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Sils Mariain some territories) is a 2014 drama film written and directed by Olivier Assayas , and starring Juliette Binoche , Kristen Stewart , and Chloë Grace Moretz . The film is a French-German-Swiss co-production.Principal photography took place from August to October 2013, with most of the filming taking place in Sils Maria , Switzerland . The film follows an established middle-aged actress (Binoche) who is cast as the older lover in a romantic lesbian drama opposite an upstart young starlet (Moretz). She is overcome with personal insecurities and professional jealousies—all while sexual tension simmers between her and her personal assistant (Stewart). The screenplay was written with Binoche in mind and incorporates elements from her life into the plot.
Clouds of Sils Mariawas selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival on 23 May 2014, and also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival and New York Film Festival . The film received positive reviews, with critics lauding the work as psychologically complex and praising the lead actresses' performances. It won the Louis Delluc Prize for Best Film in December 2014, and received six Cesar Award nominations. Stewart receiving the César Award for Best Supporting Actress in February 2015.
Maria Enders ( Juliette Binoche ) is an international film star and stage actress. She travels with a loyal young American assistant, Valentine ( Kristen Stewart ). Twenty years earlier, Maria had a break when she was cast and successfully performed as a young girl "Sigrid" in both the play and film versions ofMaloja Snakeby Wilhelm Melchior, a Swiss playwright who is now elderly. The play centers on the tempestuous relationship between "Sigrid" and "Helena," a vulnerable older woman. Helena commits suicide after "Sigrid" takes advantage of her, and dumps her.
While traveling to Zurich to accept an award on behalf of Wilhelm, and planning to visit him at home the following day at his house in Sils Maria – a remote settlement in the Alps – Maria learns of his death. His widow Rosa later confides that Wilhelm had ended his life and had been terminally ill. During the awards ceremony, Maria is approached by Klaus Diesterweg, a popular theatre director. He wants to persuade her to appear on stage inMaloja Snakeagain, but this time in the role of Helena, the older woman.
Maria is torn and reluctantly accepts. To prepare for the role, she accepts Rosa's offer to stay at the Melchiors' house in Sils Maria. Rosa is leaving to escape her memories of Wilhelm. Maria's discussions with Valentine and their read-throughs of the play's scenes evoke uncertainty about the nature of their relationship. A young American actress, 19-year-old Jo-Ann Ellis ( Chloë Grace Moretz ), has been chosen to interpret the role of "Sigrid." Researching her on Google and the internet, Valentine tells Maria, who is out of touch from social media, that Ellis has been involved in numerous scandals.
Questions soon multiply regarding aging, time, culture and the blurring line between the "Sigrid"/"Helena" and the Valentine/Maria relationships. Maria and Jo-Ann finally meet, but their relationship is complicated. Jo-Ann appears to be implicated in the attempted suicide of the wife of her new (and married) boyfriend.
During their time at Sils Maria, Maria and Valentine spend much of their days hiking in the Alps. On a final such outing, they hike to the Maloja Pass – to observe a fascinating early morning cloud phenomenon that appears low in the pass (the "Maloja Snake" of the play's title, but also the "Clouds of Sils Maria" in the film's title). The disconsolate Valentine disappears without explanation, never to reappear.
Six weeks later, a young filmmaker visits Maria by appointment five minutes before the curtain rises on the opening night ofMaloja Snakein London. Maria seems preoccupied, so near to curtain rise, and dismisses his suggested ideas about the proposed film role he is offering her as "too abstract for me". Then she is on stage, smoking and waiting for "Sigrid."
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Portland's fun street party wins; streets lose
By Susan Nielsen | snielsen@oregonian.com
View full sizeBrent Wojahn/The Oregonian (file)The Portland Sunday Parkways program is hugely popular, fun and family-friendly. But is it a core program and essential city service?
People in Portland love their city but are losing faith in city government. Both sentiments can be explained in two words: Sunday Parkways.
Or perhaps "arts levy." Or "police bonus." Or "garbage service." Your choice. If Portland residents believe that their elected leaders struggle to set priorities and carry out good ideas, any number of two-word pairings might help illustrate why.
Sunday Parkways
program is one of the city's newest, most fantastic and family-friendly endeavors. The city temporarily closes streets in different parts of town to host a giant rolling party for bicyclists and walkers. This program is wildly popular, and it's worth sustaining through any private means possible.
But it isn't an essential city service, as
Mayor Sam Adams
characterized it last week. That's like calling an espresso machine a piece of survival gear. Sunday Parkways shouldn't get public funding when the city says it can no longer afford to pave the streets.
Yet the mayor considers it a "core" program, and the City Council voted last week in favor of continuing the public subsidy for it -- with the apparent plan to figure out the money stuff later.
My inner bicyclist is thrilled.
My inner taxpayer is flabbergasted.
I may have lots of company. More than 85 percent of Portland residents feel good about their neighborhood's livability, according to a
city survey released in December.
Confidence in city government is slipping, though. Fewer than half of Portland residents feel good about their government's overall performance, down from 55 percent five years ago.
Satisfaction with street maintenance and police services lost ground, as did confidence in the city's efforts to make downtown a good place to shop and work. Happiness with the city's sewer and stormwater service took a hit, too. The trend lines are clear: People here like their city and adore their neighborhoods, but they're concerned about the fundamentals.
They should be.
City bureaus are preparing to cut millions from their 2012-13 budgets. The Transportation Bureau, for example, says it's nearly out of money to pave roads. City leaders are warning about dire budget cuts that could cause hardship in the short term and lead to costlier problems in the long run. Meanwhile, Portland Auditor LaVonne Griffin-Valade is ringing a loud alarm bell.
Though Portland's financial health is stable, "the city's overall financial position has lost ground due to the growing debt, unfunded liabilities, and funding gaps in maintaining infrastructure," she wrote in an
audit last year.
"Improving the city's financial position will involve difficult decisions, but Council must act soon to ensure an undue burden is not placed on future generations."
Translation: Hey, kids, maybe we should fix the roof and stop buying so many beanbag chairs.
The past few weeks of news haven't been kind to the city. For example, a
promising new fitness test for police officers was revealed to be a boondoggle.
(The expense could pay for several Sunday Parkways.) Also,
a mayor-backed arts group announced last week that it wants to place a new arts tax on the November ballot
-- which seems tone deaf in the middle of a long economic downturn.
Then there's the city's new composting program, a great idea undermined by reduced trash pickup -- and by
unhappiness in outer Southeast Portland for being treated as the city's dumping ground.
City Commissioner Dan Saltzman deserves credit for
pushing back on the city's shortsightedness.
So do the many unsung city workers who are good stewards of public funds and still take heat for the decisions of their leaders. Yet Portland remains on a very particular path: Buy now and pay later. Worry about the fine print next year.
Throw the street party, forget the streets.
To the city auditor, it raises big questions of sustainability. Or, as she put it, "the degree to which future taxpayers must pay for current policy decisions."
These are the hard choices inside every city budget.
This is the dilemma behind signature events like Sunday Parkways, which the city promotes as free.
-- Associate editor
Susan Nielsen,

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Mongabay Series: Global Forests
Inland mangroves reveal a tumultuous climatic past — and hint at our future
by John C. Cannon on 14 October 2021
A new study concludes that the presence of inland mangroves along a river in southern Mexico was the result of climate change-driven sea level rise during the Pleistocene Epoch, some 115,000 to 130,000 years ago.
The researchers' analysis of the genetic history of the mangrove trees suggests that they are closely related to trees found on the coastline, and sediments nearby are similar to those found in ocean environments.
Publishing their work Oct. 12 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the team notes that their research highlights the impacts of global climate change.
Exequiel Ezcurra was dubious when he first heard about the possibility of mangroves on the San Pedro Mártir River in southern Mexico from Carlos Burelo-Ramos, a botanist at Mexico's University of Tabasco. The red mangrove tree (Rhizophora mangle) does inhabit freshwater environs — Cuba's Bay of Pigs and the Florida Everglades are two notable examples.
But mangroves sitting at least 170 kilometers (106 miles) inland? That seemed unlikely.
"You probably got your botanical identification wrong because it doesn't seem plausible that mangroves are growing in a river with freshwater at such a distance from the coast," Ezcurra, a professor of ecology at the University of California, Riverside, told Burelo-Ramos.
But a confident Burelo-Ramos pushed back, respectfully telling Ezcurra, "I'm a good taxonomist. I know my plants, and this is red mangrove."
A tall red mangrove provides habitat to various epiphytic cacti and orchid species, creating an ecosystem unique in the world. Image by Octavio Aburto.
"That sort of stirred my curiosity," Ezcurra told Mongabay. Sure enough, on a trip to visit the San Pedro Mártir with his daughters, he found red mangrove, which, unlike other mangrove species that grow in the Gulf of Mexico, can take up residence in habitats free of salt, at least the sodium chloride variety pervasive in the world's oceans. The trees exist atop calcium-rich limestone known as karst, which previous research has shown supports salt-loving mangrove trees.
Red mangrove wasn't the only shoreline-dwelling species he found in the middle of the state of Tabasco at the base of the Yucatán Peninsula, however. He found coastal palms and rosewoods, golden leather fern (Acrostichum aureum), Barbados sea grape (Coccoloba barbadensis), and the pleat-petaled mangrove orchid (Myrmecophila tibicinis). In short, it was as if "a whole coastal ecosystem" had been transplanted up from the Gulf of Mexico to this spot on the San Pedro Mártir River.
Ezcurra's first move was to get back in touch with Burelo-Ramos. "You're absolutely right," he told him. "We should study what is going on."
An aerial view of the San Pedro Mártir River in Tabasco, Mexico. Image by Ben Meissner.
The interdisciplinary team they brought together would uncover not only how the ecosystem arrived in this place, but new insights into the power that a changing climate can exert on all life, including us. Their findings, published Oct. 12 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggest that higher sea levels resulting from global ice melt from higher temperatures about 115,000 to 130,000 years ago were responsible for the mangroves' occurrence in this part of Mexico. Essentially, they thought that this ecosystem sat on an ancient coastline in a warmer world.
Past research has put forth several "crazy hypotheses" to explain how mangroves end up inland, Ezcurra said. Perhaps hurricanes or birds carried them inland. Mangrove's seeds are large and bitter, though, making it less likely that they arrived on the wind or in the belly of a bird. Others speculated that the Maya may have planted them here. But hauling them a couple of hundred kilometers inland would have required a lot of effort for little apparent benefit, Ezcurra said.
The mangroves' own natural life cycle offered the team a more plausible route. Seedlings can bob like corks on the water for a year or more before sinking to the bottom and throwing down a spidery tangle of roots in muddy coastal soils. Ezcurra and his colleagues wondered if the waters of the Gulf of Mexico might have risen enough to carry the mangrove seeds to where they exist now on the San Pedro Mártir River.
"Was there any event in which the ocean could have risen 10 meters [33 feet] higher than the level we have now?" Ezcurra said.
A stand of red mangroves sits in the calm, calcium-rich, fresh waters of the San Pedro Mártir River, Tabasco, Mexico. Image by Ben Meissner.
They knew that a little over 100,000 years ago, glaciers, ice caps and ice sheets had retreated during a spate of warm temperatures — what scientists call the Last Interglacial period during the Pleistocene Epoch. That melting led to a rise of 6-9 m (20-30 ft) in sea levels, potentially enough to account for the mangroves' current position. Later on, computer modeling suggested this was a likely scenario.
Still, the team wanted more evidence to bolster this "working hypothesis," Ezcurra said. For example, could they show that the red mangroves on the San Pedro Mártir were related to the ones that existed downriver?
To answer that question, the team probed the trees' DNA and compared it with red mangrove populations from around the Yucatán Peninsula. Indeed, the results showed that the mangroves on the banks of the San Pedro Mártir were more similar to those found along the fringes of the Gulf of Mexico, rather than red mangroves from the Caribbean side of the peninsula.
But their analyses didn't stop there. By drilling down to the level of DNA bases, those chemical compounds that are the basis for subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) differences within and between species, the team was able to determine just how long ago the coastal and riverine variants of the mangrove had split from each other. The team was using the plant's genetic code as a "molecular clock," Ezcurra said.
"There is a whole history of the Pleistocene written in the DNA," he said. Then analysis pegged the time of the split at around 100,000 years ago, give or take a few thousand years. In other words, it was within the window of time during which new glaciation began, touched off by cooler temperatures. Receding sea levels soon effectively cut the coastal and river mangroves off from each other and allowed them to evolve separately from that point forward.
Project scientist Paula Ezcurra collecting a specimen from a red mangrove tree along the San Pedro Mártir River, Tabasco, Mexico. Image by Ben Messiner.
The researchers also examined the sediments in the area of the mangroves on the San Pedro Mártir. The rounded gravel they found in local quarries looks more like what you would find in the ocean than on the bed of a river. They also noticed the presence of oyster shells that are indistinguishable from the ubiquitous eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) that haunts estuaries across the Gulf to this day. These findings led the scientists to conclude "unequivocally" that the mangroves exist on the edges of what was once an ancient coastal lagoon, conspiring to leave behind this "relict" of a different time on our planet.
More recently, however, the mangrove ecosystem's continued existence on the San Pedro Mártir was much less certain. In the 1970s, the push to turn over the forests of Central and South America to agriculture and livestock pasture found its way to Tabasco. Much of the state's standing forests fell, but the crews' bulldozers were stymied by the swampy soils of the mangroves, and they left them standing.
The farms that replaced them soon sputtered, however, once the thin layer of fertile topsoil found in the former rainforest withered away.
"It leaves behind just eroded fields where magnificent rainforest grew," Ezcurra said. "It's a tragic story of misguided development."
The decline of the landscape has left the people of Tabasco impoverished, he said.
"It's a really sad story," Ezcurra said, "but we would like to think that perhaps the findings on the San Pedro River bring a hopeful note."
Researchers explore the exposed quarries in the lands surrounding the San Pedro Mártir River in Tabasco, Mexico, to better understand the geologic history of this region. Image by Octavio Aburto.
The mangroves are still there, their twisted root systems anchoring the river banks and helping to provide clean water for the people who remain. And as they do along coastlines around the globe, they incubate populations of young fish that serve as an important source of food.
They serve as a reminder of the important services mangroves provide wherever they're found, Ezcurra said. But the discovery of how they ended up along the San Pedro Mártir River is also a portent, presaging how the current round of climate change could alter the face of the world we inhabit.
"We should take these things more seriously, without being alarmist," Ezcurra said. "Sea level rise is happening."
Banner image: The aquatic life of the San Pedro Mártir River in Tabasco, Mexico, finds refuge in the submerged roots of the red mangrove forests. Image by Octavio Aburto.
John Cannon is a staff features writer with Mongabay. Find him on Twitter: @johnccannon
Aburto-Oropeza, O., Burelo-Ramos, C. M., Ezcurra, E., Ezcurra, P., Henriquez, C. L., Vanderplank, S. E., & Zapata, F. (2021). Relict inland mangrove ecosystem reveals last interglacial sea levels. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(41), e2024518118. doi:10.1073/pnas.2024518118
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Jake Morrison, Chief Executive of Citizens Advice Wokingham, said: "Big Energy Saving Week is a fantastic opportunity to get expert advice on a range of ways you can reduce your energy costs.
"I am proud that our dedicated team of volunteers spent time out in the cold talking to over 200 people about how Citizens Advice Wokingham can help them.
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Predicting Highway Crashes
A new traffic model pinpoints where and when accidents happen, flagging particularly dangerous stretches of highway.
by Brittany Sauser
Researchers at Ohio State University have developed computer modeling software that identifies the probability of traffic accidents at certain times and locations on state roadways. The program–the first of its kind in the nation–is based on historical crash data. It uses existing statistical and mapping software to create a color-coded geographical display of the accident-risk levels on segments of roadway throughout the state.
Danger, danger! Mapping the statistical results of traffic-accident data using Google Earth has allowed researchers to visually display a roadway's accident-risk level. The map here is showing U.S. interstates and state highways in Ohio. The green lines indicate a low level of risk that a driver will crash, yellow indicates a moderate level of risk, and red indicates a high level.
"The model is saying, 'This area has a higher risk than this area at this specific time of having this specific type of crash,' which lets us predict where and when there are going to be higher risks of crashes," says Christopher Holloman, the project leader and the associate director of the Statistical Consulting Service in Ohio State's Department of Statistics. Currently, the model is being used by the Ohio State Highway Patrol to monitor roadways and position troopers. Eventually, the researchers would like to feed the data to drivers through mobile devices or portable navigation systems.
The predictive crash model was initially developed as a tool to help the Ohio State Highway Patrol better prevent accidents and explore the reasons some roads are riskier than others. Scientists have taken the historical crash data collected over the past five years by the highway patrol, which tracks details of accidents–including time, location, weather conditions, and whether alcohol or speeding was involved–and analyzed the data for roadway trends using statistical analysis software from SAS, the Cary, NC-based software giant. The software provides an output of the numerical risk levels for every piece of roadway. So on a particular day, one could look and learn which roadways have the highest risk of, for instance, alcohol-related crashes.
What makes this model novel is that scientists have now combined the statistical software with Google Earth–a program that offers an interactive map of the entire globe–to map the results as color-coded lines. Google Earth is able to perform this function because it reads the output from the statistical model in KML files; much as a Web browser reads HTML files, the KML files tell the program where on the planet to draw lines or place images, explains Holloman.
Watch a video of the predictive crash model in action.
"We have done reports on individual places, on a specific weekend, to look at where the most dangerous spots are for people to watch out for," he says. "We can make predictions for every major roadway in Ohio, under all possible road conditions, for every hour of the day, for every day of the week."
"The main use for this type of technology, which is pretty straightforward, would be in the public sector: working with government and state departments of transportation to provide them [with] that information so they could make modifications, whether it is designs of the road or different signage, to protect drivers," says Bryan Mistele, the founder and CEO of Inrix, a startup based in Kirkland, WA, that provides real-time and predictive traffic information.
Mistele finds the initial Ohio State concept intriguing. He says the next step for the scientists is to clearly indicate if higher-risk highways are correlated to the amount of traffic on the road because it is widely known that there is a significant correlation between the number of cars on the road and the propensity for accidents. By separating this information, researchers will have a better understanding of what makes certain roadways riskier than others and what type of accidents are prone to happen on these roadways.
Holloman's group is continuing to work on the model to include more types of data and trends, such as where the police have been stationed and if low crash rates are related to the proximity of the highway patrol. The group also plans to study the reasons a certain roadway is more prone to alcohol-related crashes or having drivers who speed.
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Corals driven by taste to eat plastic
Environment, Science
A white fleck of plastic is engulfed by a coral polyp.Source: Alex Seymour, Duke Univ.
Scientists have long known that marine animals mistakenly eat plastic debris because the tiny bits of floating plastic might look like prey. But a new Duke University study of plastic ingestion by corals suggests there may be an additional reason for the potentially harmful behaviour. Visual cues, such as a resemblance to prey, don't factor into the appeal, the researchers noted, because corals have no eyes.
This new study suggests there may be an additional reason for the potentially harmful behaviour: The plastic just plain tastes good.
"Corals in our experiments ate all types of plastics but preferred unfouled microplastics by a threefold difference over microplastics covered in bacteria", said Austin S. Allen, a PhD student at Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment. "This suggests the plastic itself contains something that makes it tasty."
"When plastic comes from the factory, it has hundreds of chemical additives on it. Any one of these chemicals or a combination of them could be acting as a stimulant that makes plastic appealing to corals", said Alexander C. Seymour, a geographic information systems analyst at Duke's Marine Robotics and Remote Sensing Centre, who co-led the study with Allen.
Further research will be needed to identify the specific additives that make the plastic so tasty to corals and determine if the same chemicals act as feeding stimulants to other marine species.
Microplastics, tiny pieces of weathered plastic less than 5 millimetres in diameter, began accumulating in the oceans four decades ago and are now ubiquitous in the marine environment. They pose a major threat to foraging sea animals, including many species of birds, turtles, fish, marine mammals and invertebrates.
Because plastic is largely indigestible, it can lead to intestinal blockages, create a false sense of fullness or reduce energy reserves in animals that consume it. "About eight percent of the plastic that coral polyps in our study ingested was still stuck in their guts after 24 hours", said Allen.
It can also leach hundreds of chemical compounds into their bodies and the surrounding environment. The biological effects of most of these compounds are still unknown, but some, such as phthalates, are confirmed environmental estrogens and androgens – hormones that affect sex determination.
Allen and Seymour conducted their two-part study using corals collected from waters off the North Carolina coast. In their first experiment, they offered small amounts of eight different types of microplastics to the corals to see if the animals would eat the bite-sized bits versus other similarly sized items offered to them, such as clean sand.
"We found that the corals ate all of the plastic types we offered and mostly ignored sand", Allen said.
In the second experiment, they put groups of coral into separate feeding chambers. Each group was offered the same amount of "food" — weathered plastics — for a 30-minute period, but some groups got only particles of unfouled microplastics while others got only particles of weathered microplastics fouled with a bacterial biofilm. This experiment verified that the corals would eat both types of plastic, but preferred the clean type by a three-to-one margin.
The researchers hope their findings will encourage scientists to explore the role taste plays in determining why marine organisms ingest microplastics.
"Ultimately, the hope is that if we can manufacture plastic so it unintentionally tastes good to these animals, we might also be able to manufacture it so it intentionally tastes bad", Seymour said. "That could significantly help reduce the threat these microplastics pose."
Allen and Seymour's peer-reviewed study was published October 23, 2017 in the online edition of journal Marine Pollution Bulletin. You can access the study free of charge until December 10, 2017 by clicking here.
Daniel Rittschof, Norman L. Christensen Professor of Environmental Sciences at Duke's Nicholas School, co-authored the new paper. Funding for the research came from the Oak Foundation. Allen and Seymour both earned Master of Environmental Management degrees from the Nicholas School in 2016.
CITATION: "Chemoreception Drives Plastic Consumption in a Hard Coral," Austin S. Allen, Alexander C. Seymour, Daniel Rittschof, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Oct. 23, 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.07.030
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Recycling 'Muddied' Water
I have no problem with the idea of recycling sewage water to enable us to drink it. There is technology available that brings us fairly close to a product that is safe to drink. Science will find a solution to the remaining problems. Eventually.
In the meantime the following information shows there is plenty of concern to muddy the waters of the concept of recycling previously muddied water to enable us to drink it.
There is concern not just with the science but also with the governance of the procedures required to maintain a safe drinking standard, especially when that standard is not clearly defined.
There is an Australian Drinking Water Guideline (ADWG) that is produced by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). The most recent edition being ADWG6 [1] produced in 2011. However it is lacking clear guidelines in several areas, some of which are:
Escherichia coli (E. coli) – "No guideline value has been set for pathogenic Escherichia coli and its inclusion in routine monitoring programs is not recommended."
Bacteroides – "No guideline value has been established for Bacteroides in drinking water"
Clostridium perfringens – "No guideline value has been set for Clostridium perfringens in drinking water."
Total coliforms – Total coliform bacteria (excluding E. coli) – "No guideline value has been set for total coliforms in drinking water"
Helicobacter pylori – "No guideline value has been set for Helicobacter pylori in drinking water and its inclusion in routine monitoring programs is not recommended."
Oestrogenic hormones [2] – The ADWG6 does not contain a guideline for this.
These are just a few examples, references to chemicals and other compounds not included, of what could be found in recycled sewage water and the attached guideline value. If no guideline is given by the NHMRC in a document as important as the Australian Drinking Water Guideline, then that perhaps leaves it up to the local management of the various water suppliers to determine what may or may not be safe and this is just one area where I believe we have a problem.
2008 saw the completion of the Western Corridor Recycled Water Scheme in SE Queensland. It was designed to provide water for industrial, agricultural use and also to supplement the drinking water supplies in the nearby Wivenhoe Dam. Producing in excess of 200 million litres of purified water per day it is currently only used for the Swanbank, Tarong and Tarong North power stations. In November 2008 the Queensland Premier, Anna Bligh, declared that unless dam levels dropped below 40% capacity the recycled water would not enter the dam.[3]
Adelaide scientist Professor Don Bursill, who developed Australia's drinking water guidelines, has stated that he would not drink recycled sewage and would not back its use.[4] Professor Bursill who was recognised in Australia Day honours for his contribution to water quality research says the technology that would make recycled sewage suitable for drinking already exists, but he is not confident we have the back-up systems to ensure it stays safe.
"You can turn anything wet into drinking water if you have enough money," he said. "To really ensure it is safe would cost a tremendous amount. This is one bloke who isn't going to drink it."
Professor Bursill, who in retirement is the chairman of the Torrens Taskforce, says while it is possible to produce safe drinking water from waste water, present systems are not adequate to cover the risk of bacterial contamination.
Conversely: Professor Steven Oppenheimer, Director of the Centre of Cancer and Development Biology, California State Northbridge University in an article titled "Augmenting Drinking Water with Reclaimed Water"[5] has stated "The United States of America, and for that matter, the world's scientific community does not and will not know all of the toxic agents and carcinogens that may be able to make it through the indirect reclaimed water process. …Imagine the possibility of thousands of unknown agents getting into our water supply as a result of hospital and industrial waste releases. And the release by such organizations will not be predictable. We do not even have tests available to determine many of the unknowns that may show up in water from the indirect water reuse program."[5]
So when it comes to a tap near you, will you trust the authorities to have it right?
[1] Australian Drinking Water Guidelines 6 2011
[2] Oestrogenic hormones – Although the ADWG6 does not contain a guideline for Oestrogenic hormones in drinking water they do state that the "Australian National Guidelines for Water Recycling (Phase 2) have taken a pro-active approach and do provide guideline concentrations (and an approach for further developing guidelines) that are applicable to potable water supplies intentionally augmented by recycled municipal effluents (NRMMC, EPHC and NHMRC 2008). Use of these guideline values should be considered for supplies where the risk assessment identifies significant contribution of municipal effluent, whether it is intentional or unintentional."
[3] Article – Water recycling pipeline in mothballs.
[4] Water from sewage not safe enough.
[5] Augmenting Drinking Water with Reclaimed Water
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Plexiglas and some other small parts, like screws, mounting stuff and a "woodworm if available"
Now that's a good looking system! Is the SqueezeBox still inside its original case in there?
That looks great. Do you have any internal pictures? I have been thinking about doing something very similar.
Thanks! It was my intention to build the case as small as possible. Therefore I have removed the original case.
That looks great. Do you have any internal pictures? I have been thinking about doing something very similar. No at that time, but maybe I will post some picture later on.
This is pretty cool and retro looking, and perhaps a bit Scandanavian.
How about some good quality oil on the fine wood finish now!
I wasn't able to get the link to the picture - could you send it again?
>> maybe I will post some picture later on.
Thanks for the tip. The pictures are not current, in the meantime I put some wood oil on the case and it looks much better now.
What's a woodworm? When I google it, it's a bug.
It is not that serious matter … a woodworm describes a worm or an insect larva that bores into wood… In Switzerland we use the expression "Holzwurm".
Very very nice enclosure. It reminds me of the Tivoli Audio units I own.
Looking at your picture and Tivoli's makes me think that maybe Slim Devices should do some sort of co-marketing/manufacturing thing with squeezebox hardware embedded in Tivoli's integrated Amp/speaker enclosures. Would be an awesome match.
Agreed, Bradley. Seeing Rolf's beautiful enclosure had me thinking that a dual Tivoli/Squeezebox enclosure would be most sweet.
Both power supplies (SB2 and Amplifier) are plugged to this outlet. The attached picture shows the assembly inside the case... obvious not that common industry standard, but sufficient for personal use.


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by Jessica Obeid June 10, 2021
Jessica Obeid June 10, 2021
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"You can't build a great building on a weak foundation." The same applies to institutions. Strong institutions are critical for crisis recovery and economic development. In Lebanon there are several autonomous institutions that, theoretically, were supposed to be shielded from political interference and improve sectorial performance. Yet, in practice, these institutions suffer from structural problems that have rendered them a vehicle for vested interests, leading to a reduction of the country's competitiveness and a deterrence to investments.
Autonomous public institutions, by design, should benefit from an independent decision-making process, autonomous employment and access to resources. These institutions' characteristics have been largely defined by their post-civil war restructure. The then-governments attempted to expand the role of the public sector while developing the private sector. The linkages between business people and politicians increased as more financing was available within the private sector compared to the public sector. This has led to the emergence of ministers and public officials with private sector's interests of profit-making while operating within public institutions – even autonomous ones.
This phenomenon is witnessed clearly in the health and power sectors. The focus of private profit on the provision of health services has exacerbated inequality and weakened public hospitals. In electricity, reforms have largely remained on paper and citizens perceive the national electricity utility, Electricité du Liban (EDL), as a symbol of corruption.
There are obvious trends in the Lebanese autonomous public institutions: weak governance, illusion of autonomy portrayed in the political involvement in these institutions, and lack of accountability.
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021 FINANCIAL ECONOMY SPECIAL REPORT
The formation of the new Lebanese government ahead of the 2022 planned elections raises the question of whether or not the appointed officials will be able to fulfill any of the long overdue tasks needed to save the Lebanese economy. Executive Magazine has embarked on an ambitious endeavor to break down the situation and map out the financial and political courses that lay before Lebanon, engaging handpicked experts and opinion makers in the process.
The resulting analysis will be published in the Financial Economy Special Report that will cover key aspects of the current Lebanese economic, currency, and banking crises, focusing on blind spots missed (or ignored) by the government, policy makers, stakeholders, and civil society, including:
➣Negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the management of public debt
➣A fiscal plan and macro-level rescue scheme to save the banking system and the Lebanese pound using a solutions-oriented approach.
➣Elevating the thinking of the public with regards to the crisis using an approachable, common language with clear objectives:
Explaining economic principles within the scope of the report to scrutinize where previous misconceptions and claims with regards to the evolution of the crisis and its management (or mismanagement) went wrong.
• Empowering the public to hold the ruling political class accountable and to take action accordingly and efficiently, uniting their efforts and their discourses to build a better, or any, future where civic liberties and rights can be preserved.
Corruption arises when there is a level of autonomy and availability of resources, but there is also political meddling in decision-making and recruitment, compounded by an absence of mechanisms to promote responsibility and accountability for specific actions. The involvement of certain ministers in the institutions' decisions results in further blurring of the autonomy and boundaries between the institutions and ministers. Autonomous employment also took a hit when it was modified by the Council of Ministers to require its approval for public employment and appointments. The absence of accountability is rooted in the structural gaps within the parent institution. These shortcomings span from the design to the implementation stage of these autonomous institutions and can be summarized by: 1) the opacity of mandates and functions of the institution; 2) the absence of or weakened regulatory oversight; and 3) flawed coordination in assessment and organization. As a rule of thumb, the ownership, board of directors, and management of the institution should be separated. When the lines become blurred between the owner or parent institution and the management entity of the autonomous institution, responsibility becomes scattered and answering to actions becomes impossible. This is further aggravated when there is the lack of an oversight entity that controls and monitors the performance of the relevant sector's institutions. The parent entity then deviates from its mandates and designated role, leading the way to ministerial exertion of power over decision-making in the autonomous institutions, thus exposing the latter to vested interests and corruption. The end result is therefore institutional corruption and the eroding of citizens' trust as these institutions increasingly appear to serve the private interests of government officials.
Botched reforms
As economic crises mount, the need for reforms multiplies as states can no longer afford the cost of the status quo, and as citizens turn more towards the public sector for service provision. However, reforms do not happen in a vacuum, and solid institutions are a prerequisite to enable the adoption and implementation of reforms. Following Lebanon's protests in October 2019, and later the county's first Eurobonds default in March 2020, calls for enhanced governance across all sectors have increased but were met with complete absence of political will for effective reforms. Instead, the country has witnessed the emergence of the "décor-reforms" that give the illusion that something is being changed without actual implications on the end result, which continues to be institutional corruption.
Nowhere is this more evident than in the electricity sector. In July 2020, the cabinet appointed an Electricité du Liban (EDL) board of directors, allegedly as one of the reform measures, following a 2-decade board vacuum. Yet, instead of hiring for expertise, credibility and independent thinking, the cabinet appointed the board based on sectarian and political affiliations. The first test of the board happened a few weeks later when the Beirut blast severely damaged the utility's headquarters, leading to deaths, injuries, and the loss of the national control center and data, in the absence of digital records and archives. Instead of stepping up, the board remained in idle mode.
The chronic dominance of private interests in the healthcare sector and public hospitals also emphasizes the need for institutional reforms and digitization. Minor attempts to develop and invest in governmental hospitals resulted in shy improvements in the public access to healthcare. The investments were impaired by major institutional shortcomings including lack of monitoring and supervision and overall transparency, and weak recruitment criteria and administration. The absence of digital medical records for each patient further reduced the sector's efficiency.
Corruption has cost the country tremendous debt, in addition to the deterioration of the quality of life and overall competitiveness. Economic recovery and attraction of future capital will hinge on reducing corruption and improving institutional performance. Thus, commitment to a long-term robust transformation plan is urgent. These transformations are embedded in institutional reforms that start with the creation of independent oversight and regulatory bodies in order to define functions through multi-stakeholder representation. Oversight and regulatory bodies should integrate into a broader framework of reforms and therefore require political commitment. They should have financial autonomy as well as the authority and capacity to assess the quality of regulation, coordinate with stakeholders, and make independent decisions. Another major requirement for their successful performance is hiring independent professionals on the basis of competence and relevant qualifications. The institutional mandates should be clearly defined to mitigate the risks of bending stakeholders' authorities and responsibilities. Many layers of functionality, expertise, regulatory, and human resources are required to design the detailed structures. The political appointee or relevant minister should have a definite role that limits political influence on a sector. The latter's performance should be dictated by experts and should derive from solid policies, regulatory frameworks, and institutional structures, which would curb and control vested interests.
In order not to fall in the trap of previous shortcomings, putting in place adequate monitoring and accountability mechanisms is a critical factor for institutional reforms. Promoting these accountability mechanisms and transparency also entails citizens' engagement. Not only is this necessary for improved sectoral performance and services, but also for ensuring a people-centered recovery. This is addressed in Lebanon's Reform, Recovery and Reconstruction Framework of December 2020 which recommends implementing oversight mechanisms for assistance funds in order to promote transparency and accountability, and ensuring an effective enabling environment inclusive of non-governmental organizations at all the stages from consultation to monitoring[2].
The National Anti-Corruption strategy supports the sectoral reforms efforts through the provision of a practical roadmap and measurable indicators in its 7th outcome (preventive measures against corruption integrated at the sectoral level) in order to achieve a gradual integration of the institutionalized corruption prevention platform across sectors. The prevention plan can therefore be optimized and segregated into both the electricity and health sectors. This would allow the concentration of resources into focused areas, building capacities and developing mitigation plans relevant to the specific type of corruption and threat per sector[3].
There are no reforms without solid institutions and one cannot improve what is ignored. The starting point is to tackle the institutional structural woes and adopt a methodology for managing corruption risks. An assessment of these risks should be undertaken across the different processes of the autonomous institutions in order to determine and estimate the level of risks and analyze the enablers. The result would be an identification of the high-risks decision-points, thus enabling an optimal mitigation.
Jessica Obeid is an independent energy policy consultant
Disclaimer: The analysis, views and policy recommendations of this article do not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations, including UNDP, or its Member States. The article is an independent piece commissioned by UNDP as a build up to the "Prevention of Corruption in Autonomous Public Institutions" webinar organized in partnership with Executive Magazine.
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The desert can yield a bounty of treasures, but what does gold have in common with trees, fish and meteorites? To the right person, they all have a sentimental, if not monetary, value. Using the Tucson Gem and Mineral show as a launching pad for the quest, The Desert Speaks travels around the country's deserts to find out where exactly these items come from and who values these unusual treasures. The search begins with a hunt for fish fossils in the Red Desert of Wyoming and then a visit to the Painted Desert with the Bach family. These happy hunters have made a hobby out of legally collecting petrified wood. Then take a trip to Tucson, Arizona to see meteorite collector Robert Haag, who is one of the largest sources for meteorites, bought, sold and traded, in the world. Finally, travel to the Superstition Mountains, the legendary home of the Lost Dutchman Mine.


A row of whitewashed houses in Strathbungo, photographed by Duncan Brown in the 1880s or 1890s. There is a row of new tenements behind the houses.
The sheds on the left appear to form part of a builder's yard. A large sign indicates that land that is available for feuing (ie: for sale), presumably for new building, and a poster advertises lairs at Cathcart Cemetery.


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The best time to experience the old west history is during the annual festival in July, "Cheyenne Frontier Days" when the professional rodeo is the star attraction. You can have a chuckle at the "Chuckwagon Cookoff", listen to some great country music or meander around the "Indian Village" for a bit of story telling, from their point of view.
Do make sure you take a walk through the historic district where you will find lavish homes, grand hotels and stately buildings that all symbolize the town's thriving economy during the early decades. Take a tour of the Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum that is overflowing with memorabilia of its rich history, including horse-drawn stagecoaches, a milk wagon and even a chuck wagon. There is the Wyoming State Museum that covers everything from dinosaur fossils to pioneer-era trails. The Cheyenne Depot Museum and Plaza gives you an insight into the railroad history, whilst the Wyoming State Capitol building can be toured if you wish to gawk at a grand stone building with a rotunda and a beautiful stained glass dome.
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1956 Television broadcasting in Australia
Although there had been experimental television broadcasts since the 1920s, public television broadcasting began on 17 October 1956 in Sydney and 4 November 1956 in Melbourne. Five stations were operating in time to televise the opening ceremony of the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne on 22 November. Television advertising was to present new opportunities for advertisers, including food manufacturers.>Television in Australia
The first advertisements to appear on television were spots for Rothman's Cigarettes, Pepsi-Cola, Audiphone Aids and headache powder Vincent's. Mortein's famous Louie the Fly made his evil debut in 1957. Among the first food companies to use television broadcasting to promote their products were old favourites Aeroplane Jelly and Vegemite. Both brands had popular jingles, developed for radio, which now became the basis for their television advertising.
Some food brands, including Kraft Cheese, Milo and Cadbury had already made cinema advertisements which could be adapted for television. Live television broadcasting, with shows like In Melbourne Tonight, could include live ads such as this one for Griffith's Koolmints. The IMT host, Graham Kennedy, was noted for unpredictable ad-libbing and advertisers sometimes benefited from live ads that ran for much longer than the 60-seconds they had paid for.
At first television was only in black and white, with colour TV not to arrive until 1975. This meant that food advertising was somewhat lacking in appetite appeal. For many years the emphasis remained on catchy jingles and lengthy pack shots at the end of each commercial.
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Estimate the speed of sound in air at standard temperature and pressure the mass of one mole of air is 29.0 into 10 ki power minus 3 kg
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Does this help? http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Sound/souspe3.html
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"into 10 ki power minus 3 kg" doesn't make ant sense to me. But there are a number of ways to approach this problem. You probably have a formula that you teacher wanted you to use, but since you didn't supply that information... So, sound in a fluid is an adiabatic process. Temperature certainly changes as the molecules are pushed together and pulled apart by the vibration, but heat is conserved, so let's assume that the front of a pressure pulse moving through the air will have a constant velocity "w," depending on the properties of air. The uncompressed length of a section of the gas is w times t (speed times time gives distance), and the volume of that piece with cross sectional area A is A w t. If the density of the air is rho, then the mass is rho A w t. Now, you compress the section with a pressure differential dP, so the compression propagates due to the unbalanced force on the section dP times A. Newton's Laws of Motion state that an unbalanced force will create motion obeying the equation F = dp/dt, where p is momentum and F is force. So the force dP A is equal to the change in momentum is d( rho A w w t ) / dt. Since A and w are constant, this reduces to A w w d(rho). Cancel the A's and the equation you get is that w squared is dP/d(rho) at constant entropy. This can be rewritten as w square equals 1 / (rho kappa-S), where "kappa-S" is the adiabatic compressibility, which is given by the equation kappa-S = 1 / ( gamma P), where gamma is the ratio between thermodynamic heat capacities. Since rho is the mass of a mole (M) divided by the volume of a mole (v), and Pv = RT for an ideal gas, w squared is gamma R T / M. Gamma is given also by the degrees of freedom of the molecules as 1 + 2/f, and air is diatomic, having 5 degrees of freedom, gamma is approximately 1.4 for air. R is 8.31 J/mol K, at "STP," T= 273.15K, P=101.3 kPa, so the speed of sound squared is 1.4 * 8.31 J/mol K * 273.15 K / 0.029 kg/mol = 109580 m2/s2. Take the square root and you get 331.029 m/s
The density of air is 1.30g/l at standard conditions. Determine the mass of 3.0L of air at a pressure of 138.2 kPa and a temperature of 273 C. (New system STP is 101 kPa of pressure and 0C)
If possible what temperature does diamond itself melt at? and...What temperature does the surrounding air have to reach to melt the surface of diamond?
Read the scenario. Levi examines the effect of fertilizer on the growth of tomato plants. Over a 15-day period, he gives the plants fertilizer on Days 1, 4, 7, 10, and 13. He measures and records the height of all of his plants on Days 3, 6, 9, 12, and 15. His observations are shown in the table below. A data table showing four plants, the amount of fertilizer each is given (in milliliters), and their heights (in centimeters) at 6 separate measuring periods (in days): Plant A: 0 milliliters of fertilizer. Heights: (day 0, 4 centimeters) (day 3, 7), (day 6, 10), (day 9, 12), (day 12, 15), (15, 18). Plant B: 10 milliliters of fertilizer. Height: (day 0, 4 centimeters), (day 3, 9), (day 6, 14), (day 9, 19), (day 12, 21), (day 15, 25). Plant C: 20 milliliters of fertilizer. Height: (day 0, 4 centimeters), (day 3, 12), (day 6, 20), (day 9, 27), (day 12, 34), (day 15, 42). Plant D: 30 milliliters of fertilizer. Height: (day 0, 4 centimeters), (day 3, 13), (day 6, 22), (day 9, 29), (day 12, 38), (day 15, 46).
Does the constant sound of an air conditioner irritate you?
What is the momentum (in kg-m/sec) of a 910-kilogram car traveling north at 13.3 meters per second?
A 2.50 L gas sample at 25°C and a pressure of 95.3 kPa expands to a volume of 7.00 L. The final pressure of the gas is 47.3 kPa. What is the final temperature of the gas, in degrees Celsius? , and perform the calculation using temperature in K?
One mole of gas occupies a volume of 22.4L at STP. Calculate the temperature and pressure conditions to fit two moles of gas into a volme of 22.4L.
A car has a mass of 1000 kg and travels from 0 to 80 km/h in 10 s. It then keeps moving at 80 km/h. If the two drive wheels of the car are 500 mm in diameter, what is their rotational speed when the car is travelling at 80 km/h?
If you take H2O water mositure out of the air completlly leaving mainlly nitrogen ,oxygen,argon,and carbon dioxided and varies other gases is it still considered air
A metal ball of mass 100 gm moves with a uniform velocity 10 m/sec in a dusty medium such that the dust sticks to its surface at a constant rate equal to 0.6 gm per second. Find the mass of the ball and the force acting on it at any moment in dyne.


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David Gaub McCullough, known as the 'master of the art of narrative history', is an American writer, narrator, historian and lecturer. For his matchless historical writing he has won prestigious awards like the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. His contribution to the field of American history, whether about the Johnstown Flood or the creation of Panama Canal or on the life of Theodore Roosevelt or on the contributions of the second President of America John Adams, has been bigger than any other historical writer, which is why he is the receiver of America's highest civilian award, namely, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Many of McCullough's writings have been adapted into television movies or miniseries by HBO, like, 'Truman', 'John Adams', etc. Because of his impeccable knowledge of American history and hold over his narrative skills, he has narrated many documentaries and had been a host on the 'American Experience' for over 12 years. What started for him as a literary interest at Yale was soon converted into a love for research and a passion to spread the details of American history all over the world, bound together with his literary and writing skills.
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David McCullough was born in Pennsylvania to Ruth and Christian Hax McCullough. He was one of the four sons and describes his childhood as fulfilling and happy. He was educated in Pennsylvania at Linden Avenue Grade School and Shady Side Academy.
McCullough attended the Yale University in 1951 to study English literature, which he considered to be a privilege in his life as he met with many known literary figures like John O'Hara, Thornton Wilder, Robert Penn Warren, etc. there.
Right after completing his graduation in 1955, McCullough found himself working as a trainee at 'Sports Illustrated' in the New York City. After gaining some experience there, he worked as an editor and writer for the United States Information Agency.
He worked in the field of writing and editing for the next 12 years and while working in 'American Heritage' he wrote 'The Johstown Flood' in 1968, a chronicle of one of the most disastrous floods in the US history.
McCullough decided to become a fulltime writer and was offered to write books on San Francisco earthquake and Great Chicago Fire but instead he decided to write on the history of Brooklyn Bridge - 'The Great Bridge' in 1972.
In 1977, he released his book 'The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal'. It won the National Book Award in History, the Francis Parkman Prize, the Samuel Eliot Morison Award and the Cornelius Ryan Award.
His fourth book 'Mornings on Horseback', which was written on the life of Theodore Roosevelt was released in 1981 It won the National Book Award, Los Angeles Times Prize for Biography and New York Public Library Literary Lion Award.
In 1991, his book 'Brave Companions: Portraits in History', a compilation of essays that he wrote over the period of 20 years, essays about Louis Agassiz, Alexander von Humboldt, Frederic Remington, etc.
He published his second biography titled 'Truman' in 1993. The book got him the first Pulitzer Prize of his life. It also got him The Colonial Dames of America Annual Book Award and 'Truman' was adapted into a telefilm by HBO.
Encouraged by his Pulitzer Prize, McCullough wrote another biography on the Founding Father and the second US President, 'John Adams' in 2002. He received second Pulitzer Prize for the book and it was also adapted in to TV miniseries by HBO.
With the success of 'John Adams', he wrote a companion piece to it under the title '1776' in 2005, mostly concentrating on the events that started the American Revolution. It became the number one bestseller in the US.
While McCullough was considering writing a sequel to '1776', he signed a contract with Simon & Schuster and published 'The Greater Journey' in 2011. The book is about the great Americans who went on the journey to Paris.
McCullough's 'The Path Between the Seas' is considered as one of his major works for it was his first intricately detailed history book which received the National Book Award in History, the Francis Parkman Prize, the Cornelius Ryan Award, etc.
McCullough received many prestigious awards for he is the 'master of the art of narrative history'. He is the receiver of Presidential Medal of Freedom, Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, two Pulitzer Prizes, two National Book Awards, etc.
McCullough met his wife Rosalee Barnes when he was merely 17, in Pittsburgh. They have five children together and are grandparents to eighteen grandchildren. He lives in Boston with his wife and enjoys sports, history and art.
McCullough is a receiver of around 40 honorary degrees.
He did English honors from Yale because he thought he would become a fiction writer or a playwright.
McCullough has narrated many documentaries like, 'The Civil War', 'The Statue of Liberty' and 'The Congress'.
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David McCullough awards
- highest civilian award
- two Francis Parkman Prizes
- Los Angeles Times Book Award
- New York Public Library's Literary Lion Award
1995 Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography
- Jefferson Lecture
- Helmerich Award
- New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year
- St. Louis Literary Award
- National Book Award for History
- Quill Award for History/current events/politics
- National Book Award for Autobiography/Biography (Hardcover)
- Ambassador Book Award for Biography & Autobiography
- Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters
- National Book Award
- Pulitzer Prize
2006 - Presidential Medal of Freedom
David McCullough biography timelines
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David McCullough's nationalities is American
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David McCullough's spouses is Rosalee Ingram Barnes (m. 1954)
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David McCullough's childrens is David McCullough Jr.
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David McCullough studied at Yale University, Yale University, Shady Side Academy
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David McCullough's notable alumnis is Yale University
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David McCullough's father is Christian Hax McCullough
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David McCullough's mother is Ruth McCullough
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Help getting rid of skin CC that won't go away?
With some of the content have gotten off the exchange some items play nicely but I'm finding others don't. I have a Sim that has a stubborn skin CC Blueberry Pie that no matter what I do tags along with the Sim. I've tried changing the skin to a default and it still loads into the game, my assumption here is any CC that acts in this manner can't be good for the game and may create lags as well? I've tried some Delphy program but when I dragged the Sim from the exports folder into that nothing looked out of the ordinary, 1 big file followed by thumbnails of the sim in different clothing conditions, i.e. Everyday, Formal etc. I really like the face design and want to use it in my game but I really want to avoid troublesome CC. Thanks!
> I really want to avoid troublesome CC.
Might want to avoid the exchange in that case, as most of what's there can be classed as troublesome CC, especially the sims.
As for your problem, odds are the skin (and other .package based CC) was merged into the .sim file when it was being created with the "share sim" feature in CAS.
As long as that .sim file exists in your SavedSims folder then that skin will always be in your game.
Unless you are really into the heavy hacking of game files then your best bet is to load the sim into CAS, change everything it's using into base/EP/SP content, then save the modified sim to the bin in CAS. assuming you installed the sim with the launcher then you can now uninstall it, then head into your "The Sims 3" folder and delete the five files with cache in their names.
With cache in their name under which folder? Thank you!


This breathtaking Overview captures the city of New York like you've never seen it before! DigitalGlobe's WorldView-3 satellite was a remarkable 600 miles away when this image was captured. The focal length of the satellite camera is 32 times longer than a standard DSLR camera, making a view like this possible. Within the Overview, many of the city's landmarks are visible, including the Statue of Liberty, Freedom Tower, and George Washington Bridge.


A beard can make a man look mature, masculine and undeniably sexier. Whether you are trying to shave off everything, have stubble or a full grown beard, it is an aesthetic choice that needs quite an attention. What is supposed to make you look dapper and attractive can very soon start appearing slobbish if not looked after regularly. Like scalp hair, facial hair needs regular trimming, cleaning, and combing if long. This is your guide to different beard styles and grooming do's and dont's.
A lot is being said and written about the different looks you can sport according to your face type and occasion. We don't want to recreate the same list of a dozen headings and want to keep it simple and terse. There are many ways in which a beard can amp up your personality depending on your vocation. Whether you are a student, a serviceman or your own boss, there's always a beard style to give you the panache you desire.
While a school student is generally not allowed to keep a beard, a college guy can flaunt his style. What suits an individual is often determined by experimenting with different looks and a maturing lad has the following stylish beard options to try that give a youthful look.
Rocking a chiseled young look!
Limited, but not restricted, by his professional niceties, a serviceman has got to keep his face tidy. This primarily means that either there's no beard or a slightly grown one properly tucked in place with no drifting hair. The casual looking stubble is often not appreciated in offices as it gives a laidback appearance. If your office gives you the freedom to flaunt your style, lucky you are!
Businessman, wanderer, artist, etc., you don't have to care about formalities and can try anything that defines you. If nothing from the above points appeals to you, you certainly have an edgy style and a desire to be creative. Check these out!
Beard dandruff aka beardruff is a real problem that has lately garnered a lot of attention. You might have noticed that after some growth the beard often gets itchy. This is because the hair absorbs the moisture from the skin and leaves the skin underneath dry. The longer your beard, the worse your skin might be getting. Using beard oil nourishes and conditions the hair, moisturizes the skin underneath and prevents flaking. Men with short beards can use their hands to apply the oil while those with long beard can comb (wooden comb preferred) it through. The result is a soft, neat, detangled and shiny beard with fewer complaints of coarseness from your girlfriend! Also, if your beard curls up, a beard wax can help you to pat it into shape and keep stray hair in order. So shampoo, dry and oil your beard at least twice every week.
Use a good trimmer or razor to get the sharp lines defining your beard. A well-defined beard according to the style you choose looks much more attractive and shows your meticulous side.
Different parts of the face may have different levels of growth. Use your trimmer accordingly by changing the settings when you approach the lean growth area to avoid a patchy looking beard.
Do the following at your own risk!
So you know what style to choose and how to look after your beard by now. However, with a set of dos come a few don'ts as well. Just pay a little attention to them and your beard will thank you in return.
Don't let your beard get dirty with all the natural oil and sweat.
Don't forget to trim the beard regularly to avoid uneven looking growth. Also, know how to fade the growth near the neckline and NOT the jawline.
Don't blindly follow your favorite celebrity without giving a thought to your face shape.
Finally, don't lose patience as a full grown beard takes a few months' time.
We have nothing against clean-shaved looks but a beard brings out an appeal which is reminiscent of the primitive and robust manly qualities. We hope this article gave you ideas for different beard styles and grooming tips according to your vocation and maintenance needs. So, how to get the beard you want? Whether you are lazy enough to shave or you want to make a style statement at your work place, just keep these dos and don'ts in your mind!
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A Darwin Beer Can Regatta (em português: Regata de Latas de Cerveja) é uma regata de barcos feitos com latinhas de cervejas ou refrigerantes.

Cada competidor constrói sua embarcação - mas é proibido testá-la antes da prova. Cada barco deve ter no mínimo dois tripulantes, e a prêmiação é em dinheiro.

Esta competição ocorre anualmente desde 1974, e é sediado na cidade de Darwin, na Austrália.

Ligações externas
Website oficial
lonelyplanet.com World's best festivals: Beer Can Regatta
duckworksmagazine.com

Fundações em 1974
Atrações turísticas do Território do Norte
Cultura da cerveja
Darwin (Austrália)

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Posted Thursday, December 12, 2019 in School News
King William's College is reflecting on a 'once in a lifetime' sports tour.
75 pupils aged between 14 and 18, plus 11 members of staff, spent two weeks in New Zealand, Fiji and Australia for the 2019 Rugby and Hockey Tour.
As well as competing against local high schools sports teams, the youngsters were given the opportunity to experience new cultures, taste new cuisine and enjoy tourist hotspots in each destination.
After more than 24 hours spent travelling from the Isle of Man to Oceania, the group arrived in New Zealand. Upon reaching Auckland they wasted no time in seeing the sights and made their way up the famous Sky Tower to take in the epic views, before a visit to Eden Park, home of the All Blacks rugby team.
The opening rugby match of the tour for the 46-strong boys' squad was against Rosehill College – the school of former All Blacks' captain Kieran Read - which they lost 41-10 in a well-fought game. As they prepared for their next match and travelled through New Zealand, they tried luging in Rotorua and visited the Lord of the Rings movie set, Hobbiton.
The second match was against Otumoetai College, which King William's College won 19-10, followed by refreshments with the opposition and an insight into traditional Maori culture.
After arriving in Wellington, via a stop-off for a river cruise on the Waikato River to see the incredible Lake Taupo, they played their third and final game in New Zealand against Wainuiomata High School, a proud Maori school. After the match, they enjoyed one of the most memorable moments of the trip – eating 'Hangi', food cooked in a pit on heated stones, with the host team.
From Wellington, the players flew to Fiji where they played, and unfortunately lost, against the prestigious Ratu Navula School. Post-match their spirits were lifted by spending a few hours playing touch rugby and singing Fijian songs with members of the local community. The remaining days in Fiji were spent enjoying a Navua River Canoe ride and visit to the 'Magic Waterfall', as well as a day of relaxing and snorkelling around one of the country's 330 uninhabited islands.
The final fixture of the tour was in Sydney, Australia, against the very physical Shore School. The result went against King William's College by 19-29, but the boys enjoyed the fight. They then took the opportunity to do some sightseeing and shop for souvenirs, before embarking on their long journey home.
Rugby Captain, Lucas Martin, said:
'The tour was absolutely incredible! We played some brilliant rugby sides, but I think most of us would agree the highlight of the trip was getting to spend time with the local people in the towns and cities we visited, hearing about their different cultures and sharing their food. Everyone was so friendly and we'll remember it for the rest of our lives.'
The 29-strong girls' squad didn't begin their matches until they arrived in Fiji, after a very bumpy flight from New Zealand. Following a relaxing morning spent by the pool recovering from their travels, they played some fast-paced netball against a local school in some very warm conditions, which was followed by a touching exchange of gifts and hugs.
During their time in Fiji they had the opportunity to explore its natural beauty. They enjoyed a boat trip to a freshwater waterfall, visited a traditional village and spent their final day enjoying the hot Fijian sun on a private island. The students were touched by the generosity of the local residents and time spent with them gave the group a better appreciation of the different lives people live.
The players then flew back to Christchurch and enjoyed a tour of the city, which is still being rebuilt following the devastating earthquake in 2011. They then took part in a six-a-side hockey tournament against a local club, which was won by King William's College following victory in all their matches.
A planned whale watching trip was cancelled due to bad weather – surprisingly similar to a Manx winter – but gave the students time to do some shopping and exploring. Then, after a very rough boat journey from the South to North Island to reach Wellington, they played a tough match against Kapiti Hockey Club; a side which included a black sticks player with over 100 caps for New Zealand.
While in New Zealand, the girls had the opportunity to experience some of the activities the country is most famous for, including white water rafting, excursions to glow worm caves and hot springs. They even spotted the famous Kiwi bird!
The final hockey match was a close contest in the pouring rain and the players were forced to flick the ball over the puddles forming around the pitch! After drying off, they had a final team meal, where they reminisced on the unforgettable memories made and success of the tour.
Captain Mia Hall commented:
'We are all so thankful to the teachers and everyone who made the trip so amazing. It really was the trip of a lifetime and an experience that none of us will ever forget.'
Bernadette Dunn, Director of Sport at King William's College, said:
'Our sports tours take place every three years in destinations across the globe, with previous years including visits to Canada, South America, Australia and the Far East. It's an incredible opportunity for the students to see the world, experience different cultures, make new friends and play competitive sport and we're delighted that the 2019 Oceania Tour was another hugely successful and unforgettable trip for our pupils.'
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