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Flames end long COVID layoff with dramatic win over Giordano's Kraken – Sportsnet.ca
Unable to catch up with any of his former Flames teammates before the game, Mark Giordano made sure they saw plenty of him once the contest started.
They saw him in the corners, after the whistle and, of course, on the scoresheet where the Calgary-turned-Seattle captain marked his first game against his former mates with a goal and two assists on Thursday.
"It felt good, I'm not going to lie," said Giordano of his game-opening goal during a first intermission interview with Sportsnet's Ryan Leslie.
"Chippy game so far, I love it. It takes all the other BS out of the game with me playing my old team. Guys are into it, it's good."
Anyone else thinking about how fascinating it would be if Giordano could finish the evening with a Gordie Howe hat trick?
— Eric Francis (@EricFrancis) December 31, 2021
All that misty-eyed BS aside, no one was surprised Giordano's legendary work ethic and will were driving forces in the Kraken's ability to stay in a game dominated by the Flames.
Playing for the first time in 19 days due to a COVID-19-induced shutdown before Christmas, the Flames overcame two early deficits and a disheartening goal that tied things with three minutes left before capping a wild finish with a 6-4 win.
"I hate excuses and I hate that phrase that's going around that we've been off for a while," said Matthew Tkachuk, minutes after breaking a 4-4 tie with a game-winner — the third goal in a 43-second span.
"There's no excuse why we couldn't come in here and put together our greatest effort of the season. Was it that? I highly doubt it, but the guys were working and we gave it all we had."
In a game that saw the Kraken outshot 40-22, it took an Andrew Mangiapane power-play goal with 3:09 left to break a 3-3 tie.
Thirty seconds later, Jared McCann redirected a Giordano shot past Jacob Markstrom to tie the affair, setting the stage for Tkachuk's five-hole finish 13 seconds later.
Tkachuk is right, there are no excuses for the only team in the league that can safely say the latest wave of COVID-19 is behind them.
Twenty players, as part of a total of 50 staffers and family members, have gone through it since Dec. 11, giving the team a full roster that had four practices to sharpen up for a game against one of the league's bottom-feeders.
Nonetheless, the dramatic fashion in which the team re-started its season should serve the club well as it embarks on yet another four-game roadie starting Sunday in Chicago.
The emotion of playing their former captain did well to spur on the Flames.
"I think that's the best way to get back into it when you've had such a layoff, is getting to the emotional part of the game," said Milan Lucic, whose eighth of the year came after Johnny Gaudreau scored Calgary's first two of the night.
"After (Giordano's game-opening goal, we started to play a little bit mad and pissed off and our game started to build after that."
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Coach Darryl Sutter singled out Lucic and Gaudreau for "carrying" the team at times, which is fair given the former's physical engagement and the latter's latest offensive brilliance, which included setting up Tkachuk's winner.
Asked if he shared a tiny bit of the happiness Flames fans had when Giordano scored early on, Gaudreau smiled.
"I was happy for him, but at the end of the day it's another game and he's on the other team," said Gaudreau.
"Honestly, he's a great captain and I loved playing for him here. Good for him. He played well."
Exchanging post-whistle bumps with Lucic and Mangiapane, as well as having former partner Rasmus Andersson restrain him with a headlock, the 38-year-old Giordano was front and centre throughout a 21-minute effort against a team he'd still be playing on if not for the summer expansion draft that moved him west.
FEEL-GOOD PROMOTION
Taken with the fourth-last pick in the 2019 draft, Dustin Wolf was considered a long-term project who had plenty of work ahead of him to prove his slight frame could allow him to get to the bigs.
Well, one third of the way through his first pro season, the 20-year-old made his NHL debut as the backup in Seattle, just 20 minutes from where he was a junior stud in Everett, Wash.
With backup goalie Dan Vladar deemed not ready to return to game action after getting out of COVID-19 protocol Monday, Wolf was called up from AHL Stockton where he has yet to lose in regulation in 16 starts (14-0-2).
"It's pretty special," said the 168-pound California native.
"To get my first call-up is obviously pretty exciting. To have family close by and, obviously, being close to Everett, I'm sure there will be a bunch of Everett fans in the building as well. It's been an exciting couple of days and (I'm) definitely looking forward to the excitement of tonight."
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The Flames signed Adam Werner in the off-season to be the organization's third-string goalie, but with Wolf sporting a 1.84 GAA and .940 save percentage, the youngster forced their hand.
"This wasn't charity, bringing him up here," GM Brad Treliving said of the move.
"Danny couldn't go, so the next-best goaltender gets the call. That's Dustin. When you get to the post-Christmas break and you haven't lost a regulation game, that's a pretty good start."
Added Sutter, "Goalies are just like coaches, they're measured by their record. Good goalie."
Expect Vladar to be back up to speed in time for the Flames' upcoming road trip.
Just when it seemed impossible for anyone else on the Flames roster to catch Covid, the team announced Thursday morning Brett Ritchie had entered the league's protocol. Ritchie had just returned from a lengthy lower-body injury and appeared poised to return to a line with Mangiapane and Dillon Dube before the positive test arose.
The Flames were originally expected to host Winnipeg on New Year's Eve but the game was one of nine postponed by the league for Canadian teams looking to avoid losing millions of dollars nightly by playing in front of crowds capped at 50% that are unable to eat or drink at the rink.
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The Flames' next game is Sunday in Chicago, kicking off a four-game road swing through both Florida stops and ending in Carolina.
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'Border' First Trailer: Ali Abbasi's Offbeat Oscar Contender Is a Vibrant Story of Trolls in Love
The Swedish entry for this year's best foreign-language Oscar is an unexpected story about two outsiders who find each other.
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John Ajvide Lindqvist knows a thing or two about crafting tales about outsiders in love, so it's good news that the author behind vampire cult classic "Let the Right One In" turned his attention to another misbegotten segment of the (maybe?) mythical underclass: trolls. It's even better news that Lindqvist's story "Gräns" has been translated to the big screen by a filmmaker with the same affection for outsiders, thanks to Ali Abbasi and his festival hit "Border."
Essentially a love story about trolls (maybe?), the film follows customs inspector Tina (Eva Melander, who transformed herself for the role) who possesses some unique abilities when it comes to her nose — in short, she can sniff out not just illegal contraband, but also human emotions. When Tina meets a man who shares some of her more, ahem, unique facial features, the world suddenly opens up to her in staggering (and weirdly heartwarming) new waves. Last month, Sweden chose the film as its official entry into this year's Oscar race for best foreign-language film.
In his glowing Cannes review of the vibrant love story, IndieWire's Eric Kohn wrote, "Iranian-born director Abbasi's sophomore effort … builds out such an unusual premise that it risks devolving into quirky inanity, but Abbasi grounds the narrative in an emotional foundation even as it flies off the rails. … The result is a kind of gothic romance that wouldn't look out of place in Guillermo del Toro's oeuvre."
Neon picked up "Border" at this year's Cannes Film Festival and will release the film on October 26. The film will also screen in the coming days at this year's New York Film Festival.
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Чече́нский язы́к (самоназвание — нохчийн мотт, noxçiyn mott) — язык чеченцев, является одним из государственных языков в Чеченской Республике и Дагестане.

Для записи языка используется кириллица, хотя в 1925—1938 годах использовалась письменность на основе латиницы.

Чеченский язык распространён в Чеченской республике, Республике Ингушетии, Хасавюртовском, Новолакском, Казбековском, Бабаюртовском, Кизилюртовском районах Дагестана, в Моздокском районе Северной Осетии в нескольких сёлах, и в Ахметском районе Грузии, частично в Иордании и т. д. По переписи 2010 года, число говорящих на нём в России составляло 1 354 705 человек.

Чеченский язык занимает пятое место по распространённости в России (после русского, татарского, украинского и башкирского). Государственный (наряду с русским) язык Чечни и один из государственных и литературных языков Дагестана.

Чеченский язык входит в состав группы Нахско-дагестанских языков и является самым многочисленным по числу носителей.

На чеченском языке издаются региональные газеты в Чечне («Даймохк», радиогазета «Чечня Свободная» и ряд других) и Дагестане («Нийсо-Дагестан»). В Чечне издаются литературно-художественные журналы «Орга» и «Вайнах».

В Чеченской Республике 2023 год объявлен годом чеченского языка. В республике намерены усилить статус чеченского языка и расширить учебную программу на нем во всех возрастных категориях.

Распространение
В Чеченской республике где чеченцы составляют более 95% населения распространён во всех районах и городах.

В Дагестане чеченский язык распространен главным образом в г. Хасав-Юрт и в Хасав-Юртовском районе, в частности в мононациональных чеченских селах: Осман-Юрте, Солнечном, Нурадилове, Бамматюрте, Новосельском, Борагангечуве, Покровском, Абдурашиде, Кадыротаре, Адильотаре, Кемси-Юрте, Акбулат-Юрте и др. А также в селах Новолакского и Бабаюртовского районов. В Казбековском районе есть два села Ленин-аул (Юрт-Аух) и Калинин-аул (Ширч-Аух) где распространен чеченский язык. В Кизилюртовском районе чеченский язык распространен в с. Чотнтаул.

В Ингушетии родным чеченский язык является и распространён в основном в мононациональных чеченских селах Пседах, Чемульга, Аршты, Вежарий-юрт, Аки-Юрт, и др..

В Грузии родным чеченский язык является главным образом в Панкисском ущелье в селах: Дуиси, Джоколо, Баркиани, Халацани, Омало, Дзибахеви, Шуа-Халацани, Цинубани и др.

Письменность

Средневековье

На чеченском языке письменность распространилась в Средние века. В Аргунском ущелье находится множество наскальных писем, записанных при помощи асомтаврули, насхури, мхедрули и других алфавитов, распространённых в средневековой Горной Чечне, чаще всего встречаются отдельные слова и имена. В селении Зумсой была найдена фраза (aႱa Ⴤc ႪႠႧ) букв. «Аса кх[а] ц[а] лат[и]», что в переводе с чеченского языка означает «Я очаг не развёл» либо «Я грех не совершил». Наиболее древний текст в Чечне найден в селении Баулой, где на плите вырезано целое предложение, датируемое IX—XII веками. В Цой-Педе (Малхиста) найдена фраза (ႵႭჄჁ) «К о кх ей», возм., — «Христос этих». В Терлое на башне высечено (Ⴇ Ⴀ Ⴋ Ⴐ) — «Тамр», от женского имени Тамро, Тамара.

В аланских городищах на Кавказе, а также на Восточно-Европейской равнине обнаружены тексты рунического письма на чеченском языке. В Маяцком городище (Воронежская область) выявлены многочисленные аланские тексты. В частности на меловом блоке крепостной стены (Маяцкое-6) обнаружен текст на чеченском языке: ᛐᗡᐳᛳ ᗡᕡᗆ ᐳᐱᛁ ᗗ ᗘम ᐶᛉС (ųän duŋi ṣərəu ẓṷ(*rtɘ?) lɘ ʒ^ú…) «плохие лошади широковатые коре[настые] (как) чуч[ело]» чеч. won 'плохой' (чеч.-инг. *wono < нах. *waδon); чеч. din (pl. doj) 'конь (верховой)' (чеч.-инг. *din̨ ˀoj < нах. *doˀn̨ oj); чеч. šüjrō (-nig) comp. 'широковатый' от šüjra 'широкий' (чеч.-инг. *šervo- ~ -v ); чеч. zortala (-nig) 'плотный, крепко сложенный, коренастый'; чеч. zˁȫma-lg ~ zˁijma-rg 'чучело' (< *zˁojme-; второй вариант чеч. формы отражает инг. соответствие).также встречаются и отдельно записаные слова например: ᑐᗗ lɘn (подкова). Почти все аланские тексты Кавказа и обширной территории Восточно-Европейской равнины написаны на осетинском (дигорский диалект) и чеченском языках.

Новое время и современность
С распространением ислама в Чечне утвердилась арабская письменность, которым записаны тексты чеченских летописей «Тептаров» (сохранились оригиналы летописей некоторых чеченских кланов). Ограниченно с 1862 года существовала чеченская письменность на кириллице, созданная П. К. Усларом, но не получившая большого распространения. В 1925 году была введена письменность на латинской основе. В 1938 году её сменила кириллица, действующая по настоящее время. В 1990-е годы была предпринята попытка восстановить латинизированный алфавит.

Современный чеченский алфавит:

В чеченском языке отсутствуют звуки букв -ё-, -ф-, -щ-, -ы-", соответственно,
звуки, обозначаемые этими буквами не являются исконными для чеченского языка, тем самым, эти звуки не входят в состав звуков-знаков данного языка.

Фонетика и фонология
Фонетическая система отличается сложностью вокализма (краткие, долгие, умлаутированные, простые гласные, дифтонги, трифтонги, слабо выраженная назализация гласных, в общем выделяют 44 гласных) и консонантизма (простые, геминированные, абруптивные, фарингальные согласные).

Согласные
Языки Кавказа имеют наибольшее количество звуков после языков Африки. Чеченский имеет хотя и меньшее, чем абхазо-адыгские и дагестанские языки, большое количество согласных звуков, которых насчитывается от 40 до 60 (в зависимости от диалекта и анализа), что больше, чем в европейских языках.

Грамматика
Морфологическая система агглютинативно-флективная. Имеет 6 грамматических классов, многопадежное склонение, глагольные категории класса, времени, наклонения, вида.

Именные классы
Каждое существительное в чеченском относится к одному из 6 именных классов, по которым некоторые прилагательные и глаголы согласуются с существительными с помощью четырёх префиксов д-, б-, й- и в-.

Глаголы не изменяются по лицам, но изменяются по классам. Непереходные глаголы согласуются по классу с подлежащим:

 КӀант цӏа воьду — мальчик идёт домой

Переходные глаголы согласуются с прямым дополнением:
 КӀанта кехат доьшу — мальчик читает письмоКлассы связаны с биологическим полом. Все слова, обозначающие людей мужского пола, относятся к классу «в», все слова, обозначающие людей женского пола, относятся к классу «й». К остальным четырём классам относятся в основном всё, что не является человеком, кроме слова Дела (Бог), которое так же относится к классу в- , а также такие слова, как адам (человек), бер (ребёнок) и нускал (невеста). При этом в этих классах нет чёткого распределения и нужно знать, к какому классу относится каждое из этих слов.

 Падежи
Чеченский язык имеет значительное количество падежей. В современном литературном чеченском языке считаются всего 8 падежей, которые располагаются в следующем порядке: именительный, родительный, дательный, эргативный, творительный, вещественный, местный, сравнительный. Однако местный падеж имеет несколько производных форм, которые следовало бы считать отдельными падежами.

В эргативный падеж ставится подлежащее, чьё сказуемое выражено переходным глаголом:
 Говро хи молу — лошадь пьёт водуА подлежащее непереходного глагола и прямое дополнение стоят в именительном падеже:
 Говр йоду — лошадь бегает Цо говр дӏахийцира — он отпустил лошадьПрилагательные имеют две формы склонения — самостоятельное и несамостоятельное.

 Местоимения
Чеченский язык имеет личные местоимения в трёх лицах и в двух числах, а также различает инклюзивную («мы, включая тебя/вас») и эксклюзивную («мы, не включая тебя/вас») формы в 1-м лице множественного числа.

Возвратные местоимения:

 Глагол-связка (копула)
В отличие от русского языка, глагол-связка быть в чеченском в настоящем времени не опускается и согласуется с подлежащим по классу.
 Хьо лекха ву  — ты высокий Хьо лекха ю  — ты высокая И дитт доккха ду  — то дерево большое Хӏорд кӏорга бу  — море глубокоеВ прошедшем времени -у заменяется на -ара, а в будущем перед ним добавляется хира.
 Хьо лекха вара  — ты был высоким Хьо лекха хира ву  — ты будешь высоким Времена

 Наклонения
В чеченском есть несколько наклонений: повелительное, понудительное и эвиденциальность.
Повелительное наклонение имеет 5 видов:
 Простое повелениеДийца — говори, рассказывай Вежливое повелениеДийцахьа — пожалуйста, говориДийцийша — пожалуйста, говорите Приказное повелениеДийцал — говори (сейчас!) Обязывающее повелениеДийцалахь — говори (когда меня не будет)
 Категорическое повелениеДуьцийла — да поговорит!

Понудительное наклонение выражает принуждение и заставление что-либо сделать.
 Деша — читать Дешита — принудить читатьЭвиденциальность выражается с помощью увиденных и неувиденных прошедших времён.
 Увиденное недавнее прошедшее — выражает действие, произошедшее в недавнем прошлом на глазах у говорящего.Ахьмада кехат язди — Ахмед написал письмо (я увидел это).
 Увиденное давнее прошедшее — также выражает увиденное, но более далёкое в прошлом действиеАхьмада кехат яздира — Ахмед написал (я увидел это)
 Неувиденное прошедшее — выражает действие, которое говорящий не увиделАхьмада кехат яздина хилла — Ахмед написал письмо (как говорят, я не видел это) Неувиденное давнее прошедшее — указывает уже на более давно прошедшее действиеАхьмада кехат яздина хиллера — Ахмед написал письмо (давно в прошлом)
 Длительное неувиденное прошедшее — описывает действие, которое длилось в определённый момент и говорящий его не увидел
Малика цӏа йогӏучу хенахь Ахьмад кехат яздеш хиллера — когда Малика шла домой, Ахмед писал письмо (я не увидел это) Послелоги
В чеченском языке используются послелоги, то есть слова, соответствующие русским «в», «на», «из» и т. д., но ставящиеся после имён существительных.

 Отрицание
Отрицание делается тремя главными способами:

1) использованием отрицательной частицы ца перед глаголом
 Ахьмад ца воьду гӏала — Ахмед не едет в город
2) использованием частицы ма при запрете (повелении не делать что-либо)
  Ма дийца — не рассказывай
3) использованием отдельной отрицательной формы для глагола ду (есть, является), образуемое заменой -у на -ац
 Иза лекха вац  — он не высокий
Слово цхьа (один) может использоваться в отрицательных предложениях в значении «никакой», «никто».
 Цхьа стаг вац кхузахь — никого здесь нет (одного человека нет здесь).
Сравните с утвердительным предложением:
 Цхьа стаг ву кхузахь — здесь есть один человек
Также может использоваться удваивание глагола:
 Цо хӏумма эца ца эцна — он ничего не купил (он ничего купить не купил)

Диалекты
Основные диалекты: плоскостной, который лёг в основу литературного языка, аккинский, чеберлоевский, мелхинский, итумкалинский, галанчожский, кистинский. Они распадаются на говоры, между которыми существуют относительно незначительные расхождения.

Аккинский диалект

Аккинский диалект, Ауховский диалект () — диалект чеченского языка. Носители проживают в северной части Дагестана. Носители аккинского (ауховского) диалекта с собственно аккинским и пхарчоевским говорами (есть предположения, что данный говор шароевского происхождения).

Мелхинский диалект

Примеры фонетических отличий мелхинского диалекта от литературного языка: литер. сецна, мелх. сеца («остановился»); литер. лаьцна, мелх. лаьста («поймал»); литер. эцна, мелх. иста («купил»); литер. дечиг, мелх. дечк («дрова»); литер. хьаж, мелх. хьаьга («лоб»); литер. йоьхь, мелх. лоьхь («кишка, колбаса») и др.

Итум-Калинский диалект

Примеры фонетических отличий итум-калинского диалекта от литературного: литер. борц, итум-к. борс («просо»); литер. дарц, итум-к. дарс («буря»); литер. лоьху, итум-к. лиеха («ищет»); литер. муохк, итум-к. муорк («земля, страна»); литер. дуохк, итум-к. дуорк («туман»); литер. бурч, итум-к. бурш (перец) и др.

Галанчожский диалект

Галанчожский диалект, так же как и аккинский и мелхинский диалекты, сочетает в себе черты чеченского и ингушского языков, и является своего рода мостом между чеченским и ингушским языками.

Шаройский диалект
Носители проживают в юго-восточной части Чеченской республики в Шаройском районе. Отличия грамматического показателя класса в некоторых личных местоимениях шаройского диалекта от грамматического показателя класса сопоставимых личных местоимений литературного.

Чеберлоевский диалект

Чеберлоевский диалект чеченского языка имеет свои лексические и фонетические особенности. Чеберлоевское общество, в силу своего географического положения, было до определённого времени довольно изолированным от остальной части чеченцев, проживавших на равнине. В частности, в нём отсутствует умлаут, характерный для литературного языка.

Кистинский диалект

Кистинский диалект () — диалект чеченского языка, представлен в Ахметовском муниципалитете Грузии. На кистинском диалекте говорят жители селений Дуиси, Джоколо, Омоло, Биркиани, Забахи, Халацани и других селений, расположенных на берегу реки Алазани, в Панкисском ущелье Грузии, которое граничит с Чечнёй.

Чеченская Википедия

В Википедии существует раздел на чеченском языке — «Чеченская Википедия» (чеч. Нохчийн Википеди). Создан 28 февраля 2005 года, базируется на кириллице.

На    в Чеченской Википедии насчитывается  статьи.

С начала 2013 года это крупнейший из разделов на нахско-дагестанских языках.

На январь 2021 года по объёму тысячи статей, которые должны быть в каждой Википедии, раздел занимал 99 место, а по объёму расширенного списка из 10 000 важнейших статей — 128 место среди всех разделов Википедии.

Традиционное приветствие

Маршалла или маршалла хаттар (чеч. приветственный вопрос) — традиционные чеченские приветствия, часть речевого этикета. В отличие от исламского приветствия «Ассалам ӏалайкум», употребляемого в чеченской среде только между мужчинами, «маршалла ду хьоьга/шуьга» имеет универсальное применение, и так же, как и «ассалам алейкум», означает «будьте свободными/вольными».

См. также
 Чеченская литература

Примечания

Литература

Диалекты:

Словари:

 Johanna Nichols and Arbi Vagapov. Chechen-English and English-Chechen Dictionary = Noxchiin-ingals, ingals-noxchiin deshnizhaina. London; New York: Routledge Curzon, 2004. ISBN 978-0-203-56517-9

Ссылки

 Чеченский язык в Ethnologue
 Чеченский язык: Язык чеченских вайнахов
 Корпус чеченского языка

Языки и диалекты по алфавиту
Языки России
Языки Дагестана
Чеченский язык

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When creating this fragrance, Barb Stegmann and the team at The 7 Virtues was inspired by the citizens of Israel and Iran.
Continuing on with our series on The 7 Virtues, today we move away from the company's moves to empower growth in the Afghanistan and move to Haiti.
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The Norton Core looks like a really useful router! I know my husband is always worried about internet safety so I'll have to show this to him.
I was wondering about the Norton Core, I've seen it many times and wondered if it was worth the purchase. After reading your post I think I will invest in one for my daughter who is at college. I like how it can detect a threat and stop it right in its tracks, that's so important, I too am always worried about our safety on the internet.
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Saudi Arabia's rulers adapt message for social media age
By: Reuters |
Dubai/riyadh | Published: May 24, 2016 8:49:44 PM
The participation of tens of thousands of young Saudis in a social media debate over plans to reform the kingdom's oil-reliant economy last month marked a shift in how Riyadh's conservative rulers interact with their subjects.
The participation of tens of thousands of young Saudis in a social media debate over plans to reform the kingdom's oil-reliant economy last month marked a shift in how Riyadh's conservative rulers interact with their subjects.(Reuters)
The participation of tens of thousands of young Saudis in a social media debate over plans to reform the kingdom's oil-reliant economy last month marked a shift in how Riyadh's conservative rulers interact with their subjects.
Saudi Arabia's dynastic leaders, who rule by fiat and strictly limit public dissent, have historically courted public opinion only via informal councils with tribal, religious and business leaders or citizens seeking to petition them.
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But in one of the most active countries on social media in the Arab world, the ruling Al Saud have started trying to shape the online debate with carefully managed media campaigns and senior officials have been sacked after social media criticism.
"It's a new focus for the government as it reaches out to a young Saudi population that is more likely to use social media," Saudi analyst and commentator Mohammed Alyahya said. "That's the most effective way to capture their attention."
One recent showcase for this was the launch of 31-year-old Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's Vision 2030 reform plans, which used Twitter alongside traditional media to build anticipation and introduce hashtags – key discussion phrases.
"A strong and determined country with a connection between the government and the citizen," one of the slogans read.
Some 190,000 Twitter users in Saudi Arabia actively took part in the ensuing debate over Vision 2030, generating more than 860,000 messages according to France-based social media monitor Semiocast.
This meant the discussion reached 46 percent of the 7.4 million active Twitter users in the kingdom, Semiocast said, describing this level of outreach in a state-sponsored debate as exceptional.
SOCIAL MEDIA STORMS
There is good reason for the sensitivity: since 2012 social media storms in Saudi Arabia over government policies or the actions of senior officials have culminated in the sacking of senior people on at least five occasions.
The level of participation means even ministers without social media accounts invest time and money monitoring what people say about them online, said Diya Murra, a Riyadh-based account director for social media agency The Online Project.
"People are holding them accountable for things that are being done or not," he said.
Social media use among the 21 million Saudis and roughly 10 million foreign residents of the kingdom cuts across political and religious lines: keenly followed social media users include both strict Muslim clerics and self-described liberals.
In a country in which debate has traditionally been strictly regulated by state decree and cultural tradition, and in which gender mixing is often illegal, social media has allowed many young Saudis to interact in ways that were impossible before.
Twitter is most popular among 18 to 24-year-olds in Saudi Arabia, followed closely by users in their late 20s to early 40s and its useage is split roughly between men and women, according to iMENA Digital, which serves clients in Saudi Arabia. It said photo-sharing site Instagram has become the leading channel among young Saudis, around three-quarters of them women.
ONLINE DISSENT
Speaking at a packed discussion about Twitter in an expensive Riyadh hotel last month, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said the platform was not always an accurate barometer of public opinion, but that it could help track trends.
"It is direct. There are no barriers," he told the largely young audience, who were segregated by gender.
However, he and other Gulf Arab politicians speaking at the forum also said they were in favour of controls to prevent anonymous posting and of punishing users who broke taboos by criticising religion or calling to end monarchical rule.
Rights groups have criticised Saudi Arabia and its neighbours for jailing some who voiced dissent online, including Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, who was sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in prison for a "cyber crime" of insulting Islam.
He remains in prison 18 months after sentencing, but no more than 50 lashes were carried out. When asked about Badawi in May, Jubeir told a news conference the case was complicated and involved civil lawsuits that did not involve the government.
On Monday, a Riyadh court sentenced a man to 80 lashes for Tweets that carried "insults to the country", as well as for drinking alcohol, Okaz daily reported.
Diplomats in Riyadh say while the judiciary has given harsh sentences to online dissenters who drew the anger of hardliners, the police routinely ignore on social media far more severe criticism of senior people than was ever allowed before.
The growing influence of social media became apparent in 2012 when the late King Abdullah sacked the religious police chief and replaced him with a relative progressive after a viral video showed members of the body harassing a family in a mall.
In April 2014, as a deadly outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) swept Jeddah, anger over a perceived cover-up surged on social media and Abdullah sacked the health minister.
Since King Salman came to power in January 2015, such sensitivity seems to have only amplified. Another health minister, Ahmed al-Khateeb, widely regarded as a protege of the king, was dismissed after footage of him shouting at a Saudi citizen during a heated argument was captured on a smartphone.
Weeks later, Salman replaced his own head of royal protocol after he was caught on camera slapping a news cameraman covering the arrival of the Moroccan king in Riyadh.
It is a far cry from the days before widespread internet use in Saudi Arabia, when discussion was limited to informal meetings or to newspapers and television channels that rarely held officials to account or criticised government policies.
Still, a culture of public expressions of respect for government endures. More than a third of reactions to Vision 2030 on Twitter were positive, Semiocast said, adding the debate generated "patriotic pride" and expectations of progress.
The debate had been closely coordinated over various media and driven by influential Saudi personalities young people were already connected to, The Online Project's Murra said.
One was Omar Hussein, a young comedian popular on YouTube and with 1.5 million followers on Twitter. He promises in a video to explain the vision in three minutes. Filmed as a piece to camera it has been viewed more than a quarter of a million times.
He is careful to explain the plan as a vision, with a more concrete blueprint coming later, something observers say is important for managing expectations about the ambitious goals.
"The vision as it stands has very few concrete measurable outcomes to hold anyone accountable for," analyst Alyahya said. However, as programmes were developed to implement it, there would be performance indicators and ministers held responsible for meeting targets.
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Summer is for spending time outdoors, enjoying the (hopefully good) weather and finally relaxing with family and friends. What better way to do that than on a camping trip? Pack the car, roll up those sleeping bags and don't forget the marshmallows!
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Rather a tent, but there's nothing better than opening up the flap first thing in the morning to be met by the morning sun and an amazing view. Before you book your campsite make sure you read up on some reviews of the place. If you ask us, you can't go wrong pitching your tent near any of the best beaches in the UK. Guaranteed great views. Why not pair your camping trip with some cool hikes? Here's our picks for cool hiking holidays.
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If you really can't picture yourself camping without your daily luxuries but still love the outdoors, there is a solution. It's called glamping. It was the big travel word of 2010 and it's as popular as ever. You can glamp in a yurt (pictured above), spacious tent, cabin, outfitted caravan… anything really. You don't have to give up your comfy bed or your daily shower when you're glamping but we can't guarantee there won't be a spider or two… you're still camping after all!
What is your camping style? Care to share your favourite places to go camping? What about favourite foods to make over the fire?
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I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds —
The nuclear age turns 70 today
On July 16th 1945, the US tested the world's first atomic bomb.
Jonathan M. Gitlin - Jul 16, 2015 4:47 pm UTC
The only known color photograph of the Trinity test.
Los Alamos National Laboratories
Trinitite: The radioactive rock buried in New Mexico before the Atari games
Seventy years ago this morning, the world fully entered the nuclear age with the detonation of the first atomic bomb in Alamogordo, New Mexico. The bomb was the product of the Manhattan Project, a top-secret research program tasked with developing a bomb more powerful than any that had come before. The test, called Trinity, happened at 5:30am local time and yielded an explosion equivalent to 20,000 tons of TNT (20kT).
The Manhattan Project, and the earlier UK effort, Tube Alloys, stemmed from pre-World War II physics research that revealed the huge amounts of energy that could be liberated from the fission of uranium atom nuclei, assuming a self-sustaining chain reaction could be started. The bomb used in the Trinity test, called Gadget, used high explosives to compress plutonium into a critical mass. It was the same design used in the bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945; the bomb used on Hiroshima three days earlier was a cruder design.
The first 109 miliseconds of the Trinity test. If these images fill you with a morbid fascination, we highly recommend the book 100 Suns.
Robert Oppenheimer, a physicist chosen to lead the bomb's development, greeted the appearance of a second sun over the desert of New Mexico with a quote from a Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita: "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."
Trinity was the first human-made nuclear explosion on Earth, but far from the last. The USSR was hard at work on a bomb of its own, spurring an arms race between east and west that led to more than 2,000 nuclear bomb tests by 1998. The US and USSR were responsible for the overwhelming majority, although France, the UK, China, India, South Africa, Israel, and Pakistan all joined the nuclear club over time.
"1945-1998" by Isao Hashimoto. A rather elegant and chilling reminder of the nuclear arms race that followed World War II.
Growing worries about the harmful effects of radioactive fallout drove nuclear tests underground in 1963 with the passage of the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, and in 1996 most of the world signed onto the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (while the US signed the latter, it has never been ratified by the Senate).
FunkTronArs Legatus Legionis
For anyone interested in this topic, check out Richard Rhodes' books on the subject:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Making-Atomic ... 1451677618
http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Sun-Making-H ... bc?ie=UTF8
More amazing/crazy/insane/unbelievable stories in those books than there possibly should be.
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FunkTron wrote:
Also, Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie is highly recommended. A documentary about nuclear testing (including unsurprisingly the Trinity test as well), includes some really stunning footage. Also. Narrated. By. William. Shatner. Which may or may not be a good thing, it's a personal preference I guess. But if your idea of a good time includes listening to classical music and watching nuclear explosions (let's face it, while terrifying they are very much awesome as well), you won't regret it.
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I like putting Oppie's Bhagavad Gita quote in the context of Kenneth Bainbridge's line, probably closer in time to the actual event: "Now we are all sons of bitches."
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Ashok Leyland In Talks With Global OEM To Offer Mobility Solutions
Saturday, December 22, 2018 by Indian Defence News
Ashok Leylands 8X8 truck is one of the most widely used vehicle for troop movement by the Army
Hinduja flagship Ashok Leyland said that it is in advanced talks with a select few defence players (OEMs) in the US and Europe to offer its mobility solutions
Hinduja flagship Ashok Leyland said that it is in advanced talks with a select few defence players (OEMs) in the US and Europe to offer its mobility solutions. The company, the largest mobility/logistic solutions provider for the Indian Army for more than three decades, sees huge opportunity not only in India but also in the overseas markets, given the wide offerings as well cost advantage it holds among peers.
"Armed with the successful agreement with Israel-based Elbit Systems for high mobility vehicles to carry artillery guns and systems, we are in talks with a select major defence players (OEMs) in the US and Europe to offer our cost-effective, wide range of mobility solutions. We hope to get a few deals to serve the global markets with our mobility solutions in the near future," said Amandeep Singh, head, defence business, Ashok Leyland.
In an interview with the FE here, Amandeep Singh, said: "Ashok Leyland is the only player in India to have an expertise in design, develop and manufacturing of logistic vehicles, combat support HMVs and armoured vehicles for the defence forces. We are also only player to indigenously design, develop and manufacture 350 HP Neptune engine which can support any kind of mobility services. Our range of offerings gone up significantly over the years. Though we have been exporting vehicles independently to African countries and Thai Army for sometime, the company seeks to make it big on the global market and Elbit agreement is one such important development to go global in offering specialised vehicles."
"We have improved our capabilities with the launch of 8×8, 10×10 and 12×12 Stallion range of vehicles in the recent past which can carry high-powered artillery guns, rocket launchers among other defence equipment, he said, adding: "Given the cost advantage in making in India, Ashok Leyland can be 25% to 30% cheaper than the other mobility service providers in the world and hence many OEMs have shown interest on our offerings," he said.
To a question, he said of the Rs. 27,000 crore annual defence budget, nearly 5% of it would be for mobility/logistic vehicles and Ashok Leyland is the market leader in this area. "We have supplied more than 75,000 vehicles to the Indian Army over the years and we have won most of the recent bids of Indian Army. In fact, we have been working with the Indian ordinance factories to provide aggregates, sub-systems, drive train, power packs among host of other solutions for for their mine protected vehicles, armoured vehicles and drag vehicles. This apart, we have been supplying indigenously developed armoured vehicles to police force in the states of J&K, Punjab, Maharashtra, Chattisgarh to combat Naxalism and terrorism activities in those states," he said further.
According to him, the company can support with its India-made aggregates, sub-systems for Indian Army's drag vehicles, which are currently supported by Russian vendors. There are nearly 300 such drag vehicles produced by the ordinance factories annually which require huge support systems and Ashok Leyland is qualified enough to support with locally-made, cost effective products.
"There are over 4,000 such drag vehicles plying in India, which require replacement for aggregates, support systems, gear box/engines, APUs where we can throw our hat to support with our solutions. We see huge opportunity in the defence space and we are gearing up in a big way to tap this potential," he said.
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We evaluated the performance and determined the efficiency parameters of an automated subirrigation system in a commercial greenhouse facility for clonal eucalyptus (Eucalyptus sp.) seedling production to improve subirrigation management practices. A methodology based on the mass balance of the irrigation system was established to determine the volumes of nutrient solution (NS) applied, drained, stored, evapotranspirated, and leaked in each subirrigation bench. The application, drainage, and NS dwell time in the 55-cm3 conic containers (0.125 m height × 0.03 m diameter) and the depth of NS reached inside the bench were also assessed. The values of application efficiency, irrigation efficiency and system transport (supply and drainage), and disposal losses of NS were estimated for each bench and inferred for the entire subirrigation system. The benches had average application and irrigation efficiency values of 0.84% and 98.38%, respectively. The system showed irrigation efficiency values of 27.59% and the sum lost by transport, leakings, and disposal in the water treatment plant of 72.41%. The continuous return of NS because of the high irrigation frequency contributed to this loss, resulting in 10,070 L of NS consumed by the plants and 26,430 L lost after 15 days of cultivation. Our results demonstrated that the system presented an adequate irrigation efficiency, but a low application efficiency caused by the constant return of NS because of the high irrigation frequency and the excess of losses from leaking and disposal of NS after 15 days of cultivation. Nevertheless, the system operated like a hydroponic system, which kept the containers partially immersed in the NS and did not use the full substrate container capacity to provide adequate moisture. This reduced the overall system irrigation and the substrate storage efficiencies, which needs to be improved by proper equipment design, operation, water and nutrients use efficiency, and management to achieve all the benefits that subirrigation possess.
Subirrigation has the potential to increase the irrigation efficiency in greenhouse potted production, due to the recirculation of NS, reduction in water loss and chemical leaching, and less environmental contamination caused by the improper disposal of nutrients and pesticides (Montesano et al., 2010). This system can increase crop production through the higher water and fertilizer use efficiency, resulting in higher plant uniformity and anticipating the growth time (Dumroese et al., 2006). Subirrigation also maintains the substrate in an adequate moisture content without interfering in air and nutrients availability to the crop (Schmal et al., 2011). Ebb-and-flow systems can be fully automated to both monitor soil moisture and control irrigation based on plant water use (Ferrarezi and van Iersel, 2011), providing adequate water and nutrient supply without affecting fertilizer availability (Andriolo et al., 2001). Furthermore, subirrigation presents lower risk of pathogens spread and higher effectiveness of pesticides application when compared with other open-cycle systems (van Iersel et al., 2001).
However, subirrigation may present drawbacks for growers, such as high initial investment cost and a lack of established crop management guidelines. To reduce the cost and increase the availability of appropriate information concerning subirrigation, it is necessary to expand the demand for this type of system with the construction and dissemination of new equipment.
The use of subirrigation in greenhouse production is nearly nonexistent in Brazil because of the unavailability of equipment and technical information needed to guide the growers regarding commercial applications. Thus, handcrafted systems have been manufactured without precise design criteria and applied empirically. Therefore, the characterization of these systems operating in commercial production would increase the information about the quality and efficiency of handcrafted systems, stimulate system employment, guide new equipment designs, and thus allow equipment manufacturers and producers of seedlings and plants in conic containers to benefit from subirrigation. The knowledge will help to develop specific engineering design criteria to ensure adequate efficiency and address the needs for containerized production.
Our objectives were to evaluate the performance and to determine the efficiency parameters of an automated subirrigation system in a commercial greenhouse facility for clonal eucalyptus seedling production to improve subirrigation management practices.
This study was conducted in Dec. 2011. The handcrafted subirrigation system evaluated was installed in a commercial greenhouse facility for clonal eucalyptus seedling production in Mogi Guaçu, Brazil. The climate of the region was classified as Cwa according to the Köppen system (Peel et al., 2007). During the experimental period, the average daily temperature and relative humidity from outdoor were (mean ± SD) 23.6 ± 0.9 °C and 88.3% ± 3.1%, respectively, and the daily light integral averaged 50.2 ± 5.1 mol·m−2·d−1.
The system had been in operation for ≈10 years and had been designed and manufactured by the grower in aluminum (Fig. 1). The entire system was composed of six irrigation units distributed in nine polyethylene venlo greenhouses (Van der Hoeven, Artur Nogueira, Brazil), with a total production area of 1710 m2 (Fig. 2A). Each unit had three blocks of 21 subirrigation benches (dimension of 2.85 m length × 1.19 m width × 0.09 m height) fitted over rolling rails at a height of 0.60 m from the ground (Fig. 2B). Each bench was filled with 600 conic containers of 55-cm3 (dimension of 0.125 m height × 0.03 m diameter) (Aluminox, Jundiaí, Brazil), open at the bottom to allow drainage, inserted in a 5-cm polystyrene foam plate, where eucalyptus stock plants were grown in a coconut coir substrate produced by the company. Each irrigation unit was individually supplied with NS by pumping from three reservoirs, two with a volume of 7000 L and one of 5000 L, totaling 19,000 L (Fig. 2B). These reservoirs were refilled with an average volume of 2500 L of NS every 2 d to replace the volume consumed by the plants and lost by bench leaks and transport (2500 L every 2 d × 7 d = 17,500 L). Because of changes in its chemical properties, all the NS was changed every 15 d and discarded in the company water treatment plant. Thus, each irrigation unit used a total of 36,500 L of NS every 15 d.
Overview of the handcrafted subirrigation system evaluated in a commercial greenhouse facility for clonal eucalyptus seedling production: (a) water supply, (b) outlet holes to avoid debris obstruction, (c) ebb-and-flow benches, and (d) drain trough.
Layout of the subirrigation system for clonal eucalyptus seedling production with the sampling points in red (A) and details of nutrient solution application and drainage systems in a subirrigation unit (B). Every irrigation line in the greenhouses had 15 m each; 1 m = 3.2808 ft.
Daily fertigations were performed every 2 h between 0700 and 1700 hr, with a total of six applications per bench per day. The NS used had a pH of 5.02, electrical conductivity of 2.1 dS·m−1, and the nutrient concentrations were 178 mg·L−1 nitrogen (N) [1:1 nitrate (NO3)-N:ammonium (NH4)-N], 71 mg·L−1 phosphorus, 197 mg·L−1 potassium, 95 mg·L−1 calcium, 50 mg·L−1 magnesium, 70 mg·L−1 sulfur, 0.5 mg·L−1 boron, 0.1 mg·L−1 copper, 7.67 mg·L−1 iron [ferrous sulfate (FeSO4)], 1.65 mg·L−1 manganese, 0.2 molybdenum, and 0.57 zinc. All trace elements were chelated using ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid.
The NS was pumped into the benches with a 5-horsepower pump (WEG, Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil) connected with a 50-mm PVC pipe (Amanco, Sumaré, Brazil). Along this manifold pipe, 21 inlet tubes discharged the NS to the benches by the opening and closing of three solenoid valves (Amanco). Consequently, when one valve was opened the other two remained closed, thereby irrigating one block at a time inside the unit (Fig. 2A).
The NS applied to the benches was drained through 104 outlet holes with a diameter of 0.4 cm to avoid debris obstruction, totaling an area of 13.07 cm2 (Fig. 1b), and drilled on the same side of the inlets. Underneath the drainage holes, a small sink was built to collect the NS and limit the drainage flow having an opening with a diameter of 1.27 cm and an area of 4.91 cm2 (Fig. 1d). The collected NS was then conveyed to a drain trough and followed drainage pipes to the reservoirs for reuse (Fig. 1d).
We modified the drip evaluation methodology proposed by Keller and Karmeli (1975) to select the sampling points in the benches. Four of the six units were chosen with one block of benches per unit and four benches per block as replications, totaling 16 benches or assessment points to represent the full subirrigation system (marked in red Fig. 2A).
We established a practical approach to assess the performance of this handcrafted subirrigation system. The estimation of efficiency parameters was established based on the variables that define the water mass balance of each bench and the subirrigation system (i.e., on the NS input and output). We measured the volume and frequency of NS application and drainage, the volume of NS stored in the substrate, and estimated the daily evapotranspiration of the eucalyptus seedlings during the evaluation procedure.
The volume of NS applied to each bench was measured using water flow meters (Unimag-TM II; Tecnobrás/Itrón, Americana, Brazil) installed in the inlet tubes. The NS application time for an irrigation event was determined using a stopwatch, and the input flow rate was calculated from the two measured variables.
The volume and time of drainage were determined in each bench to obtain the drainage output flow rate. The drained volume was collected simultaneously from the four selected benches of each unit every 2 min, allowing the determination of the variation of the mean drainage flow rate in this time period and the total drained NS volume. This sample interval was defined by the hydraulic head variation within the bench, which altered the drainage output as a function of time.
The weight of 15 containers with plants was determined before and after an irrigation event using a scale (EMB 600–2; Kern, Balingen, Germany). The difference between both measurements determined the amount of NS retained in a container. This value was multiplied by the number of plants per bench (600), resulting in the volume of NS stored per bench. The amount of water applied per plant can be estimated by dividing the applied water minus the return by the number of plants.
The evapotranspiration volume was obtained by Eq. , adopting a crop coefficient value for eucalyptus seedlings production based on Allen et al. (1998). We calculated the reference evapotranspiration (ETo) value using meteorological data from a weather station located 3 miles away from the experimental site. The ETo value was estimated using the FAO Penman–Monteith equation from Allen et al. (1998) (equal to 4.5 mm·d−1). We used this procedure because few growers monitor environmental conditions inside the greenhouse due to the highly variable air movement and the lack of the required fetch in enclosed growing environments. As van Der Post et al. (1974), Montero et al. (1985), Rosenberg et al. (1989), and Fernández et al. (2010) indicated that the evapotranspiration inside the greenhouse is around 60% to 80% of the exterior, we used the value of 70% to calculate the ETo inside the greenhouse (3.15 mm·d−1).
where VET is the evapotranspiration volume per bench (liters), Kc is the crop coefficient (equal to 1), ETo is the reference evapotranspiration in the greenhouse (equal to 3.15 mm·d−1), A is the subirrigation bench area (equal to 3.4 m2), and NHSD is the number of hours of sunshine per day (equal to 10 h·d−1).
The volume of NS leaked per bench in an irrigation event was estimated from the difference between the total volume of NS applied to each bench and the sum of drained, stored, and evapotranspirated volumes (Eq. ). We determined the total of NS leaked in the benches and in the system by the differences between the volume applied and lost. This approach was used because the leaking was variable over the benches, not allowing proper comparison among the units (data not shown).
where Vlb is the leaked volume of NS per bench in an irrigation event (liters), Vab is the applied volume of NS per bench in an irrigation event (liters), Vdb is the drained volume of NS per bench in an irrigation event (liters), and Vsb is the stored volume of NS per bench in an irrigation event (liters).
The height of NS applied to the container was measured from the bottom with a ruler. The dwell time of NS in the containers was also determined. This period started at the time that the NS touched the container and ended when there was no longer contact between both at the end of drainage.
The determination of these variables permitted the calculation of the following efficiency parameters: the bench substrate storage efficiency [SEb (Eq. )], bench application efficiency [AEb (Eq. )], bench irrigation efficiency [IEb (Eq. )], and the bench leaking [Lb (Eq. )] (adapted from Heermann and Solomon, 2007). The application efficiency represents the volume of water consumed by the plants from the water available in the substrate (sum of the evapotranspired and stored volumes). The irrigation efficiency denotes the total volume of water available to the plant (Heermann and Solomon, 2007).
The performance of each irrigation unit was evaluated using the efficiency parameters derived from the three blocks of benches for an irrigation cycle of 15 d, after which the NS was discarded. The total volume of NS applied to each irrigation unit was estimated for this period. The obtained value was separated into the consumed volume (volume stored in the substrate, evapotranspirated by plants, or leaked in the benches) and loss volume (volumes of NS lost in transport and discarded after the irrigation cycle). Consequently, we determined the unit storage efficiency [SEu (Eq. )], unit irrigation efficiency [IEu (Eq. )], and the sum lost in the unit by the water supply, drainage, leakings, and disposal in the water treatment plant after 15 d [Lu (Eq. )].
where IC is the irrigation cycle (15 d), Nb is the number of benches per irrigation unit (63), NId is the number of irrigations per day per irrigation unit (6), Vi is the initial volume of NS available per irrigation unit (19,000 L), Vr is the replenishment volume of NS per irrigation unit (2500 L), and Fr is the replenishment frequency per irrigation unit (2 d).
where Vtd is the volume of NS lost by transport (water supply and drainage) and disposal at the end of the irrigation cycle (liters).
Four units were chosen as treatments and each sampling in different blocks in four benches was considered a replication in the statistical analyses to allow data comparison among different areas in the greenhouse. All results were submitted to variance analysis and Tukey's honestly significant difference mean separation test using the statistical software SAS (version 9.2; SAS Institute, Cary, NC).
The applied flow rates were significantly different among the units [P = 0.001 (Table 1)], and the drainage flow rate did not show significant differences among the units [P = 0.469 (Table 1)].
Nutrient solution (NS) applied (Qab) and drained (Qdb) flow rates, and applied (Vab), drained (Vdb), stored (Vsb), evapotranspirated (VET), and leaked (Vlb) volumes of NS per bench per irrigation event in clonal eucalyptus seedling production. Data are the means of four replications.
As a consequence of the variation in the input flow rate, there were also significant differences in the applied volume of NS for the benches within each unit [P = 0.012 (Table 1)], that ranged up to 25% (from 193.5 to 241.2 L). These differences may have resulted from factors such as variation in the system pressure—which had multiple inlets between the first and last bench—or variations at the pump operation point caused by differences in head loss in the manifold pipe. The occurrence of leakings or obstruction in the inlet pipes that feed the benches could be other possible explanations as well.
The volume of NS drained back to the reservoir was significantly different in the units [P = 0.01 (Table 1)], and corresponded to ≈97% of the volume applied per bench per irrigation event.
An average volume of 0.71 L of NS was stored in the substrate per bench, with no significant difference among units [P = 0.865 (Table 1)]. A small quantity of substrate was observed within the containers due to intense radial growth, which determined loss of substrate during the system operation and resulted in a low volume of NS stored in the container. The amount of NS stored in the substrate in each bench was relatively low as the water retained by coconut coir substrate varies from 28% to 72% of the substrate volume according to Evans and Stamps (1996). Notably, if the minimum level of NS storage (28%) was to occur in this subirrigation system, there would be 9.4 L of NS retained in each bench rather than the 0.71 L found in this study, corresponding only to 3% of the volume. Thus, the small amount of substrate found in the containers resulted in very little amount of NS stored, suggesting that this subirrigation system functioned in a way similar to a hydroponic system. This response was more evident in the containers with older and larger seedlings, with roots that filled nearly the full internal volume.
As shown in Table 1, there was an average leaking volume of 3.58 L per bench per irrigation event, although there was no significant difference between the units (P = 0.893). The differences in bench performance can be highlighted by the fact that one of the benches showed a leaking volume of 9.40 L, while another one leaked only 0.43 L in a single irrigation (data not shown). Most of the leakings were caused by corroded openings due to the contact between the aluminum and NS. This effect was intensified by NS puddles in uneven benches. Another output component of the system was the evapotranspiration volume from the eucalyptus seedlings, estimated to be 1.07 L·h−1 per bench according to Eq. .
The application time was statistically significant for the units [P < 0.001 (Table 2)], implying different irrigation times for each bench. Nevertheless, because application was an operation performed with high frequency, improvements in the irrigation process could induce significant water, nutrient, and electrical power savings and reduction in environmental pollution, as differences would be multiplied by 63 benches in each of six units with six irrigations per day.
Nutrient solution (NS) application (Tab) and drainage (Tdb) time per bench, dwell time (Dt), and the height of NS applied in the container (H) per irrigation event in clonal eucalyptus seedling production. Data are the means of four replications.
Drainage times were significantly different between units [P = 0.05 (Table 2)], probably because of variation in the drainage area, which was altered by corrosion and obstructions caused by organic material. This variation between units also changed the dwell time of the containers in contact with NS [P = 0.045 (Table 2)].
The average height of NS applied in the container was 3.6 cm, which corresponded to ≈30% of the pot height [P = 0.55 (Table 2)]. This level should be adequate for wetting most of the substrate by capillary action, as was observed by Barreto et al. (2012) for pine bark and coconut coir growing media. However, because of the low quantity of substrate inside the containers, the NS absorption was accomplished predominantly by the roots flooded in each irrigation event, indicating that this system was similar to a hydroponic system. As a result, the amount of water supplied per plant could increase or decrease by changing the time between applications.
The variation in the applied volume (Table 1) affected the height of NS applied in the container and the dwell time within the benches (Table 2). According to Elliott et al. (2012), substrate moisture can change with different heights of NS and dwell times, and Barreto et al. (2012) found that substrate moisture increased with increased solution dwell time.
Both the percentage of storage efficiency (NS stored in the substrate) and evapotranspirated volume by the crop did not exceed 0.84% of the total NS available and were lower than the bench leaking (1.62%), showing that the NS loss volumes were larger than the volume consumed by the plants (Table 3). Therefore, the average bench application efficiency was only 0.84% because of the low amount of NS stored in by the substrate and consumed by the plants relative to the total volume of NS applied (Table 3).
Nutrient solution (NS) return to reservoir, evapotranspiration (VET), storage efficiency (SEb), leaking (Lb), application efficiency (AEb), and irrigation efficiency (IEb) percentages relative to the volume of NS applied per bench per irrigation event in clonal eucalyptus seedling production. Data are the means of four replications.
The bench irrigation efficiency averaged 98.38% (Table 3), which is consistent with the recommendations proposed by Dumroese et al. (2006), indicating that recirculating subirrigation systems are very efficient. In contrast, Salvador (2010) found that the irrigation efficiency of a sprinkler system in 'Limeira' Rangpur lime (Citrus limonia) rootstock seedlings production in a similar container and greenhouse was only 33.6%. These results confirm the potential of subirrigation for improving irrigation efficiency, assuming the use of well-designed equipment with no leakages and recirculation systems with NS reuse.
In Table 3, the percentage of NS that was returned to the reservoirs was, on average, 97.54% of the applied volume. The total volume of NS used in subirrigation management will define the reservoir storage needs and will affect the pumping energy costs as well.
To estimate the efficiency parameters, we used the total volume of 36,500 L of NS in each irrigation unit, resultant from the sum of the initial volume of 19,000 L in the reservoirs and a replenishment volume of 2500 L every 2 d. This NS volume supplied the 63 subirrigation benches, which were irrigated six times per day over the course of 15 d.
The breakdown of NS used per unit (i.e., substrate storage, crop evapotranspiration, bench leakings, and system transport and disposal) in an irrigation cycle of 15 d can be observed in Fig. 3. We also inserted the average efficiency parameters in this figure. The NS stored in the containers, or the storage efficiency, was 10.99% (4011 L) on average of the total NS available in a 15-d irrigation period. Adding this value to the evapotranspirated average volume of 16.6% (6059 L) results in a total of 27.59% (10,070 L) and represents the irrigation efficiency per unit (Fig. 3). Average volume required to counter bench leaking reached 55.63% (20,305 L) (Fig. 3). The remaining NS amount of 16.78% (6125 L) represents the quantity of NS lost during water supply and drainage and the NS disposal at the end of the irrigation cycle (Fig. 3).
Breakdown of nutrient solution (NS) used in each irrigation unit into the components of substrate storage (SEu), crop evapotranspiration, bench leakings, and system transport (supply and drainage) and disposal losses in an irrigation cycle for clonal eucalyptus seedling production. The sum of SEu and crop evapotranspiration represents the unit irrigation efficiency (IEu). The sum of the bench leakings and transport and disposal losses indicates the water lost by the unit (Lu); 1 L = 0.2642 gal.
The sum of the losses by the water supply, drainage, leakings, and disposal in the water treatment plant after 15 d (Lu) represented 72.41% of the available NS per unit (26,430 L) (Fig. 3). The high NS losses resulted in a low volume effectively consumed by plants (only 27.59%). All the losses imply in the direct disposal of NS into the ground (just part goes to the water treatment plant as well), with the potential for contamination of the groundwater by fertilizers and pesticides, if not treated appropriately (Mangiafico et al., 2010). According to Pinto et al. (2008), the disposal of NS should be minimized to reduce these environmental impacts and to increase water use efficiency and plant quality.
Assuming an NS system capacity of 219,000 L (36,500 L for each of six irrigation units) in each 15 d of irrigation, the irrigation efficiency represented 27.59% of this total volume and corresponded to a quantity of 60,422 L of NS consumed by the plant. All other uses totaled 72.41%, corresponding to a volume of 158,578 L. In the case of the system evaluated in this study, NS leaking totaled 55.63% (121,830 L), and part of this volume was discarded directly into the ground beneath the greenhouse (Fig. 3). The effects of the low irrigation efficiency of the system resulted in both financially and environmentally undesirable impacts. These results were the consequence of various causes, including limited knowledge of the system, limited information about the subirrigation equipment and its operation, and even by the time the equipment had been in use.
The results from this study demonstrated that the substrate was expelled from the growth container because of the vigorous growth of plant roots, which reduced both the amount of NS stored and taken up by the plants. This process required constant irrigation, making the system equivalent to a hydroponic system, with water and nutrients being supplied to the plants with a high frequency, which kept the containers partially immersed in the NS and did not use the full substrate container capacity. To reduce this problem, the container size should be increased to keep the root system inside the pot, the frequency of subirrigation should be reduced, the leakings need to be fixed, and an automated system to control irrigation based on soil moisture sensors could be used rather than using a rigid scale (Ferrarezi et al., 2013). These authors, who used subirrigation equipment developed for the production of 'Limeira' Rangpur lime rootstock seedlings in tropical conditions, achieved zero runoff and plant cycle anticipation, allowing more cultivation cycles over time because of the increase of NS use efficiency.
Our results confirmed that this specific subirrigation system in clonal eucalyptus seedling production has some limitations, such as low irrigation and application efficiency, both caused by the high irrigation frequency, leaking of benches and pipes, and the excess volume of NS disposal.
The subirrigation benches presented an adequate irrigation efficiency, but a low application efficiency caused by the constant return of NS because of the high irrigation frequency and the excess of losses from leaking and disposal of NS after 15 d of cultivation. The subirrigation operated like a hydroponic system, reducing the overall system irrigation efficiency and the substrate storage efficiency, requiring improvements regarding equipment design, operation, water and nutrients use efficiency, and management.
This performance assessment procedure should be used in other subirrigation facilities to test their efficacy, but the absence of commercial equipment in our region makes this comparison unavailable at this time. Future studies should apply these features to other subirrigation systems for different crops, and the proposed methodology can be easily used to assess the efficiency parameters.
This research was supported by the School of Agricultural Engineering (FEAGRI), by the Brazilian National Council of Technological and Scientific Development (CNPq, scholarship to the first author and grant no. 479.665/2009-5), and by São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP, no. 2012/01734-5).
Acknowledgments are made to the company that authorized the performance assessment and to the anonymous reviewers for their suggestions.
4 These authors contributed equally to this work as the joint first authors.
5 Corresponding author. E-mail: ribeiro.md@gmail.com.


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Comment: Many courts have found that to withstand a summary judgment motion an employee must establish that they suffered injury as a result of an employer's violation of the FMLA. This is the first case that I am aware of that has found that an employee's failure to utilize a known paid leave alternative provided by an employer will defeat an employee's FMLA interference claim even if the employer acted in violation of the FMLA.
Generally, where the need for FMLA leave is foreseeable, an employee should give an employer 30 days advance notice of the time the employee needs off. 29 CFR 825.302(a). If the need is foreseeable but with less than 30 days advance notice of the need, the employee should notify his or her employer of the need for FMLA leave "as soon as practicable," normally within one or two working days of learning of the need for leave. 29 CFR 825.302(a). An employer may delay or, in some cases, deny leave to an employee that fails to provide timely notice of the need for FMLA leave.
The FMLA allows for the substitution of available paid leave for unpaid FMLA leave. Where paid leave is substituted, an employer must apply any less onerous notice requirements permitted by the employer's paid leave policy. For example, if an employee (or employer) elects to substitute paid vacation leave for unpaid FMLA leave and the employer's paid vacation leave plan imposes no prior notification requirements for taking such vacation leave, no advance notice may be required for the FMLA leave taken in these circumstances. 29 CFR 825.302(g).
The interplay of the notice requirements of paid leave with unpaid FMLA leave was recently addressed in Simpson v. Office of the Chief Judge, No. 05 C 2592, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 75634, at *21-23 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 11, 2007). There, the employer argued that the employee failed to give timely advance notice of the need for FMLA leave incident to planned surgery. The employee gave notice the day before her absence was to begin. Simpson took sick leave concurrent with FMLA leave. Under the employer's sick leave policy, an employee was required to notify a supervisor "a minimum of one hour prior to beginning their tour of duty" that the needed to take sick leave. The court, citing 29 CFR 825.302(a), found that Simpson provided timely notice of the need for FMLA leave.
Comment: The case, surprisingly one of only a very few, reminds us that an employer's paid leave policies may greatly reduce the amount of advance notice of the need for FMLA leave that an employer may require an employee to provide. Employers should review their paid leave policies to determine if changes need to be made so that they get the maximum advance notice of the need for FMLA leave that they are entitled to receive under the Act. Where the employer has a labor union, such changes may require collective bargaining.
The Third Circuit in Tucker v. County of Monmouth, No. 04-3860, 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 28156 (3d Cir. Dec. 19, 2005) agreed with the lower court that the County did not violate the FMLA rights of two corrections officers when it suspended them for exceeding their total allotted sick time for the year. Part of the paid sick leave ran concurrent with FMLA leave. The employee's argued that the County violated the FMLA by counting the paid sick leave they used concurrent with FMLA leave against them for purposes of their suspension. They argued, essentially, that the County's sick leave policy prohibiting employee's from using more paid leave then they had available did not apply where such leave is taken in conjunction with FMLA leave. The Third Circuit disagreed. Addressing the employee's argument, the court opined: "In other words, they want more paid sick time than other County employees got. But their sick time did not become unlimited paid sick time simply by virtue of having been taken during an FMLA-approved work absence." The court concluded that because the County would have suspended the employees for their sick-time violations had they taken no FMLA leave, it did not violate the FMLA by doing so where some FMLA was taken concurrent with such sick leave.
Comment: The case reminds us that the taking of FMLA leave does not insulate employees from discipline for violations of legitimate employer attendance policies.


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2010 NAIAS | North American International Auto Show
The Metropolitan August 8, 2014
2010January
The North American International Auto Show will open its doors in less than two weeks with excitement and anticipation continuing to build forth the auto industry's flag ship. On Jan 11th global eyes will turn to Detroit as the press days kick off with an anticipated 30 worldwide, and 10 North American product unveilings.
"As we prepare to open the doors to the 2010 NAIAS, we are ready for the thousands of domestic and international media to walk through Cobo Center in search of the latest product information from the heart of the automotive industry," said Doug Fox, chairman, 2010 NAIAS. " The addition of Electric Avenue, combined with the returning MEDC EcoXperience, and the nearly 40 debuts to date, means that this show will be unlike any other in its offerings to the media, public and industry."
The public and media will be treated to a number of world debuts of highly anticipated vehicles from exhibitors such as Ford, Chevrolet, BMW, Audi and Volvo to name a few. The all-new Electric Avenue area presented by The Dow Chemical Company will showcase highly anticipated vehicles such as the Nissan Leaf, Mitsubishi MiEV, Commuter Cars Tango 600 and the SABA "Carbon Zero" Roadster.
About the North American International Auto Show
Entering its 22nd year as an international event, the NAIAS is among the most prestigious auto shows in the world, providing unparalleled access to the automotive products, people and ideas that matter most – up close and in one place. One of the largest media events in North America, the NAIAS is the only auto show in the United States to earn an annual distinguished sanction of the Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles, the Paris-based alliance of automotive trade associations and manufacturers from around the world.
Detroit has hosted an auto show for over a century. For the first several decades of its existence, however, the show's focus was strictly regional. Then, in 1987, a visionary group of auto dealers within the Detroit Auto Dealers Association (DADA) asked a bold question: Why not make the event truly national in scope? For that matter, why not make it the best auto show in the United States? Achieving this objective within only a few years' time, the North American International Auto Show pursues a vision of continually redefining what it means to be the auto industry's indispensable North American event. To achieve this goal, the Auto Show continually introduces bold new ways to enhance attendees' experience and deliver exceptional value to media, industry and the public.
Opening to the public on Monday, January 11, The Gallery will provide luxury vehicle enthusiasts an opportunity to see elite vehicles in a private setting. The public can view these luxury vehicles at the MGM Grand Detroit on Monday, January 11 from 12:00 pm-9:00 pm, and Tuesday, January 12 from 8:00 am-12:00 pm. Tickets are $25 per person and allow one-day entry to The Gallery and one-day entry to the NAIAS during the public show, January 16-24. Tickets can be purchased at www.naias.com.
This is a rare opportunity to see high-end luxury vehicles showcased under one roof, which include Rolls-Royce, Ferrari, Bentley, Lamborghini, Spyker, and
Aston Martin.
"The NAIAS is pleased to offer an opportunity to the
public, for the first time, to view the vehicles on Monday and Tuesday, January 11 and 12," said NAIAS 2010 Chairman, Doug Fox. "We are truly able to generate positive economic ripple effects on the local economy by adding yet another venue such as the beautiful MGM Grand Detroit to the NAIAS. More details on The Gallery will be out in the coming weeks."
Location: MGM Grand Detroit 1777 Third Street, Detroit, MI 48226
Press Preview , January 11-12, 2010
The North American International Auto Show 2010 is where the global automotive community comes together to catch up on the latest. Join more of your peers from around the world at the industry's most substantive annual event. In addition to 60 new vehicle premieres – including some of the automotive world's most eagerly anticipated – you'll gain unprecedented access to more of the industry's top leaders and thinkers in one place than anywhere else in the hemisphere. NAIAS-issued media credentials are required to attend.
Industry Preview – January 13-14, 2010
Connect with automotive professionals representing almost 1,000 companies and share insights with over 14,000 of your peers. Make new connections. Forge new alliances. Give yourself new inspiration to lead and succeed. This unique networking opportunity brings together the latest automotive products and services with the key minds behind them all under one roof.
Charity Preview – January 15, 2010
Enjoy the first views of the spectacular North American International Auto Show 2010. Charity Preview is your opportunity to be a part of one of the most exclusive, high profile events in the nation. Proceeds directly benefit a wide range of children's charities. Funds raised will support services for children of all ages from birth to 18. Since 1989, the Charity Preview has raised more than $79 million for southeastern Michigan children's charities – over $35 million of which was raised in the last six years alone.
Public Show – January 16-24, 2010
Experience the next generation of transportation at the North American International Auto Show 2010. See more than 700 vehicles on display, representing the most innovative designs in the world and experience North America's largest and most prestigious automotive showcase.


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When you stay at Antico Borgo La Commenda in Montefiascone, you'll be 13 minutes by car from Lake Bolsena. This country house is 8.4 mi (13.5 km) from Church of Santa Rosa and 9.1 mi (14.7 km) from Spa of the Popes.
Treat yourself to a stay in one of the 6 guestrooms, featuring fireplaces and flat-screen televisions. Kitchenettes are outfitted with refrigerators. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Conveniences include desks, and housekeeping is provided on a limited basis.
Enjoy recreation amenities such as an outdoor pool or take in the view from a garden. This country house also features complimentary wireless Internet access, a picnic area, and barbecue grills.
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