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The year 2019 proves as the best year for Indian Hotel Industry as travel and tourism were booming at a great pace like never before, but soon in 2020, it became an industry that became the first one to get hit by COVID-19 and eventually the last one to recover from the losses occurred.
The COVID-19 effect on the Indian hospitality sector was so severe that the industry's overall performance was adversely impacted. Instead of having an average occupancy of 65% in 2019, it fell as low as 9% in the first half of FY21. Travel, Tourism, and Hospitality industries go hand in hand. Either of them suffers, and it impacts the other two clearly.
As per UNWTO (World Tourism Organization), Covid-19 delayed international tourism by 30 years, and the number of foreign visitors has still not fully recovered. Due to COVID-19's effects, the hotel sector saw a huge decline over the past two years. However, the sector recovered as tourists resumed their journey in full force after the fight for life is done to COVID-19.
The hotel industry has recovered from the effects of the pandemic, but it is worried about the high rates of the goods & services tax (GST) on hotel rooms and the government's lack of support in the most recent budget of 2022-2023.
Executives anticipate Budget 2023-24 to pick up the pace of growth as the industry anticipates a comeback in 2023. In the next Union Budget for the fiscal year 2023-2024, the Government of India (GoI) must provide the hospitality sector infrastructure status, which is one of the key demands made by the sector.
Even while the sector is still recovering from the effects of the pandemic, occupancy and room revenue have returned to pre-COVID levels, and it is anticipating government support to accelerate the growth pace.
Chander K Baljee, the Chairman and Managing director of Royal Orchid & Regenta Hotels, stated, We now have several new roads across the nation, such as the Shimla-Chandigarh Road, which will shortly be put into service. The distance & travel time will be cut by around two hours as a result.
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The Bangalore to Mysore Road is nearly finished, cutting travel time in half. The country's tourism industry will benefit from the increase in connectivity. Additionally, we have observed a rise in religious tourism in hotspots like Ujjain, and Ayodhya, as well as other locations. Therefore, I believe this government has performed effectively in this area.
Long weekend vacations are another trend we've noticed. Long weekends are quite helpful in our country since young people today prefer to take a couple of small trips rather than one long vacation.
Demand:
We request long-term loans from the government & finance ministry. There is a significant gestation phase in the hotel industry, which means it takes 3 to 4 years to build a hotel, another 2 to 3 years for it to settle, and then the repayment period begins, which is very stressful.
Hotel loans are therefore 15 to 25 years in length globally. The Indian hospitality sector should adopt a similar structure as well, as it will likely result in fewer NPAs and difficulties than in the past.
Pradeep Shetty, President, HRAWI, and Executive Committee Member, FHRAI, stated although we are closely monitoring the situation, there is currently no cause for alarm and most definitely no need to worry.
However, the 2 years of the pandemic dealt a devastating blow to the hospitality sector. As a result, we anticipate that the upcoming Union Budget will permit establishments to carry forward business losses for up to 12 financial years instead of the current eight, in light of the massive losses that occurred to the sector.
In order to request infrastructure status for the hospitality sector in the upcoming budget, representatives from the Federation of Hotel & Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) met with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman last month.
They had asked that the present barrier of hotels, established with an investment of Rs 200 crore, be lowered to Rs 10 crore in order to support budget segment hotels under the RBI infrastructure lending norm criterion. According to the FHRAI, this will enable hotels to obtain term loans with reduced interest rates and profit from longer repayment terms.
The finance minister has included a proposal in Budget 2022 to extend ECLGS for MSMEs until March 2023 and to increase the guarantee cover by INR 50,000 crore, with the money going specifically to businesses in the hotel and associated industries.
The FHRAI has also encouraged the government to increase the loan payback time to 10 years and to extend the loan term for the hotel industry for a maximum period.
Tourism has been named one of the five main pillars of Indian economic development and prosperity by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Both domestically and globally, the hospitality industry plays a significant role in tourism.
There is little doubt that the hotel industry will be the driving force behind the government's goal of creating 53 million jobs. According to a poll by the Ministry of Tourism, the hospitality business employs significantly more people than industries like agriculture, manufacturing, railroads, and transportation.
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Q: Removing a QWidget from a QTreeWidgetItem without deleting it I would like to delete an QWidgetItem from QTreeWidget without deleting the corresponding QWidget.
I am using Qt 4.8 and need to create a QTreeWidget, which I update periodically Updating means: deleting all QTreeWidgetItems and creating/inserting new ones.
Because I am not able to create new QWidgets at run-time, I would like to create 100 QWidgets at the beginning, store them in a vector and reuse them for the QTreeWidget. But if I insert a QWidget into the QTreeWidget and remove it (without deleting them) the QWidget gets deleted anyway.
I understand, that this behavior is normally desirable (because of link between ownership and deletion in Qt), but I would like to omit it anyway.
As this question is more about a concept or idea as a solution, I will not append any code, from that I know, that it is wrong...
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Ruusmäe is a village in Rõuge Parish, Võru County, in southeastern Estonia. From 1991 to 2017 (until the administrative reform of Estonian municipalities) it was in Haanja Parish.

Rogosi manor

Rogosi estate () in Ruusmäe village was founded circa 1600, during the Polish time, by the Polish nobleman Stanislav Rogosinsky. This first edifice was probably made of wood and smaller than the presently visible main building.

The estate belonged to the von Liepsdorff family between 1629 and 1776, and during their ownership the current building was constructed. It was heavily reconstructed in the 19th century, when it belonged to the von Glasenapp family. In 1918–20 the estate was nationalised during the sweeping land reforms that followed the Estonian Declaration of Independence. The son of the last owner, Guido von Glasenapp, was given compensation in the form of another farm in recognition for his service during the Estonian War of Independence. The manor was, however, left empty and fell into ruins during the 1920s. In 1930–34, it was renovated and put into use as a school. A restoration was carried out in 1989–1991 and again in 1999.

The manor is open to the public and houses a school, guest house, and a local museum.

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External links

Satellite map at Maplandia.com
Rogosi Manor Official site

Villages in Võru County

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Q: How can I modify the EXIF orientation tag of an image? I want to change the EXIF orientation tag in my JPEG images but without actual rotating of them. I want to do this to use them as a test case for an application I made.
How I can do that in Linux? Can I do it with exiftool? And if so, how?

A: You can retrieve the existing orientation information via exiftool as follows:
exiftool -Orientation -n image.jpg

This will display the internal value of the orientation information held in the MIE tags.  You can return the value as an English string by omitting the -n flag.  You can find additional information here regarding particular rotation/orientation values.
Changing the orientation data with exiftool can be done as follows:
exiftool -Orientation=1 -n image.jpg

Here, the orientation is set to 1, indicating no rotation.  These numbers are defined as per the EXIF specification; you can see what effect different rotation values have in the link above.
(note: you must use the -n argument when setting orientation to indicate that the value is numeric. If you forget, exiftool will interpret the orientation=x number as a string and set the wrong rotation ie. exiftool -orientation=1 image.jpg will actually set the orientation to 3 which is 'Rotate 180')

A: My solution was the same as @Breakthrough, but I had to put the -n before -Orientation, such as
exiftool -n -Orientation=1 image.jpg

A: below command can be used to change orientation
e.g exiftool -orientation="Horizontal (normal)" filename.tiff


Product Description: This is a nice, high quality, named German Army Signal Officers Tunic. This is the M36 pattern that was worn throughout the war by German Army officers. It's tailor made of a tricot wool with a diagonal ribbed weave. The field gray painted buttons suggest that this was intended for field and service use. There is a textbook original hand embroidered German Army officer eagle neatly hand sewn to the breast. There is some mothing around the edges of the eagle. The shoulder boards are beautiful, high quality prewar manufacture, piped yellow for Nachrichten (Signals). They each have one rank pip, indicating a rank of Oberleutnant. The braid on the shoulder boards has a real silver content, which has toned handsomely with time. The stitching on the shoulder boards is tight and invisible, typical original tailor work. The collar tabs are very neatly machine sewn to the collar using the same thread that was used in the collar's construction, leaving no doubt that this is an original application. This signal officers tunic features original sewn award loops for one badge and for a ribbon bar. A buttonhole ribbon for the Iron Cross 2nd Class is also present. The tunic is mostly clean, with signs of wear and use, and a small area of mothing on the right sleeve with some scattered small holes, the largest around pencil eraser size. The inside of this signal officers tunic features the expected full lining, in a nice artificial silk. There is an internal belt as well as a dagger slit inside the left pocket and lining. Inside the pocket there is a name tag with the name "Heinz Schulz" and the date "14. VI. 1939" (June 14, 1939). It may be possible to research this officer. The inside matches the outside perfectly, with some signs of wear. This is a great officer service tunic, in fine prewar quality, for an Army officer who served in the war and was decorated. It displays great.


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DNAnexus has announced a software solution which focuses on next-generation sequencing (NGS) driven adaptive trial design to optimise and reduce the risk of clinical trials. The software Clinical Trial Solution (CTS), aims to streamline the use of next-generation sequencing (NGS) data in regulated clinical trials.
'Pharmaceutical companies and their research partners are looking for ways to incorporate human genome and microbiome-based insights into their clinical trial designs, and have been frustrated with the cost and time to deploy and operate GxP-compliant systems to manage high-throughput genomics data,' said Richard Daly, CEO of DNAnexus. 'The DNAnexus Clinical Trial Solution enables our customers to rapidly integrate genomics into adaptive trial design and significantly improve outcomes, ensuring consistency and reproducibility of results across geographical regions and research partners.'
The DNAnexus cloud-based CTS enables the use of genomic and other -omic information in combination with trials data, to reduce the time and cost of clinical development, and improve trial results and patient care.
Bringing a single oncology drug through FDA approval can take over a decade and cost more than $1 billion. By investing in NGS in early-stage clinical development, later phases can be optimised and de-risked through biomarker-driven participant selection and intervention guidance.
'Genomic-based clinical trials are critical in identifying patient populations most likely to benefit from a targeted treatment,' said Dr Timothy Davison, VP of data sciences and biostatistics, Almac Diagnostics. 'The process of developing and validating a biomarker into a test fit for clinical delivery is complex. DNAnexus offers the industry's most comprehensive security and privacy framework, which provides our global labs auditability, data immutability, and scalability to implement a streamlined integration of genome-based biomarker delivery in clinical trials.'
Almac Diagnostics was announced as the first customer of this new CTS software. The company has expertise in the development of biomarker assays for commercial partners and has a track-record in validating assays across key regulatory standards, including; CLIA, CLEP, CE-IVD and FDA.
The DNAnexus CTS combines secondary analysis, interpretation, and translational informatics solutions, on a GxP-compliant, quality managed, audit-friendly, cloud-based Platform-as-a-Service. The same compliant DNAnexus service powers the FDA's precisionFDA platform for advancing regulatory standards for NGS-based drugs and devices.
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My Neighborhood?
by David Taber • July 6, 2007 • 0 Comments
John Ruch
City offers odd JP map
Are Daisy Field, the Hennigan School and the VA Medical Center in Mission Hill? Is Fisher Avenue atop Parker Hill part of Jamaica Plain?
It's unlikely anybody in either neighborhood would agree. But those are among the odd claims made by the city's "My Neighborhood" web site (www.cityofboston.gov/myneighborhood), which offers residents community information based on a street address.
The Gazette learned of the oddities from Steven Nutter, a Mission Hill resident and architect, who decided to turn "My Neighborhood" results into a neighborhood map.
"I think the strangest thing is the Back of the Hill almost all the way to Hyde Square is Mission Hill," Nutter said. "If you asked anyone in those areas where they live, I don't think that's the answer you'd get."
Of course, neighborhood boundaries are often fuzzy, especially where there's no highway, river or other prominent dividing line. However, the city is known for producing maps that fly in the face of undisputed definitions of JP and other neighborhoods—sometimes with significant results.
The strangest, and most damaging, is a Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) map that lops Forest Hills, Woodbourne, Parkside, Brookside and Egleston Square from JP while including almost all of Mission Hill in the neighborhood.
That map is used to analyze census data. The demographic results are then distributed to various city agencies, where they are used to help determine policy and funding. Virtually all such neighborhood-specific policies are based on incorrect information.
For example, the BRA's results reported that from 1990 to 2000, JP's population dropped 6.8 percent and saw a decrease in minorities. The Gazette's own census data analysis found that, in fact, JP's population remained about the same and saw an increase in minorities.
When the Gazette revealed the map inaccuracies a few years ago, the BRA acknowledged it purposefully used broad, relatively arbitrary neighborhood definitions for census analysis because it was faster and easier. The map divides Boston into 15 neighborhoods, when the city actually officially recognizes 22. With modern technology, an accurate analysis could be done much more easily, but the old map is used so current data can be compared with old data—even though it's all inaccurate on the neighborhood level.
Defining JP
The quirks in the "My Neighborhood" definition of JP are not so severe and don't appear to have direct policy impacts. However, it is unclear what the site bases its neighborhood definitions on. City Council districts appear to be a significant factor. The city press office did not return a Gazette phone call for this article.
Following Nutter's method, the Gazette reverse-engineered a JP map by entering various addresses into "My Neighborhood."
In most areas, the map exactly or closely follows accepted neighborhood boundaries.
Hyde Square/Back of the Hill is not one of those areas. There, JP and Mission Hill are reported as interlocking in a strange, mutually invasive way—with Mission Hill extending so far, it abuts the Blessed Sacrament Church complex on Centre Street.
According to "My Neighborhood," JP ends and Mission Hill begins at Bynner Street on the Jamaicaway, and Evergreen Street on S. Huntington Avenue.
The supposed boundary runs down Evergreen, jogs up Day to meet Bynner again, then follows Creighton and Minden to Heath Street, the commonly accepted neighborhood boundary.
However, the "My Neighborhood" version of Jamaica Plain then runs across Heath Street, following Estey up the Back of the Hill to Fisher. That area is firmly within Mission Hill's ZIP code. The boundary then wends its way down Bucknam, Wensley and Bickford Avenue before rejoining Heath.
All of the contortions appear to be following recently redrawn City Council districts 6 and 9, which follow similarly interlocking voting precincts. But council districts sprawl across various neighborhoods and are not considered as neighborhood definitions.
According to the map's definition, the Hennigan School is in Mission Hill. But it has a Jamaica Plain ZIP code, and Boston Public Schools considers it Jamaica Plain.
Other well-known JP institutions in the area, including the VA Medical Center and the Mt. Pleasant Home senior residence, are in this map's Mission Hill. So is about half of the Jamaicaway, including Olmsted Park's Daisy Field, the home field of JP's Regan League baseball and JP Youth Soccer.
A border curiosity is the new American Brewery Lofts condo development at 251 Heath St. It has a JP address, and its marketing describes JP, Brookline and the Longwood Medical Area as its "immediate neighborhoods." But it went through a Mission Hill community approval process, and "My Neighborhood" lists it as in Mission Hill. However, the site also instructs residents that their representative from the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services is the one for JP.
"It'll be interesting, once those people move in, [when] they look it up and see everything about them is Mission Hill," Nutter said of the condo building.
Another possibly controversial area of the "My Neighborhood" map is Egleston Square and an adjacent part of Parkside. However, that's already commonly recognized as a JP-Roxbury border with varying opinions about its boundary. The Gazette includes all of Egleston Square in its coverage area.
"My Neighborhood" essentially considers Washington Street to be the border, with everything to the west as JP and everything to the east as Roxbury. Perhaps controversially, it also counts everything between Peter Parley Road and Columbus Avenue as Roxbury. Much of that area has the JP ZIP code.
On the southern end of JP, "My Neighborhood" dips down to Claxton Street in Roslindale. But by and large, the boundaries are in agreement with ZIP codes and common understandings.
None of the JP quirks are as bad as those in Mission Hill. There, "My Neighborhood" places Mission Church, the source of the neighborhood's name, outside Mission Hill in Roxbury.
"It's pretty crazy," Nutter said.
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Q: How to get response headers from RxJS's ajax? I am creating new frontend for an interview system. Some its API endpoints is updated, so getting pagination info is not a problem, but old ones still have pagination data inside response headers.
P.S. we are using react, redux and redux-observable
RxJS has the following call:
ajax({ ...params }).pipe(
    map(response => {
        // here I need to somehow get headers from ajax response
    }),
    catchError(errorResponse => {
        // return error
    })
)

A: I've been looking for the same answer, looks like there is a way (See: https://stackblitz.com/edit/typescript-k2ggm2?file=index.ts):
ajax({ ...params }).pipe(
    map(response => {
        // here I need to somehow get headers from ajax response
        console.log(response.xhr.getAllResponseHeaders())
        console.log(response.xhr.getResponseHeader('pragma'))
    }),
    catchError(errorResponse => {
        // return error
    })
)


Yes, you read that correctly, I gave this issue a ten. A ten! The highest score I've given other than this, is a nine, and that's only happened twice (ironically, they were both on Catwoman, which also has the record for my two lowest scores…) Before I delve into this book, I want to remind everyone that I'm not the biggest Morrison fan. I enjoy his work, and there are times when I think he delivers outstanding stories, but then there are times where I think his work is a hot mess. We've seen examples of both scenarios in Multiversity alone, but this issue… it's golden. "In Which We Burn" is something I would pick-up and read again and again over time. In fact, I read it twice before sitting down to write this review – partially because I needed to ensure I understood everything that happened, but also because I enjoyed it that much. This is an issue that's going to stick with me for years, and it's going to cozy up to the other comics on my shelf that I consider great. Why? Because it is great!
Many people are going to comment on how similar this is to Watchmen. And yes, it is. Morrison didn't even try to separate the story. BUT before we call this a copy-cat, or a lift, it needs to be understood that Watchmen was, in fact, based off of this issue's source material from Charlton Comics. Moore intended, and was, writing Watchmen with these characters, before DC pulled them. He then created characters similar to those of Earth 4, and that is how we got the characters of Watchmen.
Although it carries similar themes that have already been touched on in Multiversity, none of the other issues have been this blatant or direct with their commentary on humanity, life, death, and purpose. Morrison tells a story that shows a sick cycle of human nature, referencing specific American events such as our political climate, our constant creation and battle with terrorism, the attack on the World Trade Center, and as previously mentioned, JFK's assassination. It's an unnerving realization of who and what we are. It's a story of innocence and the "American dream," and how each taints the other. The revival of hope, followed by its inevitable downfall. These messages are drilled into you page after page, with reminders of our own corruption in lines such as, "Values change with age. You'll see. Enemies become friends. Reflection is the mother of compromise" or "The world rewards its bastards. Heroes are for movies. The super-hero is dead." Hope exists in youth, but with age, it's pointless and abandoned, until its needed again. Only time will determine when and how this is.
Which is another major element of this issue… time. Captain Atom is the catalyst for most of the representation of time, but it's also apparent in one of the repeated themes (I'll touch on this later). "In Which We Burn" does not follow a standard, linear narrative. We are unexpectedly – and at times unforgivingly – thrown from one point in time to another, with the story bouncing and progressing it's narrative between present day and the past, intricately weaving its message together. The end is the beginning, and the beginning is the end as "The door has one side, and opens both ways." I'm not going to lie, on my initial read, I kept getting confused as to where we were in time, and what was going on. It wasn't until my second read through (which I approached differently – mainly by reading the story's scenes in reverse order) that I was able to fully connect all of the plots and grasp the full weight that's represented.
The whole book is brilliant and complex. This may not make sense if you haven't read Pax Americana yet, but there are multiple ways to read this narrative, and there are new revelations and contexts that can be found in each way that you read it. Every single thing that happens in this book – what's said, what's left unsaid, what's drawn, how it's drawn… it's all done with purpose. The entire issue was meticulously planned, and it shows! No space is wasted.
Look at how Morrison and Quitely tell three separate stores in the course of two pages, loaded with a total of 32 panels. Read the pages in order as you would naturally. Now that you've done that, go back and read each individual timeline in order.
Biblically, the number 8 represents rebirth. Ironically, every time the number is referenced, its either spoken of during a gruesome event, or shown in or with blood. It's a chilling, unspoken message that rebirth has a cost, and is incapable without some form of debt.
You love Morrison when he's at his best.
You're looking for a story that challenges you, and your outlook on life.
You're a fan of Watchmen.
The Art: I'm not the biggest fan of Quitely's art, but I love him here. I usually find his textures and body shapes distracting, but that's not the case here. Even though Morrison delivered what could be considered a near perfect script, this book would've been nothing without Quitely's approach. He's subtle when he needs to be, and aggressive when it matters. There are so many different, intricate approaches that he uses here, that you could honestly write a full study over his art in this one issue. It's that good. You've seen some of his work from this issue already, but check out the different techniques used in some other pages as well.
Overall: I like darker, edgier, more thought provoking comics, and that is exactly what you get here. I know it's not everyone's preference, but the commentary that this book covers makes it a required reading in my eyes, and is sure to be considered a classic in the years to come.


I know, I know this post is late but I have been super busy and only got back from my holiday a couple of days ago, please forgive me.
I first tried these body mists from The Body Shop about a month ago and have fallen in love with them. They are refreshing, long lasting and look pretty on your shelf too. The two I have are Moringa; a fresh, slightly musky, "clean" scent and Satsuma; which says it all really - this smells like Satsuma's but not too over powering and actually quite calming.
You can find these Body Mists at The Body Shop online here and they all retail at £7.50. I have tried a lot of body mists from different brands and stores and this is definitely one of my all time favourites. They have a lot of scents to choose from including Vanilla, Coconut, Strawberry and many more.


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Moto X comes to Canada: now available on Rogers for $189.99 on a two-year contract
The Moto X earlier launched on Rogers in "limited quantities". It seems that more is available, as online ordering has finally been opened up. Curious to know more? Read on to find out!
Brad Ward
The Moto X earlier launched on Rogers in "limited quantities", but today it's now available to order online, as well. If you want to get your hands on Motorola's latest device, it's priced at $189.99 on a new two-year contract with the mobile operator.
The device runs at $549.99 outright for those that aren't looking to sign up for a new contract. So, what does $189.99 get you? The Moto X features a 4.7-inch 720p display, a 1.7GHz dual-core X8 processor, 2GB of RAM, and a 2,200 mAh battery. It also has 16GB of internal storage, and on the software side of things, the device is running Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.
Still not decided on the Moto X? Check out our full review of the device (video below).
Are you interested in the Moto X, or are you holding out for one of the other hot releases this year, such as the Galaxy Note 3, LG G2 or even Honami?
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Luke Bryan took the opportunity to spread some joy to the kids in a children's hospital in North Carolina recently.
Bryan was in Charlotte, N.C., on June 30 to perform a concert at the PNC Music Pavilion, and before the show, he made a special stop at Seacrest Studios in the Levine Children's Hospital to visit with the kids. The superstar accompanied himself on acoustic guitar as he led the children in a fun singalong of "Kick the Dust Up."
Press play on the video above to see Bryan engage the kids in a call-and-response on the song's chorus, singing "We go out where," then urging the kids to sing back to him, "There ain't nobody." He repeats that on the song's next lines, "We turn this cornfield / Into a party," and the delight the kids take in delivering that last line is evident.
"Kick the Dust Up" became Bryan's thirteenth No. 1 hit, and his tenth consecutive No. 1 hit when he released it as the lead single from Kill the Lights in May of 2015.
According to the hospital's website, U.S. News and World Report has named Levine Children's Hospital a Best Children's Hospital in multiple specialties for the ninth year in a row. Those categories include cancer, neurology, cardiology, pediatrics and more.
Seacrest Studios is an in-house broadcast center that lets the kids "have the ability to explore the creative realms of radio, television and new media right from their hospital rooms." The facility is made possible by grants from the Ryan Seacrest Foundation, and it celebrated its fourth birthday in August of 2017. In addition to Bryan, celebrities including Selena Gomez, Imagine Dragons, Michael Buble and more have made special stops by the studio over the years.


UNSW researchers have received $5.1 million from the federal government to continue groundbreaking work to improve assessments and outcomes for people with dementia.
Minister for Ageing, Justine Elliot, announced the funding as part of a $21.7 million package for three Dementia Collaborative Research Centres (DCRCs) and five Dementia Study Training Centres across Australia.
UNSW's funding will allow a research team within the School of Psychiatry, led by Professor Henry Brodaty, to continue its work for another three years. The team is investigating ways to improve assessment and care for people with dementia of which Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause.
UNSW hosts one of Australia's three DCRCs, each focusing on a different area of dementia research.
Announcing the funding, Ms Elliot said: "The increasing prevalence of dementia requires us to examine new and innovative approaches to improve dementia diagnosis, prevention and care.
"This funding provides for ongoing research that will help improve our understanding of the causes of dementia and help translate that research into improvements in prevention and care."
Professor Brodaty said research already completed at UNSW included: the use of lavender oil for reducing agitation in people with dementia; better ways of designing nursing homes; recruiting and retaining nurses in aged care; and computer modelling of the prevalence of dementia in Australia over next 40 years.
"Work is currently underway on determining dementia literacy - knowledge about Alzheimer's and other dementias - in people from Italian, Greek, Chinese and third generation Australian communities," Professor Brodaty said.


The Australian drummer played in several Melbourne bands, such as Buster Brown and the Coloured Balls, before joining up with rock giants AC/DC in 1975.
Over the next four years Rudd powered the band to superstardom with his dogged consistency and unshakeable backbeat on classics like "It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Want To Rock 'N' Roll)" "T.N.T" and "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap." Phil Rudd is an indelible part of AC/DC history.
Phil Rudd will be touring UK and Europe throughout 2016 -2017. Watch this space for announcements and register your e-mail for regular news up-dates.


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As I move on, here's a story about a lobster and a nod to Zandra Wolfgram
Steve Bornhoft,
Photo by Brian Rowland
I hadn't visited Ken Nelson for so long that while my name survived in his computer, all of the records related to the 17-foot Mako that he used to keep running for me had been purged or lost to a computer upgrade or some such.
But when, after a 20-year absence, I dragged my current boat, a 16.5-foot Alumacraft, into the driveway of his shop in the beaches area of Bay County, he immediately recognized me and got my name right, pretty well.
"Mr. Bornyhopper, you doin' all right?" Nelson greeted me, and then caught me glancing at a bandage near the crook of his left arm. "Yeah, had to have some blood drawn."
My 60-horsepower Suzuki was overdue for servicing, it was time for a new water pump and the last time I had used my boat, named the Bullpen, it didn't throttle all the way up on the way in. Getting the engine looked at where I had bought it wasn't an option. That business had been scraped off the face of Callaway by Michael. And so it was that Capt. Nelson and I were reunited.
"Could be a spun prop," Nelson theorized. "If that's the case, you're gonna have to go see Buck in Southport, but lemme look and see if I see anything. Of course, there's one thing wrong already. That engine's the wrong color." (Nelson prefers to work on Yamahas.)
Nelson and Buck Holmes are well acquainted. They once traveled together as part of a men-only group that made a dive trip to the Bahamas. They were admonished against picking up lobsters, but Holmes spied a spiny he couldn't resist, so Nelson's version of events goes. Holmes decapitated it by hand — that's completely plausible — and stuffed the remainder in his trunks.
So concerned was the prop man about being seen with crustacean contraband that he awkwardly ambled back to his room with the big bug on board (shorts).
Holmes put some water on to boil, seasoned it liberally and dropped in his catch.
"When he set to eating on it, he invited others to join him, but nobody wanted any part of the crotchster," Nelson said. "They knew where it had been."
Mind you, that's the kind of stemwinder you are treated to only when dealing with someone you know and especially a man who, like Nelson, works for himself and will take the time to tell it to you. I haven't had the chance to get Holmes's side of the story. Nelson didn't find anything to account for the Bullpen's hesitation and suggested that I test is out before hauling it to Buck.
I did and it ran like a sewing machine, marking perhaps the first time that a boat surprised its owner with other than bad news.
I have been writing Northwest Florida-based stories for some 35 years and, for three years or so, greatly enjoyed the opportunity to serve as the editor of Emerald Coast Magazine, especially so in the year since I moved back to Panama City Beach from Tallahassee. Recently, I turned over the Emerald Coast editorial reins to Zandra Wolfgram, who has begun her second tour of duty in that role. I edited this edition of the magazine, but it's all Zandra from here on out.
Meanwhile, I have been given an opportunity to focus more tightly on my duties as the editor of 850 Business Magazine.
Zandra is good people. She is a foodie and a fashionista who works hard and is a fine writer. She knows the Emerald Coast and its rhythms, people and tourism industry exceptionally well. You will like what she does with the magazine.
Now, needless to say, Zandra's circle and my circle do not coincide. And, from that space where they do not overlap, I will continue to write stories for Emerald Coast Magazine about people and their passions, especially those with a proclivity for the unpredictable.
See you on or near the water,
Steve Bornhoft
sbornhoft@rowlandpublishing.com
Categories: Opinion
A Measure of Respect For Those Who Served
Solitude and Community
It's Not Rocket Science: Plagued by a phalanx of passwords
The Top 3 Dangers of Energy Drinks
Tisha Crews Keller,
30A Songwriters Festival Spotlight: Jeffrey Steele
Hannah Burke,
Stewby's Seafood Shanty Opens New Location on Okaloosa Island
Zandra Wolfgram,
Best of The Emerald Coast 2018
DCWAF Presents The Life and Wine of Paso Robles
Press Release,
Emerald Coast Theatre Company Presents 'Buyer & Cellar'
Tickets On Sale for Shelter House's Palate & Palette
The Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation to Host 15th Anniversary Auction
Cheers To The 5th Annual Bloody Mary Festival


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Cobble Beach Announces 'Inn Stay and Play' Golf Packages
(KEMBLE, Ontario) -- Cobble Beach -- Georgian Bay's extraordinary waterfront golf resort community two hours northwest of Toronto -- announces its "Inn Stay-and-Play" package ideal for memorable summer golf getaways. Starting at $169 (per person, double occupancy) the offer features one round on the acclaimed Doug Carrick-designed course, luxury accommodations in the Inn at Cobble Beach, and continental breakfast. Enjoyment of the resort's many first-class amenities -- Jacuzzi, steam room, 14km of trails, beach club, and more -- is also included. Widely recognized as one of Carrick's best layouts, Cobble Beach Golf Links features water views from every hole along its 7,134-yard routing. Pure-rolling fescue greens with challenging pin locations emphasize strategically-placed approach shots. Closely mown chipping areas, small pot bunkers and hollows surrounding greens provide for the classic bump-and-run opportunities associated with links-style courses. Carrick and construction / general manager John Anderson deftly mixed hole-lengths and orientations to build a sense of anticipation culminating on the par-3 17th and par-5 18th holes. The former leads out to the bay with the lighthouse as a backdrop; the latter hugs the hummocky terrain of the shoreline, rising subtly before giving way to a large, receptive green.
"The Inn Stay and Play is designed for small groups and couples who relish an elite golf resort experience with incomparable amenities," says Rob McLeese, President of Cobble Beach. "As guests enter the gates and drive down toward the Bay to the Inn, relaxation replaces the stresses of everyday life. With our wide-variety of residential offerings, this weekend experience can become a year-round, four-season lifestyle." Complementing the stay is Cobble Beach's chef-driven Sweetwater Restaurant & Bar. Conveniently located at the Inn, it features classical cuisine with modern innovation highlighting organic, local and seasonal ingredients for all appetites. Lunch and dinner are enjoyed in the dining room, or fireside lounge with an intimate gastropub ambiance. For more information: www.cobblebeach.com, 888.278.8112.
About Cobble Beach Just outside the city of Owen Sound, two hours northwest of the Greater Toronto Area, Cobble Beach is one of Canada's top golf destinations and most sought-after residential enclaves. The 600-acre development on Ontario's stunning Georgian Bay opened in 2007, anchored by a thrilling, Doug Carrick-designed, links-style course with omnipresent water views. Cobble Beach's diverse mix of year-round and seasonal detached homes includes villas, townhomes and luxury estates linked by a pedestrian friendly network of streets and sidewalks. More than 14 kilometers of hiking, cycling and cross-country skiing trails promote symmetry between work, play, indulgence, health and wellness. A Nantucket-style clubhouse features a five-star restaurant, bar, resort-caliber spa and fitness center, and 10 tastefully-appointed guest suites at The Inn at Cobble Beach. Guests also have access to The Cottages at Cobble Beach, each with two bedrooms, wet bars and living rooms. The Cottages offer the luxury of an all-inclusive resort with the relaxation and privacy of home. The pedestrian-friendly, stress-free Cobble Beach environment features roof lines, site-positioning and strategically-placed windows encouraging residents to enjoy the great outdoors from the comfort of their home. Even the outdoor lighting follows Dark-Sky guidelines promoting privacy and stargazing. Landscaping complements the natural setting by using native plants and trees.
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Shelf Awareness for Wednesday, November 20, 2013
AAP Sales in August: Adult Hardcovers Jump; E-Books Drop
In August, total net book sales rose 9.1%, to $2.45 billion, compared to August 2012, representing sales of 1,202 publishers and distributed clients as reported to the Association of American Publishers. For the first eight months of the year, total net book sales has slipped 1%, to $10.03 billion.
E-book sales continue to stall, with drops in the adult and children's/YA categories of 2.9% and 7.6%, respectively. Adult hardcovers turned in a sterling summer performance, rising 47.8%.
During the month, all adult books and e-books sales rose 8.9%, to $442.9 million. Children's/YA books, e-books and board books slipped 0.1%, to $141.1 million. Religious books and e-books fell 2.1%, to $49.5 million. University press books and e-books fell 3.5%, to $14.3 million.
For the first eight months of the year, adult books and e-books sales are off 1.1%, to $3 billion. Children's/YA books, e-books and board books have fallen 15.8%, to $906.2 million. Religious books and e-books have fallen 3.2%, to $347.2 million. University press books and e-books have risen 3.4%, to $74 million.
B&N Store in Royal Oak, Mich., 'Safe for Now'
The fate of the Barnes & Noble bookstore in Detroit suburb Royal Oak remains unchanged for now, after a petitioner's request to transfer a Class C license to the location and convert the site into a 270-seat Italian restaurant and nightclub was withdrawn. "This is a withdrawal, not a postponement, or a delay," said Mayor Jim Ellison, who announced the decision prior to public comment at the City Commission meeting.
Describing the B&N store as "safe for now," the Royal Oak Patch reported that SV One, LLC. "sent a letter via electronic mail to city officials withdrawing the request Monday afternoon. The letter offered no explanation for the withdrawal.... The future of the Royal Oak Barnes & Noble has been controversial since the story broke last week that the retailer may be losing its Main Street address."
Downtown resident Tom December said he had been corresponding with David Deason, v-p of development for B&N, who told him the bookstore is successful and B&N is "satisfied with its performance." The store has a lease until January 2015, but a clause in the agreement allows the landlord to cancel with some notice.
"There seems to be some confusion as to what is going on in respect to Barnes & Noble," said Tim Blum, the building's owner. "It's been rumored that I want to throw them out. If I wanted to do that I probably could have done it about a year and a half ago.... Despite what Mr. December said, they have not done the sales to justify the rent. In fact, we cut (the rent) in half, so yes, I would hope they are making money now, but I am not. I can't keep subsidizing that space forever.... The reality is the sales just aren't there."
Aussie Indie Bookseller Re-Kindles Amnesty Program
In response to Amazon's launch of the Australian Kindle Store last week, Pages & Pages Booksellers in Mosman, just north of Sydney, has revised and upgraded its "Kindle amnesty" program, which was first introduced in April to help "people to understand what Amazon is doing and make an informed choice." The Kindle Amnesty 2.0 campaign allows customers to exchange their Amazon Kindle for a $50 gift voucher when they purchase a Kobo device.
"Our Kindle amnesty had a fantastic reception when we first launched it," said Jon Page, the bookstore's general manager. "It helped to spread the word that the Kindle is an Amazon product that locks people into Amazon and there are alternative e-reading devices. What Amazon are doing with e-books affects readers and bookshops all over the world."
Truckee, Calif. Bookshelf: 'We Hope We Have a Future'
Truckee Bookshelf owner Debbie Lane. (photo: Margaret Moran/Sierra Sun)
"Down the road, we hope we have a future," Debbie Lane, owner of the 21-year-old Truckee Bookshelf, Truckee, Calif., told the Tahoe Daily Tribune. The bookshop, which moved to its current location in the Westgate Shopping Center earlier this year, has seen sales drop 25%-30%. "We just need people to get in the store and shop," Lane said. The bookstore is the only one remaining in the area, after the Tahoe City Bookshelf closed in March 2012.
In addition to some local efforts to raise funds and awareness, Truckee Bookshelf is launching a campaign with the goal of $30,000 between now and January 16, 2014.
"We're asking people to help in a way which is appropriate for them," Lane said, "whether that's donating, buying a book from the store or spreading the word."
Obituary Notes: Charlotte Zolotow; Syd Field
Charlotte Zolotow, "a distinguished author and editor of children's books whose work--both her own titles and those of the writers in her stable--offered even the youngest readers a forthright view of emotionally fraught subjects like anger, envy and death," died yesterday, the New York Times reported. She was 98.
Shelf Awareness children's editor Jennifer Brown has written a heartfelt tribute to Zolotow (see Deeper Understanding below), whom she described as "an amazingly generous teacher, writer and editor."
Syd Field, whose 1979 book Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting sold millions of copies and "became widely regarded over the next three decades as the 'bible' of screenwriting, the paperback enabler of Hollywood dreams," died Sunday, the New York Times reported. He was 77.
Image of the Day: Field Guide to Vampires
Book Soup in West Hollywood, Calif., hosted the launch of True Blood: Steve Newlin's Field Guide to Vampires by True Blood associate producer Gianna Sobol (right) and Michael McMillian (left), who played Newlin on the hit HBO show. The book, published by Chronicle, is an in-world guide written from the perspective of Newlin, who leads a fundamentalist anti-vampire group before becoming a vampire himself.
Innovations in Reading Winners
L.-r.: Carolyn Rodriguez, Reading Is the Way Up; Leslie and Sam Davol, the Uni Project; Carolee Bol, Little Free Library; David Risher, Worldreader; Worldreader volunteer Alison Rich, executive director of publicity, Doubleday Publishing Group; Justin Stanley and Ammu Kowalik, the Uprise Books Project
The National Book Foundation held a luncheon ceremony Tuesday for the fifth annual Innovations in Reading Prizes, honoring, in the words of programming director Leslie Shipman, individuals and organizations "thinking as creative as possible for ways to promote reading for its own sake." As noted by Justin Stanley, the president of the Uprise Books Project, which distributes banned and challenged books to underprivileged teens, many of this year's recipients addressed the problems surrounding access to books in poor communities underserved by bookstores or libraries.
In addition to Uprise Books, this year's recipients included:
City National Bank's Reading Is the Way Up, which uses literacy grants and author visits to provide resources for school libraries in California and other western states
Little Free Library, a Wisconsin-based program encouraging the placement of more than 400 house-shaped boxes across the United States, filled with books community members can borrow--or donate books of their own
The Uni Project, which installs "pop-up reading rooms" in public spaces throughout New York City, where people can stop and browse through curated collections of books
Worldreader, a Seattle-based organization that has provided Kindles to 12,500 children in nine African countries, as well as delivering ebooks via mobile phones to hundreds of thousands of other readers.
The Innovations in Reading Prize includes a financial grant of up to $2,500 to further the recipient's efforts. --Ron Hogan
WNBA Pannell Seeks a Few Good Bookstores
Nominations are now open for the WNBA Pannell Award, sponsored by the Women's National Book Association and Penguin Young Readers Group and recognizing "bookstores that enhance their communities by bringing exceptional creativity to foster a love of reading in their young patrons." One Pannell Award is given to a general bookstore and one to a children's bookstore.
Nominations can be made by customers, sales reps, store personnel or anyone else who has been impressed with the work of a particular independent bookstore. To nominate a store, send an e-mail to PannellAward@gmail.com that includes the name, e-mail address and phone number of person making the nomination; that person's connection to the nominated store (such as customer, owner, employee, publisher); a brief statement outlining the reasons that store is being nominated; and contact info for the owner/manager of the nominated store.
Nominations must be made by December 15. Each winner receives a $1,000 check and a framed signed original piece of art by a children's illustrator during a presentation at the BEA/ABA Children's Book and Author Breakfast next May.
Chronicle: 'Support Your Local Bookstore & Give Books!'
Noting that buying a book for someone else as a gift can be challenging, Chronicle Books Blog "called upon booksellers from five of our favorite independent bookstores across the country to give us their top recommendations this holiday season." Yesterday's entry featured Shawn Donley, new book purchasing supervisor at Powell's Books, Portland, Ore.; and Karen Hayes, co-owner of Parnassus Books, Nashville, Tenn. Today's bookish gift-giving tips come from Politics & Prose Bookstore, Washington, D.C.; Common Good Books, St. Paul, Minn.; and BookPeople, Austin, Tex.
"When you give a book, you're offering a portal into another world and you're asking someone else to step though," Chronicle wrote. "Accepting a book recommendation can be a leap of faith, so it's often best left to the experts. This is what makes local bookstores such a wonderful resource in the community. There's always someone there willing to help you find the perfect gift."
Book Trailer of the Day: Little Santa
Little Santa by Jon Agee (Dial/Penguin), featured in our round-up of kids' holiday books, below.
Media and Movies
Media Heat: James Franco on KCRW's Bookworm
Tomorrow on Katie: Anjelica Huston, author of A Story Lately Told: Coming of Age in Ireland, London, and New York (Scribner, $25, 9781451656299).
Tomorrow on KCRW's Bookworm: James Franco, author of Actors Anonymous (Little A, $26, 9780544114531). He will also appear on Conan.
Tomorrow on MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports: Mark Halperin, co-author of Double Down: Game Change 2012 (Penguin Press, $29.95, 9781594204401).
Tomorrow on NPR's Diane Rehm Show, which is focusing on the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination:
Thurston Clarke, author of JFK's Last Hundred Days: The Transformation of a Man and the Emergence of a Great President (Penguin Press, $29.95, 9781594204258)
Robert Dallek, author of Camelot's Court: Inside the Kennedy White House (Harper, $32.50, 9780062065841)
Bill Minutaglio, co-author of Dallas 1963 (Twelve, $28, 9781455522095)
Larry Sabato, author of The Kennedy Half Century (Bloomsbury USA, $30, 9781620402801)
James Thurber, author of Obama in Office: The First Two Years (Paradigm, $29.95, 9781594519932)
Hugh Aynesworth, author of November 22, 1963: Witness to History (Brown Books, $26.95, 9781612541273)
Howard Willens, author of History Will Prove Us Right: Inside the Warren Commission Report on the Assassination of John F. Kennedy (Overlook, $29.95, 9781468307559)
Priscilla Johnson McMillan, author of Marina and Lee: The Tormented Love and Fatal Obsession Behind Lee Harvey Oswald's Assassination of John F. Kennedy (Steerforth, $23, 9781586422165)
Philip Shenon, author of A Cruel and Shocking Act: The Secret History of The Kennedy Assassination (Holt, $32, 9780805094206)
Tomorrow night on the Colbert Report: J.J. Abrams, co-author of S. (Mulholland, $35, 9780316201643).
TV: The Last Tycoon
Screenwriter Billy Ray (Captain Phillips, The Hunger Games) will write and direct The Last Tycoon, an HBO series based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's final, unfinished novel, Deadline.com reported, adding that Party of Five co-creator Chris Keyser "is attached as showrunner to the project, which hails from Sony Pictures TV."
Awards: Cervantes; American Library in Paris; Guardian First Book
Elena Poniatowska, author of more than 40 books translated into over 20 languages, won the €125,000 (about US$169,560) Cervantes Prize, "the most important award for works written in Spanish, for her 'brilliant' literary career and 'exemplary' dedication to journalism, always with a 'firm commitment to reflecting current events,' " the Spanish-language news agency EFE (via Vida Latina) reported. Spanish Education, Culture and Sports Minister Jose Ignacio Wert said Poniatowska stands out for her "literary contribution" as well as her presence in the media and her commitment to social and political issues.
Fredrik Logevall won the inaugural $5,000 American Library in Paris Book Award, given to "the best book of the year in English about France or the French-American encounter," for Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam.
A "fiction-rich list" of finalists have been named for the £10,000 (about US$16,108) Guardian First Book Award. The winner will be announced November 28. This year's shortlisted titles are:
We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo
Sex and the Citadel by Shereen El Feki
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
Kiss Me First by Lottie Moggach
The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan
Book Brahmin: James Dashner
James Dashner, author of the Maze Runner series, launches the Mortality Doctrine series this fall. In the first book, The Eye of Minds (Delacorte), Michael's body remains safe in a "Coffin," while his mind is free to roam the VirtNet and play Lifeblood Deep with his virtual friends. Dashner was born and raised in Georgia and now lives in the Rocky Mountains with his family.
Manson by Jeff Guinn. I was too young to know much about Charles Manson until he'd been in jail for a long time, so I never really knew his story. And we're talking about a guy (me) who loves Dexter, American Psycho and other miscellaneous tales about serial killers (The Following, anyone?). When I saw that a new book had come out about Manson's life, and that the book was well reviewed and well researched, I snapped it up. And man, is it fascinating. I honestly don't read a lot of nonfiction, but I'm ripping through these pages. And let's just say I've gotten a lot of inspiration for future stories!
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. It's really hard to pick just that one, because many, many authors and books influenced my love of reading as a kid. Anything by Judy Blume, Charlotte's Web, the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew (yes, I read every one of those), James and the Giant Peach, etc. I could go on and on. But L'Engle's book really and truly (profoundly, you could say) rocked my world. The sense of wonder and other-worldliness and suspense hooked me to no end, and I think that affected what I've loved to read and write ever since.
Stephen King: Simply put, he is my idol. He's a genius like no other. I like to read his books while I'm writing my first drafts because he inspires me so much. His son, Joe Hill, will probably pop on my list soon. Like father, like son.
George R.R. Martin: I don't know how he does it. A Song of Ice and Fire is so long and so deep, and there are so many characters and places and events. And yet I love every single page (and there are lots and lots of those). I'm glad that I can say I loved his books before the HBO series turned them into a phenomenon. But I like the show just as much.
Tom Clancy: I went through a Clancy phase right after college and pretty much read every single one of his books. Jack Ryan is one of my favorite literary characters of all time, and it's not just because I picture Harrison Ford when I read about him! The authenticity and tension of the stories just blew me away.
J.K. Rowling: Ah, Rowling. What can I say that hasn't been said? It almost seems cliché to include her, but how could I not? There's just something magical and special about the Harry Potter series, and it's one of those things that I know I could never duplicate no matter how hard I tried.
Khaled Hosseini: I know he only has three books to his name, but they were all brilliant and mesmerizing and stayed with me long after I read them.
Madame Bovary by... I'm not even going to bother looking up the author just to make a point. I really hated this book and couldn't finish it, assignment or not.
The Stand by Stephen King. If you want to read a book where the characters and world and fear truly come to life, read this. It's my favorite book by my favorite author.
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson. Michael Whelan is probably my favorite fantasy or science fiction artist, and Brandon is a friend, so I would've bought it anyway. As an e-book. But this cover on such a gigantic book is just something I needed on my shelf.
The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks. I didn't know I loved big fat epic fantasy books until I read this one in middle school. I've loved them ever since. It was a real thrill for me to meet and hang out with Terry recently, as surreal as it gets.
"Drifts off, untroubled, everything clear, and radiant, and all at once." --from And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini (can you tell I just read this?)
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, because it's one of the true surprise endings that ever left me stunned. (I wish you had said TV show because then my answer would've been Breaking Bad.)
What's it like to see your book made into a movie:
Surreal, amazing, spectacular. A dream fulfilled. That, or I'm actually dreaming.
Children's Reviews: 'Tis the Season Round-Up
It's time to make merry with a few of our favorite selections.
The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore, illus. by Holly Hobbie (Little, Brown, $18 hardcover, 9780316070188, 40p., ages 3-6, October 22, 2013)
Visions of sugar plums may dance in the heads of his three older siblings, but a boy toddler (wide awake on the cover) can't sleep, and slips downstairs in his union-suit pjs with his cat. The father narrates, and shares with his boy the wonder of St. Nick's visit. Hobbie's watercolor, pen-and-ink and gouache illustrations capture the glow of the hearth and outdoor scenes of the glistening snow.
The Christmas Cat by Maryann Macdonald, illus. by Amy June Bates (Dial, $16.99 hardcover, 9780803734982, 32p., ages 4-8, October 17, 2013)
All babies cry, even Jesus in the manger, according to this charming picture book. Each of the animals tries to quiet him, but only a kitten's purr gets Jesus to sleep. When the Holy Family must leave Bethlehem, the feline comforts Jesus and helps them slip safely past Herod's soldiers. Watercolor, gouache and pencil illustrations convey the rustic coziness of the stable as well as the emotional range of baby Jesus.
The Message of the Birds by Kate Westerlund, illus. by Fendun Oral (Minedition, $16.99 paper-over-board, 9789888240555, 32p., ages 3-7, November 1, 2013)
Birdsong carrying a message of peace plays a central role in this beautifully illustrated retelling of the Nativity. "Why don't we sing it anymore?" asks the little robin pictured on the cover. While the other birds insist that "people don't listen," the robin suggests, "We should sing it for the children." Pale skies and white landscapes allow the birds' vibrant colors and the children's coats to pop in paintings as serene as a snowfall.
The Smallest Gift of Christmas by Peter H. Reynolds (Candlewick, $14 hardcover, 9780763661038 40p., ages 3-7, September 1, 2013)
Roland runs downstairs on Christmas morning, only to be disappointed: "Had he waited the whole year for this tiny gift?" Each time he wishes for a larger one, its size increases, yet he shouts, "I want a bigger gift!" His rocketship search for the grandest gift yields an epiphany: Earth, "now just a speck," where he left his family behind, is where he most wants to be. The message is a wee bit harder-hitting than in many of Reynolds's (The Dot) books, but well worth emphasizing.
Santa Claus and the Three Bears by Maria Modugno, illus. by Jane Dyer and Brooke Dyer (HarperCollins, $17.99 hardcover, 9780061700231, 40p., ages 4-8, September 1, 2013)
Santa Claus assumes the role of Goldilocks in Modugno's clever retelling of an interloper in the home of three polar bears. The mother-daughter artist team chronicles Santa's sampling of the bears' pudding, and breaking Baby Bear's chair in the ursine family's cozy abode. Luckily, he presents gifts to the trio when they wake him from a nap.
Little Santa by Jon Agee (Dial, $16.99 hardcover, 9780803739062, 40p., ages 4-7, October 17, 2013)
Agee's (Terrific) humorous picture book imagines a childhood for Santa as one of seven children growing up on the North Pole--and the only Claus who loves the wintry climate. A boy in a red suit happily carries wood and ice fishes while the rest of his family, with hunched backs and muted wardrobes, look glum. His favorite activity is sliding down the chimney. When a blizzard traps the family, Santa's preferred activity and can-do spirit saves the day and sets the stage for a future career.
A Very Fuddles Christmas by Frans Vischer (Aladdin/S&S, $15.99 hardcover, 9781416991564, 32p., ages 4-7, October 1, 2013)
Because he's always been pampered, the star of Fuddles understandably assumes that the spread on the table is just for him. "Me-wow!" he cries. Warnings of "Fuddles, don't touch!" and "Stay away!" befuddle the feline, who makes a quick escape after nearly knocking down the Christmas tree. Vischer's digital depiction of Fuddles's Santa-like return, and his restoration to a pampered position, will leave readers laughing.
Tallulah's Nutcracker by Marilyn Singer, illus. by Alexandra Boiger (Clarion, $16.99 hardcover, 9780547845579, 48p., ages 4-8, October 1, 2013)
Tallulah gets the only present she really wanted: a chance to dance in The Nutcracker ballet with a "real" dance company. Her wish to stand out is also granted--but not in the way she expects. Her misstep causes a small catastrophe on stage, but the dance master and two leads share their own embarrassing stories and reassure her that she modeled the most important lesson: to keep going.
Santa Claus: All About Me by Juliette Atkinson, illus. by John Atkinson (Minedition, $34.95, 9789881512659, 96p., ages 8-12, November 1, 2013)
Did you know that Christmas was banned in England (1647–1660) and in America (1659-1681)? Santa lets readers into his "secret library" with these pages of facts (the 1914 truce on Christmas Eve), trivia and recipes (e.g., gingerbread cookies, Christmas pudding), illustrated with full-color paintings, photo reproductions and map facsimiles. The voices of children come through in letters to and visits with Santa, and pop-up pages and cards that lift out further enhance the interactive fun. --Jennifer M. Brown
Deeper Understanding
Remembering Charlotte Zolotow
photo: Andrew Kilgore
The Hudson River rolls past
the house where Charlotte Zolotow lived
in Hastings-on-Hudson
for so long.
For so long,
she wrote, edited and shaped
books for children,
starting as secretary to
Ursula Nordstrom at
Harper Junior Books for Boys and Girls,
and rising to run the department
and later to have her own imprint.
Early on, Charlotte Zolotow
brought an idea to Ursula Nordstrom
intended for Margaret Wise Brown:
Margaret should write a book
about Washington Square Park, Zolotow suggested.
The brilliant Nordstrom asked her,
What's so special about this park?
Charlotte provided more details,
and that became The Park Book,
illustrated by H.A. Rey.
It was her first book for young people.
It was not her last.
Maurice Sendak illustrated her Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present.
William's Doll, illustrated by William Pène de Bois,
was included in Marlo Thomas's Free to Be, You and Me.
It was one of the first books to break stereotypes
of what were "acceptable" interests for boys and girls.
For so long Charlotte broke many other barriers.
Who ever heard of poetry for two voices?
She edited Paul Fleischman's I Am Phoenix
and his Newbery Medal–winning Joyful Noise.
She edited Francesca Lia Block's Weetzie Bat,
in which sexuality is an expression of love,
not what defines us.
While watching television
she discovered the talent of Paul Zindel and
"The Effect of Gamma Rays
on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds,"
and approached him to write for young people.
That led to The Pigman.
Emotions run deep
in the books Charlotte Zolotow wrote
and edited.
She was not afraid to break new ground,
bend genres or tackle tough topics.
She was "the iron fist in a velvet glove,"
with her soft voice, her genteel manner
and her gentle editor's marks
made with a green felt pen.
She was the forceful, unrelenting voice of support
for her authors and colleagues.
Those of us who worked with her bear witness
to her generosity and her ability to ask
the central question of a manuscript
that prompted authors to dive back in
and surface with the books they were meant to write.
For she was one of them.
So long, Charlotte.
We will never forget you.
"It's not often that someone comes along
who is a true friend and a good writer.
Charlotte was both."
--Jennifer M. Brown


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Superproduct Presents… The Art of Videogames
I was really looking forward to Edge Presents… The Art of Videogames. Over the years, Edge has featured some fantastic game-inspired artwork on its cover so I would have thought they'd be able to compile something rather special when making a magazine to celebrate it.
And did they? No. No they didn't. "Edge Presents… Some Hastily Assembled Assets From a Highly Questionable Selection of Games Culminating in a Overwhelming Sense of Missed Opportunity" would have been a more accurate title, if a little harder to fit onto the cover. And to market.
I realise it's supposed to be "Volume 1" so perhaps there's more to come, but the first edition of Edge Presents… contains such glaring omissions that my faith has been shaken. A lot of what they did feature is reasonable, and, given that the universe is infinite and there are therefore an infinite number of games it would be possible to include, they were never going to be able to please everyone. It seems a bit of a thankless task. But when you're charging £8, you'd better have produced something worthy of calling itself a "Collector's Edition". "Collecting Dust On the Shelves of Smiths Edition", more like!! Sorry, I'll stop that now.
So, in order to do some justice to the art of great games Edge forgot, I'm going to highlight five of the most bewildering omissions and explain why I think they should have been included. These aren't games that were just graphically unique, but also whose distinctive art direction was carried through the whole experience to make them particularly special.
Yoshi's Island (1995, SNES)
Yoshi's Island, easily my favourite platform game ever, still looks fantastic today – especially on a big screen. Forget the lacklusture DS sequel – grab the Virtual Console edition when they eventually release it. The thick kiddie crayon lines, the rainbow colour pallete and the surprisingly varied, multi-layered backgrounds (like the one above) made it a joy to play.
Browse Yoshi's Island Sprites at The Shyguy Kingdom.
Fallout (series) (1997, PC)
Edge Presents… does include S.T.A.L.K.E.R., the recent (sort of) post-apocalyptic Ukranian FPS/RPG thing. And with good reason, I think. But it doesn't feature the Fallout games, whose '50s-tinged retrofuture (think Twelve Monkeys in a desert bunker) was expertly realised. Fallout Boy (above) would cheerily illustrate the horrors that lay ahead and hint at the utopia that had been lost – or perhaps never existed. Along with the attention to detail in everything from the interface (remember PIPboy?) to the tubes-n-bolts creations invented to endure the harsh environment, this helped to make the Fallout universe memorable and compelling in a market full of derivative rent-a-wizard settings.
More Fallout artwork at Duck and Cover.
Ico (2001, PS2)
The architecture of Ico's castle setting, the framing of every fixed camera position (if not always welcome) and the strikingly bleached out, almost painted graphical style are all part of the reason that some people claim Ico is a work of art in itself. I don't really want to get into that, partly because I can't remember precisely who those people are, but unless Ico and its spiritual successor Shadow of the Colossus have an entire future issue of Edge Presents… dedicated to them, their omission from Volume 1 is a complete mystery. I can't think of a game whose concept art I'd rather see on the printed page.
Print out and make your own Ico papercraft sculptures at RPGFan.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002, Various)
I chose Vice City because it was a huge success commercially as well as critically, and it played so pleasingly with the '80s Miami asthetic. The lurid pallete seeped through box illustration to the lights of Vice City itself, while the retro 'loading' screen welcoming the player served to remind us just how far games have come since the BASIC decade.
Buy Vice City Kubricks at ToyTokyo.
Katamari (series) (2004, Various)
Besides Ico, this is possibly the most surprising omission from Edge's compilation. Katamari is famed for the artistic vision of Keita Takahashi (look, here's an interview with him from Edge, of all places!!), prompting tribute art from fans on a scale large enough to impress even the King of All Cosmos himself.
Download a whole host of Katamari wallpapers courtesy of llshibata (and, originally, Namco) at Flickr.
Those are a few I would have expected to see, along with the likes of Final Fantasy, Zelda, Electroplankton, Pikmin, Quake, Wario Ware, Earthworm Jim, Street Fighter, or any graphic adventures (like Day of the Tentacle, Broken Sword or Discworld). I could go on, but why don't you? What great game art do you think deserves to have Melvyn Bragg's full attention, or failing that, a 10 minute slot on The Culture Show?
Categorized as videogames
The Chap: Courage + Modesty
The Chap: Courage + Modesty on Vimeo
London's The Chap played to a packed-out Buffalo Bar on Friday night in support of Thee More Shallows. As the video above demonstrates, the venue was full of Talky McBastards and Inconsiderate Tall People, which I think slightly perturbed the immensley talented SJ Esau who opened.
But The Chap are hugely accomplished and I suspect most people were there to see them. They're my favourite local group and I've seen them play many times: playfully experimental and ocassionally willfully obtuse but always a great deal of fun. Plus they've upped the number of harmonies and tongue in cheek dance moves since I first saw them in 2005, and that can only be a good thing. It's just a shame we have to wait until the end of the year for their new album. And why the hell aren't they massive yet? I blame everyone else.
Like the sound of 'em? Watch The Chap play Woop Woop on Vimeo and then friend them up on MySpace.
Categorized as music
Throttling has occurred
If you're anything like me, every day you wake up and shout into the sky: "why hasn't someone made a giant online archive of comic book frames featuring people being strangled, squeezed and generally held a little too tightly for comfort in the neckular region?".
And the following day – and therefore also every day – you realise you are shouting into emptiness and you are overwhelmed by the futility of your fruitless existence. Well, not this time. Because my associates responsbile for the hilarious and enigmatic Goaste have just launched Throttling:
Hopefully, in time, every throttle in the world will be recorded here, for your throttling pleasure, and for ours, and every neck in the world will be crushed by our fingers as we throttle and scream and laugh and throttle some more.
And now all our lives can be complete.
Categorized as look at this
Save our Spitz!
Well it looks as though the rumours were true – The Spitz is definitely in danger of eviction:
The facts are that The Spitz has been given six months notice to quit its current site in Old Spitalfields Market by its landlords Ballymore Properties. This means in a worst case scenario The Spitz would cease to exist by the end of September this year.
I'm never sure how much good online petitions really do, but I've signed the one in support of The Spitz just in case, and you should too, even if you're not sure what The Spitz is or what this is that you're reading and you're totally dead and hollow inside like the dried out innards of a worm-ridden treetrunk. You utter bastard.
Also, I am pleased that even Ken Livingstone is outraged at its closure. But couldn't you, like, send some heavies from the Mayor's office round to Ballymore Properties Ken? To rough them up a bit? Or perhaps you'll adopt a more subtle approach and price them out of the capital by banning them from using Oyster cards (this is clever London satire BTW).
BARR at the Luminaire
BARR @ Upset The Rhythm on Vimeo
Last time I saw BARR, at last year's Upset The Rhythm-curated Frieze Music event, he was one faintly irritating – but very entertaining – man and a lo-fi backing track.
But now BARR have gone and done a Why? and returned to the UK as a full band. And they're great. I mean, BARR is never going to be to everyone's taste, but whereas before his music/performance could veer toward the self-indulgent (as I suppose all solo artists must be to some extent), now all that is tempered by his "team". He's got friends to interact with, he's more comfortable on stage and his unique vocals are engaging, not irritating.
If you'd like a chance to marvel at Brendan's unnerving flexibility and feel happy and not at all annoyed like you originally suspected you might, BARR are touring the UK right now and will be back in London on the 26th.


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Parks and Open Space Strategy
HR&A is at the leading edge of a movement to design, operate, program and fund the development of new urban open space.
HR&A has more than three decades of experience contributing to the planning and development of urban open space amenities. Our parks practice views parks both as public amenities and as catalysts of economic development. Our approach enables communities to use open space to create value through strategic connections with adjacent real estate and civic assets; to quantify that value through robust, data-driven economic models; and, where appropriate, to channel that value towards open space revitalization and maintenance.
HR&A provides three core services to ensure vibrant and self-sustaining public parks
Financing Open Space Development
HR&A works closely with public and private clients, urban design professionals, civic stakeholders, and community representatives to build a financial model for open space costs, provide advice on value for money considerations throughout the planning process, assess the opportunities and challenges of alternative park stewardship models, and examine a range of potential income sources for inclusion within a funding plan. Having planned for and implemented public space operating models in cities across the country and around the world – from better leveraging the resources of parks departments, to forming not-for-profit parks conservancies, to structuring Public Improvement Districts and developing earned income sources and retention structures – HR&A understands the best practices for and relative strengths and weaknesses of public space stewardship models and can tailor to location and mission.
Ensuring Sustainable Operations and Maintenance for Parks
It is essential for the health of urban parks to plan for the ongoing operations and maintenance of new and existing open space. Our approach to producing a sustainable Operations and Maintenance plan takes into account three perspectives: organizational vision, park activation, and existing financing. We partner with our clients to:
Document the current stewardship model;
Evaluate ongoing capital projects and associated costs;
Estimate operating costs and revenue strategy; and
Identify potential structures that could provide ongoing and reliable revenues for park operations.
Leveraging Programming to Activate Parks and Increase Value
We understand that the activation of new public spaces must leverage programming for a layered set of users, including local residents and workers in downtown, citywide constituents, and visitors from throughout the region, country, and across the world. HR&A collaborates with urban design professionals and park management to evaluate the feasibility of and integrate a range of programming elements into new and existing open spaces.
Anacostia Waterfront Framework Initiative
Downtown Cincinnati Revitalization
Economic Assessment Of The Dallas Park System
Game On! Programming for Water Street
Menil Collection Neighborhood Preservation and Development
Philadelphia's Delaware Waterfront & Penn's Landing
Programming The Lawn on D
Rebuild By Design Competition
Revitalizing the Toronto Waterfront
The High Line Transformation
American Society of Landscape Architects, Award of Excellence in Analysis and Planning, Penn's Landing Redevelopment Feasibility Study, Philadelphia, PA, 2015
American Society of Landscape Architects, Honor Award in General Design, Massachusetts Convention Center Authority's The Lawn on D, Boston, MA, 2015
American Society of Landscape Architects Arizona Chapter, Honor Award in Analysis and Planning, Mesa City Center in Mesa, AZ, 2015
American Society of Landscape Architects Arizona Chapter, Honor Award in Analysis and Planning, Hance Park in Phoenix, AZ, 2015
American Institute of Architects, Small Project Award, Massachusetts Convention Center Authority's The Lawn on D, Boston, MA, 2015
American Institute of Architects Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design, Master Plan for the Central Delaware Riverfront, Philadelphia, PA, 2012
Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence, Silver Medal, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, NY, 2011
International Economic Development Council Neighbourhood Development Prize, High Line Park Transformation, New York, NY, 2010
American Society of Landscape Architects Honor Award, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, NY, 2009
Urban Land Institute Award for Excellence, Daniel Island Redevelopment, Charleston, SC, 2007
American Institute of Architects Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design, Anacostia Waterfront Initiative Framework Plan, Washington D.C., 2005


To gain a comprehensive understanding of Best Practices in beekeeping, we highly recommend you join us at monthly club meetings and attend the annual beekeepers workshop in February.
No matter what type of hives you use, or beekeeping methodology you follow, one common trait shared by good beekeepers is TAKING NOTES, so they can later reference them themselves or can use them to ask other beekeepers for interpretation.
The EMBA Hive inspection sheet is 2 pages. The front for making acute observations, and the back for making graphic representations.


The latest line of Savage World action figures to come from Funko will be the Thundercats! This is the same style of figure as the Mortal Kombat figures that came out earlier this year, as well as the recently announced Horror figures. This first wave will have Lion-O, Mumm-Ra, Slithe, & Panthro. These were first shown off at Toy Fair last spring, with prototypes of Tigra, Cheetara, Jackalman, and Monkian were also shown off. This wave is due in November, and can be pre-ordered at our sponsor, EntertainmentEarth.com.
Funko POP! Rocks Line Returns With BabyMetal!
New Funko POP! Exclusives Coming To FYE, Including Five Nights At Freddy's, WWE, Batman, & More!
Funko Hits The Beach With New Baywatch Funko POP!


"A five part Anglo-Palladian (derived from 16th Italian architect Andrea Palladio) mansion that features some of the best woodcarving and plasterwork in America," the Hammond-Harwood House, built in the 18th-century, will surely offer a unique backdrop to the spooky events happening at this Annapolis museum this month!
On Friday, Oct. 23, the Hammond-Harwood House will host a Pumpkin Walk, a popular annual children's event that includes a costume parade, as well as fun, educational activities centered around the museum's history. The walk, which costs $10 for children to join, takes place from 4-6 p.m. and will be followed by Hammond-Harwood House's popular Full Moon Tour, which takes place at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. For $15, this interactive tour recounts the real dangers early-19th-century Americans faced once day turned to night.
Tickets to both events can be purchased online. See you there, Annapolis!


I've been working with Oracle products for 17+ years. Started with Oracle 7.3 and supported everything in between on just about every platform. Somewhere in there, I got into the monitoring aspect and managed our Enterprise Manager systems, starting in EM 9i. My role really changed with EM 10 when I was the main admin for a site managing and monitoring over 3000 databases. I spent the majority of my time working on EM, troubleshooting various components, writing reports, jobs and corrective actions.
For the last 4 years, I've been working with the Enterprise Manager product team, as part of the Strategic Customer Programs team, to help customers implement and maximize their EM 12c. In my spare time, I also blog about EM features and usage and present at various conferences (OpenWorld, Collaborate, etc.).
On a personal note, my husband and I have 2 wonderful active boys (8 and 5) who keep us very busy!


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Formation of methane clathrate hydrates in coal moisture: Implications for coalbed methane resources and reservoir pressures
View accepted manuscript: Formation of methane clathrate hydrates in coal moisture: Implications for coalbed methane resources and reservoir pressures (PDF, 1 MB)
Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b01922
Search for: Bustin, A. M. M.; Search for: Bustin, R. M.; Search for: Moudrakovskim, I. L.; Search for: Takeya, S.; Search for: Ripmeester, J. A.1
National Research Council Canada. Security and Disruptive Technologies
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Atmospheric temperature; Bituminous coal; Coal; Coal bed methane; Coal deposits; Coal gas; Coal storage; Dissociation; Driers (materials); Energy resources; Gases; Hydration; Methane; Moisture; Moisture determination; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Petroleum deposits; Porous materials; Storage (materials); X ray diffraction; Equilibrium pressure; Geothermal gradients; High moisture contents; In-situ moisture content; Macroporous materials; Methane clathrate hydrate; Nuclear magnetic resonance(NMR); Surface temperatures; Gas hydrates
Adsorption, X-ray diffraction, and nuclear magnetic resonance analysis of subbituminous to high-volatile bituminous coal at in situ moisture content, low temperatures, and moderate pressures demonstrate that a significant proportion of the inherent moisture (nonmobile water) is available to form methane clathrate hydrates. These results have implications for coal gas resources and reservoir pressures in current areas of permafrost and the much larger regions that were glaciated during the Pleistocene. Methane adsorption tests indicate the clathrates form comparatively rapidly in coal micro- and mesopores from an immobile water phase, at lower pressures than those formed in macroporous materials. At successively higher experimental pressures, hydrates nucleate and grow rapidly on the scale of minutes to hours, until an apparent equilibrium pressure is reached. The onset of hydrate formation at 0 °C is at about 3.25 MPa for a Tarn coal with 33% moisture and at slightly higher pressures for the other coals with lower inherent moisture. The amount of gas consumed in hydrate formation, in excess of that attributed to sorption, is 11.6 cm3/g coal for the Tarn coal (Alaska) with 33% moisture, 8.15 cm3/g coal for a Dietz coal (Wyoming) with 22% moisture, and 1.85 cm3/g coal for a Texas coal with about 8% moisture. On a volume of gas (STP) per volume of water basis at 8 MPa, the Tarn and Dietz coal have similar values (35 and 37 cm3/cm3), whereas the Texas coal is measureably less (24 cm3/cm3). At 8 MPa and 0 °C, about 20% of the inherent moisture has participated in hydrate formation for the Tarn and Deitz coals and 13% for the Texas coal. If hydrate formation strips methane from the sorbed state, the proportion of water contributing to hydrate calculates was over 100% for the Texas coal, which suggests that methane is mainly forming from free gas. The methane hydrates analyzed by X-ray diffraction and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy are cubic (Pm3nspace group) and have small and large cage sI structures. NMR and PXRD spectra indicates that the small cages are about 90% occupied, while the large cages are completely full, yielding a stoichiometry of ca. CH4·6H2O, which is consistent with other natural hydrates. There is some evidence that some methane gas remains trapped in the smallest pores, whereas the hydrates occupy large pores, which may be due to the suppression of hydrate formation by high capillary pressures. The formation of methane hydrates, particularly in low-rank coals, markedly increases the capacity of the coal to store gas. Depending on the coal moisture content and coal rank, methane storage capacity in gas hydrates is up to 2 orders of magnitude greater than the gas storage capacity of the coal by sorption alone. Since low-rank coals invariably have high moisture content, if the strata lie with the hydrate stability zone, significant gas storage in hydrates is anticipated, if gas is available. At the low temperature required for hydrate formation, however, self-sourced methane from methanogenesis or thermal alteration is not anticipated. Successive formation and dissociation of methane hydrates during glacial and interglacial times in the Pleistocene can be anticipated to have impacted shallow gas reservoirs, including coals, to depth up to about 800 m, depending on the surface temperature and geothermal gradient. It is speculated that during the Pleistocene free and sorbed coal gas was scavenged during the formation of hydrates, and this process may explain the low gas content of some high-latitude coals. Similarly, lower than anticipated pore pressure and lack of free water in the Horseshoe Canyon coals in western Canada may be the result of dissociation of hydrates forming overpressures, which potentially could hydraulically fracture the coal and flush the coal of free water. Subsequent dissipation of the gas pressure would lead to the current low reservoir pressure.
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