natural resources. This is the case of the high hills of Jingdezhen in southern China, which had over a million inhabitants at the time of its greatest prosperity. The Chinese word for "High Hills" is Gaoling, which the French translated as Kaolin.
Jingdezhen ceramics were already known under the Tang. A clever mixture of clay and kaolinite later enabled the development of Chinese porcelain.
During the Yuan dynasty, Jingdezhen kilns were already producing blue and white porcelains. But the Yuan, of Mongol origin, were northerners. Hongwu, who overthrew the Yuan and established the Ming dynasty, took Nanjing as his capital. The conditions became favorable for installing at Jingdezhen the Imperial workshops responsible for producing porcelain for the Court and for export. Later the wonderful Qing porcelains were made in this location.
A large dish with floral decoration made during the reign of Hongwu is for sale on April 7 in Hong Kong at Sotheby's. It measures 45 cm in diameter with a rounded edge in the form of a string of accolades. The underglazed red color of its decoration is a technical feat for its time.
This piece about 620 years old is estimated HK $ 25M, lot 43.
Dating from the early Ming Dynasty, large size, in a rare underglaze red, with a nice pattern of chrysanthemums: this dish definitely had some top qualities. It was sold HK $ 41M including premium.


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THE BOOKSHOP — Review by Susan Wloszczyna
August 11, 2018 September 6, 2018 Susan Wloszczyna 0 Comments cherry jones. emily mortimer, Isabel Coixet, marcturtletaub. movie of the week, movie of the week #MOTW, patricia clarkson, the bookshop
Emily Mortimer, Bill Nighy and Patricia Clarkson in one movie? That is a dream team right there. Despite such a quality cast, however, The Bookshop will likely test the patience of those who require peppier pacing and more compelling drama, even in a well-meaning film set in a British seaside village in 1959. Director Isabel Coixet's screenplay, based on Penelope Fitzgerald's novel, focuses on Florence, a young widow (Mortimer) who decides to open a book store in an old damp house in the heart of the community. That is despite protestations by the town's wealthy grand dame, Violet (Clarkson), who wants to use the same property for a local arts center — and will stoop to any means to get her way.
Devices — such as the erratic use of a narrator (Julie Christie), the near-constant presence of rain showers and a reclusive bookworm (Nighy) who barely leaves his Bronte-esque homestead with its snake-like dead vines clinging to its exterior — only partly succeed in injecting some atmosphere into this rather simple storyline. When Florence decides to start selling the scandalous Lolita, complete with a full display in her front window, one might think that will lead to her store's demise.
Not quite. As they often do, small towns apparently breed small minds, and the villagers launch a grand conspiracy that we hear about but never really see in action. At least the tension level rises at this point. As for the performances, Mortimer and Nighy share a lovely connection on the beach as he offers to be her white knight, Clarkson is allowed to show her genius as Violet rehearses her reactions right before receiving an incensed Nighy at her mansion. But all the adults are all upstaged by one Honor Kneafskey, Florence's schoolgirl helper, who does a killer eye roll beneath her atomic cloud of blonde curls.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Bookshop is AWFJ's Movie of the Week for August 24, 2018.
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Susan Wloszczyna
In her nearly 30 years at USA Today, Susan Wloszczyna interviewed everyone from Vincent Price and Shirley Temple to Julia Roberts and Will Smith. Her coverage specialties include animation, musicals, comedies and any film starring Hayley Mills, Sandy Dennis or hobbits. Her crowning career achievements so far, besides having Terence Stamp place his bare feet in her lap during an interview for The Limey, is convincing the paper to send her to New Zealand twice for set visits, once for The Return of the King and the other for The Chronicles of Narnia and King Kong, and getting to be a zombie extra and interview George Romero in makeup on the set for Land of the Dead. Though not impressive enough for Pulitzer consideration, she also can be blamed for coining the moniker "Frat Pack," often used to describe the comedy clique that includes Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn and Will Ferrell. Her positions have included Life section copy desk chief for four years and a film reviewer for 12 years. She is currently a contributor for the online awards site Gold Derby and is an Oscar expert for RogerEbert.com. Previously, she has been a freelance film reporter and critic, contributing regularly to RogerEbert.com, MPAA's The Credits, the Washington Post, AARP The Magazine online and Indiewire as well as being a book reviewer for The Buffalo News. She previously worked as a feature editor at the Niagara Gazette in Niagara Falls, N.Y. A Buffalo native, she earned her bachelor's degree in English at Canisius College and a master's degree in journalism from Syracuse University.


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Parkland Shooter Prosecutor Seeks Probe Of Juror Threat
An unnamed juror reported a perceived threat from a fellow juror as the panel deliberated mass killer Nikolas Cruz's punishment,…
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An unnamed juror reported a perceived threat from a fellow juror as the panel deliberated mass killer Nikolas Cruz's punishment, the prosecution said.
The prosecutor who unsucessfully urged a Florida jury to condemn the Parkland school mass shooter to death has asked for an investigation into a juror's allegation of a perceived threat by another member of the panel.
An unnamed juror identified as Juror X informed a court staffer that "during deliberations she received what she perceived to be a threat from a fellow juror while in the jury room," the prosecution said in a filing asking Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer to order police to interview the juror, according to CNN. "The State did not call Juror X back and instead, filed a Notice to the Court," the filing added.
After deliberating for two days, the jury on Thursday recommended Nikolas Cruz be sentenced to life in prison for killing 17 people at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018. The prosecution argued Cruz deserved the death penalty, a sentence that would have required unanimous agreement from the 12-member panel.
Denise Cunha, a member of the jury, wrote in a note to the judge on Thursday that the conversation among jurors was "tense." Cunha denied she decided voting against the death penalty before the trial even started, according to The Associated Press.
"The deliberations were very tense and some jurors became extremely unhappy once I mentioned that I would vote for life," Cunha wrote in the note. It's unclear whether she is the person the prosecutor identified as Juror X.
Jury foreperson Benjamin Thomas told CBS News Miami he was disappointed with the panel's sentencing decision, but said everyone is entitled to an opinion. He said the verdict came down to one juror who argued Cruz should not get the death penalty because he was mentally ill.
"There was one with a hard no, she couldn't do it and there were another two that ended up, you know, voting the same way," Thomas said.
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Arizona Water Science Center
AzWSC Capabilities: Hydrologic Gravity Monitoring
Gravity is a measurement of mass: the greater an object's mass, the stronger its gravitational pull. By measuring changes in gravity over time, inferences can be made about changes in mass. In hydrology, this can be used to study water in the subsurface. If the amount of groundwater in a particular area increases over time, through processes such as infiltration of rainfall or aquifer recharge, gravity will also increase. Likewise, losses of groundwater storage, resulting from processes such as pumping, discharge to streams, and evaporation, will cause gravity to decrease.
The U.S. Geological Survey's Arizona Water Science Center (AzWSC) is a worldwide leader in the development and use of gravity methods for hydrology. The AzWSC has developed gravity methods for monitoring recharge near an ephemeral-stream channel, monitoring aquifer-storage change in a compressible aquifer, estimating recharge at an artificial-recharge facility, and estimating specific yield through the correlation of gravity and water-level change in wells.
Applications of Hydrologic Gravity Methods
Gravity monitoring has many applications including geodetic purposes as well as monitoring geothermal energy, petroleum, energy storage, magma, volcanoes, and subsurface water. Hydrologic gravity monitoring can be used in multiple ways to observe variations in water storage in soils, unsaturated zones (the zone above saturated material), and aquifer. Water mass change is the most prevalent and primary cause of gravity variation on the surface of the Earth over periods of decades or less. The basic observation of gravity change (corrected for atmospheric, earth-tide, and elevation variations) among repeated observations is caused by variation in subsurface water mass, unless other mass changes occurred.
There are three primary applications of hydrologic gravity measurement:
♦ Monitoring individual stations—Monitoring at individual stations provides a measure of subsurface water-mass change below the station. Any gravity record at an individual site can be viewed as a measure of groundwater-storage change. Another way to describe individual gravity records is as a noninvasive monitor well that only measures storage change but does not provide information about hydraulic head.
♦ Monitoring at wells where water levels are also monitored—Monitoring at wells with coincident water-level monitoring provides information about the local hydrogeology, including aquifer-storage properties (specific yield) where the storage change occurs in a single aquifer. Gravity records when combined with coincident water-level records at well sites can be used to improve understanding of the hydrogeologic conditions and to estimate specific yield of unconfined aquifers. Good examples of gravity and water-level relations and what they reveal are available from long-term monitoring across Arizona. Sites where water levels change but gravity does not (little storage change) are indicative of a confined aquifer (fig. 1). This site was expected to show a confined aquifer response on the basis of an assumed conceptual understanding of the local system. The combination of gravity and water-level monitoring verified this conceptual understanding. Relations at another nearby well, however, produce gravity and water-level variations that are semi-correlated (fig. 2), which suggests that storage changes are occurring in multiple unconfined aquifers and not only within the aquifer monitored by the water level in the well. The occurrence of multiple aquifers is verified by water cascading into the casing of nearby wells. Gravity and water levels are better correlated at a third nearby well (fig. 3a), which indicates an unconfined aquifer. The slope of a linear correlation of gravity and water level for an unconfined aquifer is a measure of aquifer specific yield (fig. 3b).
♦ Monitoring at a network of stations—Gravity change among a network of stations can be integrated to calculate total storage change in the network region as shown in figure 4. This estimate of storage change can then be used to improve groundwater budgets by supplying an estimate of a water budget component that is normally unknown or difficult to obtain through other methods. In fact, gravity monitoring is the only method of estimating large-scale groundwater-storage change.
Examples of monitoring a network of gravity stations include networks designed to monitor recharge near ephemeral channels (fig. 4; Pool and Schmidt, 1997; Goodrich and others, 2004; Pool, 2005; and Hoffmann and others, 2007) and basinwide networks designed to monitor storage change for entire aquifers (Pool and Anderson, 2006; Ferré and others, 2007).
A limited network of four stations was used to estimate ephemeral channel recharge along a profile across Walnut Gulch in the Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed near Tombstone, Arizona, during 1999 and 2000. The small number of stations constrained the two-dimensional recharge volume very well. The two-dimensional volume was converted to a three-dimensional volume on the basis of the assumption that the two-dimensional distribution of gravity change also applies to the stream reach within 1 mile above the site. The resulting three-dimensional recharge volume was similar to the average of six other methods of estimating recharge (Goodrich and others, 2004).
A network of gravity stations in the Tucson, Arizona, area was used to estimate total storage change in the region for the period from 1998 through 2002 (fig. 5). After accounting for known water withdrawals and inputs to the aquifer, the total annual recharge for the area was estimated using water-budget methods as a residual. Results indicated that nearly all of the recharge occurred during the first year of the monitoring effort, with much smaller rates of recharge occurring thereafter.
Instruments Owned by the AzWSC
(Use of trade names is for identification purposes only and does not constitute endorsement by the U.S. Geological Survey)
♦ A10 Absolute Gravity Meter—The A10 absolute gravity meter is a portable device, designed for field operation, which determines the acceleration due to gravity directly by measuring the position of a falling mass at different time intervals. It can be operated either from vehicle or battery power, in all field conditions. Each measurement is independent and the survey loops required for relative gravity meter studies are not needed.
Micro-g LaCoste, Inc. A-10 Outdoor Absolute Gravimeter
♦ Relative Gravity Meters—These meters measure the relative difference in gravity between two stations. Field procedures and processing are more involved than the A10 absolute gravity meter, but they provide similar accuracy at reduced cost. They are most suitable for stations located relatively close together (up to a few miles) with good access on paved roads.
Two Lacoste and Romberg Model D Gravimeters
One ZLS Corporation Burris Gravity Meter
Other Instruments Operated by the AzWSC
♦ Superconducting Gravity Meters—These meters provide the most precise gravity measurements possible. The AzWSC has previously deployed one at its Tucson office to measure gravity change associated with pumping from a nearby well from January 2010 to March 2011. Two of the latest generation superconducting gravimeters, the iGrav™, are deployed at an artificial recharge facility from February 2012 to October 2012.
GWR Instruments, Inc.
♦ gPhone Relative Gravity Meters—These meters are a temperature stabilized version of the LaCoste and Romberg relative meters that feature nearly linear drift. Over periods of months or longer, this drift can be removed to provide accuracy approaching 1 microGal. Three of these meters are to be deployed at an artificial recharge facility from March 2012 to October 2012.
Micro-g LaCoste, Inc. gPhone Gravimeter
♦ FG5 Absolute Gravity Meter—This instrument is the most precise absolute gravity meter available. Unlike the A10, it is primarily intended to operate indoors or in climate controlled conditions. The AzWSC had partnered with the National Geodetic Survey to collect FG5 data at a number of sites in Arizona.
Micro-G LaCoste, Inc. FG5 Absolute Gravimeter
Jeffrey Kennedy, Ph.D.
Research Hydrologist
Email: jkennedy@usgs.gov
Advanced Technologies and Modeling
Gravity Monitoring
Below are publications associated with Hydrologic Gravity Monitoring.
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Results of the first North American comparison of absolute gravimeters, NACAG-2010
The first North American Comparison of absolute gravimeters (NACAG-2010) was hosted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration at its newly renovated Table Mountain Geophysical Observatory (TMGO) north of Boulder, Colorado, in October 2010. NACAG-2010 and the renovation of TMGO are part of NGS's GRAV-D project (Gravity for the...
Schmerge, David; Francis, Olvier; Henton, J.; Ingles, D.; Jones, D.; Kennedy, Jeffrey R.; Krauterbluth, K.; Liard, J.; Newell, D.; Sands, R.; Schiel, J.; Silliker, J.; van Westrum, D.
Attribution: Arizona Water Science Center, Water Resources, Southwest
Results of the first North American comparison of absolute gravimeters, NACAG-2010; 2012; Article; Journal; Journal of Geodesy; Schmerge, David; Francis, Olvier; Henton, J.; Ingles, D.; Jones, D.; Kennedy, Jeffrey R.; Krauterbluth, K.; Liard, J.; Newell, D.; Sands, R.; Schiel, J.; Silliker, J.; van Westrum, D.
Gravity data from the San Pedro River Basin, Cochise County, Arizona
The U.S. Geological Survey, Arizona Water Science Center in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Geodetic Survey has collected relative and absolute gravity data at 321 stations in the San Pedro River Basin of southeastern Arizona since 2000. Data are of three types: observed gravity values and associated...
Kennedy, Jeffrey R.; Winester, Daniel
Gravity data from the San Pedro River Basin, Cochise County, Arizona; 2011; OFR; 2011-1287; Kennedy, Jeffrey R.; Winester, Daniel
Ground-Water Storage Change and Land Subsidence in Tucson Basin and Avra Valley, Southeastern Arizona, 1998-2002
Gravity and land subsidence were measured annually at wells and benchmarks within two networks in Tucson Basin and Avra Valley from 1998 to 2002. Both networks are within the Tucson Active Management Area. Annual estimates of ground-water storage change, ground-water budgets, and land subsidence were made based on the data. Additionally, estimates...
Pool, Donald R.; Anderson, Mark T.
Ground-Water Storage Change and Land Subsidence in Tucson Basin and Avra Valley, Southeastern Arizona, 1998-2002; 2008; SIR; 2007-5275; Pool, Donald R.; Anderson, Mark T.
The utility of gravity and water-level monitoring at alluvial aquifer wells in southern Arizona
Coincident monitoring of gravity and water levels at 39 wells in southern Arizona indicate that water-level change might not be a reliable indicator of aquifer-storage change for alluvial aquifer systems. One reason is that water levels in wells that are screened across single or multiple aquifers might not represent the hydraulic head and storage...
Pool, D.R.
Attribution: Water, Arizona Water Science Center, Water Resources, United States of America
The utility of gravity and water-level monitoring at alluvial aquifer wells in southern Arizona; 2008; Article; Journal; Geophysics; Pool, D. R.
Estimated infiltration, percolation, and recharge rates at the Rillito Creek focused recharge investigation site, Pima County, Arizona: Chapter H in Ground-water recharge in the arid and semiarid southwestern United States (Professional Paper 1703)
A large fraction of ground water stored in the alluvial aquifers in the Southwest is recharged by water that percolates through ephemeral stream-channel deposits. The amount of water currently recharging many of these aquifers is insufficient to meet current and future demands. Improving the understanding of streambed infiltration and the...
Stonestrom, David A.; Constantz, Jim; Ferré, Ty P.A.; Leake, Stanley A.; Hoffmann, John P.; Blasch, Kyle W.; Pool, Don R.; Bailey, Matthew A.; Callegary, James B.
Estimated Infiltration, Percolation, and Recharge Rates at the Rillito Creek Focused Recharge Investigation Site, Pima County, Arizona; 2007; PP; 1703-H; Ground-Water Recharge in the Arid and Semiarid Southwestern United States; Hoffmann, John P.; Blasch, Kyle W.; Pool, Don R.; Bailey, Matthew A.; Callegary, James B.
Geophysical Methods for Investigating Ground-Water Recharge
While numerical modeling has revolutionized our understanding of basin-scale hydrologic processes, such models rely almost exclusively on traditional measurements?rainfall, streamflow, and water-table elevations?for calibration and testing. Model calibration provides initial estimates of ground-water recharge. Calibrated models are important yet...
Ferre, Ty P.A.; Binley, Andrew M.; Blasch, Kyle W.; Callegary, James B.; Crawford, Steven M.; Fink, James B.; Flint, Alan L.; Flint, Lorraine E.; Hoffmann, John P.; Izbicki, John A.; Levitt, Marc T.; Pool, Donald R.; Scanlon, Bridget R.
Geophysical Methods for Investigating Ground-Water Recharge; 2007; PP; 1703-2; Ground-Water Recharge in the Arid and Semiarid Southwestern United States; Ferre, Ty P.A.; Binley, Andrew M.; Blasch, Kyle W.; Callegary, James B.; Crawford, Steven M.; Fink, James B.; Flint, Alan L.; Flint, Lorraine E.; Hoffmann, John P.; Izbicki, John A.; Levitt, Marc T.; Pool, Donald R.; Scanlon, Bridget R.
Set standard deviation, repeatability and offset of absolute gravimeter A10-008
The set standard deviation, repeatability and offset of absolute gravimeter A10-008 were assessed at the Walferdange Underground Laboratory for Geodynamics (WULG) in Luxembourg. Analysis of the data indicates that the instrument performed within the specifications of the manufacturer. For A10-008, the average set standard deviation was (1.6 0.6...
Schmerge, D.; Francis, O.
Set standard deviation, repeatability and offset of absolute gravimeter A10-008; 2006; Article; Journal; Metrologia; Schmerge, D.; Francis, O.
Hydrogeology of Picacho Basin, south-central Arizona
The hydrogeology of Picacho Basin was studied to define the stratigraphy, basin structure, physical and hydraulic properties of the basin sediments, and predevelopment and postdevelopment conditions of ground-water flow as of 1985. The study area includes about 900 square miles and contains a sedimentfilled asymmetric graben. The greatest sediment...
Pool, Donald R.; Carruth, Rob; Meehan, Wesley D.
Attribution: Water, Arizona Water Science Center, United States of America
Hydrogeology of Picacho Basin, south-central Arizona; 2001; WRI; 2000-4277; Pool, Donald R.; Carruth, Robert L.; Meehan, Wesley D.
Land-subsidence and ground-water storage monitoring in the Tucson Active Management Area, Arizona
The Tucson Active Management Area (TAMA) comprises two basins--Tucson Basin and Avra Valley. The TAMA has been directed by Arizona ground-water law to attain an annual balance between groundwater withdrawals and recharge by the year 2025. This balance is defined by the statute as "safe yield." Current ground-water withdrawals exceed recharge,...
Pool, Don R.; Winster, Daniel; Cole, K.C.
Land-subsidence and ground-water storage monitoring in the Tucson Active Management Area, Arizona; 2000; FS; 084-00; Pool, Don R.; Winster, Daniel; Cole, K. C.
Aquifer-storage change in the lower Canada del Oro Subbasin, Pima County, Arizona, 1996-98
Aquifer storage was monitored using gravity methods in the Lower Canada del Oro subbasin from 1996 through 1998 to determine areas of infiltration and amounts of recharge along the Canada del Oro Wash after major surface flow and to estimate aquifer-storage change and specific-yield values for the regional aquifer. Both purposes were...
Aquifer-storage change in the lower Canada del Oro Subbasin, Pima County, Arizona, 1996-98; 1999; WRI; 99-4067; Pool, Donald R.
Use of Microgravity to Assess the Effects of El Nino on Ground-Water Storage in Southern Arizona
The availability of ground water is of extreme importance in areas, such as southern Arizona, where it is the main supply for agricultural, industrial, or domestic purposes. Where ground-water use exceeds recharge, monitoring is critical for managing water supplies. Typically, monitoring has been done by measuring water levels in wells; however,...
Parker, John T.C.; Pool, Donald R.
Use of Microgravity to Assess the Effects of El Nino on Ground-Water Storage in Southern Arizona; 1998; FS; 060-98; Parker, John T. C.; Pool, Donald R.
Measurement of ground-water storage change and specific yield using the temporal-gravity method near Rillito Creek, Tucson, Arizona
The temporal-gravity method was used to estimate ground-water storage change and specific -yield values at wells near Rillito Creek, Tucson, Arizona, between early December 1992 and early January 1994. The method applies Newton's Law of Gravitation to measure changes in the local gravitational field of the Earth that are caused by changes in the...
Pool, Donald R.; Schmidt, Werner
Measurement of ground-water storage change and specific yield using the temporal-gravity method near Rillito Creek, Tucson, Arizona; 1997; WRI; 97-4125; Pool, Donald R.; Schmidt, Werner
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Microgravity Measurement for Groundwater Analysis
A video discussing the Gravity Meters used at the USGS Arizona Water Science Center.
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Tech-Platform
Chile leads technological development program to boost sustainable offshore aquaculture.
News / By Matthews
Technology with submersible systems could reduce operating costs by 18%, thanks to better and healthier growing conditions for fish, and contribute to the creation of a new world standard.
With a six-year horizon of applied research, the first technology development program of its kind in the country, seeks to develop the technical requirements for ocean aquaculture and lay the foundations for its future regulation.
Santiago, December, 6th, 2021.-
Breeding fish where it was not thought possible and in a sustainable way, taking care of animal welfare and environmental impact, is now feasible thanks to the technology developed by the Chilean company EcoSea.
Since 2007, the company has been developing containment systems with antibacterial copper alloy meshes that are also antifouling, that is, they prevent the growth of organic layers in the cages, attributes that minimize the risky hours of diving and use of boats for cleaning, maintenance and replacement of traditional nylon meshes, generating significant reductions in operating costs.
Over the past 12 years, EcoSea has deployed more than 70 of these systems around the world, growing more than 10 million salmon. In addition, 3 farming centers in Chile were recycled after a decade of useful life, resulting in a total of 420 tons of recycled and resalable product.
The recycling process stopped the use of 160 tons of nylon, the waste of 8,000 tons of fouling, which would have been deposited in landfills or on the seabed, and 184 tons of chemicals such as anti-fouling paint. It is estimated that the release of 10,300 tons of CO2 into the environment was avoided.
Oceanic Aquaculture
In mid-2018, EcoSea's technology caught the interest of CORFO, initiating the Technological Development Program for Ocean Aquaculture, Chile 2023, with a scope of 6 years of applied technology development and an investment of more than 6,300 million pesos.
"We are a country with more than 4,200 kilometers of coastline. We have extraordinary possibilities to successfully move towards a more sustainable aquaculture, far from the coastline and using state-of-the-art technologies that allow the industry to grow sustainably," says Fabián Avilés, director of the Technological Development Program for Ocean Aquaculture.
The technological consortium is formed by EcoSea, which leads it; Invermar, as a partner; and the companies and technology centers Innovex, Novatech, Fraunhofer Foundation, Aex group, Sitecna, together with the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. The program is supported by the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service (SERNAPESCA), the Undersecretariat of Fisheries (SUBPESCA) and the financial support of CORFO.
The novel initiative seeks to establish the technical requirements for offshore aquaculture with submersible cages, as well as to provide the basis for its future legislation in Chile. In addition, it offers a sustainable alternative to the current challenge of salmon farming, which has environmental, health and safety impacts, especially due to the lack of cultivation areas and the limited potential for growth in coastal areas.
The program completed the prototype test, with a 40-meter diameter submersible cage developed by EcoSea. The main benefits were low fish stress (no predator attacks or escapes); high growth rates; and an 18% drop in production costs.
When comparing the performance of the EcoSea submersible cages versus the traditional nylon cages, it was demonstrated that the salmon grow at a better rate, because although in both cases, similar-sized fish were obtained, the prototype was planted two months later and with 47.5% smaller salmon; it also had a 2% lower mortality rate, and it is estimated that it avoided the emission of 27 tons of CO2.
"The production cycle with the submersible cage raft showed rapid growth development, low bacterial and parasite loads (Caligus), and zero losses due to sea lion attacks. From the operational point of view, the technology is very friendly, safe and efficient, with very low fouling adhesion, thus validating a robust and reliable aquaculture system," says Omar Cheuquepil, Head of Production at Invermar.
The test was carried out in accordance with SUBPESCA's regulatory framework, which regulates experimental aquaculture, in an inshore sea area of Chiloé, with a technological package that is expected to have better mooring and maintenance systems, better automated provision of feed and oxygen supply, and lower production costs.
Expert human capital
The Doctorate Program in Aquaculture, taught jointly by the Pontificia U. Católica de Valparaíso, the U. de Chile and the U. Católica del Norte, has incorporated ocean engineering, with emphasis on non-traditional sinking and mooring systems.
"The training of specialists must go with the technological advances in ocean aquaculture, in order to advance in this transition that will allow us to maintain the competitiveness and international recognition of the national aquaculture industry," concludes Fabián Avilés.
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In today's ever-evolving world, catching the Internet of things (IoT) wave is critical. Surveys show four out of five businesses are investing in IoT. However, there are always questions when it comes to delivering long-term IoT solutions. Power consumption, data cost and reliable connectivity are only a few of them.
That's why NB-IoT, or narrowband Internet of things technology, is expected to become a highly feasible option for IoT companies. Flickswitch, a leader in data Sim management solutions for enterprises in Africa, has expanded its SIMcontrol offering to include NB-IoT on the Vodacom South Africa mobile network as part of the managed APN solution. SIMcontrol now supports NB-IoT in South Africa as part of its drive to make IoT connectivity easier and more cost effective.
"Although it is a fairly new technology, many of our IoT customers are starting to test NB-IoT device connectivity in South Africa" says Kees Snijders, MD of Flickswitch. "In the low-power narrowband connectivity space, it will certainly drive IoT adoption across many industries."
What is NB-IoT?
NB-IoT is a type of low-power wide-area network (LP-WAN) used by mobile network operators. It operates in licensed spectrum to guarantee quality of service. It provides strong coverage over large areas, even when devices are underground or deep within buildings, and offers greater power efficiency.
Using power-saving modes and extended discontinuous reception options, IoT devices can run on batteries for up to a few years. And for the first time, it allows networks to support upwards of 50 000 devices in a single cell without congestion. It is specifically designed for dual-directional low-data IoT connectivity.
Typical applications suited for NB-IoT devices include smart meters, remote sensors, asset tracking, security devices and agri-tech solutions.
Take-up and coverage
"As an LP-WAN technology, NB-IoT has had a slow start. But being in the licensed spectrum, with the backing of a major mobile network in terms or quality of service, adoption is set to grow rapidly," says Snijders.
After starting with commercial NB-IoT roll-out in 2017, NB-IoT coverage in South Africa started with main centres and continues to grow with over 3 500 active sites, with plans to have most of the current LTE sites enabled for NB-IoT by 2025.
It is also seen as a way for IoT device deployments to hedge against 2G and 3G spectrum thinning, which is said to be planned between 2023 and 2025.
SIMcontrol managed APN
NB-IoT connectivity in South Africa runs on the SIMcontrol managed APN, a full-service APN-as-a-service. It features pooled data, Sim quota management and next-generation software-defined networking all managed through the SIMcontrol online platform.
This makes IoT SIM deployment and managing quick and easy. "Companies can set up a SIMcontrol account and get Sims provisioned for NB-IoT testing within a day or two," says Snijders. "There are no APN contracts, and you only pay for what you use."
SIMcontrol also offers NB-IoT roaming in 28 countries worldwide.
IoT connectivity costs
The SIMcontrol see-what-you-spend approach eliminates the risk of Sim abuse and reduces data connectivity costs. No long-term contracts and no volume commitments mean you only pay for what you need while having a real-time view of your spending across the entire Sim base.
SIMcontrol is built on core mobile network infrastructure to ensure maximum reliability which is critical for IoT deployments. Additional functionality required for IoT deployments include network location services, data session history, device setup SMSes, Sim profile look-ups, an advanced API for integration with customer systems, and a technical support team that understands IoT device connectivity issues.
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By Paul Sullivan
Jason Motte during a workout with the Cardinals in 2014. (Zia Nizami, McClatchy-Tribune)
Jason Motte and his scruffy beard will be coming out of the Cubs' bullpen next year after the former Cardinals' closer agreed to a one-year, $4.5 million deal.
And David Ross and his scruffy beard will be reunited with Jon Lester after multiple reports that the Red Sox's backup catcher agreed to a two-year deal worth $5 million.
Those moves seemingly leave free agent outfielder Jonny Gomes, another Cubs' target, as the beard to be named later.
On a busy day in baseball, the Cubs also claimed another former Red Sox catcher, Ryan Lavarnway, and A's outfielder Shane Peterson Robertson off waivers.
Efforts to reach Cubs President Theo Epstein for comment were unsuccessful.
The arrival of the two veteran catchers leaves Ross as the backup to Miguel Montero, Lavarnway as depth and incumbent Welington Castillo as trade bait.
Ross, who turns 38 next season, is expected to be Lester's personal catcher after catching him with the Red Sox for the last two seasons. He's a career .233 hitter with six teams over 13 seasons, including a .184 average in 50 games in 2014.
Ross also was mulling over offers from the Cubs, Padres and Red Sox. A report that spread across the Internet early Friday that Ross had signed with the Padres turned out to be inaccurate.
Bon Motte: Motte, 32, hopes to reestablish himself in his second season after undergoing right elbow Tommy John surgery and can earn another $2.5 million in incentives based on games finished. He will enter the spring as a setup man for Hector Rondon and insurance in case Rondon is injured or struggles.
"They told me 'We know what you're capable of doing, but also (to help) the younger guys out here,'" Motte said. "I'm not a rah-rah kind of leader, but I can show them how it's done and help out any way I can."
Motte has a career 3.03 earned-run average in 311 relief appearances, with 290 strikeouts in 285 innings. He had 53 saves and a 2.43 ERA with the Cardinals from 2010-12, including 42 in '12, tying for the league lead.
After sitting out 2013 following the elbow reconstruction surgery, he posted a 4.68 ERA in 29 outings for the Cardinals last season. Motte joins Pedro Strop, Neil Ramirez and Justin Grimm as the Cubs' late-inning bridge to Rondon.
Motte was a workhorse with the Cardinals, throwing 68 and 72 innings, respectively, in 2011 and '12, before the injury.
He said his arm strength is back to normal, but the Cardinals were going in another direction and that made him expendable dispensable. While Motte hopes to return to closing, he said he's OK in whatever role manager Joe Maddon has for him.
Motte's trademark beard has been trimmed down, he admitted, at the request of his wife, Caitlin, who told him it was "a little obnoxious" last spring training.
"It's still a fairly big beard for a normal person," he said. "It's about as out-of-control as it has been. I don't plan on it going anywhere."
Waiver claims: Lavarnway, 27, spent the last seven years with the Red Sox before the Dodgers claimed him off waivers Dec. 5 and then designated him for assignment five days later. He's a .201 career hitter in 279 at-bats. Peterson, 26, hit .308 with 40 doubles and 90 RBIs at Triple-A Sacramento last year, earning Pacific Coast League All-Star honors.
To make room for Lavarnway and Peterson on the 40-man roster, the Cubs designated infielder Logan Watkins and pitcher Donn Roach for assignment.
The Cubs will have to make another move when Ross officially signs.
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Fox Sports Premieres Inside PBC Boxing This Saturday
Fox Sports - December 14, 2018
WBC Welterweight Champion Shawn Porter and Former Three-Division World Champion Abner Mares Serve as Analysts with Veteran Host Kate Abdo
FOX Sports today announces the premiere of its new studio show INSIDE PBC BOXING on FOX on Saturday, Dec. 15 (3:00 PM ET). INSIDE PBC BOXING is the official show of Premier Boxing Champions, hosted by Kate Abdo, along with analysts WBC Welterweight Champion Shawn Porter and former three-division world champion Abner Mares. The show also features FOX Sports boxing insider Mike Coppinger, who will add breaking news and special reports.
"FOX Sports is thrilled to be expanding PBC boxing programming with this studio show," said Steve Becker, FOX Sports Vice President of Production. "We look to go inside the stories of the PBC boxers with in-depth interviews and feature profiles, as well as previews of upcoming fights and breakdowns of the most-recent, thrilling matchups. Having current boxers Shawn and Abner working with us will provide some honest commentary on what's happening in the sport right now."
Porter, who makes his first title defense against top-rated challenger Yordenis Ugas live on FOX on Saturday, March 9, 2019 is excited to be a part of the studio show: "Honestly, sports is my thing! It's a Cleveland thing. That's what we do back home." Porter continued, "So, I always knew past competing, I'd want to be involved in TV, talking boxing. To be doing this show on FOX right now is an incredible opportunity for myself, especially because I know the treats [that are] about to be delivered on network television to all the boxing fans out there."
While Mares is waiting for his next opponent to be announced, he's enthusiastic about the studio opportunity as well: "I'm thrilled to be a part of FOX Sports' new boxing show, INSIDE PBC BOXING and working with Kate, Shawn and Mike. I'm looking forward to talking to the biggest names in boxing, helping break down the most exciting fights, and telling viewers what's really happening inside the ring."
As a boxing enthusiast, who's also hosted several FOX PBC Fight Nights, Abdo is thrilled to be a part of the regular studio show. "As a huge boxing fan, I could not be more excited to host FOX's new INSIDE PBC BOXING show. The PBC stable is second to none, and I can't wait to shine a light on all that talent. Talking boxing with Shawn and Abner will be zero work, all pleasure." She'll also continue to host FOX PBC Fight Nights throughout the year.
Porter (29-2-1, 17 KOs) won the WBC belt with a decision victory over Danny Garcia in September. The Akron, Ohio native won the IBF Welterweight title against Devon Alexander on Dec. 7, 2013, then defended it in April 2014 with a two-knockdown, fourth-round stoppage of two-division champion Paulie Malignaggie, before losing a majority decision loss to England's Kell Brook in August 2014. His only other loss came in a Fight of the Year-caliber unanimous decision to champion Keith Thurman in June, 2016.
Mares (31-3-1, 15 KOs) is a strategic and crowd-pleasing boxer-puncher. His five-fight run between August 2011 and May 2015 produced world championships at 118, 122 and 126 pounds. Born in Mexico, Mares' split decision win over Jesus Cuellar in December 2016 regained him a 126-pound title, but he lost it in a second classic clash with fellow Los Angeles-based, three-division champion Leo Santa Cruz in June of this year.
With the recently announced deal, the FOX broadcast network and FOX Deportes will feature 10 marquee fight nights in prime time each year, while FS1 and FOX Deportes will telecast 12 fight nights annually. The Emmy Award-winning FOX Sports production team will produce more than 175 hours of original PBC boxing content per year across its channels, including INSIDE PBC BOXING on FOX and FS1, PBC COUNTDOWN and PBC FACE TO FACE shows prior to all fights.
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Priests who follow Church teaching on adultery and Communion are 'terrorists': British priest
This priest has a history of hostility to the Catholic faith.
Tue Dec 5, 2017 - 4:53 pm EST
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December 5, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – A well-known priest who writes a column for Britain's oldest ecclesiastical newspaper is denouncing pro-life and pro-family clergy as fanatical "crypto-terrorists," and mocking Archbishop Joseph Naumann, the recently-elected chairman of the U.S. Catholic bishops' Pro-Life Committee.
Mgr. Basil Loftus, columnist for Britain's Catholic Times, says he's concerned about "single-issue fanatics" who are "exercised about sex and marriage, about maniples and Communion-on-the-tongue, about celibacy of the clergy, about contraception, or about the right to carry loaded firearms in America while attending Mass," calling them "fanatical partisans."
Loftus warns of such people: "their extremist and sometimes violent propensities make them, in all but name, terrorists."
Among such "terrorists" Loftus includes any priest "who excludes females from the role of altar-servers, or refuses to wash their feet on Maundy Thursday, or who turns away from Communion a politician who voted not to criminalise abortion," as well as "a bishop who refuses to back Pope Francis' plea for discernment in the matter of Communion for the divorced and remarried, and for those who live in non-conventional domestic situations," concluding that "all of them are crypto-terrorists."
Loftus' ire is particularly reserved for the "purportedly pro-life antics of men such as Archbishop Naumann, the recently elected head of the American bishops' 'pro-life committee'," claiming that he would like to "erect marquees in papal colours in front of every abortion clinic, and staff them with a 24-hour guard of what Francis calls 'prune-faced' people reciting the rosary round the clock . . ."
Joseph Shaw, an Oxford philosophy professor and chairman of the Latin Mass Society of England, has been tracking Loftus' writings for several years and has sought to alert the bishops to his bitter attacks on orthodox Catholics. He transcribed Loftus' latest column, which only appears in print, in a recent blog post.
"Mgr. Loftus has for many years expressed the most bitter hostility to bishops and cardinals in England and Scotland, in Rome, and elsewhere, for upholding the Church's Faith and discipline, and sometimes for the most trivial things which happen to annoy him," Shaw told LifeSiteNews. "In doing so he routinely twists their words, misrepresents their actions, or simply attributes to them attitudes and failings of his own invention. He is a living contradiction of the respect due to Catholic bishops, and their right to a good name."
"In attacking Archbishop Naumann he has taken his invective to a new level. Having claimed, on the basis of no evidence at all, that the Archbishop combines concern for the pro-life cause with a lack of human charity, he labels him, and those like him, 'terrorists.' The shocking nature of the accusation is matched by its absurdity and lack of grounds," said Shaw.
"It is a scandal that he was allowed to publish this libel in a newspaper which calls itself 'Catholic' and is sold in Catholic churches all over the United Kingdom," he said.
Shaw has composed a dossier of numerous statements made by Loftus that insult various Catholic prelates and question articles of the Catholic faith, such as the historicity of the resurrection of Christ from the dead and original sin. Although he has sent the dossier to several bishops, Loftus has been allowed to continue writing his column for the Catholic Times.
Contact information (please be polite and respectful in all correspondence):
Diocese of Salford (which publishes the Catholic Times), whose bishop is John Arnold:
Diocese of Leeds (where Mgr Basil Loftus is incardinated), whose bishop is Marcus Stock:
Diocese of Aberdeen in Scotland (where Mgr. Basil Loftus lives) whose bishop is Hugh Gilbert:
http://www.rcda.scot/contact/bishops-office
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EPSRC Reference: EP/K003976/1
Title: Multi-scale Exploration of MultiPhase Physics In FlowS (MEMPHIS)
Principal Investigator: Matar, Professor OK
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Department: Department of Chemical Engineering
Organisation: Imperial College London
Scheme: Programme Grants
Starts: 01 September 2012 Ends: 31 December 2017 Value (£): 4,968,854
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08 Jun 2012 Programme Grant Interviews - 8 June 2012 (Engineering) Announced
This project is an opportunity to harness the synergy between world-leading scientists from four prestigious institutions to create the next generation modelling tools for complex multiphase flows. These flows are central to micro-fluidics, virtually every processing and manufacturing technology, oil-and-gas and nuclear applications, and biomedical applications such as lithotripsy and laser-surgery cavitation. The ability to predict the behaviour of multiphase flows reliably will address a major challenge of tremendous economic, scientific, and societal benefit to the UK. The Programme will achieve this goal by developing a single modelling framework that establishes, for the first time, a transparent linkage between input (models and/or data) and prediction; this will allow systematic error-source identification, and, therefore, directed, optimal, model-driven experimentation, to maximise prediction accuracy. The framework will also feature optimal selection of massively-parallelisable numerical methods, capable of running efficiently on 10^5-10^6 core supercomputers, optimally-adaptive, three-dimensional resolution, and the most sophisticated multi-scale physical models. This framework will offer unprecedented resolution of multi-scale, multiphase phenomena, minimising the reliance on correlations and empiricism. The investigators' synergy, and their long-standing industrial collaborations, will ensure that this Programme will result in a paradigm-shift in multiphase flow research worldwide. We will demonstrate our capabilities in two areas of strategic importance to the UK: by providing insights into novel manufacturing processes, and reliable prediction of multiphase flow regime transitions in the oil-and-gas industry. Our framework will be sufficiently general to address a number of other industrial and environmental global challenges, which we detail herein.
Organisation Website: http://www.imperial.ac.uk