ICP-OES instruments are routinely used for elemental analyses in environmental, industrial, and academic laboratories to analyze everything from soil, sludge, water, wastewater, to industrial materials and processes. Although performance characteristics should always be the prime concern when selecting a new instrument, buyers should also be aware of new developments in instrument design that can drastically reduce maintenance and operational costs while improving uptime and throughput. These savings can run to many thousands of dollars per year.
All users of ICP-OES instruments agree on the importance of cost control. However, this can be difficult to assess since most of the instruments currently available incur a wide variety of hidden operational and maintenance expenses that year in year out dramatically increase a laboratory's overall costs. We'll identify the costs and summarize for light to heavy user scenarios.
Fortunately, innovative new instrument designs are now available that can reduce or eliminate most of these expenses. This presentation will discuss these new engineering innovations and evaluate and quantify how each can reduce cost while improving instrument performance.


The Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive & Distribution System (LAADS) Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) at the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is one of the data centers that primarily serves atmosphere data and derived data products. Scientists use these datasets to study Earth's atmosphere, which is one of the three primordial elements that sustain all life-support systems in our biosphere. This section answers four fundamental questions as an introduction to the discipline domain of the LAADS DAAC.
Earth's atmosphere comprises a universal envelope of gases that acts as a protective shield to sustain all biospheric life on this planet. It helps absorb ultraviolet radiation from the Sun, and maintains the natural greenhouse effect — an equilibrium between the incoming and outgoing radiation — which renders a habitable Earth at an average temperature of around 59 ˚F (15 ˚C), based on 2015, the hottest year on record. Earth's atmosphere is one of the integral elements of the global ecological system that constantly interacts and exchanges with its other two elements: lithosphere and hydrosphere. Earth's atmosphere, since its forming ~5 billion years ago, has evolved considerably to its current state and composition. It comprises of a number of components that Earth scientists study both as researchers and applied scientists. They include atmospheric aerosols, water vapor, ozone, temperature, moisture, and clouds. These components also form the foundation for LAADS' data products' portfolio.
Why should we study our Earth's atmosphere?
Our Earth's atmosphere plays an increasingly important role within several contemporary planetary scale environmental problems. The Anthropocene is defined as the time epoch that roughly began with the Industrial Revolution in the late-eighteenth century. This time period also marks the beginning when the influences of human activities on Earth's atmosphere became recognizable, and ever since, have been on the rise. Since then, greenhouse gases, air pollution, ozone depletion, and acid rain constitute some of the critical problems that have impacted Earth's atmosphere, and continue to contribute to the growing debate on global warming and climate change.
Understanding the structure and composition of the components of Earth's atmosphere, and how they interact and exchange with the global terrestrial and oceanic ecosystem components of the biosphere is a critical prerequisite before we can formulate objective policy-based solutions to address these problems. Data and information describing these components provide a solid foundation to gather observations and evidence regarding their historical as well as current properties and behavior. The LAADS atmosphere data portfolio provides a reliable source of contemporary science data products to study and analyze various aspects of atmospheric science. Refining this understanding of our Earth's dynamics, especially in the context of their interactions and exchanges with other components of the planetary ecological system remains a paramount requirement to inform science policy both currently, and in the near future.
How does remote sensing-derived data facilitate studying our Earth's atmosphere?
Space-based remote sensing enables us to gather observations about atmospheric, terrestrial, and oceanic elements of our Earth's biosphere in ways that are nearly impossible to replicate using ground-based methods. Earth's life-support systems are driven by the dominant Sun, and remote sensing attempts to observe and measure Sun's energy in its various manifestations. Radiative forcing is the difference between the incoming solar radiation energy, which is absorbed by Earth and that, which is radiated back into space. This delicate radiation balance is critical in determining Earth's average temperature, and is affected by a number of factors. They include the intensity of solar radiation, atmospheric composition, primarily aerosols, cloud cover, and greenhouse gases and their absorption potential, albedo or reflectivity of different surfaces,	snow-cover, vegetation, and land-use patterns.
Three major exchange cycles drive our understanding of Earth's planetary scale environmental dynamics, and remote sensing-derived data provide an efficient mechanism to observe and measure their attributes and behavior. They include the global energy budget, hydrological cycle, and carbon cycle. The energy budget involves solar heating, IR cooling, and the transport of heat between the surface and the atmosphere. Heat is also transported from equator to poles by the atmosphere and ocean. Clouds are evidence of moisture fluxes transported vertically from the surface to varying atmospheric levels and transported horizontally by wind advection. Aerosol plumes are a signature for both natural (volcanic, dust) and anthropogenic (coal burning, deforestation) processes, with the latter contributing prominently in the carbon cycle as sources of atmospheric CO2. Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)-derived datasets play a key role in monitoring how the atmosphere responds to various forcings, whether from new volcanic eruptions, sea surface temperature changes, new land use patterns or increasing greenhouse gas concentrations. They also help scientists characterize the many natural oscillations of the coupled atmosphere-ocean system including El Niño Southern Oscillation, seasonal monsoons, and Arctic/northern hemisphere anomalies.
Addressing user needs for data to characterize and understand Earth's environmental dynamics, the LAADS DAAC produces and serves a complement of atmosphere product collections from two major Earth science missions, NASA Earth Observing System's Terra- and Aqua-MODIS, and Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership's (SNPP) Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). The latter collection will become available in 2016. Besides LAADS DAAC, three other NASA DAACs offer a variety of other atmosphere data products as well. The next question attempts to clarify their similarities and differences.
How do LAADS DAAC atmosphere products differ from what the Goddard Earth Science-Data and Information Services Center (GES-DISC), Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center (ASDC), and the Global Hydrology Resource Center (GHRC) offer?
Each of the four DAACs host and serve a variety of atmosphere products that demonstrate not only the wide range among them but also the unique tools and services that each offers to their users. The following brief descriptions attempt to describe what is unique about each of these data centers specific to their stewardship of atmosphere data products. These descriptions do not provide an exhaustive listing of each of their collections, tools, and services. Prospective users are encouraged to visit their respective Web pages to understand the full complement of their holdings, tools, and services, and the nuances that distinguish them.
The following table is a very broad attempt to portray the disciplines or sub-disciplines that each of the data centers caters to, under the common atmospheric science domain. Given the variety of satellite and airborne missions, field campaigns, and field experiments, it does not render it possible to capture the full breadth of the similarities and uniqueness among all their holdings within such a simple table. Also, the discipline categories identified below are not mutually exclusive, and only serve to deliver a highly synoptic snapshot.
GES-DISC's discipline domain is precipitation, hydrology, and atmospheric composition and dynamics. It specializes in providing a portal approach both from the perspectives of different missions as well as specific science components that comprise its discipline domain. For example, ozone	data from a variety of missions — Satellite, Shuttle, Aircraft, Balloon & Rocket, Ground-based, Field Experiments, and Model Assimilations — are provided. In addition, they offer a host of analysis tools, including Geospatial Interactive Online Visualization and Analysis Infrastructure (Giovanni), a Web-based analysis and visualization tool that leverages input data straight from the archive thus freeing the user from initially having to download those inputs. GES-DISC also offers a number of atmospheric, terrestrial, and oceanic data assimilation products used by the modeling community.
ASDC's discipline domain includes Aerosols, Clouds, Radiation Budget, and Tropospheric Chemistry, and offers data derived from a number of satellite and airborne missions, field campaigns and field experiments. Tropospheric Chemistry is an umbrella group, and hence includes similar products to those offered by the other three data centers. ASDC is the only data center that uniquely serves an array of Radiation Budget products. Also among its tools to conduct parameter-level searches, ASDC offers the Ontology-Driven Interactive Search Environment for Earth Science (ODISEES).
GHRC uniquely caters to those studying severe weather and hydrology phenomena, by providing data collections that span lightning, hurricanes, wind direction, water vapor and precipitation. Similar to the other three data centers, they also support aerosols, clouds, water vapor, and atmospheric temperature datasets from very diverse sources as well. GHRC data collections are distinguished by the fact that they are derived from a wide variety of sources that include ground stations, field campaigns, ground validation, satellite, aircraft, balloon, aerosonde, dropwindsonde, and modeling analyses.
LAADS is primarily the MODIS and VIIRS atmosphere data center, although it also supports their terrestrial production component for its NASA EOSDIS stakeholders as well. LAADS' lineage is closely linked to the MODIS Adaptive Processing System (MODAPS), which produces all atmosphere and land data products from L1 and higher levels. Currently, LAADS offers aerosols, clouds, water vapor, temperature, ozone, and moisture profiles, and will offer a similar complement of products from the SNPP VIIRS mission in 2016.


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Q: How to handle rowspan while scraping a wikitable using python? I am trying to scrape the data stored in the table of this wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_Agriculture_(India). However i am unable to scrape the full data stored in rowspan Hers's what i wrote so far:
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
from urllib.request import urlopen

wiki = urlopen("https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_Agriculture_(India)")

soup = BeautifulSoup(wiki, "html.parser")

table = soup.find("table", { "class" : "wikitable" })
for row in table.findAll("tr"):
    cells = row.findAll("td")

    if cells:
        name = cells[0].find(text=True)
        pic = cells[1].find("img")
        strt = cells[2].find(text=True)
        end = cells[3].find(text=True)
        pri = cells[6].find(text=True)

        z=name+'\n'+pic+'\n'+strt+'\n'+end+'\n'+pri
        print z

A: This is the only one solution of this question. Here I will change rowspan, colspan table to simple table.
I wasted many days in this problem but easy & good solution is not found. In many stackoverflow solution, developer was scraping only text. But in my case, I need url links also. So, I wrote this code.
This is working for me
# this code written in beautifulsoup python3.5
# fetch one wikitable in html format with links from wikipedia
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import requests
import codecs
import os

url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Agriculture_%26_Farmers_Welfare"

fullTable = '
'

rPage = requests.get(url)
soup = BeautifulSoup(rPage.content, "lxml")

table = soup.find("table", {"class": "wikitable"})

rows = table.findAll("tr")
row_lengths = [len(r.findAll(['th', 'td'])) for r in rows]
ncols = max(row_lengths)
nrows = len(rows)

# rows and cols convert list of list
for i in range(len(rows)):
    rows[i]=rows[i].findAll(['th', 'td'])

# Header - colspan check in Header
for i in range(len(rows[0])):
    col = rows[0][i]
    if (col.get('colspan')):
        cSpanLen = int(col.get('colspan'))
        del col['colspan']
        for k in range(1, cSpanLen):
            rows[0].insert(i,col)

# rowspan check in full table
for i in range(len(rows)):
    row = rows[i]
    for j in range(len(row)):
        col = row[j]
        del col['style']
        if (col.get('rowspan')):
            rSpanLen = int(col.get('rowspan'))
            del col['rowspan']
            for k in range(1, rSpanLen):
                rows[i+k].insert(j,col)

# create table again
for i in range(len(rows)):
    row = rows[i]
    fullTable += '
'
    for j in range(len(row)):
        col = row[j]
        rowStr=str(col)
        fullTable += rowStr
    fullTable += '
'

fullTable += '
'

# table links changed
fullTable = fullTable.replace('/wiki/', 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/')
fullTable = fullTable.replace('\n', '')
fullTable = fullTable.replace('
', '')

# save file as a name of url
page=os.path.split(url)[1]
fname='outuput_{}.html'.format(page)
singleTable = codecs.open(fname, 'w', 'utf-8')
singleTable.write(fullTable)

# here we can start scraping in this table there rowspan and colspan table changed to simple table
soupTable = BeautifulSoup(fullTable, "lxml")
urlLinks = soupTable.findAll('a');
print(urlLinks)

# and so on .............

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Zayo Group, LLC Announces Proposed Senior Notes Offering and Term Loan Amendment
BOULDER, Colo.– May 1, 2015 – Zayo Group, LLC ("Zayo"), a subsidiary of Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ZAYO) and international provider of Bandwidth Infrastructure services, announced today that it intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, $350 million of Senior Notes due 2025 (the "2025 Senior Notes").
Concurrent with the closing of the 2025 Senior Notes offering, Zayo expects to enter into an amendment and restatement of its Credit Agreement (the "Amended and Restated Credit Agreement"), which is anticipated to reduce Zayo's interest expense, extend the maturity of the term loan facility (the "Term Loan") to 2021, align certain covenants with Zayo's recently issued 6.00% Senior Notes due 2023, and add additional covenant flexibility. However, the terms of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement are not yet final and are subject to change. We can give no assurance regarding the final terms of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement or that the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement will be completed.
Zayo intends to use the net proceeds from the 2025 Senior Notes offering to repay approximately $345 million of Term Loan borrowings.
The 2025 Senior Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and are being offered and sold in the United States only to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act and to certain non-U.S. persons in transactions outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. Prospective purchasers that are qualified institutional buyers are hereby notified that the sellers of the 2025 Senior Notes may be relying on the exemption from the provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act provided by Rule 144A.
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BJORK Utopia gets 7.5/10
Björk has called ninth studio album Utopia her "tinder album", most likely a reference to single life since a 2015 separation from her long term partner (as detailed with some venom of 2015 record Vulnicura). It's fitting then that Utopia plays out like a celebration of Björk's new life, a salute to herself and her brighter than ever future.
Utopia starts like most other Björk albums, full of lush ethereal tones, voices and electronics. The album is otherworldly, a completely cerebral experience for the listener – more so than any of her previous records, which tend to encompass more pop elements. Songs like Body Memory, Arisen My Senses and Utopia display her knack of creating a universe within a song, with layer upon layer of ever expanding rooms of noise, forever changing in size, depth and acoustics. Upon each listen, a new quirk can always be discovered.
The tracks are as diverse as we have come to expect, combining chirping birds, children laughing, men growling, chanting choirs, angelic harmonies, extreme tongue rolling, electrical crackling, aural fuzz, global instruments, traditional instruments (a lot of flute), classical instruments, electronic drumming, off-kilter samples, and of course, Björk's iconic voice, which ranges something straight from the heavens, to harsh and coy.
The album is a long one, at 71 minutes it's her longest to date in fact. This is indicative of Björk's new found confidence in herself and her skills, which are profoundly executed in Utopia. Utopia is a dense, rich experience that is full of colour and texture, but some may argue that the album lacks the driving punch that previous Björk albums had. That is the beauty of Utopia however – the detail, the unapologetic artistic vision. Apart from Sue Me, which is as pop as the album gets (and ever so eloquently takes aim at the patriarchy), the rest of the album is an exploration of the mind and sounds.
Throughout Utopia, Björk interrogates every note like only she can; it is perfectly and brilliantly thought out. In all this in-depth investigation though, there is an overarching theme of uplifting and the truly human spirit. This is no doubt thanks to Björk's extraordinary delivery, but also because the album is not held down by any steady beat or rhythm. Instead it kind of floats and dances about, completely unrooted. It is organic and free. A nod to her 'tinder life' perhaps – her new found self and freedom.
Lyrically speaking, Björk – through all the musical layers and fuzz – makes it known Utopia is a positive album. Unlike Vulcincura, which was quite heartbreaking at times, on Utopia Björk pokes lighthearted fun at the harsh realities of dating in the modern world. In The Gate she sings about her heart healing "my healed chest wound, transformed into a gate, where I receive love from". In Features Creatures she alludes to the pains of having loved and lost, but also at the excitement of falling in love again: "when I spot someone who is the same height as you, and goes to the same record store, I think I am five minutes away from love".
The most telling lyrics on the album though, are those on the poetically placed last track Future Forever; "See this possible future and be in it"; "Hold fort for love forever"; " Build a musical scaffolding, between asleep and awake". As these words echo back to the listener, you realise Björk still very much believes in love, she is not broken at all; in fact, she is strengthened and renewed.
LARA FOX


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text:
#include <assert.h>
#include <check.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#include <jansson.h>
#include "bser.h"
#include "bser_parse.h"
#include "bser_write.h"

void
setup(void)
{
}

void
teardown(void)
{
}

START_TEST(test_bser_parse_simple)
{
    uint8_t buffer[] = { 0x03, 0x42 };
    bser_t* bser = bser_parse_content(buffer, sizeof(buffer), NULL);
    ck_assert_msg(bser != NULL && !bser_is_error(bser), "Parse error");
    ck_assert_msg(bser_is_integer(bser), "Did not parse integer");
    ck_assert_msg(bser_integer_value(bser) == 0x42, "Parsed wrong value");
    bser_free(bser);
}
END_TEST

START_TEST(test_bser_in_order_parse)
{
    json_error_t err;
    json_t* root = json_loads(
        "[ "
            "{ \"val\": 42, \"foo\": \"foo_value\", \"bar\": \"bar_value\" }, "
            "4, "
            "{ \"one\": 1, \"two\": 2, \"three\": 3, \"four\": 4 }, "
            "{ \"five\": 5, \"field\": \"field_value\" }, "
            "277 "
        "]", JSON_DISABLE_EOF_CHECK, &err);

    ck_assert_msg(root != NULL, "Parse error on input json");

    size_t content_size = bser_encoding_size(root);

    ck_assert_msg(content_size > 0, "Bad content byte count");

    size_t hdr_size = bser_header_size(content_size);
    size_t buf_size = hdr_size + content_size;
    uint8_t* buffer = malloc(buf_size);

    size_t wrote = bser_write_to_buffer(root, content_size, buffer, buf_size);
    json_decref(root);

    ck_assert_msg(wrote > 0, "Overflowed buffer");

    bser_t* bser = bser_parse_buffer(buffer, buf_size, NULL);
    ck_assert_msg(bser != NULL && !bser_is_error(bser), "Parse error");
    ck_assert_msg(bser_is_array(bser), "Did not parse root array");

    bser_t* item = bser_array_get(bser, 3);
    ck_assert_msg(item != NULL, "NULL item at array[3]");
    ck_assert_msg(bser_is_object(item), "Wrong type in array[3]");

    bser_t* five = bser_object_get(item, "five");
    ck_assert_msg(five != NULL, "NULL field 'five'");
    ck_assert_msg(bser_is_integer(five), "Wrong type in object");
    ck_assert_msg(bser_integer_value(five) == 5, "Wrong value in field in object 3");

    item = bser_array_get(bser, 0);
    ck_assert_msg(item != NULL, "NULL item at array[0]");
    ck_assert_msg(bser_is_object(item), "Wrong type in array[0]");
    bser_t* val = bser_object_get(item, "val");
    ck_assert_msg(val != NULL, "NULL field 'val'");
    ck_assert_msg(bser_integer_value(val) == 42, "Wrong value in object 0");

    item = bser_array_get(bser, 1);
    ck_assert_msg(bser_is_integer(item), "Wrong type in array[1]");
    ck_assert_msg(bser_integer_value(item) == 4, "Wrong value in array[1]");

    item = bser_array_get(bser, 4);
    ck_assert_msg(bser_is_integer(item), "Wrong type in array[4]");
    ck_assert_msg(bser_integer_value(item) == 277, "Wrong value in array[4]");

    bser_free(bser);
}
END_TEST

START_TEST(test_bser_in_order_parse_compact)
{
    json_error_t err;
    json_t* root = json_loads(
        "[ "
            "{ \"val\": 42, \"foo\": \"foo_value\", \"bar\": \"bar_value\" }, "
            "{ \"one\": 1, \"two\": 2, \"three\": 3, \"four\": 4 }, "
            "{ \"five\": 5, \"field\": \"field_value\" } "
        "]", JSON_DISABLE_EOF_CHECK, &err);

    ck_assert_msg(root != NULL, "Parse error on input json");

    size_t content_size = bser_encoding_size(root);

    ck_assert_msg(content_size > 0, "Bad content byte count");

    size_t hdr_size = bser_header_size(content_size);
    size_t buf_size = hdr_size + content_size;
    uint8_t* buffer = malloc(buf_size);
    size_t wrote = bser_write_to_buffer(root, content_size, buffer, buf_size);
    json_decref(root);

    ck_assert_msg(wrote > 0, "Overflowed buffer");

    bser_t* bser = bser_parse_buffer(buffer, buf_size, NULL);
    ck_assert_msg(bser != NULL && !bser_is_error(bser), "Parse error");
    ck_assert_msg(bser_is_array(bser), "Did not parse root array");

    bser_t* item = bser_array_get(bser, 2);
    ck_assert_msg(item != NULL, "NULL item at array[2]");
    ck_assert_msg(bser_is_object(item), "Wrong type in array[2]");

    bser_t* five = bser_object_get(item, "five");
    ck_assert_msg(five != NULL, "NULL field 'five'");
    ck_assert_msg(bser_is_integer(five), "Wrong type in object");
    ck_assert_msg(bser_integer_value(five) == 5, "Wrong value in object 2");

    item = bser_array_get(bser, 0);
    ck_assert_msg(item != NULL, "NULL item at array[0]");
    ck_assert_msg(bser_is_object(item), "Wrong type in array[0]");
    bser_t* val = bser_object_get(item, "val");
    ck_assert_msg(val != NULL, "NULL field 'val'");
    ck_assert_msg(bser_integer_value(val) == 42, "Wrong value in object 0");

    bser_free(bser);
}
END_TEST

Suite *
bser_suite(void)
{
    Suite *s = suite_create("Tests");

    /* Core test case */
    TCase *tc_core = tcase_create("Core");
    tcase_add_checked_fixture(tc_core, setup, teardown);
    tcase_add_test(tc_core, test_bser_parse_simple);
    tcase_add_test(tc_core, test_bser_in_order_parse);
    tcase_add_test(tc_core, test_bser_in_order_parse_compact);
    suite_add_tcase(s, tc_core);

    return s;
}

int
main(void)
{
    int number_failed;
    Suite *s = bser_suite();
    SRunner *sr = srunner_create(s);
    srunner_run_all(sr, CK_NORMAL);
    number_failed = srunner_ntests_failed(sr);
    srunner_free(sr);
    return (number_failed == 0) ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE;
}

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本发明涉及一种不含有害焦油,只含烟碱(尼古丁)的非可燃性电子喷雾香烟。 The present invention relates to contain harmful tar, containing only nicotine (nicotine) of non-flammable electronic spray cigarette. 本发明包括壳体、电池、高频发生器、烟碱贮液及容器、控制电路板、显示屏、气流传感器、人体接触传感器、雾化器组成,所述雾化器包括电热气化喷管和超声压电片,电热气化喷管与贮液胶囊相连,电热气化喷管外侧粘附的超声压电片接高频发生器,控制电路板上的4个输出端连接高频发生器、电热气化喷管、泵或阀及显示屏,一个人体接触传感器和一个气流传感器连接在控制电路的输入端。 The present invention includes a housing, a battery, a high frequency generator, nicotine solution storage container and, a control circuit board, a display screen, an airflow sensor, a contact sensor body, composed nebulizer, the nebulizer comprising a nozzle heating gasification and an ultrasonic piezoelectric sheet, the nozzle is connected with the reservoir heating gasification capsule, the outer nozzle gasification electric ultrasonic piezoelectric sheet adhered connected high-frequency generator, the output of the control circuit board 4 is connected to a high frequency generator , electric gasification nozzles, pumps or valves and a display screen, a human contact sensor, and an air flow sensor connected to the input of the control circuit. 本发明优点是,吸烟无焦油,大大降低致癌风险,使用者仍有吸烟的感觉和兴奋,无需点燃,无火灾危害。 Advantage of the invention is that smoking no tar, significantly reducing cancer risk, the user still has the feel and excitement of smoking, no ignition, no fire hazard. 本发明的装置和连接结构在贮液容器稍加改动后可装入常规药物供肺内给药器械。 And means connecting structure of the present invention, after the liquid accumulating container may be loaded into conventional pharmaceutical little change for intrapulmonary drug delivery devices.
3. 烟碱2 % 丙二醇90 % 柠檬酸2. 5 % 香精1 Q/。 3. 2% nicotine Propylene glycol 90% citric acid 2.5% Flavor 1 Q /. 烟草精4. 4 fine tobacco.
1.一种非可燃性电子喷雾香烟,其特征在于包括壳体、电池、高频发生器、烟碱贮液及容器、控制电路板、显示屏、气流传感器、人体接触传感器、雾化器组成,所述雾化器包括电热气化喷管和超声压电片,所述安装在壳体(6)内吸气端的电热气化喷管(17)经电控泵(11)或连有计量腔的阀与和电控泵或阀相连装有烟碱溶液带单向注液阀(12)的贮液胶囊(13)相连,电热气化喷管(17)外侧粘附的超声压电片(20)接控制电路板(8)内的高频发生器,控制电路板(8)上的4个输出端连接高频发生器、电热气化喷管、泵或阀及显示屏,一个人体接触传感器(19)和一个气流传感器(18)连接在控制电路的输入端;壳体(6)内的前端还包括一个电池和红色发光二极管,共同构成一个烟嘴形、烟斗形或笔形的整体。 1. A non-flammable electronic spray cigarette, comprising a housing, a battery, a high frequency generator, nicotine solution storage container and, a control circuit board, a display screen, an airflow sensor, a contact sensor body, nebulizer composition the atomizer comprises a nozzle and a gasification electric ultrasonic piezoelectric sheet, mounted in the air intake (6) heating the gasification housing end nozzle (17) via electrically controlled pump (11) or connected with a metering capsule reservoir chamber and electrically controlled valve and a pump or a valve connected with the injection of nicotine solution with a check valve (12) (13) connected to the gasification heating nozzle (17) adhered to the outside of the ultrasonic piezoelectric sheet (20) to the control circuit board in the high-frequency generator (8), the control circuit board 4 on the output terminals (8) connected to a high frequency generator, electric gasification nozzles, pumps or valves and a display screen, a human contact sensor (19) and an air flow sensor (18) connected to the input of the control circuit; front end of the inner housing (6) further comprises a battery and a red light-emitting diodes, together constituting a mouthpiece shape, the overall pipe-shaped or pen-shaped.
2、 根据权利要求1的所述的非可燃性电子喷雾香烟,其特征在于所述控制电路板上的高频发生器是由三点式电容振荡器、三点式电感振荡器或由变压器式振荡电路构成,频率在35KHz至3. 3MHz,电3各中带有频率自动微调电路与超声压电片(20)谐振。 2, according to claim 1 of the non-combustible electronic spray cigarette, wherein said control circuit board is a high-frequency generator, inductive three-point oscillator, or capacitor is constituted by the three-point oscillator oscillation circuit by a transformer, frequency 35KHz to 3. 3MHz, 3 each in electrical trimming circuit with automatic frequency ultrasonic piezoelectric sheet (20) resonator.
3、 根据权利要求1所述的非可燃性电子喷雾香烟,其特征在于所述贮液胶嚢(13)由硅橡胶制成。 3. The non-flammable electronic spray cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that the reservoir gum Nang (13) made of silicone rubber.
4、根据权利要求1所述的非可燃性电子喷雾香烟,其特征在于所述单向注液阀(12)是由球状物或锥状物在弹簧压力下密封的。 4. The non-flammable electronic spray cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that the one-way injection valve (12) is of spherical or conical sealing material under spring pressure.
5、 根据权利要求1所述的非可燃性电子喷雾香烟,其特征在于所述气流传感器(18)是由集成薄膜热敏电阻阵列制成的。 5, non-flammable according to claim 1 of the electronic spray cigarette, wherein said air flow sensor (18) is integrated thin film made of the thermistor array.
6、 根据权利要求1所述的非可燃性电子喷雾香烟,其特征在于所述人体接触传感器(19 )是电阻或电容型传感器,其电极是在烟嘴末端由上下两个金属薄膜构成。 6. The non-flammable electronic spray cigarette according to claim 1, wherein said body contact sensor (19) is a resistive or capacitive type sensor, in which the mouthpiece end of the electrode is formed of two upper and lower metal thin film.
7、 根据权利要求1的所述的非可燃性电子喷雾香烟,其特征在于所述电控泵(11)是蠕动泵、柱塞泵、偏心泵或螺杆泵。 7, according to claim 1 wherein said non-combustible electronic spray cigarette, wherein the electrically controlled pump (11) is a peristaltic pump, a plunger pump, an eccentric pump or a screw pump.
8、根据权利要求1所述的非可燃性电子喷雾香烟,其特征在于所述电热气化喷管(17)是用低热导率的耐高温材料制成,内径为0. 05〜2mm的细管,有效工作长度为3~20mm,管内装有电加热元件,电热气化喷管用普通陶资、硅酸铝陶资、氧化钛、氧化锆、氧化钇陶瓷、溶融硅、二氧化硅、溶融氧化铝、聚四氟乙烯、碳纤维或玻璃纤维制成,形状为直管状或螺旋状。 8, the non-combustible according to claim 1 of the electronic spray cigarette, wherein said electrothermal gasifier nozzle (17) is made of refractory material of low thermal conductivity, the inner diameter of the fine 0. 05~2mm tube, the effective working length of 3 ~ 20mm, tubes built with an electric heating element, electric gasification capital nozzle ordinary ceramic, ceramic aluminum owned, titanium oxide, zirconium oxide, yttrium oxide ceramic, molten silicon, silicon dioxide, molten alumina, polytetrafluoroethylene, carbon fibers or glass fibers, the shape of straight tube or spiral.
9、 根据权利要求8所述的非可燃性电子喷雾香烟,其特征在于所述电热气化喷管内的电加热元件用镍铬合金丝、铁铬铝合金丝、不锈钢丝、金丝、 铂丝或鵠钼合金丝制成,形状为直线状、单螺旋状、双螺旋状、集束状或集束螺旋状,或电加热元件是在电热气化喷管内壁涂覆加热涂层构成,涂层是电热陶瓷材料、半导体材料或耐腐蚀金属膜,金属膜是金膜、镍膜、铬膜、 铂膜或钼膜。 9, the non-combustible according to claim 8, said electronic spray cigarette, wherein an electrical heating element within the glow gasifier nozzle nichrome wire, iron-chromium alloy wire, stainless steel wire, gold, platinum wire Hu wire made of molybdenum alloy or the shape of a straight line, single spiral, double spiral, cluster or spiral bundle set, or an electric heating element is configured in the inner wall of the nozzle gasification electric heating coating is coated, the coating is electric ceramic material, semiconductor materials or corrosion resistant metal film, a metal film is a gold film, a nickel film, a chromium film, a platinum film or a molybdenum film.
10、 根据权利要求1所述的非可燃性电子喷雾香烟,其特征在于所述烟碱贮液是由烟碱、丙二醇、丙三醇、有机酸、抗氧剂、香精、水、乙醇构成,其中烟碱的含量在0. 1%-6%之间、丙二醇含量80%-90%、有机酸含量2%、 余量为丙三醇、香精、抗氧剂、水和乙醇。 10, The non-flammable electronic spray cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that the nicotine reservoir is nicotine, propylene glycol, glycerol, organic acid, antioxidant, flavor, water, ethanol configuration, wherein the nicotine content is between 0.1% -6%, propylene glycol content 80% -90%, the organic acid content of 2%, the balance being glycerin, fragrances, antioxidants, water and ethanol.
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#include <event2/event.h>
#include "gexecutor/gexecutor.h"
#include "gexecutor/gtaskq.h"
#include <set>

/**
 *  \description
 *  This implements a synchronous executor engine where tasks are processed
 *  by individual worker threads using unbounded task queue.
 *
 *  Following example shows simple steps to create a Synchronous Executor
 *  with worker threads.
 *  // create taskq where all the synchronous workers woudl listen
 *  GTaskQSharedPtr sync_taskq(new GTaskQ());
 *  sync_taskq->Initialize();
 *  GSyncExecutor *sync_engine =
 *           new GSyncExecutor(sync_taskq);
 *  // Now sync engine is ready for events
 *  Send tasks to the sync engine
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 *  boost::shared_ptr<DeferredTask<void>> d(
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 *  d.set_errback(print_hello_failed);
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#include "gsync_worker_thread.h"

class GSyncWorkerThread;
typedef boost::shared_ptr<GSyncWorkerThread> GSyncWorkerThreadSharedPtr;

class GSyncExecutor: public GExecutor {
public:
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     * @param num_workers number of workers. Currently it is static. In future
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Diplomacy 101: Three things Justin Trudeau needs to learn
by Christopher Lindsay
Politics and social media have at least one thing in common: A single action has the potential to cause an overreaction.
On August 2, 2018, Christia Freeland, Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister, sent out a tweet that called for Saudi Arabia to release Samar Badawi, a Saudi female rights activist, and Raif Badawi, a blogger. This was followed up with a similar tweet by the Foreign Affairs Department.
In response, Saudi Arabia, led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salma, imposed retaliatory measures against Canada. These include suspending diplomatic relations, cancelling funding for 16,000 students, and banning imports of Canadian wheat.
The Liberal government's diplomatic breakdown with Saudi Arabia shows that no lessons were learned from Justin Trudeau's falling out with Donald Trump.
Diplomacy lesson #1: If you criticize an ally publicly, you risk starting a feud.
Case in point: In June, following the G7 summit in Quebec, Trudeau told reporters that Canada "will not be pushed around" by the United States. By suggesting that Trump is a bully, Trudeau "poked the bear" and started a feud. Since then, Canada has been shut out of NAFTA negotiations, and there may soon be tariffs on our auto sector.
Two months later, the Liberal government now has a feud with Saudi Arabia.
It is human nature to react negatively to public criticism. When we have a friend or ally, we expect to resolve our disputes in private.
Justin Trudeau doesn't understand this aspect of human psychology.
Following Saudi Arabia's punitive measures, Trudeau defended his government's Twitter diplomacy by saying, "Canada will always be very clear on standing up for human rights. We will make sure that the message is clear in public and private."
Diplomacy lesson #2: Don't say things in public that will provoke the person you want to make a deal with—even if they are true—or you are less likely to make a deal.
Does Trudeau naively believe that criticizing the Saudi government on Twitter will result in the release of the prisoners? While public criticism can be an effective tool to change the actions of an elected politician, it won't work with Saudi Arabia, an absolute monarchy.
A country that beheads and crucifies criminals will not bow to the public pressure of two tweets from Canada. The tweets only provoked the Crown Prince, not unlike an annoying mosquito that bites you on the ass.
Worse still, the tweets have made it less likely the prisoners will be released. Criticizing Saudi Arabia caused the Crown Prince to lose face, and as a strongman, he would look weak to release them. Instead, he has punished Canada to make himself appear strong.
Diplomacy lesson #3: If you provoke a strongman, expect blowback.
When the Trudeau government came to power in 2015, it tried to influence Saudi Arabia privately to release Raif Badawi from prison. But after years of talks, the Saudis have not changed their position.
This is because a strongman like Mohammed bin Salma will only respond to strong actions.
The truth is, Canada only has a limited ability to influence Saudi Arabia. We are not a superpower like the United States.
Nevertheless, if Justin Trudeau really wanted the prisoners released, he could have taken additional measures. For instance, he could have imposed tariffs or sanctions and urged other countries to do the same.
But Trudeau was never willing to take any action like that. He won't even impose retaliatory measures against Saudi Arabia. Trudeau thinks that "standing up" to Saudi Arabia is something you do on Twitter, or by talking to reporters.
The Liberal government's diplomatic crisis with Saudi Arabia has had one positive consequence for our Prime Minister though: A recent poll found high levels of support for his criticism of Saudi Arabia.
Perhaps that was the real purpose of the tweets all along. By "virtue signalling" on Twitter about the Saudi prisoners, Justin Trudeau is now more popular with Canadian voters just as he was when he "stood up" to Trump.
Meanwhile, Samar and Raif Badawi remain in prison with no hope of freedom.
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Christopher Lindsay says:
"Behind closed doors, dialogue, communication, that's diplomacy." Najah al-Otaibi
Ken Parker says:
Add these three things to a LONG list of things that Junior needs to learn.
Stephen Harper was right: Justin Trudeau is "just not ready", and he never will be. He's deeply naive and idealistic.
My list of 3 things Trudeau needs to learn / do:
1) Shut up
2) Go away
3) Never come back
If Andrew Scheer wins a majority in 2019, Trudeau will be gone from Parliament. However, if Scheer only wins a minority, we will likely see a Liberal-NDP coalition government.
Nancy E. Head says:
Lots of common sense in your piece. Which is probably why it will never play out in politics.
Thank you, Nancy.
Justin Trudeau loves to "virtue signal" so he appears on the side of the angels. But he was never willing to take any action to put pressure on Saudi Arabia to release the prisoners.
Bob Conner says:
Some insightful remarks here Christopher, the most important, from my perspective, is politics via social media.
Devoid the vital influence of inflection, body language, gestures, etc., written communications is always sketchy at best. And when politicians fall into the trap of using social media, even as a low-level diplomatic tool, they are committing an egregious error, condemning themselves to the ranks of utter uselessness as leaders.
I remember, before the early 2000s, when politicians wisely refrained from using social media, for the very reasons stated above. But then, I can also remember when politicians understood the need for quality over quantity; harmony over extremes.
Are eloquence and persuasion dying arts. I certainly think so.


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Some schools are going electric to get away from diesel buses.
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School bus driver Jenifer Chiodo takes a moment to admire the orange-pink sunrise while she gets ready to spend the next few hours on the roads. Then she grabs her clipboard and jots down the date, her name, and the mileage on the odometer before starting up the engine of a Thomas Built Type-A "mini" bus owned by her employer, First Student Inc.
Chiodo drives about 21 miles on her two morning routes and 40 miles on her four afternoon routes, transporting just one or two special-needs children at a time across the suburbs of Rocky Point, New York. A Type-A bus gets just nine to 10 miles per gallon, and Chiodo says she's come to realize how unsustainable and unhealthy her driving can be.
"I don't even want to think about how much carbon my bus spews out into the air every day and how it's warming the atmosphere," says Chiodo. "Kids are breathing in exhaust, I'm breathing in exhaust... I'm very happy to help get these students to school, but I wish there was a safer and more environmentally friendly way of doing so."
Too much, magic bus
Turns out, there might be a better way—and it's being tried out just 40 miles west in another Long Island town. Copiague Public School District bus drivers are test-driving an electric version of Chiodo's Type A bus. This past August, the district quietly added the all-electric vehicle to its fleet of traditional fossil-fuel-powered school buses, becoming the first in the state to do so. The district says its choice to try electric aligns with its goals of sustainability and safety.
America's school buses burn through an estimated 822,857,143 gallons of diesel and gasoline per year. All-electric school buses emit nothing when running, and they have the potential to significantly cut down on the nation's fossil fuel use and thus its contribution to climate change. Proponents of electric-vehicle technology argue that traditional gasoline- and diesel-powered school buses are far from safe, spewing out toxic emissions while relying on a body design that puts them at a higher fire risk than other types of vehicles.
"Compare an electric battery that's placed low in between the buses' frame rails, out of the way of impact, to a 50-gallon tank of highly flammable material that's sitting right under kids for the duration of the ride," says Jim Castelaz, CEO of California-based Motiv Power Systems, a company that creates the electric power train on which electric school buses and other vehicles are based. "It's crazy to think we're doing this."
According to the National Fire Protection Agency, an average of six buses—including school buses—caught on fire each day from 1999 to 2003, the most recent years for which data is available. Instead of gas tanks, electric buses have batteries. While some lithium batteries have notably caught fire, electric buses use batteries made with a sodium-nickel or lithium material that solidifies upon impact to prevent fires that could be caused by leaking acid.
Thruppence and sixpence every day
The human and environmental health benefits of electric school buses are clear. But electric school buses cost about $200,000 to $300,000 per bus, as opposed to a mere $65,000 to $85,000 for a bus powered by fossil fuels. For many school districts, the only concern appears to be cost-effectiveness.
Driving up the cost of electric school buses is the dearth of companies building them and the parts they need to function. Besides Motiv, only a handful of other big names in the electric school bus business exist in North America: Lion Bus, Green Power Motor Company, Inc., Trans Tech, and Trans Power.
What's more, many school districts shut down some or all of their bus fleet on weekends and over the summer, in contrast to municipal buses used for public transportation, which often run all day, 365 days a year. So while going electric in high-use municipal buses offers some return on investment, electric school buses have not yet reached that point. They're simply not used enough to offset their high costs, according to Fraser Atkinson, chairman of Green Power Motor Company, Inc.
But he suggests that this shouldn't deter school districts from buying electric school buses, especially in cases where a particular bus or group of buses will get a lot of use. For example, school districts often utilize Type-A school buses more frequently than the long "classic" Type-C buses. Like Chiodo, their drivers often run multiple routes a day to transport just a few students at a time, such as special-needs students who may go to separate schools. When an electric bus is driven as many routes as possible, school districts reap a higher return on investment.
Although the finances are iffy, rebates, which lower the overall cost of purchasing electric school buses, are a major deciding factor in whether or not districts will adopt them. California and Quebec are seeing electric school bus popularity rise because local lawmakers have developed a suite of rebates, regulations, and infrastructure that's made the technology more cost-effective.
I want it, I want it, I want it
Yet school districts in New York and Chicago, the latest regions to adopt rebates for electric school buses, have been slow to embrace them. This concerns environmental and health advocates who want to see gasoline- and diesel-powered school buses replaced as soon as possible. But transportation experts say the only way for electric school buses to see more widespread adoption is if school districts push for rebates.
"Electric school buses have the potential to reduce the harms of pollution to school children and communities while reducing the exposure to the volatile price of petroleum fuels that can wreak havoc on municipal budgets," says Luke Tonachel, director of the Natural Resources Defense Council's Clean Vehicles and Fuels Project. "School districts should seek to work with their local utility to create programs that can make electrifying their buses a cost-effective solution."
Erica Cirino is a freelance science writer based in New York. She covers wildlife and the environment, and specializes in biology, conservation and policy.
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Mark Allin Hodson (29 December 190723 January 1985) was an Anglican bishop in the latter half of the 20th century.

Educated at University College London, made deacon on Trinity Sunday (31 May) 1931 and ordained priest the following Trinity Sunday (22 May 1932) — both times by Arthur Winnington-Ingram, Bishop of London, at St Paul's Cathedral. He began his career with a curacy at St Dunstan, Stepney after which he was Missioner at St Nicholas Perivale then Rector of Poplar.

In 1955, he was appointed Bishop suffragan of Taunton and took up his see with his consecration as a bishop on 6 January 1956, by Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral. In May 1956, he was appointed Rector of Dinder and a Prebendary of Wells Cathedral (remaining Bishop of Taunton). Translated to Hereford in 1961, he retired in 1973 but continued to serve the church as an honorary assistant bishop within the Diocese of London until his death on 23 January 1985, aged 77.

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MAP NEWS ISSUE 365, May 30, 2015
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365th Edition May 30, 2015
Why Sri Lanka's Historic Mangroves Move Matters
SRI LANKA - Huge news for the environment: Sri Lanka's new government just took the unprecedented, historic step to protect all of its mangroves. The move, the first of its kind anywhere in the world, will provide long-term environmental, social and, last but not least, economic benefits to the Indian Ocean island nation, and provide a model for other vulnerable tropical nations to follow. Mangroves, which thrive in the mixture of sea and freshwater along coastlines, help maintain sea levels and hold back storm surges, forming a wall against flooding. The hearty, shore-hugging plants encompass some of the world's most spectacular biodiversity and form a powerful natural barrier, keeping our water clean, our beaches strong and tempering the power of tropical cyclones. The past decades have seen a massive reductions in global mangrove forests, mostly due to the expansion of shrimp farming, coastal shipping and erosion caused by development. The problem is that we need mangroves now, more than ever. READ MORE
Environmentalist turns garbage into Tourist Attraction
THAILAND – For more than 30 years, John Gray has been working to educate tourists about the fragile nature of mangrove forests. Over the years, Gray has promoted Thailand tourism by inviting the world to kayak and canoe through the pristine waters of Thailand's mangrove forests. But recently, as more plastic and garbage has collected in the tidal forests, Gray's tour has taken a new twist. Cleanup tourism has become a welcome benefit as more and more people want to do more than just reduce their carbon footpront. Groups now come not only come to learn the environmental value of mangrove forests, but to counter the impact of the modern world. Grays "clean up kayaking" is making a difference. READ MORE
A man with a mangrove in hand
INDIA - More than 40 years ago when 'environment protection' was not a catchy slogan, a man living on the Saint Sebastian estuarine island of Ashtamudi Lake here recognised the role of mangroves in marine and brackish water ecology. Even now, at the age of 87, former fisherman Francis Xavier is still engaged in planting mangrove saplings and tending to them, not as a mere pastime but making a significant contribution to environment protection. Forty years ago, he had brought a cluster of the Rhizophora mucronata species of mangrove saplings from Mulavukad island in Ernakulam and planted them on the Saint Sebasitan island. His idea was three-pronged — they provide a safe environment for fish conservation; they protect the island from strong winds; and their wood has many applications, especially for making oars. Years later, after the tsunami devastation of Alappad in December 2004 when the importance of the plant in coastal protection began to be highlighted, it was the saplings from those planted by Mr. Xavier that were mostly used for the mangrove afforestation programmes. READ MORE
Whose mangroves are they anyway?
INDIA - It is a scene of absolute destruction. Acres and acres of tree stumps that look as if ravaged by a massive fire. Just across the road, there is a similar scene with dead, black trees with patches of an unhealthy green at the centre. Migratory birds sit atop the stumps, looking perplexed at what was once home to their parents and grandparents. Migrant workers fish amidst the dead roots. That such an appalling thing happening in Kerala, in the SEZ area of Puthuvypeen in the Vembanad wetland, should be a shame not only to the Forest or Finance Minister but also to the whole Left Government. What is even more disgusting is the mode of destruction. Residents of the area allege that the mangroves were poisoned with high concentrations of a herbicide to effect a slow death. It was done in such a way that the mangroves right in the core area were first poisoned, and then in concentric circles and finally in the periphery. READ MORE
Beach Erosion in Vizag Due to Lack of Mangroves
INDIA - Degradation and destruction of mangrove forests in Visakhapatnam and Srikakulam districts, have been a cause of concern for environmentalists and environment lovers. Though negligible when compared to other coastal districts, both these districts having the mangrove forests in small patches spread over the coastline, are witnessing a decrease in the area over the last few years. Mangroves are found in tropical and subtropical tidal areas and play a crucial role in supporting the ecological balance. They play an important role in arresting tidal waves and tsunamis. They also support shrimp seed production and crocodile breeding. Andhra Pradesh has the second largest mangrove forests in the country, after West Bengal. Visakhapatnam and Srikakulam have mangrove forests spread over in an area of less than 60 hectares. In Visakhapatnam, mangroves plantation was once found in abundance near the Naval Dockyard extending up to Meghadrigedda reservoir on the rear-side of the airport. Two more mangrove plantation patches are found at Pudimadaka and Rambilli in the district. But, about 90 per cent of the mangroves and casuarinas in Vizag are lost due to human interference and indiscriminate deforestation of the mangroves cover for industrial development and urbanisation over the last few years. READ MORE
After Oil Spill, Unique Mangrove Forest Faces More Threats
BANGLADESH - On December 9, 2014, a wrecked tanker released approximately 94,000 gallons (78,271 Imperial gallons) of heavy fuel oil into the Shela River, which runs through the Sundarbans, the sprawling and remote mangrove forest shared between India and Bangladesh in the Bay of Bengal. Now another shipping disaster is unfolding, as a capsized cargo vessel, Jabalenoor, leaks 200 tonnes of potash fertilizer into the Sundarbans' Bhola River, southeast of the earlier oil spill. A UNESCO World Heritage site, the Sundarbans is home to a variety of wildlife, including an important population of the critically threatened Royal Bengal Tiger and rare Irrawaddy and Gangetic dolphins. In the wake of the oil spill a joint United Nations and Government of Bangladesh Mission published a long-awaited report on the accident. Referring to the incident as a "serious wake up call," the report urges a number of protective strategies. In particular, the report calls for more stringent management of water routes, noting "an immediate need" to stagger the heavy traffic of commercial vessels, to ban all passage during unsafe conditions, such as at night or fog, and to "prohibit all anchoring in the channel except in an emergency." READ MORE
Development threatens Antigua's protected Guiana Island
ANTIGUA - In June 2014, Gaston Browne led his Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party to a resounding victory at the polls with a pledge to transform the country into an economic powerhouse in the Caribbean. In their first 100 days in office, Prime Minister Browne's Cabinet approved a number of private investment projects valued in excess of $3 billion. The largest is the Yida Investment Group, Guiana Island Project which will see the development of the largest free trade zone in the country, an off-shore financial centre, a five-star luxury resort, internationally branded villa communities, a casino and gaming complex, a multi-purpose conference centre, a 27-hole golf course, a marina and landing facilities, commercial, retail, sports and other auxillary facilities. Headquartered in western Beijing, Yida International Investment Group was founded in 2011. READ MORE
Thirteen corporations control up to 40 per cent of world's most valuable fisheries
USA - Just thirteen corporations control 19-40% of the largest and most valuable stocks and 11-16 % of the global marine catch, according to new research. These "keystone" corporations of the global seafood industry critically shape the future of marine ecosystems, but have yet to assume this responsibility at the global scale. The new study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, makes an analogy between the largest companies in seafood industry and keystone species in ecological communities. Keystone species in nature have a profound effect on the structure and function of the ecosystem and disproportionately determine the prevalence and activities of other species. For example just a small number of sea otters can determine urchin numbers, or a few grey wolves determine the size of bison, deer or elk populations. Likewise, the study found that the average annual revenues of the 160 largest companies in 2012 exhibit a distinct keystone pattern, where the top 10% account for 38 % of total revenues. The identified thirteen companies shape very large marine ecosystems around the world and are involved in both wild capture fisheries and aquaculture, including whitefish, tuna, salmon, shellfish, fishmeal, fish oil, and aqua feeds. Their combined annual revenues correspond to 18% of the global value of seafood production in 2012 (US$ 252 billion). READ MORE
'Citizen scientists' helping save Coast mangroves
AUSTRALIA – "CITIZEN scientists" are leading a grassroots campaign to protect Sunshine Coast mangroves. Armed with video cameras and GPS, volunteers are patrolling mangroves along the Pumicestone Passage to collect data that is vital to experts getting a better picture of the mangrove's health. The volunteers have been trained by leading mangrove experts Prof Norm Duke and Jock Mackenzie, of MangroveWatch, who have developed a simple but scientifically rigorous assessment tool using video recording. That ensures all data is collected in a consistent way. It's already paying dividends, with that baseline data at Bell's Creek showing about 25% of the mangroves in poor condition. Key issues identified by the monitoring include bank erosion, water quality and altered hydrology from urban drainage. READ MORE
Photogenic lone mangrove tree 'vandalised', photographer collecting pictures for tribute gallery
AUSTRALIA - The well-known mangrove at Waterloo Bay was recently cut down leaving residents dismayed at the change in the outlook. The area was frequently visited by amateur and professional photographers trying to capture a striking image of the lone mangrove. Landscape photographer Kane Gledhill has created an online gallery to pay tribute to and document the history of the well-known tree. The area was often used as a photography training ground and Gledhill is asking photographers and the public to contribute their favourite images of the tree to be included in the gallery. "It has become a tribute page to keep the images alive and the memories alive ... it is part of history really," he said. READ MORE
LAST WORD(S)
Hi Alfredo
I have been busy recently with setting up our Australian mangrove-saltmarsh network – at least to formalise it with a new website. Please pass this message around to ask if anyone would like to check it out, and maybe also to register if they want to stay in touch with things going on in Australia. Or they could just revisit the site whenever.
http://www.amsn.net.auwww.amsn.net.au
all the best: Norm Duke
AMSN Facilittator
E: aus.msnet@gmail.com
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CALLING FOR MANGROVE ART SUBMISSIONS!
A fun and exciting Art Contest for children 6 to 16 years old. We invite all primary school children from tropical and sub-tropical nations, and whose schools are located near mangroves, to create art telling us "why mangroves are important to my community and me?". Selected winners will be published in a 2016 calendar to be distributed internationally to raise awareness of mangrove forest ecology. READ MORE
It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there'll be any fruit. But that doesn't mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.
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MAP News Issue 364, May 16th, 2015
Sri Lanka first nation to protect all mangrove forests
SRI LANKA - Sri Lanka has become the first nation in the world to comprehensively protect all of its mangrove forests. A scheme backed by the government will include alternative job training, replanting projects and microloans. Mangroves are considered to be one of the world's most at-risk habitats, with more than half being lost or destroyed in the past century. Conservationists hope other mangrove-rich nations will follow suit and adopt a similar protection model. Commenting on the agreement, Sri Lanka President Maithreepala Sirisena said: "It is the responsibility and the necessity of all government institutions, private institutions, non-government organisations, researchers, intelligentsia and civil community to be united to protect the mangrove ecosystem." The Sri Lankan government is a joint partner overseeing the measures, alongside global NGO Seacology, and Sri Lanka-based Sudeesa, which was formerly known as the Small Fishers Federation of Lanka. READ MORE
Unilateral Boundary Demarcation by Herakles Farms Causes Tensions
CAMEROON – The people of Mokange village in Mundemba subdivision spotted unidentified persons conducting land demarcations of their forest. This information was conveyed to SEFE by the proposed chief of Mokange and two elites who informed SEFE of the presence of some 30 persons working for Herakles Farms who had come to the Talangaye area. After spotting the people demarcating the forest, the villagers quickly contacted the Divisional Officer (D.O) for Mundemba, who told the people that his office was not aware of the exercise. As tensions heightened, the company dispatched its Community Relations Manager, Daniel Agoons, to the concerned villages to appease the population. Danial Agoons is said to have visited the following villages: Mokange, Lipenja, Kuma, and Esoki Bima. In all four villages, Agoons made apologies to the people on behalf of Herakles Farms for demarcating their lands without consulting or informing them. Herakles Farms had previously promised to pay the villagers 50,000 frs per month, starting in 2010, following the signing of MoUs with chiefs and supporters. But they have still not started making these payments. Agoons told the villagers that these amounts will be paid as arrears without specifying when they would be made. READ MORE
Survey on mangroves to be out soon
INDIA – A comprehensive survey report on mangroves in the district will be released soon, District Collector P. Bala Kiran has said. Inaugurating a seminar on mangrove forests in Kerala, he said the procedure for takeover of the mangrove areas by the government was in the final phase. The district has nearly 2,500 acres of mangrove vegetation spread over 32 villages, and collective efforts are required for its conservation, he said. Environmental activist Khaleel Chovva, delivering the keynote address at the seminar, called for wetlands of Kattampally to be declared as Ramser a site. Participants of the seminar included environmental experts who spoke on various issues relating to the conservation of the biodiversity-rich ecosystem in the upper reaches of estuaries, lagoons and backwaters of the coastal districts of the State. READ MORE
Mangrove crusader Pokkudan to start mangrove school
INDIA - Mangrove crusader and environmentalist Kallen Pokkudan is slowly giving a concrete shape to his long-cherished green dream a school to train the young generation about the importance of mangrove conservation. Probably this is the first such institute in the country, he says without any claim. Though there are umpteen organizations, including nongovernmental organizations, working in the field of environment conservation, there was no serious effort to protect mangroves or teach the society about its importance in preventing natural calamities and environmental equilibrium. "So, I decided that I should only venture into that mission too, as I had planted hundreds of mangroves in different parts of the state, against all odds," said Pokkudan. "When I planted mangroves here nearly 25 years ago, I was termed mad and the local CPM leaders even turned against me. Time proved that I was right. So this school has a historic relevance as it is a continuation of that mission," he said. READ MORE
Gaston Browne: Don't let Chinese Developers break laws conserving our Marine Protected Areas.
ANTIQUA - Recently a Chinese development company purchased some 1600 acres of undeveloped waterfront land with the intention of creating hundreds of villas, several marinas and luxury hotels, a casino, a school, a hospital, a horse racing track and two golf courses. All of it lies within an incredibly delicate marine ecosystem which is currently protected by the Laws of Antigua and Barbuda. Among several laws which aim to conserve this national treasure is a section within the Fisheries Act dealing with Marine Protected Areas. All of the coastline within this project are within the North East Marine Management Area (NEMMA) which was designated a Marine Protected Area in 2005. Despite this, plans show vast marsh lands, mangroves, flats, reefs and nesting vegetation cleared to make way for the project. This would mean laws either being broken or changed for the developer. This can not be permitted to happen. READ MORE
Half violated environment
BRAZIL - Late 2014 and early 2015 were catastrophic for the environment in Brazil. Several media reports show how the nature has been "raped". And the eternal contradiction between theory and practice is more than this in Brazilian politics. Deforestation in the Amazon continues to grow - according to information produced by the Deforestation Alert System (SAD), the Institute of Man and Environment in the Amazon (Imazon). In the month of January 2015 were cleared 2 288 km, representing an increase of 195% over the same month in 2014. In February and March were deforested respectively 42 km 2:58 km2, representing, in relation to 2014, increases of 169% and 282%. The cumulative devastation August 2014 to March 2015 reached 1761 km 2, equivalent to an increase of 214% over the same previous monitoring period. Contrary international efforts, Brazil refused to sign the "Declaration of New York on Forests", during the Summit of Climate that took place in September 2014. This statement, considered a letter of intent was signed by more than 30 countries (United States, Canada, European Union and others), plus dozens of companies, environmental organizations and indigenous peoples. Once implemented can halve the felling of forests in the world by 2020 and zero by complete deforestation by 2030. LEA MAS EN ESPANOL
14 environmental groups raise their voices to demand a halt to the destruction of wetlands in Panama
PANAMA – The battle for wetlands in Panama City has a new episode. Fourteen groups in defense of Wetlands of Panama made an appeal to the state to stop the destruction of wetlands and "recognize the urgent need to halt the destruction of wetlands'. In a letter that was sent yesterday and in which five points, including stringent requirements on the approval of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) by the National Environmental Authority (ANAM) are included. In addition, the National Civil Protection System (Sinaproc) will require more detail to determine the cause of the destruction of mangroves and their impact on communities; the Ministry of Housing and Land Management require you to meet the standards to protect mangroves. In its request, the ANAM asked to 'act is demanding and that all projects that seek to destroy wetlands are not admitted with a lower Category Category III EIA, considering their cumulative impacts'. Another point that Community Organization Users of Wetlands he requested the authorities is to ensure public consultation with accurate and updated information, and no recurrence cases whose EIA omitted consulting the communities of several provinces. LEA MAS EN ESPANOL
Whigham Elementary's Earth Day features mangroves and butterflies
USA - More than 400 students participated in an all-day event called "Birds, Blooms, Butterflies and Bees" as part of International Global Youth Service Days. "The event was coordinated with help from Whigham students participating in Youth Service America's Semester of Service as part of a State Farm Good Neighbor Student Achievement Grant," said Adrian Delesdernier, a third grade science, social studies and WAVE (Whigham Aquatic Visionary Explorers) teacher. Delesdernier and three other Whigham teachers — Sue Cummings, Dionie DeSilva and Louis Saenz — were recipients of a $2,000 grant for the 2014-15 school year to help promote service learning among 80 students. During their semester of service, students learned how to identify environmental issues and propose solutions that benefit the community. READ MORE
Marine biologist in Haiti creates a national park
HAITI – A Haitian marine biologist who successfully fought to create a national park to protect a large swath of Haiti's north coast has won a prominent US environmental activism prize. Jean Wiener was awarded a Goldman Environmental Foundation prize for his efforts to establish the Caribbean nation's first Marine Protected Areas while working with local communities to promote sustainable fishing practices and preserve mangrove forests. In awarding the $175,000 prize, the Goldman foundation highlighted Wiener's efforts in overcoming extreme poverty and political instability in Haiti, a country with few full-time environmentalists and almost no government programs to protect natural resources. READ MORE
I am contacting you because of your prior interest in tidal wetlands, mangroves and or saltmarsh habitats around Australia.
This message flags the launch of our first website for the Australian Mangrove & Saltmarsh Network (AMSN). The site is generously supported by Dr Damien Burrows, Director of TropWATER, and James Cook University. The url is: www.amsn.net.au. Please check it out soon.
Note that, while our network is informal, it is active and growing fast. To keep things so, we rely on individual contributions and donations from our special stakeholders. This years meeting was well attended in Wollongong. It was led by Dr Kerrylee Rogers, and hosted by UoW along with support from TNC and the NSW Dept. Environment & Heritage.
If you are interested in continuing your interest and involvement in the network, please register using the website portal. It is free! Being registered will guarantee you will get the latest news and updates from AMSN members, the best methods for habitat assessment & evaluation, the best ways to restore damaged sites, and early news about AMSN meetings. And, there is a lot more likely ... the network is as good as its memberS.
For example, as a result of the Wollongong meeting, a position paper is in preparation about national policy issues regards mangrove habitat in Australia. This professional view is much needed to emphasis further that while tidal wetlands are profoundly beneficial, they are also seriously threatened. At best, these shoreline habitats face an uncertain future.
For those who can make it to the next annual meeting, I hope to see you in Darwin next year.
Best regards: Norm Duke
AMSN Facilitator
Mangrove Biologist, TropWATER JCU
CEO Director, MangroveWatch Ltd
This is Toe Aung @ Myanmar.
It is very delighted to inform you that I have been selected by the Fulbright Scholarship Program. Without your contribution, I would not have achieved this scholar. I also understand one of the strong points in my application was with the invitation letter from you. Thank you very much for your support.I will try the best to complete my program under your guidance and supervision.
For your reference, please kindly find attached my proposed theme in the application that was basically prepared by following your fields of research. In this regard, please let me know if there are anything I should prepare from my country in advance.
Since now, I may receive a couple of questions from the Fulbright program regarding my accommodation at your institution. So, let me get back to you with some points they would like to know, particularly the possible time frame and condition of office space you can provide for me.
Again, thank you very much for your support. I also never forget Jim Enright and Robin Lewis who did great efforts to introduce me with you all. Then, I will write a separated letter to them for special thanks.
I look forward to working together with you soon for mangroves as well as water.
Toe Aung, PhD.
Mangrove Section
Watershed Management Division
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INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHARITY BACKS GUIANA ISLAND PROTEST
Over 800 signatures in first 24 hours
of petition against environmental law-breaking in Antigua
An international environmental organisation has given its backing to a growing protest in Antigua against a massive development on its environmentally protected North shore. The announcement came on the same day as the Antigua Conversation Society launched a petition which gained more than 800 signatures in the first 24 hours.
The Mangrove Action Project, which is a global network focusing on viable, long term solutions to halt and prevent mangrove destruction, says that it is deeply concerned by the plans published by Chinese development corporation YIDA. YIDA has purchased the 1600 acres of land, including mangrove-rich Guiana Island, with the intention of developing the US$1billion Singulari resort. The resort will feature hundreds of villas, several marinas, luxury hotels, a casino, school and two golf courses.
The area is in the 3,100 hectare North East Marine Management Area (NEMMA). In order to be carried out legally the project needs an Environmental Impact Assessment being submitted under the Physical Planning Act 2003. There is also a requirement for permission to be sought from the Fisheries Division under the Fisheries Act 2006 for any pruning or removal of mangroves, which must improve the environment.
Mangrove Action Project Chairman of the Board Roger de Freitas said: "The next generation of Antiguans will be very grateful that these laws were enforced. Mangroves are the fish nurseries for the Caribbean. It is difficult, although not impossible, to restore them. In Mexico the Chinese have just been ordered to restore a huge area of mangroves they destroyed in order to build an industrial centre near Cancun. It would be a great shame if Antigua became yet another case in a sequence of Caribbean mangrove destruction."
Species which make their homes in the NEMMA include many of the 182 species of Antiguan and Barbudan birds such as the endangered West Indian Whistling Duck, the Lesser Antillean Flycatcher and Bullfinch, egrets, and Carib doves. There are also Hawksbill turtles which nest on the beaches, snapper and many other fish, lobsters, coral, sponges, conch, and seagrass as well as the ecologically vital mangroves. In 2005, the NEMMA was declared a marine protected area under the Fisheries (Marine Reserve Area) Notice No 36.
Alarm about the development is spreading in Antigua, with the Antigua Conservation Society launching an online petition yesterday (12th May) asking Prime Minister Gaston Browne not to let Chinese developers break the laws which conserve Antigua's marine protected areas. The petition gathered a massive total of more than 800 signatures in the first 24 hours.
The group says it believes while the majority of Antiguans support economic growth, jobs and development in the country, they don't want it at the expense of the island's precious environment. Director of Adventure Antigua Eco Tours and founder of the Antigua Conservation Society, Eli Fuller, said: "The Siboney were the first humans settling here in Antigua and Barbuda.
They lived in the shadows of our coastal vegetation some 4000 years ago and were sustained by the ecosystems that were rooted there among the mangroves. Tourism has been in these islands only since the 1950s, and already we have removed much of the same vegetation that sustained life here until its arrival. Only time will tell how long tourism will continue to be an integral part of our lives here in Antigua and Barbuda. It's a very fickle industry to rely upon with so many threats from so many angles that could make tourism a distant memory of the past...... just like the Siboney.
What will happen when tourism is no longer able to provide food for our nation? It is then that we will need to rely more heavily than ever before on the natural resources and of course this will be impossible if they continue to destroy them. It's time for the words sustainable development to become more than words." Amongst those protesting the development is Antiguan-born Ziffy Tyrrell who said: "People are really alarmed at these plans and the bullying tone of some of the speeches made in regard to them, calling those of us concerned about the environment a 'minority'.
There has been no consultation with local people and fishermen in Parham, and no wider information about the nature of the plans given to Antiguans. Long term, we are worried about the impact on our fragile island, particularly the fishing culture which is already struggling due to the effects of climate change and the decline of our reefs." Antiguan environmental campaigner Martin Dudley said: "Successive Antiguan Governments have sadly failed to stop our island heading for environmental catastrophe. Our landfill site is overflowing, there is no recycling system in place in Antigua, our water and electricity supplies are unreliable and already at full stretch, and vast swathes of mangroves have already been decimated by development. "
This latest project could result in the collapse of the north sound ecosystem which is now critical to Antigua's reefs and fisheries due to the historical loss of other mangroves. We've had enough of our concerns being ignored, and want to work with the Government and YIDA to ensure any future development is within the law and protects our ecosystem. The new Zoning plan designates this area for "environmental protection", this is not new news!"
Antigua Conservation Society -
Eli Fuller 1 268 725 7263
eliantigua@gmail.com
Ziffy Tyrrell (+1268) 721-3051
zifforahtyrrell@gmail.com
Martin Dudley 1 268 722 3564
zerowasteantigua@gmail.com
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INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHARITY BACKS GUIANA ...


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American Culture, American Tastes
Social Change and the 20th Century
By Michael Kammen
Category: 20th Century U.S. History | Film | Performing Arts
Oct 03, 2012 | ISBN 9780307827715
About American Culture, American Tastes
Americans have a long history of public arguments about taste, the uses of leisure, and what is culturally appropriate in a democracy that has a strong work ethic. Michael Kammen surveys these debates as well as our changing taste preferences, especially in the past century, and the shifting perceptions that have accompanied them.
Professor Kammen shows how the post-traditional popular culture that flourished after the 1880s became full-blown mass culture after World War II, in an era of unprecedented affluence and travel. He charts the influence of advertising and opinion polling; the development of standardized products, shopping centers, and mass-marketing; the separation of youth and adult culture; the gradual repudiation of the genteel tradition; and the commercialization of organized entertainment. He stresses the significance of television in the shaping of mass culture, and of consumerism in its reconfiguration over the past two decades.
Focusing on our own time, Kammen discusses the use of the fluid nature of cultural taste to enlarge audiences and increase revenues, and reveals how the public role of intellectuals and cultural critics has declined as the power of corporate sponsors and promoters has risen. As a result of this diminution of cultural authority, he says, definitive pronouncements have been replaced by divergent points of view, and there is, as well, a tendency to blur fact and fiction, reality and illusion.
An important commentary on the often conflicting ways Americans have understood, defined, and talked about their changing culture in the twentieth century.
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MICHAEL KAMMEN, the Newton C. Farr Professor of American History and Culture at Cornell University, was a president of the Organization of American Historians. He was the author or editor of numerous works, including People of Paradox: An Inquiry Concerning the… More about Michael Kammen
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Bucs' Caminero on DL, Watson on paternity list
Scahill, Lobstein recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis
By Adam Berry
PITTSBURGH -- The Pirates made a series of roster moves before Wednesday's 5-4 win over the D-backs, shuffling their bullpen as they called up two relievers from Triple-A Indianapolis.Pittsburgh placed struggling reliever Arquimedes Caminero on the 15-day disabled list with a left quadriceps strain, put setup man Tony Watson on
PITTSBURGH -- The Pirates made a series of roster moves before Wednesday's 5-4 win over the D-backs, shuffling their bullpen as they called up two relievers from Triple-A Indianapolis.
Pittsburgh placed struggling reliever Arquimedes Caminero on the 15-day disabled list with a left quadriceps strain, put setup man Tony Watson on the paternity list and recalled right-hander Rob Scahill and lefty Kyle Lobstein to fill out their bullpen.
After a breakthrough season, Caminero hasn't looked right all year, but he reached a nadir in Tuesday night's 12-1 win over the D-backs. The flame-throwing righty hit two of Arizona's batters in the head -- Jean Segura with a 96-mph fastball, and Nick Ahmed with a split-finger fastball.
Caminero was ejected. Afterward, Caminero told head athletic trainer Todd Tomczyk that his left quad had been bothering him.
"He got to a point after [Tuesday] night that he couldn't compete and do the things that he needed to do as a professional pitcher," Tomczyk said. "Therefore it was in his best interest that he takes a pause for competing, we allow this to calm down, allow this body part to heal and build him back up accordingly."
He has allowed 24 hits and 13 walks (plus three hit batters) in 17 1/3 innings while striking out 14. Manager Clint Hurdle did his best to put Caminero in low-leverage situations, hoping the hard thrower would get back on track, but Caminero continued to struggle.
"He's kind of in a cloud right now and doesn't know what's going on," catcher Chris Stewart said Tuesday night. "He's trying to feel things, trying to get that feeling back again where he was consistent like he was last year -- just searching."
Now, Caminero will have at least 15 days -- and likely a full Minor League rehabilitation assignment -- to find his way again.
"We're going to need to keep him off his feet for a few days. With all the sequences of events, that might be good as well to get him down," Hurdle said. "Hit pause for a little bit then go ahead and when that appropriate time comes to rekindle and reignite, then start working again and pitching again, get back right on track."
Watson's wife, Cassie, was expected to give birth to the couple's second child, a boy, Wednesday. Players can remain on the paternity list for one to three days, so Watson should return by this weekend's series in Texas.
In place of Caminero and Watson, the Bucs called on Scahill and Lobstein, both of whom have pitched in the Majors already this season and are capable of throwing multiple innings in relief.
Scahill is in his second stint with the Pirates, having posted a 6.00 ERA in eight games between April 14-26. He had three saves and a 2.89 ERA in nine Triple-A relief appearances.
Lobstein opened the season on the Pirates' roster and posted a 4.79 ERA in nine games. He made one start for Indianapolis and pitched four scoreless innings on Friday.
Adam Berry has covered the Pirates for MLB.com since 2015. Follow him on Twitter at @adamdberry.
Arquimedes Caminero