Describe in detail how you'd like your mask painted.
An alternative to gluing the mask on.
This is our Pool Toy Half Mask. Like most of our pieces, this prosthetic mask was made to fit most faces. The main picture above features 5 examples of custom painted masks, all are made in slush cast latex.
This is an unsual piece. It is a half mask that covers the lower part of your face. It was designed to emulate the look of a vinyl inflatable pool toy, but it is made in slush cast latex and is not inflatable; it's a large hollow shell.
This piece can be glued and applied onto your face as a traditional prosthetic, but we've also included the option to have strapping with buckles attached. We have several colours of strapping and buckles to choose from. When selecting this option, the mask will come with two straps, one high, one low, embedded into the mask. The straps will have sliders and buckles to make them adjustable. Choose a colour from the drop down menu. Initially, this mask may only come with black buckles and sliders.
Unlike most of our other pieces, by default, this mask will come painted and finished with air holes cut. You will need to describe in detail the colours and design you want for your mask in the field provided. The example photos are just that, examples. This piece can be painted in almost any way imaginable. Tell us about the species or creature you want; the colors for different areas; the hard lines; whether you wanted any gradiants or just solid colours; what expression you want it to have, what nose type and size should it have, if any, etc. Be specific. Send links, or email pictures to us if necessary. We will contact you if we need details to be clarified.
We use PAX paint to colour these pieces, as such, it can be scratched and damaged if care isn't taken. Care instructions for painted pieces will be included in the package. Additional Touch-up paint can be purchased alongside this mask, where we'll send at least 29.6mL (1oz) total of paint in various smaller proportional quantities, in colours matching the paint used on your mask.
But how do you breathe? After this mask is painted, we will cut air holes along any black detail lines, this hides them very well and will allow for normal breathing. It's recommended to have some black details on your paint job in order to have adequate air holes without altering the piece's design. If no black details are desired for your piece, then we will need to cut holes into the piece and insert coloured buckram fabric or plastic mesh into those areas, it will be noticeable, but it's necessary in order to breathe.
WARNING - We have listed the option to sell this piece unpainted/ blank. When sold with the "NO Custom Painting - blank" option, we will NOT cut any air holes in the mask. This means that there is a danger of suffocation in this state. If you are painting this piece yourself, DO NOT wear it until you've cut sufficient air holes. Failing to do so can result in injury or death to yourself or others. Ordering this piece blank should only done so by experienced artists who understand this risk. We reserve the right to cancel orders with this option selected. We are not responsible for any injury, damage or loss due to your negligence. When choosing this option, type in "I've read your warning" as the painting description, or we will reject your order.
Price includes one custom painted mask in slush cast latex.
It is available only in slush cast latex. Visit our FAQ for a description of this material.
Contact lenses, ears and other prosthetic pieces other than the Pool Toy Half Mask that are shown are not included. Using these types of costume accessories can help accentuate this prosthetic piece's features.


Lovely effect! I also use those $2 nail polishes. They work quite well if you do a base coat and a top coat.
Wow! You have lovely hands. I will have to try those polishes. My nails usually chip after a day or two.
Thank you! I usually get about four days before my nails chip, so seven days was great.
VERY nice! Hey, are you going to come to my new blog home? I'd miss you if you didn't. MUAH!
my favorite combination, I paint my nails like this often and think it looks like mini galaxy's on my nails. I also love putting a matte topcoat over my black it makes my nails look velvety.
Love love love this. I need to track it down. I don't think I have found a good one coat polish in a long time.
Walgreens and Target both carry Rimmel, though in a limited number of colors. I love that the black is opaque in one coat but the polish is fluid enough to be easy to work with.
You have such lovely hands! Glitter is fabulous, and THAT glitter is super-fab!


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Q: Func type with a parameter and void return I wanted to know why this doesn't work ? The compiler says that void cannot be used with Func type.
In that case what are my options
  Func<int,void> func1 =  (x) => { Console.WriteLine("Hello World"); };

A: Func<T, TResult> delegate has one parameter and returns a value of the type specified by TResult, you can't use void, because it specifies that method doesn't return any value and can't be used as type argument.
You can use Action<T> delegate in your example, it has a single parameter and doesn't return a value
Action<int> action = (x) => { Console.WriteLine("Hello World"); };

Since x parameter isn't used, you can just use parameterless Action delegate
Action action = delegate { Console.WriteLine("Hello World"); };

A: You are looking for Action<int>

A: You can declare an Action, but the problem can be overcome by returning for example a null object.
Func<int,object> func1 =  (x) => { Console.WriteLine("Hello World"); return null;};
func1(2);

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by Bernd Mohr | 9. August 2017
Wait a minute? In Dallas? Didn't you say the SC17 conference is in Denver? Yes, this is correct. Like for last year's August meeting in 2016, where my team met in Denver, even when the SC16 conference was in Salt Lake City, we met in Dallas on August 8 and 9. Logical thinking people can now conclude where SC18 will be located 😉
As we get closer to the actual conference in November (only 13 weeks left!) the topics discussed in the meeting are less big strategic issues but more lots and lots of nitty-gritty details which need to be decided to ensure a smooth running conference. One afternoon of the meeting is the so-called "logistics fair": service providers (catering, student volunteers, audio/visual, electrics, housing, networking, etc) are located at various tables around the room, while groups responsible for organizing specific technical program or students program events are moving from service provider table to table, discussing, deciding and documenting the various needs from the services for their events.
SC17 August Logistics Fair in Dallas — Picture by Bernd Mohr
Looking for the perfect location for an event in the Colorado Convention Center in Denver — Picture by Bernd Mohr
Overall, the preparations for the conference are in good shape. The bulk of the technical program is selected (workshops, tutorials, technical papers, and panels) and you can browse them in the online program. Submissions for the rest of the technical program (posters, bofs, doctoral showcase, scientific visualization showcase, exhibitor forum, HPC impact showcase and much more) are currently peer-reviewed and once selected (early September) will be included in the online program as well. Very early registration numbers are looking very promising compared to past years.
I am also very proud to be able to announce that we found the perfect speakers and topic for the SC17 keynote, namely Prof Diamond and Dr Bolton from the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) project. It is a prime example for our #HPC connects conference theme, connecting brilliant minds, diverse systems, and science areas truly all around the globe (and not just only in the northern hemisphere!). Read the full story here.
On the way back from dinner, I came across this German restaurant (yes, it is a restaurant despite the name and there is no garden anywhere), but trying it out has to wait until 2018 😉
German restaurant near Dallas Convention Center — Picture by Bernd Mohr
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by Bernd Mohr | 13. July 2017
Besides the SC17 conference logo, tag line and preview video, which were introduced at past year's conference, we (that means my communication team 😉 ) is also producing a series of short videos around the "#HPC connects" conference tag line. They will showcase five large science projects which are "connecting people, systems, and science". Once produced, the videos will be published at the SC Youtube channel and of course will also be shown at the conference in November.
Yesterday, a film team visited Forschungszentrum Jülich, to shoot material for one of the five videos which will feature the Human Brain Project. This is a prime example of "#HPC connects": the international project brings together scientists from 117 institutions from all over Europe. Scientists from Neuro-science, computer science, medicine, robotics, mathematics, ethics and many more are creating and operating a European scientific Research Infrastructure for brain research, cognitive neuroscience, and other brain-inspired sciences, simulate the brain, and will build multi-scale scaffold theory and models for the brain. This requires connecting large-scale computers with large storage and data analytics systems and visualization systems.
I took the opportunity and followed the team all day long taking some pictures for you along the way. Besides interviewing key scientists of the projects for the video, the film team also took some shots of our supercomputers and of some laboratory assistants in white coats — I guess there is an unwritten rule somewhere which says that this is the way to depict science 😉 However, I was quite impressed by the effort necessary just to get a few seconds of nice video.
The shooting started in our supercomputer machine hall:
To create the right atmosphere and lighting, the machine hall was flooded with blue light — Picture by Bernd Mohr
View down an aisle of the JURECA cluster. The final video will show a tracking shot, i.e. the camera moves through the aisle — Picture by Bernd Mohr
Next was the neuro-science laboratory:
The film crew in a typical(?) laboratory environment — when you see the scene like this, it is hard to imagine that this will look nice or interesting in the video — Picture by Bernd Mohr
BUT, this is how it will look like in the final video (captured from the control monitor of the producer) — much nicer, isn't it? — Picture by Bernd Mohr
Shooting the interview with Prof. Katrin Amunts in the hallway – couldn't they find a better location? — Bernd Mohr
But again, looking through the camera it does not look like a hallway at all 😉 — Picture by Bernd Mohr
It was very interesting to see the difference between how and where a scene was shot and the video sequence which resulted from it. As you can see from the two examples above, the actual location was quite ordinary and boring, but with the right lighting and selecting the right viewpoint and clipping, the results looked amazing. The film crew certainly knew what they were doing. By the way, the lady in the red dress in Jennifer Boyd who we hired as producer and director of the #HPC connects video series. People reading this blog regularly will remember that she already produced our amazing SC17 preview video.
The day ended with producing of the "hero shot" or Prof. Dirk Pleiter. The hero shot is used in the video to introduce a person. Watching it was actually quite funny, but I guess it was kind of stressful for the crew: It starts with Dirk standing and looking sidewards. While the camera moves towards him, Dirk has to turn to the camera, fold his arms, and look straight into the camera. At the same time, a scientific animation was shown in the background on the display wall. What made the shot so tricky, was to synchronize these four movements: moving the camera, Dirk turning, Dirk folding his arms, and the scientific animation in the background.
Making-of the "Hero shot" with Prof. Dirk Pleiter — Picture by Bernd Mohr
I think the film crew got some funny "outtakes" in the process but we will not show them here in fairness to Dirk. You will have to wait for the publication of the final video to see the result. For my part, I can wait to see the final clip!
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Centres of Excellence: Europe's Approach to Ensure Competitiveness of HPC Applications
by Bernd Mohr | 9. September 2016
[Note: This is an article I originally wrote for TOP500 Blog. It is reproduced with permission here.]
While there is always a lot of buzz about the latest HPC hardware architecture developments or exascale programming methods and tools, everyone agrees that in the end the only thing that counts are the results and societal impact produced by the technology. Results and impacts are coming from the scientific and industrial applications running on HPC systems. The application space is diverse ranging from astrophysics (A) to zymology (Z). So the question arises of how to effectively fund development and optimization of HPC applications to make them suitable for current petascale and future exascale systems.
The answer was provided in the European Union (EU) Horizon 2020 (H2020) e-Infrastructures call, Centres of Excellence for computing applications, which was initiated in September 2014. The work would establish a limited number of Centres of Excellence (CoE) necessary to ensure EU competitiveness in the application of HPC for addressing scientific, industrial or societal challenges. The Centres were conceived to be user-focused, develop a culture of excellence, both scientific and industrial, and place computational science and the harnessing of "big data" at the center of scientific discovery and industrial competitiveness. Centres could be thematic, addressing specific application domains such as medicine, life science or energy; transversal, focused on computational science (e.g., algorithms, analytics, and numerical methods); challenge-driven, addressing societal or industrial challenges (e.g., aging, climate change, and clean transport); or a combination of these approaches.
Eight Centres of Excellence for computing applications were subsequently selected for funding and established before the end of 2015. They cover important areas like renewable energy, materials modeling and design, molecular and atomic modeling, climate change, global system science, and bio-molecular research, as well as tools to improve HPC applications performance. Now, nine months later, these Centres are up and running and it is worth to have a closer look at the different ones:
CoeGSS – CoE for Global Systems Science will address the emerging scientific domain of Global Systems Science (GSS), which is a vital challenge for modern societies to understand global systems and related policies. The field will use high performance computing as a critical tool to help overcome extremely complex societal and scientific obstacles. Due to the nature of the problems addressed in typical GSS applications, the relevant data sets are usually very large, highly heterogeneous in nature, and are expected to grow tremendously over time. Bridging HPC with high performance data analysis is thus the key to the success of GSS in the next decade.
EoCoE – Energy Oriented CoE is helping the EU transition to a reliable and low-carbon energy supply using HPC. The Centre is focusing on applications in (a) meteorology as a means to predict variability of solar and wind energy production; (b) materials employed for photovoltaic cells, batteries and super capacitors for energy storage; (c) water as a vector for thermal or kinetic energies, focusing on geothermal and hydropower; and (d) fusion for electricity plants as a long-term alternative energy source. These four areas will be anchored within a strong transversal multidisciplinary basis providing expertise in advanced mathematics, linear algebra, algorithms, and HPC tools.
E-CAM – Supporting HPC Simulation in Industry and Academia is an e-infrastructure for software, training and consultancy in simulation and modeling. It will identify the needs of its 12 industrial partners and build appropriate consultancy services. E-CAM plans to create over 150 new, robust software modules, directed at industrial and academic users, in the areas of electronic structure calculations, classical molecular dynamics, quantum dynamics, and mesoscale and multi-scale modeling.
ESiWACE – CoE in Simulation of Weather and Climate in Europe is leveraging two established European networks: the European Network for Earth System modelling (ENES) representing the European climate modeling community and the world leading European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). Its goal is to substantially improve the efficiency and productivity of numerical weather and climate simulation on HPC platforms by supporting the end-to-end workflow of global Earth system modeling in a HPC environment.
MaX – Materials design at the eXascale CoE is supporting developers and end users in materials simulations, design and discovery. It is enabling the best use of HPC technologies by creating an ecosystem of codes, data workflows, analysis, and services in material science to sustain this effort. At the same time, it will enable the exascale transition in the materials domain by developing advanced programming models, novel algorithms, domain-specific libraries, in-memory data management, software/hardware co-design and technology-transfer actions.
NOMAD – The Novel Materials Discovery Laboratory is developing a materials encyclopedia and big data analytics toolset for materials science and engineering. The Centre will integrate the leading codes and make their results comparable by converting (and compressing) existing inputs and outputs into a common format, thus making this valuable data accessible (as the NOMAD Repository) to academia and industry. It currently contains over three million entries.
BioExcel – CoE for Biomolecular Research is operating towards advancement and support of the HPC software ecosystem in the life sciences domain. Research and expertise covers structural and functional studies of the main building blocks of living organisms (proteins, DNA, membranes, etc.) and techniques for modeling their interactions, ranging from quantum to coarse-grained models, up to the level of a single cell. The Centre will improve the performance, efficiency and scalability of key codes in biomolecular science, make ICT technologies and workflows easier to use, promote best practices, and train end users.
POP — Performance Optimisation and Productivity CoE gathers leading experts in performance tools/analysis and programming models in Europe. It is the only transversal CoE. The Centre offers services to the academic and industrial communities to help them better understand the behavior of their applications, suggests the most productive directions for optimizing the performance of the codes, and helps implementing those transformations in the most productive way. The consortium includes academic and supercomputing centers with a long track record of world-class research, as well as service companies and associations with leading expertise in high performance support services and promotion.
Teams from the Jülich Supercomputing Centre are involved in four of the CoE: EoCoE, E-CAM, MaX, and POP (where my team is participating).
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Colorado Trip March 2016
by Bernd Mohr | 27. March 2016
What do you do if you have two meetings to attend in the U.S. within two weeks (one in Salt Lake City, the other in Denver) with just a weekend in between and flying separately to the two meetings across the Atlantic is about four times more expensive than a single trip combining both? You spent a nice extended weekend driving through the Rocky Mountains!
However, someone should have told me in advance that March is the month with the most snow in Colorado 😉
Rest area on Interstate Highway 70 in the Rocky Mountains — Picture by Bernd Mohr
Visiting the Dinosaur Quarry at the Dinosaur National Monument near Vernal, Utah. The bones from over 500 dinosaurs have been found there. — Picture by Bernd Mohr
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park near Montrose, Colorado. — Picture by Bernd Mohr
Grand Sanddunes National Park near Alamosa, Colorado. — Picture by Bernd Mohr
Highway 285 in Central Colorado. — Picture by Bernd Mohr
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Indian Summer at Work
by Bernd Mohr | 27. October 2015
I love to work on the Forschunsgzentrum Jülich campus which was build in the middle of a forrest, especially in Fall. Today is a beautiful day and it is hard to stay inside and work 😉
View of Jülich Lake Casino across the lake – Picture by Bernd Mohr
View from Terrace of the Lake Casino – Picture by Bernd Mohr
Parking Lot behind JSC – Picture by Bernd Mohr
View from my Office Window – Picture by Bernd Mohr
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Wow! My own "official" blog! I never thought I would do this one time, but here we go.
Me in front of our Jugene supercomputer (2009-2011) – Picture by Ralf-Uwe Limbach
For those who do not know me so well (yet), I am a scientist at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) working on Supercomputing, High-Performance Computing and especially performance tools for parallel computing. Besides being researcher, I am also deputy head of the JSC division "Application support".
I plan (for now) to blog about my research activities and projects, my visits to workshops, conferences and colleagues all over the world, and about my quest to organize SC17.
I am working on performance tools for High-Performance Computing (HPC) for almost 30 years now, at a time the term "HPC" had not even been invented yet. I have been involved in the development of many open-source performance tools among them TAU, Vampir, KOJAK and currently Score-P and Scalasca. Supercomputers, the biggest and largest computer systems used to solve the world's toughest problems, are a fascinating research area. The HPC computer hardware architectures, system software and programming models develop so quickly that my work never becomes boring and many exciting research challenges are still ahead of me. If you are interested to learn more about this, and you have some time, you could listen to my podcast about HPC – be aware it is 2.5 hours long and unfortunately, it is in German 🙁
End of 2014, I also got elected the be the General Chair of SC17, the world-largest international conference on high performance computing, networking, storage and analysis attended by over 10,000 people every year. As I am the first non-American after 28 years to organize this conference, it created quite some buzz, for example I made it into the 2015 list "People to Watch" from the online magazine HPCwire. As you can imagine, it is quite an effort to organize a 10,000 attendee multimillion U.S. dollar conference with the help of about 600 volunteers. I will write in the next three years about this effort in a series of blog articles tentatively called "Things you never wanted to learn about SC, but I tell you anyhow!" 😉 If you are interested in this topic, check out the SC15 blog article "10 Questions with SC17 General Chair Bernd Mohr".
P.S. In case you wonder why the blog is called "Do you know Bernd Mohr?": The story is that one of our lab directors (name known to the author ;-)) told me once that many times he visits new places or meets new persons, and tells them that he is from Jülich, they often ask him "So you know Bernd Mohr?".
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Thermally stable compositions including 2,4,8,10-tetranitro-5H-pyrido[3',2':4,5][1,2,3]triazolo[1,2-a]benzotriazol-6-ium, inner salt
An explosive formulation including 2,4,8,10-tetranitro-5H-pyrido[3′,2′:4,5][1,2,3]triazolo[1,2-a]benzotriazol-6-ium, inner salt and a high temperature binder is disclosed together with a process of preparing 2,4,8,10-tetranitro-5H-pyrido[3′,2′:4,5][1,2,3]triazolo[1,2-a]benzotriazol-6-ium, inner salt.
Hiskey, Michael A. (White Rock, NM, US)
Huynh, My Hang (Los Alamos, NM, US)
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TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC (LOS ALAMOS, NM, US)
1. An explosive formulation comprising 2,4,8,10-tetranitro-5H-pyrido[3′,2′:4,5][1,2,3]triazolo[1,2-a]benzotriazol-6-ium, inner salt and a binder having high temperature stability at temperatures greater than about 350° C.
2. The explosive formulation of claim 1 wherein said 2,4,8,10-tetranitro-5H-pyrido[3′,2′:4,5][1,2,3]triazolo[1,2-a]benzotriazol-6-ium, inner salt is characterized as essentially acid-free.
3. The explosive formulation of claim 1 wherein said binder is a fluorocarbon polymer.
4. The explosive formulation of claim 1 wherein said binder is selected from the group consisting of a chlorotrifluoroethylene polymer, a vinylidene fluoride and hexafluoropropylene copolymer, and a vinylidene fluoride, hexafluoropropylene and tetrafluoroethylene terpolymer.
5. The explosive formulation of claim 1 wherein said formulation includes from about 1 percent by weight to about 10 percent by weight of said binder.
6. The explosive formulation of claim 1 wherein said formulation includes from about 4 percent by weight to about 6 percent by weight of said binder.
7. (canceled)
10. In a process of perforating underground formations using a shape charge including an explosive material and a binder, the improvement wherein the explosive material is 2,4,8,10-tetranitro-5H-pyrido[3′,2′:4,5][1,2,3]triazolo[1,2-a]benzotriazol-6-ium, inner salt.
11. The process of claim 10 wherein said 2,4,8,10-tetranitro-5H-pyrido[3′,2′:4,5][1,2,3]triazolo[1,2-a]benzotriazol-6-ium, inner salt is essentially acid-free.
12. The process of claim 10 wherein said 2,4,8,10-tetranitro-5H-pyrido[3′,2′:4,5][1,2,3]triazolo[1,2-a]benzotriazol-6-ium, inner salt is admixed with a binder having high temperature stability at temperatures greater than about 350° C.
13. The process of claim 10 wherein said binder has high temperature stability at temperatures greater than about 350° C.
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 10/743,574, filed Dec. 22, 2003.
STATEMENT OF FEDERAL RIGHTS
The United States government has rights in this invention pursuant to Contract No. DE-AC52-06NA25396 between the United States Department of Energy and Los Alamos National Security, LLC for the operation of Los Alamos National Laboratory.
The present invention relates generally to thermally stable compositions including 2,4,8,10-tetranitro-5H-pyrido[3′,2′:4,5][1,2,3]triazolo[1,2-a]benzotriazol-6-ium, inner salt, to essentially acid-free 2,4,8,10-tetranitro-5H-pyrido[3′,2′:4,5][1,2,3]triazolo[1,2-a]benzotriazol-6-ium, inner salt, and to a process of preparing essentially acid-free 2,4,8,10-tetranitro-5H-pyrido[3′,2′:4,5][1,2,3]triazolo[1,2-a]benzotriazol-6-ium, inner salt.
High (secondary) explosives with extremely high thermal stability are useful in both civilian and military applications. The major civilian use of such materials is in shape charges for increasing the yield of oil wells by penetrating the surrounding rock. Shaped charges are used for the purpose, among others, of making hydraulic communication passages, called perforations, in wellbores drilled through earth formations so that predetermined zones of the earth formations can be hydraulically connected to the wellbore. Perforations are needed because wellbores are typically completed by coaxially inserting a pipe or casing into the wellbore, and the casing is retained in the wellbore by pumping cement into the annular space between the wellbore and the casing. The cemented casing is provided in the wellbore for the specific purpose of hydraulically isolating from each other the various earth formations penetrated by the wellbore.
The (secondary) explosive in "down hole penetrators" must often withstand temperatures greater than about 200° C. for several hours up to a day or more and still initiate and perform reliably. In addition, as with all applications involving explosives, the performance needs a maximum output with a minimum of sensitivity. Currently, one explosive of choice for down hole penetrators used at high temperatures is 2,2′,4,4′,6,6′-hexanitrostilbene (HNS), see, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 4,527,481. HNS has the advantage of having a high thermal stability (315° C.) with a reasonably good performance. Disadvantages of HNS include its relative sensitivity and a high cost due to a lengthy purification process. Another potential explosive for down hole penetrators is DAAF (diaminoazoxyfurazan). DAAF has an 18% better penetration performance than HNS and it is more insensitive to mechanical stresses while still remaining initiable. A disadvantage of DAAF is it has thermal stability to only 250° C. which is too low for some oil wells.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,166,567 describes compounds such as tetranitro-2,3:4,5-dibenzo-1,3a,6,6a-tetraazapentalene as insensitive explosive materials. However, that material is difficult to prepare due to low yields, the need for high temperatures for long periods and difficult purification and separation steps.
Recently, another compound, 2,4,8,10-tetranitro-5H-pyrido[3′,2′:4,5][1,2,3]triazolo[1,2-a]benzotriazol-6-ium, inner salt, was examined for potential application as a down hole penetrator. The synthesis of 2,4,8,10-tetranitro-5H-pyrido[3′,2′:4,5][1,2,3]triazolo[1,2-a]benzotriazol-6-ium, inner salt had been previously reported in the literature by Belgian scientists in 1983. In addition to the preparation of 2,4,8,10-tetranitro-5H-pyrido[3′,2′:4,5][1,2,3]triazolo[1,2-a]benzotriazol-6-ium, inner salt, the reference (Maquestiau et al., Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., v. 92, no. 1, pp. 67-75,1983) reported a melting point of greater than 300° C. for the compound. When the compound was prepared in accordance with the description in the reference, the resultant compound was found to include residual acid when pressing the compound in metal dies resulted in etching of the metal dies. As use in a down hole penetrator typically involves use of a metal casing, such residual acid would be detrimental.
Accordingly, the development of an acid-free compound and a process of preparing such an acid-free compound was sought.
In accordance with the purposes of the present invention, as embodied and broadly described herein, the present invention includes explosive formulation including 2,4,8,10-tetranitro-5H-pyrido[3′,2′:4,5][1,2,3]triazolo[1,2-a]benzotriazol-6-ium, inner salt and a binder having high temperature stability at temperatures 10 greater than about 350° C. The present invention further includes the explosive formulation including 2,4,8,10-tetranitro-5H-pyrido[3′,2′:4,5][1,2,3]triazolo[1,2-a]benzotriazol-6-ium, inner salt and a fluorocarbon polymer binder.
The present invention further includes a process of preparing 2,4,8,10-tetranitro-5H-pyrido[3′,2′:4,5][1,2,3]triazolo[1,2-a]benzotriazol-6-ium, inner salt including reacting 1H-benzotriazole with 2-chloro-3-nitropyridine to form a first intermediate product, reacting said first intermediate product with triethyl phosphite to form a second intermediate product, nitrating said second intermediate product with a mixture of sulfuric acid and nitric acid to form a third intermediate product, and purifying said third intermediate product to 2,4,8,10-tetranitro-5H-pyrido[3′,2′:4,5][1,2,3]triazolo[1,2-a]benzotriazol-6-ium, inner salt.
The present invention still further provides an improvement in processes of perforating underground formations such as oil wells using a shape charge including an explosive material and a binder, wherein the improvement is using 2,4,8,10-tetranitro-5H-pyrido[3′,2′:4,5][1,2,3]triazolo[1,2-a]benzotriazol-6-ium, inner salt as the explosive material.
The present invention is concerned with the preparation of essentially acid-free 2,4,8,10-tetranitro-5H-pyrido[3′,2′:4,5][1,2,3]triazolo[1,2-a]benzotriazol-6-ium, inner salt and in particular formulations including this compound. Also, the present invention is concerned with the use of essentially acid-free 2,4,8,10-tetranitro-5H-pyrido[3′,2′:4,5][1,2,3]triazolo[1,2-a]benzotriazol-6-ium, inner salt in shaped charges for down hole penetrators.
By the term "essentially acid-free" is meant that there is little or no acid present so that such an essentially acid-free material does not result in etching of metal when contacted with a metal die or part.
While 2,4,8,10-tetranitro-5H-pyrido[3′,2′:4,5][1,2,3]triazolo[1,2-a]benzotriazol-6-ium, inner salt was a previously reported compound, it was recognized that the formation of the desired compound was best accomplished by a different synthetic approach. Here, synthesis of 2,4,8,10-tetranitro-5H-pyrido[3′,2′:4,5][1,2,3]triazolo[1,2-a]benzotriazol-6-ium, inner salt is described, as well as some of the properties of this thermally stable material.
The preparation of 2,4,8,10-tetranitro-5H-pyrido[3′,2′:4,5][1,2,3]triazolo[1,2-a]benzotriazol-6-ium, inner salt can be as follows. Readily available 1H-benzotriazole can be reacted with 2-chloro-3-nitropyridine to form a first intermediate product. This first intermediate product can be reacted with a phosphite such as triethyl phosphite to form a second intermediate product. This second intermediate product can then be nitrated, e.g., with a mixture of sulfuric acid and nitric acid, preferably 90 percent by weight nitric acid, to form acid-containing 2,4,8,10-tetranitro-5H-pyrido[3′,2′:4,5][1,2,3]triazolo[1,2-a]benzotriazol-6-ium, inner salt. Purification can be conducted to remove the acid and form essentially acid-free 2,4,8,10-tetranitro-5H-pyrido[3′,2′:4,5][1,2,3]triazolo[1,2-a]benzotriazol-6-ium, inner salt.
The product, 2,4,8,10-tetranitro-5H-pyrido[3′,2′:4,5][1,2,3]triazolo[1,2-a]benzotriazol-6-ium, inner salt, was found to be thermally stable up to 365° C. (differential scanning calorimetry), and the heat of formation was measured to be +106 kJmol−1 by combustion calorimetry. The product had a density of 1.84 g/cm3 as measured by gas pycnometer. Measured sensitivity properties include a drop weight impact value of 59 cm (in comparison, the drop weight value for HMX is 23 cm) and when blended with 5 percent by weight of Kel-F® fluorocarbon polymer, the material had a drop weight impact value of 155 cm (the comparative value for a similar HNS blend is 54 cm). The compound was also found insensitive to initiation by spark (0.36 J) or friction (BAM, >36 kg). Finally, the product was found to have a measured detonation velocity of 7.43 km/sec and a measured detonation pressure of 294 kbar at a density of 1.78 g/cm3 in a 0.5-inch rate stick and a failure diameter of less than 3 mm. In comparison, HNS has a measured detonation velocity of 7.00 km/sec and a calculated detonation pressure of 200 kbar.
It was found that when prepared in accordance with the reference by Maquestiau et al., Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., v. 92, no. 1, pp. 67-75, 1983, the product compound, 2,4,8,10-tetranitro-5H-pyrido[3′,2′:4,5][1,2,3]triazolo[1,2-a]benzotriazol-6-ium, inner salt, had acid impurities that resulted in etching of metal dies used to press the compound. By purification of the compound using the process of the present invention, the compound was then successfully pressed without etching of the metal dies. This acid-free product is desirable for use in shaped charges including metal casings and/or linings.
The purified compound can be incorporated into an explosive formulation including a binder. Preferably, the binder has high temperature stability at temperatures greater than about 300° C., more preferably greater than about 350° C. Suitable binder materials include fluorocarbon polymers including polymers of chlorotrifluoroethylene, copolymers of materials such as vinylidene fluoride, hexafluoropropylene and the like, and terpolymers of vinylidene fluoride, hexafluoropropylene and tetrafluoroethylene and the like. Among the suitable binder materials are included Kel-F® fluorocarbon polymers (trademarked products commercially available from 3M Co.), Viton A® fluorocarbon polymers (trademarked products commercially available from E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.) and Fluorel® fluorocarbon polymers (trademarked products commercially available from 3M Co.).
The present invention is more particularly described in the following examples which are intended as illustrative only, since numerous modifications and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art.
A flask containing 11.91 g 1H-benzotriazole (0.1 mole), 15.85 g 2-chloro-3-nitropyridine (0.1 mol), 12.3 g anhydrous sodium carbonate and 250 ml acetonitrile was refluxed with vigorous stirring for 24 hours. The acetonitrile was then distilled and recovered and 250 ml of water was added to the residue in the flask. The solid was stirred vigorously for 1 hour and then filtered and the light yellow precipitate was washed with water and air dried to yield 21.4 g (89%) of the crude product, 1-(3-Nitro-2-pyridyl)-1H-benzotriazole, of sufficient purity for the next step.
To a flask containing 350 ml of xylenes and 65 ml of triethyl phosphite was added 21.4 g of 1-(3-nitro-2-pyridyl)-1H-benzotriazole from Example 1 and the mixture was refluxed for 24 hours. The xylenes were then distilled and recovered and hexanes were added to the dark semi-solid residue. The yellow product was filtered and washed with hexanes and air dried to yield 12.8 g (69%) of 5H-pyrido[3′,2′:4,5][1,2,3]triazolo[1,2-a]benzotriazol-6-ium inner salt.
To 130 ml of 98% sulfuric acid at 5° C. was added 12.8 g of 5H-pyrido[3′,2′:4,5][1,2,3]triazolo[1,2-a]benzotriazol-6-ium inner salt with vigorous stirring. After complete dissolution, 130 ml of 90% nitric acid was added dropwise with intensive cooling keeping the temperature below 30° C. The mixture was then heated to 80° C. for 2 hours, cooled and poured onto ice. The product was filtered, washed with water and air dried to yield 17.8 g (74%) of 2,4,8,10-tetranitro-5H-pyrido[3′,2′:4,5][1,2,3]triazolo[1,2-a]benzotriazol-6-ium inner salt. The material was then triturated with acetone, acetonitrile and methanol to completely remove any residual acid.
The product of Example 3 was found by differential scanning calorimetry to be thermally stable up to 365° C., and the heat of formation was measured to be +106 kJmol−1 by combustion calorimetry. The product had a density of 1.84 g/cm3 as measured by gas pycnometer. Measured sensitivity properties included a drop weight impact value of 59 cm and when blended with 5 percent by weight of Kel-F® fluorocarbon polymer, the material had a drop weight impact value of 155 cm. The product was also found insensitive to initiation by spark (0.36 J) or friction (BAM, >36 kg). Finally, the product was found to have a measured detonation velocity of 7.43 km/sec and a measured detonation pressure of 294 kbar at a density of 1.78 g/cm3 in a 0.5 inch rate stick and a failure diameter of less than 3 mm.
Although the present invention has been described with reference to specific details, it is not intended that such details should be regarded as limitations upon the scope of the invention, except as and to the extent that they are included in the accompanying claims.
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Hydrological effects of large dams in Chilean rivers
Luisa Villablanca, Ramon J. Batalla, Gemma Piqué, Andrés Iroumé
Study region: Eight rivers regulated by large dams located in three hydro-climatic zones along the Chilean latitudinal gradient. Study focus: We performed a multi-temporal scale analysis of flow records and we used data from official gauging stations to characterise the non-altered and the altered river regimes to determine the magnitude and persistence of the hydrological alteration downstream from large dams in Chile. These analyses provide relevant information to improve the understanding of such alterations, and a conceptual basis for assessing future impacts as the country plans to build a series of large dams in the coming years. New hydrological insights for the region: The mean annual runoff was reduced in all the study rivers. The monthly flows of the rivers from the northern arid zone were the most affected by the dams. The magnitude and frequency of floods decreased in all the study rivers. Moreover, northern drier river systems did not recover their hydrological conditions in the distance downstream of the dams, probably due to transmission losses and water extractions and diversions; in contrast, southern rivers partially recovered their flow regimes with distance downstream, mainly due to the inflows from permanent non-regulated tributaries. So far, this is the first study in Chile that comprehensively analyses the hydrological effects of large dams.
Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2022.101060
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Villablanca, L., Batalla, R. J., Piqué, G., & Iroumé, A. (2022). Hydrological effects of large dams in Chilean rivers. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 41, [101060]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2022.101060
Villablanca, Luisa ; Batalla, Ramon J. ; Piqué, Gemma et al. / Hydrological effects of large dams in Chilean rivers. In: Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies. 2022 ; Vol. 41.
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Marvel Games Panel Brings Avengers and Ultimate Alliance 3 To Comic-Con
Robert WorkmanWednesday, July 03, 2019
Both Square Enix's Marvel's Avengers and Nintendo's Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order stole the spotlight during E3 last month. So it shouldn't be a surprise that they're ready to do so again in just a few weeks at San Diego Comic-Con. Marvel announced on Twitter that it's bringing its Marvel Games panel back to the big event with both games in tow
The panel will take place on Thursday, July 18 at 1:30 PM in Hall H. Hosted by Kinda Funny Games' Greg Miller, it will feature Bill Rosemann, the vice president and creative director for Marvel Games. It will also have other "special guests" from the Marvel Games family. The primary focus will be on Marvel's Avengers, and new footage may debut during the showcase.
With Ultimate Alliance 3 on deck, the panel will possibly be the first place to see downloadable content for the game. It was initially announced last month that characters from Marvel Knights, Fantastic Four and X-Men will be added to the game. Nintendo will release the game will arrive at retail and on the Nintendo eShop on July 19.
Related: Square Enix Addresses the Time Jump In Marvel's Avengers
Other games will also be featured, including the previously announced Iron Man VR; which hits later this year for PlayStation VR and other headsets. Additionally, updates will also provided for Marvel's mobile games, including Marvel Contest of Champions.
Square Enix will have a Marvel's Avengers presentation at booth #3829. Nintendo will have Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order for fans to try out at booth #235 during its launch weekend. Finally, Iron Man VR will be available to play at Marvel Booth #2329, for those that want to test out Tony Stark's famous armored Avenger.
Which of these Marvel-themed video games are you excited for? Let us know in the comment section below!
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Penn State vs Wisconsin: Season Opener
By: Maggie Yarnell (Senior Editor) | September 3, 2021 September 2, 2021
It has been a long time since college football was normal. That all changes this weekend when Penn State travels to Wisconsin to take on the Badgers. James Franklin and company will open the season with a Big Ten West match-up at Camp Randall Stadium. The game will be played at 12:00 pm ET on FOX. So, let's take a look at the Penn State vs Wisconsin season opener.
This is a Top 25 match-up with Penn State sitting at 18 and the Badgers at #12 in the nation. With this being a Penn State vs Wisconsin game, fans should be prepared to see a battle up front for both teams. Further, the quarterbacks on both sides have to prove themselves after inconsistent play in 2020. Sean Clifford needs to forget the first half of the 2020 season and build off of his performance in the second half. Finally, we will look at both defenses and what each brings to the table.
The Offenses
Both Big Ten schools are historically run-heavy with a lot of talent at the position. Even though the Nittany Lions have a new offensive coordinator who likes the pass, don't be surprised if the talented running back group gets involved early and often. Further, Wisconsin is highlighted by Clemson transfer, Chez Mellusi, at the running back position. Mellusi played sparingly in his first two seasons, scoring one touchdown through nine games in 2020. The Nittany Lions are looking to start off strong in the run game with the entire group being healthy. Highlighting the running back spot for Penn State is Noah Cain. Cain is back after missing almost every game in the shortened 2020 season.
Penn State is returning nine starters on the offense. Including standout wide receiver Jahan Dotson and Parker Washington who had a very strong season for the Nittany Lions in 2020 as a freshman. The wide receiver position is finally looking up for Penn State after years of inconsistency. Dotson boasted eight touchdowns and 884 receiving yards through nine games last season. He will look to improve on that in 2021. The Badgers have experienced receivers as well. Returning for Wisconsin is tight end, Jake Ferguson. Ferguson led the Wisconsin offense with 30 catches a season ago and tallied four touchdowns.
The Defenses
There will be several new faces on the Penn State defensive line this season. Normally this would be an area of concern against a historically strong Badger offensive line, but Wisconsin struggled in the passing game in 2020. Jesse Luketa has moved to defensive end this season and his first test could be a tough one in Wisconsin. Further, Temple transfer, Arnold Ebiketie, is going to be important coming off of the edge this season. On the inside is captain PJ Mustipher. These guys will need to get to Badger quarterback Graham Mertz early and often on Saturday. Regardless, Saturday is going to be a good game to get a look at a hopefully much improved Penn State secondary.
On the flip side, Wisconsin returns eight starters on defense. That includes the top five leaders in tackles in 2020 and one of the best linebacker groups in the Big Ten. However, there will be two guys on the defensive line that aren't returning starters. If Penn State can open up the run game early against a still-gelling Badger defensive line this will take the pressure off Clifford to hopefully utilize the pass consistently throughout the game. This would leave Dotson and Washington to contend with a talented Wisconsin secondary in Colin Wilder and Scott Nelson. Nelson had two interceptions, one sack, and four tackles for loss in 2020.
Penn State Season Opener
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Originally from El Salvador, Chef Mario Vasquez incorporates a Latin influence into the dishes he creates as Restaurant Chef at Royal Sonesta Boston. He is responsible for creating new menus and recipes, in addition to managing functions and food production for the hotel's restaurant.
Vasquez began as a line cook before working his way up to Restaurant Chef. Before his employment at Royal Sonesta Boston, he worked side by side by the Head Chef at Hilton Hotel as a First Cook. He has also worked as a trainer at Cheesecake Factory, where he taught new employees how to execute recipes properly.
When he's not working, you will find Vasquez cooking for his son's football team on game nights. He is passionate about food and gives back to his community through his love of cooking.
Cedric Beguin
Pastry Chef Cédric Beguin was raised in Versailles, France with a family who loved to cook and frequently gathered around the dinner table. His passion for baking began as a fascination with his grandmother's baking and his experience in his father's bistro south of Paris.
Beguin absorbed the French culture and ideals for food during the many summers spent traveling around France and working in local bakeries.
His expertise in baking adds flavor and zest to the Royal Sonesta where he currently works to create impressive plated desserts and spectacular banquet sweets.
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Very few foods speak to the soul as much as chicken à la deep fat fryer. You can get it on virtually every high street in London, but who does it best? Let's bring in the contenders.
A long-time favourite among Broadway Market-goers, Butchies' permanent site in Shoreditch means Londoners get a better share of the good stuff. Try the Calvin Wagstaff –free range buttermilk fried chicken, Red Leicester cheese dripping, pickles and sriracha, sandwiched between two butter-toasted buns.
Few poultry-slingers can boast a cleaner moral record than this Haggerston lot. With a branch in Seven Dials too, Chick n' Sours have introduced the city to fast food via the Slow Food movement. Don't miss the K-POP burger and their kung pao disco wings.
Other Side Fried are mounting a serious case for London's best chicken burger. If it had to be pinned down to one thing, it'd be their simplicity – good chicken, after all, doesn't need dressing up. Their ongoing pub residency at Dirty South is a culinary boon for Lewisham.
Building their credentials from an old army ambulance in Shoreditch (where else?), Mother Clucker are best known for their tea-brined and twice-fried chicken strips. Earlier this year, their place as one of London's top fried chicken purveyors was cemented with an opening of their first restaurant in Exmouth Market.
The Shoreditch fried chicken trend continues, this time from one of the US' most notable culinary exports: Marcus Samuelsson. Go for the Harlem-style Sammy's Chicken 'N' Waffle, or if you've got the space for it, a whole Fried Yard Bird.
First and foremost, people come here for the ramen. And so they should – Tonkotsu is one of the best stops for it in town. But fried chicken is on the menu for a reason – hard as it is to imagine a visit to any ramen shop without an order of chicken karaage on the side. You can book a table at their Bankside and St James's branches on OpenTable.
If a restaurant has its own Wikipedia page, it must be important. Indeed, many regard The Blues Kitchen to be London's truest microcosm of America's Deep South. Expect live music, bourbon, and fried chicken aplenty, including free buffalo wings between 5 and 7pm every Friday (Shoreditch branch only).
With the catering from Camden Market street food trader Club Mexicana, The Spread Eagle is London's first fully vegan pub. Thankfully, the food is worthy of its status, and includes the Annato-glazed MFC (Mexican Fried 'Chickn') with mustard mayo and pickled cabbage.
Can a Korean restaurant be seriously considered a Korean restaurant without proper fried chicken? Rest assured, Judy Joo's Jinjuu has it en masse. Quite literally, if you go for the Tong Dak – a whole fried chicken with pickled daikon, sweetcorn salsa and green salad. Not a bad way to feed a family of four in one swoop.
As of very recently, these European Street Food Award-winners have found a permanent home – or 'wingery' – at an ex-pub in Kilburn. There's buffalo sauce fountains, a Friday and Saturday 2am license, and, as well as their signature dish, various wing-related riffs.


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The immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has told President Muhammadu Buhari to resign and go home.
Fayose said this will save Nigerians the agony of continuous rule by a "clueless president," who will relegate the country further down if elected again.
The former governor was reacting to Buhari's admission that the economy of the country is in bad shape.
Fayose spoke on Saturday in a statement by his media aide, Lere Olayinka.
According to Fayose, Buhari was like a football coach, who kept boasting that he had the capacity to take a team out of the middle of the league table to the top three.
Fayose wondered "Why the same man whom it is crystal clear will get team relegated to the division three the next season will be retained by the club owner.
"If after spending three and half years as president, you are still complaining that the economy is in bad shape, isn't that a clear indictment on your own government? If by your own assessment, you have failed, shouldn't you just excuse us?
"It would be disastrous to entrust the lives of over 200 million Nigerians into the hands of a man who has come out to admit that he has failed.
"The choice before Nigerians was between a failed president and Atiku Abubakar, who had proved to be a better manager of his own private economy and had played prominent roles in the provision of several millions of direct and indirect jobs through the telecommunications industry.
"For a president who boasted that he would clear the North-East of the Boko Haram insurgents within three months and make life more meaningful for Nigerians, the signs that he must take a bow and return home are clear.


Just curious I know it is still early, but I have the days off. I assume its gonna be same rules as a typical MRA tourney?
Based on feedback thusfar what kinda turnout can we expect?
Looks like its going to be the same rules. Hopefully we can get a good showing, I know my college partner are looking foward to fishing it along with you guys and we are glad that MRA has decided to do this for us.
Registration forms and rules sheets just posted. Feel free to pass on links, post flyers, etc. to promote the tournaments. Hoping for a big turnout.


JNN 30 Jan 2014 BERLIN – A German Muslim young woman has made history after being hired as the first Muslim deputy spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry in the West European country.
"You might not see it from my appearance, as I don't wear a head scarf," Sawsan Chebli, deputy spokeswoman of the Foreign Ministry told Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) last weekend in Berlin.
"But I do pray. I do fast. I don't eat pork and I don't drink alcohol," added Chebli who describes herself as a pious Muslim.
Chebli, 35, a German Muslim of Palestinian origin, was hired last week by Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the new foreign minister, as a deputy spokesperson for chief spokesman Martin Schaefer.
Breaking the German Foreign Ministry's decades-long tradition, Chebli's appointment has set aside the rules that underscore spokespersons' career experience in diplomacy and aristocratic surnames.
Chebli, who has a political sciences degree, has worked for six years at the parliament of Germany (Bundestag).
Germany has Europe's second-biggest Muslim population after France, and Islam comes third in Germany after Protestant and Catholic Christianity.
It has between 3.8 and 4.3 million Muslims, making up some 5 percent of the total 82 million population, according to government-commissioned studies.
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[NEWS] World Skate Ambassador: Bach's statements contradict his own words from a week ago
President of the Russian Skateboarding Federation, and Ambassador of the International Federation (World Skate) Ilya Vdovin, in an interview with Gazeta.Ru, answered a question about the possible admission of Russian athletes to international competitions in 2023.
"World Skate is ready, together with other federations that do not want to exclude our athletes, to work jointly and separately with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the admission of Russians. Therefore, there are positive premonitions and moods here.
Can Russians be allowed to participate in tournaments in January-February 2023? It's hard to predict these days. But World Skate's position is that once the pressure from the IOC eases, they will let the Russians into the competition.
Perhaps, in the light of statements by IOC President Thomas Bach, something will begin to change (the official said that "it is necessary that all countries, especially conflicting ones, take part in the Olympic Games" . – "Gazeta.Ru").
Although Bach's statements slightly contradict his own statements made a week earlier.
Be that as it may, Russia was allowed to attend the Congress of the International Skateboarding Federation under its own flag – not everyone is able to achieve this now, "said Vdovin.
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The Reluctant Midwife: A Hope River Novel, 2015
"An entrancing saga of birth and rebirth, of people you come to love as they confront loss and guilt, poverty and fear, silence and doubt." —Pamela Schoenewaldt, author of Swimming in the Moon
"A very enjoyable sequel to Patricia Harman's first novel, this new book reconnects us with beloved characters while introducing an appealing new midwife, Becky Myers. [...] Seeing the joy of the work chip away at her reluctance is the great and true pleasure of this book." —Teresa Brown RN, author and New York Times columnist, "Bedside"
"This title is sure to appeal to fans of American historical fiction or anyone else looking for a story with plenty of emotion, spunk, and community spirit." —Library Journal
"This poignant, powerful novel does not shy away from the gruesome facts of life and death. Fans of the BBC's Call the Midwife and Carol Cassella's medically minded novels will enjoy Harman's inspirational and introspective story." —Booklist
The Midwife of Hope River, 2012
"As always when writing of birth, the bleakest of times can be transformed by the power and beauty of birth...the moments of joy between new parents and their baby, between the mothers and the midwife, and between the midwife and her young assistant, light up the pages. Amen baby!" (Penny Armstrong, CNM, author of A Midwife's Story and A Wise Birth)
"I learned, I laughed, I cried, but most of all I was deeply impressed by the artistry of the midwife and her central role in women's lives prior to the advent of commercialized, institutionalized medicine. This novel will live in my heart for years to come." (Amy Hill Hearth, author of Miss Dreamsville and the Collier County Women's Literary Society: A Novel)
"Midwives are warriors in this beautifully sweeping tale." (Kirkus)
"...will definitely renew your faith in love, loyalty, forgiveness, understanding and just plain HOPE." (Fran Lewis)
"Memoirist Harman (Arms Open Wide; The Blue Cotton Gown), herself a certified nurse-midwife, takes readers back to hardscrabble times and adds plenty of medical drama and a dash of romance, to offer an uncommonly good piece of American historical fiction." (Library Journal)
Arms Wide Open: A Midwife's Journey, 2010
"There are more honest, revealing moments here than in many memoirs. Harman, whose prose is sparse but not simple, covers a span of decades, deftly revealing her own youthful struggles with identity through the children we witnessed her raising earlier in her book, revealing, in short, a full life." —Publishers Weekly
"The heart of Arms Wide Open is birthing, but its soul is sustainable living and a spirit of environmentally friendly management of resources. Harman's commitment to this theme permeates her book, and with similar focus on other contemporary issues, it is relevant for a vast array of readers."—Rain Taxi
"Patricia Harman's unflinching honesty and soaring poetry unfold the dream and the reality of the rural communes, political activism, and urban counterculture in the 1970s, and what we, the veterans of that particular era of bohemian life, have become today. She weaves in the telling details—the songs we sang, the clothes we wore, the glories of nature we witnessed, and, most especially, the causes for which we organized and the austerities we endured willingly, for the sake of the earth and all her children."—Alicia Bay Laurel, author and illustrator of Living on the Earth
"Arms Wide Open is more than a book about delivering babies and bringing new life into the world; it's about the deterioration of the optimism once so prevalent in the cracks and crevices of this country. It's about the human spirit, and the desire to do good unto others. But most importantly, it's about Mother Earth, the time we spend here, the things we plant, the mark we leave and the power she has over all of us."—Hippocampus Magazine
The Blue Cotton Gown: A Midwife's Memoir, 2008
"A flower child who found her calling after coaching a friend through a home birth, nurse-midwife Harman works with her ob-gyn husband at a West Virginia clinic. In her sweetly perceptive memoir, she reveals how her exam room becomes a confessional. Coaxing women in thin blue gowns to share secrets—about abusive boyfriends, OxyContin habits, unplanned pregnancies—she reminds them that they're not alone." —People magazine
"Here is an intimate account of a woman, both her career as a midwife and her life as the wife of a doctor in West Virginia. Her patients' lives are stories of hope and loss; her marriage is a story of love and faith accompanied by debt and tension. Well-written and heartfelt." —Boston Globe
"[A] frank, absorbing memoir from a midwife at a tiny West Virginia health clinic. The book recounts the sexual, financial and family histories of her patients, and of the author herself, who struggles with her marriage to the clinic doctor and her own burnout." —Cleveland Plain Dealer
"A moving and illuminating memoir from a talented nurse-midwife about the troubled courageous women in her care." —Shelf Awareness
"This luminescent, ruthlessly authentic, humane, and brilliantly written account of a midwife in rough-hewn Appalachia—a passionate healer plying her art and struggling to live a life of spirit—stands as a model for all of us, doctors and patients alike, of how to offer good care." —Samuel Shem, M.D., author of The House of God, Mount Misery, and The Spirit of the Place
"As the mother of seven children and veteran of eight pregnancy losses, I knew when I ran my bath that I would be unable to resist Patricia Harman's memoir of midwifery. What I didn't realize was that it would cause me, a sensible person, to get into the bath with one sock still on and rise from it when the candle was gone and the water cold. Utterly true and lyrical as any novel, Harman's book should be a little classic." —Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the Ocean and Cage of Stars
"A nurse midwife struggling to keep solvent the women's health clinic in Torrington, W.Va., that she ran with her surgeon husband shares poignant stories about her patients over the course of a year …Wearying of the financial pressures and tensions with Tom, Harman tells in this heartfelt memoir that she dreamed of leaving the practice, though a genuine love for helping women, and her great faith both in God and her spouse, sustained her." —Publisher's Weekly


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Countries must remain committed to Paris climate deal – UN
Faced with 'clear science, real threats,' countries must remain committed to Paris climate deal – UN
The results of climate change and environmental pressures are acutely experienced by rural communities such as the Dan Kada Village in Nigeria. Photo: IFAD/David Rose
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23 March 2017 – Climate change is an unprecedented and growing threat to peace, prosperity and development and addressing it presents an economic opportunity for Governments and business, senior United Nations officials said today.
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Still possible to bend curve on climate change trajectories – General Assembly President Peter Thomson
Transformation opens door to sustainable future – UNFCCC's Patricia Espinosa
"We are dealing with scientific facts, not politics. And the facts are clear. Climate change is a direct threat in itself, and a multiplier of many other threats," UN Secretary-General António Guterres told a General Assembly High-Level action event aimed at invigorating political momentum on climate change, highlighting its deep links to the UN 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development.
Mr. Guterres said his messages to the meeting are simple.
"First, climate change is an unprecedented and growing threat – to peace and prosperity and the same in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Second, addressing climate change is a massive opportunity that we cannot afford to miss," he said.
The Paris Agreement on climate change adopted in December 2015 is unique in its universality, with every single government having signed it. The pact entered force in less than a year. To date more than 130 Parties have ratified it, and the numbers are growing monthly.
The countries that supported the Paris Agreement are the same that adopted the 2030 Agenda – they comprise all UN Member States.
The reason for this consensus is clear: all nations recognize that implementing the 2030 Agenda goes hand-in-glove with limiting global temperature rise and increasing climate resilience.
VIDEO: "We must act, urgently, and decisively, now" in the fight against climate change, UN chief António Guterres told a General Assembly high-level event today.
Mr. Guterres said that last year was once again the hottest on record. Sea ice is at a historic low and sea levels at a historic high. These trends are indisputable, he stressed, explaining that consequences of climate change include food insecurity, water scarcity, poverty and displacement.
Tackling climate change is a tremendous opportunity for Governments and business as there is no trade-off between a healthy environment and a healthy economy.
"We can have both. Green business is good business," he said.
Climate action is a necessity and can advance the attainment of sustainable development goals.
"How we go about it can be the subject of scientific and political debate. But there is no question that we must act, urgently and decisively, now," Mr. Guterres said. "And it remains the only viable way to safeguard peace, prosperity and a sustainable future."
Also addressing the event, were Peter Thomson, President of the General Assembly, and Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
VIDEO:UN General Assembly President urges climate action for welfare of future generations
Still possible to bend curve on climate change trajectories
Mr. Thomson said that he had recently met with Petteri Taalas, the Secretary-General of the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO), who confirmed that the world is currently on track towards a 3 to 4°C increase in global temperatures.
"I have always understood […] that once we reach the 3°C - 4°C range, humanity's survival on this planet will be put in jeopardy," he said.
Cyclone Winston and Cyclone Pam which devastated Fiji and Vanuatu in recent years were among the strongest tropical cyclones to ever make landfall in the Southern Hemisphere. Fiji, an island nation from which Mr. Thomson hails, has already begun relocating low-lying villages to higher ground, away from the encroaching shoreline and the rising threat of storm surges.
"While the prognosis is dire, the scientific community assures us it is possible to bend the curve on current trajectories, if we work together to curb the growth of global greenhouse gas emissions," Mr. Thomson said, reiterating his call for all parties to the Paris Agreement to ratify it without delay and for those that have already done so to deliver on their commitments.
Secretary-General António Guterres addresses a General Assembly High-Level action event aimed at invigorating political momentum on climate change, highlighting its deep links to the UN 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas
Transformation opens door to sustainable future
Echoing Mr. Thomson's statement, Ms. Espinosa said that it is a necessity to bend the emissions curve, build societies resilient to climate impacts and reduce risk by limiting warming to safe levels.
"And the policies that accomplish these goals must be developed with a focus on the sustained wellbeing of people, sound stewardship of the planet and responsible economic growth," she said, noting that such a transformation opens the door to a future where growing human needs are reconciled against the need for a stable climate and healthy ecosystems.
"This challenge is immense. Inaction or insufficient action will destabilize the natural systems that underpin all social and economic development," she said, urging concerted effort to overcome this challenge.
"We have truly entered the era of implementation. It is up to us, collectively as one community of nations, to accelerate action that builds a better future for all," she said.
AUDIO: UN chief António Guterres made clear during High-Level SDG Action event that climate change is an "unprecedented and growing threat" to "peace, prosperity" and the Sustainable Development Goals. Credit: UN News
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