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The Sound of Sinai
David Rozenson Featured Articles - Home, Tradition Online | July 27, 2021
To commemorate the first yahrzeit of Rav Steinsaltz zt"l TRADITIONonline republishes this tribute penned last year by his disciple David Rozenson. Read David Berger's response, "Reading Epistle to Yemen in Moscow."
The Sound of Sinai: In Memory of R. Adin Steinsaltz zt"l
R. Adin Even-Yisrael Steinsaltz zt"l
Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz zt"l was one of the most prolific and preeminent rabbis of our generation. Born to a secular family in Jerusalem in 1937 to a father who was an ardent Communist, young Adin, an only child, had read every Socialist and Communist publication he could get his hands on by the age of fourteen. On the other hand, his father also told his sensitive son, "A Jew cannot be uneducated or ignorant of the Torah" and agreed for Adin to spend time studying Jewish texts.
Meeting an old Chabad hasid in Jerusalem's Meah She'arim neighborhood, the brilliant young boy began to study, poring over Talmudic and hasidic texts and then returning home to delve into books on chemistry, physics, literature, philosophy, sculpture, and anything else he could get his hands on. He was curious, interested in everything.
By his 24th birthday, the young R. Steinsaltz was giving classes in Jewish thought with quite a few university professors in the audience, including Israel's president Zalman Shazar.
Years later, R. Steinsaltz reflected, "these people, several of whom could have been my grandparents, didn't want to hear my little voice. They wanted to hear the powerful, meaningful voice of Judaism, that voice that comes from Mount Sinai. The sound of Sinai has been wandering and winding its way through the Jewish people for generations. At the moment that I am teaching, it happens to be flowing through me. So, according to this count, I am now 3,000 years old, bringing the words of Mount Sinai to these famous professors…"
Indeed, by the time R. Steinsaltz succumbed to pneumonia at 83 a little over a week ago in Jerusalem, he had performed a feat that no one since Rashi had accomplished in the 11th century.
Working 17-hour days, R. Steinsaltz translated and commented on all 63 volumes of the Babylonian Talmud, which stretches over 2,700 double-sided folio leafs, unlocking the closed pages of Jewish law, ethics, folklore, history, and tradition to the modern reader in Hebrew – with translations published in English, Russian, French, Spanish, Italian, and even Chinese. His published works also include more than 60 books, with commentary on the Torah, Mishna, Maimonides, Biblical and Talmudic personalities, alongside his original commentary on the Tanya, books on hasidic philosophy, and other areas of Jewish thought and even zoology.
R. Steinsaltz may have left this world, but he left us his books and his students. What I will miss most, however, is R. Steinsaltz the person.
When I began working for him in Russia in the mid-1990s, he compared the Jews of the former Soviet Union to a tree that seemed dead above ground but whose roots were alive and could be watered and nurtured back to health. I visited countless communities across the eleven time zones of what was once the Soviet Union and in each place I witnessed how he toiled to nurse the roots back to health.
How did this Israeli-born Talmudic scholar, who was at that point still far from finishing his life project of translating the Talmud and making it accessible to the modern reader, come to be involved in Russia? The true background to this part of his life, and his involvement in the astonishing renaissance of Soviet Jewry as the Iron Curtain was finally coming down, is little-known and has been under-reported.
In April 1988, R. Steinsaltz skipped the Israel Prize ceremony, which was being awarded to him that year, to deliver a lecture at the Global Forum at Oxford University. The forum, created to mirror the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, brought together political, social, academic, and religious leaders for a five-day retreat to address and try to resolve global issues.
The forum in Oxford took place at a time when the liberal members of the Soviet leadership were trying to strengthen contact with the West. In addition to Mother Teresa of Calcutta, the Dalai Lama, the Archbishop of Canterbury, World Muslim Congress head Dr. Inamullah Khan, astrophysicist Carl Sagan, scientist James Lovelock, various American Congressmen, and other well-known academics, influential members of the Soviet Politburo actively participated in the forum.
R. Steinsaltz spoke last and though a recording of his speech has not been preserved, his presentation apparently made an impression on Professor Evgeny Velikhov, a Soviet nuclear physicist and the deputy chairman of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. In addition to his academic standing, Velikhov was a close confidante of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and a consultant to the closely guarded inner circle of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.
Taking a walk through Oxford's winding cobblestone alleys following his talk, Velikhov spoke to him about the changes taking place in the Soviet Union and his hope that these changes would lead to a greater freedom and openness for Soviet academics.
In turn, Steinsaltz described Russia's historical role, despite pogroms and severe suppressions, as the heartland of Jewish culture for more than three centuries. In that context, R. Steinsaltz suggested that the Soviet Union, a vast country facing an economic disaster, with a desire for closer ties to the West, could benefit from the establishment of a center for religious study where students and researchers can pursue their interests in a free academic atmosphere. Steinsaltz proposed that such an initiative could be a part of the Soviet Academy of Sciences and hinted that he would be ready to serve as the director of a newly established Jewish academy where students could study Talmud, Jewish law, and the Hebrew language without fear.
Years later, Velikhov, who is not Jewish, recalled that he found R. Steinsaltz brilliant, honest, a man of integrity, and different than other religious leaders in that he wanted to create and not take anything from the Soviet Union. Taken with the idea, he invited Steinsaltz to travel to Moscow to deliver a lecture at the Soviet Academy of Sciences and have meetings with influential Soviet academics and government representatives (despite the fact that there would be three more years before the Soviet Union resumed diplomatic relations with Israel). Should Steinsaltz and his presentation be well received, Velikhov committed to support the idea of the center's creation with other members of the Academy and government officials.
In October 1988, R. Steinsaltz delivered a lecture to a select group of leading Soviet scientists where he spoke about the universal values of Judaism and their importance for the world of today. Velikhov, as well as famous physicist and head of the prestigious Space Research Institute of the Soviet Academy of Sciences Roald Sagdeyev, were both in the audience.
With his presentation well received, and following meetings with key Soviet figures, Velikhov urged Gorbachev to facilitate the opening of R. Steinsaltz's Center for Jewish Study and Research as part of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. With Gorbachev's approval in hand, R. Steinsaltz opened the first official center for Jewish studies in the Soviet Union in more than a half-century. In addition to the underground teachers of Hebrew and Judaism who emerged from hiding to teach at the new center, Velikhov's powerful influence also allowed for educators from Israel, Europe, and the United States to teach at the new center in Moscow.
In addition, and as a part of the agreement, R. Steinsaltz also received permission to microfiche Jewish books and manuscripts housed in Leningrad and to make them available to libraries in Israel and the West. Importantly, this government-sanctioned institution opened the gates for other Jewish institutions, schools, and yeshivot to open with government approval in the former Soviet Union.
Initially housed in a few small rooms in the Academy of Sciences, the new center was soon in need of far larger premises. The housing issue was resolved when Velikhov received approval to transfer the dacha, or country house, of Moscow Mayor Gavriil Popov to R. Steinsaltz for his new center.
The author with R. Steinsaltz
It was in the one of the rooms of the large country house, with high ceilings and heavy drapes covering the double paned and heavily painted large windows, thick rugs and Soviet-style furnishings, that I first met R. Steinsaltz.
The truth is that I had first "met" him years earlier through his books. I don't remember whether it was during high school or my first years in college when I came across The Thirteen Petalled Rose. The book struck me with its originality, depth and clarity, and somehow the Jewish mystical view of reality became far more my own.
Having moved to Israel on a break from graduate school to study at Yeshivat Hamivtar with Rabbis Brovender and Riskin in Efrat, I continued to read his books. I knew he lived in Jerusalem, but I was far too intimated by his brilliance – and the fear that he would ask me a question that I would be unable to answer – to consider a personal meeting. In fact, the works that I read by the Rabbi motivated me to continue in my Torah studies. A quote that would later be part of the introduction to his book on the weekly Torah portions particularly struck me:
In early versions of the Talmud, the following inscription was added to the title page of each tractate: "'Everything that is written here about non-Jews refers not to contemporary non-Jews but to the non-Jews who lived in past times.'" [So the Jews would not be persecuted for studying these books.]
In the title page of Torah literature published today, similar disclaimers still appear – but they are invisible. They read, "Everything that is written here about Jews refers not to contemporary Jews but Jews who lived in past times." For this reason, it is a relatively simple task to sit and study Bible, Talmud, or musar literature, since the information contained in these works does not apply to us or to our generation but to other people and other times.
This notion – that the book is addressing someone else, that it is practically irrelevant for us – must be erased from those invisible inscriptions. Whether it is the Bible, a musar text, or the Talmud, the inscription should be the exact converse: "Everything that is written here refers not to Jews who lived in past times but to contemporary Jews. The contents of this book are speaking specifically to and about you – it was all written for you and obligates you. Before anything else, this relates to you" (Talks on the Parasha, Toby Press)
Although I spent my formative years in New York, I was born in Russia and able to speak the language. In the early 1990s the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, and others, asked me to travel to the Soviet Union to teach at various programs and seminars. Though my parents were very anxious, and warned me that it was far too dangerous, I loved these visits. I found teaching people who were new to Jewish study quite exhilarating and loved walking the streets of Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, and dozens of other Soviet cities and towns.
In 1995, R. Chaim Brovender was invited to teach at the Steinsaltz yeshiva and spent lengthy stretches of the year in Moscow. Returning to Israel in late March, R. Brovender asked me whether I would consider spending Passover at R. Steinsaltz's Center in Moscow to teach and lead the Seders. My first question – and condition – was that if R. Steinsaltz would be there, I would not go. I was far more intimated by him than the drably dressed, baton wielding Soviet police officers. Assured that he would not be present, I agreed.
Throughout the week of Passover, hundreds of Russian Jews took part in the Passover program. The country house had a beautiful winter garden that served as a backdrop to the large dining room that was used a synagogue, classroom, and, when all furnishings were removed, for Shabbat meals and the Pesach Seders. Jewish books, mostly in Hebrew, lined the walls, with a large handwritten sign, in shaky Hebrew, with words from Pirkei Avot (6:2) boldly painted in red that proclaimed at the entrance to the room: אין לך בן חורין אלא מי שעוסק בתורה – "The only free man is one who occupies himself with the study of Torah."
The experience was incredible. The classes I prepared proved totally insufficient to satisfy the students' curiosity. They asked penetrating questions, challenged rabbinical positions, quoted Russian literature and poetry in analyzing texts. While a few came for the meals, to socialize, and inquire about the situation in Israel and the States, most of the students wanted to study and to study in depth. Initially, there was a meekness about them, an air of distrust, at times even anxiety and fear, but once comfortable they tried to unpack each text that we were studying with great eagerness to understand. I was embarrassed by how much I did not know. They made me work hard and I relished every minute.
Following an intense two weeks, I was ready to leave. As I was packing, I was told that I had a call. There were only a few telephones in the whole building, the old kind with rotary dials that made it almost impossible to get a number right on the first or second try. The phones were rarely used and I had not received a call my whole time there. The administrator of the center was on the line, calling from an office in the city, and asking me to stay a few more days. The reception was terrible and the only words that I could understand were that a rabbi was coming to visit the center and they wanted me there. For some reason, it never occurred to me that the rabbi he was referring to was R. Steinsaltz.
A tall wooden fence fully surrounded the grounds of the center – it was rumored that Yasser Arafat and other leaders had stayed here when it was the Moscow mayor's summer residence and the grounds were fully concealed from the outside by a tall, green, peeling fence. For cars to drive in, the guard, an old, heavy-set man who wore a winter coat even in the summer months, would need to open the heavy metal lock and swing open two large gates. From the large window, I saw him struggling with the lock, eventually succeeding to let in a black Lada that has smoke coming out both from its hood as well as from inside the window of the front passenger seat. The car drove up to the main entrance and a small elderly man with a yellow beard emerged, his right hand holding a pipe, the other holding on to his hat. A fear ran through me. It was Rabbi Steinsaltz.
They told me that he wanted to meet me the next day. I spent the entire night preparing for the meeting. I nervously reviewed the daf that we had learned before I left for Russia, tried to remember the Rashis, the disagreement of Tosefot, the opinions of the Rishonim. I could barely focus on the page. I had to prepare for a class that I was giving on the following morning but nothing seemed to stick. I knew I was not prepared to meet the rabbi.
The following afternoon, and without much fanfare, he came into my room, looked at me, smiled, and said, "Don't worry, I won't bite your head off." I was not so sure. "Tell me a little about yourself," he asked. The smoke of his pipe put me somewhat at ease but I could barely get any words out.
I started to tell him a bit about myself and then he took over the conversation. He explained the way in which he saw the current state of Russian Jewry, using examples from the French Revolution, quoting Aristotle, interspersing his thoughts with a joke here and there. When he stopped to take a sip from his coffee (I would learn that he drank it very strong with six spoons of sugar) he was particularly interested in my relationship with my teachers and people who I learned from. I related my experience in teaching during Passover and asked him what he considered to be successful ingredients for a good teacher.
I don't remember all of what he said – we spoke for more than three hours – but I do remember the main point of his response: "You see," he observed, "of course one has to have a mastery of the subject. One has to love to teach. And one has to have passion. Without passion, very little will succeed." He looked up at me with his playful, somewhat mischievous eyes, and added, "It is also good to have a Russian sense of humor."
"What is a Russian sense of humor?" I asked. His reply: "Not the silly, empty American type. The Russian kind that is built on knowledge and wit." And he then spoke about the great Russian-born Hebrew poet Avraham Shlonsky and the Russians that came to Israel before the establishment of the State.
I mentioned how insufficient I felt my knowledge was. He looked at me inquisitively, trying to figure out if I was genuine. "That's good," he said, "keep on learning and study seriously. But don't take yourself too seriously…"
A few days after returning to Efrat, I was asked to meet R. Steinsaltz in his Jerusalem office. Looking up at me from his papers, he said, "You see, all I have is people. Without people, nothing can happen. I don't know how much you can do. I don't know how much I can do. But we must try. With passion…"
For the next five years, while continuing my studies in yeshiva, I travelled to Russia to teach and lead seminars for R. Steinsaltz. When more funding became available, he suggested that I head a new initiative in far-flung communities in Siberia where there were Jews but few possibilities for Jewish education. We created a Jewish studies program with participants receiving newly written materials on different areas of Jewish thought buttressed by four annual seminars in which hundreds of program participants came together for a week of study that included Shabbat and a separate program for children.
It was an incredible time, with many memories and gems that I learned from R. Steinsaltz. He also introduced me to many special people, including the legendary Ralph Goldman z"l, executive vice president of the JDC who became a mentor and dear friend; religious leaders, including those of other faiths; and influential academics, philanthropists and political leaders. I was always taken with his unique ability to connect with others, many of whom held different worldviews, and do so in a way that his original thoughts, positions, and convictions were relayed with lasting influence.
On the lid of the piano in our Jerusalem home there is a photo taken from a seminar that took place near Moscow in the late 1990s. R. Steinsaltz and I are dancing in a circle of others – and he is pushing me to move forward, to dance faster. In many ways, that is the way that I remember him – always encouraging me and those around him to accomplish more, never to be satisfied with what was done yesterday.
In Russia, he was accorded the title Duchovny Ravin (Spiritual Rabbi), a historic Russian title indicating that he was the spiritual mentor of Russian Jewry. For thousands of Russian Jews, he is and will always remain the spiritual rabbi of post-Soviet Jewry.
When Jenny and I married in Jerusalem in 1997, he read the Ketuba and gave us his book, In the Beginning: Discourses in Chassidic Thought as a gift. He inscribed the book with the following words, "All beginnings are hard – please make sure to take care. And live your lives filled with passion."
At my daughter's wedding in August 2018, despite a debilitating stroke two years earlier that caused him to speak with great difficulty, he slowly walked up to the huppa to recite one of the sheva berakhot. During the dancing, he surprised us by asking people to help him up so that he could join the dance. When he clasped hands with the hatan and me, he again pushed me to dance faster, with more energy.
When I was being interviewed for a position at the Avi Chai Foundation in 2000, I met the Rabbi to seek his advice.
Once again, we met in that little office in central Jerusalem. It was after midnight. I told him about the possibility and asked him what he thought. "If a person is lucky, he gets a chance in life to fly. You may have learned the mechanics of flying, but you haven't taken off yet" – he then proceeded to explain how birds fly, using names and examples that I had not heard of. Once he finished the lesson in zoology, he ended with, "This offer may give you a chance to really fly. Just don't forget the passion…"
He proceeded to explain that people may do a mitzva here and there, igniting points of light that take place sporadically, haphazardly. "To really fly," he said, "you have to do far more than individual mitzvot. You have to create movement, motion in which there are not individual dots but action that can cause change."
Throughout my years of working for him, it was clear that R. Steinsaltz could not abide phoniness or foolishness, and he had no patience for people who showed off their knowledge or tried to impress. He was a sort of rabbinic Peter Pan, adventurous, free-spirited, mischievous – the young boy who can fly anywhere and never grows up. He was the leader of his Neverland, writing about demons, angels, fairies, wizards, and, occasionally, ordinary children from the world beyond. He especially loved interacting with children and often had groups of young students around him.
Though he considered himself a hasid, he was loath to have hasidim, followers, and he rebuffed any sycophantic admirers who wanted to be his students. He urged his students to be the best that they could be in whatever fields that they chose, and not to be his copycats, lackeys, or groupies.
He remained outside of the box, detesting labels or specific identities. He paid a price for being unique. He had many critics who wanted to censure, shun, or excommunicate him. This frail, soft-spoken man had the power of a giant, sharing his knowledge and unique ideas with simple people and Supreme Court justices. He had no desire to be befriended by the powerful; his goal was to teach Jewish knowledge, which he insisted had the unique power to transform the world.
Despite an acerbic personality – he could be critical, with biting comments aimed at those around him who tried to speak about things that they did not understand – R. Steinsaltz believed in people, admiring those who could withstand the difficulty of life and make change. He didn't suffer fools gladly, challenging his interlocutors to make change, first in themselves and then in all those around them.
There was also something incredibly spiritual about R. Steinsaltz. For the past seven years my family and I prayed with him and 600 of his students on the high Holy Days. Before the sounding of the shofar, R. Steinsaltz would speak, his soft voice barely audible in the large room. He urged us to listen to the sound of the shofar, to make sure the piercing sound awakens us, encourages us to take a step further, to be far more than we ever dreamed we could be.
Last week, as R. Steinsaltz lay in the intensive care unit of Sha'arei Tzedek, his granddaughter Racheli was hospitalized one floor above in the same hospital. Racheli was nine months pregnant and had come to the hospital feeling labor pangs. "Adin is waiting for Racheli to give birth," his wife whispered to me.
Indeed, the very same day that R. Steinsaltz's first great-grandson entered the world, he returned his soul to his Creator.
And yet, he had not finished his work on earth. His wife, Chaya Sarah Azimov (a distant relative of the writer Isaac Asimov) and the scion of an illustrious Chabad family, once told me that after a private meeting with the Lubavitcher Rebbe, the Rebbe told her that everything that R. Steinsaltz writes should be published and disseminated widely, even small remarks and observations should appear in print.
One night last week at the shiva, together with a few of his grandchildren, I walked into his small Jerusalem office. I caught a whiff of his pipe and imagined him sitting behind the small desk, that unique smile, those searching eyes.
The closet was filled with boxes, one stacked atop the other, labelled with the words, "unfinished manuscripts/unfinished projects."
His son Meni took a break from sitting shiva to show me the beginning of an interactive digital website that is being created from all of R. Steinsaltz's commentary and writing. In this way, his unique voice will continue to impact the world.
Now, as Rabbi Steinsaltz would say, it is time for the sound of Sinai to wander and wind its way through us.
Rabbi Dr. David Rozenson is the executive director of Beit Avi Chai in Jerusalem and the author of the Russian volume In Search of Isaac Babel (Knizhniki Publishers, 2015).
Read David Berger's response, "Reading Epistle to Yemen in Moscow."
[Originally published August 16, 2020]
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Cop's lift to pharmacy leads to drug-linked fracas
By MINDY KEPFIELD
A man dropped off at Lannings Pharmacy by sheriff's deputies became so belligerent with staff they had to call them to remove him from a bench in front of the store.
The scene happened as visitors to the pharmacy were having photos of their children taken with the Easter bunny.
"The timing was not good," sheriff Robert Craft said, adding sheriff's deputies did not know at the time the man would be a problem.
Craft said the unnamed man was picked up on US-77 by deputy Aaron Christner who dropped him off in front of the pharmacy because he said he was diabetic and needed syringes.
"There was no indication he was a problem," he said. "He apparently was just trying to get medical supplies."
Craft said deputies don't normally give people a ride to town, but the man requested medical help.
Staff at the store called sheriff's office after he became angry and began knocking items off shelves in front of customers.
Christner asked dispatchers if Marion city officer Duane McCarty was available and then asked undersheriff Dave Huntley to meet him back at Lannings.
"I kind of want an explanation as to why two officers thought it was a good idea to drop off a guy who was clearly on drugs in front of a pharmacy," pharmacist James Meyer said.
Meyer told Huntley the man was "clearly intoxicated and on drugs," and was not welcome at the store.
He said the pharmacy does not sell syringes to customers who do not have a prescription for insulin.
When they would not sell syringes to the man, he became hostile, swearing at staff and batting merchandise off shelves, he said.
"He came in here harassing me and my staff and he is not welcome here," he said. "We've got a bunch of little kids in here."
Huntley said the man told him he wanted a pharmacy, but they would remove him from the bench in front of the store.
"Somehow or other we'll get him out of here," Huntley said.
Deputies dropped the man off at a service station on near US-56 and McPherson later that afternoon.
Craft said he was on his way to Great Bend.
"There was clearly a history with him somewhere," he said.

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Морденит — минерал-цеолит с химической формулой (Ca,Na_2,K_2)Al_2Si_10O_24*7H_2O. Является одним из шести самых распространённых коммерческих алюмосиликатов (наряду с натролитом, шабазитом, гейландитом, стильбитом (десмин), ломонтитом, клиноптилолитом).

История открытия
Впервые был описан в 1964 году Генри Хау. Он назвал минерал в честь небольшой общины Морден, Новая Шотландия, Канада, расположенной вдоль залива Фанди, где он был впервые найден.

Физические свойства

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Локализация обменных катионов в мордените полностью не установлена. По Мейеру в натриевой форме морденита четыре из восьми ионов Na расположены на стыках боковых каналов, открывающихся из соседних главных каналов; остальные четыре, вероятно, находятся в больших каналах.

Удаление воды происходит равномерно — единственный эндоэффект наблюдается в интервале 25 — 400°С и полная регидратация наступает даже после нагревания до 800 °С. Потеря массы при этом составляет около 12 %.

Структура
Морденит имеет сложную структуру: горизонтальные 4-членные кольца разделены парами наклонных 5-членных колец с общей стороной. Из сочетания таких колец образуются искривленные 12-членные кольца, ограничивающие вертикальные каналы с эллиптическим сечением.

Морденит имеет орторомбическую форму (a, b, c неравные и все углы 90 градусов). Кристаллизуется в виде призматических волокон, толщина которых не превышает 0 03 мм. Обладает молекулярно-ситовым действием и ионообменными свойствами.

Молекулярная структура морденита представляет собой каркас, содержащий цепочки из пятичленных колец связанных силикатных и алюминатных тетраэдров (четыре атома кислорода, расположенных в точках треугольной пирамиды вокруг центрального атома кремния или алюминия).

Его высокое соотношение атомов кремния и алюминия делает его более устойчивым к воздействию кислот, чем большинство других цеолитов.

Схожесть с другими цеолитами
 морденит, как и клиноптилолит проявляет высокую термическую стойкость.
 морденит, как и клиноптилолит характеризуется высоким отношением Si / AI.
 морденит, клиноптилолит, как и монтмориллонит, обладают повышенной избирательностью к аммиакату меди.

Распространение
Морденит является одним из наиболее распространенных цеолитов в изменённых вулканических отложениях; он встречается в вулканических породах, таких как риолит, андезит и базальт. Он связан с другими цеолитами, такими как стильбит и гейландит. Хорошие примеры были найдены в Исландии, Индии, Италии, Орегоне, Вашингтоне и Айдахо. Он также встречается в морских отложениях, например, в Уральских горах и в дамбах, где вода атаковала и изменила вулканические стекла, как на острове Арран в Шотландии.

Синтез
Морденит в натриевой форме получают из порошка алюмосиликатного катализатора крекинга, который под действием водного щелочного раствора превращается в щелочную суспензию алюмосиликата. Суспензия нагревается до 130°С при давлении 0,3 МПа и в течение 24 ч. кристаллизуется при перемешивании; полученные кристаллы цеолита поступают на фильтрацию и промывку.

Использование
Синтетический морденит используется в качестве катализатора в нефтехимической промышленности для катализируемой кислотой изомеризации алканов и ароматических соединений.

В Новой Зеландии цеолитовый туф, содержащий морденит, высушивают и измельчают для получения различных продуктов, включая адсорбенты для поглощения разливов нефти и химикатов и отходов животноводства, кормовые добавки для животных, водоочистку, спортивную траву и удобрения с замедленным высвобождением.

Осадочные месторождения морденита присутствуют в нескольких странах, особенно в Болгарии, Венгрии, Японии и Соединенных Штатах. Добываемый в карьерах материал, как правило, является значительным, например, недавняя оценка годового производства в Японии составляет 150 000 тонн. Помимо общего применения в области сельского хозяйства и строительной промышленности (в качестве размерного камня), он известен как сорбент и молекулярное сито. Описаны процессы газоразделения для получения высококачественного O_2 из воздуха с помощью генераторов, работающих под давлением. Полномасштабные заводы на основе богатых морденитом туфов работают в Японии с конца 1960-х годов.

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Doctors warn parents of deadly online 'diet pills'
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Doctors warn of the danger of diet pills purchased from the internet- direct cause of death.
Purchasing diet pills from unknown sources online may have serious consequences and could lead to death, a number of nutritionists from different clinics around Qatar confirmed to a local media outlet on Wednesday.
Health experts warned of the quality and quantity of the ingredients used to form drugs purchased online, including those marketed as treatments for obesity related health or weight issues, some of which used to by parents to balance the weight of their children.
"The mother can feed her child a poison in the form of medicine with the aim of treating thinness and accelerating the growth of his body or losing weight," the experts said.
Parents seem to lack awareness and are easily persuaded to buy drugs that are banned and sold clandestinely through the internet, they warned.
These online drugs could lead to many severe complications especially when they are given to a child in the growth stage.
Risks include a potential delay in their growth process, mental retardation and other serious health issues, in addition to its alarming psychological impact on the child and their self-esteem, according to specialists.
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"Ordering drugs through websites of unknown sources is a very dangerous matter because it is impossible for these medicines to pass through the same stages as those that are sold in pharmacies, and usually the words written on the accompanying paper for the medicine sold via the internet are incorrect and do not match with the ingredients that the medicine actually contains," Dr. Iman Mahrous, public health and clinical nutrition specialist said.
The experts urged for more awareness on the dangers of the drugs and their negative impact on the human body in general, even for adults.
The right treatment for weight gain or loss problems lie in the hands of nutritionists that are able to properly diagnosis and suggest a safe balanced diet.
Dr. Iman said uninformed parents usually believe the drugs are made of herbs and nutritional supplements that help in losing weight. One such case is Sibutramine, a substance that is internationally banned because of its side effects on the central nervous system and its correlation with several deaths around the world.
"There are medicines of unknown sources that contain bacteria that lead to diarrhoea in order to lose weight, and there are other types of medicines that have been proven to contain worm eggs and when a person consumes them, the worms spread out in their digestive system and absorb their food and thus they lose weight as a result of the presence of these worms inside their digestive system," the doctor said.
She stressed that all these drugs are very harmful and could threaten the life of those who consume them, advising the public to consult a certified doctor before taking any medications.
As for dietary supplements, the doctor advised people to opt for those that have been scientifically proven and approved by the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA).
As for the treatment of thinness, Dr. Rashad Lashin, Medical Director at Al Malakiya Clinics said "all necessary tests must be done to ensure that what the child suffers from is really thinness and not just the parents assumptions."
"In many cases that come to us, complaining of being underweight or overweight are normal according to the correct evaluation, and therefore each case must be presented to the doctor first," the doctor said.
"Drugs should only be taken as prescribed by the doctor because they may lead to serious health side effects and affect liver function, kidney function and other organs.
"It could also lead to Irritable Bowel Syndrome, infertility, tumours, muscle enlargement, heart and circulatory problems, mental disorders, depression, or stunted growth," he added.
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Dr. Lashin highlighted the psychological and mental effects of parents' pressure on their kids, saying "on top of these side-effects is the loss of self-confidence and the low self-perception that destroys the child's psyche, weakens their capacity for productivity and creativity, and afflicts them with social isolation and a decline in public participation."
He said that everyone should learn about the Body Mass Index (BMI) to properly assess their health.
In addition, the clinical dietitian at West Bay Medicare, Dr. Lama Abi Ghanem said in a statement that such medications designated for kids could potentially include a lot of chemicals and substances that are not approved by the FDA, noting there is not enough studies on the effectiveness of herbs used as dietary supplements.
She also outlined the impact of colourants and chemical substances used in kids' supplements, adding that "research has shown that the large number of colourants cause overgrowth in children, and most of the medicines that are bought without consulting a doctor contain toxic substances such as Arsenic, Mercury, Cadmium and Lead, which affect the growth of children's brain."
Dr. Lama added that "weight gain drugs that are sold online may contain hydrogenated oils that justifies their cheap price, and this may lead to an unhealthy increase in the child's weight, which results in the formation of fats around the arteries and thus problems in the heart and atherosclerosis. Children need the growth hormone but it must necessarily be under medical supervision."
Meanwhile, Dr. Asmaa Said, consultant of clinical nutrition and public health, confirmed that such drugs lead to hormonal change which could lead to problems during puberty. She also recommended people who suffer from thinness to exercise in order to gain muscles while eating protein-rich meals.
Nonetheless, doctors warned that such drugs are not to be given to kids below 12 years of age.
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Right to Roam: CROW Act turns 20
Posted by Catherine Flitcroft on 30/11/2020
Happy birthday to the Countryside and Rights of Way (CROW) Act! It's been 20 years of being able to legally enjoy a stroll across open access land, up open access hills and mountains and into open country moor, heath and down. But how did this come about and are we satisfied with current access levels? Read on for a bit of history and let us know your thoughts by taking the survey linked at the end.
What is the CROW Act?
Firstly, what exactly is the CROW Act? Well CROW stands for the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 which gives a right of access on foot to mountain, moor, heath and down ('open country'). The most significant element of the CROW Act is that for the first time ever it gives a legal right of access to the general public for informal recreation on foot – including for climbing – to large areas of countryside that are mapped and designated as 'open country'.
There's now 865,000 hectares now classed as 'open access', which is brilliant for everyone that enjoys the outdoors, but is it perfect? Today, on the 20th anniversary of CROW we consider the question, is CROW enough and do we infact want / need greater access to our green spaces and waterways?
PLEASE TAKE OUR SHORT SURVEY: Are we happy with current countryside access levels?
Why was the CROW Act important?
When Labour came to power in 1997, better access to the countryside was a manifesto commitment and had been a Ramblers' Association campaign for decades. With consultation in full swing the BMC Access & Conservation Committee got on board and as a result we were able to:
ensure climbing was included in the new statutory right of access
fight off the threat of a night-time curfew on access
work with landowners' representatives so that occupier's liability with respect to natural land features (often an issue with access to cliffs) on access land was reduced.
What results did climbers and walkers see?
The CROW Act, is an iconic piece of legislation, arguably the most significant legal statute affecting recreation and access to the countryside in England and Wales since the National Parks & Access to the Countryside Act of 1949.
The Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps show areas of open access in yellow shading meaning that you can go walking, climbing and running (activities on foot) over 865,000 hectares of land (covering mountains, moors, heaths, downs and registered common land) without the need to stick to paths. It has given people confidence and a sense of freedom to explore.
Some areas that were previously inaccessible are now open for all for example, Bamford Moor (and Bamford Edge), the Forest of Bowland and the Aran Mountains in southern Snowdonia National Park.
Unfortunately, some activities are still not permitted as a right including camping, cycling, horse riding, motor sports and access to rivers / water ways for canoeing.
Our #Hills2Oceans campaign is calling on everyone to get involved in a litter pick to help remove as much litter and plastic from our hills, mountains and crags as possible so it doesn't end up in our oceans.
Read on to get involved:https://t.co/Ydc4UtU5GV pic.twitter.com/TkkDth00oK
— BMC Access Team (@access_bmc) November 6, 2020
How much work was it for the BMC?
The BMC worked hard in the two years prior to the ACT receiving Royal Assent in ensuring that climbing and hill walking were included as a right. Briefing papers, suggested amendments to the draft Bill and meetings were held regularly with MPs, Peers and Government departments to ensure our voice was heard. Following the publication of the ACT in 2000, the BMC were then involved in trying to influence the mapping process. This still isn't perfect as some areas have been wrongly mapped and some areas have been missed out but it is hoped that the (very) delayed decadal review of the maps in England will address some of these issues and the BMC will be submitting evidence to this process when it gets underway.
In Wales, the review of the maps occurred in 2013 and as a result of representations by the BMC, several key areas were included as new areas of open access and have been mapped accordingly. These include the land above Rhoscolyn cliffs on Anglesey, the Little Orme headland at Llandudno, areas of land (including crags) on the Southern Rhinog mountains, the RAC boulders in Snowdonia, Craig y Gesail at Tremadog, land below Sentries Ridge on Mynydd Mawr and a few other smaller venues.
How does the BMC lobby on issues like these?
The BMC access team has its ears to the ground and works closely with like-minded organisations to keep an eye on new policy and emerging Government legislation that may have an impact on access to (and the protection of) our natural environment. If the opportunity arises then we will seek to influence political discussions and ultimately decisions so that more of us have the freedom to access the places we love responsibly and respectfully. This maybe through the creation of joint letters to ministers, briefing papers to key MPs and MSs who support our view, meetings with Government departments and more recently public campaigns such as No Moor BBQs and Save Outdoor Centres. All of these methods raise the profile of the issue both politically and in the public eye to ensure our voice is heard. Unfortunately, we aren't always successful immediately but big changes can and often do take time. Currently we are working with others on important issues such as the Environment Bill, an update of the Countryside Code and the Welsh Government Access Reform Programme.
What's next – are there still access challenges?
The CROW Act is a fantastic piece of legislation but it isn't perfect. Many of us will be using its anniversary to begin putting markers in the sand for 'where next'. A campaign to extend the CROW Act in England is already in its early stages and will be looking at extending access to woodlands, all downland, Green Belt land and waterways. This would give many more people easy access to nature and the physical, mental and spiritual health benefits that it brings. The BMC is already part of these discussions and will be reporting more shortly.
In Wales, the right to access coastal areas and seas cliffs is not currently included in the CROW Act, as these areas are not classed as open access land. However major reforms to Access Legislation are planned for Wales in 2021, and the BMC has been at the heart of these changes, campaigning to extend open access land the coastal areas of Wales, and working with Welsh Government to secure access in perpetuity to some of the most iconic sea cliffs in the UK. These access reform changes also propose to allow cycling on designated footpaths and on some open access land (as is the case in Scotland) and will also simplify the legal process for designating, claiming and managing public rights of way. Other proposed changes will allow bathing and other activities on rivers and lakes on open access land as well as introducing a lower level of liability for land owners and occupiers.
Currently we have a right to roam over just 8% of England, and only 3% of rivers in England and Wales are legally accessible. Covid has clearly demonstrated the importance of access to the outdoors. Do we therefore need to extend the right to enjoy our green spaces and waterways?
SURVEY: Are we happy with current countryside access levels?
We want to say a big thanks to every BMC member who continues to support us through the Coronavirus crisis.
From weekly Facebook Lives and GB Climbing home training videos, to our access team working to re-open the crags and fight for your mountain access, we couldn't do it without you.
Did you know that we've just launched a new U27 membership offer for just £1 / month? And with full membership from £1.66 / month, it's never been easier to join and support our work:
https://www.thebmc.co.uk/join-the-bmc-for-1-month-U27-membership
Along with several other organisations, the BMC has written to the Home Office, Ministry of Justice and DEFRA to share our grave concerns about the Government's proposals to make trespass a criminal, instead of a civil, offence. This could have the potential to change how people access and enjoy the countryside and green spaces.
Experts sought for BMC Land Management Group (LMG)
The BMC is seeking several new volunteers to advise on the management of our crags and associated land holdings. If you have a background in property law, rural practice surveying, geotechnical engineering, the quarry industry or conservation management – please read on.
Proposals to make ordinary trespass a criminal offence have alarmed outdoor groups, including the BMC. Ahead of a debate in Parliament on the issue and the possibility of Government publishing the Police Powers and Protections Bill, Ed Douglas calls for the Government to think again.
Good article - a timely reminder of just what a monumentally important piece of legislation the CroW Act is! It's also good to see that the BMC (and others) aren't resting on their laurels but are looking to see how access rights could be extended. Just one minor quibble re the article: I'm not sure that many walkers and climbers would regard it as 'unfortunate' that motor sports are not permitted as a right!


ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Arby's dared to go where no restaurant chain had gone before when it launched a limited-edition Venison Sandwich in five select hunting-centric states last year. Participating restaurants sold out of the sandwich within hours, and the unique offering generated an outpouring of requests from hunters and meat lovers across the country hoping to try Arby's take on venison.
That hunt will end October 21 when Arby's Venison Sandwich returns, this time at every Arby's restaurant in America. The sandwich will be available while supplies last – and they are expected to go quickly.
With the Venison Sandwich now available nationwide, Arby's culinary team is already searching for the next bold limited-edition meat to add to the menu. They will start with a limited-edition Elk Sandwich, available Oct. 21 in three restaurants in the popular elk hunting states of Colorado, Wyoming and Montana. The sandwich features a tender elk steak topped with blackberry port steak sauce and crispy onions on a toasted specialty roll.
For more information on Arby's Venison Sandwich and other menu items, visit www.arbys.com or follow the Brand on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
Arby's, founded in 1964, is the second-largest sandwich restaurant brand in the world with more than 3,300 restaurants in seven countries. The brand is headquartered in Atlanta, Ga. For more information, visit Arbys.com.
With its current growth and momentum, Arby's is actively seeking new franchisees. To learn more about available markets and requirements, visit ArbysFranchising.com.
On Saturday, October 21, Arby's Venison Sandwich returns, this time at every Arby's restaurant in America.


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Oil will continue to play a key role in global energy mix; continued investment in the sector is vital to ensuring global energy security
ISTANBUL, Turkey, July 17, 2017
Istanbul, Turkey-The role of oil as a vital source of energy to the world is expected to continue for the long term despite the growth of alternatives, said Amin H. Nasser, President and CEO of Saudi Aramco.
At the 22nd World Petroleum Congress in Istanbul, Nasser reiterated in a keynote to heads of state, government ministers, and executives that new investments are necessary and crucial to ensuring global energy security. Nasser offered insights on the future of energy and how Saudi Aramco is transforming to meet new economic realities and industry demands.
"There's a growing belief that the world can prematurely disengage from proven, reliable energy sources like oil and gas, on the assumption that alternatives will rapidly deploy," Nasser said.
"About $1 trillion in investments has been lost in the current downturn, concurrent to growing oil demand and the natural decline of developed fields. Conservative estimates suggest we need about 20 million [additional] barrels per day over the next five years to counter these effects."
The volume of conventional oil discovered around the world halved over the past four years, compared to the previous four, according to Nasser, leading to an investment shortfall and the start of a cycle that may inhibit a future energy transition.
Nasser identified three areas that can build resilience and discipline for the transition: available supplies; cost structure and portfolio integration; and emissions reduction.
Addressing supplies, Nasser noted, "Saudi Aramco plans to invest more than $300 billion over the coming decade to reinforce our preeminent position in oil, maintain our spare oil production capacity and pursue a large exploration and production program centered on conventional and unconventional gas resources."
Portfolio integration is also important, as Saudi Aramco emerges as the world's largest and most integrated energy producer. The company has identified refining and chemicals, among other areas, as key drivers of long-term value and growth.
Leveraging innovation and technology to make the use of oil and gas ultra-clean relates to Saudi Aramco's commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement. "We aim to double our natural gas production to 23 billion standard cubic feet per day (scf/d) over the coming decade, and raise the share of gas in the Kingdom's utilities to about 70 percent, the highest of any G20 nation," Nasser said. "We have collaborated with many oil and gas companies to promote low-emission solutions, to include our commitment to the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative's $1 billion investment fund to develop and rapidly deploy those technologies."
Nasser added that Saudi Aramco is prioritizing the direct conversion of oil to petrochemicals as a major part of its longterm strategic focus. The company is also investing in solar energy, having launched a phased program to build an initial renewable capacity of 9.5 GW by 2023.
Although, while the industry as a whole can take pride in a history of significant economic contributions, it must adopt a future strategy calculated for the energy transformation. "Industry leaders and policy makers must develop an aligned and compelling narrative to attract the level of investments we need," said Nasser. "Part of that effort will be transforming our own business model to ensure that oil and gas are not just proven, reliable energy sources, but are as clean and affordable as possible, without compromising the world's energy security."
Themed "Bridges to our Energy Future," WPC itself is expected to attract 50 ministers, 500 policy makers, 500 CEOs and 5,000 delegates from 100 countries.
Photo caption: At the 22nd World Petroleum Congress, Amin Nasser challenged the notion that the world can prematurely disengage from proven energy resources such as oil and gas. He also pointed out that business models must be transformed to ensure that oil and gas are as clean and affordable as possible— without any compromise to global energy security.


The news came at the Governor Meets the Press conference held at Phuket Provincial Hall this morning.
"Due to the rapid economic expansion in Phuket, the construction of buildings, notably condominium housing, has been quickly done without urban planning," Governor Norraphat Plodthong admitted today.
"Floods in many areas have happened, which results in a bad image of Phuket. Tourists lack confidence, traffic jams become a major problem for the province," he said, not noting that years of Patong and other areas across the island repeatedly flooding prompted the Thai media last year to denote Phuket the honourable nickname "Waterworld" in their headline stories.
"Following recent problems, Phuket provincial authorities has been meeting with relevant departments to speed up the solution (to repeated flooding), targetting three areas," the Governor added.
The three areas are in front of Thalang School, for which the province has allocated a budget of B15mn; at Baan Pakrongship, with a budget of B15mn; and in front of the Thai Watsadu store on Thepkrasattri Rd, with a budget of B30mn, Gov Norraphat explained.
"In addition, a support budget from the Phuket Provincial Administrative Organisation (PPAO, or OrBorJor) through its accumulated budget for 2016 has been dedicated to solve the problem at three other locations: in front of SuperCheap (B48.75mn); in front of Baan Suan Pa (B12.3mn); and in front of the Susco petrol station in Muang Mai (B30mn)," he added.
Phichak Sornchana, Deputy Director of Phuket Highways Office explained at the meeting, "The Department of Highways is responsible for the first three projects, which need to be resolved urgently.
"We expect to start the contracts by mid-October," he said.
"We concluded the e-bidding yesterday (Sept 17) and submitted a list of contractors to the department head office for approval," Mr Phichak explained.
"The next step is waiting for the department to deliver the budget to the Phuket provincial treasury," he said.
"We expect to have this by Oct 8, then by Oct 15 we will call the selected contractors in to finalise arrangements and sign the contracts. After that, we can start the projects," Mr Phichak told The Phuket News after the meeting.
"We will stress to all contractors that the work must be done quickly and that the effect on motorists must be as little as possible.
"During the construction period of all three projects, which each will have to be completed within 120 days, the contractors must set up lights and signs to be seen clearly to prevent accidents.
"During the night, the work will continue with two lanes open at the same time to be flexible for traffic, and must have four lanes open in the morning (during rush hour)," Mr Phichak said.
"Also, drains will be installed on both sides of the road and then once completed the footpath must be beautiful," he added.
"In addition, we will start the work after the rainy season has ended because in the past we have found that heavy rains are a major difficulty that only causes projects to be delayed," Mr Phichak said.
The drains to be installed under Thepkrasattri Rd will be concrete frames measuring 2.1-metres cubed, he noted.
"This is for better drainage and to solve the problem of repeated floods in a sustainable way," he said.
"It is well known that this road was built obstructing waterways, and the drains installed are too small, and the context of this road has changed," Mr Phichak said.
"Also, the natural areas and the trees that used to absorb the water have been cut down. The floods come so fast and more radical now, that is why we need to do this," he added.
Governor Norraphat also noted that the provincial government has set up a working team comprising officials from from seven departments and units, along with the Royal Irrigation Department, to set up rainwater measuring devices at 31 locations in high areas.
"They will install sensors and a system to process the data so they can alert people (of heavy rains and impending floods) through an application," Gov Norraphat said.
"People will be able to get more information about the volume of rain that has fallen, and we can prepare for as well as prevent various disasters more effectively," he said.
It would be fairly easy to stop the problem in front of SuperCheap and it would a lot less than B48.75mn!  Just put a cop by the drains and shoot everyone who throws plastic bags and polystyrene in the drainage system. Several times when it's flooded I've seen some poor soul working feverishly to collect the massive amount of trash causing the problem. Pay the cleaners a decent wage too.
More than triple higher density housing/condo's/hotels is what is needed in Phuket and the sooner the better.
Thai have a low profile commission system, right? Actually to govern well, you do not do important things anymore just 10 days before your successor starts to take over. You leave these things to him.
Not doing so has a double bottom. Initiating things, running away, not being responsible.
The governor seems to be trying hard to ink a lot of big budget deals just before his leaving Phuket. Gee, I wonder what his true motives are???
Nonsense and jibberish. This is just the next mega budget burner. The governor laments the lack of urban planning (duh), then presses on with these piecemeal and fragmented projects that will just push the problem down to the next bottleneck. No regional plan. And we will also likely see drains placed too high to work or so low they create traffic hazards and cause accidents. Hopeless case.
Ahh- so it's all about 'image' then.  No mention about addressing the root causes of this on-going issue.


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Vol 21 No 2: Oktober 2018 /
Ta'wīl Teologis Abū Manṣūr Al-Māturīdī (Pembacaan Kritis atas Ayat-ayat Keesaan Tuhan)
Izzatu Tazkiyah uinmalikimalang
DOI: https://doi.org/10.28918/religia.v21i2.1511
Historically, the discourse of exegesis and ta'wīl does not always go hand in hand. This was the case, especially when the al-Asy'ārī school of thought was in power. In this era, the exegesis had been positioned superior to the ta'wīl whose existence was not only regarded as the Islamic opposition but also the deviation of the truth. In this study, the author attempts to unveil the theological ta'wīl of al-Māturīdī on his magnum opus Ta'wīlat Ahl al-Sunnah and Kitab al-Tawhid. By considering its capability of reconciling traditionalists (Ash'ariyah) with rationalists (Muktazilah), the magnum opus of al-Maturidi's becomes a research object of the current study. In particular, this study investigates the research object by means of comparative theological and exegesis approaches, with three main findings. The first finding shows that the concept of ta'wīl constructed by al-Māturīdī in his general exegesis seems very loose. The second finding demonstrates that the objectivity of the meaning presented by al-Māturīdī sometimes reduces due to its theological views which appear subjective. The third finding reveals a contradiction. On one side, al-Maturidi's theological view can assuage any ideas that clash with Islam. On another side, however, al-Māturīdī tried to base the doctrine of Sunni theology.
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Another 3 Innovayt Clients in the European SME Innovation Champions League!
The fourth evaluation cut-off of the main European research funding programme for SMEs – the dedicated SME instrument under Horizon 2020 – resulted in selection and funding of a new group of high-potential SMEs, and the results have been published by EASME.
Innovayt and our SME clients were – again - very successful with 3 winning submission for phase 1 for the programme. Innovayt assisted with the development and presentation of 7 proposals for the call.
161 companies from 23 countries were selected from the March round of Horizon 2020 SME Instrument Phase 1. For each project, the participants will receive €50,000 to finance feasibility studies. They can also request up to three days of business coaching. The European Commission received 1,569 proposals under Phase 1 by the first cut-off date of 2015 on 18 March. In other words, an overall success rate around 10%.
Denmark had a total of 5 SMEs funded for the call, 3 of which are Innovayt clients.
The 3 SMEs – which join a group of 14 Innovayt clients with successful phase 1 submissions - will conduct feasibility studies for technologies and services across technology areas, including lightning protection of wind turbines; recycling of fiber materials – and finally innovative and eco-friendly construction materials.
We will post news on the individual projects and share the promoters' experiences with the application processes on our web site in the coming weeks.


Following the chairman of Crossrail's resignation Sadiq Khan has said is going to be holding the company to account.
Speaking at the Hanukkah celebrations in Trfalgar Square he said there are questions to be answered about the postponed opening of the line.
Assembly Members have summoned the mayor of London to a meeting to explain what he knew about the delays.


Imagine being in a boat and enjoying the sights and sounds of being at sea. Harbourside captures this unique experience while letting you keep your feet firmly on dry land!
We have possibly the best self catering holiday cottage location on the glorious Northumberland Coast, which has found a whole new set of fans thanks to Robson Green's popular ITV series Tales from Northumberland.
Overlooking the harbour at Seahouses, newly renovated Harbourside has panoramic views out to sea and across to the Farne Islands. Sit back and relax on the private balcony with a drink and watch boats to the islands coming and going. Harbourside is a stone's throw from the miles and miles of sandy beaches which make up this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and close the castles and rugged countryside that have put Northumberland on the holiday map.
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This week Uruguay's government submitted a bill for plain tobacco packaging to Congress. Once passed, the country will have the world's most comprehensive set of restrictions on tobacco branding, and its associated marketing benefits. The tobacco industry are already limited by the 'single presentation' regulation – which means tobacco companies can only sell one variant within its brand family.
The plain packaging bill will require all tobacco packs to be a standardised shape, size and material; product information will be restricted to a name displayed in standardised text, and the background will be a standardised, unattractive colour. This adds to current regulation requiring graphic health warnings to cover 80 percent of the front and back of cigarette packages, which already makes Uruguay a leading country for this policy.
Plain or 'standardised' packaging is a powerful public health measure proven to help smokers quit and discourage non-smokers from starting. This bill aims to further reduce the product's appeal, eliminate tobacco advertisement and promotion; eliminate the possibility of misleading or deceiving consumers that a product is less harmful than another; and increase visibility and effectiveness of graphic health warnings. Uruguay already prohibits all tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship, including point-of-sale displays. The use of terms, such as 'light' and 'mild' for describing tobacco products is also banned.
The Union is giving full technical and legal support to this initiative, through a grant from the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use. This contribution allowed the government of Uruguay to build a solid evidence base, including a legal study of this legislation in other countries. It also conducted research, published in the BMJ's Tobacco Control, showing that the proposed plain tobacco packaging design increased risk perception of cigarette products among current Uruguayan smokers. Both the elimination of distinctive brand elements and the use of Australia's dark brown background colour were important factors. The government will carry out similar studies among pregnant women, teenagers, and high-prevalence population groups.
In 2016 Uruguay successfully defended its 'single presentation' regulation before the World Bank-hosted International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) against a six-year legal challenge from Philip Morris International, who claimed that reducing brand families to a single product breached trademark law. The ICSID ruling confirmed this regulation against the industry complaint.
Tobacco control advocates expect that the plain packaging bill will pass through Congress quickly and without amendment, since this is a policy priority for President Tabaré Vazquez, whose party has a legislative majority. Uruguay will then become the first country in the world to have plain tobacco packaging and a 'single presentation' per brand. The government will then regulate the specific plain packaging requirements. Plain packaging is expected to be in the market by 2019.


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Tottenham have dropped 42 points from winning positions in EPL matches against Arsenal, more than any side has dropped against another in the competition's history.
Tottenham have won their last two home league matches, and are looking to win three in a row at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for the first time since April 2019 – in their first three EPL matches at the ground.
Arsenal are unbeaten away from home in London derbies so far this season (W1 D2) – they last remained unbeaten in all of their away London derbies in a single EPL season back in 2004-05.
Arsenal are looking to win three consecutive EPL away matches for the first time since October 2018, while they last won three in a row on the road without conceding back in May 2013.
Tottenham's José Mourinho and Arsenal's Mikel Arteta are each taking charge of their first ever north London derby matches. The last meeting between the sides that was the first such match for both managers was in September 1986, when George Graham (Arsenal) and David Pleat (Tottenham) played out a 0-0 draw at Highbury.
Tottenham boss José Mourinho has never lost a home match against Arsenal in his career, winning five and drawing four of his nine matches – only versus Everton and Man Utd (both 10 matches) has he faced more often at home without ever losing.
Harry Kane has scored 10 goals against Arsenal for Tottenham – if he scores in this match he'll be the outright top scorer in Tottenham v Arsenal fixtures in history. Five of his EPL goals against them have been penalties – only Alan Shearer against Everton (7) has scored more from the spot against an opponent in the competition.
Arsenal's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been involved in four goals in his last three EPL matches against Spurs (3 goals, 1 assist). However, all of these goal involvements have been at the Emirates, with the Gabonese striker missing a last minute penalty in this exact fixture last term.
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The Honourable Catherine (French: L'honorable Catherine) is a 1943 French comedy film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Edwige Feuillère, Raymond Rouleau and André Luguet. Some of the film's final scenes were directed by an uncredited Jacques de Baroncelli.

It was shot at the Buttes-Chaumont Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director André Barsacq.

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References

Bibliography
 Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

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1940s French-language films
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Films directed by Marcel L'Herbier
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This section is to provide you with general information about the EYS Camps.
Please organize to arrive at and depart from the Camp on the designated dates. Under extraordinary circumstances it may be possible to arrange to arrive a day earlier at the Camp, or to leave a day later. However, if this is the case, you must contact the Camp coordinator before you make your travel arrangements.
Each individual is responsible for making his or her individual travel arrangements. If requested, we will be happy to arrange contacts between participants so that travel groups may be formed.
All participants from outside of Germany need a passport which is valid for at least six months after the final date of your stay in Germany.
Participants, who need to apply for an entry visa, have to contact the Camp coordinator.
The accommodation provided is generally very simple. You sleep on camping mats or mattresses on the floor.
The group cooks its own meals and provides for its own daily housekeeping needs, including keeping the accommodations neat and clean.
The Camp topic differs from Camp to Camp. More information will be given in the Camp letter!
In addition to our practical work, we will work on a Camp topic and learn about the countries and cultures of the participants.
Warm and waterproof clothes in case of rain or cold weather.
Please note: special information about the project work willl be given in the camp letter.


Love, love, love! Love is all around for this couple, and they enjoy a kissing session under the moonlight and even under the sunshine. They are too preoccupied with their love, so it's your job to style and fashion them up as well.


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Swiss embassy staffer granted bail under strict bail conditions
Written by Staff Writer 30 Dec, 2019	| 10:21 pm
COLOMBO (News 1st) – Garnier Banister Francis, the employee of the Embassy of Switzerland who was allegedly abducted, was released on bail earlier today (December 30).
The order was given when her case was taken up by Colombo Chief Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne.
Garnier Banister Francis was remanded by officials of the Criminal Investigations Department, based on the advice of the Attorney General on December 16th. Her case was considered once again today.
A number of officials representing the Swiss embassy, including the Deputy Ambassador of Switzerland to Sri Lanka, and the Political Officer of the embassy, were also present at the hearing.
Appearing on behalf of the Attorney General's Department, Senior State Counsel Lakmini Girihagama, stated that the medical reports show no evidence of mental illness.
Further, she stated that the reports indicate no evidence of any attack or forceful handling.
The State Counsel stated before the court that Francis' personal mobile phone is registered under the name of her husband, then queried whether the phone is currently in the possession of the Swiss embassy. The accused then stated she submitted it to the Embassy for security reasons.
When the Magistrate asked if she is willing to voluntarily submit the mobile phone for investigations, she agreed.
Her attorney Upul Kumarapperuma requested that a formal request be made via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Magistrate denied the request, stating that no such procedure needs to be followed as she is a Sri Lankan citizen.
Meanwhile, the State Counsel revealed to the court that the mother and children of Garnier Francis had already left for Switzerland. This claim was denied by her lawyers, who stated that they had gone to Singapore on holiday, and added that they would return at the end of the school holidays.
The Magistrate warned the representatives of the Attorney General's Department against making such claims without properly testing their accuracy.
In response, representatives of the Attorney General's Department stated that they had purchased tickets to travel directly to Zurich, Switzerland from Singapore.
The representatives of the Attorney General's Department stated that if granted bail, Garnier Francis would avoid cooperating with investigations citing the privileges of being an embassy staffer.
The defendant's lawyers, responding to the claim, stated that such statements cannot be made when the officials of the embassy are also present in the courtroom.
Following the consideration of facts presented by both parties, the Magistrate granted her bail on two sureties of Rs 500,000 each, and a number of strict bail conditions.
'White van drivers' and ex SPC Chairman on bail
Rumy Mohamed bail request postponed till Monday
Dr. Rajitha Senaratne granted bail
Swiss embassy staffer bailed out
Rajitha Senaratne submits anticipatory bail application once again
Court orders to hand over mobile devices and sim cards of the Swiss Embassy Staffer and her husband
Anticipatory bail application submitted again
Swiss Embassy Staffer ordered to hand over mobiles


Does anybody know which mod is being used to automatically move parts when direwolf20 renames the welder to: "Welder: [Component: p1: 100]"
That isn't a built in feature is it?
Idea for multiplayer series: split the whole server into teams.
Each team has the goal of constructing their own fleet of ships, and bases and such.
How does he make the components and less go where he wants?
You've helped me a lot man and seeing you do it along with explaining every detail even if you aren't using every detail, has been great, thank you. I'm going to continue watching the series because I'm learning a lot and I enjoy playing along with building my own along with you building yours. Good stuff and keep it up. I have like, clicked the like button, every episode I've watched so far and will continue.
Dire> The hand tools from your corpses can be unassembled back into component materials instead of being discarded.
Why does the welder ship keep trying to thrust away from the dock?
Incredible series. Thanks so much for putting these together. I'm new and your videos have saved me 100's of hours of trial and error.
"Sometimes it may cause a little damage ..."
(says this as a connector floats off into space) - that is the major reason i do not agree with using autopilot to dock, im more interested in its applications as a drone recon / base defense patrol gunship.
wonder how long it actually took to weld this?
i wonder if you could use a piston that extends out to the ship. that way you can just way point to park and have the piston extend and attach to try not to do damage. plus it would look cool.
Projectors work way better when you have a wall of welders.
For some reason when I build a ship with autopilot it will rotate until it's facing the way point, but never move forward... anyone else have this problem or know a solution? I have 6 thrusters, a remote control block, an antenna, and some timers(which never trigger because the ship never moves towards the point).
I'm not sure but I noticed in the production tab that you can switch to Blueprints? Might it be that you can just add the blueprint and it will calculate and produce all that is needed for that specific blueprint without having to check all the time what's missing?
All those reactors could be replaced by a single large reactor... lots of room in that hull for it too.
Built my first ever PC a week ago. 4 weeks on YT studying every 'How to guide', picked apart the PC-Part-Picker website for research, went to reddit for all the info I could get, searched online for the best prices for each component. Then put the whole damn thing together when the delivery showed up. It was an emotional ride, a little over my budget and daunting to say the least. Seeing all those PC components on the table in front of me. But dammit, games like Space Engineers made it all worth it. Love this series dude. You got yourself a new subscriber.
I think the reason why the welder's auto pilot wasn't working that well was cause the remote block was not centered to the ship. So when it rotates, the remote block gets moved away from the GPS point.
Two tips. On your station, put an advanced rotor, and make an L shaped short arm with a connector at the end. This will act as suspension so your autodocking won't crash the connectors all the time. Works fine with a 1000 ton miner, or a small miner.
To keep a steady speed and direction while minining, you can turn on truster overide on one of the forward or backward trusters (not much, just so it is more the 0). This will disable inertia dampeners on forward/backward motion, while keeping it on in the other directions. I found 1ms good for normal mining, and about 3-4 ms for rightclick mining. Might wanna put control of the overridden truster down to the hotbar, in case you want to stop....Works well for slow speed "sailing" too, since it gives more control over the ship rather then just turning all the dampeners off.
And.. well.. you may want to get a clear camera overlay mod.. I mean, we have autopilots, jump drives, mobile refineries etc, but a simple cloth to clear a camera lense.. uhm..
can You set/unset a topspeed for Your ship, if You pass a Waypoint?
Last episode you missed one block that my OCD demands I point out. Under the set of 3 thrusters on the left side of the ship, behind your set of 3 reactors you added. You missed one armor block under the rear most thruster. You placed it on the right side, but not the left. Now that that is out of the way, enjoying the series, keep up the awesome work.
Add more gyroscopes? May help with docking.
There's a mod that makes you see a miniature from the building item.
Dire, we need walls in this base.
I had no idea you could automate the containers like that... is it a mod?
Hey Dire About the lights would overloading the reactor do anything to the intensity of the lights?
Hi Dire, thank you for the great series! I'm following along in my game, and getting attacked by NPC pirates. Can you please look into making a video about defending against early raids? Thanks in advance!
"The Sun is coming up?" Wha?
Hey Dire, Just so you know currently in the latest patch any block involving oxygen except the basic generator is bugged pretty hard. Tanks won't function at all and vents work only when they want to. Just thought I would pass this on before you spend hours trying to get them to work like me!
Has DireWolf published his modlist yet? I've seen some items i've never seen in his GMenu.
The "NO ENERGY" after re-spawn is also a bug, should have been fixed in the recent version.
The drone doing circles around a waypoint is a bug with precision mode, that cropped up recently!
what will you have here?
Make a Racing Large Ship: 10 thrusters in each direction!


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Tate Rarick | Managing Director
An innovator in biopharma market access, Tate currently leads AccessSync in providing integrated solutions for life sciences manufacturers. This includes developing data-driven strategies and tactics implemented through proprietary technologies to deliver maximum impact.
Tate's involvement in biopharma started with managing strategic customer marketing initiatives at Johnson & Johnson. He then founded Profero Group in 2004 in response to an emerging need for partners capable of both developing and implementing comprehensive access marketing strategies and tactics. He led Profero for 14 years, building a multi-disciplinary team and expanding capabilities to service clients representing over 50 brands across 30 therapeutic areas. He is also a current member of the Elandas Inc. Advisory Board, where he leverages his unique industry experience to help direct strategic development of next generation market access technology solutions. Prior to launching his biopharma career, Tate spent time evaluating and implementing strategic alliances with American Express and Rosenbluth International, and managing key accounts for Tokyo-based Riken Technos Corporation.
Tate holds a Bachelor's in Economics from the University of Delaware, a Master's in East Asian Studies from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from The Wharton School in Finance and Entrepreneurial Management. He is also an Advisor to the Horn Program in Entrepreneurship at the University of Delaware.
Ryan Roberts | CEO
Ryan is a co-founder and CEO at Elandas, with 20 years of experience developing software solutions and applying technology to make clients' marketing and sales organizations efficient, connected, and informed.
Ryan's involvement in biopharma started with developing an award-winning marketing solution for Johnson & Johnson in 2005. He co-founded Elandas in 2010 in response to an emerging need for products that focused on the unique challenges faced by market access leaders and their cross-functional teams. Since that time, Elandas products have been called on to drive the growth of over 50 brands across many therapeutic areas. Prior to founding Elandas, Ryan was a consultant with KPMG Consulting, helping his clients implement closed-loop marketing, customer relationship management, and analytical solutions.
Ryan holds a Bachelor's in Business Administration from the University of New Brunswick. He is also a member of the Wallace McCain Institute for Business Leadership's Entrepreneurial Leaders Program and a former participant of Propel ICT, a nationally recognized accelerator program.
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Aaron van Vulpen
Senior Director, Technology
A seasoned technology executive and systems analyst with a penchant for solving problems and streamlining business processes in the pharmaceutical field, Aaron leads technology, software development, and is responsible for building scalable, quality products, as well as growing the engineering team.
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An experienced tech executive with a specialization in commercializing analytics and business intelligence software, Brent leads finance and operations at AccessSync to optimize company revenue operations, sales, and our marketing approach.
Karen Schaffer
Director, Business Engagements
A proactive and thought-provoking leader, Karen oversees client engagements and is dedicated to developing innovative marketing initiatives that address key customer issues.
Henry Oyewole
Director, Business Analytics
A seasoned market access data professional with in-depth knowledge of payer analytics and datasets, Henry leads our integration and analysis of client data to solve access challenges throughout each phase of a product's lifecycle.
Tracy Snyder
Director, Creative Engagements
A versatile leader with a focus on specialty products, Tracy leads the AccessSync Creative Team to deliver innovative creative campaigns for maximum impact.
Gwen Coveny
Director, Operations
A multi-faceted leader dedicated to process excellence, Gwen develops, refines, and implements our operating standards to ensure maximum efficiency while maintaining unwavering quality standards.
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