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Representing the Shared Product Responsibility Group (an industry coalition) in connection with both the OECD extended producer responsibility (EPR) project and EPA's development of a brochure on the EPR concept (a shared responsibility approach) advocated by EPA and the President's Council on Sustainable Development.
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Stewart, Bagley prepare to shoulder minutes at 4 spot for Pistons
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Troy Weaver has made no effort to conceal his affinity for big men, but he hasn't allowed that – or anything else – to stand in the way of making moves that get him to his ultimate goal of establishing the Pistons as lasting title contenders.
Last season's roster, for a recent glaring example, left the Pistons thin enough up front that when Kelly Olynyk went down with a knee injury that cost him more than two months, Dwane Casey's options behind Isaiah Stewart came down to Luka Garza, a rookie drafted 52nd, or career power forward Trey Lyles.
This year, the Pistons have a surplus of big men after adding three since February: Marvin Bagley III and Nerlens Noel via trade and Jalen Duren via the draft.
Even after the late-September trade of Olynyk for Bojan Bogdanovic bolstered the Pistons on several fronts, they're still left with four high-pedigree big men. The only way all four fit in the rotation is if Casey commits to playing two at a time with both the first and second units, a heavy lift in today's NBA.
"It's tough," Casey admitted. "What's going to have to manifest itself is – it's not natural right now – for Isaiah to kind of slide to the four just to open some spots for everybody. Because right now, it's the four (big men) and it's tough to play that many in today's game."
Of the four big men, Stewart and Bagley are the two in line to get trial runs as power forwards. Bagley, in fact, has essentially split time at the two spots over his four-year NBA career, though as a career 29 percent shooter he doesn't fit the profile of a stretch four just yet. But both players prepared over the off-season to fill that role.
"Shooting was definitely a big thing this summer for me, being able to knock that down," Bagley said. "Last season wasn't my best shooting season, but I know I'm capable and my confidence is there. This summer was about putting in the reps and tweaking certain things. When the games come I'll be ready to go and be confident in letting them fly."
Stewart hit 11 of 18 shots over his last eight games last season and 5 of 9 in two Summer League games, which is at once a small sample size and promising.
"I worked on my 3-point shot a lot this off-season," Stewart said. "I feel like they're expecting me to be able to shoot and make threes and continue to space the floor out. I think it'll help us offensively."
Becoming a reasonably proficient 3-point shooter on any appreciable volume, while important, isn't all there is to being able to effectively absorb minutes at power forward.
"Understanding spacing," Casey said, ticking off the things that don't come naturally to a player like Stewart, who has always – by virtue of his size relative to his peers – played within arm's length of the basket. "Say, for instance, Marvin is posting up. Do I stay there at the elbow and let my man sag down or do I cut out? All those things that are normal for a perimeter player to do. The other thing is transition D. He's so used to getting back and covering the paint. Now you're guarding a four-man shooter and now I've got to go find him."
Even Duren might eventually prove a good enough shooter to allow greater frontcourt flexibility, displaying surprising touch and range in post-practice shooting drills on Thursday, day three of training camp. But for now the likeliest option to take minutes at power forward of the four-man cohort is Stewart, at 21 and embarking on year three.
"Speaking with coach Casey and his staff in general, I feel like I'll find myself at the four spot and being interchangeable," Stewart said.
At the very least, Stewart and Bagley are focused on showing enough for Casey to feel comfortable using them in tandem or playing alongside either of Duren or Noel, the latter still limited in practice by a bout of plantar fasciitis.
"I don't know what the plan is," Bagley said. "I'm leaving that to coach and the coaching staff, but my job is to just make sure I'm ready every single day to come in and do the best I can do to help the team. That's how I'm approaching every day in training camp. That's how I've been approaching the summertime."
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Psychological injuries occur frequently as a result of motor vehicle accidents, and in some cases, the symptoms can be very severe and debilitating. However, proving that a motor vehicle accident caused or contributed to a plaintiff's mental health disorder can sometimes be a challenge.
Psychological injuries resulting from trauma typically manifest themselves in a couple of ways. First, the injury may develop into a mood disorder (depression, sleep disruption, irritability, emotionally labile) or anxiety disorder (post-traumatic stress, driving phobia, nightmares, flashbacks). These symptoms may be brought on by pain, restricted activities, financial stress from being off work, strained family dynamics, the fright of the accident, or other post-accident life changes. Second, the plaintiff's physical injuries may develop into a chronic pain disorder, whereby the pain symptoms continue on even though the physical injury (the damaged tissue) has long since healed. In such cases, the pain experience is very real to the plaintiff, but there is little or no organic explanation for it.
There are a number of reasons why it can be difficult to prove to ICBC that a plaintiff has a real psychological disorder that results from a motor vehicle accident. With chronic pain cases, the plaintiff's unremitting pain symptoms often seem out of proportion with the nature of the physical injury, thus leading to skepticism about the plaintiff's motives or sincerity. With mood disorders, there may be a number of factors, in addition to the accident injury, that cause a plaintiff to become depressed, that have nothing to do with the accident. Sometimes, the accident injury is the "tipping point" which causes the plaintiff, already in a vulnerable state, to spiral down. In other cases, the plaintiff already has an active mental health condition but the accident injuries cause those symptoms to worsen. Not surprisingly, ICBC will look for other explanations for the plaintiff's psychological disorder, such as probing past medical records, to deny responsibility.
It is very important to immediately notify your medical practitioner about any psychological symptoms you experience following a motor vehicle accident, and continue to keep your doctor informed. This serves two purposes: first, it will help to establish a link between the accident and onset of your symptoms; second, and more importantly, it will lead to appropriate and necessary treatment to restore your mental health.
Psychological injury claims can be complex and highly sensitive in nature. Typically, expert medical evidence is required to turn the case in the plaintiff's favour. If you suffer from such an injury, it is important that you retain a personal injury lawyer to fight on your behalf and marshal the evidence needed to be successful. We have handled psychological injury cases on behalf of many clients, with very favourable results. We are here to help.


Lidl Ireland is recalling the above batch of its Vitasia Gyoza Dumplings with Chicken and Pork as the allergens present are not labelled in English. The implicated batch contains Egg, Mustard and Cereals containing Gluten. There may also be the unintentional presence of Celery, Crustaceans, Milk, Molluscs, Sesame and Soya. This may make the batch unsafe for consumers who are allergic or intolerant of these allergens.
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Have you ever seen a pilot get on a plane with a large, heavy bag? Well this is no ordinary carry-on. It's called a Flight Bag and it contains more than 40 pounds of manuals, maps, and other important forms of documentation. Now thanks to American Airlines' new Electronic Flight Bag program, standard flight bags are a thing of the past. The FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) has officially approved all American Airlines pilots to carry iPads instead of the bulky standard flight bags. This seemingly minor change in weight will actually save 400,000 gallons of fuel or $1.2 million annually. Along with saving money, the initiative will save approximately 24 million pieces of paper. Just another way technology is making our lives easier and helping us take a step in the green direction.
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This was excellent! Love the asparagus and other vegetable components. And the feta was a perfect salty addition. I'm A little concerned about what the 2 tablespoons of butter will do to my arteries. But the favors were excellent and it was easy to make.


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Enjoy 13 stunning paintings by Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masters with this mini sized 12-month calendar from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
From landscapes and seascapes to still lifes and portraits, this 12-month calendar highlights 13 vibrant paintings by renowned Impressionist and Post-Impressionist artists, including Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Auguste Renoir, Paul Gauguin, and Vincent van Gogh. Throughout the year, journey from Paris to Provence and take pleasure in these breathtaking masterpieces. All the works of art featured are from the world-famous collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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WARNER-LAMBERT's Rx-TO-OTC SWITCH CANDIDATES INCLUDE MECLOMEN AND NICOTROL
WARNER-LAMBERT's Rx-TO-OTC SWITCH CANDIDATES INCLUDE MECLOMEN AND NICOTROL, Chairman and CEO Melvin Goodes told securities analysts in New York on April 21. "We make two products which could eventually go Rx-to-OTC and they are [the nonsteroidal anti- inflammatory drug] Meclomen and potentially [the nicotine patch] Nicotrol," Goodes noted. President and Chief Operating Officer Lodewijk de Vink added that OTC switches are "high" on the company's "agenda." Warner-Lambert described its plans to switch the analgesic/anti-inflammatory agent Meclomen (meclofenamate) to the OTC market as being "in an early stage." Tests are under way and "are looking good," the firm said. The Meclomen patent has already expired. Emphasizing the strength of the company's consumer product marketing, Goodes pointed out that Warner-Lambert already has "1,200 people calling on tobacco and confectionary distributors and that's a major plus for us and something which we want to explore." In addition, Goodes indicated that Warner-Lambert is interested in marketing Rx-to-OTC switch products from other companies. He told the analysts that Warner-Lambert has "been approached by a number of companies about the possibility of working with them on Rx-to-OTC switches [of their products] because [those companies] recognize our marketing capability around the world." Warner-Lambert credited "strong" sales of consumer products for the company's 2% growth in first quarter sales. During the quarter, U.S. prescription drug sales were down 12%. Consumer product sales in the U.S. grew 8% to $ 817 mil. while overseas consumer product sales rose 7% (12% at constant currency rates), the company reported. Halls cough tablets, Listerine mouthwash, Benadryl antihistamine products and Schick shaving products led the growth, Warner-Lambert said. In his presentation to analysts, de Vink highlighted the performance of the Halls line, which "strengthened its position [in 1992] as our leading consumer product" with worldwide sales of $ 380 mil. "Aided by line extensions in Canada, Colombia and Peru," De Vink noted that Halls sales grew 17% during the first quarter of 1993. In materials prepared for the analysts, Halls appears as Warner-Lambert's number two product in 1992, behind only Lopid (gemfibrozil), a prescription lipid-lowering agent that generated sales of $ 556 mil. last year. Other Warner-Lambert consumer products with sales over $ 100 mil. were Listerine ($ 332 mil.), Schick ($ 316 mil.), Rolaids ($ 126 mil.) and Benadryl ($ 118 mil.). De Vink said the introduction of Cool Mint Listerine "has helped expand volume sales in the overall mouthwash market by 6.6% [and] . . . helped drive Listerine's overall share to a recent high of 32%" in the U.S. Worldwide sales of Benadryl were aided by a 13 point increase in market share in Australia to 41%, de Vink said. In the U.S., Parke-Davis launched Benadryl Allergy/Sinus/Headache for allergy symptoms accompanied by sinus headache. Warner-Lambert is looking ahead to a Seldane switch as the biggest potential threat to the Benadryl line, and not Sandoz' recently switched Tavist, de Vink indicated. "Given the questionable launch of an OTC Seldane," de Vink stated, "Benadryl's position seems secure for the next few years." One analyst asked whether Warner-Lambert will be forced to discount its prices for consumer products in order to hold market share versus private-label products. John Walsh, president of the company's consumer product sector, responded that "the answer to private label is to be highly innovative in what you are doing in marketing . . . creating strong copy and creating meaningful product differences." He said Warner-Lambert believes it "can do that without resorting to everyday low prices."
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Modulus Vintage J for $650? What do you think?
Discussion in 'Basses [BG]' started by modulusbassist, Nov 3, 2001.
I saw this in Bass Alone, for $650? Might be able to talk it down to $600 or maybe even $550. But it says a few dinks here and there, but not on the picture. But still a bargain though, I think.
Sounds like a good deal to me. Better hurry up before I beat you to it.
Is that Hipshot bridge original? I'm wondering whether whoever put that on didn't position it right.
Slap a 3D bridge on it, and you're set.


Tal Gamlieli has been an in-demand jazz bassist since 2007. Since completing his master's degree at the New England Conservatory in Boston he has collaborated with numerous acclaimed musicians, around the world, including trumpeter Avishai Cohen, pianists Joanne Brackeen and Danilo Perez, saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi and vocalist Liz Wright.
Over the past decade he has performed, as leader and with various top acts, at a slew of prestigious venues and major international events such as Love Supreme Jazz Festival (UK), Small's Jazz Club (New York), Jazz Dock (Prague), Pizza Express (London, UK), ORF Radio Café (Vienna), the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC and the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia..
He has been fronting his own trio since 2014. The band made its first international appearance at the Panama Jazz Festival, in January 2016, since when it has been touring extensively and playing to enthusiastic audiences across the globe.
Tal's well-received debut album "Dania" came out in July of 2017, and his sophomore release Change of Heart, a joint project with acclaimed American saxophonist Dayna Stephens, is due out later this year.
A recipient of a Downbeat Magazine Award for Outstanding Performance, Tal possesses a highly expressive, lyrical and harmonious musical style, and conveys a wide sweep of emotions, colors and textures.
Tal feeds off a broad and exotic range of cultural baggage. Growing up in a village in the hills near Jerusalem, Israel, his early years were informed by the infectious rhythms and ethnic seasoning of his father's Kurdish roots, while his German-born maternal grandparents introduced him to the world of western classical music. His musical sources of inspiration reflect that eclectic hinterland, and include such iconic envelope pushers as trumpeter Chet Baker and bassist Charlie Haden, seminal Brazilian pianist and composer Antonio Carlos Jobim, Armenian pianist Tigran Hamasyan and internationally renowned Israeli bass player Avishai Cohen.
From a very early age it was clear to Tal that music can bring people together through its power to evoke universal feelings. This led him to pursue a career in music, and he continues to reach out to people of all social sensibilities, and cultural and ethnic stripes, evoking a sense of togetherness wherever he plays.
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In a demonstration last season, grain grower Craig Ward used the new Honey Bee 4000 series draper front direct heading canola.
"When you see that kind of efficiency, you have to ask yourself: Why have we been windrowing?" Craig said.
"It's easy to get stuck doing things the way you've always done them and miss out on the productivity you could be achieving.
"I couldn't believe how much better the Honey Bee 4000 series was, compared to the MacDon we were using. The improvements and fine tuning have been carefully thought out and well-engineered.
"With the increased drum capacity and 80-inch feeder opening, the Honey Bee was feeding a very high volume of material through to the combine and getting through it at least 40 percent quicker than we were."
Craig grows winter cereals on 2400ha in Parkes, New South Wales, with his wife, Lisa, and son, Lachlan, who is the fifth generation to farm there.
For the past seven years, they have worked on a 10.5m controlled traffic system but this season they have gone to 12m with a CaseIH 8230 combine and a new 40-foot Honey Bee 4040 draper front.
They have been direct heading about 30 percent of their canola for a few years because of wind damage with the windrows. Windrowing too early can also result in yield loss on top of a contractor fee of around $35 per hectare plus fuel.
This season, the Wards harvested the whole 600ha of canola direct heading with the Honey Bee front. Craig said they used a dessicant on about 160ha but all the rest ripened naturally. They got the full potential of what the plant can give, and they got all the crop into the combine.
"The Honey Bee suspension and ground following abilities are very good. We averaged just on 2 tonnes per hectare on canola with the harvester averaging 16 tonnes an hour. Our previous front could only manage 12 tonnes an hour on a good day.
"I was very impressed with the results on a large barley crop too, and we got the legumes harvested on time because we weren't having to chase windrow canola.
"With the lower slanted back beam, visibility is excellent. Even harvesting vetch, it was still very good. There was no impairment like we had with the old front."
He said the new low profile cutterbar had improved crop transition and harvest speed, and the crop saver seal was excellent for small seeded crops like canola and showed no sign of wear after the first season.
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We're almost done with our Summer DIY Series, and this week I have a simple hair butter to add to your organic collection! You only need 3 ingredients and you probably have them in your pantry right now.
This organic hair butter recipe won't weigh your hair down, provides your curls with deep moisture, eliminates frizziness, and can be ready to use within a few minutes.
My kind of hair butter!
This recipe makes about 2 ounces. If you need more, it's super simple to double. It's also a great moisturizer for hands, feet, and twinkly toes.
Simply melt the ingredients down in a heat safe container, or in a small pot on the lowest heat setting.
Pour into a sealable jar.
Place in your refrigerator for up to 20 minutes, or in your freezer for up to 10 minutes.
Your butter will be firm but soft to the touch. It should melt on your fingers and into your hair.
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This butter looks very moisturizing and smooth.
It stays like that too, it doesn't separate as much considering it's super soft.
I've been making something like this for a while, I just never had the measurements! Thank you so much for this post; now I can do it correctly!–lol Peace.


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IPL 2020: Morgan wary of Royals' rampaging top-order
Kolkata Knight Riders' star batsman Eoin Morgan on Tuesday said the team is wary of the threat posed by Rajasthan Royals' rampaging top-order.
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Eoin Morgan plays a shot during KKR's match against Mumbai Indians in Abu Dhabi. - BCCI/Sportzpics
Kolkata Knight Riders' star batsman Eoin Morgan on Tuesday said the team is wary of the threat posed by Rajasthan Royals' rampaging top-order, marking Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson as the key men from the opposition ranks.
Rajasthan's skipper Steve Smith has been reliable with two half-centuries, but it's their No. 3 batsman Sanju Samson, who has grabbed the headlines this season with his sensational batting.
With Buttler also in the mix, KKR's main target would be to stop the top-three, the reigning World Cup-winning England skipper said.
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"The honest answer is that they are good players and you have to get them out. If they bat for 20 overs, you're probably going to lose the game, particularly Buttler and Samson," Morgan said in an interaction.
Rajasthan has notched 200-plus scores in both its matches and against Kings XI Punjab, they chased down an IPL record target of 224.
"They obviously have a very well-drilled and experienced side. I suppose the challenges from our point of view, is to try and focus on our own game to start with.
"If we can produce a performance and improve on the game, I think then that will allow us to execute strategies and plans for Smith, Buttler and Samson to try and make inroads.
"Steve Smith obviously is in fine form. They've had some good success in the limited games that they've played. Hopefully, we can build on our game, and produce our first win in Dubai," he said.
Morgan was all praise for talented Indian youngster Shubman Gill, who saw the team through against Sunrisers Hyderabad, with an unbeaten 70.
"It's the first time I've seen him bat in person. An impressive young man with a lot of potential. And I think a lot of hype probably comes with it.
"Watching him play against a very experienced Sunrisers attack was a joy to watch. Hopefully, that's a start for him, kicking on and contributing more and more in our campaign this year," Morgan said.
He also gave credit to their bowlers, especially Pat Cummins, who bounced back from his disastrous show against Mumbai Indians, to finish with impressive figures of 1 for 19.
IPL 2020: I never think of playing like MS Dhoni, says Sanju Samson
"From the team's perspective, I thought the bowlers bounced back beautifully from the first game. With ebb and flow throughout the tournament, I don't think any side is going to go on unbeaten.
"Given the challenges across the three grounds -- that no team has control over their own wickets -- I think it's going to be challenging for everybody."
Morgan's England teammate Jofra Archer will be the pace spearhead for the Royals and he hoped to negate his threat.
"He's a very difficult opponent to come up against. It's not his batting we'll be worried about. It will be his bowling.
"Hopefully, we can negate that, make plans. He's played in the IPL now for a long time so guys know him better than they have done before. So again, we need to play well enough to try and implement plans," Morgan said.
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Movie Review: Don't Be Afraid of the Dark Movie
Last Updated on October 2, 2021 by Sean Donlevy
"Saaahhhllleeeyyyhhh, come and play with uuuussss!"
Generally speaking, most horror films are simply aimed at a very narrow fan base or they are bad and thus the best! And then some that are just brilliant. However, the reviews about the Don't Be Afraid of The Dark movie are mixed, and many of them are not that positive. Some people, however, like this movie a lot.
The original movie from 1973 was super scary, but this review is focused on the 2010/2011 remake of this movie. The reason there are two years is that the movie release was postponed from 2010 to 2011.
Guillermo del Toro, like many other talent-killing filmmakers, has made both great and less great movies. But, for the most part, he delivers both as a director and when he sits and writes or produces.
His resume is one of the more impressive in the present. Thus, one must draw the simple conclusion that Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, which he has written and produced, must be much better than most horror movies. But according to the reviews, this doesn't seem to be the case. This is first and foremost not a horror movie but a fantasy story with horror elements. That in itself doesn't have to be wrong or bad, but I admit right now that I wasn't scared, road, or even entertained.
The story takes us to Rhode Island where the architect couple Kim (Katie Holmes) & Alex (Guy Pearce) have acquired an old house that was previously owned by a tormented artist that we get to meet in the prologue in a hurry.
Alex has a daughter living with her mother, but for unknown reasons, her daughter is sent to live with Alex and Kim whom girl Sally (Bailee Madison) has not even met. As made for problems from the beginning and the girl is also a little special.
It doesn't take long before the house begins to reveal its grim secrets and a bunch of underground creatures start to grab Sally's attention, but they do not have nice intentions.
It is clear that the daughter and Kim are on a collision course and the relationship with the father is equally strained. The fact that the child sees creatures does not make things better. Sally is fighting the creatures alone as Kim begins to realize that there is something fundamentally wrong with the girl.
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark is a textbook version of a movie in the genre. There is not a lot of surprises in this movie, and some people argue that it is very predictable. The whole plot and all the twists and turns are revealed at the beginning of the film. Then you slam into real violence and let ugly creatures whine into the camera, but much more than that it will not and that fear feeling
The directing task has been entrusted to Troy Nixey who is an everyday illustrator and who got the chance to make his first feature film here. Clearly under the watchful eye of Del Toro, because you recognize the style. However, Nixey does not succeed in pumping any energy into the film and despite the fact that the creatures are well-made, it all seems more silly than captivating.
Sadly, the opening scene is promising, really promising.
Child actors are available of all kinds. Most people are not good, because when you have your own children you usually know how children are, what they do, and how they speak. The demands of the film world and know how to choosing child actors is difficult. But sometimes you succeed. At first glance, little Bailee seems to be a sweet choice. A kind of micro-variant of Katie Holmes, actually. But then you realize that this is a child playing according to instructions. Bailee is the best actor in this squad and she is not particularly convincing.
In fact, the most compelling in the film are the creatures who are supposed to be the source of fear and they are skillfully animated, but in the end not very scary.
And so we have Katie Holmes. She is not even an ordinary actor, but here she manages to get through in the movie. Holmes could have been replaced by just about anyone and the result would not have been worse.
And then we should not talk about Guy Pearce who makes a role interpretation that seeks equivalence in the general interest. Alex is a smooth character who is played just as smoothly by Pearce, who obviously forgot about the autopilot and does just as much as he needs to get the paycheck.
In addition, huge logical holes, untapped opportunities, and hope for points of interest that only become disruptive in the long run. And then we have not even touched on the unrealistic of the film's antagonists, who typically become smarter and more daring the further into the film you come.
In this film, however, the beasts emerge prematurely, are too chubby, and only arouses some amusement if you are not stubborn in the belief that this is a horror movie in which case you are annoyed more than entertained.
Everything is not evil in the case of cellar horror. The movie still keeps what it promises in terms of quality. The quality on canvas is a strong and flawless experience and it is important in a film that relies on the great dynamic between black and light. Soft colors and image-accurate horror movie feel. The sound could have been better. Extras are available so you can see the backdrop and some technical secrets. The music in the film is, as one would expect, functional but not more than that.
The movie is on the cusp of stereotyping and does not offer a single surprise. It goes from promising to textbook and the acting is overall not that great. There are of course worse movies but when del Toro is behind it, you have the right to expect with better than what Pearce and Holmes manage to produce
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The Adventurers and Endurance – Part 1
by Anthony on Apr 04, 2018
The early adventurers all show extreme levels of endurance, both mental and physical, when discovering new lands. Many of these trips were done on a sailing ship and just to be sailing into the unknown took extreme mental strength as the voyagers did not know what was the at the end of the Ocean.
The explorer credited with exploring the Americas in 1492 was the Spaniard Christopher Columbus who actually made four separate journeys to the West Indies, South America and Central America. It has been claimed that he had said that his crew had showed remarkable bravery as they were not sure if the world was round or whether they would fall from its edge.
Yomping, Soldiers travelling on foot for long distances
This is highly debatable as physicians and scientists for centuries had a fair idea from studying the orbit of the sun that the earth was round. However, it still took great fortitude and resilience for those sailors on one of the three ships, the Santa Maria, the Pinta and the Santa Clara to venture into the unknown.
Warfare often results in troops showing amazing levels of endurance and courage. This is reflected with each country's armies being trained to a very high level of fitness. Many countries have units with the soldiers who are accepted into the units can only do so have displayed immense levels of endurance.
Sometimes missions will involve personnel having to travel numerous hundreds of miles on feet in order to go undetected by the enemy. Many battles are fought in extreme weather conditions, so training includes soldiers fighting in extreme heat and extreme cold. They are also trained to cope mentally with the arduous nature of the journeys plus the aftermath of when they are taken prisoner.
One of the earliest battles that required great endurance occurred in 218 BC when Hannibal took his Carthaginian army to attack the Romans. However, in order to do this he needed to bypass the Roman garrisons so he took the most direct route straight over the Alps.
His army included around 100,000 troops, horses and 37 elephants. Starting out in Spain the journey meant firstly crossing the Pyrenees, then Southern France and finally going over the Alps. In all the journey took around two months in which 12,000 men died and many animals were lost. Hannibal achieved many victories but was never able to conquer Rome.
Mountains have always been seen as major trophies in term of who can conquer them. The biggest prize has been to climb the highest mountain in the world and the first Man to reach the summit of Mount Everest was Edmund Hillary who managed the feat in 1953.
Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
The New Zealander was part of a British expedition who set out to be the first to reach the top of the mountain. It was the ninth British party that had tried to do so and on 29th May 1953 Hillary, and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay, proudly stood astride the highest point in the world.
The climbing of mountains is an incredible feat as the air is so thin when the climbers get above 6000 metres above sea level. The coldness and tiredness effects the climbers and also the sheer physical task of climbing steep slopes for so long takes its toll.
Every year people try to climb Everest and the huge numbers wanting to do so has caused many difficulties for the Nepalese authorities. As well the numerous expeditions leaving behind rubbish in the fragile ecosystem it has also been of great cost to rescue climbers who get into difficulties on the mountain.
Every year many lives are lost on the mountain. The mountaineers are some of the fittest people in the world but the effects of the ascent, coupled with altitude sickness, can have devastating effects. There have been nearly 300 people who have lost their lives, and many have been needed to be rescued and air lifted off the mountain.
However, these expeditions are a good source of income for Nepal and the local Sherpa's and suppliers. They do little to discourage new parties who want to pay over 10,000 US dollars in order to gain a permit to test their levels of endurance to the highest point.
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Discovery Museum
Client: Newcastle City Council
Architect: Landscape Design team, part of Communities Directorate, Newcastle City Council
Contractor: Highways & Local Services, also part of Communities Directorate, Newcastle City Council
Think tank at the Discovery Museum, Newcastle
The area outside the Discovery Museum, Newcastle has been transformed with striking new paving supplied by Hardscape and referred to as the Challenger Plaza – a new outdoor space that now plays host to a range of museum events and activities and was officially opened by the Lord Mayor, Cllr Hazel Stephenson in September 2016.
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The iconic Challenger 2 tank, built in Newcastle and donated to Discovery Museum by BAE Systems, is the focal point of the new plaza. Discovery Museum's galleries and collection present the history of life, work and innovation in the North East.
The Museum is housed in the old Co-operative Wholesale Society building, Blandford House. Opening in 1899, it quickly became an iconic building in Newcastle city centre. Blandford House became a museum in 1978 and was re-launched as Discovery Museum in 1993.
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums worked with Newcastle City Council and BAE Systems to commemorate the Scotswood community's major contribution to the history of Tyneside. The Challenger 2 tank complements the Discovery Museum's collection and galleries that collectively present the story of Tyneside.
No battles over the brief – just collaboration
The site immediately outside the museum was filled with seating and plants so visitors and passers-by could rest and picnic outside it. Museum bosses planned that the plaza development would contribute to the life and vibrancy of the area.
Hardscape's Design team collaborated with the Design Team at Newcastle City Council to visualise how the plaza would eventually look – being involved at the early stages with drawings and 3D visualisations really helped the process to ultimately help implement the chosen paving materials to design specification with great consideration and understanding towards the overall sloping nature of the site.
Carolyn Ball, Manager of Discovery Museum said at the time: "It has been our ambition for a long time to improve the outdoor space around the museum so that it is more welcoming for our visitors and so that we can take museum activities out into the open air in the warmer weather."
Funded by Arts Council England and funding from Newcastle City Council, the Challenger Plaza was developed to view the iconic Challenger 2 as well as enjoy outdoor events and picnics in front of the Discovery Museum.
Paving chosen with precision
In the sights of the Council's Design Team there simply had to be material durability, flexibility and an overall striking impact. Hardscape were able to offer a solution having supplied both Granite and Kellen paving historically to other areas of Newcastle over recent years. In this case the Challenger Plaza area was renewed with 1,000 m2 of Kellen Lavaro Wit and Rood paving laid in a regimented fashion with additional Royal White Granite steps, walls and coping units and Kellen Planum white ZVB sandblasted tree grills and Kobra Granite corduroy tactiles. All together a visually enticing Plaza area that really complements in contrast, to the old brick building that museum is housed in.
Subsequent manoeuvres
Since the plaza was introduced there has been a steady year on year increase of visitors of above 315,000 per year. The museum is bursting with interactive displays, which makes it the perfect place to learn and have fun. One of the favourite exhibits, Turbinia, dominates the entrance to the Museum. Invented on Tyneside, it is the first ship to be powered by a steam turbine. The 35–metre vessel was once the fastest ship in the world and her history is brought to life in the Turbinia Story display – setting the standard for a day out that is guaranteed to be filled with breath-taking discoveries.
The Discovery Museum is situated in the area of Newcastle city centre known as 'Discovery Quarter'. The plaza development has contributed immensely to the life and vibrancy of the area. Over the last two years it has become a major cultural, heritage and educational quarter encompassing the Discovery Museum, the Centre for Life, Dance City, Tyne Theatre, Newcastle College and the new Discovery School.
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Australia's Grill'd announced on Monday that only vegetarian-based citizens would be sold nationwide.
Grill ' d founder Simon Crowe told 3AW radio move to plant-based products will not be going away.
"I'm trying to make splash and make sure that people understand that the movement towards plant-based is hitting. tipping point, "he said.
" We're trying to make people realize that you can have a burger in a healthy, guilt-free and contemporary fashion. " chain, with some calling for a nation-wide boycott of Grill'd.
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Het metrostation Gare Lille-Flandres is een station van metrolijn 1 en metrolijn 2 van de metro van Rijsel. De naam komt van het treinstation waar het zich onder bevindt. Het station werd in 1983 geopend door François Mitterrand; dit betrof het eerste deel van lijn 1. In 1989 werd lijn 2 geopend. Voordat het metrostation Gare Lille-Europe werd geopend op 5 mei 1994, heette dit station "Gares". De opening van het nieuwe metrostation Gare Lille-Europe leidde dus tot de verandering van de naam van het metrostation in Gare Lille-Flandres.

Het station is eveneens het beginpunt van de twee lijnen van de Tram van Rijsel die richting Roubaix en Tourcoing gaan. Mede dankzij de tram waren er in 2009 op Lille Flandres ongeveer 170.000 reizigers per dag te vinden.

Er zijn verschillende uitgangen: een richting het Station Lille-Flandres, een naar het winkelcentrum Euralille, een naar Place des Buisses en een naar Rue des Cannonniers.

Gare Lille-Flandres is een van de drie gedeeltelijke eindstations van lijn 2: de laatste vijf metrostellen richting Saint-Philibert stoppen hier 's avonds.

In dit metrostation kan worden overgestapt tussen de metrolijnen 1 en 2. De sporen van beide lijnen lopen in dit station parallel aan elkaar (lijn 1 op de buitenste sporen, lijn 2 op de binnenste) en er zijn twee eilandperrons. Dit resulteert erin dat er twee cross-platform-overstaps mogelijk worden gemaakt, te weten op het ene perron tussen (1) C.H.R. B-Calmette en (2) St. Philibert en op het andere perron tussen (1) 4 Cantons en (2) C.H. Dron.

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GRESHAM, Ore. – Mt. Hood Community College, the Sandy River Watershed Council and other partners are preparing to complete planned parking lot improvements as part of the Salmon Safe initiative to enhance water quality and habitat on the College's Gresham campus. Funded entirely by local and regional grants, the series of engineered rain gardens, swales, and stormwater filtering planters will clean and capture millions of gallons of rainfall from parking lots G and H, at the north edge of the campus entrance.
By cleansing the runoff before it enters Beaver and Kelly Creeks, which meet on campus, this summer's project is the next step in a long-term plan to reduce pollution carried by rainfall from MHCC hardscape, including buildings, parking lots and walkways. Beaver Creek is home to populations of wild salmon and other aquatic natives, and an area that supports wild salmon recovery in the Sandy River basin.
Construction on the parking retrofits will begin August 5 and will finish the week of Sept. 17. Project partners completed the first phase of parking lot improvements in lots E and F during 2018, with landscaping occurring in the winter of 2019. The newly installed green infrastructure, which use natural drainage to reduce unfiltered runoff into nearby creeks, cover just 4 percent of the lots' impervious area but each year will cleanse almost all those lots' stormwater, about 4 million gallons, and remove about 3,000 pounds of pollutants. The Salmon Safe parking lot improvements help MHCC fulfill a commitment as the first Salmon-Safe certified community college in the country.
"By changing a small area of the parking lots in front of MHCC, the college is taking big strides toward watershed health and salmon recovery in Beaver Creek and the Sandy River," said Steve Wise, executive director of the Sandy River Watershed Council. "The Salmon Safe collaboration is helping MHCC serve as a learning laboratory for sustainable water management and water quality science."
MHCC achieved the Salmon-Safe designation in 2016. The 5-year Salmon Safe plan identified a range of improvements to buildings, parking lots and other hardscape on campus, prioritizing strategies to intercept the stormwater, while engaging the public and campus community in efforts to improve water quality and habitat.
MHCC's staff, faculty and students have participated in the retrofits in a number of ways. During an asphalt removal event organized by the non-profit Depave, college students and faculty joined community volunteers to kick off the project by pulling up and removing asphalt. Students from the college's Integrated Media program designed informational signs located at sections of the project where passers-by could learn more about the project. Students from Natural Resources, Fisheries, and Environmental Health and Safety have participated in project monitoring and maintenance of planted areas. Earth Day volunteers from Keen footwear helped remove trash and weed the raingardens. "Through this partnership we have been able to leverage outside funds to improve and protect the incredible natural resources found on campus for students and the community to enjoy," says Doug Schleichert, project coordinator and lead maintenance mechanic at MHCC.
"MHCC is the institution of higher learning in East County – this is the spot where the majority of students in the area come to college," said Torrey Lindbo, water sciences program manager for the City of Gresham. "So a major component of this project has and will be educating our local students about water conservation and watershed science."
"This project captures a number of opportunities," said Kathy Shearin, manager of East Multnomah SWCD's urban programs. "Salmon Safe improvements at MHCC deliver stormwater cleanup, water conservation, and better wildlife habit to MHCC's campus. Plus, the projects create opportunities for students and the community to take part in these conservation actions," she added.
Every year, rainfall across MHCC's buildings and paved areas sends an average of 60 million gallons of untreated runoff directly through stormwater pipes into Beaver and Kelly Creeks, which confluence downstream of the Kelly Creek pond and dam. About half the campus is covered by extensive impervious surfaces, a total of 57 acres, including parking lots, roofs, and pavement.
Beaver Creek is the lowest tributary of the Sandy River, a regional salmon stronghold for recovery of federally threatened wild fish. Monitoring, including annual salmon spawning surveys by MHCC Fisheries students, indicates that Beaver Creek is both significant fish habitat and faces impaired water quality. In particular, measurements by Gresham and Multnomah County indicate that the pond increases the temperature of Kelly Creek by 4 degrees Celsius in the peak of summer, at times raising the stream temperature from legal to lethal for salmon. Monitoring throughout the Sandy also has shown Beaver Creek to support a disproportionately large fraction of the basin's juvenile salmon. While representing less than 1 percent of all stream miles, Beaver Creek annually hosts between 5-9% of all threatened juvenile coho salmon estimated to migrate from the entire Sandy basin. Studies and volunteer surveys have found a dozen other native fish, lamprey, beaver, otters, salamanders and other wildlife living in Beaver Creek.
MHCC's partners on the project include the Sandy River Watershed Council, the East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District (EMSWCD), the City of Gresham, Metro, Salmon Safe, Depave, and the Spirit Mountain Community Fund (SMCF), a grant making organization of The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. More than $1 million in grants and in-kind contributions support the project and include funds from EMSWCD, Metro's Nature in Neighborhoods capital grant program, the City of Gresham, SMCF, and Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.
You can learn more about the project by visiting http://sandyriver.org/projects/mhcc-salmon-safe-projects.


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Chaos at Lord's Taverners' Christmas charity lunch as comedian Nish Kumar is booed off
The Lord's Taverners' Christmas lunch descended into chaos on Monday, with a comedian booed off stage and pelted with a bread roll.
In staggering scenes at Park Lane's swanky Grosvenor House, Nish Kumar was widely heckled and saw his set cut short after sections of the audience failed to take kindly to his left-wing views on the current political climate.
Stunned witnesses have told Sportsmail that the stand-up, who hosts BBC Two's The Mash Report, was met with boos, jeers and calls for him to leave when he shared his observations on a number of issues including Brexit.
Comedian and TV host Nish Kumar was booed off stage at Lord's Taverners' Christmas lunch
They added that Kumar, who had taken to the stage after a well-received question and answer session with Harry Redknapp, reacted defiantly and told the audience he was going nowhere.
Eventually, a quick-thinking compere stepped in at the landmark event for the cricket charity, which raised more than £160,000, and persuaded the comedian to exit the stage after drawing the raffle. At one point, with anger rising, witnesses said a bread roll was thrown.
According to the audience member BBC Radio One DJ Greg James – a huge cricket fan and Lord's Taverners ambassador – reprimanded the bread thrower.
Greg James attempted to intervene after member of the audience threw a bread roll at Kumar
They explained: 'He had a pop and rightly so – that was disgraceful and there was no need for it, regardless of what was going on. At one point there was even a slow hand clap. It was just terrible.'
Mike Fitchett, a 68-year-old Taverners member from Oxfordshire, was in the audience.
'Harry Redknapp was tremendous and we were having a really good day, as we always do,' he said. 'Then this man, who is supposed to be a comedian, gets up and delivers what could only be described as a political speech.'
Mr Fitchett added that things quickly turned sour. 'He should have just left the stage but he refused to do so,' he said. 'This was not at all what our organisation is about. These were extreme, far-left political views and we are a charity. It was all very offensive and I shall be writing to our chief executive to make my feelings clear.'
Harry Redknapp had earlier hosted a Q&A session that was well received by the audience
Former Commons speaker John Bercow, who was also said to be present, was among those targeted by Mr Kumar, according to another audience member who did not wish to be named.
'The Taverners got it totally wrong,' they added. 'I've been going for years and I have never seen anything like it. The man was just not suitable and it wasn't the place for him to air his views, which were basically a lefty slant on politics and Brexit. If left a very bad taste. He was booed and came off stage early despite threatening to carry on.'
Another audience member added: 'He went full on political and it just isn't that kind of event. It was very uncomfortable for everyone. People had gone there for a good time and to raise money for disadvantaged kids to be able to play sport. It wasn't even comedy material – just a series of political statements.'
Former Commons speaker John Bercow, who reportedly attended, was among those targeted
After eventually being persuaded to leave, Kumar was met with a number of boos – although there was a smattering of polite applause.
Members paid £149 a ticket to be at the lunch, which is an eagerly-awaited annual fixture. Non-members handed over £169, while some guests shelled out £270 for a VIP presidents champagne reception, prime table position and upgraded wine package.
The Lord's Taverners was set up in 1950 at the Tavern pub at the famous ground. Its current president is Sir Trevor McDonald, while others to have held the post include Sir Michael Parkinson, Prince Edward and Chris Tarrant.
Funds raised go towards providing opportunities for young people in the UK living in poverty or with a disability to engage with sport in their local communities. The Taverners and Mr Kumar could not be reached for comment.
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Provenance Summit will gather 200+ attendees in the Floating Island Convention Centre, Seoul, South Korea. The conference is about blockchain product development.
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Finch Capital has announced that it has exited its minority stake in Indonesian financial products marketplace Cermati to Djarum Group, an Indonesian cigarette manufacturer. According to an official press release, Djarum is looking to invest in tech companies to improve Indonesia's economy.
The VC gained a 100 per cent rate of return and a return on capital of 2.7 times via the exit. The sale price was not disclosed.
Finch Capital invested in Cermati's Series A round in February last year. Back then, Cermati offered predominantly personal loans and credit cards; today, the company offers a broader range of financial products including car loans, mortgages, other secured loans, health and car insurance.
It also now offers other services such as ID verification and underwriting of microloans and insurance products.
Cermati has over 1 million customers spread across various Indonesian cities including million covering Jakarta, Jabodetabek, Bandung, Surabaya, Semarang, Jogjakarta, Denpasar, Pontianak, Medan and Batam.
"We are delighted to have transformed Cermati from a marketplace model to a much broader financial technology provider of diverse offering serving a large underserved population," said Andhy Koesnandar, CEO and Co-founder of Cermati, in an official press statement.
"We substantially scaled our business on our AI platform, allowing us to streamline and automate the distribution and underwriting of customized financial products," said Koesnandar.
a deeper understanding on how technology transforms the financial services value chain and facilitate the knowledge transfer from more mature markets to the Indonesian market," he added.
Cermati is Finch Capital's first exit out of Indonesia. Its other investments in the country include Ayopop, a mobile bill payment platform, and TADA, an advocacy engagement and marketing platform.
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Believe it or not, we are less than two weeks away from pitchers and catchers reporting for spring training.
Let's flashback to last year when we were just about to start the MLB season and the pandemic hit. The world went on pause and for a while it looked like we wouldn't see baseball or any other sport. Ultimately we were able to not only finish the NBA and NHL seasons, but we got a very abbreviated baseball season as well.
Since then, we are still dealing with the pandemic and sports doesn't really look the same as it did before COVID-19 hit and upended everything. Teams are playing to empty-to-slightly filled stadiums across the country, and without the fans it just seems different.
The arenas are pumping in crowd noise to give it that "live" feel, but it's not fooling anybody. Without the fans in attendance, it's just not the same. But as a sports fanatic, I'll just deal with it and be happy that we have something to root for.
With the NBA and NHL seasons underway, MLB is looking to get their season started as most teams will have pitchers and catchers reporting on February 15, with position players reporting soon after.
MLB was asking the Players Association to delay spring training and the start of the season by one month to allow the pandemic to subside more, but the Players Unions said no.
So, that's that. It's game on for MLB, pandemic be damned.
For us Texas Rangers fans, game one of spring training will be Feb. 27 against the KC Royals. The regular season will open on-time April 1 with the Rangers in KC for their home opener. The Rangers will have their season opener on Monday, April 5 against the Toronto Blue Jays.
Will there be fans in the stands for these games? Let's hope so.
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Potholes are costing drivers and their insurers at least £1 million per month due to massive car repair bills, according to AA estimates.
The AA has seen almost 3 times more pothole-related car insurance claims so far this year than it did over the same period in 2017.
The number of pothole claims made to the AA during the first 4 months of 2018 is more than for the whole of 2017.
Based on the AA's share of the car insurance market, the broker estimates that there have been over 4,200 claims for pothole damage so far this year in the UK. With an estimated average repair bill of around £1,000, that comes to an eye-watering £4.2 million, or more than £1m per month.
On top of that, the number of breakdown call-outs for AA patrols to provide assistance following pothole damage has doubled.
Janet Connor, director of AA Insurance, says: "In most cases the damage caused by a pothole, such as a ruined tyre or two and perhaps a wheel rim, doesn't justify making an insurance claim, due to the policy excess and the potential loss of your no claims discount. So the claims we are seeing are clearly much worse than that.
"Drivers are hitting potholes and ruining their suspension, steering, the underbody of the car or axles, and are occasionally being knocked off course and hitting other vehicles, kerbs or a lamp posts.
"This year we're seeing a growing number of pothole claims described as 'car severely damaged and undriveable', which didn't happen at all last year.
"The pothole epidemic has become nothing short of a national disgrace.
Connor adds: "Even the Secretary of State for Transport, who in March announced £100 million funding to be sunk into road repairs, admitted we haven't spent enough on the country's roads since the 1980s.
"That fund is welcome but nowhere near enough. Local council budgets have been squeezed to the extent that competing priorities mean they don't have the resources to keep their roads up to scratch. Hence the £9bn that is estimated to be needed as a one-off investment to restore roads in England and Wales.
To highlight the need to invest in reversing the deterioration of Britain's roads the AA has launched #FlagitFunditFillit.
Says Connor: "Potholes can appear almost overnight and it's really important to 'Flag it' to the highway authority responsible so that they're aware it exists. Councils have a statutory defence against paying out compensation for damaged cars if they're not aware of a pothole. I would call on drivers to safely photograph the potholes they encounter and send them to the responsible highway authority and the Department for Transport by social media, to show them the extent of the pothole problem.
"We're also calling on the government to 'Fund it' by ring-fencing 2p per litre of current fuel duty to create a £1bn pothole fund, specifically for local councils so they can get on top of their pothole problem.


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The work Inside the tiger represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City Libraries, City of Gold Coast. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.
It's not because Bel's mother was murdered. It's not because her father is a politician. Bel writes to a Death Row prisoner as an easy way out of an assignment. But now he's written back. Drawn to Micah's world inside a Thai prison, Bel finds herself falling for the boy with ragged hair, shackles and a terrible past. But is she setting herself up for more loss? And will loving him mean losing the people who mean the most to her at home?


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In Greek mythology, Neaera (; Ancient Greek: , Néaira), also Neaira (), is the name of a minor goddess, a lover of Helios the god of the sun and the mother by him of twins Phaethusa and Lampetia.

Mythology
In the Odyssey, Circe informs Odysseus that after Neaera bore and nursed her daughters, she sent them to the island of Thrinacia, the island where Helios kept his sacred cows, to tend to the flocks of their father. Homer calls her "divine" without giving her any parentage; Hesychius of Alexandria wrote that 'Neaera' is the name of an Oceanid nymph, though it is not clear whether this Neaera is the same person.

Neaera's name, roughly meaning "younger", relates to Helios, as do the names of their daughters, since the sun is new and young each morning, adding to the symbolism of the Oxen of the Sun episode.

See also
 Rhodos
 Perse
 Clymene

Notes

References
 Hesychius of Alexandria, Alphabetical Collection of All Words: Vol. I (alpha through delta).
 Homer; The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
 John Tzetzes, Chiliades, books II-IV translated by Gary Berkowitz.
 Smith, William; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873).

External links
 NEAERA from The Theoi Project

Greek goddesses
Characters in the Odyssey
Women of Helios
Oceanids
Sea and river goddesses


The KiCad project is pleased to announce that it is the first electronic development application to fully support the Gerber X2 extensions. See the article on the PCB Design website. Thanks to the efforts of project founder Jean-Pierre Charras, KiCad can provide full Gerber X2 extension support before any proprietary or open source electronic development applications. The Gerber X2 support is currently available in the nightly builds of KiCad and will ship when the stable 5 version of KiCad is released.


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E/STUDIO is a suite of open floor plan spaces that support both spirited collaboration and individual research and study.
MCAD's entrepreneurial studies program is for students who are passionate about art and design as well as science, business, and culture. Students work in professional collaboration with clients on real-world projects—locally, nationally, and globally—with the goal of creating outcomes that are implemented.
The glass-walled E/STUDIO Conference Room is used for student meetings with mentors and clients and features a high-definition monitor, whiteboards, and a custom-designed table made from reclaimed wood.
The E/STUDIO student workspace has another high-definition monitor, whiteboards, bulletin boards, and tinker spaces. The ES student lounge includes a kitchenette, individual lockers, and is home to the Foundry, MCAD's entrepreneurship club. And, ES students and guest artists have the chance to exhibit work in the E/STUDIO Gallery.


(Five Points, California) — It's 7:50 on a hot, dry August morning when the buses rumble past a barren field — normally filled with broccoli this time of year — and creak to a stop in front of a one-story school, dust blooming up from under their wheels.
Children spill out, the older ones eager to greet familiar teachers. Parents and shy kindergartners congregate around the superintendent and principal, Baldomero Hernandez, who pats shoulders and shakes hands, bending down to welcome the smallest students, like a pastor whose flock has finally returned.
It's the first day of school at Westside Elementary and Hernandez counts fewer kids than ever climbing off the buses. The buzz of "Buenos dias" and "Como estas?" breaks the yawning stillness that has settled in this stretch of dusty farming country in the San Joaquin Valley. The 27,000-square-mile region stretches from Sacramento to Bakersfield and lies within the larger Central Valley, the epicenter of California's four-year drought.
If the drought persists, Hernandez knows that some of his students — mostly poor, Hispanic children whose immigrant parents work the land — won't stay through the end of the year. Many of the youngest ones, he worries, won't be around to graduate from eighth grade and go on to a nearby feeder high school. As crops dry up, families are forced to move in search of jobs and housing. Families who do choose to stay double up in cramped bedrooms or sleep on couches in relatives' homes, praying for rain and a return to work.
Enrollment in his tiny district is down 14 percent from four years ago, to 230 students, which translates into hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost state aid — on top of years of funding cutbacks statewide. Similar double-digit enrollment declines can be found in other small, rural school districts throughout the valley, including the Pleasant View school district in Tulare County, where more than half the migrant student population has left in only three years. Overall enrollment is down at least 17 percent since 2011.
The Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified, further north, has lost 120 of its 2,400 students in the last two years, largely due to parents' job moves.
In larger districts where enrollment hasn't yet changed dramatically, educators say they are starting to brace for the worst. If an El Nino doesn't drench the region this winter (which could set off a host of separate problems, like flooding and mudslides) they expect to see families leave en masse for Sacramento, Washington, Oregon, or return to Mexico.
Beyond the slow-motion emigration, the daily routines of the students, teachers and staff who remain have been upended. In Pleasant View, the superintendent spent all spring and summer doubling as a construction manager, overseeing the drilling of a new well so his school would have a reliable water source.
In Alpaugh, custodians are now accustomed to working overtime to clean up the half-inch of dust that coats hallways after severe wind storms. On "dust days," kids stay inside for gym class and recess: Triple-digit temperatures, poor air quality and parched schoolyards make it too dangerous to go out, especially for the growing number of students with asthma. Occasionally a water truck comes by to spray down the farm across the street from a school entrance and, for a few lucky hours, the dust cloud disappears.
"You lose the schools and the roots are gone," says Javier Guzman, a former farm worker and retired state health department employee who heads the Comite Agua Para La Tierra, or Water for Land Committee, an advocacy group.
For decades, California's vast public water infrastructure has operated on a series of contracts between the government and three main types of water customers: Residential, environmental and agricultural.
The ingredients of drought — searing temperatures, lack of rainfall, and a shrinking mountain snowpack that has historically fed the state's reservoirs — have depleted the water supply since 2011. In response, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the federal agency that manages dam releases and public water projects in California (and other areas of the West) has cut off the flow of water to growers in the south-central part of the state — gradually at first and, in the last two years, completely.
"There's a lot of politics. If we could get the politics out of the way and make people more important than fish, then I'm an advocate. I like to fish salmon out in the ocean, but not at the expense of all of us here. I think people should come first," said Tom Barcellos, a Pleasant View school board member who runs Barcellos Farmers in Porterville and T-Bar Dairy in Tipton.
Hernandez and his wife, Robin, a teacher at nearby Golden Plains Unified, are used to knocks at their door late in the evening from parents who have nowhere else to turn when things go wrong — with marriages, jobs, car engines or immigration forms. Their house sits next to the school and serves as de facto Town Hall, counseling center, Internet cafe and, on occasion, homeless shelter. Some people call Hernandez "maestro" or "mayor" and in many ways, that's what he is.
On school grounds, Hernandez, 60, walks with the efficient gait of an aging cross country runner and speaks gently, with a Southern California lilt. His voice sometimes brims over with a preacher's intensity, like when he gave his staff a pep talk the day before students returned. Negativity on the job will not be tolerated, he said sternly.
Hernandez knows the experience of his young students well: Born in Mexico, he immigrated to California with his parents at age 5 and attended Westside Elementary. At 20, he married Robin, the 18-year-old sister of his best friend. Both came from families who worked in agriculture — and expected their children to do the same — picking grapes, picking lettuce, moving sprinkler pipes.
Ubalda and Andres Lopez moved their family from Toluca, Mexico 10 years ago. Because Andres' skills are versatile, he's had steady work irrigating fields; his wife works seasonally in an onion processing facility, but has less work in recent years. Both labor from dawn till dusk, stretching their minimum wage earnings as far as they can.
Hernandez, his staff and students have written and called lawmakers and traveled to Sacramento, the state capitol, to advocate for loosening water restrictions and maintaining school aid even as students leave.
Pleasant View Superintendent Mark Odsather, who is regularly in touch with his counterparts in the region, seemed surprised by the existence of a waiver when made aware of it by this reporter. He said his district will now submit an application.
"We have not seen anything that says it saves money or it's better for students," said Debra Pearson, executive director of the Small School Districts' Association, which advocates for member districts including Firebaugh, Westside, Alta Vista and Alpaugh.
Then there was the student in her sixth-grade class who, Perry recalls, didn't tell her — or anyone — he was moving. The next day she took attendance and another student reported to her that his friend had moved away during the night.
For drinking, cleaning and flushing toilets, families draw from a 500-gallon water tank in the front yard. At times, parents have kept their kids home from school rather than send them wearing dirty clothes, Madrigal said.
Alta Vista Principal Cliff Cantrell said officials are surveying families for the second year in a row to keep track of how many are without water. As the numbers rise — the 39 last year will surely double, he predicts — employees work with civic groups and the local community college to organize water drives to try to keep up.
Physiological effects of prolonged stress on children can manifest in weight gain, behavioral issues, high blood pressure and, later, trouble managing emotions as adults, said Cathy Yun, an assistant professor and program coordinator for the early childhood education program at Fresno State University.
Eighth-grader Irene Hernandez (no relation to Baldomero or Robin Hernandez) is a new arrival in Pleasant View's migrant program. Her parents have moved looking for work four times since she was in third grade, landing her and five siblings in a different district each time.
During the hottest, grittiest weather, Superintendent Robert Hudson and his staff call "dust days," where kids stay inside for gym and recess. Many of the students have asthma, and Hudson says his office is full of "coughing and honking" because of the conditions. It's just another fact of life in the drought.
In Alpaugh, a pre-K-12 district in Tulare County, about 90 percent of the 360 students are children from agricultural families; 97 percent are considered high poverty. Alpaugh hasn't seen the enrollment drops that Pleasant View and Westside have — it actually had an abnormal 17 percent uptick in the high school last year — and Hudson believes one reason is because families are too poor to move.
In Westside, teachers, who make on average $49,000 a year, will get a pay raise this year. Pleasant View students are using laptops and tablets, and Porterville is collaborating with local businesses to set up high school students with internships.
It's these tiny gains that school officials say they cling to as they wait — for rain, for Congress, for an act of God.
He called out the names of a couple veteran staffers who've been his neighbors and colleagues for decades. Three brand new teachers, recent transplants, listened gravely.
Sitting in her quiet classroom later, Perry says that she can see the weight of this drought in those who live in her community. She recognizes the slump in the shoulders of the parents and the students that simply wasn't there before.


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Hongjun Wang
Research Scientist, Senior
My research focuses on C,N,P biogeochemical cycles and the related ecological processes in wetlands, how these key elements dynamically respond to climate change, and how we can use the biogeochemical features to improve the ecological resilience and resistance to climate change and human disturbance, thus mitigating environmental challenges. I also expand my basic research in peatlands to degraded farms and put the resilient mechanism in practice to improve sustainable food, water and agriculture for a brighter and healthier future.
Current Research Interests
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Research Scientist, Senior, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment
317 Sonoma Way, Chapel, Hill, 27516
wang.hongjun@duke.edu +1 919 951 5168
Carbon cycle (Biogeochemistry)
Carbon cycle (Biogeochemistry)--Research
Climatic changes
Estuarine eutrophication
Eutrophication--Control
Nutrient cycles
Nutrient pollution of water
Nutrient pollution of water--Government policy
Phosphorus cycle (Biogeochemistry)
Vegetation and climate
Publications & Artistic Works
Wang, H., M. River, and C. J. Richardson. "Does an 'iron gate' carbon preservation mechanism exist in organic–rich wetlands?." Soil Biology and Biochemistry 135 (August 1, 2019): 48–50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.04.011.
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Hodgkins, Suzanne B., Curtis J. Richardson, René Dommain, Hongjun Wang, Paul H. Glaser, Brittany Verbeke, B Rose Winkler, et al. "Tropical peatland carbon storage linked to global latitudinal trends in peat recalcitrance.." Nature Communications 9, no. 1 (September 7, 2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06050-2.
Wang, Hongjun, Curtis J. Richardson, Mengchi Ho, and Neal Flanagan. "Drained coastal peatlands: A potential nitrogen source to marine ecosystems under prolonged drought and heavy storm events-A microcosm experiment.." The Science of the Total Environment 566–567 (October 2016): 621–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.04.211.
Wang, Hongjun, Xinming Wang, Yanli Zhang, Yujing Mu, and Xingguo Han. "Evident elevation of atmospheric monoterpenes due to degradation-induced species changes in a semi-arid grassland.." The Science of the Total Environment 541 (January 2016): 1499–1503. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.10.022.
Wang, H., C. J. Richardson, and M. Ho. "Dual controls on carbon loss during drought in peatlands." Nature Climate Change 5, no. 6 (January 1, 2015): 584–87. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2643.
Wang, H. J., J. Y. Xia, Y. J. Mu, L. Nie, X. G. Han, and S. Q. Wan. "BVOCs emission in a semi-arid grassland under climate warming and nitrogen deposition." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 12, no. 8 (May 2, 2012): 3809–19. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-12-3809-2012.
Liu, Honglei, Chengqing Yin, Hongjun Wang, Weidong Wang, and Baoqing Shan. "Sedimentary Phosphorus Form Distribution and Cycling in the Littoral Subzones of a Eutrophic Lake." Clean – Soil, Air, Water 36, no. 1 (January 2008): 78–83. https://doi.org/10.1002/clen.200700058.
Wang, Hongjun, Chengqing Yin, Weidong Wang, and Jinwei Lu. "Algae trapping in the macrophyte-covered littoral zone and its importance for protecting alongshore drinking water supplies in Taihu Lake, PR China." Fresenius Environmental Bulletin 16, no. 9A (January 1, 2007): 1087–92.
HONGJUNWANG, Jinwei, W. WANG, C. YIN, Y. WANG, and J. LU. "Littoral zones as the "hotspots" of nitrous oxide (N2O) emission in a hyper-eutrophic lake in China." Atmospheric Environment 40, no. 28 (September 2006): 5522–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.05.032.
Wang, Hongjun, Jinwei Lu, Weidong Wang, Longyuan Yang, and Chengqing Yin. "Methane fluxes from the littoral zone of hypereutrophic Taihu Lake, China." Journal of Geophysical Research 111, no. D17 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1029/2005jd006864.
Wang, H, Yang, L, Wang, W, Lu, J, and Yin, C. "Nitrous oxide (N2O) fluxes and their relationships with water-sediment characteristics in a hyper-eutrophic shallow lake, China(Published online)." Journal of Geophysical Research 112, no. G1. Full Text
Lu, Jinwei, Hongjun Wang, Weidong Wang, and Chengqing Yin. "Vegetation and soil properties in restored wetlands near Lake Taihu, China." In Hydrobiologia, 581:151–59. Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-006-0495-3.
Wang, Hongjun, Jinwei Lu, Weidong Wang, Peisheng Huang, and Chengqing Yin. "Spatio-temporal distribution of nitrogen in the undulating littoral zone of Lake Taihu, China." In Hydrobiologia, 581:97–108. Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-006-0494-4.
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Telstra launches new plans with best value yet for international calling
It's now easier and more affordable than ever to keep in touch with your loved ones
Telstra will make it easier and more affordable than ever for customers to keep in touch with loved ones after the launch of unlimited standard international calls on selected mobile and home internet plans from this month.
The new plans will include calls to some of the most popular countries Australians call including India, China, Hong Kong, USA, Canada, UK, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore and South Korea.
Stuart Bird, Telstra Executive Director Fixed Products and Services, said with Telstra customers making more than 130 million international calls each year, the need to cater to customers calling friends and family overseas has never been greater.
"From speaking to customers, we know that many families are spread across multiple continents and it's important to have an easy and affordable way to stay in touch," Mr Bird said.
"The inclusion of calls to these destinations means customers have the freedom to make international calls as many times as they want during the month, worry free of charges."
In addition to launching plans with included international calling, Telstra will also offer customers on selected mobile and broadband plans including 3 month subscriptions to video streaming services – Netflix, Stan and Presto.
"Customers taking up a Medium or Large home internet bundle will receive a Telstra TV as well as bonus three month subscriptions to Netflix, Stan and Presto, giving them access to more than 15,000 TV shows and movies to watch at home or on the go on their mobile devices," Mr Bird said.
And, as the Australian streaming revolution moves to the small screen, customers taking up $95 and above Go Mobile Plus plans on a 24 month term (min cost $2280) and $70 and above Go Mobile Plus BYO plans on a 12 month term (min cost $840) from Tuesday will also receive a 3 month subscription to Netflix, Stan and Presto. Data charges apply.
Telstra is also launching international language content starting with YuppTV, the largest content streaming service offering Desi entertainment with more than 250 TV channels and 5000 movies in 13 languages. As part of the launch, new YuppTV subscribers that sign up on Telstra TV will receive an exclusive 30 day free trial offer until the end of October.
As the nation's love affair with on-demand entertainment reaches new heights, Telstra is also launching new Wi-Fi technology to keep customers streaming smoothly. This starts with the launch next month of the Gateway Max 2 which will provide faster streaming speeds and a stronger in-home Wi-Fi signal than any previous Telstra home network gateway.
"Video now makes up almost two-thirds of the data carried over our fixed network. The new Gateway Max 2 will help customer stream, surf and share with less interruption and better in-home coverage, all at the same time," Mr Bird said.
The updates to Telstra's plans comes as Telstra boosts support for people who speak languages other than English with the launch of an industry-first online hub with details about Telstra stores with multi-lingual staff and details on Telstra's multi-lingual contact centre where nine different languages are spoken.
Customers can access the online hub at Telstra.com/calloverseas.
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Despite the forecast warm weather for tomorrow, Sunday 18th March 2018, trial games are still scheduled to go ahead unless otherwise advised. Games will be cancelled once the air temperature climbs above 32C.
Football NSW advises that children's (up to U16) games should not be conducted when the air temperature is over 32C. If the forecast is correct (they aren't always so), the temperature threshold is likely to be crossed sometime after 11am tomorrow. As a reference point, we are using the air temperature published by the BOM's Terrey Hills weather station. It's updated every half hour. Some smartphone apps already use that as their source of information. Please don't start a game if the temperature is clearly rising and it's already very close to the 32C threshold. We want to play as many games as we can but at the same time we want to use commonsense and stay safe.
We know it might be inconvenient to turn up and have your game cancelled but we think this is better than just cancelling all games.