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Distortions in the fight against anti-Semitism
Study: Israeli public favors military action against Iran, even at risk of war
Yoav LimorIsrael Hayom
David M. Weinberg
Partisanship, "progressive" politics, legal pretexts, anti-Israel sentiment and community divisions hamper the effort to combat surging Jew-hatred. The "fight" is also a distraction from even more urgent battles: keeping Jews Jewish and Israel safe.
(December 16, 2019 / JNS) Every Jew is aware that anti-Semitism is again on the rise around the world. Today's wave of anti-Semitic expression and violence is particularly alarming because of a series of disturbing trends:
Turning a blind eye: Jew-hatred is surging in the streets, even in North America, yet this has not commanded mainstream media attention or inspired popular outrage. Worse still, Western thought leaders tend to ignore or downplay the current arc of anti-Semitism, as Bari Weiss laid out in The New York Times last week. "If hatred of Jews can be justified as a misunderstanding or ignored as a mistake or played down as a slip of the tongue or waved away as 'just anti-Zionism,' you can all but guarantee it will be," he wrote.
False equation: Even when condemning anti-Semitism, politicians and intellectuals feel the compunction to condemn "Islamophobia" and "all forms of racism" at the same time and in the same sentence. This politically correct refusal to acknowledge the uniqueness of anti-Semitism (and the overwhelming preponderance of anti-Semitism) precisely demonstrates that Jew-hatred. As Melanie Phillip has written, "People can't stand the uniqueness of anti-Semitism because they can't stand the uniqueness of the Jewish people."
Worse still, many progressive Jews make the false equation of anti-Semitism with anti-Muslim abuse in a misguided attempt to prove that they aren't claiming any special status as victims.
Mainstreaming: Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and some of her Democratic Party colleagues are using their notoriety to bring anti-Semitic policies and rhetoric into the mainstream, and many news outlets are far too obsessed with the novelty of their identity or enamored by their "progressive" politics to care. Even when Tlaib and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) regurgitated the "dual loyalty" charge against pro-Israel senators—a classic anti-Semitic trope—the national Democratic leadership found it hard to condemn them outright or explicitly, without wrapping rejection of the slur in the bland blanket of rejecting "all racist" language.
Partisanship: The political left only knows how to call out right-wing anti-Semitism, indeed finding anti-Semitism on the moderate right even when it's not there. As a result, liberal groups are wrongly fixated on U.S. President Donald Trump's stereotyping of Jews as crafty businessmen while glossing over the rot ripening in their own ranks. The political right does the same thing in the opposite direction, while insufficiently combating anti-Semitism of the brownshirt type.
Hiding behind free speech: The American Civil Liberties Union opposed the largely bipartisan "Anti-Semitism Awareness Act" (S.852) because it "risked chilling the free speech of students on college campuses," as if the Jew-haters were under siege and not Jewish students or pro-Israel faculty. Now, these same free speech fundamentalists are opposing Trump's recognition of Jewish university students as a class protected from discrimination under Title VI civil rights law.
But Trump's laudable initiative does not prevent respectable criticism of Jews or Israel on university campuses. God knows there is more than enough of that going around for "free speech" to be upheld! It merely protects Jews from the worst abuses of hatred, and American academia from sliding into cesspools of anti-Semitism.
Resistance to IHRA: Another guise for intellectual anti-Semitism is the "in principle" opposition in some quarters to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism. The IHRA definition explicitly recognizes that anti-Zionism—the delegitimization of the Jewish state—is a clear and unequivocal expression of anti-Semitism. This is because Judaism is a creed that indivisibly combines religion, nationhood and a homeland.
Anti-Zionism employs the same tactics of demonization, discrimination and double standards against Israel that anti-Semites historically (and still today) use against Jews, and with the same aim: to strip Jews and/or Israel of any rights or power.
Distraction: The "urgent need to combat anti-Semitism" is distracting Jewish leaders and organizations from two even more urgent battles: keeping Jews Jewish and keeping Israel safe. Big Jewish community budgets are being shifted away from core Jewish education and pro-Israel advocacy to the "struggle against hate" and investments in local security.
This is a triple mistake. First, because there is no track record that suggests that in any Diaspora at any times in history Jewish activism has been the key ingredient in rolling back anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitism is ultimately a disease of non-Jews and can be eliminated only by non-Jews. Second, because at current rates of assimilation and intermarriage there won't be many Jews left in the Diaspora to protect from anti-Semitism in just a generation or two. And third, because the defense of the modern State of Israel is the central historic challenge of the Jewish people for the 21st century, not fighting the sundry anti-Semites who have always been around to besmirch Jews and sully their own nations.
Splintering: If extra effort is nevertheless going to be invested in fighting anti-Semitism, there should at least be some marshaling of resources. However, new Jewish organizations and uncoordinated programs to combat anti-Semitism are sprouting like mushrooms after the rain. Donors like Ronald Lauder and Robert Kraft have announced their own organizations against anti-Semitism, and the Jewish Agency is getting into the anti-anti-Semitism business too, alongside dozens of other existing and newfangled agencies. How about some sharing and synchronization?
Take an example from Canada, where the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) has just launched Maspik! ("Enough!"), a broad alliance of Jewish and non-Jewish groups who will share ideas and initiatives in combating anti-Semitism and will have access to a dedicated community philanthropic fund for programs they develop. Such strategic leadership must gain traction internationally.
Campus Anti-Semitism


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Q: Bulid apk failed on flutter Linux zorin use visual studio code erik@erik-X455YA:~/PROJECT_FLUTTER/flutter_erikxz$ flutter build apk --release

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* Where:
Script '/home/erik/snap/flutter/common/flutter/packages/flutter_tools/gradle/flutter.gradle' line: 1156

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:compileFlutterBuildRelease'.
> Process 'command '/home/erik/snap/flutter/common/flutter/bin/flutter'' finished with non-zero exit value 1

* Try:
> Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace.
> Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.
> Run with --scan to get full insights.

* Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

BUILD FAILED in 1m 48s
Running Gradle task 'assembleRelease'...                          112.1s
Gradle task assembleRelease failed with exit code 1

How to fix build apk failed on visual studio code

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Q: Unable to communicate with Motorola SNAPI Scan Engine in vb.net I have a task to establish a communication with a Motorola SNAPI Scan Engine device as a vb.net project. I have been referring the sample source code in C# from Motorola as well as the Snapi Documentation. The device responds correctly for a SNAPI_Init call, but subsequently, it fails to process a following SNAPI_Connect call. Please assist. Thanks.
http://www.motorolasolutions.com/web/Business/Products/Bar%20Code%20Scanning/Bar%20Code%20Scanners/Fixed%20Mount%20Scanners/MiniScan%204400/_Documents/Static%20Files/SnapiProgrammersGuide_7137001.pdf
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`**My vb.net code:**
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Text
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Threading
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Imports System.Collections.ObjectModel
Imports System.Collections.Specialized
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System
Imports Scan_2d_7mar.SnapiDLL

Public Class Form1
    'Declaration
    Dim status As Integer
    Dim xstatus As Integer
    Dim num_device As Integer
    Dim m_hWnd As Integer = Me.Handle.ToInt32
    Dim devicehandle(8) As Integer
    Dim sernum() As String
    'obtain and populate the s/n for this scanner
    Public sb As New System.Text.StringBuilder(100)

    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        status = SnapiDLL.SNAPI_Init(m_hWnd, devicehandle, num_device)
        TextBox1.Text = devicehandle(0)
        TextBox2.Text = num_device
        TextBox3.Text = m_hWnd
        If ((status = 0) And num_device) Then 'Assuming one scanner found during call to SNAPI_Init
            Dim y() As Byte
            xstatus = SNAPI_GetSerialNumber(devicehandle(0), y)

            xstatus = SnapiDLL.SNAPI_Connect(devicehandle(0))
            TextBox2.Text = sb.ToString(4, sb.Length - 4)
            TextBox1.Text = xstatus
        Else
            TextBox1.Text = 9
        End If
    End Sub

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    End Sub
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I'm giving my laundry room a new year makeover. It's only halfway there, but I love it already. Lots of white and IKEA organization. I just ordered these vintage crate labels to frame above the dryer. (Tried to find some from an Arizona citrus company, but no luck.) I'll post "after" photos when the deed is done. In the meantime, I hope you're all feeling juciful and splendid. This spring-like weather sure has me feeling that way!


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package me.alb_i986.selenium.tinafw.config;

/**
 * Abstract class capable of reading properties from a certain source.
 * <p>
 * Each concrete implementor should be focused on a specific source.
 * Sources may be for example files, or environment variables, DBs, and so on.
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public abstract class PropertyLoader {

	/**
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	public abstract String getProperty(String key);

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	public boolean isPropertyDefined(String key) {
		return getProperty(key) != null;
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	public boolean isPropertyEmpty(String key) {
		if(!isPropertyDefined(key))
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	}

}

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Our Cornfield Meadow
Summer '15 Although there was a little improvement this summer, it remains a great disappointment to the Friends group.
The tractor at work.
Panoramic view of the harrowed field.
18th March 15 Today the field was harrowed in preparation for the re-seeding to take place.
2nd March '15 We have been informed that funds have been found to reseed the cornfield meadow. We are not yet certain when this will take place but hopefully things will happen fairly soon.
August '14 To say that The Friends of Pickerings Pasture are disappointed with the wildflower meadow is an understatement. We are really quite dismayed by the result. We had such high expectations that it would be restored to its former glory. The first four photographs are taken from the back of the Visitors Centre. There is a week's difference in the date they were taken: will ours look like that next week?
If you look further into the meadows (Photos 5 and 6) the cornfield species are there but as we predicted back in May the perennial weeds had not been sufficiently dealt with and they spoil the whole effect, in our opinion. We are given to understand that many of you have rung the council to say how wonderful you think it is but so far we have not received any such compliments!
We would really like your comments both positive or negative, please.
9th May '14: I hope we are wrong but the cornfield meadow does not look as good as we had hoped. There is, in our opinion, far too much thistle and marestail, both persistent weeds rather than cornfield species. A few thistles around the edge would have been acceptable: they are a great food source for butterflies in summer and finches in autumn but the large amount in the centre isn't really acceptable as a cornfield species.
7th Nov '13: The field is sprayed to reduce the perennial weeds.
15th March '14: The meadow is ploughed. Weather permitting it will be seeded shortly.
20th March '14: The field is now harrowed.
4th April '14: The first shoots begin to show through.
14th April '14: Greening up nicely.
C.A. Cockbain
GREAT NEWS FOR PICKERINGS PASTURE.
The FoPP put in a request for funding to reseed the Cornfield Meadow. Open Space Services provided us with a quote for the work and the Area Forum has agreed to fund the project.
The wildflower seed has been ordered and a farmer has been contracted to carry out the work in September. Next summer we can all look forward to a very colourful display again.
We have now reached September 2013 and the contractor has cut the Cornfield Meadow and bailed it. First steps towards creating a colourful, picture postcard display in Summer 2014. The meadow will be sprayed, to clear the area, ready for tilling and seeding. Depending on weather conditions, it will be seeded in October or early spring. There is still some tall vegetation in corners, where the contractors vehicle couldn't reach, but FoPP members will remove it soon. Watch out for developments. L. Broad

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Skooob is stylish, current, and functional! Worn by artists and athletes all around the world, Skooob is poised to become an essential accessory.
Skooob was imagined, invented, and created by Anthony Lavenant.
Having a passion for creativity, art, and challenges, Anthony left the boxing ring for film and fashion.
He created and worked on film sets including "Big Fish" by Tim Burton and "Les Parisiens" by C. Lelouche.
In fashion he worked with Vogue, Annie Leibovitz, JP Gauthier, JB Mondino, and Mario Testino.
Being an entrepreneur and innovator, Anthony continued to pursue more avenues to express his creativity and imagination. Anthony eventually created the Skooob and revolutionized the way people look at their headphones.


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SIR JAMES CHADWICK (1891-1974)
1932 – Manchester, England
'Discovery of neutrons – elementary particles devoid of any electric charge'
In contrast with the Helium nuclei (alpha rays) which are charged, and therefore repelled by the electrical forces present in the nuclei of heavy atoms, the neutron is capable of penetrating and splitting the nuclei of even the heaviest elements, creating the possibility of the fission of 235uranium
Assistant to ERNEST RUTHERFORD, Chadwick's earlier work involved the showering of elements with alpha particles. The picture that gradually emerged was one of a nucleus that contained a very heavy particle with a positive electric charge. This particle was christened the proton, the hydrogen building block envisaged by WILLIAM PROUT.
A spin-off of this was the deduction that the nucleus of the hydrogen atom, the positively charged proton with an atomic weight of one, was present in larger quantities in the nucleus of every other atom.
Rutherford and Geiger had shown that a helium atom and an alpha particle were the same thing, apart from the positive electric charge carried by the alpha particle.
A helium atom seemed to consist of a nucleus of a pair of protons circled by two electrons. However, a helium nucleus seemed to weigh as much as four protons. The mass of the known components of an atom did not add-up. Protons seemed to account for around half of the weight and were matched in number by an equal amount of negatively charged electrons to counter their positive charge. But the weight of an electron was one-thousandth that of a proton, so approximately half of the atomic weight of the element was unaccounted for.
Chadwick solved the conundrum in 1932 when he re-interpreted the results of an experiment carried out by IRENE and FREDERIC JULIOT-CURIE (Irene was the daughter of PIERRE and MARIE CURIE).
The couple had found in 1932 that when beryllium was showered with alpha particles, the resultant radiation could force protons out of substances containing hydrogen. Chadwick suggested that neutrally charged sub-atomic units, which he named neutrons, with the same weight as protons, could force this reaction and therefore were what made up the radiation that the Curies called gamma rays. Rutherford had hinted at the existence of such a particle in 1920.
The explanation was widely accepted and the riddle of `atomic weight' had been solved: a similar number of neutrons to protons in the nucleus of an element would make up the remaining fifty per cent of the previously 'missing' mass.
FREDERICK SODDY (more)
The discovery of the neutron made sense of the observation that many elements come in a variety of forms, each with differing radioactive properties such as decay rate. Each form consisted of atoms with a different mass. Frederick Soddy christened these variants 'isotopes' in 1911. The idea that each element might be a mixture of atoms of different atomic weights explained why the atomic weights of a handful of elements were not simple multiples of the atomic weight of hydrogen, the most notorious example being chlorine whose atomic weight was 35.5 times that of hydrogen. Most of the variant forms of each element turned out to be radioactively unstable. An element such as chlorine, with more than one stable isotope, is rare.
The various isotopes of an element were merely atoms with the same number of protons in their nucleus but with a different number of neutrons.
Thus every atom was composed of electrons, protons and neutrons. The protons and neutrons clung together in a central clump – the atomic nucleus – while the electrons circled in a distant haze. The neutrons were responsible for increasing the weight of the elements without adding any electrical charge. Two protons and two neutrons made a helium nucleus; eight protons and eight neutrons an oxygen nucleus; 26 protons and 30 neutrons an iron nucleus; 79 protons and 118 neutrons a gold; and 92 protons and 146 neutrons a nucleus of uranium. When a radioactive nucleus expelled an alpha particle, it lost two neutrons and two protons and consequently became a nucleus of an element two places lower in the periodic table. When a radioactive nucleus emitted a beta particle, however, a neutron changed into a proton, transforming the nucleus into that of an element one place higher in the periodic table.
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Kevin Oghenetega Tamaraebi Bakumo-Abraham vagy Tammy Abraham (Camberwell, London, 1997. október 2. –) angol válogatott labdarúgó, az AS Roma támadója.

A londoni klub saját nevelésű játékosa 18 évesen mutatkozott be a felnőtt csapatban. 2016 nyarán a Bristol Cityhez került kölcsönbe, ahol elsőként a klub történetében ő lett az év játékosa, az év fiatal játékosa és a házi gólkirály egy szezonon belül. 2017 nyarán a Chelsea a Swansea csapatának adta kölcsön egy idényre, ahol a Premier League-ben szerepelhetett. A 2018–2019-es szezont az Aston Villánál töltötte kölcsönben, és 25 bajnoki góljával jelentős szerepet vállalt a klub feljutásában.

2016-ban az U19-es EB-n bronzérmet nyert Angliával. 2017 novemberében a felnőtt válogatottban is bemutatkozhatott, 2019 novemberében pedig megszerezte első gólját a nemzeti csapatban Montenegró ellen.

Pályafutása

Chelsea: 2004–2016
Abraham 2004-ben került a Chelsea akadémiájára, ekkor csatlakozott a klub U8-as keretéhez. Az évek során végigjárta a korosztályos csapatokat, szélsőként és középcsatárként is gyakran szerepeltették őt. A 2013–2014-es szezont az U16-osoknál kezdte, egy héttel később pedig már az U18-as csapatban talált be a West Ham korosztályos csapatának. A 2014–2015-ös idényben 26 mérkőzésen 32 gólt jegyzett az utánpótláscsapatban, ebből kilencet az ifjúsági FA-kupában, a sorozat kétmérkőzéses döntőjében pedig oda-vissza betalált a Manchester City ellen. 2015. februárjában bemutatkozott a klub U21-es csapatánál is, és rögtön duplázni tudott egy 5–3-as győzelem alkalmával. Az UEFA Ifjúsági Ligában négyszer köszönt be, csapatával pedig ebben a kiírásban is diadalmaskodott. A sikerek a következő szezonban sem maradtak el, a Chelsea duplázni tudott, és újra megnyerte mind a két sorozatot. A korosztályos FA-kupában hat mérkőzésen hat gólt szerzett, a nemzetközi színtéren kilenc találkozón nyolcszor talált be. 2015. októberében új szerződést írt alá a klubbal, amely 2019 nyaráig szólt, Guus Hiddink jóvoltából az idény második felében többször edzhetett a felnőtt kerettel is.

2016. május 11-én 18 évesen debütálhatott a Premier League-ben, ráadásul a Liverpool ellen az Anfield Roadon kapott lehetőséget.
Négy nappal később a bajnok Leicester City ellen pályára léphetett
a Stamford Bridge-en is. Akárcsak a Liverpool elleni, ez a mérkőzés is 1–1-es eredménnyel ért véget.

Bristol City: 2016–2017

2016. augusztus 5-én kölcsönvette őt a Bristol City, ez azért volt fontos, hogy rutint szerezhessen felnőtt bajnokikon. Abraham másnap már be is mutatkozott a Championshipben a Wigan Athletic ellen 2–1-re megnyert bajnokin.
Augusztus 9-én a Bristol City a Wycombe otthonában játszott a Ligakupában. A találkozót Abraham döntötte el a 27. percben szerzett góljával. Négy nappal később a Burton Albion FC ellen az ő duplájának köszönhetően nyertek 2–1-re, ráadásul a győztes gólt a 95. percben szerezte.
Augusztus 23-án a Scunthorpe elleni Ligakupa mérkőzésen újra betalált, csapata pedig 2–1-re nyert és továbbjutott. Következő 3 bajnokiján egyaránt gólt lőtt az Aston Villa, a Rotherham és a Sheffield Wednesday ellen, az utóbbi meccsen duplázni tudott.
A Fulham otthonában kétszer nyertek három napon belül: a Ligakupában immár harmadik gólját szerezte egy 2–1-es győzelem során, a bajnokin pedig 4–0-ra nyertek, ahol szintén feliratkozott a gólszerzők közé.

Első két hónapjában 10 gólig jutott, ezzel a szurkolóknál ő lett a hónap játékosa, illetve a ligánál ő lett a hónap fiatal játékosa.
A következő 14 mérkőzésén ugyan csak 3 gólt szerzett, de az év végén sorozatban 3 bajnoki meccsen talált be: az Ipswich és a Reading ellen 1-1, a Sheffield Wednesday ellen pedig 2 gólt szerzett. Csapata azonban mindhárom mérkőzését elbukta.
Betalált a Cardiff ellen is 2017. január 14-én, de a Bristol City hazai pályán 3–2-re kikapott a walesi csapattól. A hónap végén 16. bajnoki góljával egy 20 éves rekordot döntött meg: ezelőtt tinédzserként senki sem tudott ennyi találatig jutni a bajnokságban. Februárban egy sérülés miatt jó néhány mérkőzést ki kellett hagynia, ennek ellenére 23 góllal zárta a szezont, ezzel Chris Wood mögött a második lett a góllövőlistán. Házi gólkirálysága mellett ő lett az év játékosa és egyben az év fiatal játékosa is a Bristolnál.

Swansea City: 2017–2018

2017. július 4-én Abraham öt éves szerződést írt alá a Chelsea-vel, klubja pedig újra kölcsönadta őt, ezúttal a Swansea csapatának. Ez komoly előrelépésnek számított, hiszen így az első osztályban játszhatott hétről-hétre. Bemutatkozására rögtön az első játéknapon sor került a Southampton ellen, ráadásul egyből a kezdőcsapat tagjaként. Augusztus 22-én megszerezte az első találatát, a Ligakupában talált be a Milton Keynes ellen. Első bajnoki góljára a harmadik körig kellett várni, Abraham a Crystal Palace kapuját vette be, ami egyben a Swansea első gólja volt az új idényben. Szeptemberben még betalált a Watfordnak, októberben pedig duplázott a Huddersfield ellen.

Az év hátralévő részében azonban már nem sikerült gólt szereznie, pedig csupán a nevelőegyesülete elleni bajnokit kellett kihagynia. Ráadásul a csapatnak sem ment igazán, így december 20-án edzőváltásra került sor, Paul Clement távozott a klubtól. Helyére Carlos Carvalhal érkezett december 28-án, aki kezdőként számított Abrahamre az év utolsó találkozóján a Watford ellen. Amellett, hogy ezúttal nem talált be, sérülés miatt idő előtt el kellett hagynia a pályát. Közel egy hónapos kihagyása után a Notts County ellen tért vissza az FA-kupában, de a Swansea csupán döntetlenre volt képes a negyedosztályú hazaiakkal szemben. Ennek a mérkőzésnek a visszavágóján azonban Abraham kiváló teljesítménnyel rukkolt elő. Két gólt lőtt, adott két gólpasszt is, csapata pedig 8–1-es győzelmet aratott, ami a Swansea történetének legnagyobb sikere volt a sorozatban.

Sérülése idején a csapat a Liverpool és az Arsenal ellen is nyerni tudott, a szezon hátralévő részében pedig Carvalhal többnyire csereként számított rá. A kupában azonban folyamatosan kezdett: a Sheffield Wednesday kiejtéséből egy gólpasszal vette ki a részét, és bár végig a pályán volt a Tottenham ellen a következő körben, a Swansea 0–3-as vereséget szenvedett, és kiesett a sorozatból. A szezon hátralévő részében csupán a West Bromwich kapujába talált be áprilisban, és ez volt az egyetlen bajnoki a tavasz folyamán ahol mind a 90 percet a pályán töltötte. A bajnokság utolsó fordulójában elszenvedett 1–2-es vereséggel a Swansea kiesett az első osztályból, Abraham pedig kölcsönszerződésének lejártával visszatért a Chelsea-hez.

Aston Villa: 2018–2019

2018. augusztus 5-én Olivier Giroud távollétében csereként léphetett pályára a Manchester City ellen a  Community Shield döntőjében. Abraham 21 percet kapott Álvaro Moratát váltva, csapata azonban 0–2-re elbukta a finálét. Sok játékpercet azonban nem remélhetett a soron következő idényben, hiszen Giroud és Morata is előtte voltak a rangsorban. Augusztusban csak a második csapatban játszhatott a Derby County korosztályos csapata ellen. Ennek megfelelően számos klubbal hírbe hozták őt a nyár folyamán, ugyanakkor Maurizio Sarri szívesen marasztalta volna a fiatal támadót. Augusztus 31-én végül a másodosztályú Aston Villa szerezte meg őt kölcsönbe a következő szezonra.

Új csapatában 2018. szeptember 15-én mutatkozhatott be a Blackburn ellen, három nappal később hazai pályán pedig rögtön góllal debütált a Rotherham 2–0-s legyőzésekor. Október 3-án, a Preston elleni 3–3-as döntetlen másnapján a vezetőség felbontotta Steve Bruce szerződését. Abrahamre az új edző Dean Smith is alapemberként számított, első mérkőzésén a kezdőcsapatba jelölte őt. A támadó góllal hálálta meg a bizalmat egykori csapata, a Swansea ellen, az Aston Villa pedig ezzel a találattal be is gyűjtötte a három pontot. November 28-án 4 gólt szerzett a Nottingham Forest ellen, a találkozó 5–5-s döntetlennel zárult. Ezzel ő lett a 21. század első játékosa, aki négy gólig jutott egy mérkőzésen az Aston Villa színeiben. A novemberben négy meccsen szerzett hat góljának köszönhetően ő lett a hónap játékosa a bajnokságban. Decemberben további négy alkalommal talált az ellenfelek kapujába, így 14 góllal zárta a 2018-as esztendőt az Aston Villában.

A téli átigazolási időszakban felvetődött a csatár újbóli klubváltása. Sarri annak ellenére kizárta Abraham visszatérését, hogy Giroud sérüléssel bajlódott, és a Chelsea-nek problémái adódtak a gólszerzéssel. A Wolverhampton kitartó kérője volt januárban, ő azonban a maradás mellett döntött. A gólokkal januárban sem maradt adós: a QPR és az Ipswich kapujába kétszer-kétszer talált be, valamint gólt szerzett a Hull City ellen is. Az Aston Villa tavasszal kezdte meg felzárkózását a középmezőnyből. Márciustól kezdve zsinórban 9 mérkőzést nyertek meg a bajnokságban a Bolton elleni bajnokival bezárólag, ahol Abraham előbb betalált, majd sérülést szenvedett, így az alapszakasz hátralévő meccseit ki kellett hagynia. Mivel a csapat az 5. helyen végzett, rájátszásban vehetett részt a feljutásért, ahol a támadó már ismét bevethető állapotban volt. A West Bromwich elleni elődöntő első mérkőzésén gólt szerzett, az Aston Villa pedig bejutott a döntőbe, ahol a Derby County elleni győzelemmel biztosították feljutásukat az első osztályba. Sikeres szezonjának köszönhetően az idény álomcsapatába is beválaszották.

Chelsea: 2019–2021

2019–2020
A 2019-es nyári előszezont a Chelsea első keretével kezdte meg. Frank Lampard személyében a csapat élén olyan edző dolgozott, aki számított a fiatalabb játékosokra, Abraham mellett többek között Mason Mount és Fikayo Tomori is a felnőttcsapattal dolgozott a felkészülési időszakban. Abraham az első gólját a Barcelona ellen szerezte egy Japánban megrendezett barátságos tornán, augusztus elején pedig betalált a Borussia Parkban a Mönchengladbach kapujába is. Augusztus elején hivatalossá vált, hogy a 9-es mezben fog játszani a szezon során.

A szezon első tétmérkőzésén Lampard egyből a kezdőcsapatba jelölte őt, 66 percet töltött a pályán a Manchester United elleni 4–0-s vereséggel végződő találkozón. Három nappal később csereként állt be a Liverpool elleni UEFA-szuperkupa mérkőzésen, ahol előbb kiharcolt a hosszabbításban egy tizenegyest, amit Jorginho értékesített, majd a büntetőpárbajban kihagyta a saját tizenegyesét, így a Liverpool nyerte meg a kupát. A hiba miatt a találkozót követően számos rasszista üzenetet kapott a közösségi média felületein.

Abraham számára kiválóan kezdődött a bajnoki szezon. 2019. augusztus 24-én két gólt szerzett a Norwich ellen, ezzel 1998 óta ő lett a Chelsea történetének legfiatalabb duplázója, csapata pedig megnyerte a meccset 3–2-re, ami az új idény első győzelmét jelentette számukra. Egy hét múlva a Sheffield kapuját szintén kétszer vette be, arra pedig utoljára 2010-ben volt példa, hogy egy angol játékos zsinórban kétszer duplázzon az angol bajnokságban. A válogatott szünet után ott folytatta, ahol abbahagyta: mesterhármast ért el a Wolverhapton ellen 5–2-s győzelem során, és a Chelsea történetének legfiatalabb triplázója lett. Szeptemberben a Valencia ellen debütált a Bajnokok Ligájában, a következő fordulóban pedig megszerezte első gólját a sorozatban a Lille otthonában. Az év végéig folyamatosan a kezdőcsapat tagja volt, csupán a West Ham elleni bajnokit kellett kihagynia egy kisebb csipősérülés miatt. December elején a BL-csoportkör utolsó mérkőzésén ismét betalált a Lille ellen, pár héttel később pedig a 87. percben szerzett győztes gólt az Arsenal otthonában vívott rangadón. Január 21-én bokasérülést szenvedett az Arsenal elleni bajnokin, ami miatt néhány mérkőzésről hiányzott, majd február végén a Bayern elleni BL-találkozón ismét megsérült.

A járvány miatti több hónapos szünetet követően júniustól indultak újra a versenysorozatok. Bár Abraham ekkor már egészséges volt, és a szezon összes hátralévő mérkőzésén játszott, gyakran csak Giroud cseréjeként szerepelhetett. Július 7-én a Crystal Palace ellen a padról beszállva szerzett győztes gólt, a Bayern elleni nyolcaddöntő augusztusi visszavágóján csapata egyetlen találatát jegyezte. 47 tétmérkőzésen 18 gólt szerzett az idény folyamán, ebből tizenötöt a bajnokságban, hármat pedig a BL-ben.

2020–2021
2020 nyarán a Chelsea leigazolta Timo Wernert az RB Leipzig csapatától, a német válogatott játékos személyében így komoly riválist kapott Abraham. Ennek ellenére Lampard folyamatosan számított rá az ősz folyamán, hol kezdőként, hol csereként beállva. Szeptember 23-án, a Ligakupa harmadik körében gólt lőtt és két gólpasszt osztott ki a Barnsley ellen 6–0-ra megnyert mérkőzésen, három nappal később a 93. percben szerzett találatával mentett pontot csapatának a West Bromwich otthonában. Novemberben első BL-gólját is meglőtte az idényben a Rennes elleni csoportmérkőzésen.

AS Roma
2021. augusztus 17-én aláírt öt évre az olasz AS Roma csapatához. Az átigazolási díj mellett a szerződésben foglalták, hogy 2023 júniusában 80 millió euróért visszavásárolhatja a Chelsea csapata.

A válogatottban
Abraham az U18-as korosztályban játszott először az angol válogatottban, az olaszok ellen idegenben elszenvedett 2–0-s vereség alkalmával. Ebben a korosztályban 5 mérkőzésen 2 gólt szerzett, mindkettőt Svájc ellen. Az U19-es csapatban a Finnország és Grúzia elleni selejtezőkön fontos gólokat szerzett. Barátságos mérkőzésen Hollandia ellen a 88. percben talált be, Japán ellen pedig duplázni tudott. Tagja volt az U19-es EB-n bronzérmet szerző csapatnak. Az U21-eseknél 2016-ban debütált Kazahsztán ellen, következő mérkőzésén két góllal vette ki a részét Bosznia-Hercegovina 5–0-s legyőzéséből. 2019-ben tagja volt az angol U21-es EB-keretnek, és gólt szerzett a románok elleni csoportmérkőzésen.

Bár Abraham Angliában született, szülei nigériai származásúak, így az afrikai ország labdarúgó-szövetsége szerette volna, ha Abraham Nigériát képviseli a felnőtt korosztályban. 2017-ben találkozott is a nigériai szövetség elnökével, aki egyébként az apja jóbarátja, viszont tájékoztatta az angol szövetséget, hogy ennek ellenére továbbra is elérhető marad az angol válogatott számára. Novemberben meg is kapta a behívót Gareth Southgate-től a németek és a brazilok elleni barátságos mérkőzésekre. Előbbiek ellen mutatkozott be a válogatottban, a találkozó 0–0-s döntetlennel ért véget. Első gólját 2019 novemberében szerezte a Montenegró elleni 7–0-s győzelemmel záródó EB-selejtező alkalmával.  2020 októberében a koronavírus-járvány miatt hozott szabályozásokat megszegve 20 fős születésnapi partit rendezett, amelyen Jadon Sancho és Ben Chilwell is részt vettek. A szövetség nem büntette meg a triót, azonban biztonsági okokból a Wales elleni mérkőzést ki kellett hagyniuk. Bár Abraham tesztje – és a többek tesztje is – negatív lett, Southgate a belgák és a dánok ellen sem számított rá, novemberben viszont már ismét szerepelhetett a válogatottban az írek ellen.

Magánélete

Abraham London déli részén, Camberwellben nőtt fel, nigériai szülők gyermekeként. Egy fiú és egy lánytestvére van, öccse, Timmy szintén profi labdarúgó. Gyerekként gyakran játszottak együtt válogatottbeli csapattársával, Jadon Sanchóval. 2017 januárjában közúti balesetet okozott csapattársa Mercedesével Bristolban. Az incidens idején nem volt még érvényes jogosítványa, de két hónappal később sikeres vizsgájának köszönhetően megszerezte az engedélyt.

Sikerei, díjai

Klub

Chelsea
 Ifjúsági FA-kupa: 2014–15, 2015–2016
 UEFA Ifjúsági Liga: 2014–2015, 2015–2016
 FA-kupa döntős: 2020
Aston Villa
 Championship rájátszás: 2018–2019

Válogatott
 Anglia U21
 Touloni Ifjúsági Torna: 2018

Egyéni elismerések
 Championship a hónap játékosa a szurkolóknál: 2016. szeptember
 Championship a hónap fiatal játékosa: 2016. szeptember
 Bristol City az év játékosa: 2016–2017
 Bristol City az év fiatal játékosa: 2016–17
 Bristol City a szezon házi gólkirálya: 2016–17
 Championship a hónap játékosa: 2018. november
 Championship az év csapata: 2018–2019
 London Football Awards az év játékosa: 2019–2020
 London Football Awards az év fiatal játékosa: 2019–2020

Statisztikák

Klubokban
Utolsó frissítés: 2020. november 7.

Válogatottban
Utolsó frissítés: 2020. november 12.

Felhasznált információk
Tammy Abraham pályafutásának statisztikái a Soccerbase.com oldalon
Tammy Abraham-talentshunter.eu
Tammy Abraham profilja a thefa.com oldalon
Tammy Abraham profile Transfermarkt.com
Tammy Abraham profilja a Chelsea hivatalos oldalán

Jegyzetek

1997-ben született személyek
Angol labdarúgók
Labdarúgócsatárok
A Chelsea labdarúgói
A Bristol City labdarúgói
A Swansea City labdarúgói
Az Aston Villa labdarúgói
Az AS Roma labdarúgói
A Premier League labdarúgói
Az English Football League labdarúgói
A Serie A labdarúgói
Bajnokok Ligája-győztes labdarúgók
Európai Szuperkupa-győztes labdarúgók
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The Real Costs of Fracking
by Allison Wilson
The first researchers to systematically document ill health in livestock, pets, and people living near fracking drill sites were Michelle Bamberger and Robert Oswald. Bamberger, a veterinarian, and Oswald, a professor of molecular medicine at Cornell University, used a case study approach–looking at individual households–to search for possible effects (Bamberger and Oswald 2012).
Many fracking chemicals are known carcinogens, endocrine disruptors or other classes of toxins (Colborn et al. 2011). Bamberger and Oswald's studies, carried out during the ongoing fracking boom, uncovered serious adverse effects including respiratory, reproductive, and growth-related problems in animals and a spectrum of symptoms in humans that they termed "shale gas syndrome". Ultimately, their research led them to consider fracking's broader implications for farming and the food system (Bamberger and Oswald 2012 and 2014).
Their new book, The Real Cost of Fracking: How America's Shale Gas Boom Is Threatening Our Families, Pets, and Food describes the results of this research. However, it is by showing the pervasiveness of fracking's harmful effects on the lives of the householders that Bamberger and Oswald best convey its true costs.
THE REAL COST OF FRACKING
Why Animals?
The strategy of including animals in their research was based on the supposition that the shorter lifecycles and higher exposure of animals to contaminants makes them "early warning systems" for environmental hazards (Reif 2011, Rabinowitz et al. 2010, Van der Schalie et al. 1999). Further, since these were often food animals, exposed or sickened animals could directly become human food system hazards.
Detailed Case Studies
In their 2012 publication, Bamberger and Oswald compiled the results of 24 case studies from six gas-drilling U.S. states. They documented health incidents experienced by humans and animals living near drill sites and also identified possible exposure routes to fracking chemicals. They published this data and have discussed its implications in scientific papers (Bamberger and Oswald 2012; Bamberger and Oswald 2014a).
The Real Cost of Fracking describes clearly these findings. However, the book is organized around the firsthand experiences of the animals and people behind seven of these case studies. These experiences include the loss of calves and the imposition of a herd quarantine due to a wastewater spill, bulls and Newfoundland dogs with ongoing reproductive problems, and horses on steroids due to respiratory problems. The authors meet children with elevated arsenic levels, adults experiencing dramatic weight loss, and whole families suffering from "shale gas syndrome" (their name for the combination of burning eyes, sore throat, headaches, nosebleeds, vomiting, diarrhea, and skin rashes often experienced by the people in their case studies). Some residents cannot enter their homes without becoming seriously ill and others have lost their animal breeding or farming-based livelihoods.
During their research, Bamberger and Oswald also hear how government indifference and industry tactics compound people's health and financial problems. These tactics include secrecy about fracking chemicals, which hinders effective medical treatment (McDermott-Levy et al. 2003). Others include harassment and intimidation of residents who complain.
Obstacles to Scientific Research and "Proof of Harm"
While telling these stories, Bamberger and Oswald describe the complexities of carrying out research on active industrial sites operated by a secretive industry. Non-disclosure agreements, for example, hide potentially useful data. Whenever fracking victims are financially compensated for their losses, they often are forced to sign such agreements, preventing them from revealing fracking-related illnesses or other losses to the public.
Ideally, as proof of harm, researchers would be able to link specific chemicals to specific health symptoms. This would require chemical testing to prove that a chemical was absent before fracking started and present afterwards. Researchers would then need to establish a probable exposure route (i.e. drinking water contaminated with the chemical). And finally, independent health monitoring would confirm that signs of illness were absent before chemical exposure and present after.
In addition to non-disclosure agreements, The Real Cost of Fracking highlights several further barriers to establishing such links. First there is no provision for systematic chemical testing of air, soil, or water on drill sites and their surroundings. Nor is there systematic health monitoring of any kind. Furthermore, without full disclosure of the chemicals used at each specific drill site, researchers, veterinarians, and doctors can't know for sure which chemicals or health effects to test for.
The systematic large-scale health and environmental testing needed can only be carried out with the support of government and regulators. To serve the public interest, it must be carried out by a trustworthy source and the results made freely available. Perversely, having failed to require any such tests, government officials and regulators join with industry to claim there is no "proof of harm" from fracking.
Fracking Correlated with Ill Health
Despite these obstacles, Bamberger and Oswald's results showed local residents experienced new and serious harm to their health, wellbeing, and livelihoods after fracking began. They were able to document that "animals and humans have symptoms that correlate in time with gas and oil drilling operations." In many cases they could also identify likely exposure routes to fracking toxins. Well water is one possible route, and the authors note research by Osborn et al. (2011) that found "water wells in areas near shale gas operations have been contaminated by methane that has the isotopic signature of shale gas." These results suggest that, in addition to methane released by fracking, other more toxic chemicals could contaminate wells.
Strengthening the correlation between fracking and ill health, Bamberger and Oswald found health clinics in Pennsylvania and Colorado that reported patients living near drill sites who also experienced "shale gas syndrome." Furthermore, since the publication of their results, other researchers have reported adverse health correlated with fracking (Bamberger and Oswald 2014b; Macey et al. 2014; McDermott-Levy et al. 2013; Hill 2013; Food and Water Watch Report 2013). However, it is likely these studies do not identify all of fracking's harmful effects. In particular, the animal reproductive problems documented by Bamberger and Oswald suggest that people living and working near drill sites also need testing for reproductive and other long-term health effects.
Farmland, Food and Fracking
Bamberger and Oswald excel at conveying the harmful effects of fracking on local residents. However, synthesis of their data with that of other researchers leads them to a much wider concern. Their analysis suggests widespread fracking will have a major negative impact on farming and food quality in the U.S., and perhaps worldwide.
Fracking operations are often located on or near farms. Thus pasture, cropland, streams, ponds, and wells are all at risk of contamination by toxins used or released during fracking. It is known that leaks and spills can occur during well drilling, high pressure hydraulic fracturing, or waste transportation. Exposure routes also include leaky well casings and intentional farmland waste storage or disposal. Animals can drink contaminated water and graze contaminated pasture. Crops can be grown on contaminated soil. Furthermore, poor air quality can impact animal health. Air quality is impaired by the increased road traffic, open wastewater lagoons, chemicals released during intentional gas flaring, and ongoing presence of benzene at drill sites.
These food system threats are compounded by the pooling of products in the current industrial food system and the lack of appropriate testing and regulation of the food supply. In addition, financial pressures encourage farmers to let sick animals enter the food system. Because it impacts crops and livestock through land, air, and water, Bamberger and Oswald emphasize fracking has implications for both industrial agriculture and small-scale farming.
A Powerful Warning
Michelle Bamberger and Robert Oswald join other important scientist-authors who felt compelled to speak directly to the public. Their book, like Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, Sandra Steingraber's Living Downstream: An Ecologist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment, and T. Colin Campbell's The China Study, warns about an entirely preventable health and environmental crisis that is being ignored, or concealed, by those in power. Such books have a special value, due in part to the quality of their writing and in part to the authority and integrity of the authors and the depth of their knowledge.
As new research documents the fracking boom's contribution to global climate change, it has become clear fracking's climate impact is much greater than originally claimed (Howarth 2014; Schneising et al. 2014). Now, with The Real Cost of Fracking, Bamberger and Oswald give voice to those whose lives and health suffer already under that boom – and offer a forewarning to the rest of us.
Allison Wilson is Science Director at The Bioscience Resource Project.
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Investing in a Troubled Business.
There are two distinct EB-‐5 pathways for an immigrant investor to gain lawful permanent residence for themselves and their immediate family, the Basic Program and The Immigrant Investor Pilot Program ("Pilot Program").
Both programs, Basic Program and Pilot Program, require that the immigrant make a capital investment in a commercial enterprise located within the United States. The capital investment has to be of either $500,000 or $1,000,000, depending on whether the investment is in a Targeted Employment Area or not.
Each year, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ("USCIS") is authorized to grant 10,000 EB-‐5 visas. Of these, 3,000 are for TEAs, another 3,000 are for investment in Regional Centers, and the remaining are open to any investment that qualifies under the guidelines.
One of the requirements is to create or preserve at least 10 full-‐time jobs for qualifying U.S. workers within two years of the immigrant investor's admission to the United States as a Conditional Permanent Resident.
File a DS-‐230 -‐ Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration -‐ with the Department of State to obtain an EB-‐5 visa for admission to the United States.
3. File Form I-‐829, Petition by Entrepreneur to Remove Conditions, 90 days prior to the two-‐ year anniversary of the granting of the EB-‐5 investor's conditional resident status (Green Card). If USCIS approves this petition, the conditions are removed from the EB-‐5 applicant's status and the EB-‐5 investor and derivative family members will be allowed to permanently live and work in the United States.


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I've been busy these days. From the first cry in the morning to the final kisses at night, I scarcely have time to think, much less to bird. I can still rejoice in my Father's creation, though.
While helping the youth group with a car wash, I marvel at the multitude of rock pigeons flying above. While taking the little ones on a walk, I smile at the sparrows and mockingbirds and point them out to eager young eyes. While busy in my room, I watch the birds playing in our neighbors' crape myrtles. Sometime soon, I'll find the time to refill the feeder. Then I'll indulge in brief glances at buzzing titmice and chickadees.
"Be still and know that I am God," the Bible says. Even in the midst of crazy outside circumstances, we can admire the Lord's creation and do just what His word says.


This isn't true. Pets don't often arrive in shelters because of poor behavior—issues like abandonment and unrestricted breeding are much more common reasons. The vast majority of pets throughout shelters are well-behaved and are just looking for a loving home to take them in!
Some make the mistake of thinking that all pets in shelters are old, unwanted animals—this couldn't be further from the truth. Pets of all ages, from puppies and kittens to elderly companions and everything in between, can be found in your local shelters! No matter what age of pet you're considering adopting, you're likely to find it in a shelter.
Think shelters, as well as the pets who live in them, are dirty, unkempt places? Think again. Shelter staff work every day to keep the facilities clean and sanitary; in fact, it's essential in order to prevent the spread of disease and infections. Even if a pet arrives at a shelter in a less-than-stellar condition, they're bathed and groomed before being offered for adoption.
Adopting a shelter pet is, on the whole, almost always far less expensive than purchasing a companion from a pet store or directly from a breeder. Plus, adoption fees often include things like vaccinations, preventative medicines, and other essentials that your pet needs. That means you won't have to spend that money initially, as it's already been taken care of for you!
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A mythical monster, usually represented as a large reptile with wings and claws, breathing out fire and smoke. (Webster's New World Dictionary)
There are dragon or serpent monster myths found in practically every culture on Earth (for simplicity, I will refer to serpent monsters as dragons). Usually in these myths, the dragons were capable of great destruction with wind and fire. I have always wondered why dragon myths are so widespread in the world and in this site I will present possible answers to the following questions:
Why haven't any dragon fossils ever been found?
What were dragons?
Why are there dragon myths in almost all cultures on Earth?
There are literally thousands of animal fossil species that have been found but there has not been a single dragon fossil ever found! The world is full of dragon myths and this would
suggest that there were an abundance of dragons at some time in history and if so, there should be fossils or some kind of physical evidence. Since there isn't any physical evidence, the only logical conclusion is that dragons did not exist.
It is quite possible that dragons were comets. So what do dragons and comets have in common? Dragons were depicted as serpents with wings and could fly through the sky. They had a head and a long body. Likewise, comets have a head and a long body and appear to fly through the sky. The chief Mayan god was Kukulkan which literally meant feathered serpent A comet has a long body but the body fans out as if it has feathers. "Feathered serpent"; is a perfect description of a comet. See pictures of comets Hyakutake and Halebopp.
Why are there dragon myths found in almost all cultures on Earth?
In order for dragon legends to be so widespread, there must have been an event that was common to all areas of the Earth. The only thing that looks like a flying serpent, could be seen by every person in the world, and be able to cause global destructive effects would be an impact on the Earth by a comet. If this did happen at some remote time in history, all of the people on Earth would have seen the comet (dragon) moving through the stars and each night it would have gotten bigger and bigger until it had a tail that stretched all the way across the sky.
The sight of this monstrous flying serpent monster must have struck terror in all of the people of Earth. Relatively few people would have witnessed the impact of the comet but soon afterward, the entire Earth would have been bombarded by burning rocks falling from the sky. The sky would have darkened from the smoke of the impact and all of the fires started around the world. The darkness would have lasted for months and the crops everywhere on Earth would have failed. There would have been widespread starvation and disease. Every culture would have experience the terrible after effects of the comet impact. If there had been an advanced civilization at that time, it would have fallen apart as its people were reduced to a hand to mouth existence. Many generations later, the knowledge and culture from the previous civilization would have disappeared but each generation would tell stories about the monstrous flying serpent that caused so much destruction.
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This species is taken by commercial and artisanal longline and gillnet fisheries throughout its range. It is valued for meat, leather, liver oil and fishmeal. The Caribbean reef shark is the most common shark landed in Colombia (accounting for 39% of the longline catch by occurrence), where it is utilized for its fins, oil and jaws (sold for ornamental purposes). In Belize, this species is mainly caught as bycatch on hook-and-line intended for groupers and snappers; the fins are sold to the lucrative Asian market and the meat sold in Belize, Mexico, and Guatemala to make "panades", a tortilla-like confection. A dedicated shark fishery operated in Belize from the mid-1900s to the early 1990s, until catches of all species saw dramatic declines.[1] The flesh of this species may contain high levels of methylmercury and other heavy metals.[4]
Blacktip reef sharks, Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824), are small sharks measuring up to 1.8 m with short, bluntly-rounded snouts, oval eyes, and narrow-cusped teeth. They have 2 dorsal fins and no interdorsal ridges. Juveniles (< 70 cm) are yellow-brown on their dorsal (upper) sides, white on their ventral (under) sides; adults are brownish-gray and white, respectively. All their fins have conspicuous black or dark brown tips, and posterior (rear) dark edges on their pectoral fins and their upper lobe of their caudal (tail) fins. The prominent black tips of their first dorsal fin contrasts with a light band below it; a conspicuous dark band on their flanks which extends to their pelvic fins. Maximum weight: 24 kg; frequents depth ranges from the surface to 75 m.
Adults begin to reproduce once they attain a size of 2 to 3 meters (female) or 1.5 to 1.7 meters (male). They reproduce once per year but childbirth is biennial since the females get pregnant every other year. The reproduction method is Viviparous which means the pups develop inside of the mother. There is evidence that the reproduction method is aggressive and violent since many female Caribbean Reef Sharks have been found with deep wounds on their sides during mating season. These wounds are caused by bites and heal in time leaving large and highly visible scars.
The coloration is grey above, sometimes with a bronze sheen, and white below. The entire rear margin of the caudal fin has a distinctive, broad, black band. There are dusky to black tips on the pectoral, pelvic, second dorsal, and anal fins.[9] Individuals from the western Indian Ocean have a narrow, white margin at the tip of the first dorsal fin; this trait is usually absent from Pacific populations.[5] Grey reef sharks that spend time in shallow water eventually darken in color, due to tanning.[10] Most grey reef sharks are less than 1.9 m (6.2 ft) long.[4] The maximum reported length is 2.6 m (8.5 ft) and the maximum reported weight is 33.7 kg (74 lb).[9]
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The Caribbean reef shark infrequently attacks humans. In general, a shark attack on a human is behaviorally similar to an attack upon natural prey. A human is more susceptible to being attacked if the shark is cornered and feels that there is no escape route. In situations like these, the shark may rake the victim during the attack resulting in lacerations.
The Caribbean reef shark occurs throughout the tropical western Atlantic Ocean, from North Carolina in the north to Brazil in the south, including Bermuda, the northern Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea. However, it is extremely rare north of the Florida Keys. It prefers shallow waters on or around coral reefs, and is commonly found near the drop-offs at the reefs' outer edges.[4] This shark is most common in water shallower than 30 m (98 ft), but has been known to dive to 378 m (1,240 ft).[1]
Like many sharks, the Caribbean reef shark mainly eats bony fishes. The shark uses six keen senses to locate its prey: olfactory, visual, tactile (including water vibration sensitivity through a lateralis canal system), auditory, gustatory, and electric reception. The Caribbean reef shark is especially adapted to detecting low frequency sounds (indicative of a struggling fish nearby).
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The Caribbean Reef Shark is known to be relatively passive and typically doesn't pose much of a threat to scuba divers, snorklers, swimmers, or other humans it comes into contact with. They actually tend to avoid human interaction entirely. As per theInternational Shark Attack Files, there have been 27 attacks documented since 1960, of which none have been fatal. Of those attacks, it's believe that 4 of them were caused because the shark mistakenly thought the person was a food source. The rest of the attacks were provoked attacks such as sharks caught in fishing equipment biting the fisherman.
The Caribbean reef shark is the most common shark on or near coral reefs in the Caribbean. It is a tropical inshore, bottom-dwelling species of the continental and insular shelves. Although C. perezi mainly inhabits shallow waters, it has been recorded to reach depths to at least 98 feet (30 m). Caribbean reef sharks are commonly found close to drop-offs on the outer edges of coral reefs and also may lie motionless on the bottom of the ocean floor. This phenomenon has also been observed in caves off the coast of Mexico and off the Brazilian archipelago of Fernando de Noronha.
Cyanobacteria do not have skeletons and individuals are microscopic. Cyanobacteria can encourage the precipitation or accumulation of calcium carbonate to produce distinct sediment bodies in composition that have relief on the seafloor. Cyanobacterial mounds were most abundant before the evolution of shelly macroscopic organisms, but they still exist today (stromatolites are microbial mounds with a laminated internal structure). Bryozoans and crinoids, common contributors to marine sediments during the Mississippian (for example), produced a very different kind of mound. Bryozoans are small and the skeletons of crinoids disintegrate. However, bryozoan and crinoid meadows can persist over time and produce compositionally distinct bodies of sediment with depositional relief.


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But Can You Grow A Loofah?
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I see a lot of post apocalyptic books, and it occurred to me that I probably wouldn't do so well if society collapsed and we went all Mad Max. I am a C+ person at best when it comes to having any skills. I can't fight worth a darn and forget running from danger. I hate running and after two or three steps I am out of breath and the will to live. Sure I can garden a bit, but even my fruits and veggies are nothing all that impressive. Although I can grow a mean loofah, so I would be able to scrub dirty dishes and exfoliate. Do you still have to do dishes during an apocalypse? Yea? Greeeeaaaat. I better go perfect my loofah growing skills, because I certainly aint running.
The French Girl: A Rex Dalton Thriller
by JC Ryan, Laurie Vermillion
Genre: Thrillers
Rex Dalton and his best friend, Digger, the former military dog, are looking forward to a trouble-free holiday on the idyllic islands of Vanuatu in the South Pacific Ocean. Swimming, playing on the beach, fishing, and hikes. Nothing but the laid-back lifestyle for the two of them.
Then Digger introduces Rex to a beautiful French girl, not once, but twice. Soon, Rex and the girl become good friends. Then she disappears, and Rex is accused of having something to do with it.
Thus, begins a series of dramatic and life-threatening events with international repercussions with Rex, Digger and the French girl in the center of it.
THE FRENCH GIRL is a full-length novel, a nail-biting thriller by best-selling author JC Ryan. It is the sixth book in the electrifying new Rex Dalton series.
Doormaker: Rock Heaven (Book 1)
by Jamie Thornton
Genre: Fantasy | Science Fiction
From New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Jamie Thornton.
Three worlds are falling apart… but making portals is forbidden.
Can an untrained Doormaker save her family, and Earth, in time?
THREE WORLDS. ONE RULE. SHE MUST NEVER OPEN A DOOR.
Since before Maella can remember, one family rule has shaped her life: never open a door. Maella comes from a family of doormakers — people who unleash otherworldly violence when they open something even as simple as a cabinet door.
But when Maella is forced to open a portal she discovers worlds of nightmarish flying monsters, mystical drug deals, political prisoners, religious cults, and a terrifying prediction: Maella will die upon opening her seventh door. In order to survive, Maella must uncover her family's secrets, all while hiding her identity and outrunning the prediction of her death.
But what do you do when the truth you need could destroy the universe?
Find out in BOOK ONE of the Doormaker series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jamie Thornton.
DAISY MORROW Super-sleuth!: The Root of All Evil: Book One of the Daisy Morrow series, a Cozy Mystery with a wicked side!
by R T Green
It all begins with a rose bush, mysteriously uprooted in the middle of the night. But when a midnight mission throws up something unexpected, things get an awful lot scarier…
According to Daisy, nothing is ever quite what it seems. In her case, that's the truest thing ever spoken.
She moved to the village a few miles from Kings Lynn in Norfolk a year ago, after a very unfortunate incident in London made her decide village life was the best option. Now she trundles around on a mobility scooter (suitably upgraded by Aidan), even though she really doesn't need to. She's adapted to country life quite well, although she rather unkindly refers to the beautiful village of Great Wiltingham as the 'place people go to wilt'.
Daisy is seventy-one now, and not at all like a pensioner is supposed to be. It might have something to do with the career she had before she retired. For some strange reason, trouble seems to follow her around. It's been a peaceful twelve months settling into village life, but that's about to end…
For Daisy, old habits die hard. After some strange goings-on and a murder in the village, she and Aidan, together with a young police-woman called Sarah, whose curiosity gets the better of her, set about solving the mystery.
They discover the village is being violated by some very unsavoury people, a fact Daisy has very good reason to hate, so she sets off on a personal vendetta against those responsible. Yes indeed, old habits die hard!
Enthralled (Viking Lore, Book 1)
by Emma Prince
Genre: Romance | Literary Fiction | Historical Fiction
He is bound by honor…
Eirik is eager to plunder the treasures of the fabled lands to the west in order to secure the future of his village. The one thing he swears never to do is claim possession over another human being. But when he journeys across the North Sea to raid the holy houses of Northumbria, he encounters a dark-haired beauty, Laurel, who stirs him like no other. When his cruel cousin tries to take Laurel for himself, Eirik breaks his oath in an attempt to protect her. He claims her as his thrall. But can he claim her heart, or will Laurel fall prey to the devious schemes of his enemies?
She has the heart of a warrior…
Life as an orphan at Whitby Abbey hasn't been easy, but Laurel refuses to be bested by the backbreaking work and lecherous advances she must endure. When Viking raiders storm the abbey and take her captive, her strength may finally fail her — especially when she must face her fear of water at every turn. But under Eirik's gentle protection, she discovers a deeper bravery within herself — and a yearning for her golden-haired captor that she shouldn't harbor. Torn between securing her freedom or giving herself to her Viking master, will fate decide for her — and rip them apart forever?
This full-length Viking historical romance is part of the Viking Lore Series, but also can be enjoyed as a standalone novel. Start reading today!
Little Krampus And The Magical Sleigh Ride: A Children's Holiday Picture Book
by Killian S. Wolf, Alice Pieroni
Little Krampus dreams of riding Santa's sleigh.
When his father says no, he still sneaks away!
Is he doomed to be gifted with naughty-kid coal?
Or will Christmas magic get everything under control?
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RC LiPo Car Batteries Make Electric RC Cars Awesome Again
Worldhide December 23, 2021 2 min read
The RC industry has recently gone through a transformation, with many people switching away from nitro engines to electric motors. A big part of that is due to the efficiency and power of electric brushless motors, but the other big reason is due to the recent advances in battery technology.
Previously, the biggest challenge with electric RC cars was that they were underpowered compared to their nitro counterparts. Lithium Polymer (LiPo) batteries have changed that now because they are lighter and more powerful than regular NiCad and NiMH batteries.
Unlike NiCad and NiMH, LiPo batteries also do not self-discharge when connected in parallel which means that LiPo batteries can be connected in parallel to double their capacity which means longer run times for your RC. They can also be connected in series to increase their voltage.
By combining LiPo batteries in different parallel and series configurations, manufacturers can create LiPo packs to suit any of your RC needs. For example, the voltage on the pack can be increased by wiring LiPo packs in series. One LiPo cell has a nominal voltage of 3.7 volts so two LiPo batteries connected in series produce 7.4 volts, three produce 11.1 volts etc.
LiPo packs also have something called a "C" rating which is the maximum average discharge current recommended for the cell. The "C" rating on a LiPo pack can be used to determine the maximum discharge amperage by multiplying the "C" rating by the capacity of the pack.
For example, a 5000 mAh LiPo pack with a lipo 360 "C" rating of 20 would have a maximum discharge rating of 5,000 mAh x 20C = 100,000 mA which is 100 amps. The higher the "C" rating on a battery pack, the higher discharge amperage it can handle continuously without stressing the battery. Therefore it is important to match your LiPo's "C" rating with the needs of your electric motor.
Some of the newest RC cars on the market can handle two 11.1v LiPo packs running in parallel, delivering 22.2 volts of power to the motor.
The kind of power these LiPo batteries are delivering to the brushless motors in electric RC cars is allowing them to reach maximum speeds in excess of 100 m/h, while at the same time increasing run time before needing to charge the battery again.
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The particular Boeing F/A-18E Tremendous Hornet along with associated twin-seat F/A-18F are twin-engine carrier-based multirole jet fighter jet variations based on the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet. The particular F/A-18E single-seat along with F/A-18F tandem-seat variations are much larger plus much more innovative derivatives from the F/A-18C along with Deborah Hornet. The particular Tremendous Hornet comes with an inner 20 mm M61 rotary canon which enables it to hold air-to-air missiles along with air-to-surface tools. Further gasoline might be took throughout as much as 5 outer gasoline tanks and the jet might be designed for airborne tanker by having a great outer atmosphere refueling system. Designed along with originally manufactured by McDonnell Douglas, the Tremendous Hornet primary travelled throughout 1995. Full-rate generation began throughout September 1997, following combination of McDonnell Douglas along with Boeing the previous calendar month. The particular Tremendous Hornet came into support along with the united states Navy throughout 1999, exchanging the Grumman F-14 Tomcat, that was outdated throughout 2006, along with will serve with the main Hornet. The particular Noble Foreign Fresh air Pressure (RAAF), which includes handled the F/A-18A because the major jet fighter considering that 1984, ordered the F/A-18F throughout 2007 to switch the aging F-111 fast. RAAF Tremendous Hornets came into support throughout Dec 2010.
The particular Tremendous Hornet is usually a additional evolutionary renovate from the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet, even so the roots from the one of a kind mentorship along with pursue configuration from the Tremendous Hornet might be followed back to an internal Northrop venture P-530, g. 1965. The planning started out to be a significant remodel from the light and portable F-5E which has a much larger mentorship, two pursue fins and also a special innovative main file format (LERX) which generated the "Cobra" nickname. The idea eventually travelled because Northrop YF-17 "Cobra" fighting in the usa Fresh air Force's Light Martial artist (LWF) method. The particular LWF aimed to make a scaled-down along with simpler jet fighter to check the more expensive F-15 Skull cap. The particular Navy aimed how the YF-17 always be remodeled into your much larger F/A-18 Hornet which fulfilled a new requirement for a smaller multi-role jet fighter to check the more expensive F-14 Tomcat which offered throughout atmosphere superiority along with fast safeguard interceptor roles. The particular Hornet became powerful along with common, nevertheless minimal throughout beat radius. The final evolution might expand the style into your Tremendous Hornet with an unfilled pounds slightly higher than the F-15C. The very idea of a great increased Hornet was initially proposed throughout 1980s, any time a young variation had been sold through McDonnell Douglas because Hornet 2000. The particular Hornet 2000 principle had been a complicated variation from the F/A-18 which has a much larger mentorship and also a extended fuselage to transport a lot more gasoline plus much more highly effective machines. The particular Hornet 2000 research had been formally reported through McDonnell Douglas throughout The month of january 1988. Concurrently, You. Azines. Naval Aviation confronted quite a few troubles. The particular McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II method, designed to change the outdated Grumman A-6 Intruder along with LTV A-7 Corsair II, got face significant troubles along with had been canceled. The end from the Chilly Conflict eventually generated a period of time of armed service finances pieces along with substantial restructuring.
With no clean-sheet method from the is effective, the Navy regarded as upgrading an active pattern to be a more desirable tactic. As an option to the A-12, McDonnell Douglas proposed the "Super Hornet" (initially "Hornet II" from the 1980s), a noticable difference from the successful beginning F/A-18 products, that may function for alternative alternative to the A-6 Intruder. Concurrently, the Navy needed a new fast safeguard jet fighter to switch the canceled Navy Advanced Tactical Martial artist (NATF), that was to possess developed a new navalized version from the Fresh air Force's Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor. Screening along with production.
F/A-18F Tremendous Hornet (left) and also a F/A-18A Hornet (right) The particular Tremendous Hornet was initially ordered by the You. Azines. Navy throughout 1992. The particular Navy might furthermore direct that this jet fighter change the aging F-14 Tomcat, essentially basing almost all naval beat jets upon Hornet variations prior to the benefits from the F-35C Lightning II. The particular Navy held on to the F/A-18 status to assist offer the program to help The nation's lawmakers to be a low-risk "derivative", the Tremendous Hornet is essentially a brand new jet. The particular Hornet along with Tremendous Hornet share several pattern along with flight qualities, as well as avionics, ejection seating, radar, armament, mission computer programs, along with maintenance/operating methods. For example the initial F/A-18E/F held on to a lot of the avionics devices in the F/A-18C/D's configuration right at that moment. The particular Tremendous Hornet primary travelled upon 28 The fall of 1995. Original generation for the F/A-18E/F began throughout 1995. Trip assessment started in 1996 using the F/A-18E/F's primary provider landing throughout 1997. Low-rate generation began throughout Walk 1997 along with entire generation starting in September 1997. Screening continuing through 1999, concluding along with beach trials along with aerial refueling demos. Screening included 3, 100 test out flights addressing four, six-hundred flight hrs. The particular Tremendous Hornet have You. Azines. Navy operational exams along with testimonials throughout 1999, along with had been accredited throughout Feb . 2000. The particular Navy looks at acquisition from the Tremendous Hornet a hit about it getting together with charge, schedule, along with pounds (400 single pound, 181 kg below) specifications. [ Even with finding the similar common format along with devices, the Tremendous Hornet differs often in the initial F/A-18 Hornet. The particular Tremendous Hornet is actually informally known as the "Rhino" to tell apart that by before model "legacy" Hornets in order to avoid bafflement throughout stereo telephone calls. This specific supports safe flight surgical procedures, because the massively increase along with arresting devices need to be collection in another way for your more substantial Tremendous Hornet. (The "Rhino" nickname had been before utilised by the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, that was outdated in the fast throughout 1987.
Right after first fast integration began, Boeing upgraded towards Stop II variation from the jet, incorporating a greater Productive In an electronic form Scanned Selection (AESA) radar, adopting much larger shows, adding the joint motorcycle helmet attached cuing system, along with exchanging several avionics.  The particular Stop II configuration has got the avionics along with tools devices that have been becoming developed for your proposed generation JSF variation from the Boeing X-32.  Contained in the Stop II configuration, new-build jet received the APG-79 AESA radar starting in 2005; before generation jet will have their particular APG-73 exchanged using the APG-79.  Inside The month of january 08, it absolutely was reported of which 135 jet were to be retrofitted along with AESA radars.
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My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? DVD Review
Inspired by a true story, My Son, My Son, What Ye Done? is a murderous drama written and directed by Werner Herzog, and produced by David Lynch.
Michael Shannon portrays Brad McCullum, a man who murders his mother with a sword after becoming obsessed with the character he's portraying in a stage play. After the crime is committed, Brad holes himself up in his house with two hostages and a rifle. Willem Dafoe portrays Hank Havenhurst, a detective, and Chloe Sevigny plays Brad's fiancée, Ingrid. The movie's story is told both as present events unfold, and in the form of flashbacks revealed predominantly by Ingrid.
As more and more is revealed about Brad, in particular about a life-altering trip to Peru he took a year ago, it becomes blatantly obvious that the man is not right in the head, nor has he been for quite some time. Frustratingly, at no point in the flashbacks does anyone seem more than minutely confused by Brad's too-weird-to-be-eccentric behavior.
Coming from such amazing filmmakers, you would think My Son, My Son would ooze with originality and weirdness. Alas, it does not. This is a straight-up murder story, and a pretty mundane one at that.
All three lead actors are great with what they're given, though, especially Shannon as the psychotic McCullum. However, the film fails to generate the slightest tension, and rather than "razzle dazzle" us (a phrase McCullum is quite taken by), it instead leaves us bored and confused. Not confused by the whodunit aspect of the story, for that much is obvious, but by questions that, had they been answered, could have led to a more enjoyable movie. Questions like, "why did no one notice how troubled this man was before?", "why did Ingrid stay with Brad, when he quite clearly was crazy?", and "what was Brad like before the madness took over?"
SUMMARY: Though the filmmakers and actors in My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? are all exceptionally talented, this film is a dull tale that confuses more than it entices, and not the good kind of confusion, either.
OVERALL GRADE: D+
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The Well: towards self-awareness
National Museum of the Republic
March 5 – June 20, 2021
Southern Cultural Sector, Lot 2
Near the Plano Piloto Bus Station, Brasília – DF
Marcos Amaro's exhibition "The Well" is the second act for the project "Ontologies", an expanded experimental study that mainly stems from the philosophical interpretation of the nature of being, of existence and of reality. For Western society, ever since World War II, existential issues were not as manifest as they are now within this context of pandemics in which we live. Back then, the horrors of war functioned as a backdrop to elevate the debate on the "Self" to a philosophical level, situating human existence as a product of its context and as a consequence of one's own actions. These concepts' developments still linger to this day and awaken new approaches. Thus, "Ontologies" has arisen at one of the most critical moments in the history of humanity – the social isolation imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic –, from the artist's need to work on the human condition, starting with himself.
Broadly speaking, in a philosophical context, Ontology is the science of being as such. For the controversial Philosopher Martin Heidegger, 'Ontology' is about existence within a certain context, i.e. potentiality for being, which factually varies according to the situation. Paradoxically, from his perspective, mankind questions itself as a way of hiding from anguish. The exhibition "The Well" functions like this mirror. It puts the viewer in a position to face themselves, just like the artist did while confronting himself during an unusual time of seclusion.
"The Well" (2020) also names the main piece in the show, comprised of a robust body of rocks and a background mirror. As we get close, we face our own (enclosed) reflection. It's a piece that instantly alludes to the "Ontology" concept, devising a deep introspective immersion, rather narcissistic and somewhat Heideggerian. Our Self, trapped inside ourselves and our human condition. With no way out. Hopeless.
The exhibition also features a number of drawings that can be divided into four series. Displayed on the curvilinear mezzanine wall, they embrace and complement "The Well", while highlighting the ephemeral cathartic manner they were designed, like a breath of freedom. The formalistic simplicity (charcoal on canvas) contrasts with the complexity of the nearly abstract figures that deal with existence, our most visceral and intense way of existing, thinking and acting. To Heidegger, "it's what makes multiple existences possible".
The "Untitled" (2020) drawing series translates a narrative of tension and confrontation. Its pseudo-characters are realer than they seem. Through their amorphousness, they wield objects and promote raptured, common, vulgar actions. In another series, "The Crows" (2020), the artist divides a larger picture of a face into five parts. The crow's figure lands on this puzzle, holding various poses on different spots of the canvas that were once parts of a face. Contradictory and intelligent, the crow can use tools to defend and feed itself. On the other hand, its image is loaded with meaning: some consider these scavenger bird a symbol of bad omen, while others think of it as a sign of craftiness and even fertility.
Spanish artist Francisco de Goya and British artist Francis Bacon were the inspiration for the series "Tribute to Goya" (2020) and "Tribute to Bacon" (2020). Amaro employs deconstructed elements and features that are characteristic from both these painters' works to form a set of monochromatic shapes, as if they were initial sketches of iconic pieces by both these artists. One of them clearly references "Saturn Devouring His Son" (1819) by Spanish Francisco de Goya. It's not an accident that Marcos Amaro retraces a depiction by Goya, an artist who was well acquainted with the Enlightenment and the ferocity of the human being, who knew very well how to deconstruct the ideal of Self and of rational mankind as center of the universe. As a dramatic action, the creator and owner of time from Roman mythology eats his own children, in an attempt to challenge the effects of time and remain in power. Like Goya's figure, the one by Amaro is also dehumanized – yet rather burlesque –, as an allegory for the absurdity of the context they have both experienced.
The tribute to Francis Bacon came as an inspiration from "Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion" (1944), the triptych that was a milestone in both Bacon's career and the history of British art. One can't help but notice the date, 1944, when World War II was coming to an end and, with it, the revelation of the genocide perpetrated by the Nazi. The brutality of this period (and maybe of these paintings, such that the artist called them "Furies") has left such an indelible mark on the painter he has disregarded all his previous work. With this series of drawings, Marcos Amaro revisits this artist's work, not only by subtracting its bright colors, originally orange, but also by excluding the only element that granted Bacon's figures with some humanness: the mouths.
Project "Ontologies", of which "The Well" is part, indicates a new phase in Marcos Amaro's career. Attuned to the three-dimensionality of robust large-format pieces, Amaro sets the airplane parts sculptures aside to work more introspectively and in a smaller scale, on sculptures, paintings and drawings. Like Heidegger, Bacon and Goya, who let themselves be strongly influenced by the adverse and bruising historical contexts of wars to discuss the human being, Marcos Amaro has shut himself home due to a quarantine in another kind of struggle, opening up for an infinite research on himself and on a just as disturbing type of war, the personal one about the existence.
By Tatiana Gonçales
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