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The Short Crappy Life of Walter J. Palmer, or, The Oddities of American Wealth
By Joshua Bernstein | August 27, 2015
"The Repast of the Lion," by Henri Rousseau, ca. 1907
The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories
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Anyone who has followed the demise of Cecil, the African lion, and Walter J. Palmer, his American slayer, can't help but be struck by the parallels with Hemingway's classic story, "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber," where a wealthy but timid American bumbles around the African savannah under the protection of a guide, procures a few hides, and ultimately meets his demise—which admittedly comes amidst the charge of a raging cape buffalo, rather than the global news media, though both are depicted as fierce and, in some sense, accountable for his undoing.
Of course, in Macomber's case, hunting, as the guide puts it, "made him into a man. Women knew it, too." In Palmer's case, Ingrid Newkirk, the president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, responded by declaring, "hunting is a coward's pastime." Citing his "lack" of "empathy," she actually demanded his hanging, a curious position from a group espousing anticruelty. Sharon Osbourne, among the many celebrity respondents, put it even more colorfully when she told Entertainment Tonight, "I think what should happen to Palmer when he's dead is that his body should be dragged for a few miles behind a car, then his head should be cut off and mounted on a wall." She also explained her reasoning: "This is a man who has used his money to get permits to kill endangered species—these glorious animals that hurt no one."
Alas, the African lion is not technically endangered. Nor is it entirely harmless, as, for example, the 563 Africans who are believed to have died at its hands—or paws, as it were—between 1990 and 2004 might willfully attest had they not become lunchmeat. Nevertheless, when the wife of a semi-lucid, needle-veined rock star, and one valued at $220 million, accuses you of wastefulness, you know that big-game hunting has lost some repute.
For those of us who tend towards the vegan camp, as I do, the global response to this incident is remarkably interesting, not because it reveals profound human sympathies for animals. Indeed, Sharon Osbourne enjoys steak as much as the next person—although, curiously, her husband has evidently gravitated towards the vegan end of things, the question of his cognitive capacities notwithstanding. No, what the Palmer situation reveals are the complexities of human, and specifically Western, perceptions of animals, especially the loveable kind.
An estimated $58 billion was spent on pets in the U.S. alone in 2014. To give a sense of where else that money might have gone, one 2014 study estimated that, all other things being equal, it would cost about $8.5 billion to eliminate malaria, a disease that, according to the World Health Organization, kills one child in Africa every minute—or about three children in the time you've been reading this. Would it be oversimplistic to say that every one of those dollars spent on pets, with the exception of those deemed necessary, is tantamount to murdering humans, since that money could have been used to implement life-saving measures? In an ideal world, perhaps. But it's also clear that Americans are fairly lonely, and estranged from one another, and perhaps from themselves—and, hence, from a very crude standpoint, that isolation helps to explain the overwhelming appeal of pets. They're also fun to cuddle with, and one can't say the same about (most) from the African continent.
Even more bizarre is that we cuddle one creature while butchering another. Clearly, humans tend to have much stronger affinities for dogs than for cows, since dogs, after all, have been bred as companions and have evolved to grow up with us (lest they be put out on the street, or the steppe, as the case may have been). It's also fairly clear that dogs are at least popularly perceived to be far more intelligent than cows, even though most researchers remain dubious at best of such comparisons. Moreover, as many philosophers have pointed out, if intelligence were our sole criteria for assigning moral value, infants and the severely mentally disabled would soon get short shrift when compared with, say, a bright Rhesus monkey. And with all deference to the aesthetic achievements of Black Sabbath, one might begin to wonder where the Prince of Darkness would fall, given, shall we say, his benighted state of affairs. One need not ask Mrs. Osbourne.
In fact, what the current neural research suggests is that empathy itself, if not sympathy, and which Dr. Palmer is alleged to lack, derives from something called mirror neurons, or brain cells that fire in response to the perception that someone else is acting similarly. Thus, when we see a person suffering, we learn to suffer with them. This sympathy is by no means the rule, of course, and some have suggested, not without controversy, that autism, for instance, might correspond to malfunctioning mirror neurons. All of this is hotly contested. And of course one of the most shocking revelations, though one that seems to have provoked more interest among animal rights advocates than the scientific community, perhaps because of the latter's propensity for testing on the advocees of the former, is that this empathy exists across species. It may even help to explain why humans find more affinity with creatures that resemble themselves (say, chimpanzees) than those that differ starkly (say, your average slime mold). Although, again, in the case of Black Sabbath, one defers.
What all of this gets at is that humans, through a combination of evolutionary adaptations and neural processing, can relate to their dogs and, indeed, find value in them through that. By contrast, abstract images of Africans, or anyone living far away, do little to arouse our sympathies on the whole. By the same token, a cow we've never seen, and one that we can barely conceptualize while sinking our teeth into a bun, does not stop our hearts the way it does when we see a puppy laid out on the road. Familiarity matters. At least when it comes to our moral accounting.
And thus when Dr. Walter J. Palmer shot Cecil, he was indeed, as Mrs. Osbourne alleges, shooting a "glorious animal that [hurts] no one." At least in her eyes. This is because:
Lions are glorious for someone who has never been chased by them (and I'm guessing the shit-scooper at the San Diego Zoo isn't feeling a whole lot more sympathetic to them than Palmer was).
Africans, like other (primarily) third-world victims of lions like Cecil, don't hold much weight in Mrs. Osbourne's, or other Westerners', eyes. They are, in a sense, disposable—otherwise, one would have seen more wealth directed to them—whereas lions, a precious commodity (like diamonds, it should be said), need to be preserved and protected. One Zimbabwean, Joseph Mabuwa, even said as much in an interview with Reuters when he asked, "Why are the Americans more concerned [about Cecil] than us? We never hear them speak out when villagers are killed by lions and elephants in Hwange."
Now, one can hardly fault Mrs. Osbourne for defending a beloved creature. After all, she's been doing it for close to thirty years. Where things do get foggier—pardon the expression, Oz—is when one encounters op-eds and other supposed "think-pieces" that claim that hunting lions like Cecil is the best way to protect the species as a whole, since it promotes conservation.
One of these brilliant articles appeared recently in The New York Times under the heading "Outcry for Cecil the Lion Could Undercut Conservation Efforts." The article explains that, according to conservationists, most animals, including lions
are killed by local residents for meat or in clashes as wild habitats shrink, Africa urbanizes and the continent's population grows at the fastest pace in the world. But above all, the animals are illegally slaughtered by highly organized, heavily-armed poachers who sell ivory and organs, mostly to Chinese markets.
For your average American reader, this last bit adds a nice touch of race-baiting, too. Nowhere in the article is it asked whether slowing Africa's growth rate might help, much less providing it with sufficient foreign aid, or, even more dastardly, rethinking the global free market. Among the so-called "experts" consulted for the article was one who had coauthored a study purporting to show that "overhunting was a smaller risk than a blanket ban." This is true, of course, and largely like saying that boycotting Bangladesh for its frequent factory fires would result in a loss of employment there. If all other trends continue, that is correct. It also presumes a rather stunning lack of faith in the locals' capacity to improve things given the removal of other Western constraints, namely a corrosive free market. This should not be a surprise, though, given that the study was funded primarily by Panthera, a so-called nonprofit organization that bills itself as working "to ensure the future of wild cats" and was started as the brainchild of one Thomas S. Kaplan, the New York billionaire who made his first fortune exploiting a silver mine in Bolivia. Even a quick glance at his biography calls to mind Conrad's famous quip in Nostromo, which recounts an American-backed colonialist's effort to retain a Latin American silver mine: "There is no credulity so eager and blind as the credulity of covetousness, which, in its universal extent, measures the moral misery and the intellectual destitution of mankind."
One can only wonder if Walter J. Palmer, in his own minute way, wasn't the most recent manifestation.
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Government projects may cause workers in the private sector to lose their jobs by replacing the functions they perform or, alternatively, to be hired away from the private sector in order to work on the project. Similarly, new regulation may decrease employment in some sectors of the economy and increase employment in others. This chapter attempts to clarify these situations through a simple illustration: a city that is building a subway that will replace an existing privately owned bus system. It first examines what happens when private sector workers (for example, the bus drivers) lose their jobs as a result of a government project. In doing this, it assumes that new jobs are available to these workers, although sometimes not immediately. The chapter then examines hiring persons to work on the project (such as construction workers needed to build the subway) from a labor market in which there is considerable unemployment.


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The World Bank Considers Stepping Back from Accountability
David Hunter is a Professor of Law and Director of the International Legal Studies Program at American University, Washington College of Law, the Director of the Washington Summer Session on Environmental Law.
Professor Hunter also currently serves on the Boards of Directors of the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide, EarthRights International, and the Project on Government Oversight (chair).
Professor Hunter specializes in international environmental law, US environmental law, environmental torts, international law and Institutions, and sustainable finance.
Professor Hunter was the former Executive Director of the Center for International Environmental Law, a non-governmental organization dedicated to protecting the global environment through the use of international law. Mr. Hunter was formerly an environmental consultant to the Czech and Slovak environmental ministries, an Environmental Associate at the Washington, D.C. law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, and Executive Director of WaterWatch of Oregon, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving western water laws.
Professor Hunter is author of many articles on international environmental law, and is co-author of the leading textbook in the field: International Environmental Law and Policy (Foundation Press, 3rd edition, 2006), as well as Climate Change and the Law, Lexis-Nexis Publishing, 2009. He is also the author of International Climate Negotiations: Opportunities and Challenges for the Obama Administration, 19 Duke Envtl. L. Pol'y F. 247 (2009) and Civil Society Networks and the Development of Environmental Standards at International Financial Institutions, 8 Chi. J. Int'l L. 437 (2008). Professor Hunter is co-author of the publications Narrowing the Accountability Gap: Toward a New Foreign Investor Accountability Mechanism, 20 Geo. J. Intl. Envtl. L. Rev.187 (Winter, 2008), Negligence in the Air: The Duty of Care in Climate Change Litigation, 155 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1741 (2007), The Biobio's Legacy: Institutional Reforms and Unfulfilled Promises at the International Finance Corporation, in Demanding Accountability (Rowman & Littlefield 2003).
Professor Hunter has also authored Implications of Climate Change Litigation for International Environmental Law-Making, in Hari Osofsky & Wil Burns, EDS., Adjudicating Climate Control: Sub-National, National and Supra-National Approaches (Cambridge Press, 2007), The Future of US Climate Policy, in Canada's Role In Addressing Climate Change(J. Brunnee, et al., eds., U. of Toronto Press 2007), and An Ecological Perspective on Property: A Call for Judicial Protection of the Public's Interest in Environmentally Critical Resources, 12 Harv. Envtl. L. Rev. 311 (1988) (reprinted in 20 Land Use & Envtl. L. Rev. (1989)).
He is a 1983 graduate of the University of Michigan with majors in economics and political science, and a 1986 graduate of the Harvard Law School.
For nearly two years, the World Bank Board of Directors has fumbled what should be an easy decision to modernize its Inspection Panel, the primary institution that addresses the damage the Bank's lending can do to local communities. At issue is whether the Panel should be able to monitor the Bank's implementation of Management Action Plans developed and approved in light of Panel investigations. What to all outside observers would seem like an inherent part of closing any complaint – to ensure promised commitments were fulfilled – has been opposed by certain borrowers and Bank staff who believe they should not be held accountable for impacts on local communities in the first place.
Like other development financial institutions (DFIs), the World Bank's focus on large-scale projects leaves local communities bearing a disproportionate level of environmental and social risk. Too often, that risk turns into actual harm – harm that those who don't suffer it have persuaded themselves is absolutely necessary for the broader good. With the goal of reducing this risk, 25 years ago, the Bank had the foresight and imagination to create the Inspection Panel, an experiment in giving a voice to those communities asked to bear the greatest burden for the Bank's promise of development and to bring those voices to the Bank's Board of Directors. Through this process, development can go forward, but with greater attention to what happens to those most vulnerable.
By nearly all measures, the experiment worked well. The Panel has acted professionally and objectively for over two decades. They have done their work effectively, handing nearly 140 complaints from more than 50 countries. As a result, many project-affected people have benefited – from the tens of thousands of people wrongly left out of the resettlement package in the 1996 Jamuna Bridge complaint to the dozens of women and girls subject to gender-based violence in the 2014 Uganda Transport Sector complaint.
The process of "panel-proofing" a project has also strengthened the internal position of environmental and social staff within the Bank, who are often still pressured to downplay (and downgrade) the environmental and social risk categorizations of prospective projects. The Panel has been widely emulated, and more than 20 Panel offspring now help project-affected communities be heard in boardrooms at nearly every multilateral DFI in the world.
Despite its strong track record, the Panel remains suspect to many in Bank management and borrowing countries. A loose coalition has called into question what should frankly be an easy decision for the Board. The Board should want to know that the action plans it approves – in sometimes contentious, and always complex – Panel projects have been implemented. The Board should be assured that before the Panel closes a case, the community has received what the Board promised.
The Panel is ultimately the Board's (and the public's) instrument for hearing independent voices from affected communities, for learning about the Bank's implementation of environmental and social policies, and understanding the impacts on those communities that host Bank-financed projects. The Board controls the Panel process, including approval of what actions the Bank will take to respond to findings of non-compliance and of unwarranted harms to local communities. That the Panel cannot follow up on the implementation of that action plan before closing out a complaint undermines its (and the Board's) effectiveness and places yet another burden on local communities to ensure the harms are remedied. That's why nearly every other accountability mechanism monitors promised commitments as an inherent part of its role.
The arguments against Inspection Panel monitoring are not persuasive. Opponents propose authorizing the Bank's internal audit team to monitor implementation of the action plans. This is an expensive, ineffective, and ultimately insulting suggestion. The audit team has limited environmental and social expertise, would have no knowledge of the specific project or complaints that prompted the action plan in the first place, will not be known or trusted by the project-affected communities, and has no tradition of working with external stakeholders or transparency in issuing its reports. The internal audit team may be helpful in verifying that the Bank has implemented internal, systemic recommendations in the rare case that such recommendations are found in the action plan, but the Panel should be taking the lead even in those cases. After all, the community did not invite the audit team to help them; they invited the Panel. Moreover, placing the monitoring function with the audit team confirms the need for monitoring while implicitly and unjustifiably denying the Panel the ability to close out the complaints it receives.
A second argument against monitoring is that somehow the Panel has a conflict of interest. It is difficult to understand where a conflict lies for the Panel. The action plan is designed by Bank staff and approved by the Board. The Panel has no conflict that would prevent it from concluding that implementation of the Board-approved plan is inadequate. The scope of the monitoring is by definition limited to the scope of the action plan; it is not, nor should it be, designed to evaluate the Panel's report or identify areas of non-compliance missed by the Panel – those would have to be raised in a new complaint. Any new complaint that charged the Panel with errors may raise a conflict for the Panel, but such a complaint would not result from monitoring, and in all likelihood, would be received by a different set of Panel members.
Finally, concerns that a Panel authorized to monitor action plans will interfere with the role of Bank staff in implementation are overblown and not supported, either by the experience of other accountability mechanisms or by the track record of the Panel. The Panel has demonstrated that it can be trusted to exercise its monitoring role with professionalism and in proportion to the risks facing a community in a given project. Indeed, the Panel has monitored implementation with the Board's approval in several specific past cases as far back as the 1996 Jamuna Bridge claim, with no complaints from management.
The term "monitoring" may mistakenly connote an ongoing presence, but that is not how monitoring works in the context of other accountability mechanisms. Those mechanisms check in on implementation periodically and allow space for the harmed community to continue to be heard throughout action plan implementation. Moreover, the Board always retains authority to curtail the Panel's efforts in any project should monitoring become too invasive.
The bigger risk for the Board and the Bank is to under-monitor and learn belatedly that little or no action has been taken in implementing Board-authorized actions deemed necessary to remedy Bank non-compliance. After all, the International Finance Corporation's (IFC's) failure to respond to findings of non-compliance is partly what landed it before the U.S. Supreme Court. Like the people affected by IFC projects in India and Honduras, communities with grievances that have not been effectively addressed may turn to the courts and test the extent of the Bank's now-limited immunity from suit.
This is a particularly ill-advised time to deprive the Bank's flagship accountability institution of the ability to follow up on the Board-approved action plans. Rather, the Board should recognize that monitoring is a function inherent to the Panel's role in safeguarding communities from bearing the disproportionate costs of Bank-financed development and empower the Panel to verify that actions promised are actions taken.
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10 Sexiest Male Voices in All of Country Music
Taste of Country Staff Published: March 24, 2018
The 10 men on this list of the sexiest male voices in country music could make the alphabet sound like "Let's Get It On."
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The truth is, country music's sexiest vocalists don't even need to be singing a sexy song to hint at what's possible. A few artists on this list — like artist No. 6 and artist No. 1 — have a G-rated catalog, while others (we're looking at you, Mr. Naughty, No. 10) have a few songs that would best suit late-night cable television. We're just saying that there may be a few tots out there who have No. 9 and No. 4 to thank, if you know what we mean.
This collection was decided by ToC staff opinion and a couple of hundred eager fans who chimed in on Facebook and Twitter. There was an enthusiastic response, to say the least, and one name kept popping up. We slotted him in at No. 1, but honestly, why rank sexy? Let's just appreciate the beauty of these deep timbres as a whole. Go ahead, watch twice ... we won't tell.
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ISAF Joint Command morning operational update: 12 November 2012
Afghan and coalition forces confirmed today the arrest of a Taliban IED facilitator and suicide operations coordinator in Kunduz province Saturday. The arrested IED facilitator is believed to be planning a magnetic-IED attack against Afghan and coalition forces. The security force also detained one suspected insurgent.
Afghan and coalition forces seized a cache of 2,290 kilograms (5,048 pounds) of dry opium, 20 kilograms (44 pounds) of brown heroin and 550 liters of Acetic Anhydride used in the manufacturing of heroin worth more than $725,000 following an operation along the Helmand River in Helmand province yesterday. Insurgents attempted to hide two vehicles loaded with the cache in the vegetation along the river bank. In the past three days Afghan security forces have seized narcotics and chemicals valued at more than one million dollars in southern Helmand province alone. All seized items were destroyed.
Afghan and coalition forces confirmed today the arrest of a mid-level insurgent leader, who was arrested Nov. 5 in Uruzgan province. Akhund is suspected of leading attacks on Afghan National Police checkpoints.
An Afghan and coalition force detained several suspected insurgents during a security operation in search of a Taliban leader in Helmand province today. The Taliban leader is a weapons distributer supporting the insurgency.
An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Haqqani leader during an operation in Paktiya province today. The arrested leader is suspected of being responsible for transferring weapons and IEDs into central Paktiya province. The security force also detained one suspected insurgent and seized an assault-style rifle as a result of the operation.
An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Haqqani leader during an operation in Logar province today. The arrested leader is alleged to be responsible for facilitating weapons and directing attacks against Afghan and coalition forces within central and northern Logar province. The security force also detained two suspected insurgents and seized a rifle as a result of the operation.


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Meet the editorial board member
Editorial board member profile: Ph.D. in Tribology, University of Pisa (I), March 2002. Graduated (M.Sc. Degree) in Mechanical Engineering "summa cum laude", University of Salerno (I), March 1998. Since 2002, he has been serving as a teacher of Mechanical/Industrial Measurements and (since 2004) Mechatronics. Associate Professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Salerno. Research fields: Lubrication modelling, lubrication in the internal combustion engines: hydrodynamic and mixed lubrication for piston rings, piston lateral dynamics, models for friction power loss assessment, piston slap prediction. Effects of nanoparticles as friction reducer additives. Friction interaction modelling, frictional torque transmission of automated dry clutch and dual-clutch transmissions. Model based control for automatic transmissions. Rotordynamics: hydrodynamic lubrication in journal bearings, couple stress fluids effects; rotor stability. Vibration measurement methods: effects of rotation on disk and beam vibrations.
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Abstract: Editorial board member profile: Ph.D. in Tribology, University of Pisa (I), March 2002. Graduated (M.Sc. Degree) in Mechanical Engineering "summa cum laude", University of Salerno (I), March 1998. Since 2002, he has been serving as a teacher of Mechanical/Industrial Measurements and (since 2004) Mechatronics. Associate Professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Salerno. Research fields: Lubrication modelling, lubrication in the internal combustion engines: hydrodynamic and mixed lubrication for piston rings, piston lateral dynamics, models for friction power loss assessment, piston slap prediction. Effects of nanoparticles as friction reducer additives. Friction interaction modelling, frictional torque transmission of automated dry clutch and dual-clutch transmissions. Model based control for automatic transmissions. Rotordynamics: hydrodynamic lubrication in journal bearings, couple stress fluids effects; rotor stability. Vibration measurement methods: effects of rotation on disk and beam vibrations.


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Welcome Jared Platt
We're pretty cautious when it comes to new markets, that's why we didn't rush into the MMA/UFC circuit like so many other brands in the surf/skate industry did. That said, we like to work with good people who represent Jetty in a positive light...enter Jared Platt. Jared is a down to earth dude who grew up with our shared love of board riding. Platt just happened to excel at wrestling to the point where he was ranked as high as 4th on the US Olympic ladder in Freestyle Wrestling. He has decided to take his skills into one of the fastest growing X-sports, mixed martial arts (MMA), where he has already been well-received due to his wrestling background. After training some fighters who have already made a name for themselves, Jared plans to hit the ring himself and is hopeful that he will hold a title sooner then later! Stay tuned as we support one young man's climb through the ranks of this new, exciting sport!


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infrastructure that serves the DNS root zone.
can safely be performed without risk to production infrastructure.
vendors and distributed measurement networks.
zone derived from the IANA-published root zone as the Yeti-Root zone.
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in the ZSKs used in the Yeti-Root?
algorithms other than RSA to sign the Yeti-Root zone?
Project, in place of the normal trust anchor for the root zone.
changes are required in the Yeti-Root hints file Appendix A.
around shared zone control explored in [ITI2014].
to generate every other RRSet.
high-level approach is illustrated in Figure 3.
Key Responses (SKR) produced during ICANN KSK key ceremonies.
expected to be a mixture of signatures generated by different ZSKs.
signatures was predicted not to be a threat to reliable validation.
when individual ZSKs are rolled on different schedules.
NSEC and most RRSIGs would remain intact.
Appendix B in a way that can be verified automatically.
by address could be replaced with more rigourous mechanisms (e.g.
automatically to individual DMs and promoted to production.
maximum DNS message size using UDP transport without EDNS0 [RFC6891].
lookups in order to resolve addresses for each Yeti-Root server.
populated.  This is the approach used in the Root Server System.
invention of new top-level labels not present in the Root Zone.
zone contains no IPv4 glue.
Debian, CentOS, and ArchLinux); 5 run on FreeBSD and 1 on NetBSD.
two use Knot (2.0.1 and 2.1.0) and one uses Bundy (1.2.0).
and on the Yeti DNS blog.
way and replace it with a new one.
box implementations support IPv6 fragments.
to be dropped before sending.
that the ZSK key size in the Root Zone was to be increased.
2048 bits in October 2016.  [Verisign2016].
tests and has published an external test plan [ICANN2017].
The planned approach was also modelled in the Yeti-DNS Testbed.
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Mervyn is a 75 year old retired Royal Marine and lives near Plymouth. He has competed in seven AZABs, including the first in 1975. He has also competed in five RB+Is and five OSTARs and has totalled nineteen Atlantic crossings. He was a skipper in the first Clipper RTW race in 1996 and also sailed several legs of the 05/06 race. On the 2017 OSTAR, he was knocked down in hurricane force winds and was rescued by Queen Mary 2 after scuttling his Formosa 42, Tamarind. He has replaced her with a Bowman 40.


The director behind MoS,BvS and JL is heading to Netflix.
Hopefully another Dawn Of The Dead sorta flick. His version of the Dawn Of The Dead flick was pretty good.
Dave Bautista has joined the cast.
The only Snyder film I rate is 300. So I have low expectations for this film.


The UMBC Chess A chess team finished in tenth place in the 2015 Pan– American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship, held December 27-30 at Oberlin College in Ohio.
This marks the 25th year UMBC teams have participated in the event. UMBC has won or tied for first place in the Pan-Am Championship ten times, and has frequently placed in the final four, to continue on to the President's Cup held in each spring. UMBC has not qualified for this year's President's Cup, but team members will go on to other competitions held throughout the year.
UMBC's A team got off to a solid start at the Pan-Am Championship, winning the first two rounds by beating the University of Illinois' B team and Princeton. In the third and fourth rounds, UMBC lost to the Texas Tech A team and the University of Texas at Dallas B team, respectively. UMBC won the fifth round against Washington University in St. Louis and sixth round against the University of Illinois A team.
UMBC's 2015 A team includes international master Levan Bregadze '16, financial economics; team captain and grandmaster Niclas Huschenbeth '16, psychology; grandmaster Tanguy Ringoir '19, economics; and Dobrynya Konoplev '17, computer science and mechanical engineering.
The UMBC B team finished 31st overall, winning rounds against both the University of Central Florida and University of Florida. The team received a special award for the top finish of all participating U1600 teams.
Members of this team include Nathaniel Wong '18, Asian studies and political science; Abhilash Puranik '17, M.S. computer engineering; Jeffrey Carr '19, interdisciplinary studies; and Mustapha Diomande '17, biological sciences and psychology.
The teams are coached by Igor Epshteyn; Sam Palatnik, grandmaster; Joel DeWyer, business director of the chess program and associate director of The Commons; and Alan Sherman, director of the chess program and professor of computer science.
You can view the final competition results and review selected games on the tournament website.
Image: Members of the UMBC chess team before attending the 2015 Pan–American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship. Photo by Marlayna Demond '11 for UMBC.


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Regiel (niem. Regeln) – wieś w Polsce położona w województwie warmińsko-mazurskim, w powiecie ełckim, w gminie Ełk.

W latach 1975–1998 miejscowość administracyjnie należała do województwa suwalskiego.

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March 20, 2015 Mozambique Resources Post
To save troubled Eskom: Sunbird Energy to supply gas to SA power utility
Sunbird gas project; Photo by THINKSTOCK
Sunbird Energy has agreed to supply gas to South Africa's power company Eskom, the Australian-listed firm said on Wednesday, in line with the utility's plan to use gas to run its generators rather than costly diesel. State-owned Eskom, which supplies about 95 percent of electricity to Africa's most advanced economy, is battling to meet electricity demand and has to rely heavily on diesel-powered turbines to keep the lights on.
Sunbird said in a statement its Ibhubesi Gas Project (IGP) in South Africa would supply Eskom's Ankerlig power station with 30 billion cubic feet of gas a year for up to 15 years. Ankerlig has an installed capacity of 1,350 megawatts and has used diesel since it was constructed in 2007.
IGP, a joint venture between Sunbird, a south African-focused gas explorer and South Africa's national oil company, PetroSA, is South Africa's largest undeveloped gas field. 'The supply of Ibhubesi gas to Ankerlig will allow Eskom to realise significant fuel cost savings,' said Sunbird.
The firm, which owns 76 percent of the IGP, said the deal will encourage further exploration and development of gas in the offshore Orange Basin, located 280km (168 miles) from Cape Town.
In February, President Jacob Zuma directed Eskom to switch to gas to cut down on the spiralling costs of using diesel.
Ibhubesi Gas Project
According to information on the Sunbird Energy web site, the IGP is South Africa's largest undeveloped gas field, with 1P reserves of 210 BCF (SNY 76%: 159 BCF) and 2P reserves of 540 BCF (SNY 76%: 410 BCF). The Project is located 380km north of Cape Town in Block 2A, which is a Production Right that covers 5,000 km2. The IGP is situated in the offshore Orange Basin, approx. 70 km off the coast in water depths of 250 metres. The IGP is covered by 1,770 km2 of 3D seismic and many thousands of km of 2D seismic. Over US$125 million (R1.2 billion) has been spent on exploration and appraisal of the project since 2000.
Click here for Sunbird Energy announcement: Sunbird Enters Gas Sales Agreement Term Sheet with Eskom
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Chelsea Eze Biography and The Works That Brought Her To Fame
By Goodness Ezebuiro
Chelsea Eze (born 15 November 1985, Age: 37 years old) is a Nigerian actress, model, and TV personality who rose to prominence after featuring in her first Nollywood movie, Silent Scandals, where she acted alongside top Nollywood stars Genevieve Nnaji and Majid Michel in 2009.
She is also popular for winning the Most Promising Actress Award at the 6th Africa Movie Academy Awards. Chelsea has appeared in some of the most memorable and successful Nollywood movies, including Two brides and A baby, Last Affair, Hood Rush, His Addiction, etc. Before she joined the industry, her only acting experience was in stage plays in her church.
Profile Summary of Chelsea Eze
Full name: Chelsea Ada Linda Ezerioha
Date of Birth: 15th November 1985
Place of Birth: Kano State, Nigeria
Nationality: Nigeria
Education: University of Maiduguri
Occupation: Actress, TV personality
Years Active: 2009- present
Originally from Umuahia, Chelsea Eze Was Born and Raised in Kano State
Chelsea Ada Linda Ezerioha, professionally known as Chelsea Eze, was born on 15th November 1985 in Kano State, Nigeria. She is a native of Umuahia, Abia State, in the Southeastern part of Nigeria. In an interview she granted recently with the Vanguard, the beautiful actress said that her childhood was fun because Kano was a lovely and peaceful state to live in. She was born and raised in a Christian home, where her father is a retired banker who served in Umuahia, and her mother is a banker-turned-businesswoman.
She said she has three siblings, including two brothers- Ezerioha and Kayce. Her family was a close-knit one that played a part in her life as she began performing stage plays in her church from an early stage. For her secondary school, she went to Federal Government Girl's College Minjibir and St.Louis Secondary School, both in Kano. She completed her tertiary education at the University of Maiduguri, Borno state, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) in English Language and Linguistics in 2007.
She Joined The Nollywood Industry in 2009
Chelsea is not one of those actresses who have passion for acting from childhood and eventually made their way into the industry. Instead, she turned into a successful actress today through sheer chance, hard work, and perseverance. Growing up, Chelsea learned that she is an introvert but decided to change because she perceived that might hinder her from being exactly the kind of a successful woman she desired to be. Hence, she joined a debate club in her school at St.Louis, and from there, she started learning how to express herself and speak in public.
However, while this was going on, Chelsea did not still see herself becoming an actress. Rather, she wanted to be either a lawyer, doctor or an aeronautical engineer. This was happening until 2009 when one of her secondary school friends asked her to accompany her to a movie shoot directed by Emem Isong. She followed her, and the film director Emem Isong spotted her while the audition was going on her and she continued going for an audition.
A few months later, director Isong's colleague, Vivian Ejike, related to his friend, Isong, that she needed a supporting actress with a certain physique in the movie she was working on. Chelsea would perfectly meet these criteria, so Isong quickly recommended her to Vivian. This was how she got her first role in the Nollywood movie industry, and the rest is history. Thus, it will suffice to say that Chelsea became an actress by luck. Yet, she has grown to become talented in her craft, perfectly interpreting any role given to her.
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Chelsea Eze Became a Household Name After Her Appearance in Silent Scandals
Silent Scandals is a 2009 Nigerian romantic drama film directed by T.K. Falope. The movie produced by Vivian Ejike also starred Genevieve, Nnaji, Majid Micheal, Ebele Okaro, and Uche Jombo. Though she only played a supporting role in the movie as Ella, the romantic drama film launched her into the consciousness of many Nigerians.
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Hence, it became obvious that Chelsea's breakthrough moments would come as she began to get more roles. Those moments came quite early when she appeared in two popular movies, Two Brides and a Baby and Hood Rush. Thus, the Nollywood talent began her steady rise to the top of the ladder in the movie industry, and since then, she has been featured in numerous movies, and most of them are romantic movies.
Her Role in The Movie Earned Her the Most Promising Actress Award
Chelsea Eze's role in the movie, Silent Scandals, projected her to the world as a highly talented actress and earned her accolades. She was 24 years old at the time, making her one of the youngest Nigerian actresses to win the Most Promising Actress Award.
Highlights of Chelsea Eze's Other Movies:
Silent Scandals
Two Brides and a Baby
Timeless Passion
Hood Rush
Closed Door
Laugh won kill me die
Tears of Passion
Murder at Prime Suites
Dawn in the Creeks (TV Series)
Last Affair
Side Chic Squad
One Crazy Night
Benson Ville (Short Video)
His Addiction
The Friend Zone
Murder Call
Her Faithful Man
Disentangled
When Love Hurts (Post Production)
A Story From Zazu
Faith Beyond Fate
Other awards she has received so far in her acting career include;
2010- Africa Movie Academy Awards for Most Promising Talent
2010- The revelation of the Year at the Best of Nollywood
2010- ZAFAA Awards for the Best Upcoming Actress
She also got several nominations for her movies roles, including:
2010- Best of Nollywood Awards for the Most Promising Talent (Nominee)
2011- Best of Nollywood Awards for the Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Nominee)
2017- Best Kiss in a Movie at the Best of Nigeria (BON) Awards (Nominee)
2013- Nollywood Movies Awards nominee for the Best Actress in a Supporting role
She Has Grown Into an Admired Actress in Nollywood
The beautiful and well-loved actress is a simple lady who does not like to attract public attention to herself. The way she handles her roles in movies earns her more fans by the day. Chelsea is one of the most popular and recognizable actresses in Nollywood, having been a consistent force to reckon with in the industry for more than a decade. She currently boasts hundreds of thousands of followers on her several social media, hinting at the level of influence and admiration she has gathered.
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In a larger bowl, mix the ingredients listed above, and stir well until you get a homogeneous mixture. Then, transfer the remedy in a glass jar.
You should use this remedy daily. Take a teaspoon twice a day, before your breakfast and lunch.
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🎥 Ender's Game (2013)
Aug 12, 2020 ∙ 4 min read ∙ Movie Reviews ∙ rated 2/5 ∙ spoilers
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card is one of my favorite science-fiction books. Set in the future, humanity has already fended off an attack by an alien species called the "Formics". The Humans are now preparing a direct offense against their civilization.
Ender Wiggin is a prodigal kid in military school whose talents are quickly recognized by his superiors. He is put in a fastrack program called the Battle School, much earlier than his peers. He is soon taken to the school which is set on a spaceship orbiting the earth. The cadets train in teams, competing against each other in a zero gravity arena. After a bullying incident, Ender is moved into his own team in order to test his leadership. He leads his team to consistent victories through his unconventional tactics and empathy for the teams members. After regularly outperforming everyone, he is again promoted. He and his team are put on a ship headed to the outpost near the alien planet. On its way there, the team undergoes further training against a particularly well designed simulation of the alien space fleet. After the initial surprise, we see Ender slowly catch onto the simulation's tactics. The last part of his simulation training involves directing the entire fleet of the human spaceships against the Formics' planet. After a particularly challenging battle, he sacrifices a part of his fleet in order to overcome the defence. At the end, he destroys the Formics' entire planet with a weapon of mass destruction. After celebrating their victory, it is revealed to him that all these simulations were actually false. It dawns on him that his team had been fighting the actual aliens all this while. He's now personally responsible for the obliteration of an entire space-faring species from the universe. Realizing that he's been tricked into playing dirty, he's very angry and blasts his superiors for deluding him. Ender is then forcibly put under sedation so that he may rest. While unconscious, he sees visions of a Formic queen trying to communicate with him. Waking up with a start, he makes his way to the Formic nest as seen in his dreams. He is joyous to find the Queen alive and guarding an egg. The queen recognizes him and trusts him with the egg for safekeeping. Repenting for his actions, Ender promises to carry the egg to a planet far away from humans, so that the species may repopulate.
The film's plot follows the one in the the book as closely as possible. As in the book, the film too wants the idea of "love" to be its central concept. Ender is the medium through which it is supposed to explore the idea. Unlike the book however, there are very instances where we actually see this idea being explored. Enders interaction with his sister Valentine is restricted to a single scene. All of her remaining appearances are in Ender's dreams, where she has no real character but serves only as a mirage.
Ender's relationship with his bullies also foreshadows his reaction to the unwitting destruction of the Formics. The bullies are a microcosm of humanity's relationship with the aliens. Every time Ender defeats a bully, he is overcome with grief and anger because of his own use of violence. He only ever takes part in the training because of his penchant for puzzles. Similar to the bullies who're sent to test him, his adeptness at strategy is harnessed without permission against the aliens.
The movie's problems begin with the extreme dependence on the subtlety present in source material. It is only able to depict a small percentage of the rich texture that is spun in the books. While it faithfully replicates the story, it fails to effectively depict Ender's mental state that the readers usually accrue when reading the book. For a majority of the movie, we see no reference to an impending battle or planned attack on the aliens. This means that all the training and trials that we see Ender go through have little tension, all of which is resolved within the next few scenes. For most of the movie, there is no overarching plot being built. The audience only has a vague idea that aliens exist and is unaware of any real danger or threat from them. The film is really undone by its reliance on the final "reveal" as the climax. By the time Ender and the audience find out that the simulations were a facade, humanity has already won. There is no remaining tension to dissipate through this revelation, we're aware of the outcome we know the stakes. For both Ender and the audience, not knowing the high stakes is equivalent to a low or no stakes battle. What could've worked an amazing twist in the middle of the second act, is now a very flimsy climax in the third.
The film tries its best to counter the mistakes and show Ender's inner conflict. But we're already leaving the theatre, scratching our heads at why we didn't enjoy the high-stakes CGI battles that really weren't.
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Readers ask: What Bus Goes To Jersey Garden Mall?
by Manning Peter 0 comments on Readers ask: What Bus Goes To Jersey Garden Mall?
1 How do I get to Jersey Gardens mall?
2 What bus goes to Jersey City?
3 What time is the last bus from Jersey Gardens to Port Authority?
4 What shops are in Jersey Gardens?
5 Is Jersey Gardens tax free?
6 What is the biggest mall in NJ?
7 How much is the bus in NJ?
8 Is the bus free in Jersey City?
9 How do you pay for the bus in Jersey City?
10 How much is the bus from Port Authority to Jersey Gardens?
11 How much is the Port Authority bus?
12 Are outlet stores cheaper?
13 Which is better Jersey Gardens or Woodbury Common?
14 What happened at Jersey Garden Mall?
How do I get to Jersey Gardens mall?
The best way to get there from Manhattan is to simply take a bus at Port Authority Bus Terminal (located at the corner of 41st street and 8th avenue). The bus takes a good 35 minutes ride to reach the Mall. The bus ride costs $6.50/person one way, the same applies for the return.
What bus goes to Jersey City?
The 80 is the first Bus that goes to Jersey City in Jersey City, Nj.
What time is the last bus from Jersey Gardens to Port Authority?
The first bus time heading to 111 JERSEY GARDENS MALL is at 8:25 AM boarding at PORT AUTHORITY BUS TERMINAL. The last bus on the day leaves from JERSEY GARDENS – MAIN ENTRANCE at 2:45 PM and will arrive on 111 JERSEY GARDENS MALL at 3:15 PM.
What shops are in Jersey Gardens?
The mall is a shopper's paradise anchored by top outlets including Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th, Neiman Marcus Last Call, Century 21, and Marshalls. Shop for amazing values at the best brand outlets including Michael Kors, Coach, True Religion, Nautica, PUMA, Kenneth Cole and Guess.
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Is Jersey Gardens tax free?
Because Jersey Gardens is an Urban Enterprise Zone, sales tax on non-clothing items is only 3.5% and there is zero sales tax on clothing items – you'll save money even before you benefit from the low outlet mall prices! There are no real "good" restaurants in the mall.
What is the biggest mall in NJ?
Largest malls Westfield Garden State Plaza – 2,292,611 sq ft (212,990.5 m2) Freehold Raceway Mall – 1,671,000 sq ft (155,200 m2) Woodbridge Center – 1,633,000 sq ft (151,700 m2) Willowbrook Mall – 1,514,000 sq ft (140,700 m2)
How much is the bus in NJ?
NJ TRANSIT bus fares are based on the number of zones traveled between your origin and destination. The fare for a one-zone intrastate trip is $1.50 ($. 70 for seniors/persons with disabilities/children). Additional zone charges may apply for longer trips.
Is the bus free in Jersey City?
Jersey City Via bus service will cost from $2 per ride. (Seniors and low-income residents will pay $1 or less). Service will operate Mondays through Fridays from 6am to 10pm.
How do you pay for the bus in Jersey City?
Pay Your Fare Most local buses require exact change in coins or $1 bills. NJ TRANSIT light rail systems utilize a "proof of payment " fare collection system. An activated ticket, monthly pass, transfer, or continuing trip ticket receipt is considered proof of payment.
How much is the bus from Port Authority to Jersey Gardens?
The best way to get from Port Authority Bus Terminal NYC to Jersey Gardens – Main Entrance without a car is to line 111 bus which takes 40 min and costs $1 – $4.
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How much is the Port Authority bus?
Port Authority offers a number of ways to pay your fare: Base fare is $2.50 with a ConnectCard or ConnecTix. Cash riders pay $2.75. For more information about fares, please visit Fares and Passes.
Are outlet stores cheaper?
Another study by Consumer Reports, in which testers bought and compared similar items from outlet and regular locations, found that most outlet store goods were 3% to 72% cheaper than retail locations.
Which is better Jersey Gardens or Woodbury Common?
Woodbury focuses more on brand-name/high-end, while Jersey Gardens more moderate clothing indoor. Personally I prefer Woodbury Commons. I would look at Garden State Plaza Mall, much closer than both of them and have amazing shopping!
What happened at Jersey Garden Mall?
A gun was fired inside the Mills at Jersey Gardens Mall in Elizabeth on Saturday but no one was injured, according to a city spokeswoman. The shooting happened outside of the Saks Fifth Avenue store, said city spokeswoman Kelly Martins.


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Q: Creating a text and dropdown list search functionality I've written a piece of code that allows a Sharepoint list user to select a search criteria from a drop down list. By default, next to this, I'd like a textbox to be present. Besides the text box on the page is a Search button and a Reset button. This looks like this:

Ideally, what I'd like is that if the user selects a specific option in the search criteria drop down list (say, Field 3), the text box will change to a drop down list, which they choose their option from and then search for as usual.
This is what I have so far:
<script type="text/javascript">

function RedirectUrl() {
        var sField = document.getElementById("searchField").value;

        if (sField == "Field3") {
        var search = document.getElementById("dropdownSearch").value;
        } else {
        var search = document.getElementById("textSearch").value;
        }
    var url = "";

    if (search != "") {
        url = "FilterName=" + sField + "&FilterMultiValue=*" + search + "*";
        window.location.href = //Url of our site
    }
    else {
        return false;
    }
}

function ClearUrl() {
    //Refresh page
}

</script>

Search Field: <select id="searchField">
<option selected value="Field1" >Field 1</option>
<option value="Field2">Field 2</option>
<option value="Field3">Field 3</option>
<option value="Field4">Field 4</option>
</select>

if (searchField == "Field3") {
  Search text: <select id="dropdownSearch" />
  <option selected value="One" >One</option>
  <option value="Two">Two</option>
  </select>
} else {
  Search text: <input type="text" id="textSearch" />
}
</script>

<input type="button" id="btnSearch" value="Search" onclick="return   RedirectUrl();" />
<input type="button" id="btnClear" value="Reset Filters" onclick="return ClearUrl();" />

The functionality of this code works. If the user selects "Field3" from the search field drop down list, whatever is selected in the drop down list is shown. If the user selects any other option from the search field drop down list, the text in the "search text" field is shown.
However, due to the if statement contained within, it looks like this:

Questions:

*

*How can I get the code to automatically display either the text box or the drop down list depending on the user's selection in the Search Field?

*How can I hide the if statement logic?

As can probably be guessed from the code I have almost zero experience in Javascript (and absolutely zero experience in JQuery, if any answers tend that way) - although I have tagged JQuery as from what little I do know I feel it might be better(?) suited for it.
Edit: My not-working code after ZiNNED's help:
Search Field:
<select id="searchField">
    <option selected value="Field1">Field 1</option>
    <option value="Field2">Field 2</option>
    <option value="Field3">Field 3</option>
    <option value="Field4">Field 4</option>
</select>Search Text:
<select id="dropdownSearch" style="display: none;">
    <option value="1">Value 1</option>
    <option value="2">Value 2</option>
    <option value="3">Value 3</option>
</select>
<input id="textSearch" />
<input type="button" id="btnSearch" value="Search" />

<script type="text/javascript" src="link-to-Sharepoint/SiteAssets/jquery-1.11.1.js">
$(document).ready(function () {
    $(document).on("change", "#searchField", function () {
        var show = $(this).val() == "Field3";
        $("#dropdownSearch").toggle(show);
        $("#textSearch").toggle(!show);
    });
});
</script>

A: You should do a couple of things.
First: remove the if-statement from the code and hide the dropdownSearch select by default:
HTML
Search Field: <select id="searchField">
<option selected value="Field1" >Field 1</option>
<option value="Field2">Field 2</option>
<option value="Field3">Field 3</option>
<option value="Field4">Field 4</option>
</select>
Search text:
<select id="dropdownSearch" style="display: none;" />
  // All options and their values
</select>"
<input type="text" id="textSearch" />

Second, add a reference to jQuery and the following JavaScript to your document:
$(document).ready(function () {
    $(document).on("change", "#searchField", function () {
        var show = $(this).val() == "Field3";
        $("#dropdownSearch").toggle(show);
        $("#textSearch").toggle(!show);
    });
});

This adds an event to the searchField dropdown that triggers when its value is changed. If the value equals Field3 the dropdownSearch is shown; otherwise the textSearch.
See this FIDDLE.
EDIT: After your edit, try changing the following:
<script type="text/javascript" src="link-to-Sharepoint/SiteAssets/jquery-1.11.1.js">
$(document).ready(function () {
    $(document).on("change", "#searchField", function () {
        var show = $(this).val() == "Field3";
        $("#dropdownSearch").toggle(show);
        $("#textSearch").toggle(!show);
    });
});
</script>

to:
<script type="text/javascript" src="link-to-Sharepoint/SiteAssets/jquery-1.11.1.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function () {
    $(document).on("change", "#searchField", function () {
        var show = $(this).val() == "Field3";
        $("#dropdownSearch").toggle(show);
        $("#textSearch").toggle(!show);
    });
});
</script>

You shouldn't add JavaScript to script tags when you're also referring to an external file in it.

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2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 American Supercar
2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 –
The next chapter in the mid-engine Corvette journey begins today with the introduction of the 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06, a new American supercar that puts the world on notice. Arriving two years after the first production mid-engine Corvette Stingray debuted and captivated a worldwide audience, the Z06 is designed and engineered to act as a precision tool for the track.
The Z06's striking appearance, sound and tactile feel are the result of intense focus. With new, wider sculpted front and rear fascia designs that define a confident stance and exotic proportions and a luxuriously-appointed interior, the Z06 is the ultimate supercar experience.
"Corvette has always brought a discerning customer to the Chevy family," said Steve Hill, vice president of Chevrolet. "This new Z06 was designed and engineered to set a higher bar with increased levels of craftsmanship, personalization and performance so customers can truly have their own bespoke performance car."
While the Z06 was created to dominate on the track when it debuted in 1963, the Z06 nameplate has also come to symbolize the perfect combination of track beast and supercar.
"The new Corvette Z06 defines the American supercar," said General Motors President Mark Reuss. "It builds on the distinctive design and groundbreaking dynamics introduced with the mid-engine Corvette and elevates them to deliver refined but uncompromising track capability with world-class performance."
The Z06 is set apart by its beating heart – the all-new 5.5L LT6, the highest horsepower, naturally-aspirated V-8 to hit the market in any production car, ever.
An all-new flat-plane crankshaft design entices drivers to push the tachometer to a lofty 8,600 rpm, creating 670 hp. Engineers spent two years crafting a distinctive, rich exhaust tone unlike anything ever heard from a Corvette.
Racing at its core – 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06
The sound and appearance of the Z06 take direction from Corvette Racing. The direct knowledge transfer from the track to the street has never been more evident. The Z06 chassis has underpinned Corvette Racing's C8.R since it began competing in 2020. Thanks to a shared chassis, similar engine architecture and exterior proportions, the C8.R has been referred to internally as the Z06 hiding in plain sight.
"Racing was the reason the Z06 was developed in 1963, and it continues to support development of the road models that make them better on the street and the track," said Tadge Juechter, executive chief engineer, Corvette. "It also means we've tested the Z06 on the best tracks around the world, from Circuit of the Americas here in the United States, to the Nürburgring in Germany."
The Corvette C8.R shined during IMSA's 2020 sports car championship series, capturing six victories and seven pole positions, and setting the fastest class race laps in six events. During the 2020 series, Chevrolet won the GT Manufacturers title – its 13th since 2001. Jordan Taylor and Antonio Garcia and the No. 3 Corvette C8.R crew won the GTLM Drivers and Team championships.
The performance envelope of Z06 builds on the foundation laid by Stingray, as does Z06's design language and attention to detail. Expanded material offerings, new interior packages and features unique to Z06 enable owners to create their own bespoke American supercar.
Additional highlights of the 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 include:
A stance 3.6 inches (9.4 cm) wider than the Stingray, accommodating massive 345-series rear tires and more airflow through side air vents
Unique front and rear fascias, a first for Z06. The front fascia is designed to optimize the Z06's cooling needs, including channeling air to a center heat exchanger, which is one of five for maximum cooling performance
A unique, standard reconfigurable rear spoiler with adjustable wickerbill elements designed to improve high-speed stability and cornering capability on a racetrack
Standard 20-inch front and 21-inch rear forged aluminum "spider" wheels (with five available finishes) — the largest wheels ever available on a production Corvette
Available lightweight and rigid carbon fiber wheels that deliver a 41-pound (18.6-kg) reduction in unsprung mass, which contributes to more agile and responsive handling
Specific suspension tuning, including Magnetic Ride Control 4.0, and larger brakes (six-piston front) than the Stingray, contribute to making the 2023 Corvette Z06 the most track-capable Corvette ever
Eight-speed dual-clutch transmission with a specific, "shorter" 5.56 final drive ratio compared to the Corvette Stingray, which enhances acceleration capability
Elevated cockpit surrounding the driver, with rich materials and textures, including more carbon fiber trim and new options
Available Z07 performance package that offers the greatest track capability and provides 734 pounds of downforce at 186 mph, more than any Corvette ever. It includes a carbon fiber high rear wing and ground effects, specific chassis tuning, specific Magnetic Ride Control calibration and unique Michelin® Cup 2 R ZP tires, along with Brembo® carbon ceramic brakes and optional carbon fiber wheels
"Virtually every component that distinguishes the Z06 was developed to support or enhance its capability," said Juechter. "By leveraging the mid-engine architecture's inherent advantages, we are able to achieve six percent more downforce than a seventh-gen ZR1 at eight percent lower drag."
All-new LT6
The 2023 Corvette Z06 debuts an all-new 5.5L DOHC V-8 engine that marks a return to natural aspiration for the track-capable performance model.
Engine responsiveness and trackability, two characteristics of naturally aspirated motors, were the top priorities for providing an engaging driving experience for purists. As a result, it was determined that a clean sheet naturally aspirated powerplant was needed, with the goal of exceeding the power of any naturally aspirated production V-8 engine ever made. A lightweight, flat-plane crank design enables the engine to rev to the high rpms needed to create significant power.
More than horsepower, the new LT6 is designed to complement all aspects of the Z06's track-focused performance experience. From its 8,600-rpm redline and full racing-style dry-sump oiling system to meticulously tuned induction and exhaust systems, this engine exudes an entirely new and emotional character.
The key to the LT6's performance capability is a lightweight, low-inertia rotating assembly rooted in an all-new flat-plane crankshaft that, along with a comparatively short stroke (the distance each piston/connecting rod assembly travels with each rotation of the crankshaft), allows the engine to rev to its maximum range.
A version of the LT6 has powered the C8.R race cars since 2019, and the rigors of endurance road racing helped engineers refine the engine's performance and durability.
Additional highlights include:
All-new aluminum cylinder block casting with the Small Block engine family's signature 4.4-inch (111.76 mm) bore spacing
All-new dual-overhead-camshaft cylinder head design with fully CNC-machined combustion chambers and intake ports, supporting a mechanical "finger follower" valvetrain
Dual-coil valve springs to support titanium intake and sodium filled exhaust valves
Forged aluminum pistons and forged titanium connecting rods for low mass and high strength
Distinctive Edge Red camshaft covers
All-new active split intake manifold with twin 87 mm throttle bodies
All-new six-stage dry-sump oiling system with individual crank bay scavenging
Four-into-two-into-one stainless steel exhaust headers
670 hp at 8,400 rpm (GM tested per SAE J1349)
460 lb-ft (623 Nm) of torque @ 6300 rpm (GM tested per SAE J1349)
The LT6 is hand assembled by master engine builders at the Performance Build Center within the Bowling Green Assembly Plant in Kentucky. Builders use precision tooling and hand fit pieces of the engine to meet Chevrolet's exact specifications. Each engine features a plaque on the intake manifold with the signature of the technician who crafted it from start to finish.
Designed to perform – 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06
Almost every exterior detail unique to the Z06 serves a purpose for aerodynamics, handling or cooling, with styling cues that accentuate the car's sense of motion.
The wider fenders, for example, accommodate larger, wider wheels and tires for more grip. Larger vents — including a new front fascia that, like the C8.R race car, draws clean air into a center heat exchanger — provide more cooling air to the engine, brakes and transaxle for increased track capability. Additionally, a more aggressive aerodynamic package is designed to enhance cornering grip and high-speed stability.
The wider wheels and tires include 20 x 10-inch (50.8 x 25.4 cm) front wheels wrapped with 275/30ZR20 tires and 21 x 13-inch (53.3 x 33 cm) rear wheels, used with 345/25ZR21 tires. Michelin® Pilot Sport 4S ZP tires are standard, with Sport Cup 2 R ZP tires included with the available Z07 package.
Designers pulled out the fenders in the front and rear to cover the wider tire tread, which are 30 mm front and 40 mm rear wider than the Corvette Stingray. These extensions give the Corvette Z06 a wider, lower appearance further emphasized by a unique rear fascia that also features centered floating exhaust bezels. This floating design was key to the precise tuning in the exhaust note. The wider rear fender also allows for the larger air intakes required for the car's cooling.
Additionally, the new Z06 will offer three increasing levels of aerodynamic support:
The standard Z06 features a front splitter and a unique rear spoiler, which includes an installable fixed wickerbill – a small, vertical tab at the edge of the spoiler that significantly increases downforce, providing 365 pounds (165.6 kg) more at 186 mph (299.3 km/h).
The available carbon fiber aero package adds a larger front splitter, front-corner canards (dive planes), a pedestal-mounted rear wing and underbody aero strakes for the maximum track-capable downforce and maneuverability.
Track-proven performance technologies
The 2023 Corvette Z06 leverages the technologies introduced on the mid-engine Corvette Stingray, including the strategic use of lightweight materials and advanced driver technologies, with unique features and calibrations tailored for its capabilities.
The new Z06 retains the SLA-type front and rear suspension design of the Corvette Stingray, but uniquely calibrated for its higher performance capabilities. Magnetic Selective Ride Control 4.0 is standard and can be adjusted for touring comfort or maximum track performance via the standard Driver Mode Selector.
Like the Stingray, the Driver Mode Selector tailors more than a dozen features of the Z06 to suit the driver's environment, including:
Launch control: Available in Track mode for maximum off-the-line acceleration
Active handling (StabiliTrak Electronic Stability Control): Z06 has performance traction management standard
Traction control: Weather mode tailors traction control and engine torque for driving in inclement conditions
Performance Traction Management: Available in Track mode and offers five settings of torque reduction and brake intervention for track driving
Electronic Limited Slip Differential: Adjusts the rate at which the limited slip engages to balance between steering response and stability in different driving conditions
The Z06's greater track performance capability is also matched with greater braking capability, with larger 14.6-inch-diameter (370 mm) front and 15-inch-diameter (380 mm) rear Brembo® rotors, compared with the Stingray. Z06 has six-piston front calipers compared to four-piston calipers on Stingray.
Even larger, carbon ceramic rotors are available and also included with the Z07 package, which takes the Corvette Z06's performance to its zenith.
Z07 Performance Package additional features include:
Carbon fiber aero package with larger front splitter, front-corner dive planes, a rear wing and underbody strakes that enhance downforce
Unique FE7 suspension with specific Magnetic Ride Control 4.0 calibrations
Michelin Sport Cup 2 R ZP tires developed specifically for the Z06
Available carbon fiber wheels that deliver a 41-pound (18.6 kg) reduction in unsprung mass
Brembo® carbon ceramic brake system featuring larger, 15.7-inch-diameter (398 mm) front rotors and 15.4-inch-diameter (391 mm) rear rotors
When equipped with the Z07 performance package in the track prepared configuration on a 300-foot diameter circle, the car is capable of 1.22 g of road-hugging grip.
The Z06 is based on the same robust architecture as the Stingray — a rigid structure that enabled engineers to fine-tune the car's chassis and suspension components with exceptional precision. The Z06 is so stiff that the track-capable Z06 is offered in a hardtop convertible model, and there is no variance in the suspension calibrations between it and the coupe.
Bespoke attention to detail
In the driver-focused cockpit, premium materials continue to elevate the luxurious look and feel introduced with the Stingray. They're complemented with available carbon fiber trim that expresses the car's lightweight, track-focused mantra.
"To match its performance, the Z06 is an elevated execution of the eighth-generation design," said Phil Zak, executive design director, Chevrolet. "From its wide planted stance with sculpted surfaces to its premium and carbon fiber materials, the Z06 instills an aura of raw power and performance with bespoke craftsmanship."
Unique features include an available carbon fiber-wrapped steering wheel, shift paddles and new carbon fiber interior trim package level 2. The Z06 also features hand-wrapped leather interior options, including the all-new, available fully trimmed interior in Adrenaline Red.
Additional new wheel, color and trim options offer Z06 customers the most personalization choices in the Corvette lineup, including:
Twelve available exterior colors
Seven available wheel packages, including five finishes on the standard forged aluminum wheels and available carbon fiber wheels
Seven interior colors with the opportunity to expand it to thousands of combinations
Three seat choices and six seatbelt options
Two interior carbon fiber trim packages, plus Stealth Aluminum trim option
Six available brake caliper colors
The 2023 Corvette Z06 will be seen, heard and experienced around the globe when production begins in summer 2022. It will be built from Bowling Green Assembly in left- and right-hand drive.
2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 FAST FACT: The Corvette Z06 was born in 1963, as an optional Special Equipment Package intended for racers. It included a stiffer suspension, heavy duty brakes, a thicker front stabilizer bar, and a large, 36 gallon fuel tank that reduced the number of necessary pit stops in longer races. A fuel-injected 5.4-liter engine (327 cubic inches) and a close-ratio four-speed manual transmission were required with the package.
SOURCE: Chevrolet Pressroom
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Heterospory is the production of spores of two different sizes and sexes by the sporophytes of land plants. The smaller of these, the microspore, is male and the larger megaspore is female. Heterospory evolved during the Devonian period from isospory independently in several plant groups: the clubmosses, the ferns including the arborescent horsetails, and progymnosperms. This occurred as part of the process of evolution of the timing of sex differentiation.

Origin of heterospory

Heterospory evolved due to natural selection that favoured an increase in propagule size compared with the smaller spores of homosporous plants.  Heterosporous plants, similar to anisosporic plants, produce two different sized spores in separate sporangia that develop into separate male and female gametophytes. It is proposed that the emergence of heterosporous plants started with the separation of sporangia, which allowed for the development of two different spore types; numerous small spores that are easily dispersed, and fewer, larger spores that contain adequate resources to support the developing seedling. During the Devonian period there were many species that utilized vertical growth to capture more sunlight. Heterospory and separate sporangia probably evolved in response to competition for light. Disruptive selection within species resulted in there being two separate sexes of gamete or even the whole plant. This may first have led to an increase in spore size and ultimately resulted in the species producing larger megaspores as well as smaller microspores.

Heterospory is advantageous in that having two different types of spores increases the likeliness that plants would successfully produce offspring. Heterosporous spores can respond independently to selection by ecological conditions in order to strengthen male and female reproductive function. Heterospory evolved from homospory many times, but the species in which it first appeared are now extinct. Heterospory is thought to have emerged in the Devonian era, mostly in wet/damp places based on fossil record evidence. In addition to being an outcome of competition for light, it is thought that heterospory was more successful in wetter areas because the megaspore could move more easily around in an aquatic environment while microspores were more easily dispersed by wind. Differing sized spores have been observed in many fossilized plant species. For example, the species Lepidophloios, also known as the scale tree, has been shown in fossils to have been heterosporous; The scale tree had separate cones containing either male or female spores on the same plant. Modern heterosporous plants such as many ferns exhibit endospory, in which a megagametophyte is fertilized by a microgametophyte all while still inside the spore wall, gaining nutrients from the inside of spore. Both heterospory and endospory seem to be one of the many precursors to seed plants and the ovary. Heterosporic plants that produce seeds are their most successful and widespread descendants. Seed plants constitute the largest subsection of heterosporic plants.

Microspores and megaspores

Microspores are haploid spores that in endosporic species contain the male gametophyte, which is carried to the megaspores by wind, water currents or animal vectors. Microspores are not flagellated, and are therefore not capable of active movement. The morphology of the microspore consists of an outer double walled structures surrounding the dense cytoplasm and central nucleus.

Megaspores contain the female gametophytes in heterosporic plant species. They develop archegonia that produce egg cells that are fertilized by sperm of the male gametophyte  originating from the microspore. This results in the formation of a fertilized diploid zygote, that develops into the sporophyte embryo. While heterosporous plants produce fewer megaspores, they are significantly larger than their male counterparts.

In exosporic species, the smaller spores germinate into free-living male gametophytes and the larger spores germinate into free-living female gametophytes. In endosporic species, the gametophytes of both sexes are very highly reduced and contained within the spore wall. The microspores of both exosporic and endosporic species are free-sporing, distributed by wind, water or animal vectors, but in endosporic species the megaspores and the megagametophyte contained within are retained and nurtured by the sporophyte phase. Endosporic species are thus usually dioecious, a condition that promotes outcrossing. Some exosporic species produce micro- and megaspores in the same sporangium, a condition known as homoangy, while in others the micro- and megaspores are produced in separate sporangia (heterangy). These may both be borne on the same monoecious sporophyte or on different sporophytes in dioicous species.

Reproduction

Heterospory was a key event in the evolution of both fossil and surviving plants. The retention of megaspores and the dispersal of microspores allow for both dispersal and establishment reproductive strategies. This adaptive ability of heterospory increases reproductive success as any type of environment favors having these two strategies. Heterospory stops self-fertilization from occurring in a gametophyte, but does not stop two gametophytes that originated from the same sporophyte from mating. This specific type of self-fertilization is termed as sporophytic selfing, and in extant plants it occurs most commonly among angiosperms. While heterospory stops extreme inbreeding from occurring, it does not prevent inbreeding altogether as sporophytic selfing can still occur.

A complete model for the origin of heterospory, known as the Haig-Westoby model, establishes a connection between minimum spore size and successful reproduction of bisexual gametophytes. For the female function, as minimum spore size increases so does the chance for successful reproduction. For the male function, reproductive success does not change as the minimum spore size increases.

References

Plant reproduction