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The Loneliness of the "Social Distancer" Triggers Brain Cravings Akin to Hunger [Scientific American]
A study on isolation's neural underpinnings implies many may feel literally "starved" for contact amid the COVID-19 pandemic
By Lydia Denworth
Loneliness hurts. It is psychologically distressing and so physically unhealthy that being lonely increases the likelihood of an earlier death by 26 percent. But the feeling may serve a purpose. Psychologists theorize it hurts so much because, like hunger and thirst, loneliness acts as a biological alarm bell. The ache of it drives us to seek out social connection just as hunger pangs urge us to eat. The idea is intuitively satisfying, yet it has long proved difficult to test in humans.
On March 26, however, just as the COVID-19 pandemic gripped the world, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted a preliminary report on bioRxiv. It is the first study in humans to show that both loneliness and hunger share signals deep in a part of the brain that governs very basic impulses for reward and motivation. The findings point to one telling conclusion: our need to connect is apparently as fundamental as our need to eat.
The extraordinary scientific timing of the paper's release just as tens of millions of people were suddenly starved for contact was far from intentional. When they began the work three years ago, neuroscientists Livia Tomova and Rebecca Saxe and their colleagues wanted to demonstrate how loneliness operates in the brain. They were inspired by similar research in animals and the pioneering loneliness studies of the late University of Chicago psychologist John Cacioppo.
But enforced social isolation is so rare in healthy, nonincarcerated humans that it gave the team pause. "I sometimes struggled to articulate what that would be like in the real world," Saxe admits. "Why would that ever happen?" By the time the researchers came to write their study this year, the unimaginable had become real. Now, Saxe says, "what feels most significant about this paper is that it's a way to step outside the experience we're having and look on it through a different lens."
This is "a tour de force paper," says psychologist Jamil Zaki of Stanford University, who was not involved in the research. He studies empathy and social interaction and is author of The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World. "Speculatively, it suggests that chronic social isolation might be something like long-term undernourishment, producing steady, aversive need that wears away at our well-being," Zaki says. "These findings give a name to what countless people are experiencing right now: social craving while staying at home to protect the public health..."
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Celebrities, leaders recall Lubavitcher Rebbe's legacy on 25th anniversary of his death
By	Marcy Oster	 July 7, 2019 3:39 pm
Supermodel Naomi Campbell, seen at the American Icon Awards in Beverly Hills on May 19, 2019, praised the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe on social media in honor of the 25th anniversary of his death. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
(JTA) — Celebrities praised the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe on the 25th anniversary of his death.
Supermodel Naomi Campbell and singer Paula Abdul were among the stars recalling the legacy of Rabbi Menachem Schneerson, who led the Chabad-Lubavitcher Hasidic movement through a period of revival and spread its influence through Jewish outreach centers in dozens of cities and countries.
An estimated 50,000 people visited Schneerson's gravesite in Queens, New York ahead of the 25th yahrtzeit marking his death at 92 following a stroke. The pilgrimage to the burial site, known as the Ohel, took place last week ahead of the anniversary Saturday, the 3rd of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar.
From 1950 until his death in 1994, Schneerson headed the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement — a movement he had helped revive following its post-Holocaust re-establishment in New York. Throughout the year, approximately 400,000 people visit the Cambria Heights site, many of them not Hasidim or even Jewish, to pay their respects and to reflect on his teachings.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote on his Facebook page that Schneerson "changed the world and had such a great influence on me. We will always remember him."
In Britain, Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis eulogized Schneerson as "one of the great rebuilders of Jewish life after the tragedy of the Shoah," whose "teachings and insights remain as fresh and relevant today as they have ever been."
Britain's former chief rabbi, Jonathan Sacks, released a video tribute saying Schneerson "was a man who inspired me and left a legacy that impacted the Jewish world."
In a tribute on social media, Campbell wrote: "An inspirational leader, scholar, and teacher, the Rebbe taught that we are all inherently good and we each have the potential to change the world for the better, one good deed at a time. I have personally learned so much from his wisdom and teachings, and while I never met him, I've visited his resting place in Queens to gain blessing and inspiration. With so much discord and division across our society, the Rebbe's words are more relevant than ever, and we so desperately need to take them to heart and learn from his example to always see the good in others, even those with whom we may disagree."
Campbell added that she would "rededicate" herself to the rebbe's mission of "creating more light and goodness."
In 2010 Campbell announced that she had embraced the Kabbalah movement and that it had helped her turn her life around and to control her notorious temper.
Abdul, who is Jewish, also honored Schneerson in a tweet to mark his 25th yartzheit, promoting his Shabbat candle campaign, which calls on all Jewish women and girls to light candles for the Jewish Sabbath.
"His teachings to better our world through unconditional love are more urgent now than ever! Join me in his Shabbat Candle campaign, spreading light before sundown this evening," she tweeted late on Friday afternoon.
The 25th Yartzeit of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson
This Shabbat (3rd Tammuz) is the 25th yartzeit of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. He was a man who inspired me and left a legacy that impacted the Jewish world. His teachings remain as relevant today as ever before.
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ICSID, International Mediation
Part 2 – Understanding Mediation in the Investor-State Context
Frauke Nitschke (International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes)/ October 30, 2021 April 4, 2022 /Leave a comment
This series of blogs posts explores investment mediation from a variety of angles. In this second installment, we focus on what mediation is—and how it works—in the context of investment disputes. In part one, we explore how to determine whether mediation is an appropriate option for resolving an investment dispute, while part three outlines the primary differences between mediation and conciliation at ICSID.
Mediation is considered both the oldest and newest form of dispute settlement. It has long been an effective means to resolve cross-border commercial disputes, and is increasingly recognized as a tool for settling international investment disputes.
To date, arbitration has been the primary process to resolve differences that arise between foreign investors and States. The vast majority of these arbitrations have been conducted under the auspices of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), pursuant to either the ICSID Convention or the ICSID Additional Facility Rules, or the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. In recent years ICSID Members States have also recognized mediation as an effective tool for investment dispute settlement. This is seen, for example, in references to mediation in their bilateral and multilateral investment agreements, the development of practical guidelines on mediation by international organizations (including ICSID's recent Background Paper on Investment Mediation), and State support for the Singapore Convention on Mediation.
What is investment mediation, really?
Mediation is a flexible process in which an independent and impartial person actively assists the parties to reach a negotiated agreement to resolve their dispute, with the parties in ultimate control of the decision to settle and the terms of resolution. Investment mediation can be understood as mediation that relates to an investment and involves a State, a State entity or a Regional Economic Integration Organization (REIO). Mediation requires the consent of the parties, which can be contained in a contract (e.g. a concession or license), agreed ad hoc between the disputing parties, or based on a provision in an international investment agreement or domestic law.
As a form of facilitated negotiation, mediation is available when deemed helpful by the parties at any stage in the investment life cycle. It may also be used in tandem with arbitration, or even after an award is rendered and the parties negotiate its implementation. It is important to emphasize that the mediator facilitates the parties' negotiations and assists them to find a mutually agreeable solution—mediators do not resolve or decide the dispute for the parties.
ICSID Mediation Rules
ICSID began the development of the first set of institutional mediation rules specifically designed to resolve investment disputes in 2018. Mediation at ICSID is available for use by all States and broadly accessible, as there are no nationality limitations or ICSID membership requirements to be fulfilled.
The ICSID Mediation Rules authorize the ICSID Secretariat to administer mediations: (i) that involve a State party (or a Regional Economic Integration Organization), (ii) that relate to an investment, and (iii) which are based on the parties' written consent to mediate under the ICSID Mediation Rules. In contrast to arbitration or conciliation under the ICSID Convention, none of the parties to a mediation need to have a link to an ICSID Contracting State, nor must the mediation involve both a national of a State, on one hand, and a State party, on the other. Indeed, the parties to a mediation may be from the same member State (provided at least one State, or its agency or constituent subdivision, is a party to the mediation).
The ICSID mediation process commences with the filing of a request for mediation. The Request may, either be based on an existing agreement to mediate between the disputing parties, or contain an offer to mediate which the Secretariat transmits to the other side, inviting that party to indicate whether it accepts the offer to mediate. (If the offer is rejected, no further action will be taken on the request for mediation.) If an agreement to mediate exists (or is formed through this process), the request is registered. The next step is the appointment of either one or two mediators, each appointed by agreement of the parties.
Thereafter the mediation process moves through three phases:
An initial phase, during which the parties provide the mediator with a first set of written statements, and the mediator works with the parties to develop the procedural framework for the conduct of the mediation (called the "mediation protocol":) (Rules 19 & 20).
The negotiation phase, during which the parties will present their opening statements and the mediator works with the parties to explore the parties' interests, needs, and constraints and to identify a general framework for settlement. The mediator will then assist the parties to develop options, and exchange offers and counteroffers (Rules 17, 18, 20, 21).
A concluding phase, during which the parties will develop and memorialize detailed terms of settlement and obtain the approval of relevant entities as needed. If no agreement is reached, the mediation will terminate (Rule 22).
The chart below visualizes these stages in an ICSID mediation:
While the mediation rules have not yet been formally adopted by the Administrative Council, parties have in practice agreed to apply the proposed Mediation Rules and requested ICSID's administrative services. For more information, please contact the ICSID Secretariat at ICSIDSecretariat@worldbank.org.
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There's something very cool about this style of ashtray – it's more like a pice of furniture than an ashtray! I think I fell in love with these ashtrays when I was in my early twenties – they made a bit of a comeback then, and you could buy new 'retro' versions. Obviously the original retro models are much cooler though – as with most things in life there's no beating an original! I really like this particular floor ashtray – it's got a great shape to it, and the black and silver colour combo is a classic! The black paint could do with a bit of TLC, and the chrome's a bit worn in a few places, but I don't think it's doing too badly for its years. The actual ashtray portion doesn't spin (these ashtrays normally have a spinning mechanism that opens and closes the ashtray), but it's still a completely functional ashtray – and super stylish!
Dimensions: 60cm tall x 17cm in diameter (at its widest)
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Thanksgiving means that attention is directed toward God, who is the benevolent Giver of all good things. "All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change" Jas 1.17 NET.
It means I acknowledge that I am blessed profusely, and that with great blessing comes great responsibility. "From everyone who has been given much, much will be required, and from the one who has been entrusted with much, even more will be asked" Lk 12.48b.
It means a powerful swell of positive emotion when thinking back about how God has guided my life. "And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them" Rom 8.28 NLT.
Thanksgiving Day means love for family, even though we are continents apart, with gratitude for the faithfulness of our children to the Way. "I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are living according to the truth" 3 Jn 4.
It means a focus on what is truly and eternally important in life. "But more than anything else, put God's work first and do what he wants. Then the other things will be yours as well" Mt 6.33 CEV. "Set your mind and keep focused habitually on the things above [the heavenly things], not on things that are on the earth [which have only temporal value]" Col 3.2 AMP.
It means the enjoyment of simple things like food and drink and bed and home, "that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. For every creation of God is good and no food is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving. For it is sanctified by God's word and by prayer" 1 Tim 4.3-5.
Thanksgiving Day means a national heritage that recognizes the Creator as the basis of a just nation. "Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people" Pro 14.34.
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September 1, 2011 / Town of Duck / Communications, General Information
Town of Duck staff will be available this upcoming Labor Day weekend to respond to emergency storm damage permit requests. If you would like to submit an application or have questions about a project, please send all inquiries to Andy Garman at agarman@townofduck.com. Storm Damage Repair permit applications can be downloaded here. For permit requests, please e-mail the completed application form and a picture of the damaged structure/components to the e-mail address listed above. For beach stairs, please include a picture depicting the side profile of the damaged stairs. Make sure to include a contact phone number on the application form. Staff may need to contact you before work can be authorized. Depending on project circumstances, inspections may also be scheduled over the weekend. There is no fee for storm damage repair permits.
Pier, dock, and bulkhead repair projects will also need to authorized by the North Carolina Division of Coastal Management. The Field Representative for the Town of Duck is Ron Renaldi. He can be reached at (252) 264-3901 or via e-mail at Ronald.Renaldi@ncdenr.gov.


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More of us are getting C-sections than ever, but do we want them?
Do women want the C-sections they're getting?; iPad apps for pets; a new experimental drug for HIV; the most viral links of 2010; and a new test for Alzheimer's disease
Lia Grainger Updated December 25, 2010
The proportion of women in the developed world that give birth by Cesarean has been steadily rising since the 1980s. Now, a new study suggests that this may not be because women are asking to have them. While a whopping 32.9 percent of American women who gave birth in 2007 had a C-section, only 15.6 percent said they would prefer to give birth this way, rather than vaginal delivery. The common thinking on the increase in C-sections is that they're occurring because women are requesting them, but researchers say this new data suggests there may be other factors at play.
We all know there's an iPad and iPhone app for every man, woman and child, but pets? That's right, there are now Apple apps for both dogs and cats. Felines are apparently crazy for The Cat Game, which features a digital mouse that darts around the screen of the iPad. Dogs are more amused by that dog whistle app; the high-pitched sound sends them into a tizzy. Pretty soon Whiskers and Rover will want their own device – it's a technological development that's sure to take pet spoiling to whole new level.
A new experimental HIV drug can stall early infection by up to 95 percent. The drug, called VIR-576, acts to prevent the virus from spreading to other immune cells by blocking the space where the HIV would "anchor" itself. The German scientists who created it are hoping it will lead to the development of a new class of drugs that will also be used to treat other dangerous infections.
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A team of UK experts say they may have found a way to being treating Alzheimer's years before symptoms appear. Right now the condition is usually only treated once it is fairly advanced, as this is when patients begin showing symptoms and the disease can be diagnosed. Now, scientists have found that a lumbar puncture test combined with a brain scan can reveal early indicators of the disease, including shrinkage of the brain and lower levels of a particular protein. It's too early to say how well these tests work, but scientists are hopeful they may allow treatment to start earlier, thus delaying the onset of the disease's debilitating symptoms.
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A week ago, I argued that journals are dead. What about books? There are three types of books I want to distinguish.
Textbooks. They have turned into an abomination. They are expensive, too frequently revised, encourage both teacher and student to be lazy in class. I would do away with I were allowed.
Academic books. In economics, they rarely push the frontier of research. Over the last five years, I must not have read more than five. Were they to disappear, it would not be a big loss.
Entertaining books. By that I mean literary pieces in fiction mostly. This is a medium that is not going to disappear. Nothing beat being taken by a book and not be able to put it away. There is something physical about it that a Kindle cannot replicate. Something like what the following video describes.
Just because you don't read books and journals they won't disappear. Academic books are necessary, or could you imagine your work without those big and famous reference books? Same happens to textbooks. You don't have to buy the updated versions every year, and even if you heavily use one you can still look at other resources for exercises, data, examples.
I think a good load of humility would do you good.
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Galanopoulos prides in Silverbacks' speed and quickness
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The second legs of the FIBA Basketball World Cup African qualifiers take center stage this weekend, June 29 – July 1.
Uganda, Mali, Rwanda and hosts Nigeria will be in Lagos for the final Group B encounters, with the top three advancing to the final qualifying round.
And in a bid to get ready for the do-or-die leg of the first round, the Silverbacks camped in Istanbul, Turkey where they played five exhibition games – winning two and losing three.
Head coach George Galanopoulos sums up what he has saw from his charges during the games.
"What we have seen from the squad is a team that has not played together very long but that has come together very quickly. We are happy with the effort the team has given, the togetherness that they bring, the willingness to share the basketball, to play defense, to play hard and to play together."
"Now we have a few opportunities to hit the practice court and we get to address the things we need to improve in order to capitalize on what we want to do in Nigeria. So many areas we need to improve (but) specifically is limiting turnovers, making sure that we finish possessions – offensive possessions and not allow the other team to get extra shots in transition.
"And also rebounding… We are a smaller faster team and what we need to do is work as a team in order to rebound the basketball especially if we are undersized against our opponents. It's important that all five players are involved in the rebounding."
The American coach is well aware of his team's strengths.
"If we do have a strength, our strength is our speed and our quickness, more than anything. So other teams that may have a size advantage on us we have a speed and quickness advantage against them."
Uganda will play Nigeria on Friday, June 29 then follow it up with a clash against Mali on Saturday, June 30 and will complete their group schedule against Rwanda on Sunday, July 1.
We have to be the hardest playing team on the court – Galanopoulos
Galanopoulos to focus on Silverbacks defense ahead of AfroBasket Qualifiers 2nd leg
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Have a feeder about 20 yards away from an offensive player, who is covered by a defensive player. The offensive player will make a cut to receive the ball from the passer, while under pressure from the defensive player. After the catch is made, the offensive player pivots away from the ball and passes to a receiver that is away from the ball, who may catch and go to goal for a shot.
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The UK Magically Declares Highly Radioactive Waste Non Radioactive and Dustbins it throughout the Kingdom. This is not a joke. The amounts effectively declared "non-radioactive" (approx. 4000 Bq/kg) and sent to landfill are 6 x more radioactive than allowed for EU food (4 x greater than UK food rules; 40 x greater than Japanese rules) and allow 400 x more tritium (40,000 Bq/liter) than legally allowed in water. Clearly this will impact agriculture and drinking water. The becquerels will actually be much higher for fluffy things, which can be compacted, because this is based on volume and not weight. A small box which is 0.1m3 (47 cm x 47 cm x 47 cm) can hold up to 400,000 Becquerels (radioactive emissions per second). It is stated, in the definition of VLLW, that "Controls on disposal of this material, after removal from the premises where the wastes arose, are not necessary." (p.7 Appendix A).
Comment by 21 April: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-an-update-of-the-uk-strategy-for-the-management-of-solid-low-level-radioactive-waste-from-the-nuclear-industry More importantly: Register to vote in the UK General Election by 20 April; Vote 7 May. MP Ed Davey (Lib Dem) and Sandip Verma of the UK DECC want to dustbin 4,000,000 Becquerels per cubic metre (≈ 1.3 cubic yards) even of very long-lived radionuclides, like plutonium, into "unspecified" destinations with municipal, commercial or industrial waste. This is already being done at three UK sites, and in Tennessee USA, but could spread to the thousands of landfill sites throughout the UK, by magically declaring the waste non-radioactive. (To find your nearest landfill: http://apps.environment-agency.gov.uk/wiyby/37823.aspx )
And, actually, once it is declared non-radioactive – sometimes called "exempt" waste, then it could end up anywhere couldn't it? The amounts of radionuclides could actually be higher, for how do they measure the radiation? Does a vehicle pass a Geiger counter? Is the counter hand-held? The container itself will keep the most internally dangerous radionuclides – alpha and beta – from being counted. Depending on the size, an even more highly radioactive object could be surrounded by less radioactive dirt, which would keep it from being properly measured. Also, the more radiation dumped into landfill, the more radiation is in the landfill. It is cumulative, except as it eventually leaches out.
Why would they do such a thing? Because it's easier they say!
Here is their non-sensical statement on the matter:
"Use of landfill void is not, in principle, desirable. However, it is preferable to disposal at the LLW Repository, because there is only one LLW Repository; capacity there is much more limited than available landfill capacity, and disposal at the LLW Repository uses much more resources than disposal in landfill." (p.25, Non-Technical Summary) (Emphasis our own)
Think of each becquerel as random ammunition rounds or shots – some rifles, some shotguns, some machine guns, some random through the streets (external radiation), some inside your house (internal radiation). Maybe you and your children will live, maybe your bodies can heal the wounds, but with this overwhelming amount the odds don't look good. They call this "Very Low Level waste" (VLLW), but it clearly is not. Besides the obvious risks of it leaching into the water, landfills often catch fire. Additionally this poses risk to refuse (waste) workers, whether those transporting it or squashing it down. Landfills are now lined but get holes in the liner and since the waste has been declared non-radioactive, there will be no reason to monitor the leachate for radiation. Lincolnshire, which has the best web site on the landfill topic, mentions sites which take only dirt and rubble. One can guess that these wouldn't be lined and are where much of the radioactive rubble will end up.
Head of DECC MP Ed Davey clearly needs to be not only booted out of Parliament, but sent to Bedlam Mental Hospital.
Although his brother has worked as a lawyer for French State owned EDF (which owns almost all UK nuclear reactors), it remains unfathomable that he would allow the British people to be exterminated by his policies. And this is a long-term policy of extermination of the British people. The DECC science advisor is John Loughhead, formerly a mechanical engineer at French Alstom, which makes turbines for the nuclear (and non nuclear) industry. This is a useless background for this topic. Where is a biologist, biochemist or radiologist?
No one listed on the DECC web site appears to have an appropriate background to understand the repercussions of their actions. Is this the problem? Are they functionally illiterate, and incapable of reading about the dangers on their own? Sandip Verma who is in charge of spear-heading all of this has a low level business degree, which is inappropriate to the task.
As the owner of a Domiciliary Care Services company she actually benefits when people get cancer, alzheimer's, and other radiation-induced disabilities. This is a conflict of interest. http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-verma/3790 https://www.gov.uk/government/people/baroness-verma
Verma may use Sikh belief to justify her crimes, for she is an India-born Sikh. According to one Sikh web site, children are born disabled because of bad deeds in a previous life. Is this why she finds poisoning the environment with radionuclides, which cause genetic defects, morally acceptable? Presumably Sikhs believe the same thing for people who get cancer? This is a wrong understanding of karma. There is actually group karma, as well as individual karma. There is even instant karma. In the end, the entire world is in group karma together, even if you don't believe in such things as reincarnation. Environmental crimes have repercussions which go well beyond the individual, and often for many generations. Nuclear crimes cause genetic defects, which can be inherited, and are for an eternity. The only thing which prospers in a radioactive environment is mold.
The DECC reckons that there will be about 4.2 million cubic metres of "Low Level" Waste (LLW) over the course of the next 100 years. They say that this is mostly radioactive dirt and rubble, (presumably from nuclear decommissioning). Their estimated total is 4.5 million cubic metres of High, Intermediate, Low and Very Low Level Wastes. As can be seen here, that's not much, and they could easily put it above ground or slightly below ground, so as not to blight the landscape.
(The amount is mentioned as uncertain, by the DECC, due to possible new build.) Of course, the above image would be if they dump it all in together, which is what they plan to do when they dustbin or bury it. It would take more space to organize it properly. How much more could it take? Perhaps twice as much space to have proper aisles? A bit more to have room for fire trucks? However, anything is superior to dumping the radioactive randomly in the environment.
Two or three of these might do the trick. There are uglier things in Greater London. Certainly those who think windmills are a blight on the horizon, won't like one of these! If you think this is ugly and don't want high levels of radiation in your food and water, then you need to actively oppose new nuclear and campaign for a new government, which will protect you and the environment.
Nonetheless, this raises the question of if this dustbin strategy is about taking old French, German and even Japanese nuclear reactors. When people woke up and blocked the underground waste dump in the Ayrshire Hills of Scotland, 35 years ago, it was partly because they found out that it was for Japanese Nuclear Waste and not just British waste.
During the 1980 Mullwharcher inquiry about proposed dumping of nuclear waste in the Ayrshire Hills, the late Willie MaRae famously said: "Nuclear waste should be stored where Guy Fawkes put his gunpowder." If the UK Parliament wants new nuclear so badly, then they should indeed be willing to store it under parliament. You can be certain, that if all nuclear waste were stored under Legislative and Executive buildings, then it would be very well-protected, well-funded, and there would be no explosions or leaks allowed. If we had been able to find information regarding underground bunker size, then we would have used that. It should go without saying that this is meant as an exercise, to have an idea of the size.
It also raises the question of why a deep geological repository would be needed at all, except perhaps to take nuclear waste from the European Continent and possibly Japan? Some may recall that French State owned EDF (for which Ed Davey's brother worked as a lawyer) recently wanted to use Scottish nuclear reactor sites (EDF operated) for extra nuclear waste storage – perhaps as a nuclear waste staging ground. Germany has a track record of repeatedly sending its radioactive waste to countries with weaker standards (US, Russia) and German radioactive sludge is known to have ended up on what was Italy's best farmland, now the triangle of death, with mafia help. The proposed French nuclear waste dump is in clay upon thermal springs; the German ones in leaking or collapsing salt mines.
The UK allows incineration of radioactive waste, dangerous compression of the LLW metal barrels into waste "pucks", which then are apparently put in metal shipping containers and buried at Dounreay, which opens up all sorts of problems of corrosion, flammable gas creation-explosions, ocean pollution, etc. They recycle radioactive metal to add to the horrors. They even mention using the radioactive rubble as landfill for construction. Read more details in excerpts below.
UK Low Level Waste Comment period ends 21 April 2015:
http://www.nda.gov.uk/2015/01/consultation-solid-low-level-waste-from-the-nuclear-industry/ The true deadline, however, is the General Election of May 7, 2015 (registration deadline 20 April). It is your chance to choose a candidate who will not effectively declare long-lived radioactive waste non-radioactive simply to get rid of it. It is necessary to examine direct and indirect ties to the nuclear industry, including mining and construction, and including some of the unions. Ed Davey and Gordon Brown show that one must examine family members, as well. It is a difficult task, but not so difficult as having cancer or caring for disabled children or those with cancer, and watching them die. Would you really want to leave them in the hands of Sandip Verma who may believe that they deserve the fate, which she is pushing? It is also important to save the animals who have no vote, and cannot voice their sufferings.
Some relevant excerpts from the Consultation (emphasis added, our comments in brackets)
From p. 7, Vol. 2, Appendix A:
"(a) in the case of low volumes ('dustbin loads') of VLLW "Radioactive waste which can be safely disposed of to an unspecified destination with municipal, commercial or industrial waste ("dustbin" disposal), each 0.1m3 of waste containing less than 400 kilobecquerels (kBq) of total activity or single items containing less than 40 kBq of total activity. [This 400,000 becquerels in a small box which is approximately 47 cm x 47 cm x 47 cm, i.e. 18.5 in x 18.5 in. x 18.5 in].
[Despite the fact that carbon and hydrogen are the basis of life and the dangers of radioactive carbon and hydrogen are increasingly recognized, they allow 4,000,000 Becquerels in this same small box size.]
"For wastes containing carbon-14 or hydrogen-3 (tritium):
(i) in each 0.1m3, the activity limit is 4,000 kBq for carbon-14 and hydrogen-3 (tritium) taken together
(ii) for any single item, the activity limit is 400 kBq for carbon-14 and hydrogen-3 (tritium) taken together
Controls on disposal of this material, after removal from the premises where the wastes arose, are not necessary." [Clearly the waste can end up anywhere! Not just in landfills! And refuse (waste) workers will be unknowingly exposed. The landfill operators will not know to test the leachate; those testing leachate will also be exposed! This is criminal!]
[Four Megabecquerels is 4 million becquerels per tonne, i.e. 4,000,000 per 1,000 kg or 4,000 becquerels per kilogram, which for items which weigh approximately the same as water is exactly the same! The difference is that it is weight instead of volume.]
"(b) in the case of high volumes of VLLW "Radioactive waste with maximum concentrations of four megabecquerels per tonne (MBq/te) of total activity which can be disposed of to specified landfill sites. For waste containing hydrogen-3 (tritium), the concentration limit for tritium is 40MBq/te. Controls on disposal of this material, after removal from the premises where the wastes arose, will be necessary in a manner specified by the environmental regulators". For the tritium this would be 40,000,000 becquerels per 1,000 kg. At room temperature a liter of water weighs about one kg. Thus, this is 40,000 becquerels per liter of water, which exceeds the UK and EU rules of 100 becquerel per liter by 400 fold. Although they state tritium, rather than tritiated water, in the UK you can be certain that it will quickly become tritiated water.]
From p. 4: "LLW is defined as radioactive waste that is below 4 Gbq of alpha activity per tonne and below 12 GBq of beta-gamma activity per tonne." [This is 4 Billion Becquerels of alpha per tonne – 4 Million Becquerels per Kilogram; and 12 Billion Becquerels of beta-gamma per tonne (12 Million per Kg).]
"UK Strategy for the Management of Solid Low Level Waste from the Nuclear Industry, Strategic Environmental Assessment Environment and Sustainability Report, Consultation draft Volume 2 – the Appendices January 2015" https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/398407/LLW_SEA_ESR_Vol_2_Appendices_Rev_3_Jan_2015.pdf (Appendix A – Glossary of technical terms and abbreviations: VLLW, p. 7) http://www.nda.gov.uk/2015/01/consultation-solid-low-level-waste-from-the-nuclear-industry/
From the Non-Technical Summary:
"Disposal at landfill sites
This option implies co-disposal of LLW with other waste at established landfill sites. Any environmental impacts associated with the establishment and management of the landfill site as such are therefore separately accounted for as part of the original consenting and licencing process for the landfill site itself." [In other words, there will be no environmental impact statement for adding nuclear waste.]
"Use of landfill void is not, in principle, desirable. However, it is preferable to disposal at the LLW Repository, because there is only one LLW Repository; capacity there is much more limited than available landfill capacity, and disposal at the LLW Repository uses much more resources than disposal in landfill. Disposal of LLW will not significantly deplete available landfill void – the total of all LLW expected to arise over more than 100 years is well under 1% of the total volume of landfill space available, and only a proportion of the total LLW is likely to be sent to landfill." (p. 25)
Lies on p. 33:
"The public dose limit for radiological discharges to atmosphere is 1mSv per year. This limit is set conservatively so that even discharges at these limits would not pose a significant risk to human health or areas of biodiversity.", (p.33) [This is false. 1 mSv is supposed to be total facilities and the output of 0.1 mSv to 0.3 mSv recommended by the ICRP as a maximum per facility is already high. According to the US National Academy of Sciences BEIR report, an exposure of 100 mSv would cause leukemia or cancer in one out of one hundred people (or more), whether it is a one time exposure or spread over a lifetime. Where does that 1mSv per year exposure go? It either goes into the water, the air, perhaps it seeps into the ground? If it goes no where, then in around 14 years there is already a one in one hundred risk of getting cancer or leukemia. The risk is higher for pregnancies-small children. Since it's based on lifetime: in the first year, there would be 1mSv, in the second year you would have the first year exposure of 1mSv plus for year two the 1mSv still there from year one and a new 1mSv, giving you a lifetime exposure of 3 mSv by year two, and so forth.]
From the Non-technical Report:
"Key environmental issues for the Strategy to address
The following environmental problems are those which are most relevant for this Strategy:
 The total quantity of low level radioactive waste existing in the UK, or forecast to be created in the UK, is greater than the total amount of existing disposal capacity and other management routes are therefore required;
 The construction and operation of new nuclear power stations will add to the total amount of waste and extend the period over which waste is generated;
 Long-term environmental changes, including coastal erosion, climate change, increased flood risk etc., potentially pose a risk to the long term integrity of disposal facilities;
 Groundwater – the groundwater bodies under some nuclear industry sites are contaminated and ongoing management of LLW must not make the situation worse;
 Transport – waste should be managed as close as possible to its source and with few movements. However, for LLW, the nearest appropriate waste management facility may be at a significant distance from the source of the waste." (p. 4) "Non-technical summary – Overview of the Strategy"
"Who will manage the waste?
NDA is the key overseeing/coordinating body for the management of LLW in the UK, and the owner of much of the waste that is to be managed. The LLW Repository in West Cumbria is owned by NDA and managed by LLW Repository Ltd.
It is a principle of the Strategy that new waste management routes will emerge through the supply chain, mainly the UK waste management industry. This has been achieved in the first four years of implementation through the establishment of a waste services framework.
How will the waste be managed?
Options for the method of waste management focus around the waste hierarchy – i.e. can LLW be treated such that a higher proportion of it can be managed at higher levels of the waste hierarchy and a lower proportion sent for disposal?
Options that emerge from the Strategy include:
 Decay storage of LLW – i.e. safe storage of LLW that contains radioactive materials with short half-lives, until the materials have naturally decayed to a lower level of
radioactivity and the waste is open to a wider range of options for its management;
 Decontamination – this can open up a wider range of options for management of materials, including recycling;
 Reuse LLW– some materials could be reused in construction, landscaping, shielding etc., where suitable opportunities arise, to avoid the need to consign it as waste;
 Recycling of LLW – some LLW materials are open to recycling either within or outside the UK nuclear industry, often after decontamination;
 Incineration – to reduce the volume of combustible wastes or to recover energy.
However, it is unlikely that the quantity of combustible LLW currently co-combusted with hazardous and clinical waste would be enough for energy recovery unless it was burnt together with other, non-radioactive waste;
 Treatment or volume reduction of metallic LLW by melting – melting can be used either to decontaminate metallic LLW or to reduce its volume prior to disposal;
 Volume reduction – other than incineration or melting, volume reduction can be achieved by compaction, either at low pressure in drums or at high pressure into pucks;
 Continued disposal at the LLW Repository – using either existing packaging and disposal practices or alternative, optimised practices to maximise efficiency, minimise resource use and optimise the use of the existing engineered facilities at the repository;
 Disposal of LLW at landfill sites – lower activity LLW can be disposed of at suitably permitted landfill sites, with other waste. Three such sites have been authorised;
 Disposal of LLW in non-engineered surface facilities – using new non-engineered facilities (e.g. dedicated landfill-style facilities or in-situ disposal) for the disposal of LLW to avoid the need for engineered disposal vaults such as those at the LLW Repository;
 Disposal of some LLW in a Geological Disposal Facility – disposal of LLW that contains
problematic radioisotopes, such as those with very long half-lives, with Intermediate Level Waste (ILW) in a deep Geological Disposal Facility (GDF; covers LLW from England and Wales only as Scottish policy is for near-site near-surface disposal)".(p.5)"Non-Technical Summary – Overview of the Strategy"
"Where will the waste be managed?
Strategic options for where the waste could be managed are described below. The way in which the waste is managed limits the options available for where it is managed. For instance, some options are only available locally, others at a single national site, and so on.
 A single national facility near Sellafield – such as the existing LLW Repository in West Cumbria, or a new similar facility built in the same general area;
 A single national facility elsewhere – a new facility outside the area around Sellafield;
 A small number of regional facilities – e.g. manage LLW at several smaller sites on a regional basis, rather than a single national facility;
 Multiple local facilities on, or close to nuclear industry sites – i.e. manage LLW at a number of local sites receiving LLW from one or more nearby nuclear industry sites;
 International facilities – transport LLW overseas for treatment.
When will any new waste treatment routes be available?
Each option for how or where waste could be treated has implications for when that option may be available. Options that are available now, either in full or in part, include:
 Continued disposal of LLW at the LLW Repository and at Dounreay (when open);
 Decontamination facilities are available now at some UK sites, and internationally;
 Some facilities exist for waste recycling on existing nuclear industry sites;
 One nuclear industry site (Hartlepool) has its own small-scale incinerator. Incinerators are available now at three commercial sites to serve the rest of the nuclear;
 Compaction and/or high force compaction is available at some existing sites;
 The potential for reuse of some LLW, exists now;
 Disposal at landfill sites –three landfill sites are now available for disposal of some LLW;
 Disposal in non-engineered surface facilities –in-situ disposal could be implemented now, with regulatory approval. Dedicated landfill-style facilities would require new sites and new consents and are not therefore available yet.
Some options require development of new facilities or capabilities. These options are not available immediately and are subject to a variety of technical, practical and regulatory hurdles.
 B<uild a new LLW Repository – not likely to be required under current strategic plans;
 Wider availability of decontamination facilities and broader capabilities in the UK;
 There are no metal melting facilities in the UK, although overseas facilities are used;
 The availability of decay storage is subject to the provision of suitable storage capability and is generally considered on a case-by-case basis;
 Energy recovery – incineration capacity for LLW exists now, but at facilities which do not have the capability to make recovering energy economical;
 Deep disposal of long-lived LLW in a Geological Disposal Facility – creation of a GDF is a very long-term project that is in its early stages."(p.6)
"Approximately one million cubic metres of radioactive waste has already been disposed of. The total predicted volume of existing waste and waste forecast to arise over the next 100 years or so is approximately 4.5 million cubic metres, of which 94% is LLW (including 'very low level waste', or VLLW). Most LLW is building rubble, soil and steel items such as framework,…" (p. 11)
"UK Strategy for the Management of Solid Low Level Waste from the Nuclear Industry, Strategic Environmental Assessment
Environment and Sustainability Report, Consultation draft,
Non-Technical Summary, January 2015, © Crown copyright 2015" https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-an-update-of-the-uk-strategy-for-the-management-of-solid-low-level-radioactive-waste-from-the-nuclear-industry
Read the Comments by Nuclear Free Local Authorities here: http://www.nuclearpolicy.info/docs/news/NFLA_UK_LLW_response.pdf
Information regarding landfills:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-warned-it-will-run-out-of-landfill-sites-in-eight-years-2021136.html
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/26/abandoned-landfills-polluting-uk-rivers-research-finds
"About a third of the 500 landfill sites taking significant amounts of biodegradable waste have gas controls and many sites extract the gas for energy recovery." http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/estates/environment/wasteandrecycling/whyrecycle/landfillfacts
In 1994 there were approximately 4000 landfill sites in the UK: http://www.lordgrey.org.uk/~f014/usefulresources/aric/Resources/Fact_Sheets/Key_Stage_4/Waste/03.html
The clearest details regarding landfills: http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/recycle-for-lincolnshire/landfill
More info regarding numbers of landfills in the thousands: http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/RIN263.pdf/$FILE/RIN263.pdf
Local maps of active and inactive landfills:
http://apps.environment-agency.gov.uk/wiyby/37823.aspx
http://maps.environment-agency.gov.uk/wiyby/wiybyController?x=357683&y=355134&scale=1&layerGroups=default&ep=map&textonly=off&lang=_e&topic=waste
According to the following post, the proposed deep geological dump is 25 km2, i.e. 5 km x 5 km or 5,000 m x 5,000 m. https://mariannewildart.wordpress.com/2013/11/24/the-gift-that-no-one-wants/ Assuming 10 m of usable storage height, it would hold 250 million m3; assuming 20 m of storage height it would be 500 million m3 of storage space. If it were 50 m, then it would be 1.25 billion m3 storage space. 25 km2 is 6,177 acres. This clearly would exceed needs by the UK and suggests that it may be used for German, French, Swiss and Japanese waste. There is already foreign waste in the UK at Sellafield and Dounreay.
Some information about the size of WIPP in New Mexico USA:
"If the WIPP site is eventually determined to be suitable for the disposal of TRU waste, the underground disposal area is planned to cover 100 acres. It will have a design capacity of over 2 million cubic meters, or about 850,000 barrels, of TRU waste." http://www.epa.gov/radiation/docs/radwaste/402-k-94-001-tru.html
100 acres is 0.404 km2 and holds 2 million m3 x 61 is 122 million m3
25 square kilometers is 6 0177.634 acres. A larger area is given for WIPP in some places but it is apparently for surface storage and future expansion.
"WIPP has permanently disposed of more than 89,000 cubic meters of TRU waste — enough to fill more than 35 Olympic-size swimming pools" http://energy.gov/em/articles/waste-isolation-pilot-plant-national-transuranic-program-have-banner-year-2013
Some of the information on WIPP seems to mix up cubic feet and cubic meters, which is a big mix up. However, this web site has estimates which are roughly the same as the US EPA site, so these two sites are probably accurate: "The WIPP facility is limited by the Land Withdrawal Act to receiving up to 168,520 cubic meters of contact-handled transuranic (CH-TRU) waste (equivalent to approximately 810,000 55-gallon drums) and up to 7080 cubic meters of remote-handled (RH-TRU) waste (equivalent to about 7500 canisters.)" http://www.cardnm.org/repository_a.html
Probably a good size for UK Low Level Radioactive Waste with proper aisles, spaces: "The Boeing Everett Factory, in Everett, Washington, is an airplane assembly building owned by Boeing. Located on the northeast corner of Paine Field, it is the largest building in the world by volume at 13,385,378 m3 (472,370,319 cu ft) and covers 399,480 m2 (98.3 acres).[1] It is where wide-body Boeing 737 Boeing 747s, 767s, 777s, and the new 787 Dreamliner are assembled. http://en..wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Everett_Factory
It covers 0.399 km2
More buildings for comparison: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_buildings_in_the_world
Bedlam image modified from: "Eighteenth century Bethlem was most notably portrayed in a scene from William Hogarth's A Rake's Progress (1735), the story of a rich merchant's son, Tom Rakewell whose immoral living causes him to end up in Bethlem. " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlem_Royal_Hospital


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Aqua America Inc (NYSE:WTR) has earned an average rating of "Hold" from the eleven analysts that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 1 year target price among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $40.67.
A number of brokerages have issued reports on WTR. HSBC set a $46.00 target price on shares of Aqua America and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, June 28th. UBS Group lowered shares of Huaneng Power International Inc ADR Class N from a "neutral" rating to a "sell" rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 19th. Argus lifted their price objective on shares of Aqua America from $2.00 to $43.00 in a research note on Wednesday, June 5th. They noted that the move was a valuation call. Zacks Investment Research lowered shares of Guaranty Federal Bancshares from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 23rd. Finally, Janney Montgomery Scott reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a $44.00 price objective (up previously from $41.00) on shares of Aqua America in a research note on Monday, May 6th. They noted that the move was a valuation call.
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Shares of NYSE:WTR opened at $41.00 on Tuesday. The firm's fifty day moving average is $40.82. The firm has a market cap of $8.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.08, a P/E/G ratio of 4.64 and a beta of 0.44. Aqua America has a 12-month low of $32.09 and a 12-month high of $42.14. The company has a quick ratio of 0.29, a current ratio of 0.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.24.
Aqua America (NYSE:WTR) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, May 2nd. The utilities provider reported $0.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.30 by ($0.02). The company had revenue of $201.10 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $201.17 million. Aqua America had a net margin of 18.71% and a return on equity of 12.40%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 3.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.29 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Aqua America will post 1.47 earnings per share for the current year.
Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. 6 Meridian raised its holdings in Aqua America by 1.8% in the 2nd quarter. 6 Meridian now owns 14,182 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $587,000 after acquiring an additional 244 shares during the period. ETF Managers Group LLC raised its holdings in Aqua America by 7.7% in the 1st quarter. ETF Managers Group LLC now owns 4,258 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $155,000 after acquiring an additional 303 shares during the period. First Personal Financial Services raised its holdings in Aqua America by 1.2% in the 1st quarter. First Personal Financial Services now owns 29,987 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $1,093,000 after acquiring an additional 345 shares during the period. Tortoise Index Solutions LLC raised its holdings in Aqua America by 7.8% in the 1st quarter. Tortoise Index Solutions LLC now owns 4,890 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $178,000 after acquiring an additional 354 shares during the period. Finally, Mid Atlantic Financial Management Inc. ADV raised its holdings in Aqua America by 4.0% in the 1st quarter. Mid Atlantic Financial Management Inc. ADV now owns 10,301 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $375,000 after acquiring an additional 400 shares during the period. 47.52% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
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Speech by SCAL President Mr Kenneth Loo at the 40th Annual General Meeting held on 22 June 2018 at SCAL Construction House
Members of SCAL
Good Evening!
1. Thank you for taking time to attend the SCAL 40th Annual General Meeting. I am very pleased to see so many familiar faces here today. 2018 marks my fourth year as SCAL President.
2. I am truly humbled and honoured for this opportunity to serve the Association and the construction industry. I would like to thank the Council and all our members for the strong support given to me.
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3. 2017 was an exceptional year for the Association as we celebrated our 80th Anniversary. We kept busy with a flurry of events and launched a series of key initiatives ranging from WSH to productivity to CSR.
4. At this juncture, I would like to express my heartfelt appreciation to the chairmen and members of our subcommittees for their leadership, passion and relentless drive in making these possible. I would also like to thank our hardworking secretariat working tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure the activities and events run smoothly.
5. I would especially like to thank Mr Eugene Yong who stepped down from the Council after some 18 years, including being President from 2001 to 2004. Eugene was also chairman of our CSR Subcommittee since its inception in 2013 before handing over to Mr Benjamin Tan.
6. Special thanks also to Mr Dominic Choy who has stepped down – temporarily I hope - as 2nd vice president, as well as chairman of our Productivity and Technology Subcommittee for the past six years.
7. Another milestone for SCAL last year was the launch of the Construction Industry Transformation Map, or ITM, where we played an instrumental role in giving inputs and feedback in its development. I would like to urge members to familiarise themselves with the ITM as it will provide an insight on how the construction industry will be shaped in the future.
8. Likewise, we recognise the need to renew SCAL so as to remain of value and relevance to our members. Hence, early this year the Council went on a strategic planning retreat to review our programmes and identify key elements to lead the industry forward.
9. At the end of the retreat, we identified four key thrusts to drive our strategies and activities going forward.
10. One of our first priorities now is to establish the new Construction Hub to house our training and services under one roof. We need also to relook at the business models of our subsidiaries – SC2, SCAL Academy and SCAL Resources – to ensure our financial viability.
11. The third thrust is about our membership and alliances, where we will need to expand our membership base, and find ways to work with partners and stakeholders in the built environment for mutual benefit.
12. Last but not least, we need to strengthen the capabilities, professionalism and competence of the secretariat in order to organise and run the programmes and activities of the association.
13. Much work lies ahead and I look forward to the continued support of the Council and all our members.
14. In conclusion, Singapore is going through a major transformation. SCAL's renewed vision is to lead the construction industry in building a sustainable future for Singapore. And to do that, we need to be an effective voice of the industry advocating business-friendly practices, promoting industry development and fostering a safe and productive work environment. These indeed, are embodied in our new vision and mission statements.
15. I wish you all an enjoyable networking session. Thank you.
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There were two men and each of them had a huge pile of wood to chop, more than either of them could complete in one day.
The men began working early in the morning. One of the men worked non-stop, not even taking a break for lunch. The other man took breaks regularly.
At the end of the day, the man who took breaks regularly had done a great deal more than the man who never took a break.
The man who took breaks sharpened his ax.
With so many activities, responsibilities, and obligations in our lives, we can easily find ourselves crossing church off the "To Do List".
With so many people (boss, co-workers, kids, wife, friends) pulling us in so many different directions, we can easily find ourselves being pulled away from God.
But a wise man realizes that he will accomplish more, and be more successful, by taking time to regularly meet with, and be sharpened by, other Christian men.
At Valley Heart, we have three regular opportunities to get together with our Christian brothers.
First, we meet each Saturday at 7:00 for a men's bible study. Currently, we are studying the book of Isaiah.
On Sunday morning at 9:00 we get together to study the Bible. Currently, we are studying the principles of Discipleship by digging into the Word.
Lastly, we are joining the men of Living Faith Fellowship for a men's retreat on the banks of the Snake River near Pullman, WA. This is an annual event held the weekend of the first full week of June. For details of this activity, see the event description on Sundays. To visit the Assembly of God Men's Ministries page, click here.


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La Tre Valli Varesine 1955, trentacinquesima edizione della corsa, si svolse il 2 ottobre 1955 su un percorso di 100 km disputati a cronometro. La vittoria fu appannaggio dell'italiano Fausto Coppi, che completò il percorso in 2h30'01", precedendo i connazionali Aldo Moser e Giuseppe Minardi.

Sul traguardo di Varese 12 ciclisti, su 14 partiti dalla medesima località, portarono a termine la competizione.

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The author is a professor at Moscow State University and a member of the academic board at the Security Council of Russia.
The technologies of 'color revolutions' have ceased to be the copyright of the Anglo-Saxons and could backfire. These technologies are now going to be used in Europe and the US under Islamist slogans, courtesy of migrants and Al-Qaeda and ISIS field commanders. These terrorist organizations have already divided the old Europe into vilayets – Al-Andalus and Greater Albania.
The technology of 'color revolutions' was 'tested' in Ferguson, Saint Louis and Baltimore in 2014-2015. The official reason for mass unrest was the killing of several black teenagers by police officers. The protesters gathered on the central square of Ferguson, where they organized a Maidan, quickly forming an aggressive crowd that clashed with police and the Missouri National Guard. According to witnesses, the protests had an organized character and were centrally controlled.
During the second wave of unrest, people from more than 20 US cities, including New York, Washington and Orlando, supported the protests in Ferguson and Saint Louis with rallies and demonstrations, during which protesters overturned and burnt automobiles. Coordination of the protest was also observed in Baltimore, exactly on the Ferguson pattern.
It's curious that the demonstrators in all these cities took to the streets simultaneously, at one and the same time, with similar banners, as if they all were manufactured at one and the same factory. Such things can only happen using the technologies of 'color revolutions'.
In the Old World, France is located in high-risk area of 'color revolution'. The emergency situation implemented following the Paris terror attacks on January 7 and November 13, 2015, hurt ethnic enclaves in big cities and their illegal business – drugs and arms trafficking. Now the country is experiencing mass migrant protests against the authorities and the French population, while mass protests are carried out in opposition to recent changes in labor legislation: the working week increased and employers have a right to make employees work longer hours and to fire them within 24 hours if they don't agree.
Unrest in Paris, accompanied by clashes with the police, have been taking place since March. From 400,000 to 1,000,000 people took part in the biggest protest movements.
Under these circumstances, it is relatively easy to organize a 'color revolution', of which there are three possible scenarios: one backed by Middle East and African refugees and Muslim enclaves inside France; one backed by students and trade unions against labor reforms; a combined scenario that would use both parties against the government.
Stopping the 'color revolution' in France is as difficult as fighting international terror organizations. Both mass movement organizers and terrorists have support in France's ethnic enclaves.
Russia would be able to help France since it recently broke the genetic code of the 'color revolution' – its technological scheme – and developed an antidote to this 'orange plague' of the 21st century. Europe will be unable to handle this without it.


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Jonathan Freedland is an award-winning journalist, author and broadcaster.
He has been a weekly columnist for the Guardian since 1997 and is the presenter of BBC Radio 4's contemporary history series, The Long View. He is also a regular contributor to a range of US publications, including the New York Review of Books, as well as a monthly columnist for the Jewish Chronicle. In 2014 he was awarded the Orwell Special Prize for journalism. He is the author of eight books, five of them best-selling thrillers under the name Sam Bourne.
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JESS'S MESS
Jess Glynne 'partied until 7am with the Spice Girls' before bailing on Isle of Wight gig
By Jamie Downham
JESS Glynne partied until 7am with the Spice Girls before cancelling her Isle of Wight gig and leaving fans in tears, it has been claimed.
The 29-year-old star has been banned from performing at the annual festival after she pulled out of the concert just ten minutes before she was due to appear on stage, saying she was suffering from "exhaustion".
Jess Glynne pulled her Isle of Wight performance at the last minuteCredit: Getty - Contributor
Scary Spice, Mel B, enjoys Jess Glynne's support performance at the Wembley Arena Spice Girls concert
However, the Mirror claim Jess was seen leaving the Spice Girls' Wembley after-party at 5am on Sunday with a group of friends and Mel B.
She was then said to have continued the party at a nearby hotel until at least 7 o'clock in the morning.
The paper says a car came to pick up Jess at 9am to take her to the Isle of Wight where the stage was prepared for her to perform at 6.30pm.
However, she never showed at the festival - where fans had paid up to £175 a ticket to see her - with her performance hastily called off.
Jess claimed she was 'extremely frustrated' to have missed the show
Jess, pictured with Geri Horner (centre) and Adele, was out partying until 7am on the Sunday morningCredit: Instagram
She is said to have partied after the Spice Girls' Wembley gig until 7amCredit: PA:Press Association
One festival goer told The Sun Online: "The announcer came on to tell the crowd that Jess would not be performing and everyone booed him.
"There were children who had been waiting the whole day to see her who were left in tears.
"If she can turn up to party with the Spice Girls the night before but then let the Isle of Wight down again, then shame on her."
Another tweeted: "Poor show, you would have known before showtime that you could or couldn't perform" adding: "Kids left in tears at the news."
Isle of Wight boss John Giddings said: 'It's so sad that an artist would do that to their fans'Credit: Getty - Contributor
Jess claimed she was incredibly weak and full of anxietyCredit: Getty - Contributor
Isle of Wight Festival boss John Giddings told the Mirror: "It shows no regards for people that bought a ticket.
"It's so sad that an artist would do that to their fans. She's let them down."
The no-show was blamed on exhaustion, with Jess telling fans: "I got ready and was about to head to stage, but I just couldn't do it.
"I was incredibly weak and full of anxiety. I can't help that my body sometimes gives up on me.
Jess had been opening for the Spice Girls on tourCredit: Splash News
"I am so, so gutted, sorry and upset I couldn't perform."
Jess had been the support act on the Spice Girls tour after being signed up on a £1.3 million contract.
She has struck up a close friendship with Mel B, even sharing a video of them enjoying a cosy takeaway in her hotel room a week after they went clubbing together in Manchester.
The Sun Online has contacted a representative for Jess.
Jess Glynne and Mel B have fish and chips paired with red wine in a hotel room


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Earlier this month, the Tier II Junior A NAHL's Alaska Avalanche were acquired by Johnstown, PA interests and relocated to the city of Slap Shot fame and the Cambria County War Memorial Arena, which was vacated by the ECHL's Johnstown Chiefs in 2010. Since then, the organization has more or less done everything right, starting with a nickname of obvious origin: Tomahawks. Their logo, which looks like the love child of the Chicago Blackhawks' and Univeristy of North Dakota's insignia (former, in UND's case), is also quite sharp.
The red, white and blue color scheme, in a classy touch, is designed to honor the same veterans who are also honored by the name of the team's home arena.
The Tomahawks have hired a coach, Jason Spence, whose ten-season professional career was spent mostly with the Chiefs. In 2009, he moved behind the bench as an assistant coach, following the team when it relocated to Greenville, SC. After a brutal 2009-2010 season in Johnstown, the Greenville Road Warriors have gone 87-47-10 in their two seasons of existence. Spence, from what I've read on him, is well liked locally. At the very least Rick Boyd, a former Chiefs teammate and now his boss as GM, is a fan.
"Jason was the hardest-working player on the ice and a wonderful team ambassador off the ice. The fans loved him and he connected with this community so well that he relocated to Johnstown, married a local woman and made huge sacrifices to pursue his love of coaching and mentoring young players," Boyd said. "I know our young men will be thrilled to have Jason as their coach."
The Tomahawks will inherit the bulk of their roster from Alaska, which went 35-19-6 last season before bowing out in the first round of the playoffs.
Not Penn State news? Au contraire, mes amis. See, just yesterday, we learned that...
Hall of Fame Steelers linebacker Jack Ham has invested in the ownership group of the Johnstown Tomahawks, the new NAHL Tier II Junior A hockey team, according to a radio interview given by majority owner James Bouchard and confirmed by team President Richard Bouchard.
James Bouchard said during a radio interview that Ham and former Buffalo Bills star linebacker Shane Conlan have invested in the ownership group.
Both Ham (who was at PSU from 1968-1970) and Conlan (1982-1986) are, of course, integral parts of Penn State's Linebacker U legacy and are generally considered among the top five LBs ever at the school. Combined, the pair were on three perfect teams. Conlan was on the 1982 and 1986 national champions, although he redshirted in 1982. Today, Ham is an analyst on the radio broadcasts of Penn State football games.
Even beyond that, there's reason to be excited from a hockey perspective. It's a natural opportunity for a recruiting pipeline in Penn State's backyard. For both the coaching staff and for us garden-variety obsessed fans, it's an opportunity to see PSU recruits - either potential or actual - in person, either as Tomahawks or as their opponents. Before now, the nearest NAHL franchise to State College was in Jamestown, NY. The nearest outpost of the Tier I USHL is in Youngstown, OH. Both leagues, the top two junior leagues in the U.S., are based mostly in the central parts of the country.
Bryce Johnson, Justin Kirchhevel, P.J. Musico, Jake Friedman, Joe Lordo and George Saad are members of Penn State's 2012-2013 roster who have spent time in the NAHL. In 2011-2012, the then-five Big Ten programs rostered 15 players who had an NAHL franchise listed under "last team," headed by Ohio State's five (this, of course, doesn't include those who played in the NAHL before advancing to the USHL or elsewhere).
Hopefully someday soon, "Johnstown Tomahawks" will be spotted under that "last team" column on a Penn State roster. But even if that doesn't happen, these are certainly exciting developments for that growing hockey state - yeah, I'm daring to use that label -of Pennsylvania.
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Labels: NAHL, recruiting
Reed May 25, 2012 at 1:21 PM
Not a very, um, "politically correct" choice of name or logo. Interesting to see how that plays out. Still better than the London Rippers!
I hope to see more high level junior hockey in PA.
Kyle Rossi May 25, 2012 at 1:47 PM
It's kind of funny...I mentioned the Blackhawks and North Dakota. One is almost universally considered among the best logos in sports, the other gets NCAA tournament games forfeited. They're practically the same logo - in fact UND basically did use a blatant ripoff of the Blackhawks logo until the early 90s. It's a VERY fine line apparently, and it's probably best to avoid it altogether, although I get why the Tomahawks felt like they had to go that route. I imagine the benefit of that connection is greater than the cost of the negative attention...that they probably won't get due to being a junior hockey team.
The Chiefs, if you have to use a Native American-inspired name, probably had the right idea in using an arrowhead. Nobody has an issue with the Kansas City Chiefs, or with Florida State's spear logos (certainly there are issues there, but with other things). The hard rules seem to be that "Indians" is bad, references to skin color are bad and caricatures/stereotypes (Chief Wahoo) are bad. Everything else is grey area (that it's probably best to avoid).
Hockey kids party favors May 26, 2012 at 1:40 AM
Great articles and points of view!
marooned May 26, 2012 at 3:24 AM
Damn... So long and thanks, Av's.
Reed May 31, 2012 at 7:12 AM
There are no hard and fast rules.
The NCAA's "enforcement" of all of this is unbelievably inconsistent and unfair. Florida State gets to keep the white guy on the horse with the flaming spear and the tomahawk chop and all of that but UND can't have their name and logo, which, as you say, is almost identical to the Blackhawks'. Why? Just politics. FSU is a BCS school and UND is not. Also, FSU made a deal with the local Seminole groups not to object while UND somehow pissed off somebody in the local Sioux. It's not like they put it to a vote of all native Americans or even everyone in those particular nations.
I'm familiar with all of this, because my alma mater, William & Mary was told that the logo of WM with two feathers sticking out was "offensive" to native Americans, even though all of the local tribes in Virginia said it was ok, but that we could keep the name Tribe. The College decided that fighting the NCAA wasn't worth the money, so we got a new WM logo (boring, but better) So W&M has kept the name Tribe, but adopted a stupid griffin as a mascot. Why a griffin? It's not really clear. Somehow it won a popular vote. A lot of people want to just scrap it all and start with something totally new so the name and mascot can be consistent, but then because the NCAA was so unfair on this, there's a lot of support behind "Tribe" just to stick it in their face. Also, Tribe is ambiguous. It could be a tribe of Visigoths, as my old roomate pointed out.
Tomahawks is worse than Chiefs, I think, because it reinforces certain stereotypes of Indians as brutal savages scalping everyone, etc. It seems a shame that they couldn't just be the Chiefs.
Good thoughts...just to clear something up, as far as "rules," I just meant the unwritten ones in society that result in people picketing certain sports teams but not others. The NCAA is obviously all over the map with enforcement - I'll even toss Illinois a mention, since they had to retire their white guy mascot while FSU didn't.
After nearly a week of thinking about it, I'm changing my position. This team should have gone "Chiefs" or in a new direction. Why not "Jets," after the team that actually inspired Slap Shot? There's already a Janesville Jets in the NAHL, but details like that don't stop the AHL or CFL (back when we had Roughriders and Rough Riders).
I do think the NCAA has the right idea, to a point - the Seminole or Sioux people are the ones who should decide whether they're offended. But like you said, non-democratic backroom dealings and situations where maybe two tribes disagree (how I understand the North Dakota situation) sort of make everything a mess.


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Tateishi-sama
This tiny stone in a children's park is what remains of an ancient, once-worshipped object.
Tateishi Sama. Phlizz (atlas obscura user)
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Tateishi-sama, meaning "standing stone" (sama is an honorific for people of a higher rank) in Japanese, is a sort of menhir that is worshipped, and sometimes feared, by the locals. While many of such Tateishi-samas are known throughout Japan, the most notable of these is an extremely obscure one, which can be found in the town named after it.
This Tateishi-sama is located in a children's park in Tateishi, Katsushika Ward, nestled in a tiny shrine. Made of a kind of tuff called Bōshū-ishi, this stone is believed to have been brought from Mount Nokogiri, or the Saw Mountain in Chiba Prefecture, about 55 miles away from the site, along with the stones used to build the ancient, now mostly lost kofun (tumult) nearby.
During the Edo period, it reportedly stood over 60 centimeters and was known as a ne'ari-ishi (rooted stone). It was pretty popular back then, mentioned in numerous contemporary books, and there are even legends about digging into its "roots" causing disasters. At this point, the stone also served as a signpost for travelers.
Today, however, the once-revered Tateishi-sama is barely a few centimeters tall, a victim of ground subsidence and repeated cuttings and clippings by the local worshippers who believed that the fragments of the stone had the powers to heal diseases, and, during the Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese wars, that they would serve as bulletproof amulets.
Still, the worship of this itsy-bitsy menhir has not completely died out yet, despite its current size. Even to this day, local people sometimes offer coins and bits of food to the stone and the hokora behind it.
The stone is located in Tateishi Children's Playground, within a 10 minutes' walk from either Keisei Tateishi Station or Aoto Station.
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