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"The Fabulous Philosopher's Stone" is an Uncle Scrooge comics story written and drawn by Carl Barks in October 1954. The story was first published in Uncle Scrooge #10 (June 1955).

Plot
Scrooge McDuck takes Donald Duck and his three grandnephews on an expedition to find the Philosopher's Stone, a mythical artifact that would turn common metals into gold. The stone is eventually found, and works. But it has some rather unpleasant side effects.

Scrooge is eventually forced to give up the stone and gives it to Monsieur Mattressface of the International Money Council.

Changes made in reprints

In this story, Scrooge refers to the year 1110 as "845 years ago". When the story was reprinted in Uncle Scrooge #253 (April 1991), the reference was changed to "881 years ago".

Sequels
The International Money Council and Monsieur Mattressface later appeared in The Crown of the Crusader Kings (2001) and The Old Castle's Other Secret (2004) by Don Rosa.

See also
List of Disney comics by Carl Barks

References

External links

The Fabulous Philosopher's Stone in Carl Barks guidebook

Disney comics stories
Donald Duck comics by Carl Barks
1954 in comics


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Former staffers, friends attend President Bush's funeral service
by: Steffi Lee
Posted: Dec 6, 2018 / 03:42 PM EST / Updated: Dec 6, 2018 / 04:56 PM EST
HOUSTON, TX – DECEMBER 06: (AFP-OUT) The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard on December 6, 2018 in Houston, Texas. President Bush will be buried at his final resting place at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library at Texas A&M University in College Station, […]
HOUSTON (KXAN) — Friends, family, and top leaders gathered for an intimate funeral service in President George H.W. Bush's Houston church. Shuttles transported them from Second Baptist Church to St. Martin's Episcopal Church early Thursday morning.
Lynn Hughes, who met Bush when he was 23 years old, viewed the 41st president as a mentor and a friend. He attended the private service with his wife. Bush's guidance was critical in shaping his future. He volunteered for all of Bush's campaigns.
"I didn't look all that promising," he said. "Let's face it. I was young, a little less goofy than I am now."
Former First Lady Barbara Bush's "rigorous love" and President Bush's "generosity" is something he will never forget.
"He gave me lots of serious advice," Hughes said. "Barbara gave me a lot of serious advice. It's a whole package of talent, ability, dedication and skill that suffused with a genuine caring of people."
Bush's humor shined a light on a somber day to reflect and remember the president's service. Hughes joked Bush was able to cram three lives into one.
"He just exuded everything my grandmother would've wanted me to be," Hughes said.
Claire Pickart, who worked for Bush's administration, said everything he did made the people around him feel like such a part of his life.
"We all devoted our lives to this president because we felt just so honored to be a part of his administration," she said. "It was a true privilege."
Retired Army Chief War Officer Patrick Southern said Bush always cared deeply about service members and it was evident from the stories he heard from the administration and what he experienced in the military.
"George Bush had our back," Southern said. "He cared about every one of us. When there was a fatality, it showed for him. It really broke his heart and when you have that kind of love and care from a president, you want to do anything for him. And we all did."
The Union Pacific "Bush 4141" Locomotive is pulling the funeral train approximately 70 miles from the Houston area to College Station, where Bush will be buried alongside his wife and daughter.
Women urge jail until trial for Epstein as judge weighs bail
by LARRY NEUMEISTER and JIM MUSTIAN, Associated Press / Jul 15, 2019
NEW YORK (AP) — Two Jeffrey Epstein accusers urged a judge Monday to keep the wealthy financier behind bars until he goes on trial on federal charges that he sexually abused underage girls.
The women stood just feet from where Epstein was seated in his blue jail outfit as they asked a federal judge to reject a request by Epstein's lawyers that he remain under house arrest in his $77 million Manhattan mansion until trial on conspiracy and sex trafficking charges.

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Q: C# Is there a way to "restart" a thread when a timer is triggered? I want to make a program that contains 2 threads that are repeatedly invoked every time the timer is triggered.
I know you can't technically restart a thread, but I was wondering is there any work around to fix the problem?
using System;
using System.Threading;

public class Program {

    // static method one
    static void method1()
    {
        // some code here
    }

    // static method two
    static void method2()
    {
        // some code here
    }

    // Main Method
    public void Main()
    {
        // Creating and initializing timer
        System.Timers.Timer MyTimer = new System.Timers.Timer();
        MyTimer.Interval = 4000;
        MyTimer.Tick += new EventHandler(timer1_Tick);
        MyTimer.Start();
        autoResetEvent = new AutoResetEvent(false);

        // Creating and initializing threads
        Thread thr1 = new Thread(method1);
        Thread thr2 = new Thread(method2);

        thr1.Start();
        thr2.Start();
    }

    private void timer1_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        // code below is wrong. I want to repeat/restart the threads
        thr1.Start();
        thr2.Start();
    }
}

A: The answer is no...
Additionally, i would seriously consider using tasks instead of the Thread class.
However, if you really must use Thread, you can create it again then Start it
Option 2 (and probably less prone to problems), is put a loop in your thread and use something like an AutoResetEvent to fire that it should continue in the loop

A: This is a bit of a "generic" answer, but the only solution I can think of is in your timer1_Tick function, destroy/stop the old threads and make new ones, which would look something like this:
// make sure the threads are stopped.
thr1.Stop();
thr2.Stop();

// make and start new threads.
thr1 = new Thread(method1);
thr2 = new Thread(method2);
thr1.Start();
thr2.Start();

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O Beechcraft King Air é uma família de bimotores de pequeno porte e alta performance para uso executivo, com motorização turboélice e cabine pressurizada, com capacidade para transportar confortavelmente quatro ou cinco passageiros em viagens interestaduais (rotas domésticas), fabricada nos Estados Unidos a partir da década de 1970 pela então Beech Aircraft (atualmente Beechcraft Corporation), que utilizou como base o projeto de bimotor a pistão da década de 1960 chamado Queen Air, da mesma marca.

O grande sucesso do projeto King Air (uma variedade de modelos de aeronaves turboélice, iniciada na década de 1960 com o A-90 e, posteriormente, o B-90) é o resultado de uma feliz combinação de características positivas, entre elas a robustez estrutural, design da fuselagem com seção transversal semi-quadrada adotada pela Beechcraft, trem de pouso com amortecedores de longo curso, pressurização e, na época de lançamento, aeronave já motorizada com o motor turboélice PT6-A da marca Pratt & Whitney, resultando em maior velocidade de cruzeiro e altitudes mais elevadas de cruzeiro, em relação aos modelos de aeronaves a pistão.

Toda a linha King Air de aeronaves turboélice acumula mais de 7.000 aeronaves produzidas, inluindo os modelos C-90, F-90, B-200 e 350, um grande sucesso de vendas.

King Air C-90 e King Air F-90

Posteriormente, os avanços sucessivos da Engenharia Aeronáutica foram se traduzindo gradativamente em aprimoramentos do produto básico original, resultando em novos lançamentos de versões aperfeiçoadas, como o do modelo King Air F-90 na década de 1970, do mesmo tamanho do King Air C-90, para transportar confortavelmente quatro ou cinco passageiros em viagens interestaduais, incluindo um pequeno toalete básico.

A principal e mais visível diferença conceitual entre os modelos C-90 e F-90 é a introdução de uma nova cauda em "T" no modelo F-90 na década de 1970, resultando em vantagens como um menor nível de vibração na cabine de passageiros, em função da nova localização mais conveniente do estabilizador horizontal, fora das esteiras de vórtices e perturbações nos escoamentos de ar gerados pelas hélices.

O F-90 foi também um dos primeiros modelos King Air a adotar o novo conjunto de hélices de quatro pás, resultando em uma velocidade de cruzeiro ligeiramente maior que a do modelo anterior e uma redução dos níveis de ruído dentro do avião.

King Air B-200

A rigor, o King Air B-200 nasceu no início da década de 1970, mas sob outra denominação, King Air 100 e posteriormente, na década de 1980, recebeu a denominação definitiva King Air B-200, com fuselagem alongada para transportar confortavelmente seis ou sete passageiros em viagens interestaduais, incluindo nela a maior parte das características positivas do King Air F-90 e mais uma opção de galley compacta para água, sucos e refrigerantes.

Para atender os mercados de alto poder aquisitivo norte-americano e europeu, compostos basicamente de pecuaristas, empresários e executivos que queriam e precisavam de um tipo de transporte confortável e rápido mas sem abrir mão da flexibilidade operacional para pousar e decolar em pistas curtas, a fabricante Beechcraft disponibilizou a motorização Pratt & Whitney PT6-A com potência aumentada para 850 shp cada.

A flexibilidade de pousar e decolar em pistas curtas, com obstáculos próximos às cabeceiras e prolongamentos é o motivo pelo qual muitos desses clientes optam pelo avião do tipo turboélice, já que o avião a jato em geral tem limitações técnicas neste sentido.

King Air 350

Na década de 1990, esse rico mercado passou a exigir mais e, como conseqüência natural, a Beechcraft colocou à disposição de seus clientes o Super King Air 350, com fuselagem ainda mais alongada para transportar confortavelmente 8 ou 10 passageiros, dependendo da configuração adotada, preservando as mesmas características de praticidade dos modelos anteriores, com flexibilidade para pousar e decolar em pistas curtas, sem perda de qualidade de voo.

Mercado

É consenso dentro do meio aeronáutico que, do ponto de vista econômico, os aviões turboélice são mais vantajosos que os aviões a jato em viagens de até 500 quilômetros.

Neste sentido, em viagens de mais de 750 quilômetros os aviões a jato são mais vantajosos, com o benefício da maior velocidade de cruzeiro que os jatos apresentam e os turboélices não conseguem alcançar.

No entanto, somente a partir da década de 1990 foram introduzidos na família King Air o moderníssimo sistema EFIS (Electronic Flight Instrument System) de navegação. Atualmente, todos os modelos King Air podem sair de fábrica já com as telas PFD (tela primária) e MFD (tela multifuncional) na cabine de comando e os aviões usados da marca podem ser atualizados neste sentido em oficinas autorizadas, a pedido dos clientes, incluindo a instalação de modelos mais atuais de TCAS e EGPWS, muito úteis na navegação.

Ficha técnica

King Air 350

 Motorização (potência): Pratt & Whitney PT6-A (1.050 shp / cada);
 Pista de Pouso: Aprox. 1.100 metros (lotado / dias quentes / tanques cheios);
 Alcance: Aprox. Aprox. 2.400 quilômetros (lotado / 75% potência);
 Consumo médio: Aprox. 420 litros (QAV) / hora (lotado / 75% potência);
 Consumo médio: Aprox. 0,09 litro / passageiro / km voado;
 Capacidade: 8 ou 10 passageiros;
 Comprimento: Aprox. 14,2 metros;
 Envergadura: Aprox. 17,6 metros;
 Altura: Aprox. 4,4 metros;
 Peso máximo decolagem: Aprox. 6.800 kg;
 TBO (tempo entre revisões): 3.600 horas;
 Velocidade de cruzeiro: Aprox. 540 km/h;
 Teto de serviço: Aprox. 10.000 metros;
 Preço: Aprox. US$ 2,5 milhões (usado / bom estado de conservação);

King Air B-200

 Motorização (potência): 2 X Pratt & Whitney PT6-A (850 shp / cada);
 Pista de pouso: Aprox. 1.100 metros (lotado / dias quentes / tanques cheios);
 Alcance: Aprox. 2.300 quilômetros (lotado / 75% potência / com reservas);
 Consumo médio (QAV): Aprox. 400 litros / hora (lotado / 75% potência);
 Consumo médio (QAV): Aprox. 0,1 litro / passageiro / km voado;
 Comprimento: Aprox. 13,4 metros;
 Envergadura: Aprox. 16,6 metros;
 Altura: Aprox. 4,5 metros;
 Peso máximo decolagem: Aprox. 5.650 kg;
 Capacidade: 6 ou 7 passageiros;
 TBO (tempo entre revisões): 3.600 horas;
 Velocidade de cruzeiro: Aprox. 540 km/h;
 Teto de serviço: Aprox. 10.000 metros; / Nível operacional Max: FL 280
 performance especial em relação ao nível operacional
 max - nível certificada max é FL350, mas muitas vezes não é usado;
 Preço: Aprox. US$ 1,8 milhão (usado / bom estado de conservação);

King Air C90B

 Motorização (potência): 2 X Pratt & Whitney PT6-A (550 shp / cada);
 Pista de pouso: Aprox. 900 metros (lotado / dias quentes / tanques cheios);
 Alcance: Aprox. 1.700 quilômetros (lotado / 75% potência / com reservas);
 Consumo médio (QAV): Aprox. 340 litros / hora (lotado / 75% potência);
 Consumo médio (QAV): Aprox. 0,13 litro / passageiro / km voado;
 Comprimento: Aprox. 11 metros;
 Envergadura: Aprox. 15 metros;
 Altura: Aprox. 4,4 metros;
 Peso máximo decolagem: Aprox. 4.580 kg;
 Capacidade: 4 ou 5 passageiros;
 Velocidade de cruzeiro: Aprox. 470 km/h;
 Teto de serviço: Aprox. 9.100 metros;
 Preço (C-90): Aprox. US$ 1,5 milhão (usado / bom estado de conservação);

Ligações externas

King Air
King Air
Aviões produzidos nos Estados Unidos
Aviões civis de transporte de passageiros
Aviões civis a turbo-hélices
Introduções em 1964
Aviões monoplanos
Aviões bimotor

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Q: match against IN join conditon How to satisfy below condition on join without where condition?
SELECT *
FROM xyz
JOIN abc ON
  MATCH(xyz.p) AGAINST(abc.h,abc.i,abc.j IN BOOLEAN MODE)

here xyz AND abc represent TABLES
xyz.p, abc.h,abc.i,abc.j represent COLUMNS

A: It can be a little tricky to find the relevant documentation, but you cannot do what you want.  In the section on full text restrictions:

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*The argument to AGAINST() must be a string value that is constant during query evaluation. This rules out, for example, a table column because that can differ for each row.

I don't think MySQL offers an efficient way to do what you want.  However, if you ask another question, it might be possible to solve your particular problem.


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Shot to Pieces"Pieces of a Woman" Is a New Take on a Well-Worn Trope
by Jourdain Searles
Published on November 2, 2020 at 1:46pm
Shia LaBeouf as Sean, left, and Vanessa Kirby as Martha in Pieces of a Woman (Photo credit: Netflix)
When I watched John Cassavetes's A Woman Under the Influence for the first time this year, I had history and expectations in the back of my mind. As a female film critic with mental illness, it's the kind of film that I expected to love. Written and directed by Cassavetes in 1974 and starring Gena Rowlands, the film began as a modest independent production, funded by the actor-director and championed by Rowlands, whose desire to tackle more complex work inspired her husband to write the film. Despite its low profile, A Woman Under the Influence became a critical success. It was nominated for two Academy Awards, won a Golden Globe, and was anointed a masterpiece for good reason: It was one of the first films to portray a middle-aged woman with mental illness in a way that wasn't campy or crowded by thriller genre trappings. And yet, watching it I couldn't feel that truth onscreen. Although I could recognize the craft in both Rowlands's performance and her husband's direction, when the credits rolled, I found myself feeling as if there must be more to see.
A Woman Under the Influence can be best described as a spectator's effort to understand a woman's mental and emotional state. Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó's critically acclaimed 2020 drama, Pieces of a Woman, which aims for rawness but settles for shallow, overwrought storytelling, could be described similarly. Pieces of a Woman, which had its North American premiere at this year's Toronto International Film Festival (and was recently picked up by Netflix), boasts a Golden Lion–winning performance by Vanessa Kirby as Martha, a woman whose daughter dies after a home birth goes wrong. The majority of the film chronicles the fallout of that trauma as the grieving mother reevaluates her relationships with her partner, Sean (Shia LaBeouf), and her mother, Elizabeth (Ellen Burstyn), and enters into a legal battle with her midwife, Eva (Molly Parker). This is a great setup for a marital drama, and a rare one: Though there are countless films about parents dealing with the loss of a child, we do not often get to see the complex emotional reaction to an infant dying immediately after delivery.
The film does a great job of illustrating the tenseness, danger, and ultimate tragedy of the experience in the first 25 minutes. Mundruczó achieves this with a naturalistic, documentary-style single shot that begins with Sean making his way home for the birth and slowly shifts perspective until we see Martha go into violent, painful labor. Things go awry immediately: The midwife Martha had worked with throughout her pregnancy isn't available, and instead she is attended by Eve. Suddenly, an experience that was supposed to be personal and organic is helmed by a stranger. In the face of Martha's distress, Sean tries to counter with energy and positivity; his behavior makes clear that the home birth was Martha's idea and that his job is to do his best to honor the spirit of her decision. The most compelling part of the film's first third is Martha's heartbreaking transformation from bubbly, emotionally contained yuppie to the living embodiment of maternal anguish.
But as it goes on, the story devolves into a confused series of arguments between Martha and her wealthy, overbearing mother about the trial. Elizabeth insists that Eva going to prison will help Martha heal, but Martha has her doubts. While Burstyn is a joy to see onscreen, her character is woefully underdeveloped; instead, the veteran actor leans on well-known character beats from better movies such as Terms of Endearment and Postcards from the Edge. The powerful, no-nonsense matriarch constantly disapproving of her daughter's decisions is a character that feels out of place here: The story doesn't need Elizabeth, and her presence inadvertently stifles our understanding of Martha. Kirby fares better, giving a lived-in, full-bodied performance as a young woman bubbling explosive rage for the first time in her life. Trauma reverts Martha into a teenager, and Kirby plays that with the belligerence and wit reminiscent of Jennifer Lawrence's best performances. (This comparison is fitting, considering that Lawrence's work with David O'Russell is clearly a response to the Cassavetes canon.)
Pieces of a Woman shows us a profound emotional experience and then fails to articulate its nuances.
According to Mundruczó, who makes his English-language debut with the film, Pieces of a Woman is "an authentic film about tragedy." His aim was to create an experience that's as realistic as possible. But realistic and fully realized aren't the same thing, and unfortunately Pieces of a Woman presents us with a profound emotional experience and then fails to articulate its nuances. Any narrative depth can be attributed entirely to Kirby's strength in the lead role. As A Woman Under the Influence proved, there is a lot to be said for giving an actress the space to exercise her gifts; in this film, however, much more is necessary to justify the stirring, possibly triggering emotions that arise from the film's inciting event. Mundruczó's craft in the home-birth sequence is undeniable; the scene ensures that we feel the emotional highs of receiving such a beautiful gift, and the lows of watching it become a source of immediate, indescribable pain. But because viewers never get to know the woman at the center of this pain, we can empathize only as far as her tragedies map on to our own experiences of loss and grief.
In the gap between its intentions and its executions, Pieces of a Woman mostly resembles Lucy in the Sky, a film that premiered at 2019's TIFF to zero fanfare. Noah Hawley's astronaut drama, based on the real-life experience of former astronaut Lisa Nowak, tells the story of Lucy (Natalie Portman), whose perspective changes after her first trip to space. She returns to Earth only to find that life there no longer makes sense to her, and she begins to drift away from her doting husband (Dan Stevens) and into a doomed affair with a fellow astronaut (Jon Hamm). What follows is a film so afraid of depth that it depends entirely on its lead actor, leaving Portman feverishly running from scene to scene in a fruitless attempt to anchor the narrative in some sort of emotional truth. Pieces of a Woman's Kirby does similar work, carrying a potent, simmering rage throughout the story, looking for understanding that never comes. (Coincidentally, Lucy in the Sky also wastes Ellen Burstyn, who plays Lucy's no-nonsense grandmother.) When these films work, it is often because we fill in the blanks of the filmmaking with our own projection. We relate to Martha's reactions to her situation while forgetting that the film has barely told us anything about her. Filmmakers know that these stories—women on the edge trying to decide whether to leap off—generate awards buzz regardless of their overall quality. As a result, they often portray womanhood as a collection of increasingly erratic choices. In the end, the only thing that Pieces of a Woman shows us is that Kirby is a tremendous actress and Martha was merely an exercise.
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Brownfield (BF) regeneration needs to be addressed through a paradigm shift. Urban sprawl creates an expensive infrastructure and ever increasing commuting population; prevention and re-use of BF's is paramount to reducing our carbon footprint while at the same time enhancing the wellbeing of the population. BF regeneration should not be considered as a stand-alone negative issue, but as part of a more positive perspective on a closed land use cycle.
The HOMBRE projects' vision is to develop a HOlistic Management of Brownfield REgeneration to accomplish 'Zero Brownfield' development.
The BF Navigator is developed to guide in the process, where better understanding of the urban life cycle will aid in early recognition and prevention of upcoming BF's, and better implementation of 'hard' technologies and more creative solutions based on 'soft' technologies will facilitate cost-effective, timely, and sustainable BF regeneration. Starting in late 2014, municipal authorities with land that is unused or under-used – brownfields – will be able to use an online program that makes managing those locations easier.
The neglected and under-used sites can only be used again when issues such as pollution or planning permission have been resolved. Organizations taking initiatives (often local government authorities in the case of "difficult" sites) have to decide if, and if so which, steps should be taken to make a site available for use again. Here, envisaging opportunities is often a question of thinking out of the box. However, if not enough is known about the alternatives and risks, this can be difficult.
The available knowledge about brownfields has been included in an on-line decision-support program, the Brownfield Navigator. This online navigator allows local civil servants and the relevant stakeholders to enter their brownfields in a geographical information system, to look for alternatives and to plan action. The system also supplies large numbers of examples. Sources for the knowledge opened up by the Navigator include the European project HOMBRE . The Navigator itself is a Deltares product.
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January 9, 2020 · 11:13 am
Let the battles begin…
'I foresee great struggles at my funeral games.'
Babylon, 323 BC: Alexander the Great is dead, leaving behind him the largest, and most fearsome, empire the world has ever seen. As his final breaths fade in a room of seven bodyguards, Alexander refuses to name a successor. But without a natural heir, who will take the reins?
As the news of the king's sudden and unexpected death ripples across the land, leaving all in disbelief, the ruthless battle for the throne begins. What follows is a devious, tangled web of scheming and plotting, with alliances quickly made and easily broken, each rival with their own agenda.
But who will emerge victorious: the half-chosen; the one-eyed; the wildcat; the general; the bastard; the regent? In the end, only one man, or indeed woman, will be left standing..
I've been a fan of Robert fabbri and his writing since Tribune of Rome came out in 2011, and to hear that he was tackling one of my favorite historical characters (Alexander) was a real buzz, even more so when i learned that the series would begin at the end, the end of Alexanders life. The turmoil his passing unleashed across his empire was huge and changed the face of the ancient world, there was and is so much scope and so many hugely interesting characters.
Fabbri keeps in the main to real historical personages in this book, only interspersing the occasional fictional character, he brings those historical notables to life, and i have to say from the start Eumenes is my stand out favorite… who doesn't love an underdog and a devious Greek one, Fabbri really brings that out in his writing, but he is just one of the many stunning characters in the book as we watch the great men and women of the time vie for power and control of the great empire Alexander carved. Many times its mentioned that Alexander didn't name a successor because he wanted this division and strife and he wanted no one to eclipse his achievements…. if that really was his intention then Robert Fabbri captures it brilliantly.
If i had to have one nagging annoyance at the book it was the way it was structured, changes of time and location were not defined in the book, eg Eumenes could be talking about Cassandra and what his intentions were and on the next line he was talking to her, even though that may be a day or week later in another town, it just happened on the next line…. that was somewhat confusing for a while and threw off the pace of the book for me.
But the story is stunning, the politics of the time is just mind boggling but told in a pacy engaging way, the battles and the warriors brought to life in vivid detail, i love it when the writer can transport you to the dust , the muck, the blood sweat and horror of a battle and also the stress and frustration of the politics… as usual Robert fabbri does not disappoint in this.
Im really looking forward to the next in this series, this is one of the great periods of history, told with true style.
Highly reccomended
1. Tribune of Rome (2011)
2. Rome's Executioner (2012)
3. False God of Rome (2013)
4. Rome's Fallen Eagle (2013)
5. Masters of Rome (2014)
6. Rome's Lost Son (2015)
7. Furies of Rome (2016)
8. Rome's Sacred Flame (2018)
9. Emperor of Rome (2019)
The Succession (2018)
Crossroads Brotherhood
1. The Crossroads Brotherhood (2011)
2. The Racing Factions (2013)
3. The Dreams of Morpheus (2014)
4. The Alexandrian Embassy (2015)
5. The Imperial Triumph (2017)
Alexander's Legacy
1. To The Strongest (2020)
Arminius (2017)
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Robert Fabbri : Arminius: The Limits of Empire (2017) Review
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Robert Fabbri read Drama and Theatre at London University and has worked in film and TV for 25 years. He is an assistant director and has worked on productions such as Hornblower, Hellraiser, Patriot Games and Billy Elliot. His life-long passion for ancient history, especially for that of the Roman Empire, has drawn him to write his first novel. He lives in London
A.D. 9: In the depths of the Teutoburg Wald, in a landscape riven by ravines, darkened by ancient oak and bisected by fast-flowing streams, Arminius of the Cherusci led a confederation of six Germanic tribes in the annihilation of three Roman legions. Deep in the forest almost 20,000 men were massacred without mercy; fewer than 200 of them ever made it back across the Rhine. To Rome's shame, three sacred Eagles were lost that day. But Arminius wasn't brought up in Germania Magna – he had been raised as a Roman. This is the story of how Arminius came to turn his back on the people who raised him and went on to commit a betrayal so great and so deep, it echoed through the ages.
When i picked this book up i struggled to see where it fitted in the whole Vespasian world, Arminius and the Teutoburg Wald happened about 25 years before book 1, But slowly the author draws you into a brilliantly simple and yet complex story, told from Multi perspectives. The long dead voice of Arminius echoing from beyond the grave, ironically, only because he has adopted the roman way of chronicling his life. The voice of his Son, the voices of Romans past and present, all impacting on the stage that was one of Romes greatest defeats.
How the author ties this book into the rest of the series is amusing and clever, and made me want to reread Romes Fallen Eagle. As ever with the use of impeccable research and superb writing skills he weaves a take both dark and terrible, fully portraying the horror and scale of the deaths on those terrible 4 days. With touches of dark humor and a very fatalistic tone the differing tones or a Sons lost life and adoration, tempered by experience to a slaves bitter resignation and humbling shame, every emotion is covered, as is every facet of the Roman mindset and how it was exploited by a barbarian from the woods.
Coupled in with this are some fantastic glimpses at the hierarchy of power with Augustus, Livi, Tiberius, Germanicus and most of all Varus and Lucius. Robert Fabbri is a master story teller, capturing the author within his pages. I have to say that occasionally i found the narrative jarring as it dropped from past to present to past, but this was always handled with the snap shots of humour and some great characters and lines, Pickled testicles will stay with me for a while!
What really made this book for me was how Arminius slowly made his plans, how they were in part inspired by Romans at the highest level, how (whilst we know much of what Fabbri writes in Fiction) we know that Arminius must have had to be some orator and one of those people that others naturally gravitate too. There is no way he could have hoodwinked so many Romans, and also been able to talk to his fellow Germans on the same level and convince them of this ambitions. To also do this amidst the fear or betrayal, as a person in history he is not only fascinating but stands as an iconic personality… all of this comes across in the book.
So while not my fav book in the series, probably one of the most impressive.Highly original in style, hugely impressive in breadth and scope, stunningly entertaining and complex.
8. Arminius: The Limits of Empire (2017)
Vespasian Vol 1-3 (omnibus) (2014)
Crossroads Brotherhood Trilogy
The Crossroads Brotherhood Trilogy (omnibus) (2015)
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November 30, 2016 · 10:52 am
Robert Fabbri: The Furies of Rome (Review)
THE FURIES OF ROME
VESPASIAN VII
AD 58: Rome is in turmoil once more. Emperor Nero has surrounded himself with sycophants and together they rampage by night through the city, visiting death and destruction as they go. Meanwhile, Nero's extravagance has reached new heights. The Emperor's spending is becoming profligate at the same time as the demands of keeping the provinces subdued have become increasingly unaffordable. Could Nero withdraw from Britannia, and at what price for the Empire?
As the bankers of the Empire scramble to call in their loans, Vespasian is sent to Londinium on a secret mission, only to become embroiled in a deadly rebellion led by Boudicca, a female warrior of extraordinary bravery. As the uprising gathers pace, Vespasian must fight to stay ahead of Rome's enemies and complete his task- before all of Britannia burns.
Somehow i managed to let this title get away from me, let my "to be read" pile defeat me for a bit. But with the pending release of Arminius (and a kick up the butt from the author) i made space and read this title…. and WOW i'm glad i did.
Its easy to say this book is better than the last as a reviewer, but not always why. This time… WOW this is the best book yet in this series.
Vespasian returns to Britain, and you know its all about to kick off with Boudicca and the rebellion. But more than anything its how we get there, how Vespasian has to return to Britain, its the political machinations of Rome, the depravity of Nero, the corruption of Seneca. There is growth of the family in the guise of Titus and Domitian, both good and bad and many things have changed for everyone's fav character Magnus.
This book does much to drive forward Vespasian in his ambitions for Emperor, the thought that it might be more than fancy starts to really show its self in the elevation of his family and the slide to depravity of the empire. It feels a much more personal tale, the raw fear of everyone as Nero twists the empire to his whim and fancy. Vespasian and and his brother come across old enemies and pay old debts. Along the way the true horror of the Roman world and rebellion is laid bare, but also the building blocks for its future and also maybe its future destruction… such is the scope of this tale.
This book for me was very evocative of others that have touched upon the same period, Douglas Jackson being most brought to mind as it covers the destruction of Camulodunum in such a dramatic fashion his telling is still my fav scene in historical fiction, Robert Fabbri does much to bring that to life in his destruction of London. This whole book is a massively powerful look at the destructive nature that can be unleashed by greed and corruption, how ignoring the masses can lead to a revolution that will sweep all ahead of it.
This is a tremendously well written and researched book, but most of all it is an explosion of action , fear, drama and violence told by a master storyteller. Seven books in and this series just gets better and better….. what can come next?
i look forward to finding out
7. Furies of Rome (2016)Vespasian Vol 1-3 (omnibus) (2014)
The Alexandrian Embassy (2015)
1.5. The Crossroads Brotherhood (2011)
2.5. The Racing Factions (2013)
3.5. The Dreams of Morpheus (2014)
Arminius: The Limits of Empire (2017)
Robert Fabbri: The Alexandrian Embassy (Review)
Robert Fabbri was born in Geneva in 1961. He was educated at Christ's Hospital School, Horsham and London University. He worked for twenty-five years as an assistant director in the film and television industries.
Having had his fair share of long, cold nights standing in the rain in muddy fields and unbearably hot days in deserts or stuffy sound stages he decided to start writing.
Being a life-long ancient war-gamer with a collection of over 3,500 hand-painted 25mm lead soldiers and a lover of Roman Historical Fiction the subject matter was obvious.
The Alexandrian Embassy
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AD 39: Rome. Marcus Salvius Magnus, leader of the Crossroads Brotherhood, is buying a dangerous cargo of illegal weaponry. When a deal which will ensure Magnus's dominance over Rome's criminal underworld goes sour, Magnus must regain the shipment by any means necessary…
As the rival West Viminal Brotherhood threatens his whole operation, Magnus fights to outwit his opponents whilst juggling the threat of the law and the demands of his patron. With enemies, plots and intrigue on all sides, can Magnus manage to evade death long enough to emerge victorious?
This novella astounded me when i checked the page count, 61 pages. It flew past, but at the same time it always felt like a full complete storyline.
The Crossroads brotherhood is excellent, funny, imaginative and action packed, a real page turner. I like to save these for special occasions (in this case Christmas) to have the time to sit and enjoy the full thrill ride from start to finish in one sitting.
I really hope that one day Magnus can have his own novel, or feature fully in the Vespasian series, he is my fav character in Fabbris world of Rome. This story continues the look at the working of the brotherhood and Magnus relationship with various members of the Roman elite. it also offers some great little looks at the political landscape and the progress of Vespasian and his family.
if you have not tried the Vespasian series then any of the Crossroads Brotherhood is an excellent way to dip your toe into his writing style, and also enjoy a great tale.
one of my favorite authors
Robert Fabbri : Rome's Lost Son (Review)
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ROME'S LOST SON
VESPASIAN VI
Rome, AD 51: Vespasian brings Rome's greatest enemy before the Emperor. After eight years of resistance, the British warrior Caratacus has been caught. But even Vespasian's victory cannot remove the newly-made consul from Roman politics: Agrippina, Emperor Claudius's wife, pardons Caratacus.
Claudius is a drunken fool and Narcissus and Pallas, his freedmen, are battling for control of his throne. Separately, they decide to send Vespasian East to Armenia to defend Rome's interests. But there is more at stake than protecting a client kingdom. Rumours abound that Agrippina is involved in a plot to destabilise the East. Vespasian must find a way to serve two masters – Narcissus is determined to ruin Agrippina, Pallas to save her.
Meanwhile, the East is in turmoil. A new Jewish cult is flourishing and its adherents refuse to swear loyalty to the Emperor. In Armenia, Vespasian is captured. Immured in the oldest city on earth, how can he escape? And is a Rome ruled by a woman who despises Vespasian any safer than a prison cell?
Somehow i missed reviewing and reading Vespasian 5 Masters of Rome, so when Rome's Lost Son arrived i made the decision to re-read the entire series. I'm so glad i did, not only did it allow me to totally immerse myself in Robert Fabbri's version of Vespasian s Rome, it also allowed me to watch the masterful and methodical way that Robert Fabbri grows his characters, melding the facts we have with the fiction that could have been. Giving a potential insight into the mid of the future emperor.
Master of Rome sees a huge leap in Vespasian's thinking, where he learns to put his morality to one side in favour of finding preferment for his family, to put them in a safer position, to enrich them. He basically reaches the point of if you cant beat them join them… then plan to beat them. Each book bring the history of those that have gone before, the things that have been learned, in the same way a person would become the collective sum of their parts. Masters dispelled any thoughts Vespasian might have had about gods not impinging on his world and life. Making him take notice of the story of his auspicious birth. it brought Caratacus to Rome, someone i feel who will be important in book VII.
Rome's Lost Son sees a change in power, political machinations on a massive scale, a new emperor and Vespasian taken to hell and back, The stage is laid further for the year of the four emperors, there is a lot of ground still to cover, and surviving Nero will be no mean feat, but this series has some splendid tales ahead.. I think both books V & VI are stunning stand out Historical and Political Thrillers, made more so by reading the series back to back.
Highly recommend reading both Masters of Rome and Rome's Lost Son..and if you have not read the series, the books are listed below… read them, you will love them
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Five Planets Orbiting 55 Cancri
Debra A. Fischer, San Francisco State UniversityFollow
Geoffrey W. Marcy, University of California - BerkeleyFollow
R. Paul Butler, Carnegie Institution of WashingtonFollow
Steve S. Vogt, University of California, Santa CruzFollow
Gregory Laughlin, University of California, Santa CruzFollow
Gregory W. Henry, Tennessee State UniversityFollow
David Abouav, San Francisco State University
Kathryn M. G. Peek, University of California - BerkeleyFollow
Jason T. Wright, University of California - BerkeleyFollow
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We report 18 years of Doppler shift measurements of a nearby star, 55 Cancri, that exhibits strong evidence for five orbiting planets. The four previously reported planets are strongly confirmed here. A fifth planet is presented, with an apparent orbital period of 260 days, placing it 0.78 AU from the star in the large empty zone between two other planets. The velocity wobble amplitude of 4.9 m s−1 implies a minimum planet mass Msin i = 45.7 M⊕. The orbital eccentricity is consistent with a circular orbit, but modest eccentricity solutions give similar χ2ν fits. All five planets reside in low-eccentricity orbits, four having eccentricities under 0.1. The outermost planet orbits 5.8 AU from the star and has a minimum mass Msin i = 3.8 MJup, making it more massive than the inner four planets combined. Its orbital distance is the largest for an exoplanet with a well-defined orbit. The innermost planet has a semimajor axis of only 0.038 AU and has a minimum mass, Msin i, of only 10.8 M⊕, making it one of the lowest mass exoplanets known. The five known planets within 6 AU define a minimum-mass protoplanetary nebula to compare with the classical minimum-mass solar nebula. Numerical N-body simulations show this system of five planets to be dynamically stable and show that the planets with periods of 14.65 and 44.3 days are not in a mean motion resonance. Millimagnitude photometry during 11 years reveals no brightness variations at any of the radial velocity periods, providing support for their interpretation as planetary.
Debra A. Fischer et al 2008 ApJ 675 790
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Q: Aggregate counting logical values Hello friend I am not friendly with mongodb aggregation I want is that I have array of object that contains subjects with its score for each question and I am using node js so I want is that full calculation with mongo query  if possible that include subject name with its total score and count of attempt and not attempt my Json Array is as bellow
{
    "examId": ObjectId("597367af7d8d3219d88c4341"),
    "questionId": ObjectId("597368207d8d3219d88c4342"),
    "questionNo": 1,
    "subject": "Reasoning Ability",
    "yourChoice": "A",
    "correctMark": "1",
    "attempt": true,
    "notAttempt": false,
}

here in object one field is for correct marks subject are different an I want an output like
|Subject Name | Total attempts | total not attempts | total score |
| A           | 5              | 3                  | 10          |
| B           | 10             | 5                  | 25          |

I am trying with aggregation but not done yet I have tried this query
db.examscores.aggregate([
  { $group:{
    _id:"$examId",
    score: { $sum: '$correctMark' },
    count: { $sum: 1 }
  }}
])

Any one has idea how to achieve this type of output.
and if another way to achieve this using node than also good.

A: I have solved this here is my query
[
 { $match: { subject:'Reasoning Ability' } },
 {
   $group:
     {
       _id:{id:"$examId",subject:'$subject'},
       totalAttempt: { $sum:  {$cond : [ "$attempt", 1, 0 ]} },
       totalNotAttempt: { $sum:  {$cond : [ "$notAttempt", 1, 0 ]} },
       markedForReview:{ $sum:  {$cond : [ "$markedForReview", 1, 0 ]} },
       answerAndMarkedForReview:{ $sum:  {$cond : [ "$answerAndMarkedForReview", 1, 0 ]} },
       score: { $sum: '$correctMark' },
       count: { $sum: 1 }
     }
 }

]


The article shows the transition period of Post-Soviet republics that represents the organic part of the naturalistic process of the traditional societies transformation into their modern (postmodern) organization and development forms in the age of global democratic wave, secular character of social life organization reinforcement. This work reveals, that new social and political and social and cultural changes, that appeared as consequence of the replacement of traditions by market relations, that formed Western model of social and cultural society transformation, competitive democracy, market economy, social state and society of mass consumption, life standards and values, alienation among human, society and nature;Key words: Kazakhstan, culture, impulses, Eurasia, civilization, guides, transformation, society.
HASANOV, M. Sh.; PETROVA, V. F.; SHAIDULINA, D. R.. Social and cultural development of Kazakhstan and its place in modern world. Journal of Philosophy, Culture and Political Science, [S.l.], v. 56, n. 2, p. 97-104, june 2018. ISSN 2617-5843. Available at: <http://bulletin-philospolit.kaznu.kz/index.php/1-pol/article/view/400>. Date accessed: 19 apr. 2019.


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Riviera Maya sea water healthy, Tulum beach waters cleanest
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Playa del Carmen, Q.R. – A water sampling program shows that the sea water along the Riviera Maya is clean and healthy.
The Clean Beach program, which is carried out by Cofepris — Comisión Federal de Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios (Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risks), shows that local beaches are fit for human enjoyment.
The program is similar to that carried out in the United States and Canada where water samples are taken nationwide and analyzed.
Efraín Alonzo Sansores, area coordinator for Cofepris, says that the water samples were taken in various areas along the Riviera Maya at the beginning of March. In total, six beaches were tested which included Punta Esmeralda, Chunzubul, Porto Real, Balneario Público del Muelle Fiscal, Lancheros and Paamul.
Water samples were tested for enterococci, bacteria that are a part of the normal intestinal flora of humans and animals but are distinguished by their ability to survive in salt water. Although enterococci may be present without fecal pollution, enterococci are considered indicator organims in water samples. Counts of enterococci are commonly used in fresh and marine water environments as indicators of recreational water quality.
Seawater samples with ratios of 35 enterococci per 200 faecal coliforms are considered suitable. Water samples along the Riviera Maya average 20 enterococci per 200 faecal coliforms.
Water samples were also taken for other areas including Cancun, Cozumel, Isla Mujueres and Tulum as well as down into the southern portion of the state. All samples offered similar results with enterococci levels being well under the acceptable level.
The cleanest water samples were taken at three beaches in Tulum. The tested beaches were Zamas, Xcacel and Maya, all of which came back with the lowest enterococci levels in the state with an average of 10 enterococci per 200 faecal coliforms.
According to American Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, bacteria that are completely harmless to humans are naturally abundant in ocean water, however beaches are closed when bacteria that shouldn't be there are detected.
Last year there were 22,571 days of beach closures or advisories nationwide in the United States, second only to 2006 for the highest number of closures in the last 18 years. The most frequent adverse health outcome associated with exposure to faecally contaminated recreational water is enteric illness.


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Game On! Students Participate in the EN 204 First Annual Game Night
By Dalyn Luedtke, Assistant Professor of English
On May 4, Kate Donley, adjunct professor of English, and Dalyn Luedtke, assistant professor of English, hosted the EN 204 First Annual Game Night in the North and South Instruction Rooms of the Kreitzberg Library. For two hours, about 90 students from six sections of Professional and Technical Writing ran between rooms playing student-created games. The level of activity and excitement generated a lot of buzz on the mezzanine with even non-EN 204 students joining the fun.
It was, perhaps, an unusual end to a class that often focuses on traditional professional documents such as résumés, cover letters, memos, and reports. For the EN 204 final project, however, Professors Donley and Luedtke decided they wanted to develop a unique project that brings together the main themes of the course: collaboration, rhetorical analysis, design, and writing. Professor Donley emphasized the importance of such an approach saying, "It's important for students to go beyond memorizing formats and adhering to writing formulas in professional writing contexts. They need to be able to address the expectations of their audience—whether they be colleagues, employers, or the public—and effectively assess what tools and genres best enable them to do so with clarity."
Together, they developed the game unit, during which students pitched, designed, fabricated, packaged, and evaluated an original game. Within the context of the game unit, students were then asked to perfect more advanced technical writing skills like project management, beta tests, instructions, and usability reports. The culminating event of the unit was a game night whereby each group played at least two different games and observed another group playing their own game. The goal of these observations was to collect data about the effectiveness of their game design for the final user-experience memo.
The groups took diverse approaches to game development, producing a number of Norwich-themed games, trivia games (popular culture, cooking, etymology, and history), a role-playing card game, and even a board game that included tiny replicas of common gym-class activities. Judging by the laughter and animated discussion, students seemed to enjoy testing each other's games. Spencer Duhamel '18, the only English major in the course, said, "There was such a feeling of gratification after a group successfully played our game without our intervention. Overall, the project was a great success and opened my eyes to my niche in professional writing." Given the enthusiastic responses of the students and the positive effect on course outcomes, game night is sure to become an annual tradition.


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"The facts are that I was the intellect behind the photos, I set the whole thing up," he said in an email. "A monkey only pressed a button of a camera set up on a tripod — a tripod I positioned and held throughout the shoot."
PETA has on occasion pursued lawsuits that were widely viewed by other legal experts as offering little chance of success — for example, a 2011 lawsuit accusing the SeaWorld parks of keeping five killer whales in conditions that violate the U.S. Constitution's ban on slavery. A federal judge dismissed the suit, saying the 13th Amendment applied only to humans.
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SEABROOK — In hard economic times, visits to the dentist sometimes become a luxury some families can't afford.
Other parents, fearful from their own dental experiences, may not be in the practice of bringing their child to a dentist twice a year for a cleaning and a checkup.
Whatever the reason, dental hygienist Michelle Bouchard has found a real need for the new Pediatric Dental Van, which has been visiting area schools since January. The van is part of the HealthReach Mobile Dental Program of Exeter Health Resources.
"The response was unbelievable," Bouchard said of the van's visit to the Seabrook School April 15-18. She screened at least 100 children for dental problems. Because of the response, the van is scheduled to return to the school on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 29 and 30, from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Bouchard works with children from preschool through grade five. For some children, this is their first visit to the dentist, she said.
Bouchard speaks to children in the schools, screens any child whose parents make the request and cleans the teeth of those who do not have a dentist.
Children needing fillings or other work are referred to area dentists. In the future, Bouchard said she hopes to do fillings onboard the van, a more than 37-foot-long motor home that is equipped with two dental chairs and X-ray equipment. She also invites area providers to join her in doing dental work. Bouchard currently works with one assistant.
"There's a definite need for it," said Bouchard, "with people losing their jobs all over the place. It's important to have teeth cleaned and checked. Kids are missing school because of dental-related illness."
Since January, Bouchard has "screened and cleaned" 500 kids, she said.
HealthReach introduced the Mobile Dental Program last year. The program provides free and discounted care to uninsured and underinsured children, which includes dental screenings and classroom-based oral health education.
Additional dental services, including cleanings and fluoride treatments, are provided to children who do not have an established relationship with a dentist.
So far the Dental Van has serviced schools in Danville, Atkinson, Plaistow, Kingston, Newton, and now Seabrook. HealthReach is seeking to expand its services to other towns.
For further information, call the Exeter Hospital Community Relations Dept. at 778-7311 Ext. 3926.


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Biden EPA Develops New Playbook for Addressing PFAS
Jeffrey Karp
Sullivan & Worcester
[co-author: Edward Mahaffey, Law Clerk]
On October 18, 2021, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its PFAS Strategic Roadmap (Roadmap or Plan), the agency's new approach to comprehensively addressing the threat to public health and the environment from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). In issuing the Roadmap, EPA has segued from the prior administration's PFAS Action Plan to implementing the agency's new PFAS playbook developed since the Biden administration came into office. While the Roadmap describes a potentially sweeping array of new studies, test protocols, regulations, and other proactive measures, many of the most critical ones are not expected to be completed or come to fruition before mid-2022, continuing the pattern of the federal government's slower pace than a number of states in addressing PFAS risks.
Also, later in October 2021, EPA took some additional actions discussed in the Roadmap, including publishing the National PFAS Testing Strategy, and a final human health toxicity assessment of a subset of PFAS chemicals known as "GenX." Further, in response to a petition from the Governor of New Mexico, the agency announced that it would conduct two new rulemaking proceedings, which are expected to more comprehensively regulate PFAS chemicals under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and provide another avenue under federal law for requiring PFAS remediation pursuant to the corrective measure provisions of RCRA.
The PFAS Strategic Roadmap
EPA's planned actions under the Roadmap can be grouped into three general categories based on the agency's description of its approach to addressing PFAS: 1) increasing "investments in research;" 2) leveraging state and local "authorities to take action" to restrict releases of PFAS chemicals; and 3) accelerating the remediation of PFAS contamination.[1]
Investments in Research
Much of the Roadmap concerns data collection and other forms of research, some of which will occur or be completed fairly distant in time; for example, the final form of the data-gathering rule for "any PFAS manufactured since 2011" is expected "before January 1, 2023." While the final rule for nationwide monitoring for PFAS in drinking water is expected in 2021, the actual sample collection would not occur until "a 12-month period from January 2023 through December 2025."[2]
Other research discussed in the Roadmap features the ongoing work of the EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD), such as an initiative to develop better methods of detection and measurement "to assess human health and environmental risks from PFAS" and "develop technologies for reducing PFAS in the environment."[3] In addition to the human health toxicity assessment for GenX released shortly after the Roadmap, ORD is developing toxicity assessments for another five PFAS compounds: PFBA, PFHxA, PFHxS, PFNA, and PFDA.[4] The National PFAS Testing Strategy, discussed infra, is another major element of the EPA's PFAS research program.
Actions to Restrict Releases of PFAS Chemicals
Key restrictions on PFAS under the Roadmap are expected in 2022, but in some cases, such as designation of PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances and biosolids regulation, final rules will take longer. Also, some planned actions, such as the issuance of public health advisories for other PFAS compounds, would not themselves impose restrictions on PFAS; rather, they are intended to provide a predicate for state, local, and tribal governments to regulate these compounds.
EPA does plan to establish federally enforceable National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for PFOS and PFOA with a proposed rule in fall 2022; however, a final rule is not expected until fall 2023.[5] The lengthy time period before the imposition of regulatory restrictions on these chemicals is striking, as they are the two most studied PFAS compounds. These compounds have been subject to EPA drinking water health advisories of 70 parts per trillion (ppt), combined, since 2016; many states have regulated PFOA and PFOS at much lower levels, setting maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) as low as 8 ppt for PFOA in Michigan and 10 ppt each for PFOA and PFAS in New York.[6] (Some states set MCLs for other PFAS as well; Michigan and New Hampshire have MCLs of 6ppt and 11 ppt, respectively, for PFNA,[7] although no state has established an MCL for GenX.). In November 2021, the agency sent four draft documents, which it said indicated that "negative health effects may occur at much lower levels of exposure to PFOA and PFOS than previously understood," to the Science Advisory Board for review.[8]
The Roadmap also discusses how EPA will seek to limit PFAS in wastewater by regulating discharges into rivers and streams for nine industrial categories under the agency's Effluent Limitations Guidelines (ELGs). This action, too, will take considerable time, however; the agency "plans to make significant progress in its ELG regulatory work by the end of 2024."[9] On the other hand, reduction of PFAS discharges to waterways via the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) is expected to come sooner, in winter 2022.[10] Biosolids regulation, though, will occur later, if at all. EPA plans to complete the risk assessment for PFOA and PFOS in biosolids by Winter 2024, which will serve as the basis for determining whether such regulation is needed.[11]
Key tools for placing restrictions on PFAS also are provided by the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). For example, the TSCA New Chemicals program oversees the safety of new chemicals, determining and mitigating unreasonable risks before allowing a chemical to be manufactured. EPA claims that it is scrutinizing new PFAS compounds under the New Chemicals program more rigorously than was done during the prior administration, and that it also is reviewing prior decisions on PFAS under the program.[12] Moreover, in summer 2022, the agency plans to impose new safety requirements for significant new uses of existing PFAS, and to use its authority to "designate uses of a chemical that are not currently ongoing – and potentially all uses associated with an inactive chemical – as 'significant new uses.'"[13]
Remediation of PFAS Contamination
Of the Roadmap's three categories, the least attention is focused on remediation, which is an extremely costly undertaking. As reported by a group of 18 Attorneys General in a November 15, 2021 letter to the Senate Committee on Environmental and Public Works: "Our states are spending tens of millions of taxpayer dollars to protect our residents from PFAS by remediating PFAS contamination in drinking water, providing alternative drinking water supplies, testing the blood of residents of impacted communities, and determining the scope of contamination."[14] Although the letter expresses appreciation for EPA's publication of the Roadmap, the Attorneys General, nonetheless, request expedited action by the Committee on bi-partisan PFAS legislation passed by the House of Representatives (H.R. 2467) in July 2021 because "[t]he serious public health threats posed by PFAS contamination and the significant budgetary impacts incurred by our states in response call for swift Congressional action."[15]
Much of the Roadmap's discussion of remediation involves conducting research concerning the cleanup of contaminated sites and safe disposal of PFAS.[16] By fall 2023, EPA plans to publish updated guidance on disposal and destruction of PFAS and materials containing PFAS, reflecting public comments on and the further research to be conducted following the agency's December 2020 issuance of incomplete interim guidance on the topic.[17]
The PFAS disposal and destruction considerations that this research and agency guidance will seek to address implicate both technical and environmental justice issues.[18] For example, of particular concern is the military's use of incineration to dispose of its huge stockpile of firefighting foam (AFFF). This practice has sparked controversy and lawsuits stemming from worries about the health effects of residual PFAS air emissions containing chemical compounds that contaminate soil and water sources. In fact, such a problem occurred when the company with whom the Department of Defense contracted in East Liverpool, Ohio to incinerated 800,000 gallons of AFFF failed to meet the requisite temperatures to destroy the PFAS, and emissions from the incinerator stacks became airborne in a surrounding majority-African-American residential neighborhood and schoolyard.[19] Under the leadership of EPA Administrator, Michael Regan, the agency has been attentive to the environmental justice aspects of addressing PFAS health risks. Mr. Regan has emphasized on several occasions that an underlying purpose of the Plan and related activities is to protect from further exposure the underserved and vulnerable communities that have suffered from PFAS pollution in a variety of environmental media.[20]
To enhance the remediation process, EPA has included a proposal to designate PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), which is planned to occur in spring 2022, with a final rule in summer 2023.[21] Such a designation would trigger the investigation of facilities from which a release of PFOA or PFOS is believed to have occurred, according to the detailed regulatory procedures contained in the National Contingency Plan.[22] Moreover, the designation of PFOA and PFOS, and possibly other PFAS compounds, as CERCLA hazardous substances would enable EPA and states to pursue remediation and cost recovery from potentially responsible parties (PRPs) at such facilities, which may include other federal agencies and departments.[23] Claims for relief also would be available for individuals, and public and private entities (such as water authorities) to seek cost recovery or contribution for clean-up costs from PRPs, as applicable under CERCLA.[24]
The GenX Human Health Toxicity Assessment
On October 25, 2021 the EPA published its final human health toxicity assessment for GenX.[25] The assessment concluded that GenX was considerably more harmful than EPA had previously believed; the chronic reference dose ("an estimate of the amount of a chemical a person can ingest daily over a lifetime…that is unlikely to lead to adverse health effects in humans") for GenX chemicals in the final assessment was 0.000003 (3 x 10-6) mg/kg-day, well below the 2018 draft assessment's chronic reference dose of 0.00008 (8 x 10-5) mg/kg-day.[26] Specific health risks include effects "on the liver, kidneys, the immune system, development of offspring, and an association with cancer."[27] According to EPA's Roadmap, the assessment does not automatically impose or lead to the issuance of regulations; rather, it enables "policy makers to determine if, and when, it is appropriate to take action to reduce exposure to a chemical."[28]
GenX has commonly been used as a short-chain replacement for PFOA, a different PFAS chemical with longer-established health risks.[29] Short-chain PFAS, so called because of the shorter chains of carbon atoms in their molecular structure, have increasingly replaced long-chain PFAS such as PFOA and PFOS due to health concerns, but some recent research has found that short-chain PFAS poses similar risks. As head of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, before becoming EPA Administrator, Michael Regan successfully pursued an enforcement action against Chemours Company alleging that it had caused pervasive GenX contamination of the Cape Fear River, a drinking water source for several hundred thousand residents.[30]
The National PFAS Testing Strategy
In October 2021, EPA released the National PFAS Testing Strategy (Strategy). The purpose of the Strategy is "to deepen understanding of the impacts of PFAS, including potential hazards to human health and the environment" by helping the "EPA identify and select PFAS for which the Agency will require testing using Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) authorities."[31] There are thousands of different PFAS chemicals and little, if any, toxicity data exists for most of them. Thus, each of the compounds cannot be fully tested individually in a reasonable time frame. The Strategy divides the PFAS chemicals into categories "based on information about similarities in structure, physical-chemical properties, and existing test data on the toxicity of PFAS." "EPA will seek to identify important gaps in existing data and select one or more candidate chemicals within identified categories for additional study."[32] The first round of testing will begin by the end of 2021.[33]
The Strategy already has stirred controversy among various interest groups regarding the approach by which EPA will group the multifarious PFAS compounds for study and, possibly, regulation. Many of these organizations have advocated for restriction of PFAS as a class rather than individual compounds, fearing that regulating individual compounds separately would lead to further delay while allowing numerous potentially dangerous substances to slip through the cracks. The chemical companies would prefer that chemicals be regulated on as narrow a basis as possible. The EPA's categorization strategy falls somewhere in between.[34] EPA has not explicitly ruled out regulating PFAS as a class, though, and both the Strategy and the other scientific research contemplated by the Roadmap may lead to new scientifically supportable approaches to categorizing PFAS.
Addressing PFAS Contamination Under RCRA
On October 26, 2021, in response to a petition by New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham,[35] EPA announced that it would initiate two rulemaking proceedings to address PFAS under RCRA. The purpose of one rulemaking would be to list PFOA, (PFOS, PFBS), and GenX as Hazardous Constituents under RCRA, a prerequisite to regulating these PFAS chemicals subject to RCRA.[36] However, EPA does not provide a date by which the agency will commence this first step toward regulating PFAS as RCRA hazardous waste.
According to Mr. Regan, the second rulemaking would clarify that 1) "the RCRA Corrective Action Program has the authority to require investigation and cleanup for wastes that meet the statutory definition of hazardous waste under RCRA section 1004(5);" and 2) emerging "contaminants such as PFAS can be addressed through RCRA corrective action."[37] Once chemicals are designated as hazardous waste under RCRA, they also are hazardous substances under CERCLA.
The Roadmap is an ambitious endeavor that will take substantial federal government resources to complete by the close of the first Biden Administration, as proposed. Reaction to the Roadmap from environment groups has been mixed, with some praising the Roadmap while others criticize it as too slow a process and lacking in concrete announced actions.[38]
In the meantime, states will continue to conduct their own investigations of PFAS in different media and for varying uses, promulgate regulations addressing a growing number of PFAS compounds and the sources in which they are found, and seek to enforce those regulations. Moreover, the substantial amount of ongoing PFAS litigation, as exemplified by the many hundreds of consolidated AFFF cases, will continue to expand. In short, it appears that we still are seeing only the tip of the PFAS iceberg, Therefore, it is essential that interested, and potentially impacted entities, maintain a close eye on EPA's anticipated heightened level of PFAS-related activity under the Roadmap and otherwise.
[1] https://www.epa.gov/pfas/pfas-strategic-roadmap-epas-commitments-action-2021-2024; https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-administrator-regan-announces-comprehensive-national-strategy-confront-pfas.
[2] https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2021-10/pfas-roadmap_final-508.pdf, 12.
[3] Id. at 18-19.
[4] Id. at 13.
[6] https://casetext.com/regulation/michigan-administrative-code/department-environmental-quality/drinking-water-municipal-assistance-division/supplying-water-to-the-public/part-6-state-drinking-water-standards-and-analytical/section-r-32510604g-mcls-for-per-and-polyfluoroalkyl-substances; https://regs.health.ny.gov/sites/default/files/proposed-regulations/Maximum%20Contaminant%20Levels%20%28MCLs%29.pdf.
[7] https://casetext.com/regulation/michigan-administrative-code/department-environmental-quality/drinking-water-municipal-assistance-division/supplying-water-to-the-public/part-6-state-drinking-water-standards-and-analytical/section-r-32510604g-mcls-for-per-and-polyfluoroalkyl-substances; https://legiscan.com/NH/text/HB1264/2020.
[8] https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-advances-science-protect-public-pfoa-and-pfos-drinking-water.
[10] Id. at 14.
[13] Id.
[14] https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/pfas_letter_to_epw_11.15.2021.pdf, 1.
[16] https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2021-10/pfas-roadmap_final-508.pdf, 19.
[18] A cornerstone of the Biden Administration's policies is environmental justice, which EPA defines as "the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and policies."
[19] https://www.wsj.com/articles/air-contamination-from-forever-chemicals-sparks-concern-11584792001; https://wtov9.com/news/local/lawsuit-against-east-liverpool-incinerator-company-to-be-heard-next-week.
[20] https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-administrator-regan-announces-comprehensive-national-strategy-confront-pfas; https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-advances-science-protect-public-pfoa-and-pfos-drinking-water.
[22] The National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan is the federal government's plan for responding to oil spills and released of hazardous substances. See 40 CFR Part 300.
[23] 42 USC § 9602, 9604, and 9606.
[24] 42 USC § 9607(a) and 9613(f).
[25] https://www.epa.gov/chemical-research/human-health-toxicity-assessments-genx-chemicals.
[26] https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2021-10/genx-final-tox-assessment-general_factsheet-2021.pdf.
[29] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/578339-epa-finds-chemical-contaminating-nc-river-more-toxic-than?rl=1.
[30] https://www.eenews.net/articles/epa-deems-forever-chemical-haunting-n-c-toxic-to-humans/.
[31] https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2021-10/pfas-natl-test-strategy.pdf, 3.
[34] https://theintercept.com/2021/10/19/pfas-epa-water-dupont-chemours/.
[35] https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-responds-new-mexico-governor-and-acts-address-pfas-under-hazardous-waste-law.
[36] See 40 CFR 261, Appendix VIII.
[37] https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2021-10/oct_2021_response_to_nm_governor_pfas_petition_corrected.pdf.
[38] https://ncpolicywatch.com/2021/10/20/federal-epa-finally-launches-effort-to-curb-pfas-pollution-but-task-is-massive-and-daunting/; https://theintercept.com/2021/10/19/pfas-epa-water-dupont-chemours/.
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Peter, who studied Natural Sciences at Jesus College, Cambridge, worked for almost 40 years in the pharmaceutical industry in a variety of roles involving business development and general management. Peter lives in Bath and devotes his time to a number of West Country charities and BSRF, as well as the occasional game of tennis and golf.


Time has a way of changing your perspective. It seems like only yesterday I was turning 16 and excited to drive my first car – a 1983 two-tone green Chevy Cavalier. No one would ever mistake it for cool, but I was thrilled with the ability to exercise a measure of freedom. I drove that car through all sorts of adventures for the next four years.
Within the last month I have seen the other side of that experience as my oldest son turned 16. I wanted him to know the fun and responsibility of his own car, so we set out on a search for the best ride for him. The search led me through car lots, websites, and social media in search of a car he would like, I could afford, and my wife thought was safe. After weeks of searching we found the right fit strictly by word of mouth. The transaction was easy, and he is excited about his new found freedom (which is actually somewhat freeing for us as well – getting to practice, picking up his brother, running errands).
The whole experience reminded me of what so many dislike about car shopping – the transaction. Dealing with pushy salespeople, negotiating the price, and coming away feeling good about the experience can be challenging. As I thought about it, it occurred to me that many people are uncomfortable with the thought of living for Christ because of similar fears and concerns. There are believers that come across pushy and unconcerned about you, and we always want to negotiate the best deal possible. But, here is the key difference – living for Christ is not merely a transaction, but a transformation. Jesus has evaluated the need, paid the price, graciously offered us life, hope, and meaning, and invited us into a relationship with Himself. Even the best salesperson cannot offer all that. When the circumstances of life seem too much for your own wisdom, abilities, and resources you don't need a new transaction. Nothing you can buy will ever supply a lasting version of those things. When we realize that we are ready to change perspective – from transaction to transformation.
The easiest thing you can do today is stay right where you are. It requires little, if any, effort, not much thought, and certainly no prayer or planning. As I evaluate my life, as well as the lives of those around me, it seems that our "comfort zones" have gotten a little crowded. Let's be honest, comfort isn't all bad. We like comfortable clothes, comfortable furniture, comfortable relationships, even comfort food! But if we settle in there for too long life can pass us right by.
In my ongoing quest to be a "cool dad" (a phrase which probably proves I'm not), I bought my boys bowties for Christmas. I had seen numerous celebrity-types sporting them, so I purchased them despite having never tied one before. The sales associate assured me he could teach both them and me that fine art.
As the first Sunday of 2013 rolled around they decided the time was right to show them off. So, on Saturday evening – just hours before the scheduled unveiling – I took to YouTube to find an instructional video (the store wasn't open at that hour). My first encounter was a video with more steps than I could follow in 2 minutes. Confused, I went to a second video only to discover terminology that wasn't explained and was impossible for a non-bowtie guy to follow. The third video was at a much better speed, but was narrated by the bowtie and seemed to require more hands than God gave me. After several more searches I finally found one that seemed to get the fact that this was a unique skill for a beginner. It used clear terms, moved slowly enough for me to keep up, and reassured me that even I could do this. Finally, success! If only I had started there I would never have had to sigh, grunt, yell at my smart phone, or make things tense in my home.
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Our hope and prayer for the revamped web site is that it becomes an electronic front door for the church. We are tying in our facebook page and will be using twitter to point people to this web site, to Briarwood and ultimately, to Christ. Please be praying for the opportunities that God will bring to the church through this "world wide window"!


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La provincia di Mamoré è una delle 8 province del dipartimento di Beni, nella parte settentrionale della Bolivia. Il capoluogo è San Joaquín.

Secondo il censimento del 2001 possedeva una popolazione di 13.695 abitanti.

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La provincia è suddivisa in tre comuni:
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Ultra refined tricopigmentation (SMP) is a non surgical technique of introducing pigment into skin in form of micro dots replicating the effect of hair bulbs.
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This is called the densification effect and with proper care can last upto 18 months to 2 years.
Tricopigmentation is reversible, and the pigments used are certified as being non-allergenic and bio-compatible and are packed in sterile conditions. Special equipment is used including disposable, sterile needles.
The procedure takes 1 to 2 hours depending on the area that needs to be treated. There is no need of cutting hair and the person can go back to his work straight after the procedure without need to cover the scalp.
The Ultra Refined Tricopigmentation was pioneered by Ms Milena Lardi (of Beauty Medical, Italy).
After studying the verifying the method in detail, Dr Arvind Poswal (of Dr. A's Clinic), brought it into India.


Helly Hansen is a sportwear company founded in 1877 and based in Oslo, Norway. Helly Hansen is well known as a nautical and rescue gear manufacturer, but also for bringing back old fashion outwears jackets and a heritage line. In the early 50's a new fabric called "Helox" was created and became very popular. Based on technical evolutions, they were offering the ultimate waterproof coat. Later on was the birth of the 3 layer systems, Helly tech was launched and the water/wind proofing became breathable. In the 90's Helly Hansen was spotted in the street culture and became famous in the Hip Hop industry. LL cool J, Mobb Deep or Redman propelled the brand to the top. However they are still shy in Europe nowadays, the Japanese label WTAPS has been collaborating with the Norwegian Label for a while now.


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Tucker Martin Joins McGuireWoods Consulting
Just in time for lobbying season at the Virginia General Assembly, McGuireWoods is adding to the team at its consulting and public affairs arm in Richmond, Va.
Tucker Martin, once the communications director for former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, will join McGuireWoods Consulting next week as a senior vice president.
Prior to joining McGuireWoods Consulting, Martin served as communications director and senior strategist for America Leads, the Super PAC backing New Jersey Governor Chris Christie in his 2016 presidential campaign. He served as a senior advisor for candidates for governor and the United States Senate, and worked as a consultant to the Republican Governors Association. In addition, Martin has helped write and produce political advertising for numerous campaigns across the country.
Martin served as McDonnell's communications director from 2010 to 2014, after working on McDonnell's 2009 campaign.