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Q: Distance between two cities on Earth
Barcelona (Spain) has the coordinates (approx): $\theta = 2^\circ$, $\phi = 41^\circ$, and New York has the coordinates: $\theta = −74^\circ$, $\phi = 41^\circ$. Notice that both cities lie on the same latitude, which makes the calculations easier. For your calculations, use Earth's radius $R = 6378$ km, and give all your result in kilometers.

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*On most maps, the naive 'straight line' between Barcelona and New York lies on the line of latitude $\phi = 41^\circ$. What is the distance between the two cities along this line?

*What is the actual shortest distance between those two cities?
Hint: Notice that it is determined by the angle Barcelona–Earth's center–New York. Use the fact that the angle $\psi$ between two unit vectors $nA$ and $nB$ satisfies $\cos \psi = nA \cdot nB$.
Hint: Observe that both curves are parts of circles.  By using this, you can avoid integration altogether.

For the first part, I'm trying to take the Euclidean distance.
\begin{eqnarray}
x &=& R\cos\theta\cos\phi \\
y &=& R\cos\theta\sin\phi \\
z &=& R\sin\theta,
\end{eqnarray}
Using this, I get coordinates for NY and Barcelona.
New York: $(x, y, z) = (2620.58, 421.01, 5799)$
Barcelona: $(x, y, z) = (-1081.34, -173.72, 6283.26)$
If I try to find the distance by the equation
\begin{eqnarray}
\sqrt{x^2 + y^2 + z^2}
\end{eqnarray}
I get 3780 km.
Am I doing this right? I feel a bit lost because this "naive" distance differs so greatly from the real one (ie 6157 km)
The Euler-Lagrange equation is this:
\begin{eqnarray}ϑ˙^2 cos ϕ sin ϕ/
\sqrt{ϕ˙^2 + ϑ˙^2 cos^2 ϕ}
+
d/dt  ϕ˙^2
\sqrt{ϕ˙^2 + ϑ˙^2 cos^2 ϕ}
= 0
\end{eqnarray}

A:
Be careful. All angles are measured in radians. In accord with the question $\phi$ means the latitude ($=\frac{\pi}{2}-\text{polar angle}$) and $\theta$ means the longitude (azimuth angle).

If one considers the Earth being a ball, the shortest path is:
$$
d=R\arccos(\sin\phi_1\sin\phi_2+\cos\phi_1\cos\phi_2\cos(\theta_2-\theta_1)),
$$
the argument of $\arccos$ being the scalar product of unit vectors directed from the Earth center to the points on the surface.
The "naive path" for $\phi_1=\phi_2\equiv\phi$ has length:
$$
d^*=R(\theta_2-\theta_1)\cos\phi.
$$

In the last expression $0\le\theta_2-\theta_1\le\pi$ is assumed. Generally $\arccos\cos(\theta_2-\theta_1)$ can be used instead.

A: Use that chord length and the Earth's radius to determine the arc length around the curved path.

A: Using the distance equation you will get the "straight line distance" if you bored a hole through the earth.
The radius of the $41^\circ$ parallel is $R\cos 41^\circ$
And the distance a person would travel if they followed this arc would be this radius times the longitude traveled in radians: $(R\cos 41)(\frac {76 \pi}{180})$
The great circle path...
$a\cdot b = \|a\|\|b\| \cos \psi\\
(R\cos 74^\circ\cos 41^\circ, R\cos 74^\circ\sin 41^\circ, R\sin 41^\circ)\cdot(R\cos -2^\circ\cos 41^\circ, R\sin -2^\circ\cos 41^\circ, R\sin 41^\circ) = R^2(\cos 76^\circ\cos^2 41^\circ + \sin^2 41^\circ)\\
\psi = \arccos (\cos 76\sin^2 41 + \cos^2 41)\\
D = R\psi$

A: Cut the Earth along its center $O$ and the two cities $N$ and $B$ to get a circle with the radius $R$ and the angle $\measuredangle BON=76^\circ$.
a) The length of the chord $BN$ is:
$$BN=\sqrt{NO^2+BO^2-2NO\cdot BO\cdot \cos{\measuredangle BON}}=\\
\sqrt{2\cdot 6378^2-2\cdot 6378^2\cdot \cos{76^\circ}}\approx 7853.38 \ \text{km}.$$
Note: The Cosine Theorem is applied in the triangle $\Delta BON$.
b)
The length of the arc $BN$ is:
$$l_{BN}=2\pi R\cdot \frac{\alpha^\circ}{360^\circ}=2\pi\cdot 6378\cdot \frac{76^\circ}{360^\circ}\approx 8460.1 \ \text{km}.$$


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Michael Marin, former Wall Street trader, took cyanide after arson conviction, says autopsy
By Crimesider Staff
July 27, 2012 / 2:19 PM / CBS News
(CBS/AP) PHOENIX - An autopsy report reveals that the former Wall Street trader who collapsed in court and later died after being found guilty of arson in June took cyanide to cause his death. The Maricopa County medical examiner's office says in a report released Friday that toxicology tests showed that Michael Marin had the poison in his system.
Marin, 53, was found guilty on June 28 of burning down his $3.5 million home. After the verdict was read, Marin put his head in his hands and appeared to put something in his mouth. He then drank from a sports bottle.
It was a bizarre ending to a case that began in 2009 when he emerged from his burning Phoenix-area mansion in scuba gear.
Prosecutors said he torched his home when he couldn't keep up with the payments. Marin faced seven to 21 years in prison.
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Histon and Impington Village Society
Stimulating public interest in the history, care and preservation of Histon & Impington since 1979
Programme Jan to June 2020
Previous Talks
History of the Villages
Histon & Impington
Histon Village Sign
An Ancient Settlement
Domesday
The Histon Giant 1801-1860
Histon Station
Bates Tolliday – an Extraordinary Case
Chivers – Farmers and Jam Factory Owners
Histon in 1900
Souvenir of the Orchard Factory 1873
Histon Feast 1902
Red Cross Staff 1914-1919
Histon and Impington Peace Memorial 1920
1939 – 1945 World War Two
Histon & Impington Millennium Walk
Impington Village Sign
Impington
An iron age settlement
Early Impington History
A History of the Parish and the Parish Church,
Impington Historic Records
Elizabeth Woodcock's Adventure
Impington Hall
Jeeps' Notes on Impington, 1893
Impington in 1900
Histon and Impington 1801
Enclosures 1806
Millennium Walk
The building of Impington Hall was begun by John Pepys in 1579, and the Pepys family remained there until 1805. The Hall was not completed at the time of John Pepys death, but he left instructions concerning the exact way in which the work was to be completed. It was as well-built and beautiful as many a Cambridge College. In the time of Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth (1649 – 1659) the hall was owned by Talbot Pepys. He was the uncle of Samuel Pepys, the Diarist. Talbot was the Member of Parliament for Cambridge in 1625, and he was also the Recorder who signed all marriage certificates. In mentioning Cromwell we note that he visited Impington and Histon and while here is reputed to have stayed at the red brick house near the junction of Station Road and High Street, Histon.
Samuel Pepys' DiaryImpington Hall was the home of the Pepys family and Samuel visited his uncle, Talbot Pepys, there on various dates in the 1660s. The diary mentions Impington quite a few times, and among these entries there are the following:
Rode to Impington where I found my old uncle sitting all alone, like a man out of the world; he can hardly see, but in all else he do pretty livily.
At Cambridge . . . at night I took horse and rode with Roger Pepys and his two brothers to Impington.
Lord's Day. Got up and by and by walked into the orchard with my cousin Roger and there plucked some fruit. To church and had a good plain sermon. My uncle Talbot went with us, and at our coming in, the country people all rose with much reference, and when the parson begins he begins 'Right Worshipful and dearly beloved etc' to us.
In the late 18th century the Rev. William Cole described the Hall in his manuscript which is now in the British Museum:
"The House pleased me much and is the best of the sort I ever saw. A noble entrance hall is in the centre with 2 Corinthian pillars on one side. There is a common dining Parlour and Kitchen, and on the other side an elegant Dining Room and Drawing Room, and by the hall a most beautiful Salon and Staircase with an open space to the top of the house with a gallery to which all the bedchambers have entrance, the whole elegantly fitted up and furnished, overloaded with carving and stucco."
The gatehouse to Impington Hall. Now flanking the entrance to the Village College playing fields, sports facility.
In 1805, Mrs Anne Pepys died and the Hall passed to a junior branch of the family, the Pine-Coffins of Devon. They did not take possession of it undisputed, because a man by the name of Panton claimed in 1807 that he was Lord of the Manor of Impington; but as he made similar claims in respect of several other manors the claim was not taken seriously.
The name of the family is commemorated by the road called Pepys Terrace.
By 1872 the Hall was in the possession of Charles Bamford, for on the 16th November of that year he offered it for sale, giving as his reason that he was leaving the country. The catalogue of the sale is a magnificent publication, containing an engraving of the Hall from the terrace. It was bought by Mr Caldwell. At the beginning of the 20th century the owner was Mr W.A.Macfarlane-Grieve, and later Mr Morey-Weale.
In 1921 Bidwells described Impington Hall as "a mansion of character with delightful grounds".
In 1926 it became the property of Messrs Chivers & Sons, who later offered to give it to Cambridgeshire Education Committee for educational purposes, but the latter declined to accept it, regarding it as a potential liability! During the Second World War a unit of the army was billeted in the Hall, and caused quite a lot of damage to it. After the war the Hall was unoccupied. It was pulled down by the Chivers family in 1953.
It is very sad to realise that Impington has lost all its larger houses. Besides Impington Hall there was a beautiful old mansion at 47 Cambridge Road with extensive gardens. The last owner was Mr Lamb, and when he sold it in 1972 it was pulled down by developers. The same happened to Manor Farm House in New Road, and also to Homefield House.


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Misunderstanding – Scripture Sufficiency
1 The Sufficiency of the Scriptures
1.1 What My Net Don't Catch Ain't Fish
1.2 Misrepresentation of Crabb's Doctrine
1.3 The Scriptures as a Framework
1.4 The Pattern Gives You the Answers
1.5 The Fallacy of Simplicity
The Sufficiency of the Scriptures
How is the sufficiency of the Bible to be understood?
What My Net Don't Catch Ain't Fish
Before proceeding to the five propositions listed above, it is necessary to say something more about the sufficiency of the Scriptures, and how they are to be understood. Chapter 8 of Prophets of Psychoheresy I, entitled "Integration," deals with the doctrine of the sufficiency of Scripture.
A few of the Bobgan's footnotes refer to Effective Biblical Counselling; but otherwise it is chiefly an interaction with pages 54-70 of Understanding People. It reveals failure on the part of the Bobgans to come to terms with the meaning of the words Crabb has written. The trouble arises I think, because Crabb has used words such as "directly" and "clearly" to describe what many Christians believe is the way that the Bible should deliver up its truth to its students. They believe it should do so easily, without requiring them to think deeply about it. It should yield its counsel in a way that is "direct and clear" as they, the students, define "direct and clear." Crabb could have chosen to argue with them over their definition (just as I am doing here), but he does not. He lets the wrong definitions stand because they are the terms that such people usually use to describe their own position. He does not mean that he himself believes the Bible is unclear. The Bobgans show that terms of this kind are their own, when they say,
There is no need to go beyond the direct statements of God in order to address such matters [problems of living]. God deals directly with essential matters of life and godliness.1
From the Bobgan's perspective, then, Crabb is finding fault with the Bible. They say:
In Crabb's opinion, the Bible does not clearly deal with questions being asked by desperate people. 2
They have missed the point. He is not finding fault with the Bible; he is finding fault with them as students of the Bible. He does not believe that the Bible is unclear; only that it is not clear in the sense that people such as the Bobgans wrongly define clarity. Nor does he believe that it is insufficient for dealing with problems of living. At one place he gives an example of a young pastor who is baffled by many of the pastoral problems he is meeting in his congregation. Crabb says of him,
The point is that if the pastor had thought through his doctrines from a different perspective, he would feel better equipped to handle the problems he is facing. If the Bible really is sufficient to address a counsellor's concerns, then there should be no need for psychologists, just better prepared pastors. 3
The context makes it plain that when Crabb says, "If the Bible really is sufficient to address a counsellor's concerns..," he means us to understand, "and it is!" But note what he believes the problem is: ill-prepared pastors. In effect what he is saying is: "Martin and Deidre Bobgan and Richard Palizay, you are lazy Bible students. You want the Bible to deliver up its answers to you according to certain rules which are not entirely the Bible's own rules. Then you find fault with others who find in the Bible what you do not, on the grounds that, 'What my net don't catch, ain't fish!'"4
Misrepresentation of Crabb's Doctrine
The Bobgans accuse Crabb of "…adding unverified psychological theories and techniques to Biblical data…" 5 That is false, both as a statement of what Crabb does and as a statement of what he intends. Crabb's position is that,
…counselling models must demonstrate more than mere consistency with Scripture; they must in fact emerge from it. 6
…every question a counselor or therapist needs to ask is answered by both the content of Scripture and its implications. 7
In the section of chapter 8 entitled "A Sufficient Bible Without Direct Answers?", the Bobgans repeatedly misrepresent what Crabb says in Part I of Understanding People. First, they misrepresent his purpose when they say that in the opening chapters of Understanding People he is attempting to "alleviate the problem of integration" [of psychological theories with Scriptural teaching].8 Understanding People is not an apologia for integration, its purpose is to set out a doctrine of the sufficiency of Scripture which shows that psychologists are in principle an unnecessary species. Second, they misrepresent the content of what he says, saying Crabb argues,
… that the sufficiency of Scripture means that it is sufficient as a framework. Then he proceeds to supplement that framework with psychological insights. 9
The first sentence is an incomplete paraphrase of something Crabb says on page 21 of Understanding People, and the footnote for the first and second sentences refers to pages 66 and 67 of Understanding People. I will return to the question of what Crabb means by "framework", but first the reader should note that the Bobgans commit the logical fallacy of "begging the question" when they say that the insights into human behaviour which Crabb includes there are psychological rather than Biblical. (When the Bobgans talk about "psychological insights" they clearly mean theories that are not supported by the Bible itself, and therefore not true insights at all). As we have already seen, Crabb isn't presenting his insights as requiring to be derived from outside the Bible (quite the opposite), but a casual reader of Prophets of Psychoheresy I would be led to believe that he is. The Bobgans continue in the same vein when in the next sentence they give a quotation from page 63 of Understanding People, followed by the assertion:
Then he argues that psychology can be used to fill in the direct information to unanswered questions that he regards as legitimate. Repeatedly using the terms directly and legitimate, he attempts to build a case for seeking definitive answers outside the Scriptures. 10
They also assert that Crabb teaches that "one must supplement Scripture with creative thoughts gleaned from psychology." 11 If you read pages 54-70 of Understanding People (the range of pages footnoted by the Bobgans) you will find that he is teaching no such thing. The Bobgans' claims mislead their readers about what Crabb actually says there, because the Bobgans insert into everything Crabb says their own wrong view of what he means.
The Scriptures as a Framework
When Crabb says,
If properly approached, the Bible is sufficient to provide a framework for thinking through every question a counselor needs to ask, 12
the Bobgans seem to conceive of him as teaching that the Scriptures are a structure with holes in it – God has provided the building's skeleton, so to speak, but we have to shop a
t a different lumber yard to buy the panels to fill in the walls and make a complete house of it. This is not Crabb's teaching. He believes that what we need to know is comprehensively contained within the Scriptures, but not always in so many words in a verse somewhere. We have to use our minds if we are to benefit from the full riches of the Bible's wisdom. Let me draw a parallel. 13 The law of Moses contains the ten commandments, but it also contains about six hundred minor laws which help show us how to apply the ten commandments in the complicated situations of real life. God did not give Israel an exact minor law for every situation that might arise in life. That would have required millions of laws. He gave them enough, though, so that if they thought through what He had given, they would be fully equipped to deal with everything else. 14 In a similar way, the Bible gives us some simple statements about mankind and sin and sanctification, but it also gives us pictures of real sinful people engaged in real, fallen life. If we are to fully understand the propositional truths that the Bible gives us about human affairs, we must also exercise our minds about the supplementary illustrations. It is the Bobgans, not Crabb, who are more likely to bring alien thinking to the scripture. They are in danger of falling into the kind of error that Jesus condemned when he opposed the Jews' perverted doctrine of the Sabbath – a perversion they had come to because they had isolated the Sabbath law from the wider context of Scripture.
The Pattern Gives You the Answers
In a lecture on the subject "How to Read an Old Testament Narrative," Dr Noel Weeks has said:
….very seldom do you find the Old Testament historical writers telling you specifically what their purpose is in writing….
We are told that Abraham planted a tree… Why is the planting of a tree a significant piece of information?… That's the sort of question that is posed to you by the Old Testament, and the author doesn't help you by saying, "Because so and so, and so and so," …his planting a tree is an act of faith, but … you get that conclusion only if you ask yourself, "What are the themes being developed? What's the repetition pattern? What's important to the author?….
The Biblical text often isn't explicit [with its judgments]… It's assuming you'll get the point that's being set up by the repetition….
[In] the books of Samuel you get … once more, repetition and contrast… a contrast of people….
…points can be made not just in the big sort of contrasts … but in looking at what sort of people are together….
This is characteristic, that you won't get ethical comment because the pattern gives you answers. 15
In that lecture the insights that Dr Weeks draws by way of illustration from the O.T. historical narratives have to do with the great themes of faith and of godly kingship. I believe that the Holy Spirit has placed material there in just the same way to enlarge our understanding of the doctrines of man and sin. 16There are lessons to be learned about these doctrines in the contrasts between Saul's family and David's, for instance. Similarly, the book of Nehemiah communicates what manly godliness looks like, not by telling you in so many words, but showing you a godly man facing repeated difficulties; and so on. Only when this material is coupled with the propositional truths also found in Scripture can a full-orbed doctrine of pastoral counselling emerge. Trying to develop a doctrine of pastoral counseling from only the propositional statements of the Bible is like trying to apply the Ten Commandments without paying attention to the Pentateuch's case laws. As the quotations from Dr Week's lecture demonstrate, the Holy Spirit teaches us that we must take notice of the patterns and contrasts of Scripture, not just its words in themselves. We must learn to ask, "What's going on here?" Only as we do so do we begin to find all the Bible contains. The Scriptures are sufficient but their practical sufficiency is fully revealed only to those who come to them with this kind of question in mind. 17
The Fallacy of Simplicity
In a commentary on the great doctrinal controversies of the first millennium of the Christian era, the author notes:
An ancient and persistent danger is the fallacy of simplicity… While certain basic doctrines of the Bible are uncomplicated ones, the Bible as a whole is not a simple book, and it gives no warrant for passing over its complexities to dwell on its simplicities, because both aspects are inseparably one…
The first four ecumenical councils faithfully declared the complexity of the Biblical faith with respect to certain doctrines… 18
Those particular doctrines were the Trinity, and the two natures in the one person of Christ (that is, Jesus Christ was truly God and truly man). The Bobgans understand the complexity of Scripture in respect of those doctrines, but they need to learn that it is also more complex than they think in the matter of pastoral counselling.
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1 Bobgan (1989) p. 120
3 Crabb (1987)p. 67.
4 I am being blunt here, not to be discourteous but because Dr Crabb's critics have not understood the challenge that was contained in own courteous words.
5 Bobgan (1989) p. 112.
6 Crabb (1987) p. 29.
10 Bobgan (1989) p. 114.
12 Crabb (1987) p. 21.
13 This is my analogy, not Dr Crabb's, but I think it appropriately illustrates the kind of use Dr Crabb makes of the Scriptures.
14 There is a useful discussion of the structure of Biblical law in Noel Weeks, The Sufficiency of Scripture, chapter 2.
15 Lecture delivered in Auckland, N.Z. A cassette tape of the lecture is available from Mustard Seed Tapes, P.O. Box 153, Pukekohe, New Zealand
16 I do not know what Dr Weeks himself thinks about Dr Crabb's material. I am not trying to use him personally
as a witness on Crabb's side. What I am saying is that the thoroughly orthodox doctrine of the interpretation of the Scripture which Dr Weeks presented in the lecture I have referred to, also extends to and must be applied in the development of our doctrines of harmatiology and poemenics, and this is just the kind of thinking which Dr Crabb does and which his critics fail to discern.
17 When Dr Crabb speaks of "questions" in pages 54-70 of Understanding People, he means questions that life provokes us to bring to the Scriptures. When Dr Weeks talks in his lecture about questions, they are questions that should be provoked in our minds by the structure of the Scriptural passages themselves. Thus the word "question" has a somewhat different application in the two places. However, my argument does not depend on Dr Weeks and Dr Crabb using the word identically: only on the point that Dr Weeks establishes, that a process of questioning is necessary if we are fully to understand the Scripture, since not all its truths are delivered as propositions. Furthermore, the questions that the Scripture provokes us to ask are always questions that our experience of life causes us to expect to have fruitful answers – there is always inherently a conjunction of life and Scripture in those questions that the Scripture stimulates us to ask about itself. What Dr Crabb does, is to allow life to provoke him to bring to the Scripture a wider range of questions than has previously been customary, and to expect fruitful answers, as we see him doing in pages 163-164 (for instance) of Inside Out.
18 Rushdoony (1968) p. 96f.


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Pune plans more STPs while existing plants under perform and there is no attempt to fix them
Dams · Maharashtra
August 29, 2016 September 7, 2016 SANDRP
Above: Children trying to understand why their River Mutha is so polluted Photo: Parineeta Dandekar
Treating even 50% of its sewage is a dream that has been eluding Pune for decades. Mula, Mutha, Pavna and Indrayani Rivers crisscrossing Pune have routinely made headlines for pouring Pune's sewage into Ujani Dam in the downstream, which supplies drinking water to several towns and villages, including the city of Solapur. All these rivers are classified as one of the 35 most polluted river stretches of India by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).[1]
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has recently agreed to extend a loan of 1000 Cr. under project 'pollution abatement of River Mula-Mutha'.[2] Utilizing this funding PMC has proposed to build 11 new sewage treatment plants (STPs) with treatment capacity of 396 MLD. It is one of the star projects under Smart City programme and engineers of water supply department are gearing up for the construction of new STPs. As stated in the PMC newsletter of Feb 2016, the 11 new STPs will increase treatment capacity of Pune from current 477 MLD (Million Liters a Day) to 873 MLD which, it is claimed, will be sufficient to cater to sewage generation till year 2027.[3]
However, Confusion about sewage and its treatment starts right here as PMC has stated its installed sewage treatment capacity is 567 MLD and not 477 MLD in an affidavit submitted to the National Green Tribunal.
Does Pune know how much sewage it generates? Are the existing STPs functioning as designed and intended quantitatively and qualitatively? Do we know why they are not functioning as expected? Do we know who are responsible for huge gaps between promises and reality? Is anyone held accountable for these gaps? Is the governance of STPs accountable and transparent? Is there any study that shows that existing model of large centralized STPs are delivering treated sewage and clean rivers? If not is there any attempt to learn lessons from past failure and go for changes in future? Is there any participatory process before decisions are taken for future projects?
In the frenzy of building new STPs these vital questions seem to go unaddressed. Which means that we are pushing a hugely expensive model, without knowing whether the model is working or not. Looking at the falling quality of Pune's river, it is evident that solely STP based model for cleaning rivers is failing abjectly.
The agreement with JICA
The loan agreement signed between India & JICA forms a part of National River Conservation Plan (NRCP). Former Union Minister Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar, termed it a 'historic agreement'.[4]
The loan assistance for the project has been approved by the Union Finance Ministry at an estimated cost of Rs. 990.26 Cr. The share of Central Government in project cost will be Rs. 841.72 Cr and share of PMC would be Rs. 148.54 Cr. The loan has to be repaid by Government of India in a period of 40 years, including a 10-year grace period. The project is scheduled to be completed by January, 2022.
The major components proposed under the project include:
Construction of 11 new Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs), with treatment capacity of 396 MLD,
laying of 113.6 KMs of sewer lines and
rehabilitation of 4 existing intermediate pumping stations.
The claim is once the project is completed, the total STP capacity available in Pune will be 873 MLD, sufficient to cater to sewage generation for the year 2027. It is also said that "The project will have a significant, direct beneficial impact in terms of reduction of pollution load in the river and improvement of the quality of its water" among other collateral benefits.
Actual quantity of treated sewage remains a black box
One would expect PMC would have exact information about its sewage generation, existing STPs, their performance, sewerage network etc. However during the proceedings of a Public Interest Litigation case filed against PMC in National Green Tribunal (NGT) for failing to control water pollution in Mula Mutha River(s) it was revealed that PMC stands clueless about the actual quantity of sewage treated and the treatment capacity of existing plants.
PMC failed to furnish even the basic details like present and future generation of level of domestic sewage (from 2022- 2025) in the city and even present handling capacity and performance of STPs for last six months.[5]
Court reacted strongly to this "PMC is totally at blank and seems to be totally lost for the reason it is confused about its own stand on STPs and capacity of 567 MLD" it said "PMC, who had made such categorical statement about functionality of STPs of 567 MLD put a volta face and round about to say that it was not in a position to achieve quantity of waste management in the STPs."
According to NGT, PMC tried to give vague excuses for non-functionality of the STPs and collection of sewage and its disposal. Considering it as a serious fault on PMC & MPCB's part, the court has imposed both departments with a fine of Rs.2 lacs each.
A comparatively better part of the river at the Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary Photo: Parineeta Dandekar
It is indeed hard to imagine that PMC who celebrated the signing of 1000 Cr agreement in January 2016 was not in position to furnish even the basic details about sewage generation, sewage treatment capacity and its functioning to country's premier environmental court.
PMC recently admitted in the print media that though the installed capacity of its existing STPs was to treat 567 MLD, only 290 MLD was being treated at present.[6] The PMC plan says that Pune generates about 744 MLD sewage. So the balance 454 MLD – over 60% of the sewage – is going into the river untreated.
That is provided its claim about 290 MLD sewage is correct, which is not, as we will shortly see.
Figure 1: Ambil Odha (Photo: Jeevit Nadi Abhhiyan)
Figure 2: Ambil Odha (Photo: Jeevit Nadi Abhiyan)
Discrepancies in quantity of sewage generated
One stumbles across different figures while finding out Pune's sewage generation. City Sanitation Plan prepared by PMC in 2011 states that the total sewage generation is 744 MLD. of this, 567 MLD i.e. (71% of sewage generated) was treated and 177 MLD (29%) was discharged untreated.
However the City Development Plan (2012) estimates sewage generation in Pune at 575.2 MLD and the present installed treatment capacity of 527 MLD.[7]
"Reimagining Pune: Mission Smart City" an undated report submitted by PMC to Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) has chosen not to state the total sewage generation at all. The report which ideally should have elaborated on the sewage aspect merely states that 355 MLD of sewage is discharged untreated.[8]
The report by JICA[9] which is lending money to PMC for achieving 100% sewage treatment states that Pune generates 728 MLD of sewage of which 477 MLD (66%) is treated while 252 MLD (34%) is discharged untreated into Mula-Mutha.
The latest figure could be found in an affidavit submitted by PMC in NGT in which PMC again used 2011 figures to say that it generates 744 MLD sewage.[10] The figure is not updated in last five years after City Sanitation Plan of 2011!
Pune's municipal water supply has gone up by nearly 80 MLD since 2011 (if we include groundwater use, it will be even higher!). If we include 80% of this (as is the norm, it is generally assumed that 80% of fresh water use in city ends up as sewage), current sewage generation will be (at least) 808 MLD. Table 1 below summarizes few of these figures.
Table 1: Different sewage generation figures found in different documents
(All figures in MLD)
2011 Revised City Development Plan
2012 PMC
2013 JICA
2014 Smart City
2016 PMC affidavit submitted to NGT
2016 PMC in print media
Sewage generation 744 575.2 728 728 – 744
Treatment 527 527 567 476 – – 290
Untreated 217 48.2 161 252 355 – –
When the PMC does not have a clue even about the quantity of sewage generated, on what basis are the 11 new STPs proposed? On what basis their installed capacity has been calculated? And more importantly on what basis is the claim that that "The project will have a significant, direct beneficial impact in terms of reduction of pollution load in the river and improvement of the quality of its water"?
Sewage generation 'estimated' not 'measured'
But the fallacy does not end at updating the sewage generation figure to 808 MLD because the figure will merely indicate the 'estimated' quantity and not the actual quantity of sewage generated.
As a report by Centre for Science & Environment (CSE)[11] highlights, sewage should be measured, ideally at the household level or at colony level. Failing which, it should be measured at the outfalls- at the point where every drain discharges into water body. This method is of course not followed, not by any Indian cities and not by Pune. It is calculated based on 'rule of thumb' technique. City Development Plan (CDP) of Pune prepared for Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) states that sewage generation has been calculated at 80% of the total water supplied by PMC.[12]
However, people do not depend solely on the municipal water supply they also use groundwater and tanker water. As highlighted by SANDRP in its study[13] Pune city has been more and more dependent on groundwater for last five years with more than 5000 borewells drilled every year within the city. Despite the unregulated increase in borewells Pune has no system to measure the actual groundwater use. Sewage generated due to groundwater use also remains a black box which has direct implications on required treatment capacity. As Dr Himanshu Kulkarni of ACWADAM points out, "If you do not account for GW you can never fill the gap between wastewater generation and treatment. Untreated sewage will further contaminate the groundwater. This loop needs to be addressed at the earliest."[14]
Inadequate treatment capacity and untreated sewage
Basic figures like sewage generation date back to 2011 and not been updated for increasing municipal water consumption and groundwater use. Without investing much time & efforts to understand finer details of sewage generation and disposal like main discharge points (nallah or trunk line) of untreated domestic sewage in rivers (direct/indirect) with average sewerage flow, their locations on map PMC seems to have invested in centralized sewage treatment plants. NGT specifically points out "Had PMC and MPCB taken this issue seriously to conduct spot inspection or examine fact situation the things would have been different."
Currently Pune has 10 STPs with a total installed capacity of 567 MLD. Even if we assume that all the 10 STPs function at their full capacity still 177 MLD of sewage (assuming total generation of 744 MLD of sewage) is disposed off untreated in rivers Mula and Mutha along with treated water, thus rendering the treatment ineffective. "You have a sewage treatment plant which discharges the treated water in river and 50 m downstream there is a nallah carrying nothing but sewage falls into river. Then is the treated water of any use?" asks Vivek Velankar, an activist from Pune.
Figure 3: STP Location in Pune City (Source: PMC)
As admitted by PMC present STPs treat only 290 MLD sewage as against the installed capacity of 567 MLD.
STPs like Naidu hospital, Bhairoba lala, Vitthalwadi do not have basic provision like generator back up when the type of treatment they provide needs uninterrupted power supply. STPs like Bhairoba nallah, Vitthalwadi, Naidu Hospital shut down frequently during power cut jeopardizing treatment. Operation & maintenance of municipal STPs is carried out in utmost non-transparent manner.
Performance of these STPs is not evaluated by any credible independent agency other than PMC & Maharashtra Pollution Control Board. Reports of evaluation are not available in public domain. Experts in the field of sewage treatment have time and again highlighted limitations of centralized sewage treatment. The energy required and cost of O&M makes them not only uneconomical but also susceptible to poor maintenance.
Private STPs: Even though PMC has made it mandatory for housing societies with more than 150 tenements to install private STPs, adequate mechanism to monitor the quality of treated effluent is not in place. MPCB has refused to issue consent to operate to these STPs and is also not involved in monitoring. MPCB issues consent to operate only for housing societies with more than 20,000 SqM of built up area that need Environmental Clearance. It however does not conduct frequent monitoring and intervenes only if it receives complaints regarding quality of treated effluent.
Pune Rivers critically polluted
At the end of the day Mula-Mutha Rivers take the brunt of the casual way in which the problem of sewage of Pune is being handled by PMC & MPCB at multiple levels. Carrying Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad's sewage these rivers meet Bhima and finally empty in Ujni Dam on which about 30 lakh people in Solapur city and district are dependent for drinking and agriculture water needs.[15] "People of Solapur are actually drinking the sewage of these cities," said Shri Rajendra Singh of Jal Biradari.[16]
Figure 4: Polluted stretches of Mula-Mutha empty in Ujani Dam
CPCB includes Mula-Mutha among 35 most polluted river stretches of the country.[17] According to the CPCB report, at all the monitoring locations along the entire length of the three rivers viz. Mula, Mutha & Mula-Mutha, Biological Oxygen Demand exceeds the level of 30 mg/l. Pune Rivers' BOD figures exceed even the discharge standards of treated effluent which is 10 mg/l.
It however might be a long time before the picture changes for better.
Even when PMC states that it will consider locally suited, community need based, integrated sustainable and eco-friendly technological option[18] it will be investing massive public resources into 11 centralized STPs.
In the next part we will see how the existing STPs are functioning and how responsive and inclusive the administration is when it comes to a common citizen like me, who would like to know more about the STPs in her city. It will also give a glimpse of whether centralized STPs, with their entrenched governance hold any hope for Pune's Rivers or not.
Amruta Pradhan, SANDRP, amrutapradhan@gmail.com
Part 2 of this blog can be seen here: https://sandrp.wordpress.com/2016/09/02/punes-dismally-functioning-stps-citizens-not-allowed/
[1] CPCB (Undated): "Polluted River Stretches in India, Criteria & Status", Central Pollution Control Board, (pdf)
http://cpcb.nic.in/upload/NewItems/NewItem_172_FinalPollutedStretches.pdf
[2] PIB (2016): "Loan Agreement signed between Government of India and JICA for Cleaning of Mula-Mutha River in Pune" press release by Press Information Bureau
Government of India Ministry of Environment and Forests
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=134415
[3] PMC (2016): "Pune Pulse", E-News Letter February 2016, Pune Municipal Corporation
http://www.punecorporation.org/informpdf/enewsletter/PMC%20E%20newsletter%20Feb%202016.pdf
[4] PIB (2016): "Loan Agreement signed between Government of India and JICA for Cleaning of Mula-Mutha River in Pune" Op.Cit.
[5] NGT (2016): National Green Tribunal Order No. 18 dated May 31, 2016 for Application No. Application No.55/2015, Mr. Subhash Ram Krishna Patil Vs MPCB & Ors
http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/Writereaddata/Downloads/55-2015-OA-31-5-2016.pdf
[6] TOI (2016): "PMC gets 10 days to boost STPs' capacity", Op. Cit.
[7] PMC (2012): "Revising/ Updating the City Development Plan (CDP) Of Pune City – 2041 Under JNNURM" prepared by PMC in 2012
http://punecorporation.org/informpdf/CDP/Executive_Summary-Revised%20CDP.pdf
[8] PMC (Undated): "Reimagining Pune: Mission Smart City, Detailed plan to transform Pune into a world-class Smart City" submitted Pune Municipal Corporation to Ministry of Urban Development Government of Maharashtra p.98
http://www.punecorporation.org/informpdf/Smart_City/SPC_Part_1.pdf
[9] PIB (2016): "Loan Agreement signed between Government of India and JICA for Cleaning of Mula-Mutha River in Pune" Op. Cit.
[10] TOI (2016): "PMC gets 10 days to boost STPs' capacity", Vishwas Kothari, Times of India, April 27, 2016
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/PMC-gets-10-days-to-boost-STPs-capacity/articleshow/52001713.cms
[11] CSE (2012): "Excreta Matters" State of India's Environment Seventh Citizens' Report (SOE-7) Published by Centre for Science and Environment p.84
[12] PMC (Undated): Revised City Development Plan For Pune – 2041, Maharashtra, Under JNNURM prepared by PMC p.112
[13] SANDRP (20016): "Groundwater of Pune: An Over-exploited and ungoverned lifeline", Amruta Pradhan, SANDRP
https://sandrp.wordpress.com/2016/07/04/groundwater-of-pune-an-over-exploited-and-ungoverned-lifeline/
[16] TOI (2016): "Pune's sewage in water of Solapur", Times of India, April 17, 2016
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Punes-sewage-in-water-of-Solapur/articleshow/51859651.cms
[17] CPCB (Undated): "Polluted River Stretches in India, Criteria & Status", O.Cit., (pdf) p.7
[18] PMC (2011): City Sanitation Plan Op. Cit. p.3
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I used to be a very healthy, fit girl. In my 20's I was a pretty girl. Always out at the clubs and bars. After the clubs we would always grab some sort of fast food. Which led to me gaining at least 15 pounds. And now I'm seriously addicted to fast food. I have it at least 4 times a week. So, of course I'm struggling to get rid of these pounds....help!
Isn't it a viscous circle? Party->eat like crap->feel like crap->party to feel better->eat like crap....you see where I'm going with this.
When you're young, your metabolism works so differently. But slowly, as you get older you will see it start to wear off. Your body won't be able to fight off those unwanted pounds as easily.
1. Reduce the amount of alcohol you intake. It's all fun and games when you're drinking it, but alcohol is just empty calories. It's a sure fire way of gaining weight. Put the bottle down, sweetie.
2. STOP getting fast food. Just stop. You will crave it and want it, but after a few days those craving will lessen. The funny thing a lot fast food is, the more you eat it...the more you will crave it. If you go without it for an extended period of time, then eat it agin I'm almost certain it will make you feel like diet afterwards. Your body will basically reject it.
3. Get a gym membership. Instead of going out with your friends and drinking, why not get together and do a group fitness class? Exercise is a heat stress reliever too, and you will start to notice the changes in your mind and body. But remember, you can work out 7 days a week, and not see any changes - you have to commit to the diet part too.
Hope this helps! Take a before and after photo and share it with us when you reach your goal!


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Baszkirska Samodzielna Brygada Kawalerii (ros.: Башкирская отдельная кавалерийская бригада) – w latach 1919-1921 związek taktyczny kawalerii w ramach wojska baszkirskiego.

Została utworzona pod koniec czerwca 1919 przez Musę Murtazina na terenie Małej Baszkirii na bazie 1 Baszkirskiego Pułku Kawalerii im. A.B. Karamyszewa byłego Korpusu Baszkirskiego. W jej skład weszły:
1 Baszkirski Pułk Kawalerii (w październiku przemianowany na 5 Baszkirski Pułk Kawalerii, od maja 1920 - 27 Baszkirski Pułk Kawalerii);
2 Baszkirski Pułk Kawalerii (od października 6 Baszkirski Pułk Kawalerii, od maja 1920 - 28 Baszkirski Pułk Kawalerii);
 dywizjon piechoty;
W lipcu 1919 brygada liczyła 4 tys. ludzi;
1 Baszkirski Pułk Kawalerii rozformowanej Baszkirskiej Samodzielnej Dywizji Kawalerii (od czerwca 1920).

Brygada wchodziła w skład Armii Południowej białych, od sierpnia 1919 1 Armii, od 7 października Ileckiej Grupy Wojsk (od 26 października Grupa podlegała 4 Armii) Frontu Turkiestańskiego, od 24 grudnia 5 Dywizji Kawalerii 1 Armii, od maja 1920 12 Armii, od początku 1921 była w podporządkowaniu dowódcy Kijowskiego Okręgu Wojskowego.

Od 8 sierpnia 1919 brygada działała samodzielnie, ignorując rozkazy dowództwa armii Kołczaka. 18 sierpnia w okolicach wsi Bierozowka ujazd orski rozbiła dwa pułki 4 Orenburskiego Korpusu Armijnego (białych), 23 sierpnia za pośrednictwem przedstawiciela Baszkirskiego Rewolucyjnego Komitetu Wojskowego Tagira Imakowa przeszła na stronę Armii Czerwonej; liczebność brygady - 1800 szabel, pieszy dywizjon (10 karabinów, w tym 8  maszynowych).

W czasie wojny domowej od czerwca do sierpnia 1919 działała przeciwko jednostkom 1 Armii (czerwonych), w końcu sierpnia - przeciwko jednostkom Armii Południowej (białych), od października - przeciwko Armii Uralskiej (białych). W składzie Ileckiej Grupy Wojsk uczestniczyła w operacji uralo-gurjewskiej 1919; w czasie ciężkich walk z uralskimi kozakami straty brygady wyniosły 60% składu osobowego.

Rozkazem M. Frunzego brygadę włączono w skład 5 Dywizji Kawalerii jako 2 Brygadę Kawalerii, jednakże po interwencji komisariatu wojskowego Baszkirskiej Rewolucyjnej Rady Wojskowej przywrócono jej poprzedni status.

W czasie wojny radziecko-polskiej 1920 brygada wzięła udział w kijowskiej i równo-dubińskiej operacji, w zajęciu miast Kowel, Zamość, Hrubieszów, Dubno, Izajasław i inne, po zawarciu rozejmu z Polską w listopadzie - w rozbiciu armii Petlury.

10 grudnia rozkazem dowódcy 12 Armii brygada ze względu na małą liczebność została przeformowana w 2 pułki z kolejną numeracją (1 i 2 Baszkirski Pułk Kawalerii).

25 marca 1921 brygadę ostatecznie rozformowano, jej jednostki rozdzielono na 15, 16, 17 i 18 Samodzielny Baszkirski Eskadron i skierowano na odcinek granicy RFSRR z polską i Rumunią w składzie 12 Pogranicznej Dywizji im. Rady Piotrogrodzkiej. W listopadzie z 15, 16 i 18 eskadronu sformowano 12 Pułk Kawalerii (w 1925 przemianowany na 10 kawaleryjski pułk kozacki, częściowo uzupełniony powołanymi do wojska z Baszkirskiej ASRR), 18 eskadron został przekazany do 7 pułku kawalerii 2 dywizji kawalerii Czerwonego Kozactwa.

Ponad 80 żołnierzy i oficerów brygady zostało nagrodzonych Orderem Czerwonego Sztandaru. W Równem w latach 1950-1980 znajdował się pomnik poświęcony żołnierzom brygady, jej imieniem nazwano jedną z ulic.

Dowódcy brygady
Musa Murtazin (od czerwca 1919),
J. Kalmietjew (pełniący obowiązki, 12—20 sierpnia 1920),
Aleksandr Gorbatow (sierpień 1920 — 1921).

Przypisy

Armia Czerwona w czasie wojny domowej w Rosji


Translation:It is about the debt of the country.
Bad audio: "este despre datorie țării".
Should "national debt" be considered correct or does "the debt of the country" refer to something else, perhaps gratitude towards an ally that came its aid?
"national debt" is a valid meaning.
It is about the country's debt.


Trev and I are kind of anti-Valentine's Day and feel that love should be expressed all 365 days of the year, not just on Valentine's Day, which is why it took me a whole 3 days later to update you on the wild and crazy adventures of the Durant's 1st Valentine's Day together. We did celebrate Amari's first Valentine's Day and we showered him with some new toys and a cute shirt. They make the cutest attire for little kids and our little guy rocked a long sleeved onsie that said, "#1 with the ladies". Let's just say that his Valentine's Day shirt was very fitting for the evening.
We went on a mission to Lacey to go have dinner at Taco del Mar and when we got there the restaurant was closed! Bummed, we had to figure out where we were going to next. I was starving and in the mood for Mexican food and the wait at Olive Garden, Applebee's, Red Robin, and the Outback would have been ridiculous. Those restaurants were not options! Trev remembered a local restaurant called Paco's Tacos and so we headed on over there. When we walked inside there was another family with their 9 month old daughter. We sat a few tables away from them and ordered our super huge and rather delicious burritos. The owner's daughters sat a table away and Amari managed to turn himself around in his highchair and literally started to get his flirt on with her. It was the funniest thing to witness. Stinker isn't even one yet and he sure knows how to flirt! I can't even imagine what he's going to be like when he is a teenager. He is, by far, the biggest baby flirt that I have ever encountered. He kept making this clicky sound (which his uncle Shawn taught him how to do when he was itty-bitty) to get her attention whenever she looked away from him. I could barely get him to eat his dinner. He just wanted to flirt with her! Than he noticed the baby girl and he kept on staring at her too. Towards the end of our meal the owner brought the baby girl over to say hi and A.J. just kept staring at her. He even tried to hold her hand. It was so cute. But than the owner's daughter came over and he flashed her his super cute baby grin and carried on flirting with her. The owner of Paco's Tacos thought that it was hilarious and he told Amari that his daughter was too old for him and that he shouldn't go after the Cougs! Amari is a little stud muffin and seems to get all the ladies, young and old.
After dinner we ventured on over to Grandpa and Grandma Durant's house. Trev and I chit chatted with his parents about wedding plans and Amari chased his Auntie J around the living room. All in all, our Valentine's Day was pretty laid back and chill. We spent our time with the people that we love.


Uric acid in the joint makes the tophus that occurs in the surrounding area. The tophus causes a lot of pain that prevents you from even walking around your work, let alone exercising. For exercising with gout, focus on areas that aren't associated with that tophus. If your gout tophus is located on your foot, there are a variety of weight machines that you can manipulate with just your upper body. Even performing dumbbell curls are a type of exercise that can improve your upper body strength and help you to lose weight.


As we've explained, courts have clearly ruled that any state restrictions on which providers can participate in Medicaid must be based on the provider's "capability of performing the needed medical services in a professionally competent, safe, legal, and ethical manner." Today's CMS letter explains that this means states must have solid evidence of misconduct that calls into question the provider's ability to provide Medicaid-covered services or appropriately bill for them. Separately providing abortion services does not constitute such evidence.
The letter is especially important for women seeking family planning services. While states can limit beneficiaries' choice of providers when they provide health care through managed care arrangements, they can't restrict freedom of choice for family planning services. Giving women a choice of their own family planning providers ensures they can receive these services where they feel comfortable, regardless of whether the provider is part of the network in their managed care plan.
Planned Parenthood is one of the nation's largest providers of family planning services for low-income Americans. Today's letter makes it clear that states can't keep women from getting their care at Planned Parenthood for reasons unrelated to its fitness to provide Medicaid-covered services.


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Manchester City 17/18 Premier League Preview
Manchester City 17/18 Premier League Season Preview
2015/16 marked a mixed season for Manchester City. In the Premier League, they were very poor by their standards. Embarrassing losses and poor performances lead to a 4th place finish. It was in the cup games that City truly shined. A semifinal run in the Champions League is no poor showing, and a Capital One Cup win against Liverpool meant that City didn't go trophyless that season. However, Manchester City's board saw an offer they could not resist. The opportunity to hire Pep Guardiola as their manager.
The opportunity was so great that Manchester City's board confirmed that Pep would be their manager for next season before the current season even ended. Pep made a host of changes to his City squad. He signed Gundogan, Sane, Stones, Gabriel Jesus and others. City usually played 4-3-3 under him, as opposed to the 4-2-3-1 they were using in seasons prior. The season started out perfectly for Pep and his side. 10 wins from their first 10 games left the world scared at what could be one of the best teams in history. However, Manchester City's defensive frailties began to show and their season slowly started unwinding. Despite eventually finishing 3rd and trophyless, Guardiola set a foundation for his side.
Manchester City has spent this summer revamping their defense, specifically in the full back position. Zabaleta, Sagna, Clichy, and Kolarov were all let go by the club. Replacing them were Danilo, Mendy, and Walker, all under the age of 30. By replacing the old guard with young, energetic, attack-minded players, Pep has given his City team another
John Stones' passing ability can't be questioned by anybody, but his defending leaves a lot to be desired. The 17/18 season is a chance for him to improve on this front (Independent.co.uk)
dimension to attack from. Opposing teams will now how to shift their attention from neutralizing City's central players to stopping their wide attackers. Pep hasn't signed a new center back this season because he trusts that his current ones can make a big improvement from last season. Otamendi, Kompany, and Stones definitely have enough quality to make this happen.
In the midfield, City have signed Bernardo Silva from Monaco. Silva's dribbling and passing ability will be much utilized next season. Silva represents a minor upgrade on the inconsistent Raheem Sterling, but both players will be key for City. With De Bruyne, David Silva, and Sane already stalwarts in City's midfield, they won't need much upgrading.
De Bruyne was the assist master of last season with 18 to his name. (Independent.co.uk)
If Manchester City's downfalls from the 16/17 season can be pinpointed on only two areas, it would be their defense and numerous missed opportunities. City were 2nd in big chances missed this season with 48 great opportunities to score missed. There isn't much Pep can do to rectify this himself, but the problem will most likely fix itself for next season. On the defensive front, however, Pep has worked hard this preseason improving his team. Along with his favored 4-3-3, Pep has been trying out a 5-3-1-1, a formation that has done well against the attacks of Real Madrid, Tottenham, and West Ham this preseason. That, along with new full backs and new goalkeeper in Ederson, Manchester City's defense should see a marked improvement from the 16/17 season.
Right now, Manchester City are favorites to win the Premier League next season. Small improvements in their already potent attack and key defensive adjustments make them the team to beat. The only question is what will be Pep's preferred line up. Will he stick with a 4-3-3 or a 5-3-1-1 for most of next season? Will Yaya Toure or Gundogan get the start at the DM spot? Whatever Pep Guardiola plans to do for next season, Manchester City will be lethal.
Predicted Line-up:
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Q: MySQL Pass an argument / value to a query I am wondering if it is possible when running a MySQL select statement, that a user input is prompted.
Example: I want to find out the the total number of products sold and multiply it by (User input).
Is this possible in MySQL?
Thanks.

A: Not within MySQL client (the normal client shipped with MySQL). You could write your own script to do it or with any luck find someone else who already has. But it's not built in.

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The sisters also expressed their desire to marry their longterm boyfriend, however polygamy is banned under the Australian Marriage Act 1961.
'Okay, so we share a partner Ben and we would like marry him one day but the law in Australia says we can't, so what do we do?" they told the panel.
The siblings, who splashed out nearly $250,000 on cosmetic surgery to make themselves look more alike before reversing the effects, went on to detail the lengths they go to stay identical.
Lucy said: If she goes to the toilet I have to go at the same time because we eat and drink the same, we shower together, we're just never apart.
The sisters went on to admit that they even plan to be pregnant at the same time, claiming it's 'Ben's job' to make sure that happens.
In a video posted to their YouTube channel in mid-July, the two shared their feelings about having babies at the same time and questioning whether or not it would be possible for that to happen.


This week the full Unfairground ™ Glasto crew got together for the first time… Yes it was messy, scaff pipe, wood and general workings are getting sorted, and next week the side shows go into production. But don't worry you will be in safe hands….check out Fatties below.
Traveling bench marks a must for any site!


Over 170 years ago, on Friday 21st July 1843, at 4 o'clock, Ada Lovelace was working on a mathematics problem, possibly on the first known computer program (it was written that summer).
Specifically she was writing extensive notes on her translation of a paper about Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine, and she was collaborating closely with Babbage to do so. Had it been built the Analytical Engine would have been the first universal computer. Those notes include the first known computer program (and trace of it's manual execution), which calculates Bernoulli numbers.
My dear Babbage. I am in much dismay at having got into so amazing a quagmire and botheration with these numbers, that I cannot possibly get the thing done today. I have no doubts it will all come out clean enough tomorrow; & I shall send you a parcel up, as early in the day as I can. So do no be uneasy. (Tho' at this moment I am in a charming state of confusion; but it is that sort of confusion which is of a very bubble nature).
I am now going out on horseback. Tant mieux.
That ever happened to you? It's 4pm on a Friday, and it just isn't working? You know it will be obvious in the morning. So what did Ada do? She went for a horseback ride!
The tagline of this blog is Solvitas Perambulum, Latin for "solve it as you walk". I find it particularly charming that 172 years ago, the first computer programmer solved it by going for a horseback ride.
Pictures of the original letter can be found in Stephen Wolfram's fantastic blog post: Untangling the tale of Ada Lovelace.
Creativity is a practice, not an ability. It is not correlated to IQ, but is strongly correlated to playfulness.
Closed mode: "get stuff done".
Open mode: curious, exploratory, playful, open-ended.
We switch between the two modes during the day, both are essential. Creativity however only happens in open mode.
I have done most of my work while anxious about whether I could do the job, and unsure that it would be enough to achieve the goal if I did. But I tried anyway, because there was no one but me between the enemy and my city. Surprising myself, I have sometimes succeeded.
From this article about GNU HURD.
When I was 16, I wrote a computer game, called Micro Zooides. It was called that partly because on Windows .EXE files all start with the two characters MZ, and partly because it was about small creatures. Micro-Zooides was going to be about humanity's progress, it was going to be Civilization, which didn't exist yet.
The game had a splash screen of a Far Side comic, then a short video of me tromping through the woods like a Neanderthal, which my Dad filmed and which I digitized with a very early video capture card.
In Borland's Turbo C++ 3.0 I wrote a basic graphics engine to display the tiles of the world, and an event loop so I could move the main character around the world. I drew sprites for a proto-human (the micro zooid), dirt, rocks and sticks. He could walk around the world, and pick up and put down rocks or sticks.
Then I took a break to plan. I have a proto-human, rocks, and sticks. How do I get to civilization?
Instead of databases becoming available as a result of Freedom Of Information Act requests, government officials should be required to justify why any public data should not be freely available to the taxpayers who paid for its creation.
Wow, what an exciting time to be in North America.
Update: Five years after I wrote this, it is actually happening. Samoa Air boss defends charging passengers by weight on BBC News 2nd Apr 2013.
When you send a parcel by air, the price depends on the volume and weight of that parcel. Volume, because you are buying a certain amount of space in the plane. Weight, because the heavier the plane's cargo, the more fuel it takes to get it off the ground. You pay for the fuel to fly your parcel.
The pricing structure for air mail / air freight is closely linked to the costs faced by the airline.
When you travel with your parcels, a disconnect appears. You buy a certain amount of space – typically a seat for yourself, a small bag and one or two big bags. A bigger seat ('business', 'premium', etc) is more money. Extra bags is more money. But you're not paying by weight – and I think that will have to change.
This section is sourced from Strategy in the contemporary world, An Introduction to Strategic Studies by John Baylis, James Wirtz, Eliot Cohen and Colin S. Gray. It is a book I highly recommend. Any miskates are my own.
Strategic Studies is the bridge between military means and political goals; it is a sub-field of Security Studies, itself a sub-field of International Relations which is a sub-field of Political Science. From the 50's to the 80's it was the dominant sub-field of International Relations.
The Berlin Wall fell in 1989, but the NATO powers had barely had time to start re-appraising their military needs when Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990, followed by a decade of Somalia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Kosovo, leading straight into the attack on World Trade Center, then the American invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. The end of the Cold War has not brought peace to everyone, nor given strategic planners much more sleep.
The philosophical viewpoint of contemporary strategists is what they call Realism.
Realism has a pessimistic view of human nature, subscribing to the views of Thomas Hobbes that people are inherently destructive, selfish, competitive and aggressive, and that these destructive traits can never be eliminated. Strategists attempts to minimise the likelihood and severity of international violence, but do not believe in the possibility of permanent peace.
Strategic studies focuses on the relationships between states. Unlike domestic society, there is no authoritative government to create justice and the rule of law. Realists note that states reserve the right to use lethal force to achieve their objectives, a right that individuals living in civil society have given up to the state. Who wins in international relations does not depend on who is right according to some moral or legal ruling but purely on the balance of power.
Realists see a limited role for 'reason', law, morality and supra-national institutions in world politics. As there is no 'world government' to enforce international law, to promote a universal moral code, or even to enforce the decisions of organisations such as the United Nations, states will agree with the law, moral code or decree when it suits them and disregard it when it threatens their interests. Realists see supra-national organisations not as truly independent actors but as agents set up by states to further their national interest.
If you have read this far, you may well be thinking that the field of Strategic Studies is obsessed with conflict and force, insufficiently concerned with ethical issues, part of the problem, not the solution, and state-centric. These are the main points of criticism of Strategic Studies.
They respond by saying that yes they are interested in conflict and violence, in fact that is what they study, in the same way that computer programmers are interested in computers. They recognise that their field of study is only a sub-field of International Relations.
On the second point, they claim that they cannot let ethics interfere with their morally neutral scholarly detachment.
The third point, that strategists are part of the problem, not the solution, can be translated as: viewing military power as a legitimate instrument of policy helps to perpetuate a particular mind-set among national leaders and the public which encourages the use of force. Strategists respond that they reflect, rather than create, the reality of international relations. That most policymakers and elected officials tend to share their assumptions is because of the threats and challenges presented to them, not because of the strategists mind-set. They believe that conflict cannot be permanently avoided, but that effective strategy can mitigate it.
On that final criticism, that they are state centric, they say that they do concern themselves with intra-state conflict (Kosovo, Bosnia, Chechnya), but as the state is the main actor in world politics, that continues to be their main focus.
In England in 1388 Richard III made a law stating that all men (or only ages 10-18, versions differ) must own bows and practice archery on Sunday's and holidays. This law was finally repealed in 1960.
An 1888 law encouraging emigration to the colonies of unemployed adults and pauper children from the overcrowded cities of England and Wales was repealed in 2004.
The Internet abounds with weird outdated laws like these. A law is valid until it is repealed. As law makers (an elected assembly) make more laws than they repeal, we get more and more laws. Only a small section of them end up being relevant to the world we live in. There is a simple solution: Laws should expire.
I propose that every law passed should include its expiry date. 1 year for emergency legislation, 5 – 10 years for most laws, with probably a cap of 20 years. Laws forming part of a country's constitution – i.e. the major 'basis of society' laws such as not permitting murder – could have 50 – 100 year renewable periods.
As the laws come up for review they can be modified and updated, for example to take into account new technology and new social patterns. In the case of emergency legislation the country will of had more time to consider the issue.
Regularly updating and revising laws would make them more directly relevant to our daily lives, easier to understand by non-legal professionals, and easier to apply and enforce. There would be less need for interpretation by a judge or jury, which would mean much smaller differences in how different people are treated for the same offense.
The maximum life-span of a law could be tied to how long it has already been in force, how long it was debated for, and how many members of the assembly participated in making it. This would prevent governments rushing laws through 'in the middle of the night' (The U.S.A. Patriot Act being a very good example of this). If the law was only presented (or amended) a few hours before the vote, and only a few people voted, then you are not representing the people. You should not be able to make a long-term law. If the law has already been in force for some years, or most of the assembly voted on it, then that is a more representative law and should live longer.
People grow vegetables or fruit in their gardens, and may keep chickens or other animals. Indoors they may have a fish tank, but it is purely ornamental. How about an indoor Shrimp Garden ? An average sized fish tank should fit a good amount of shrimp. They are aggressive towards other fish, so you would keep them on their own. There must be a business in selling a tank with shrimp seeds and feed, exactly the way people sell tomato seeds and fertilizer – and you don't need a garden to buy the tank !
Shrimp is a term used to describe about 2000 species of small aquatic animals related to crabs, lobsters, and crayfish. The site here might help pick a variety for growing indoors. Aquarium hobbyists keep shrimp to eat algae and detritus, but those species are not the eating kind.
They are already farmed commercially (see here) so it is possible and commercially viable – although they grow them in the sea / rivers rather than in tanks. They are even farmed organically. The genus they use is Macro-brachium. I saw a mention that they take about five months to grow up to eating size. The only question remains as to whether they can grow in a small aquarium.
Has anyone heard of this being done before ? Is there a good reason why this wouldn't work ? What about crayfish ?


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The debut album from BT3 (led by guitarist Ben Tyree) has just been released! The album – featuring a boatload of guest stars including DJ Logic, John Medeski, and V. Jeffrey Smith – was tracked at GodelString by Joel and Dan and mixed here by Joel as well. Check out www.bentyree.net for more info.
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Red eyes are probably the first and most obvious evidence that someone is high. But have you ever wondered why does that happen?
Some attribute red eyes to the smoke. But that's not the real reason why eyes get so red when someone consumes cannabis.
WHY DO WE GET RED EYES?
Cannabis causes a decrease of blood pressure. When someone consumes cannabis in any form or presentation, whether is an edible, vaporised or smoked, blood vessels expand due to a decreased blood pressure.
The thing about eye's blood vessels is that they are very visible and on a white background, so we tend to notice those more than any other.
This is the reason why cannabis is often used as a very effective treatment for glaucoma. When the blood vessels expand, blood flow improve helping relief the pressure.
The best way to lower the redness of your eyes after consuming cannabis, is to put some eye drops. The chemicals cause your blood vessels to constrict, thus reducing the redness.


This special bundle collects six titles by military history specialist Gavin K. Watt. This series has a unique focus: The American War of Independence viewed from the perspective of British operations in the north. The Burning of the Valleys concerns a decisive campaign against the northern frontier of New York in the fifth year of the war. A Dirty, Trifling Piece of Business is about operations in the sixth year, including in the south. In Poisoned by Lies and Hypocrisy, Watt explores the first two campaigns of the American Revolution through their impact on Canada and describes how a motley group of militia, American loyalists, and British regulars managed to defend Quebec and repel the invaders. Rebellion in the Mohawk Valley concerns the campaign that led to the destruction of British-held Fort Ticonderoga. Fire and Desolation details how misrule and fraying alliances led to a ferocious campaign in 1777 that changed the course of the American Revolution. These titles are essential reading for military history, early Canadian history, and War of Independence history buffs.


Who wants to marry an Indian entrepreneur?
Around two years ago, when Rahul Kumar (name changed) decided to quit his job at a multinational company to set up a venture of his own, his fiancé called off their engagement. "She said she did not see any sense in my decision to quit a safe career for something so risky," said Kumar, who now runs a Bengaluru-based startup backed by a US-based VC fund.
Last year, Kumar began dating someone supportive of his entrepreneurial dream. But, getting married was not easy even then. "My wife spent many months convincing her parents before they reluctantly agreed," the 31-year-old said.
The trouble isn't only with prospective in-laws.
Bengaluru-based serial entrepreneur Niti Shree's mother does not even mention her daughter's profession during match-making conversations. "She keeps telling people that I work for Amazon or Cognizant, companies that I worked for some five-six years ago. I think it's hard for her to even explain what I do," said 27-year-old Shree.
Indian startups may have made it to front-page headlines, but not much has changed for entrepreneurs in the country's marriage market.
There is an unsaid hierarchy in the system because most Indian middle-class parents are paranoid about financial stability. The ranking is typically topped by officers of the Indian Administrative Service or Indian Police Service because of their reasonably good salaries, influence, and secure government jobs. Other professionals such as doctors, engineers, and corporate employees also figure high on the list.
With their unproven businesses, undefined working hours, and unstable income, entrepreneurs hardly make the cut.
At least seven entrepreneurs aged between 25 and 35 years told Quartz that their chances of finding a partner are way lower than an employee at IT majors Infosys or Tata Consultancy Services.
Thirukumaran Nagarajan, 31, learnt first-hand how unworthy entrepreneurs or those working with startups are considered when it comes to arranged marriage. Even his MBA from a top-rung business school—usually a sought-after qualification for grooms—did not win him brownie points.
"My parents met families who would refuse them even after horoscopes matched and everything looked fine because I was working for a startup at the time and I had plans to start my own venture soon," said the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, alumnus who is now co-founder and CEO of grocery delivery app Ninjacart.
For 31-year-old Avinash Saurabh, just the name of his Bengaluru-based healthcare startup was a hurdle. It's called Zoojoo.
Besides, back then, he survived on Rs20,000 a month, half of which was an allowance from his father. "My girlfriend's parents must have felt I was going to live off their daughter's money," Saurabh said.
Many Indian parents of a slightly older generation, who spent their careers in the once-dominant public sector, and later in large private enterprises, can't fathom some of the new areas of entrepreneurship. To be fair, some of the fields the new economy has thrown up were simply unthinkable till a few years ago.
There is a silver lining, though. Media publicity and significant fund-raising ease some of the fears prospective in-laws have.
At least three entrepreneurs said they are considered more attractive in the marriage market ever since their startups raised "multi-million dollars" in funds.


In 2017, in conjunction with the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Students, Learning and Teaching) the Australian Catholic University Postgraduate Association (ACUPGA) established the ACUPGA Grant. The ACUPGA Grant has been designed to assist students with the associated costs of attending conferences, humanitarian activities, undertaking practicums or other further student travel and/or training that supports the studies of ACU students.
Ten grants are available, valued at $750, and paid in one lump sum.
Required study load: current study load in a postgraduate coursework or research program, at the time of submitting this application.
Presenting at a conference, undertaking a humanitarian activity, completing a regional or rural placement, or other student training. The activity must be undertaken within 6 months before or after the application closing date.
Recipients are requested to submit a letter of approximately 250 words outlining how the Grant has assisted them. The letter should be submitted to the ACUPGA President no later than 1 month after the travel or training has been undertaken.


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Britney's 'Glory' is all about getting what you want from men
By Tricia Gilbride 2016-08-26 23:12:39 UTC
You've probably seen the "If Britney made it through 2007, I can make it through today," meme. White text overlays the the now infamous photos of a freshly bald Britney Spears attacking a car. Now it's so pervasive you can purchase a variety of mugs with the message on Etsy. A decade later, Spears' late aughts mental breakdown is quaint.
Spears has spent most of her career since promising to deliver a comeback album, and Glory is certainly a delight.
SEE ALSO: Britney Spears: Do's and Don'ts for her VMA performance
This is an album from a woman who has been through a lot of bullshit, but Britney's not complaining. She's stronger (and wiser) than yesterday, and now it's nothing but her way.
Glory is a joyful celebration of the female gaze — men exist to please and admire her, as they should. When Britney demands, "raise my roof," it is an honor. "Do You Wanna Come Over?" is essentially three and a half minute long "u up?" text that celebrates sex as a mutually beneficial transaction. Let's be real, horny Britney has always been phenomenal.
Men are fairly disposable on Glory. If they don't give Britney what she wants, she's happy to move on, because she's not afraid of demanding what she wants.
Like the sun-drenched cover, Britney's pretty chill across the 17 tracks, which maybe should have been whittled down. The airy album opener, "Invitation," sets the tone.
On 2013's Britney Jean, her most recent and least successful album, Spears and the writers and producers on board, including will.i.am and Sia, seemed insecure. The result was a weird mix of songs that either tried to overcompensate for whatever they felt Britney lacks — whether that be vocal talents (fair) or hipness with the young people (Who, by the way, worship Britney. Haven't you heard the '90s are back?)
Being a divorcée on the prowl suits her.
This is Britney Spears, people. Why focus on what she isn't instead of taking advantage of what she is? She became an international superstar as the girl next-door with a wild streak, and after some time in between, she's all grown up. Being a divorcée on the prowl suits her. Ballads are over, slow jams are in.
Glory makes good use of the freaky flourishes that made "Toxic" one of her best songs, defining the direction of everything's she's done since.
One of the best songs, "Clumsy," is also the most self-aware. "Oops!" exclaims Britney, reminding the listener that she has, indeed, done it again.
She knows her worth, and if you don't, it's not her problem.
Songs like "What You Need" have a rockabilly flair that fit in naturally with her Southern charm. "That was fun!" declares Britney when it's all said and done, accurately assessing the situation. In 2016, Britney who seems to have finally outgrown the need for a conservatorship, is less about relying on anyone in particular, especially a man, to get her kicks. She knows her worth, and if you don't, it's not her problem.
Glory ends with "Coupure Électrique," which Spears sings entirely in French, because why not? Las Vegas has its own Eiffel Tower.
The song title translates to blackout, which is the name of Britney's underrated 2007 album — she knows what she's doing more than people are willing to give her credit for.
Topics: album review, Britney Spears, Celebrities, Conversations, Entertainment, Music, pop star, Culture


If you haven't had a chance yet, and you're the type who likes to mix your religion in with your work (oh yeah, and you're Christian ;), this Unique Ubuntu Distribution may be for you!
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Feb. 21 Sports Briefs
NHL: Wild trade center Charlie Coyle to Boston Bruins
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins acquired center Charlie Coyle from the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday night for center Ryan Donato and a conditional fifth-round pick that would become a fourth-round choice if the Bruins win a playoff round. Coyle represents a significant forward upgrade for Boston, which has won six in a row to move into second place in the Atlantic Division. The 26-year-old Coyle had 10 goals and 18 assists this season, but no points in his past seven games. Minnesota hasn't scored in 156 minutes, approaching a franchise record, and has lost nine of 10. The 22-year-old Donato has been unable to stick in the NHL lineup with the Bruins after joining them late last season.
Duke frosh Zion Williamson injured by Nike blow out
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Freshman sensation Zion Williamson was knocked out of the North Carolina-Duke rivalry game with a knee sprain after his Nike shoe blew out during the top-ranked Blue Devils' opening possession Wednesday night. While describing the sprain as mild and the knee as stable, coach Mike Krzyzewski said he doesn't know how much time Williamson will miss. Williamson grabbed his right knee in pain after slipping awkwardly and falling when his left shoe fell apart as he planted hard while dribbling near the free throw line. The blue rubber sole ripped loose from the white shoe from the heel to the toes along the outside edge, with Williamson's foot coming all the way through the large gap. Nike said in a statement that it was "concerned" and wished Williamson a speedy recovery. It said it was "working to identify the issue." No. 8 North Carolina took advantage of Williamson's absence to beat the Blue Devils 88-72.
Steve Stricker to captain American Ryder Cup team
(AP) — Steve Stricker is going to his seventh straight Ryder Cup, this time in his home state of Wisconsin as the American captain. Stricker officially was appointed Ryder Cup captain Wednesday morning in Milwaukee, an hour south of where the Americans will try to win back the Ryder Cup in 2020 at Whistling Straits. Europe already has appointed Padraig Harrington as its captain. Stricker, who turns 52 on Saturday, is the first U.S. captain to have never won a major, part of the old formula for picking captains. He won 12 times on the PGA Tour and didn't play in his first Ryder Cup until he was 41, in 2008 at Valhalla, a rare U.S. win.


The Jackson Makerspace announced a building has been secured to establish its operations. The address is 543 E Washington Ave., Jackson, MI 49203. The building still needs to be cleaned and prepared, but to get a first look, stop by Friday, Aug. 1, from 1 to 7 p.m.


See Decanter experts' rating, tasting notes and drinking window for Daniel Rion.
The Rion properties have been through turbulent times since Patrice Rion left the home base in Nuits-St-Georges in 2000 to establish his own domaine with wife Michèle. Today, his three siblings run the Daniel Rion estate, and after a dull patch there has been a distinct improvement in the quality of recent vintages. The Beaux Monts, which showed well earlier this year, has gathered more texture and intensity with bottle age – the tannins are particularly fine. Currently it shows even better than the 2009.


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Kansas City Royals' Nicky Lopez, right, is congratulated by Vinnie Pasquantino (9) after scoring from third on Andrew Benintendi's single during the third inning of the team's baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays in Kansas City, Mo., Friday, July 22, 2022.
Royals' trade of Benintendi could be just the start
By Dave SkrettaThe Associated Press
Thu., July 28, 2022timer3 min. read
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Royals could have waited until closer to the trade deadline to deal All-Star outfielder Andrew Benintendi, perhaps getting a slightly better offer in the process, but consummating their move with the Yankees for three pitching prospects late Wednesday provided one largely unintended benefit.
They'll have more time to work on trading everyone else.
The trade of Benintendi, who is eligible for free agency after this season, is likely the first of many for Kansas City ahead of Tuesday's deadline. They are mired in another losing season, their biggest goal staving off 100 losses once again, yet have an abundance of players capable of putting a contending team over the top down the stretch.
That includes Whit Merrifield, a two-time All-Star who can play just about any position; right-hander Brad Keller, a consistent starter who could provide an upgrade to the back of a rotation; and relievers Josh Staumont and Scott Barlow, both of whom have electric stuff and proven ability to close games.
"We've been pretty open with clubs," Royals general manager J.J. Picollo said Thursday, "and really, right now, I think we're in a position where we don't have to be the aggressor. The players we have remaining have years on their contract. We don't have to be the aggressor. But over the next 24-to-48 hours, we'll have a more clear picture of who seriously wants to acquire some of the players we have on this team, and I think it'll get interesting. I don't know where it will go."
The Royals have been active in the trade market ever since it became clear that they weren't going to contend.
Last month, they dealt struggling designated hitter Carlos Santana to the surprising Mariners for developing pitchers Wyatt Mills and William Flemming. And earlier this month, they sent the No. 35 pick in the amateur draft to the Braves for infielder CJ Alexander, right-hander Andrew Hoffman and outfielder Drew Waters.
Throw in the deal for Benintendi and the Royals have landed six minor league pitchers in about a month.
"I don't think you can go wrong with pitching," Picollo explained. "I think getting deeper on the pitching end is important. And we have a nucleus of position players establishing themselves as major leaguers and we can build around that."
Indeed, the Royals are in the midst of bringing a whole new core to the majors. Bobby Witt Jr. has solidified his place at shortstop with star potential; MJ Melendez is the heir to aging fan favorite Salvador Perez behind the plate; and Nick Pratto and Vinnie Pasquantino have stuck after also making their big league debuts this season.
So it makes sense to trade the 33-year-old Merrifield, who doesn't fit the profile of a young team trying to turn the corner, and Barlow and Staumont, talented relievers who might be gone anyway by the time the Royals are ready to contend.
Especially if the return is players capable of helping whenever that time arrives.
In the deal for Benintendi, the Royals got 23-year-old Chandler Champlain, who has an impressive strikeout-to-walk ratio at Low-A Tampa; 24-year-old T.J. Sikkema, who has dominated hitters at High-A Hudson Valley after missing last season with a lat injury; and 22-year-old Beck Way, who also is at Hudson Valley and is 5-5 with a 3.73 ERA this season.
"We generally have some projections when we think they'll be ready, but we were focused on the best package we'd get back," Picollo said. "We're all seeing guys moving through systems pretty quickly now, but there has to be performance and then there has to be opportunity for guys to pitch or play in the major leagues."
That's another benefit of dealing veterans such as Benintendi and Merrifield: It gives youngsters more chances to play.
Maikel Garcia, who struck out in his big league debut in Toronto earlier this month, will apparently be the first. The 22-year-old infielder was recalled from Double-A Northwest Arkansas on Thursday to fill Benintendi's spot on the roster.
Waters and fellow outfielder Brewer Hicklen could be next as they continue to progress at Triple-A Omaha.
"I think we're all very encouraged by the last month. We're not 10 games over .500 but we're basically right at .500," Picollo said. "When we evaluate this team going into '23, a lot of questions of certain players need to be answered, and that's what the last 70 games left will represent."
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