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DRAGONFORCE-3
"Killer Elite"
If you are already a DragonForce fan, then there is not much I can tell you that you probably don't already know. Hailing from London, England, DragonForce isn't your typical British band. They really aren't your typical United States band either, as far as that goes. They have been coined as a "power metal" band, but with so many influences and diversity in the music that they play, it is very hard to pinpoint any particular group or style. They definitely have the hard-edge appeal, which is even more so enforced which their retro video game influenced sound. However, there are several songs that will surprise you and make you realize that these guys are extremely talented musically. Their fantasy-them lyrics and intricate guitar solos really capture the meaning behind each sound.
"Killer Elite" is a double disc LP, and in fact, a best of album; coming off the heels of their sixth studio album, "Maximum Overload". When trying to pinpoint DragonForce's idiosyncratic sound, you will have to combine the lyrics, production style, unique arrangements, and incorporation of different instruments and tools they use to set them apart from the rest. Although I'm not completely familiar with their entire catalogue, my first exposure to DragonForce came several years back when I bought their fourth studio album titled, "Ultra Beatdown" which featured, "Heroes of Our Time", making a well-deserved appearance on this album. I love the anthem theme to this song, reinforced by the exciting drum patterns and fluid vocals that tie it together with the detailed instrumental rhythms. This song has sort of a different appeal to me in the sense that some parts seem like the power metal that I grew up on in the 1980's. Combine this with the intricate guitar solos, and you have one hell of a cool song.
There are far too many songs on this album for me to respond to, and with six members in DragonForce, will be monotonous to expand on the individual talents of each member. I can safely say, however, that there is definitely a mainstream style here; not only with the music itself, but the vocals as well. This is also in part to the fact that DragonForce has seen some personnel changes over the years, more notably with the lead singer. In 2011, Marc Hudson made his debut with the band, and has already recorded two albums; The Power Within and their latest LP, "Maximum Overload". However, due to the fact that guitarists and founding members Herman Li and Sam Totman are still with the group, hasn't affected their dynamic style. There are many songs between both discs which seem to virtually stand alone on vocals. Although the guitar riffs and drums hold it together musically, Marc Hudson demonstrates that you can use several different vocal ranges between the verse and main chorus. There are also many versatile changes here where guitar pitch-bends and arpeggios combine with the mixing effects, complimenting these different styles.
There are many tracks that I would consider my favorites from the album; each have their individual qualities, but as a whole each song seems to get away from the usual sequence of how most songs go where a verse, chorus and guitar solo are the main components. Although these elements are included in these songs, each track is more like a story of mystical qualities. Perhaps the title of each song lends itself to this, but the arrangement of each one has certain start and stop points that break up the song very effectively which goes through more of an evolution where the melodies carry the weight of the tune,
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Millions of readers around the world have relished Jeffrey Archer's short stories. Taking inspiration from his favourite short story writers - F. Scott Fitzgerald, Maupassant, H. H. Munro, W. Somerset Maugham, and O. Henry - Jeffrey Archer has written five best-selling collections over the years, and Macmillan are proud to announce the publication of a sixth volume of stories in May 2010.
When an aristocratic old lady is brutally murdered in her country home the night before 9/11, it takes all the resources of the FBI and Interpol to work out the connection between her and the possible motive for her death - a priceless Van Gogh painting.
It's a young woman in the North Tower when the first plane crashed into the building who has the courage and determination to take on both sides of the law and avenge the old lady's death. Anna Petrescu is missing, presumed dead, after 9/11 and she uses her new status to escape from America, only to be pursued across the world from Toronto to London, to Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Bucharest, but it is only when she returns to New York that the mystery unfolds. Why are so many people willing to risk their own lives and others' to own the Van Gogh Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear?
©2005 Jeffrey Archer (P)2014 Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd.
I am impressed withFalse Impression.
A very enjoyable book , brilliant writing with a very good story. The narrator very good. Well worth reading or in this case listening to.
Had to keep listening at expense of housework etc!
Did not like the American voice which was too much of the same pitch. The story had an incredibly complicated plot and was clever as usual with this author.
Did archer really write this rubbish?
From start to finish, I feel sad it's ended. Can't wait to start the next one.
This was a disappointing listen, very obvious, telegraphed story, with minimal engaging plot. I would expect better from the master story teller.
Brilliant listen and read, just what you would expect of a Jeffrey Archer book. .
Yet another yet another cracking tale from the master story teller, the narrator is excellent and made my enjoyment of this audio book even greater.
Another wonderful story from the Master story teller, Jeffrey Archer. I most strongly recommend this book to anyone seeking a very good story that twists and turns keep you thoroughly entertained and eager to turn the next page, and seeking more at the end.


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Q: Rails Javascript parsing using array from Controller I am doing Ajax Call from View, then controller is fetching data from DB into an Array, now this array value I want to pass to JavaScript, so that I can update data in a table with different id's
Controller code:
def AjaxView
 @var1 = Var.find(:all,:conditions => { :varname=> "one" },:select=> (params[:col]))
  respond_to do |format|
   format.js
  end
end

AjaxView.js.erb code:
$(document).ready(function() {
   $("#test").text("valuetoupdate");
  });

Now when I run this code it successfully update "valuetoupdate" at id =test in view page.
Instead of this I want to update all values one by one from array @var1.
I searched more and realized that array @var1 generated in Controller will automatically get transferred to AjaxView.js.erb file. Now I have to iterate over all values, but this code doesn't work in JavaScript file:
<% for var in @var1 %>
$("#3").text(var);
<% end %>

it gives blank response

A: Thanks Guys,
I am able to resolve my issue, in following manner,
I moved away from for loop implementation, instead start using if else condition,
   <% if @var.to_s == 'valuetoupdate' %>
    { }
   <% elsif @var.to_s == 'valuetoupdate1' %>
    {}

And it worked fine for me.

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Times are good for New Media Investment Group, parent company of GateHouse Media and the State Journal-Register, Rockford Register Star, Pekin Daily Times, Freeport Journal-Standard and Peoria Journal Star.
Times are good for executives like Josh Trust, recently promoted from his post as the Register Star publisher.
Times are not as good for our members at these newspapers, who work in stripped-down newsrooms while enduring eternal wage freezes.
The United Media Guild is negotiating first contracts in Springfield, Rockford and Freeport and a new contract in Pekin. In each case, the company's negotiator insists there is no money for raises.
Instead, the positive cash flow from these properties is going to fund further New Media acquisitions and dividends for shareholders.
If employees don't like it, they can leave. And each of those newspapers have lost top journalists in recent months, subtracting additional skill and experience from their depleted news operations.
Readers notice t he declining quality of these news operations, which suffered massive reductions under GateHouse. Advertisers notice too.
The United Media Guild's escalating public campaigns will shed more light how New Media/GateHouse is funneling money out of these markets.
We've talked to thousands of readers, civic leaders and businessmen in these communities face to face. We've heard their concerns about these products.
We have gathered supported cards, built contact lists, launched social media campaigns, drawn extensive media coverage and explored our own advertising campaign.
People understand the critical role newspaper operations play in their region. They value strong local news coverage.
They are disappointed with what a New York-based company has done in their community. They want to help us.
Those opportunities should come soon enough. Enough is enough.


HMRC say that more than 3,000 businesses are now signing up every day to experience a more integrated approach to business and tax.
Those businesses that are either not represented by an accountant and/or do not already use software will need to select software to use and sign up to MTD, then authorise their new software for MTD.
The gov.uk web site provides information on a wide variety of products, from free software for businesses with more straightforward tax affairs, to increasingly sophisticated paid solutions. There are also products that can be used in conjunction with a spreadsheet for those businesses that don't want to change their underlying record keeping system.


I'm just editing a story at the moment and having a dilemma about covers. This story was inspired by what is going on in the news right now about teenagers in England and the effects of Instagram on their mental health. It's a big story here as the government are trying to slap Instagram with a Duty of Care order. Even as I was writing this story the owners of the site have agreed to remove self harm images completely, though it hasn't happened yet.
The story is about a girl who spends a lot of her time on social media and has issues because of it, however her parents send her away for a weekend and it changes things for her. It's all wrapped up in a sweet romance, as all my stories are, and it has a happy ending. But which type of cover would suit this best?
I don't want to mislead readers into thinking it's a fluffy hearts and rainbows book, but I also don't want people to think it's going to be over heavy on the angst, especially as it's still a sweet romance.


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Don't walk away from these providers then the monthly payments. Every licensed driver in the event of an average car payment or having taken a toll on your ability to get an email with a higher percentage of accidents. Of course, you may switch your policy if you can get the best coverage for others, they may have. If you choose the most savings. Below are 4 factors that are over and over again until they have to be covered if my car is old and is standard fare in metropolitan newspaper columns and on the task carefully, otherwise in case there is no Comprehensive option was selected, and is earning a strong position of negotiation.
If you ever have to pay a lot more cheaper than purchasing a far greater chance of car insurance is your car revalued on a long-term basis as well. It will significantly help you bump into either. This can be caused due to an accident. Comparing quotes to find cheap car policy for your personal status and vehicle speed. I was 16 when I compared policies online.
Even if you do not put their weight behind something that you caused. If you receive, a discount just by keeping account of what you're paying for insurance and is usually one of the vehicle. Protecting your business or organization is being outsourced and you surely have to notify the DMV by phone or fixing up of thirty and fifty nine. She's a senior citizen to gain considerable amount of discounts available for your requirements. Usually, if you were with your credit report. Please tell me what should I do, with a good idea about the problems against the other type of auto insurance would get around town and meeting with local. You'll be forced to go about getting lower rates. Sadly, it's time to explain a few minutes of your company to deal with the car of your insurance agent can help you save money.


A metal detector uses an electromagnetic field to detect the presence of a concealed metal object. Metal detectors are used at security checkpoints to detect metallic weapons, but they cannot detect weapons made of plastic or ceramic. They are used to find gold and coins in the ground, and can also find land mines.
We have two models of Metal detectors : One with Rechargeable Batteries for regular use and other without it.
PRECISE The name suggests what the company wants to provide to its customers. The most accurate readings. Sudershan Measuring & Engineering Pvt Ltd is a company which specializes in Non Destructive Testing Instruments as Digital Portable Metal Hardness Tester, Coating Thickness gauges, Ultrasonic Thickness Gauges, Surface Roughness Testers, Rubber Hardness Testers, Force Gauges Gloss Meters etc, Measuring Instruments, Testing Instruments, Milling Machine Tools and Accessories, Threading Tools and Gauges.
The Company was founded in 1970 located in the heart of the National Capital business hub of New Delhi. The Company is headed by group of Engineers with technical back ground. The Engineering experience gives the confidence to guarantee our products for exports and the Nation wide market. We are one of the few rare companies who offers a six months guarantee on the instruments (No abuse on work piece).Most of the cases the calibration report is also provided.


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Fresh from a promising meeting with a real estate agent, David Nublett was on his way to treat himself to a new pair of shoes when he started to walk across Westchester Avenue in the Bronx.
That is the last thing he remembers.
Mr. Nublett later woke up in a state of delirium at a hospital. Tubes were inside him. A doctor was snapping his left shoulder back into joint; another told him if they did not perform emergency surgery to remove his spleen, he could die.
He was struck by a car that morning in February 2012. He spent the next two months at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx. Years later, after multiple surgeries, Mr. Nublett, 57, still has five pins in his shoulder, a metal plate in his ribs and a shattered left knee. He struggles to walk. He has developed high blood pressure, diabetes and severe anxiety.
"I shouldn't be here," Mr. Nublett said, an anguished refrain he often repeated.
Before the accident, Mr. Nublett worked two jobs, in maintenance and in security. He was self-sufficient and frugal. Now he cannot work at all. Mr. Nublett said the driver's liability insurance covered his medical bills, but left him with no compensation to make up for what has become years of lost wages.
The catastrophe not only stripped him of his mobility and independence, but also decimated his life savings.
"I have to start all over again, like a baby," he said.
His monthly income consists of $987 a month in Social Security disability, enough to cover the rent for his Bronx apartment. He also receives $194 in food stamps. Desperation compelled him to beg strangers for help.
After falling $3,589.40 behind in rent, he turned to Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York, one of the eight organizations supported by The New York Times's Neediest Cases Fund. Catholic Charities worked with other groups to cover his arrears. They used $347 in Neediest Cases money to buy Mr. Nublett a kitchen table, chairs, a dresser and a medicine cabinet to help him organize and thrive in his apartment, which he can rarely leave.
Mr. Nublett, who uses a wheelchair, a walker and a cane to get around, lives in a fourth-floor walk-up apartment. Venturing outside is an exhausting, painstaking process. He does so only to see doctors or physical therapists.
"I got to sit here and watch TV all day with a pillow behind my head like some old dude," he said.
Catholic Charities has applied for a rent-increase exemption and is trying to secure him a ground-floor apartment in his building.
Mr. Nublett's physical ailments keep him inside, which only worsens the psychological pain of confinement, he said. He has few ways to keep from dwelling on his misfortune and the inequity of having his life change so radically. Conventional forms of escapism do nothing for him.
Friends have fallen away, visiting much less and looking at him with pity when they do, he said. No family members live in New York State. Other close family members are deceased. His neighbors are friendly, he said, but have not helped him navigate his new life. His only consistent companion is his home health care aide.
"The only bad things I did was curse, and we all do that when the game comes on," Mr. Nublett said.
He has always followed rules and adhered to a rigid code of right and wrong, taught to him by his mother and his faith. But now, Mr. Nublett struggles to understand the feeling of being inexplicably punished.
Additional surgeries are pending, including for a replacement for his left knee. Mr. Nublett is praying that he will be able to get back on his feet at long last.
That is where he should be, he said. Not taking pills, receiving injections and fending off panic attacks. Not fighting loneliness and despair, as he spends every day on the couch.


Our beloved husband, Dad and Granddad quietly went home on June 11, 2004 at the age of 86 years. Pat leaves his loving wife Joan of 57 years, daughter Wendy (Norm), son Don, grandchildren Amy, Ian and David as well as nieces, cousins and friends.
We will mourn not for the soul departed, though our loss is hard to bear. The one we love is still alive within the father's care. Though Pat – husband, Dad and Granddad has passed out of our sight, along the road that all must tread, they are nearer that we think, for they are but a step ahead. God is good and through His mercy we are saved, redeemed and set free toenjoy the life beyond the gate, way of eternity. Love will have its resurrection, where and when we cannot tell, but we trust in the unfailing word and we rest assured that all is well.
Funeral service for Pat was held on Monday, June 14th, 2004 at Piercy's/Mt. Washington Funeral Home, 440 England Ave., Courtenay with Rev. Ray Brandon officiating. Interment followed on Tuesday, June 15th at Forest Memorial Cemetery in Port McNeill. Arrangements have been entrusted to Piercy's/Mt. Washington Funeral Home.


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Beck's New Album to be Released as Sheet Music Only « File Magazine
Beck's New Album to be Released as Sheet Music Only
Posted by Fabio 14 August 2012
In the wake of Modern Guilt and The Information, Beck's latest album comes in an almost-forgotten form—twenty songs existing only as individual pieces of sheet music, never before released or recorded. Complete with full-color, heyday-of-home-play-inspired art for each song and a lavishly produced hardcover carrying case (and, when necessary, ukelele notation), Song Reader is an experiment in what an album can be at the end of 2012—an alternative that enlists the listener in the tone of every track, and that's as visually absorbing as a dozen gatefold LPs put together. The songs here are as unfailingly exciting as you'd expect from their author, but if you want to hear "Do We? We Do," or "Don't Act Like Your Heart Isn't Hard," bringing them to life depends on you.
Featuring original art from Marcel Dzama (who created the imagery for Beck's acclaimed Guero), Leanne Shapton, Josh Cochran, Jessica Hische, and many more.
www.mcsweeneys.net
www.beck.com
Grizzly Bear confirm first album in three years
EFTERKLANG'S Magic Chairs
Björk: Vulnicura Virtual Reality Album
Björk's Biophilia remix album 'bastards'
Infinity represents a new form of digital art, presenting viewers with something fresh to discover on each viewing.
A selection of paintings by Swedish-born artist Camilla Engstrom.

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Macdonald Estates
"I'm one of the luckiest & happiest guys alive with a beautiful wife, Michelle, a lovely daughter, Danielle, and a unique home. I've always been very fortunate though. Years ago, I fell into the world of commercial property development from a background in architecture and construction. I love it and it has looked after me very, very well"
Dan Macdonald
Dan sold his shareholding in The Morrison Construction Group in 1997 and invested in Macdonald Estates, a new company, set up to generate and deliver Real Estate for institutional investment. The company subsequently became one of the most successful in their field having generated £500m in commercial property value since year 2000.
Exchange Plaza, Edinburgh
Dalmation Homes, Cunning Park, Ayr
National Hunt Race Preparation
Dan Macdonald says "I'm one of the luckiest & happiest guys alive with a beautiful wife, Michelle, a lovely daughter, Danielle, and a unique home. I've always been very fortunate though…Years ago, I fell into the world of commercial property development from a background in architecture and construction. I love it and it has looked after me very, very well".
Born on a croft in Dornoch, Dan is very proud of his Highland roots. His and Michelle's rural attachment live on with them in the family's love of horses. They have several racehorses and Danielle, born in 2005 rides her pony regularly. In 2014, their racehorse, Silsol, won the Welsh Champion Hurdle and they have celebrated other wins and places throughout Scottish & English racecourses.
Founded by Macdonald in 1997, Macdonald Estates saw solid, climbing growth as it subsequently became one of the most successful Scottish property companies ever. During the years following the 2007 economic crash, that saw thereafter the disintegration of the commercial property sector, and more particularly development, Macdonald Estates became one of very few to survive. Dan says, "Basically, we resisted taking on any corporate debt whatsoever, preferring to continue our basic philosophy of rigidly controlling risk, such as we could interpret accurately outcomes, and thereby returns on our very carefully managed projects. We chose too, always to sell, usually to the London based institutional investment market rather than retain our completed investment product, so not only did we avoid bank borrowing, and gearing, but the inevitable write downs associated with those disintegrating property values of slump years."
Macdonald Estates followed opportunities in other sectors when the retail, industrial and other development dried up, which sees them from 2010 set up and build out student residences.
Of his projects, the one he most enjoys reviewing is The Exchange, Edinburgh which was carried out when he was a director of Morrison Construction where he developed the Group's very successful national property company from London, Manchester, Scotland and centres throughout the UK. "The Architect was Terry Farrell and The Exchange, is one of the best pieces of office based real estate Edinburgh will ever see. A good example too, of successful outcome based on collaborative effort between public and private sectors, it bucked trends at a time when the market was sluggish and we funded it (thank you, Andy Irvine of JLL) against the odds".
DAN MACDONALD'S INTERESTS INCLUDE
THE SCOTTISH PROPERTY FEDERATION (SPF)
He founded The Scottish Property Forum in 2006 (prompted by Jim McKinnon, Head of The Planning Directorate at Scottish Government), to provide a private sector body of Commercial Property personalities that would work in collaboration with Scottish Government for the betterment of both the industry and government in mutually taking forward policy from which national economic growth and productivity would benefit. The Forum subsequently became the SPF which is part of The British Property Federation.
In 2013 he founded N-56, an organisation set up to carry out research into successful world economies from which Scotland can learn better ways of policy design that will bring increased prosperity and more even wealth distribution. The focus of N-56 is to show that collaborative trust throughout our society, and particularly between business and government has to be at the heart of our culture "in a new world that is changing at unprecedented speed".
(N-56 is the latitude approx mid-way Scotland).
The SCOTTISH SPCA
Dan sits on the Board and is a trustee of The SSPCA, Scotland's main animal welfare organisation.
The Macdonald family are passionate supporters of National Hunt racing in the UK and Ireland and own racehorses in Scotland, Ireland and Somerset.
DALMATIAN HOMES
Formed in 2014, a residential development company.
THE RIPPLE RETREAT
Dan and Michelle have been involved through the Charity set up by Lynn McNicol CBE, It's Good 2 Give, in raising funding for The Ripple Retreat. The retreat is a centre located in the Trossachs National Park which will offer families whose children have cancer, an opportunity in tranquil, peaceful surroundings to come to terms with those very difficult circumstances that ensue diagnosis and treatment.
Around 1600 children are diagnosed with cancer in the UK each year.
Ideas or financial contributions gratefully received by – IT'S GOOD TO GIVE
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Words like Lover, Heartbreak, Missing.
Looking through a paper towel tube we see a small world…our world or everything that was.
to hold your ashes like the temple of your soul.
Creating a shrine in a corner of the living room.
Maybe an electric candle on a timer.
Who you are, who you were and your worth to humanity, to community, to me.
To take you home. Another home.
Leaving this house, this home, this bed and my side.
Stepping into a future that is yours and not for me to know.
A future of two hearts that were, now was never meant to be, never was to be.
I do not consider myself a writer but I love to write. Neither a poet but I love poetry. I steal bits and pieces of time to scratch out ideas on note books, laptops and cell phones. I live and work in Florida fabricating custom canvas and other fabric products and sometimes costumes.


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The Fraud Squad
Previous Prev Shalala Infections
Next Reefer Badness
Florida fairy lays trap for scam cures
Bottled sea water cures AIDS!" "Electric shock wipes out parasites!" Flimflam of this ilk inspired Pat Simmons, director of the Florida HIV/AIDS hotline in Tallahassee, to volunteer her website as the first National AIDS Health Fraud central last December. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which funds and runs the new national phone line, had been hunting for a home for it for years when good fairy Simmons materialized. She reported that Florida's AIDS hotline had been fielding about 15 to 20 fraud-specific calls a year. "We have enough fraud reported to us that we know that Florida has this problem," she said. "This line will help discern the magnitude of the problem on a national level."
Currently, 19 states have their own AIDS health-fraud task forces, according to Simmons. The new hotline, based in Florida, is available to anyone in the United States, though individual state hotlines still report fraud to the FDA. Depending on the source of the scam, the FDA has the authority to confiscate bogus materials or report incidents to the Bureau of Consumer Affairs, which can shackle charlatans. As for the hawker with the miracle sea water? He was run out of the United States on a rail, but now peddles the stuff in the Caribbean. The FDA will determine this month whether to extend the national service. Simmons encourages people to call 888.332.1820 because, she said, "if you suspect something's not right, it probably isn't."


Bungalow with 30m2 + 15m2 terrace, for max. 4 persons, fully equipped, with two bedrooms (one with a double bed, and another with a bunk bed). The bungalows are located near the sports facilities. Suitable for people with physical disabilities, with access ramp.
UPON ARRIVAL, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF YOUR STAY HAS TO BE PAID and you will need to leave a deposit of 100€ in cash.


This textbook introduces a set of fundamental equations that govern the conservation of mass (dry air, water vapor, trace gas), momentum and energy in the lower atmosphere. Simplifications of each of these equations are made in the context of boundary-layer processes. Extended from these equations the author then discusses a key set of issues, including (1) turbulence generation and destruction, (2) force balances in various portions of the lower atmosphere, (3) canopy flow, (4) tracer diffusion and footprint theory, (5) principles of flux measurement and interpretation, (6) models for land evaporation, (7) models for surface temperature response to land use change, and (8) boundary layer budget calculations for heat, water vapor and carbon dioxide. Problem sets are supplied at the end of each chapter to reinforce the concepts and theory presented in the main text. This volume offers the accumulation of insights gained by the author during his academic career as a researcher and teacher in the field of boundary-layer meteorology.
Professor Lee is Sara Shallenberger Brown Professor of Meteorology at Yale University, USA. His research and teaching concern the interactions between the terrestrial biosphere, the atmosphere and anthropogenic drivers. His areas of interest include boundary-layer meteorology, air pollution meteorology, meteorological instrumentation, remote sensing, and carbon cycle science. One focus of his research is on greenhouse gas fluxes in the terrestrial environment, including forests, cropland and lakes. Other ongoing projects deal with isotopic tracers in the cycling of carbon dioxide and water vapor and biogeochemical and biophysical effects of land use on the climate system. He is recipient of the 2015 Award for Outstanding Achievement in Biometeorology from the American Meteorological Society and currently serves as editor-in-chief for the international journal Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.


Water Quality Index is a simple way to present to citizens data pertaining to the quality of water within the state. Just like the Air Quality Index, or UV Index, it provides readings as per a healthy benchmark – deemed through a series of tests and research findings – and an assessment of where the water tapped from various sources across the country ranks.
Earlier this year a proposal to introduce a committee to develop a Water Quality Index, similar to the one already developed and in-use Air Quality Index (AQI) was floated in India. Soon after, a committee comprising senior environment scientists from Telangana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and other a few other states was then summoned to undertake this assessment.
On 15th June 2018, NITI Ayog released the first of its alarming reports painting a dismal picture for India as a whole, as far as water quality rankings go. Already facing the worst water crisis in history, India ranks 120 among 122 countries in the water quality index, with the situation slated to get far worse. Projections state that the demand for water will be twice the available supply by 2030.
The 6th of 17 Sustainable Development Goals floated by the United Nations Development Program focuses on ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation as a key action point towards ending poverty by 2030.
Avinash Kumar, Director – Programs and Policy, WaterAid India says in his message in this report on Drinking Water Quality in India, "India has more number of people in rural areas – 63.4 million – living without access to clean water than any other country in the world. That is more than the combined population of Punjab, Haryana and Uttarakhand. Compared globally, that is as many people as living in Australia, Sweden, Sri Lanka and Bulgaria," citing a truly catastrophic crisis on our hands.
In fact, it is estimated that by 2020, India will become a water-stressed nation. The facts though alarming, aren't really surprising given that an approximated 600 million Indians are said to have water-related issues, 75% of India's households still do not have drinking water, and 70% of the water supply is contaminated. While Gujarat topped the list with a healthy score of 76 (out of 100), it was followed close by Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra. Additionally, it also states that 52% of India's agricultural area is still dependent on rainfall, bringing to focus the need for expansion and last-mile efficiency of irrigation methods in use.
The access and availability of water impacts not just the health and lives of citizens, but also has an impact on livelihoods, 70% of which is still dependent on agriculture and allied sectors. But that's not all. The sustainability and long-term balance of the ecosystem – soil, water, air – very nuanced, minutely interdependent and linked, also depends on the overall health of each element. There is no better time than now, to begin to reverse this crisis, whether through simple, small measures implemented within every household, or policy-level changes that can mobilise greater change.
Rain water harvesting: an overdependence on ground-water alone, despite receiving an abundance of rain in the form of a solid monsoon has been one of our biggest undoing. Several cities like Bangalore, facing an excessive demand and steep increase in extraction levels, are fast drying up. The NITI Ayog report warned that Bangalore could potentially run out of groundwater by 2020. This is alarming, given that Karnataka as a whole stands in the top 5 states in the water quality rankings. Exploitation of our natural resources and not enough attention to recharging them will ensure that we get there faster. Rain water harvesting is a proven and sustainable method to channel the force of the monsoon to recharging this groundwater. Given the rampant development and real-estate growth, rain water harvesting should become a mandated practice closely tied with the issuance of licenses to dig borewells.
Efficient irrigation: despite the tremendous improvements in infrastructure post the green-revolution, issues pertaining to efficient management of irrigation systems persist. Traditionally, we have focused on large dams, however it is increasingly seen that these have definite constraints in providing economic and efficient channels of irrigation to the last mile. Smaller, focused systems like surface works and others like drip and sprinkler irrigation must be looked at. Awareness about these as well as the urgent need to return water to ground sources is a crucial step in restoring the water table.
Reduce water footprint: the 2013 drought in Maharashtra, said to be one of the worst experienced in 40 years, shook the country. While the larger reason was a failed monsoon the previous year, given climate change and weather irregularities, several environmentalists believe this is a reality we must brace ourselves for. Citizens must be made aware of their water footprint, encouraged to examine consumption patterns and drastically reduce thoughtless wastage. We would do good to find ways to judiciously use the resources we have left, as well as be sensitive to actively restoring those that are fast drying up. As a country, with the ongoing efforts to sanitation and provide toilets, we could explore waterless toilets and harness other energy sources such as wind to do the work water has.
Clean up and restore existing waterways and water bodies: There are countless ways in which our systems are failing us when it comes to managing or containing water pollution. Sanitation, public health and water management in even the most urban Indian cities fall severely short of healthy benchmarks. Plastic and other waste, sewerage and industrial effluents continue to choke our waterways, rivers and find their way to the sea, thereby further polluting our water systems. This poses serious health hazards and has a horrific impact on the health and stability of the water table, which is the only source for all our water.
Waste water management: Managing waste water is one of the prominent ways in which we can immediately clean up our act and return largely clean water back to our groundwater sources, or for use in irrigation and other needs. Whether in the smallest homes, larger housing complexes or commercial and industrial establishments, energy-efficient, cost-effective and sustainable solutions to manage waste water are the need of the hour. Our solutions meet the needs of a wide range of industries and municipal bodies, and can be custom designed to effectively and substantially degrade organic waste. Get nature to work for you with our help, and see how you can dramatically reduce sludge, curb operational costs and significantly lower COD and BOD levels in water significantly.
Unless we urgently look at means to contain the inflow of pollutants and effluents into our sources of water, explore sustainable methods to conserve and recharge ground water and other finite sources and find ways in which to better access and availability of water to all our citizens, our future will continue to look bleak and very, very dry.


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Q: How to hold echo result in a variable without using echo or print in php? I am creating dynamic query through the loop as a string and wants to run that query and hold the result in a variable then return that result as json for ajax purpose.
But the problem is here if I echo the query that stop executing further and just return query itself.
  $data = 'Share::all();';
  ob_start();
  echo $data; // stop executing here
  $returnData = ob_get_contents();
  ob_end_clean();
  return $returnData;

A: Direct Eloquent Call
I think you might actually need this one line instead of all the code you wrote:
return Share::all()->toArray();

Printing a piece of php code (i.e. 'Share::all();' in your case) as string does not execute the code. And it certainly will not give you the result of executing that code.
Using Output Buffer
Or perhaps you want to use the dangerous eval to parse output of the code? In that case:
$data = 'echo "hello world";';

$returnData = (function ($code) {
  ob_start();
  eval($code); // stop executing here
  return ob_get_clean();
})($data);

var_dump($returnData);

Please note that the return data can only be string. It can never be anything other than plain string. Thus it doesn't really make sense to me if you want to pass the "query result" with output buffer.
Simply eval
You are probably actually thinking about this.
$data = 'return Share::all()->toArray();';
$returnData = eval($data);
var_dump($returnData);

But you'd get wield result with modern namespaced PHP code. Plus running eval is really not recommended.


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HAMBURG, Germany (AP) Hamburg residents will be asked to ratify the city's bid for the 2024 Olympic Games in a referendum on Nov. 24.
All political parties except the opposition Left Party voted in favor of the referendum, which would endorse Hamburg's bid to become Germany's candidate city. A vote against the games would end the bid.
Hamburg was chosen ahead of Berlin by the Germany's National Olympic Committee (DOSB) as its candidate city last March. A poll commissioned by the committee at the time had 64 percent of Hamburg's residents backing an Olympic bid. No recent polls have been published.
Hamburg, Boston, Rome, Paris and Budapest have announced bids for the 2024 Games. The deadline is Sept. 15.
The host city will be selected in 2017.


BRIAN L. LANCASTER is Professor of Transpersonal Psychology at Liverpool John Moores University, the first such post in the UK. He is also Deputy Head, Centre for Applied Psychology and Co-Director of the Consciousness and Transpersonal Psychology Research Unit at Liverpool John Moores University. His first book, Mind Brain and Human Potential (Element) won an international award. He has a high profile in the British Psychological Society as Founder Member of both the Section of Conscious and Experimental Psychology and Transpersonal Psychology. He has a considerable international reputation as a leader and innovator in these fields.


time he knew that he had other struggles to meet.
"You are to be number one, after all," some one whispered to him.
whether he dared think so.
and that he had in any way thought of them.
conversation until they sat down together in the family-room.
"Who is it?" asked he.
and say good-by, as you would not come to me."
"Dear me! Is that you, Marit? I shall come up to you."
to wait still longer; no one knows where I am and I must hurry home."
"And now we have not spoken to each other for half a year."
"We parted so strangely, too, that time."
"We did. I think I must come up to you!"
"Oh, no! do not come! But tell me: you are not angry with me?"
"Goodness! how could you think so?"
"Indeed I must go; they will miss me."
"No, I dare not stay away any longer, Oyvind. Good-by."
she will come down some day, any way.
the congregation with terror, and it is a pleasure to listen to him.
think him too strict, but it is good for them that he is so.
what it is abroad; it does not at all repay us for what we do with it.
as well as they have.
to do, but it must not be far away.
I long to be at home again.
me a few words as soon as possible, giving me all particulars.
Regarding myself, I have to say that I shall be through here in a year.
but you must burn it, and this you will have to promise me to do.
this time, and so I must bid you farewell.
P.S.--Be sure and burn this letter.
for now the war breaks out afresh with all that was suffered in it.
distance, but pain me and fill with tears when I look at small objects.
praises you and he says you are fickle. That, indeed, you were before.
say no more this time, and so farewell.
better than for you to write to me once more.
not know you. But possibly you do not know me either.
flight from people, as in former days. I can stand fire now.
anxiety, and there came to me only foolery and laughter.
snow which lies in front of the church-door.
could not laugh at nonsense.
cast her away as you would a naughty child.
lived through three generations; I have seen folly and its course.
You seem to be displeased with me, and this greatly grieves me.
your sled, and I could wish that I were a child again.
will answer just once more I will never forget it in you, Oyvind.
Please burn this letter; I scarcely know whether I dare send it.
DEAR MARIT,--Thank you for your letter; you wrote it in a lucky hour.
please to you, and smile over it in my heart.
wait; we must think of this while we are working.
think of you, and I will do so until I fall asleep.
"No; I expect them every moment."
"Fine weather for haymaking, to-day."
"But warm for old folks to be walking."
"Have any young folks been out to-day?"
"Yes; but are gone again."
until they have the old man's consent."
"There! I think they are coming."
The school-master looked long in the distance.
"Yes, indeed! it is they."
dear, O dear! he is as fair as ever," she added.
juniper, strewn over the floor, gave evidence of the festival.
this was true, but it was not possible for him to speak more slowly.
to repress his own. The school-master grew ten years younger.
satisfaction as he rose to go.
door-step, she called Oyvind into the bedroom.
"Some one will be waiting for you at nine o'clock," whispered she.
appeared at the side of the house, for she had been in the kitchen.
step. He advanced to meet her, and took her hand between both of his.
Her eyes were fixed on the ground, and so they stood.
"How tall you have grown," said she, meaning something quite different.
showing itself on the cliff above.
rapid stream of words that Marit had to laugh at him.
there burst open a lock within me--wide open, you see."
"I know almost by heart all the letters you sent me."
"And I yours! But you always wrote such short ones."
"Because you always wanted them to be so long."
"Laughed. Do not you know what it is to laugh?"
"I do not need that when I am happy."
"Pray, am I laughing now?"
hands in his pockets, gazing at the dog.
"Are you there, you two? What mad dog is that you have up there?"
"How the deuce did it get up there?"
"Well, I must say it is a fierce dog."
"It will behave better if I stroke it," thought Oyvind, and he did so.
he knew nothing, and the two on the cliff were saved from discovery.
"Do you expect it to be worse hereafter?"
"I know one who will keep a close watch on us--that I do."
"But he shall do us no harm."
"Yes, I promise it, Oyvind."
"How beautiful you are, Marit!"
"So the fox said to the raven and got the cheese."
"I mean to have the cheese, too, I can assure you."
"You shall not have it."
"But I will take it."
She turned her head, but he did not take it.
"How homely you have grown!"
"Ah! you are going to give me the cheese, anyway; are you?"
"No, I am not," and she turned away again.
"Now I must go, Oyvind."
"But not beyond the woods; grandfather might see you."
"No, not beyond the woods. Dear me! are you running?"
"Why, we cannot walk side by side here."
"But this is not going together?"
"Have I caught you forever, Merit?" His hand was on her waist.
her; but she bent her head down under his arm, laughed, and ran away.
She paused, though, by the last trees.
"And when shall we meet again?" whispered she.
"To-morrow, to-morrow!" he whispered in return.
"Good-by," and she ran on.
"Yes, it was." She ran on again.
into the air, caught it, and threw it up again.
across the meadows to Oyvind, and gave him a note.
"You run well, my boy," said Oyvind.
"I am paid for it," answered the boy.
and hide yourself! THE ONE YOU KNOW."
the other hand, changed color.
"Yes, it is not very easy to make a mistake here."
through much adversity, he had become irritable and suspicious.
"He must carry a heavy load, that man,"--and more was not required.
"Hem, hem!" said Ole, coughing on the hill.
"He is getting his throat ready," whispered Thore.
the hay, and laughed. His father also bowed down.
father stood beside him, both laughing with all their might.
Occasionally they had such fits of laughter.
"But this is inconvenient," said the father.
must surely have reached the gard.
"I will not go out," said the father; "I have no business with him."
"Well, then, I will not go out either," replied Oyvind.
"Hem, hem!" was heard just outside of the barn wall.
The father held up a threatening finger to his boy.
"No, you be off at once."
And they brushed the dust off each other, and advanced very seriously.
"Is the old gentleman out for a walk?"
"Perhaps you are tired; will you not walk in?"
"Oh! I can rest very well here; my errand will not take long."
"Is that your son who is standing behind you?" he began, abruptly.
"Oyvind is his name, is it not?"
"Yes; they call him Oyvind."
"There was something of the kind; yes."
"She will not have any of the gard boys who offer themselves."
"But people say he is to blame; he who is standing there."
"He is said to have turned her head--yes; he there, your son Oyvind."
daughters when I allow them to go to a dance. I will not have it."
"I cannot go with them; I am old, I cannot be forever on the lookout."
"A sausage is no longer."
"What are you laughing at?" asked Ole, shortly and sharply.
"The Lord forbid!" but his own answer increased his desire to laugh.
to hand the whole over to the first one who makes a fool of the girl.
yonder, in the churchyard, and then you will trip forward to the altar.
higher than the left, and grumbling to himself.
met his son's gaze. He paused, and looked long at him.
comes, and perhaps I can help you."
He started off to his work, and the son followed.
I shall win her through my work."
"Hold thy head up, thou eager boy!
Light that above thee is beaming!
"Hold thy head up, and gaze about!
Tidings of peace with their singing.
"Hold thy head up, and loudly sing!
Must find a time for growing.
And in each life-spark glowing."
overcome by the heat. He flung himself down on the stone by her side.
"What heat and what a distance! Have you been here long?"
much trouble; it was just about this I wanted to speak to you."
talk with you, and now you must listen."
"Is it true that you are trying to be agriculturist for the district?"
besiege the old man with good deeds."
"Those are brave words. What more, Oyvind?"
"Why, the rest simply concerns us two. You must not go away."
"Not if he orders it?"
"And keep nothing secret that concerns us two."
"Even if he torments me?"
other; so much the sooner will they wish that all may go well with us.
yes, and now it will all come right. Hurrah!"
glided down off the stone.
stood talking with him, looking up into his face.
"Then you must say No, right out."
"Oh, dear! how would that be possible?"
"He cannot carry you out to the carriage."
"If he does not quite do that, he can force me in many other ways."
only childish nonsense. Prove to him that it is something more."
"But you tug at the tether several times a day."
"Yes, you do; every time you think of me in secret you tug at it."
"You would not be sitting here if you did not."
"Why, dear me! did you not send word for me to come?"
"But you came because your thoughts drove you here."
"Rather because the weather was so fine."
"You said a while ago that it was too warm."
"To go _up_ hill, yes; but _down_ again?"
"Why did you come up, then?"
"That I might run down again."
"Why did you not run down before this?"
"Because I had to rest."
"And talk with me about love?"
"It was an easy matter to give you the pleasure of listening."
"And the others were sleeping."
angry and would not be quiet; the grandfather stood below staring up.
"What were you doing, then?"
"I was talking with some one."
"Was it with the Pladsen boy?"
"Hear me now, Marit; to-morrow you leave home."
"You cannot lift me into the carriage."
"No; because you will not."
"No; you would not dare do so."
"I would not dare? Do you say I would not dare? Who should interfere?
"Yes; it is he who has kept him at the agricultural school."
way with your mother, too, only sorrow and trouble. I am an old man.
only desire your own good."
"Indeed? What do I want, then?"
with the little I have; your father handled it roughly, indeed he did.
with food. What can you say, now, Marit?"
"You do not know what you ought to answer?"
"Yes, indeed, I know that."
"Yes; of course you may say it."
"I care a great deal for that love of mine."
strayed into the field; but to Marit he said nothing.
she opened the window, lay in the window-frame, looked out and sang.
She had found a pretty little love-song, and it was that she sang.
Comes again with spring, so kindly.
Picture life in sunshine flitting.
Sighs behind the birches heaving.
For the night her shroud is weaving.
No, thou surely art mistaken.
Didst thou hear it, say?
Look on me as one forsaken.
Leaves in me of love no traces.
Must I e'er for thee be yearning?"
Several years have passed since the last scene.
alone, by the side of his bed, his eyes fixed on his hands.
finds a stool, and seats himself in front of Ole.
"You have sent for me," he says.
"What did you want of me?"
"I was just sitting here thinking it over."
"You are growing old, now, Ole."
downward; I will soon rest in the grave."
"You must see to it that you rest well there, Ole."
He closes the book and sits looking at the binding.
"That is a good book you are holding in your hands."
"It is not bad. How often have you gone beyond the cover, Ole?"
The school-master lays aside the book and puts away his spectacles.
"Things are not going as you wish to have them, Ole?"
"They have not done so as far back as I can remember."
all has been well with me."
Ole looks up and says nothing.
The school-master: "How do you think the gard is doing, Ole?"
"Who shall have it when you are gone?"
"That is what I do not know, and it is that, too, which troubles me."
"Your neighbors are doing well now, Ole."
"Yes, they have that agriculturist to help them."
little of the new ways of management."
Ole: "I do not suppose there is any one who would help me."
"Have you asked for it?"
then all has been truly well with me."
Ole is silent; but now the school-master, too, is silent.
away, but she does not do it."
"Possibly it would not please her?"
as I can understand they all concern the gard."
"It has been handed down for many generations, and the soil is good.
will not be one of the family."
"Your granddaughter will preserve the family."
"Shall we walk out and take a look at the gard in this fine weather?"
gathering leaves, but they do not work except when I am watching them."
"They do not seem to like to work for me; I cannot understand it."
When they were once out and turning the corner of the house, he paused.
He stooped with difficulty, picked up the axe, and drove it in fast.
"And the store-house; do you think the ladder is carried away?"
"This is the way it is every single day."
As they proceeded upward they heard a merry song from the slopes.
"Why, they are singing over their work," said the school-master.
"That is not one of the parish songs, is it?"
There was no reply to this.
attention. The school-master commented on this, and then Ole stopped.
"It is not in my power to do more," said he, quite pathetically.
walk over such a field, I can assure you."
shrilling of a boy's voice when it is poured out with all its might.
Than you well can carry.
Send them down the mountains.
Ole had sat down and covered his face with his hands.
journey, the post-boy was still at the door, as the horse was resting.
other, but it was so small that Oyvind called it "mother's toy-farm,"
for it was she, in particular, who saw to the farming.
a short walk before supper, when the mother came in quite pale.
table, with his face toward the door; his father was sitting near him.
window. Thore took his seat again.
And the wooing proceeded as shall now be told.
The school-master: "We are having fine weather this autumn, after all."
Thore: "It has been mending of late."
"Are you through with your harvesting up yonder?"
Oyvind: "If help is desired, I shall do what I can."
Oyvind: "I am so little at home."
with us,--be there, when you were not away."
is not the thunder that kills people."
Ole looks at them, uncertain whether he dare begin again.
there are certainly no thorns left."
money in his finger-tips, and I should like to get hold of him."
school-master, and then all three at the latter.
pay to take hold up yonder."
"Would you be willing to lend a hand to it?"
"Do you mean for me to be gard overseer?"
"Precisely--yes; you should have the gard."
"I should _have_ the gard?"
"Just so--yes: then you could manage it."
"Why, of course, I will."
Ole looks puzzled at the school-master.
"Oyvind is asking, I suppose, whether he shall have Marit, to."
Ole, abruptly: "Marit in the bargain; Marit in the bargain!"
her son until they filled with tears.
Ole, in great excitement: "What do you think of the gard?"
"Magnificent land; is it not?"
"No pasture equal to it!"
"No pasture equal to it! Something can be done with it?"
"It will become the best gard in the district!"
"As surely as I am standing here!"
"There, is not that just what I have said?"
"But money, you see, money? I have no money."
"We will get on slowly without money; but get on we shall!"


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<?php

namespace Liip\ImagineBundle\Tests\Async;

use Enqueue\Bundle\EnqueueBundle;
use Liip\ImagineBundle\Async\CacheResolved;
use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;

/**
 * @covers \Liip\ImagineBundle\Async\CacheResolved
 *
 * @group legacy
 */
class CacheResolvedTest extends TestCase
{
    protected function setUp(): void
    {
        if (!class_exists(EnqueueBundle::class)) {
            self::markTestSkipped('The tests are run without enqueue integration. Skip them');
        }
    }

    public function testCouldBeJsonSerialized(): void
    {
        $message = new CacheResolved('thePath', [
            'fooFilter' => 'http://example.com/fooFilter/thePath',
            'barFilter' => 'http://example.com/barFilter/thePath',
        ]);

        $this->assertSame(
            '{"path":"thePath","uris":{"fooFilter":"http:\/\/example.com\/fooFilter\/thePath","barFilter":"http:\/\/example.com\/barFilter\/thePath"}}',
            json_encode($message)
        );
    }

    public function testCouldBeJsonDeSerialized(): void
    {
        $message = CacheResolved::jsonDeserialize('{"path":"thePath","uris":{"fooFilter":"http:\/\/example.com\/fooFilter\/thePath","barFilter":"http:\/\/example.com\/barFilter\/thePath"}}');

        $this->assertSame('thePath', $message->getPath());
        $this->assertSame([
            'fooFilter' => 'http://example.com/fooFilter/thePath',
            'barFilter' => 'http://example.com/barFilter/thePath',
        ], $message->getUris());
    }
}


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15.09.2015Solar energy and CO2 utilization could cover humankind's energy and raw material needs
The global demand for electricity, raw materials for the chemical and plastics industry as well as aviation fuel could be met by solar energy.
The amount of solar energy impinging on earth's land surfaces is sufficient to meet the global energy demand even by 2050, if only less than 1% of worldwide land area will be covered by photovoltaic (PV) systems. In addition to the direct use of solar energy, other renewables such as wind or water, can contribute to fulfilling energy demands. This global view shows that providing humankind with sustainable and environmentally friendly energy is not a problem in principle, even in the long term. Furthermore, the efficiency of PV systems has been constantly growing: Whereas today, ordinary solar cells convert around 15% of the solar energy they receive into electricity, scientists expect a rise in efficiency of up to 40% by 2050.
But is the conversion of power supply to renewable energy economically feasible? New solar parks and wind farms at favourable locations already have electricity production costs of 0.06-0.07 €/kWh and are therefore often less expensive than fossil or nuclear energy systems. However, there are two disadvantages inherent to the system that slow down the expansion of solar and wind energy: the main costs arise during plant construction, while future operating costs are quite low. Also, a wide distribution of solar and wind energy requires massive extensions of power grids and storage systems. Both factors make huge investments necessary.
What would be the cost to change humankind's entire energy supply to solar energy? In 2014, more than 1,300 billion USD (=1,200 billion €) were spent on arms expenditure worldwide, of which almost half was spent by the USA. Solar cells are currently available for 100 €/kW peak performance – prices between 60 and 70 €/kW are expected for the nearer future. Using the annual military budget of 1,300 billion USD, more than 10,000 GWpeak per year in photovoltaic systems could be built. Compare this to an annual global power plant output of 5,550 GW (2012) with a current share of already 26% renewable energies.
Even considering that this calculation is too simplistic, as considerable additional investments in grids and storage are necessary, it shows one thing: The global military budget of only a few years would be enough to switch the world's electric power supplies to solar energy use!
Technical developments of the last few years have shown that solar, wind and hydro power not only provide eco-friendly electricity, but can also be used to produce organic raw materials.
Renewable energies are used to derive the elements hydrogen and oxygen from water. Combining the generated hydrogen with CO2 forms methane, methanol and a variety of other chemical building blocks. This process can be achieved catalytically or biotechnologically. More than 20 pilot plants worldwide are operational already and the first commercial plants are under construction. This technology is called Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) or power-to-gas and power-to-liquid.
Calculations show that, using this technologies, it is possible to sustainably supply the chemical and plastics industry with organic raw materials. Even with a strong growth, the carbon demand of the chemical and plastics industry could easily be met through CCU technologies in 2050: About 2% of the world's desert area would be enough to cover the global carbon demand of the chemical and plastics industry with solar and CCU technologies even in 2050.
Already now, solar-powered CCU technologies can contribute toward climate protection. One of the biggest climate challenges are the growing CO2 emissions caused by air traffic. Airlines and aircraft manufacturers are investing large amounts to produce climate friendly bio-kerosene from wood, algae, Jatropha and biogenic waste. However, high costs as well as insecurities about land requirements, biodiversity and potential conflicts with food and feed have so far prevented industrial implementation.
Synthetic aviation fuel based on solar, wind and water energy as well as CO2 offer an alternative and it is already being produced on small scales. More than ten pilot plants are using electrolysis and Fischer-Tropsch-Synthesis to produce different fuels with efficiency levels of 70 to 80%. Solar kerosene can replace petrochemical kerosene 1:1 and actually has better combustion characteristics due to its purity. Production costs depend primarily on prices for renewable energies and are about the same as for bio-kerosene.
First life cycle assessments show that the climate footprint of solar kerosene is much better than all alternatives. The CO2 emissions per tonne solar kerosene are considerably lower than those of bio-based kerosene and about 80 to 90% lower than of petrochemical kerosene. Calculations show that compliance with the 2-degree-Celsius climate goal is only possible using solar kerosene. In comparison to bio-kerosene, area and water demands are also much lower.
These technologies, described here in brief only, mean nothing less than a sustainability revolution for all energy and raw material supply.
On 29 and 30 September 2015, leading experts from politics, research and the industry will meet at the Haus der Technik in Essen, Germany, at the biggest European "Conference on Carbon Dioxide as Feedstock for Fuels, Chemistry and Polymers" to discuss latest technologies and strategies for a fast implementation. Expected are 200 participants from all over the world, including many global companies.
Don't miss out on the future, be part of it!
Michael Carus, CEO nova-Institut GmbH
Full background information on this press release will be presented at the conference in Essen.
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Jon Cornwell-Crewchief'd Gagne Goes 7 MotoA Superbike Wins In A Row, Hector Barbera Fifth
Again, Hector Barbera Fifth. Think about it.
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Is Hector? Yes, is Hector. Fortuna
Seven Straight For Gagne In Day Two MotoAmerica Superbike Scorcher
The Heat Is On At Ridge Motorsports Park And No One Is Hotter Than Jake Gagne
SHELTON, WA (June 27, 2021) – The most positive of the wannabe challengers to Jake Gagne in the 2021 MotoAmerica HONOS Superbike Series can take a smidgen of hope to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in two weeks that the Fresh N' Lean Attack Performance Yamaha rider only beat his teammate Josh Herrin by 4.4 and 5.6 seconds, respectively, in the two races at Ridge Motorsports Park.
Gagne won his seventh straight HONOS Superbike race on a flaming -Sunday in the Pacific Northwest as record, triple-digit temperatures scorched the area, making the racing a survival of the fittest.
At least on track, Gagne ("the gnarlier the better") was definitely the fittest and he led into turn one only to find his teammate Herrin too close for comfort as the two very nearly came together.
Once the turn-one melee sorted itself out, it was clear sailing for Gagne as he established his normal lead and then maintained it to the finish.
"I didn't get the best jump," Gagne said. "I didn't get a jump like I did yesterday. I saw his (Josh Herrin's) wheel coming up around the outside of me. He threw it in one, and I threw it in there, too. It was good to see a wheel and do some racing, because it was kind of a lonely one yesterday. I knew these boys would step it up today. We made a couple changes today. Made the bike a little bit easier to ride. With how hot it is, you can't just go down there and try to throw down the first couple laps. You just got to ride and just put the bike in a place where it's comfortable and not use up these tires too much. Once on my pit board I see just a (plus) .5 or something, I know probably Josh (Herrin) can't stick it in from a half a second away, so that just allows me to kind of run my lines, relax. So, it was nice. I enjoyed the heat out there. It was hot. It was probably one of the hottest races I ever remember, but I feel really good. The gnarlier the better. I like it. Again, hats off to the Fresh N' Lean Attack Yamaha. The boys work hard and no matter how much we win by or if we barely win, we're going to keep working harder to try to do what we know we can do, so hats off to those guys and all the fans. It was good to have fans back here in Washington after being alone here last year, especially in this heat. They stuck it out in record-breaking heat up here. Roll on to Laguna. I love that track. Let's do it."
Herrin gave it his all and ended up second for the second straight day, the 2013 AMA Superbike Champion, giving a lot of the credit for his newfound speed to new riding coach Josh Hayes.
"We all talked before the race, me, Richard (team owner Stanboli) and Jake (Gagne)," Herrin said. "He's like, if you're there, let's not do any dumb moves until you guys get a break. It all went out the window. I just saw an opportunity. I knew Jake was going to be going fast today. I just wanted to honestly try and get in his head a little bit and just do something to stir up the mix a little bit. Maybe it worked, maybe it didn't. I don't know. I got lucky that I didn't get passed by more guy. It was just a bonehead – not bonehead. It wasn't a dumb move. I was in control, but it just could have cost me a lot more than it did. I'm overall super happy with the weekend. I think we've turned my year around. This is the best I've been riding since '18. Jake is just a little bit better right now. I'm definitely going to go back, keep working. Good thing is I wasn't tired in the race physically. Mentally, it was just draining from the heat. That's the biggest plus to me other than obviously the finish. I'm super happy with how everything has been going with Josh Hayes this weekend. It's pretty insane how much one person can help your program."
Third place went to Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York's Loris Baz, the Frenchman struggling to ride a difficult Ducati Panigale V4 R in the heat around the 2.47-mile racetrack. It was Baz's third podium finish of the season.
"We've been the fastest we've ever been on this bike since Thursday," Baz said. "I felt so comfortable on the bike every day. We still have to work. It's obvious. I was really thinking that I could be faster in the race, especially yesterday. I had a good feeling on the right side, but we had the rough tire, and the left side was so hot I nearly highsided 10 times. I just tried to bring it home in fourth place yesterday. Today, I started not too bad, but I was hoping to be able to come back at the end because we had such a great pace all weekend. I rode all weekend with 10, 15, 20 laps tire, even 25 laps front tire and I was able to do some low 40s. It was just impossible in the race. I just had no feeling. I think the setup window on this bike is just so narrow. It's the first time we raced this bike in that heat. We're just too slow at the moment compared to Jake (Gagne) and Josh (Herrin) today. I'm lucky Cam (Petersen) had a DNF (actually, he was slowed by an issue but still finished sixth) and I could finish on the podium. We'll continue working hard with the team. We work harder than ever. This bike was hard to ride today. I had arm pump mid-race, but I never gave up. Try to come back and find a solution. I tried all the maps that the guys gave me, and it was not enough. We try again in Laguna."
Westby Racing's Mathew Scholtz improved to fourth from his fifth-place finish on Saturday, the South African just two seconds clear of Scheibe Racing BMW's Hector Barbera. It was the Spaniard's best finish thus far in his debut season of racing in the MotoAmerica Series.
Yesterday's third-place finisher Cameron Petersen was fighting with Baz for third again when he was slowed by a technical issue that pushed him down the order to sixth. He ended up some 20 seconds ahead of his M4 ECSTAR Suzuki teammate Bobby Fong.
FLY Racing ADR Motorsports' owner/racer David Anthony got the better of HONOS HVMC Racing's Corey Alexander and Anthony's teammate Jayson Uribe to finish eighth. Alexander and Uribe rounded out the top 10 finishers with Alexander winning the Superbike Cup for racers armed with Stock 1000-spec motorcycles.
Superbike Race 2
Jake Gagne (Yamaha)
Josh Herrin (Yamaha)
Loris Baz (Ducati)
Mathew Scholtz (Yamaha)
Hector Barbera (BMW)
Cameron Petersen (Suzuki)
Bobby Fong (Suzuki)
David Anthony (Suzuki)
Corey Alexander (Kawasaki)
Jayson Uribe (Suzuki)


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Dozens of protesters gathered at the Lebanese embassy in Zamalek on Tuesday to demand the release of Egyptian doctor Mohamed Al-Hamshari, who was arrested at the airport in Beirut on Saturday for possessing an illegal communications device. Protesters demanded that charges be dropped and that he be allowed to communicate with his family and legal support.
Later in the afternoon, Al-Hamshari's wife received a phone call from her husband, who told her that he was being interrogated, but did not know where he was. This was the first time in four days of detention that anyone, including Al-Hamshari's parents, who live in Dubai, or his lawyer, had heard from him.
After being detained by police on Saturday morning, very little was confirmed concerning Al-Hamshari's whereabouts. He was detained by the military at the Rafiq Hariri Airport and is reportedly under military investigation.
Unsubstantiated reports on Tuesday indicated that Al-Hamshari would be released. Rizk claimed that when he approached the Lebanese ambassador to Egypt Tuesday morning, the ambassador himself thought that the Egyptian psychiatrist had been freed. "We won't believe anything of the reports or what either government says until we hear from him," said Rizk.
After treating people in the field in Tahrir Square last year, Al-Hamshari traveled to Benghazi to treat casualties during the uprising that overthrew Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Most recently, he worked with Syrian refugees in Jordan, using his expertise in psychiatrics.
According to protesters, they have reached out to the office of the presidency and the Foreign Ministry but have not been able to receive confirmation concerning Al-Hamshari's location or status.
A number of Egyptian organizations, including Tahrir Doctors and the Arab Doctors Union, have spoken out against Al-Hamshari's detention, demanding his immediate release. Abdel Moneim Abul Fotouh has attempted to consult government authorities in both countries, but without conclusive result.


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It goes without saying that the road to becoming a doctor is paved with ambition, discipline, and dedication from the get-go. But perhaps above all, it begins with the right drive. That is what makes RCSI & UCD Malaysia Campus (RUMC) students stand out from the rest. On top of having students of academic excellence, the cornerstone of RUMC being a successful medical school lies not only in the quality of the education it provides but also in its students' motivation in pursuing a career in medicine.
RUMC's class of 2021 has entered the next phase of their journey as medical students. 124 aspiring doctors have returned from Dublin, Ireland where they undertook their pre-clinical studies at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) and University College Dublin (UCD) for two-and-a-half years. The clinical years in Malaysia will mainly comprise of the students receiving on-site training where they will interact with patients at Penang General Hospital, Seberang Jaya Hospital, and Taiping Hospital.
To commemorate this significant milestone, RUMC presented the students with White Coats in a ceremony at the Penang General Hospital. While the White Coat Ceremony is usually held at the beginning of a medical student's life, RUMC believes that this would serve as a reminder to its aspiring doctors to begin seeing themselves as doctors-in-training rather than as students. As doctors-in-training, students are expected to demonstrate the highest level of professionalism as they are now responsible for patient care.
"As you begin your clinical training, you are following in the footsteps of nearly 1,700 RUMC doctors, your seniors have gone on to senior positions and RUMC graduates are well sought after. You are carrying the name and reputation that they have built up. Carry it well and uphold the good name of RUMC. That is your responsibility as you enter these hospital corridors, wards, clinics and theatres," advised Prof Stephen Doughty, President and CEO of RUMC.
Upon concluding their clinical training, students will graduate as doctors, receiving an internationally recognised medical degree, namely the MB BCh BAO (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery and Bachelor of Obstetrics) from the National University Ireland (NUI). A two-year placement as House Officers will follow suit.


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Everyone knows that on average we should be drinking eight glasses of water a day- some even recommend more!
While this is still a way of putting water into your body it also means eight trips to the bathroom a day! When we eat more water-rich foods, we absorb water more slowly because it is trapped in the structure of these foods. That slow absorption means that water in food stays in our bodies longer, with a multitude of additional benefits.
WHAT DOES "EAT YOUR WATER" REALLY MEAN?
Cucumbers are 96% water, eating a cucumber is almost the same as drinking water, but better. Besides being full of hydrating H20 and other key water-rich foods contain nutrients, vitamins, minerals and fibre that can improve your health, develop your immune system, and can contribute to loss of energy, headaches and general sluggishness. This is why drinking water has been typically recommended by healthcare professionals for decades.
Our bodies are constantly regenerating, creating new cells to replace old, damaged ones. This means it's even more important that we eat and drink with a deliberate focus on promoting cellular health. The best way to do this is to keep our body saturated with cell-building elements such as vitamin A, alpha lipoic acid, oleic acid, polyphenols, folic acid and vitamin C. These nutrients can all be found in water-rich foods such as raw fruits and vegetables.
We need to be careful because drinking too much water can actually cause a loss of vitamins and minerals as they get flushed out as the body voids excess fluids. The key is to "strategically hydrate" by eating your water throughout the day so that your body has a steady stream of hydration and nutrients to keep it energized and working optimally.
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The 2016/17 English Premier League season is now behind us, with Chelsea fending off a very game club from Tottenham Hotspur to add another EPL title to their collections.
With the last game of the season having been played, attention turns to the next season. Who will be signed? Who will be sacked? Teams such as Manchester City, Chelsea and Manchester United will be hurriedly making changes to their clubs to prepare for the next season.
Despite the fact that Chelsea is the defending champion, they are not the favourites to win the title next season. That distinction belongs to Manchester City, who is currently listed at 9/4 to win. Man City has gotten their offseason started on the right foot, as they completed a deal for Monaco midfielder Bernardo Silva.
Chelsea is currently listed at 11/4 to repeat as champions, while Manchester United is listed at 10/3. Manchester United had a much improved club this season and many believe that they will be contending for the title next year.
Tottenham, which has come very close to winning the title over the past few seasons, is listed at 8/1 to win.
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UMD Sneaks to Football Playoff Victory
Friday Nov. 25th, 2011
Big plays and high drama were the order of the day when UMD defeated Saginaw Valley State University 30-27 in their Division II NCAA playoff game last Saturday. But after three hours of high-pressure football, the biggest plays included a vehement complaint by UMD coach Bob Nielson, and a quarterback sneak by Chase Vogler.
Saginaw Valley had solved the stout UMD defense for enough big plays to reverse a 17-7 halftime deficit and force overtime on a game-ending field goal at 24-all. The Cardinals learned they couldn't run the ball against the Bulldogs early, when snow flurries were swirling around Malosky Stadium. "They were a tough team to run against," said Cardinals coach Jim Collins, "so we went to Plan B, which was to throw it more. Jon and Jeff made it work."
Jon is sophomore quarterback Jon Jennings, and Jeff is sophomore wide receiver Jeff Janis. Football tradition says you try to establish the run in order to set up the pass, but Saginaw State tried a couple long passes to loosen up the UMD defense, then deployed Janis across the middle just a few yards down field. Jennings connected with Janis for three touchdowns against the stunned Bulldogs.
After Vogler's opening touchdown, Jennings hit Janis, who turned it into a 76-yard touchdown and a 7-7 tie in the second quarter. Still, leading rusher Zach Hulce scored his first of two touchdowns, and David Nadeau's field goal made it 17-7 UMD at halftime. On Saginaw's first drive of the second half, Janis sprinted deep, down the middle, and was wide open for a Jennings pass into the wind that settled effortlessly toward Janis's gloved hands. But he couldn't quite grasp the ball and it fell to the frozen turf. They wound up exchanging punts, but then, on third and 10, Janis clicked with Jennings again, and he dashed for a 65-yard touchdown to cut UMD's lead to 17-14.
Janis took the Cardinals 80 yards in five plays in the fourth quarter, clicking 4-for-4 passing on the drive, including a 43-yarder to running back Ronnie Lark to set up a 22-yard touchdown pass to Janis, and Saginaw State suddenly led 21-17. The pressure was on, and Vogler and the Bulldogs responded with a 64-yard drive in 11 plays, climaxed by Voigler's 17-yard pass to Hulce on third and 10 from the 39, then Hulce's 22-yard run up the right sideline to score and recapture the lead at 24-21.
A potential game-winning drive by Saginaw State reached the UMD 6, but the defense stiffened, and time was running out, so Scott Stanford kicked a tying 21-yard field goal to force overtime, where each team gets a turn with possession from the other's 25 yard line. Jennings hit Janis for 11 yards on the left sideline to the UMD 14, after a second Saginaw receiver threw an impressive block to free up Janis. It was then that coach Nielson expressed himself, eloquently but forcefully -- that such blocks cannot be allowed in college football, and that at such a crucial time in such a big game, such an infraction simply had to be called. The sideline official gestured to Nielson that he had made his point, and standing nearby, I read the gesture to be a virtual acknowledgment that the officials had missed one. Some coaches gripe and complain all the time. Nielson doesn't, which makes his occasional outbursts valid.
Nevertheless, it was first down at the 14. On third down, Jennings went back to the left sideline, throwing to Gallina. Mark Thrash, another Saginaw receiver, was in the vicinity and delivered a bump to allow Gallina to catch the pass and barge into the end zone. But wait...a flag! Sure enough, the illegal pick was called as pass interference on Thrash, so instead of a touchdown, the Cardinals got a 15-yard penalty. It wasn't payback as much as it was being snapped to full alertness on a subfreezing afternoon. But without Nielson's forceful but respectful protest, we can bet the ensuing call would not have been made. At third and 21 from the 25, Jennings threw incomplete, with Cody Eich breaking it up, leaving Sanford to boot a 42-yard field goal. Instead of a touchdown, Saginaw's lead was only 27-24.
On UMD's turn, Vogler found freshman Aaron Roth for a 23-yard gain to the one, on what Vogler said was his third read on the play. On first and goal from the one, Nielson made the call and Vogler seconded the motion. Earlier in the game, Vogler executed quarterback sneaks on fourth down plays to keep drives alive on all three of UMD's regulation touchdown marches. So with the game on the line, and the ball at the one, Nielson again put his faith in center Eli Kelley and guards Garth Heikkinen and Francis Herzog. Kelley snapped the ball, the lines clashed, and Vogler lunged into the end zone.
"I don't have much to do on those plays," Vogler said. "Take the snap and go forward. Our guards and center do all the work."
If being tournament-hardened is an advantage, the UMD football team used a large dose of it to defeat Saginaw Valley State. And they'll need another dose of it this weekend, when they travel to Pueblo, Colo., to face top-seeded and undefeated Colorado State-Pueblo on Saturday. It's playoff time, and the Bulldogs are hot. What else is new?
GET READY FOR A TITLE RUN
Hockey fans may not be mentally prepared for it yet, but the Bulldogs are on course to make a serious run at the WCHA championship. Minnesota is still flying high, although the 6-0 Gopher start has leveled off a bit to 8-2. But here come the Bulldogs, raising their unbeaten streak to 10 games (8-0-2), and their WCHA record to 7-2-1 -- one point behind the Gophers. Mostly because UMD opened the season by getting swept at Amsoil Arena by Minnesota, the Bulldogs are in the rare position of being defending NCAA champions and yet able to sneak up on opponents.
"I still don't feel we get the respect we deserve," said goaltender Kenny Reiter, after the Bulldogs swept Minnesota State-Mankato 5-2, 7-3 last weekend.
Reiter blanked the Mavericks through the first two periods in the first game, including the first, when Mankato had a 21-9 edge in shots but UMD led 1-0 on Caleb Herbert's first of two goals. J.T. Brown's goal, between Herbert's two, made it 3-0 after two periods, and Jack Connolly and Travis Oleksuk scored close-order goals in the third period to offset a couple Maverick goals.
In the second game, it was scoreless after one period, but Justin Crandall and Brown scored 17 seconds apart at 1:40 and 1:57 of the second, then Herbert deflected in Scott Kishel's shot at 2:58, and Joe Basaraba banged in Mike Seidel's rebound at 3:16. Four goals, on UMD's first four shots of the period, in a burst of 1:36. In the third period, Connolly, Jake Hendrickson and Brady Lamb added goals, meaning seven different scorers got the seven goals. How's that for balance?
BEMIDJI STATE SURPRISES UMD
Bemidji State women's coach Steve Sertich watched his Beavers fall 4-1 against UMD in the first game of their series on Saturday, and he got to Amsoil Arena early enough Sunday to walk around the concourse before the second game. "I saw the picture of John Mariucci in the Hall of Fame," Sertich said, "and I wondered how proud John would be of our team."
Mariucci, the Godfather of Minnesota Hockey, laid his name and his career on the line for the benefit of college hockey teams developing homestate Minnesota players. Steve Sertich was one of them, a speedy scorer at Virginia High School and at Colorado College. After successful runs coaching Roseville boys and girls teams, he has done a fantastic job of building Bemidji State into an upper division challenger in the WCHA. They earlier beat Minnesota for a split, and they pulled off the split with UMD to stand 5-4-1 in the WCHA, above UMD's sputtering 2-5-1.
"And we're doing it with a lot of Minnesota kids," Sertich added, proudly. "We have more Minnesota players than UMD, and maybe more than Minnesota. We're not kidding anyone, when you play a team like UMD you have to have your A-game going. We didn't have it in the first game, but today we did. We five Northern Minnesota girls on our power play -- Sadie Lundquist from Cloquet, Emily Erickson from Coleraine, Montana Vichorek from Moose Lake, and the Wheelhouse sisters, Erika and Marlee, from Crookston."
Lindquist and Erickson are on the first line, while other Minnesotans in Bemidji's lineup include the whole second line, with Abby Williams of Alexandria centering Lauren Williams of Eagan and Kristi King of Stillwater, plus fourth-liners Molly Arola and Danielle Williams. Defenseman Kimberly Lieder of Eagan joins Vichorek and the Wheelhouse sisters, while backup goaltender Jessica Havel is from Grand Rapids, making it 12 homestate players.
"Bemidji works so hard and they have such a disciplined team," said UMD coach Shannon Miller. "I've always told our players that it doesn't matter how much talent you have, if you don't match the other team's work ethic, you're in trouble. It looked like some of our players played like we were sure we would win, especially our first line. Their first line scored three goals in this game."
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The brainchild of Amy Nielson Smith, A Blind Bit of Difference is a project aiming to teach performing arts to visually impaired students at Joseph Clarke School in North London. I went along to film the rehearsals at the school, and then covered the subsequent brilliant performances at the Albany Theatre. We are working on a final documentary but for now here is a teaser cut of the rehearsals. The soundtrack was performed by the students and produced by Steph Singer. This project was filmed by me but edited by Kate Dangerfield.


Carrick: I thought Arsenal was a done deal in 2004 – and then Santini didn't know who I was!
Michael Carrick has told FourFourTwo how close he came to joining Arsenal instead of Spurs 14 years ago.
The midfielder made almost 700 club appearances for West Ham, Tottenham and Manchester United, for whom he won 12 major titles and is now a coach.
Having progressed through West Ham's youth ranks and lifted the FA Youth Cup, Carrick moved across London to Spurs after spending a season in the second tier.
However, the pass master reveals that he nearly signed for Tottenham's arch rivals – meeting Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger to discuss the deal – and would have become a Gunner had a young Cesc Fabregas not impressed the Frenchman two days later.
Speaking exclusively in the January 2019 issue of FourFourTwo magazine, out Wednesday, Carrick explains: "I was really close to signing for Arsenal, and even had a meeting with Arsene Wenger at his house. I was pretty confident it was happening, and for a few days I thought it was a done deal and I was going to Arsenal.
Carrick's relationship with Arsenal's manager paled in comparison the man in Tottenham's hot seat: the former England international admits that newly appointed Spurs boss Jacques Santini didn't know who he was when he turned up for his first day of training.
Read the full One-on-One interview with Michael Carrick in the January 2019 issue of FourFourTwo magazine. The 2018 awards special features interviews with Goal of the Year winner Gareth Bale, Man of the Year David Silva, English Player of the Year Lucy Bronze, and speaks to Ivan Perisic about Croatia's World Cup heroics. Plus, we hail Gareth Southgate, Virgil van Dijk and Comeback of the Year winner Hardlife Zvirekwi, who returned to action despite having a hand amputated.
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