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Op-Ed: The Emergence of Bio-LNG
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Published Mar 10, 2022 4:30 PM by Peter Keller
LNG demand, availability, and infrastructure are all growing rapidly. It can be bunkered at most key ports today, including major marine fuel bunkering hubs such as the Port of Singapore and Rotterdam. This is true of traditional, LNG, but we believe that it will soon apply to bioLNG as well.
BioLNG infrastructure
Carbon-neutral bioLNG can be bunkered into existing fuel tanks and blended with traditional LNG with no changes required to the vessel or any of its operating systems or procedures. This ability to drop in bioLNG, and in the longer-term renewable synthetic LNG, ensures that LNG-fueled vessels are future-proof assets. Meanwhile, the option to blend bioLNG with traditional LNG allows ship operators to incrementally introduce the lower carbon fuel in line with availability and increasingly stringent emissions requirements.
BioLNG can also be transported, stored and bunkered with no changes required to supply infrastructure. This means that it can be introduced without the major, additional supply chain investments needed for other alternative fuels. LNG's mature infrastructure, and the marine fuel itself, have a proven safety record with well-established standards, guidelines and operating protocols. The knowledge that maritime professionals have accrued over more than 50 years on how to safely handle, transport and bunker LNG, is transferable to bioLNG too.
Engine manufacturers are already designing and building LNG dual-fuel engines that in addition to using bio and renewable synthetic LNG are, or will be, capable of using many of the future fuels being discussed. This further protects the capital investments made by vessel owners today and reduces risks. Further, engine manufacturers are focused on developing more efficient engines which address the issue of methane slip. In the latest high-pressure engines efficiency has reached a point where slip has been virtually eliminated. As availability of carbon-neutral LNG fuels increases towards 2030, technology developments will see methane emissions virtually eliminated in both high-pressure and low-pressure LNG-fueled engines.
BioLNG demand
Orders for new LNG-fueled ships reached record highs in 2021. According to data from DNV, there was a net increase of 240 ships from the previous year, more than the previous four years combined. This trend is not letting up in early 2022, with DNV reporting that another 40 ships powered by LNG were ordered in January of 2022 alone. With plenty of ship operators now able to use bioLNG, what will incentivise them to do so?
Regulations such as the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) carbon intensity indicator (CII) are set to shake up emissions clauses in charterparty agreements in 2022 and beyond. Recent SEA-LNG analysis shows that LNG-fuelled vessels will be able to continue operating as normal under the system until after 2030, while traditional LNG blended with bioLNG, or renewable synthetic LNG will further extend compliance to 2050 and beyond.
The appetite of banks for climate-aligned investments also plays a key role. Poseidon Principles signatories are set to tighten their 2050 targets to net zero, which will drive ship operators to use increasingly lower-carbon fuels such as bioLNG. Analysis from SEA-LNG performed last year determined that for every 10% of bioLNG dropped in and blended with LNG as a marine fuel, a vessel can achieve two extra years' compliance with the Annual Efficiency Ratio (AER) curve used to secure preferable funding under the Poseidon Principles.
BioLNG availability
While it is true that bioLNG production is in a nascent stage and requires scaling up, there are some common misconceptions that should be addressed.
The first misconception is that there is not sufficient feedstock to produce enough bioLNG for the shipping industry. This is inaccurate, as shown by the CE Delft study into the availability and costs of liquefied bio and synthetic methane. This study showed the potential for bioLNG produced from sustainable biomass resources to be orders of magnitude greater than the total bunker demand from the global shipping industry forecast for 2030 and 2050.
BioLNG is commercially available in Europe right now. Suppliers are quoting prices for delivery of bioLNG bunkers in Rotterdam, the biggest marine fuel bunkering hub in Europe, and several North Sea and Baltic Sea ports. The world's largest LNG-fueled vessel, the CMA CGM Jacques Saade used a 13% bioLNG mix when refuelling in Rotterdam as early as 2020.
Supplies of bioLNG are also forecast to rise dramatically as businesses like Wärtsilä, Biokraft, Gasum, Titan LNG and CMA CGM step in to increase production capacity. Gasum is confident it has enough capacity to meet market demand for carbon-neutral fuels with its bioLNG production and at a lower cost than other future alternative fuels.
Meanwhile, Titan LNG recently announced a partnership with Attero and Nordsol on an EU-backed bioLNG production plant, which will produce around 2,400 ton/year of bioLNG by 2023. Titan LNG, the exclusive long-term off-taker of the project, will supply the bioLNG to the maritime industry.
This availability of bioLNG puts the LNG pathway significantly closer to delivering decarbonized shipping than alternatives, some of which, such as ammonia, are based on unproven technologies and require massive investments to build new fuel supply chains that do not exist today.
Costs of production
The second misconception is that bioLNG will be more expensive than alternative bunker fuels. The CE Delft study forecast that production costs for bioLNG would be comparable to those of other alternative marine fuels. Scaling up production of any alternative marine fuel is expensive. Any of these fuels will, at least initially, be more expensive than conventional marine fuels. However, by leveraging green financing and government funding effectively and by using existing LNG infrastructure, the total costs of producing and delivering bioLNG are lowered.
BioLNG production is a known quantity – prices are already quoted for bioLNG blends in NW Europe. For other alternative marine fuels, we still don't have a realistic picture of the potential costs of production. Furthermore, as the production of bioLNG scales up stimulated by growing demand, facilities will benefit from economies of scale.
Net-negative emissions and the circular economy
We know that bioLNG uses existing infrastructure, there will be no shortage of demand, there is sufficient feedstock available for production and the costs are comparable to alternatives and will reduce over time. What then are the other main benefits of bioLNG?
LNG can reduce CO2 emissions by up to 23% on a Well-to-Wake (WtW) basis compared to liquid fossil fuels. Depending on the ratios, blending in bioLNG can dramatically improve this percentage. The use of certain forms of bioLNG, for example, when produced from anaerobic digestion of animal slurry can even offer negative emissions on a full lifecycle basis.
Bio-LNG is produced using waste feedstock, particularly domestic and agricultural waste. Taking waste and regenerating it into clean carbon free energy is a classic example of an ideal circular economy. The process can capture methane that would otherwise be vented into the atmosphere, resulting in a fuel that is potentially net negative in GHG emissions. By assisting with the reprocessing of waste materials, production can also help improve waste management and begin to solve yet another major global concern.
These credentials, along with its current growing availability, are what makes bioLNG a major step on the LNG pathway to maritime decarbonization.
The pathway
The pathway to maritime decarbonization using LNG is clear. The initial steps using traditional LNG are already well-trodden, while many progressive stakeholders are already taking the second step – bioLNG. The final step is moving to renewable synthetic LNG. It is important to remember some key points when evaluating these pathways.
Firstly, you cannot look at fuels in isolation, but rather must examine the entire pathway to decarbonization that that fuel offers. Secondly, you must compare apples to apples. BioLNG should be considered a net-zero evolution of traditional LNG, while renewable synthetic LNG should be compared to other hydrogen-derived e-fuels.
Finally, shipping is likely to need a basket of alternative fuels in order to successfully decarbonize. LNG and the pathway forward will be a dominant part of that basket of future fuels. An evolution from LNG to bioLNG to renewable synthetic LNG is a safe, sustainable, and practical option that allows ship owners and operators to start reducing emissions right now, not decades in the future.
Peter Keller is the chairman of SEA-LNG, a multi-sector industry coalition established to demonstrate LNG's bene?ts as a viable marine fuel.


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Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol was born in the Ukraine in 1809, only two months after the birth of Edgar Allan Poe across the world. He was a natural observer of the Russian and Ukranian people (the Ukraine was then part of the Russian empire), and his first story, 'Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka' was published before his twentieth birthday.
Wandering the countryside in the early 1830's while making a living as a civil servant, he began contributing stories to periodicals. In his travels are work he would encounter virtually every Russian caricature. His comical stories about his countrymen were eventually accepted in the journal "Sovermemnik", published by a writer Gogol respected greatly, Aleksandr Pushkin, with whom he would soon form a personal bond.
'Mirgorod' was published in 1835, and his collected works were published to great acclaim in 1842. But his satirical play about the Russian bureaucracy, 'The Inspector General', although now a classic, did not meet with success.
One of his greatest works was 'Dead Souls', the tale of a traveling con man. Each character in this book is a poetic world unto his or her self. Their trials and tribulations are revealed through Gogol's startling, immediate depictions of their appearance and manner. Taras Bulba, another classic, speaks of Russia's proud Cossack past. 'The Nose' is a psychological fantasy about a pathetic loser whose nose suddenly disappears, and is easily the most Kafkaesque story written before the birth of Kafka. 'The Overcoat', a savage story of peasant life, focuses on the plight of a poor and freezing clerk who needs to replace his winter coat.
Gogol became increasingly obsessed with religious concerns as his literary fame grew. Like William Blake, Gogol was visited by mystical apparitions that filled him with a need to preach to and convert his fellow Russians. Like two later writers he would influence, Fyodor Dostoevsky and Jack Kerouac, he became a political reactionary, turning against his liberal past to espouse harsh conservative viewpoints. Gogol also began behaving bizarrely, burned his own unpublished writings including sequels to 'Dead Souls', and is considered by some to have gone tragically insane. By 1852, at the age of 43, Gogol was dead.
Gogol was a powerful satirist and humanist who stood at a new age dawning, stared into chasms, dug out jewels, and inspired a nation. That inspiration is now world-wide.
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By: Cokorda Krishna Sadhana, November 1, 2021 5:15 pm
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The inevitable has arrived. After three years of ascendancy and three years of turmoil, Ostersunds FK have been relegated out of the Swedish top-flight following a 3-0 defeat away at Varberg BoIS, an inevitable outcome considering the state of crisis that the club has been in the past three years. Once an exciting side that took Europe by storm, Ostersunds are now facing a year of total rebuild in the Swedish second tier.
Everyone knew the story already. Graham Potter led his ragtag team of non-leaguers and nobodies into a European run that captured the imaginations of many. Having already won the hearts of the Swedish public in 2017 with their Swedish Cup win, Potter was seeking to have his side do well in their debut European campaign in the 2017/18 Europa League. What comes next was an underdog story like no other – Ostersunds became one of the only two Scandinavian teams that season to advance into the European knockouts after winter, being the only Swedish side as the other Scandinavian team is European regulars FC Copenhagen of Denmark.
The likes of Galatasaray, PAOK, and Hertha Berlin felt the might of the Swedes before Arsenal narrowly avoided meeting the same fate after being beaten 2-1 at the Emirates in what turns out to be Ostersunds' last European outing for a while.
Potter alongside chairman/director of football Daniel Kindberg had won plaudits worldwide for their excellent collaboration in transforming Ostersunds from a mediocre nobody to a European challenger, with stories of players performing cultural performances together endearing the team in everyone's hearts. However, just after their 4-2 aggregate exit from the Europa League at the hands of Arsenal, everything came crashing down.
Kindberg was arrested by the Swedish authorities after it was found out that Ostersunds were funded using fraudulent money, only months after the Arsenal game. With their main source of finance gone, Ostersunds were picked apart by the footballing vultures.
Potter has now established himself as a Premier League manager at Brighton & Hove Albion, after making a brief stop at Championship side Swansea City once he left Ostersunds behind. Creative duo Saman Ghoddos and Ken Sema were flogged off and the two are now playing amongst the European elite – Ghoddos with Amiens and now Brentford and Sema with Watford. However, there were complications with Ghoddos' transfer involving Spanish side Huesca, which meant that Ostersunds were slapped with a transfer ban due to the three-way dispute involving themselves, Amiens, and Huesca.
Hosam Aiesh is now plying his trade with Swedish giants IFK Gotheborg, while captain Brwa Nouri has established himself as a familiar name to Southeast Asian football fans – being a dynamo in the Bali United midfield.
Not even Ostersunds' non-leaguers – English players who found their second calling at the Jamkraft Arena after failing to settle in the EFL back home – were spared from the footballing vultures. Jamie Hopcutt stayed with the club until 2019, getting a Swedish citizenship in the process, before going off on an adventure that saw him play for GIF Sundsvall, Hapoel Kfar Saba, and now, Oldham Athletic. Fellow Englishman Curtis Edwards also left in 2019 – to Swedish giants Djurgarden, where he won the league upon his arrival there.
Practically, from the starting lineup that beat Arsenal at the Emirates, only Guinean goalkeeper Aly Keita remained with Ostersunds until this day.
Potter's replacement Ian Burchnall initially did well after his predecessor's departure and Kindberg's arrest, guiding Ostersunds to 6th in the league in 2018, before the club's finances wilted completely in 2019, forcing Ostersunds to organize a fundraiser in order for them to remain afloat. Potter and a number of his former charges contributed to the fundraiser, allowing Ostersunds to survive for another season.
Burchnall left the club in 2020 as he wanted to return back to England and young Iranian-Swedish manager Amir Azrafshan took over the reins. Amir's Ostersunds side battled relegation in the early stages of the 2020 season before the ship was steadied somewhat, a loss of form at the end of the season denying them a mid-table finish with Ostersunds finishing the season in 13th place.
Amir managed to guide Ostersunds to an okay start in 2021, however, from Matchweek 9 onwards the team found themselves mired in the relegation zone, being dead last in the league since Matchweek 13. Amir was sacked in early September in favor of former Rosenborg BK manager Per Joar Hansen, but the damage has been done, and last weekend's defeat at Varberg confirmed Ostersunds' relegation after six seasons in the top flight.
While relegation is never a good thing, this author hopes that Ostersunds could use this time away from the top-flight to rebuild themselves. As they have shown during the Kindberg era, they have the ability to defy expectations, and this time the odds are truly stacked against them. They didn't have the funds that Kindberg used to invest into the team, they didn't have an influential figure in the managerial dugout like Potter, and the players that they have right aren't on the same level as the players that Potter had handled during his tenure. But through a process of rebuild and financial recovery, this one-time European surprise package can make their stay in the second-tier a brief one and bounce back with a bang.
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Welcome to BETHEA'S BYTE: FREE BYTE. I just finished watching a report coming from the American Academy of Pediatrics and their view on spanking. Courtesy of CNN, here's that report.
Jacqueline Howard of CNN wrote: The American Academy of Pediatrics has hardened its stance against spanking children as a form of parental discipline.
In a new policy statement, published in the journal Pediatrics on Monday, the pediatricians' group recommends that adults caring for children use "healthy forms of discipline" -- such as positive reinforcement of appropriate behaviors, setting limits and setting expectations -- and not use spanking, hitting, slapping, threatening, insulting, humiliating or shaming.
The policy statement updates guidance published in 1998 that recommended "parents be encouraged and assisted in developing methods other than spanking in response to undesired behavior."
"In the 20 years since that policy was first published, there's been a great deal of additional research, and we're now much stronger in saying that parents should never hit their child and never use verbal insults that would humiliate or shame the child," said Dr. Robert Sege, first author of the policy statement and a pediatrician at the Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center in Boston.
"This is much stronger than the previous advice," he said. "The new policy encourages pediatricians to discuss the data about different kinds of discipline with parents so, of course, they can make their own decisions in how they chose to raise their children."
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The policy statement describes corporal punishment as "noninjurious, open-handed hitting with the intention of modifying child behavior" and indicates that spanking is considered a form of such physical punishment.
The statement goes on to describe how several studies have found associations between spanking and aggressive child behavior, depressive symptoms in adolescence and less gray matter in children's brains, among other outcomes.
How to discipline without spanking
The statement encourages pediatricians to counsel the parents of their patients when they may want guidance about the use of spanking. Sege said there are other forms of discipline that parents can employ, no matter their child's age.
For instance, for children younger than 1 who might be misbehaving, "the best thing to do is just pick them up and move them somewhere else, distract them, change the subject -- and that's usually all they need and they can handle it," he said. "Your average 6-month-old child doesn't have the ability to learn the rules. They will eventually."
For toddlers and preschoolers, Sege recommended using the time-out method, which involves a child sitting quietly by him- or herself.
"What we talk to parents about is paying attention to your child's good behavior and paying less attention when they're misbehaving," Sege said.
"Kids like attention, they crave that, and if they misbehave, we recommend something called a time-out," he said. "If they're 2 years old, you have to ignore them for two entire minutes."
For older children, Sege said, typically allowing the natural consequence of misbehavior play out can be effective.
"So if they run out in the street, you don't want the natural consequence to be that they get run over by a car. But a natural consequence might be that they have to hold your hand when they're in the street or they can't go out on their own past a busy street until you've observed them always looking both ways," Sege said.
In other words, holding Mom's or Dad's hand becomes the consequence.
All in all, "the loving relationship between a child and their parents is the most important relationship that there is," Sege said.
"Parents can use that relationship to teach their children right from wrong without inserting violence, shame and humiliation into that relationship," he said. "As a result, children are more likely to grow up feeling secure and positive, knowing how to regulate their own behavior."
The science on spanking and child development
The policy statement is consistent with what research has found on the relationship between corporal punishment and adverse outcomes among children, said Rebecca Ryan, a developmental psychologist and associate professor at Georgetown University who was not involved in the statement.
Yet Ryan, who has studied the use of corporal punishment, noted that only a correlational relationship has been found, not a causal one.
"Nobody has randomly assigned children to receive different types of parenting or different types of discipline strategies, per se. ... So it's difficult for anybody to say spanking a child causes that child later on to be more aggressive, even though there are theories to suggest that could be why the correlation exists," Ryan said.
"Although all the evidence is correlational, there's little correlational evidence that it's an effective strategy, and if it were effective, you should see correlational evidence," she said.
"If it were an effective strategy, you would either see no correlation between spanking and child behavior, or you would see a correlation that's the opposite of what you do see," she said. "What you see is a positive correlation between spanking and higher levels of behavior problems. If it were effective you should see the opposite."
Since research shows only a correlational relationship, some question whether children who are more aggressive or misbehave more are subsequently spanked more -- and could that be why corporal punishment has been linked with higher levels of behavioral problems among children?
"There probably is reverse causation, but one of the things that some of the longitudinal research suggests is that when you look at kids over time -- so controlling for baseline rates of misbehavior -- children who are disciplined with corporal punishment versus those who are not, who have the same kinds of behavior problems, show increases in behavior problems over time in a way that children who aren't disciplined that way don't," Ryan said.
"So yes, there is probably some truth to the idea that kids who are predisposed to misbehavior for whatever reason are more likely to be spanked by parents who use that form of discipline than kids who are less likely to misbehave for whatever reason," she said. "But it's also true that spanking is correlated with an increase in behavior problems over time among children with similar levels of misbehavior relative to nonphysical forms of discipline."
You have got to be kidding me right now. So in other words, instead of a good old fashioned, old school spanking, these "experts" would rather you talk to your child quietly, put them in a corner, take away this, take away that, awww GIMME A BREAK!
I was spanked when I was a kid when I acted up. Those spankings taught me respect for my parents, respect for the rules and boundaries they set, respect PERIOD! My mother was the main disciplinarian of the house, so when I got in trouble, it was my mom who I had to deal with. The end result: it made me the man I am today. My mom wasn't my friend when I was a kid. She was my mother. I had to earn that trust over time before she became my friend... AND YES KIDS, YOUR PARENTS CAN BE YOUR FRIENDS IN TIME. RIGHT NOW, IF YOU'RE YOUNG, THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE YOUR PARENTS, NOT YOUR FRIENDS!
It's safe to say how I disagree with this statement because you can see the end result of lack of discipline. Low discipline equals high levels of disrespect for EVERYONE.
But I'll let you be the judge. Try it. If your kid acts out, try it their way. Put them in the corner. Take something from them that's supposed to "hurt" them. If they come back and they do the exact same thing you just "punished" them for, you will wish that a good old fashioned spanking was your first option.
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Dr. Saeed has often been invited faculty at the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) annual meetings and has actively been involved on the Education, Workshop, Training Program, Program Committee and Professional Practice Committee. Currently, he is serving as the AANEM state liason and on the lab accreditation committee.
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Exclusive inside the old Otterspool cafe.
There was a small side room I never made it into so will try next time I am done there but hopefully it will be boarded up. Below are some old pics I have taken in December 2010 of the cafe.
I did report this to the council last night and a local councillor had read my blog and said he would chase it up as his end. I popped down there on my lunch with my camera hoping the council had been super efficient but they had not. On the plus side I got inside and took more photo's and ventured into the storage room at the back with either side had smaller rooms which I assume were toilets at some point. The old counter was still in the main room and behind that an old fridge. I took my daughter down for backup and also so one day she could tell her kid how her and grandad once went inside this building !! She didn't venture too far is as she is 11 tomorrow and I think she was scared she might not see her birthday. I thought I would take more external ones as if the building does bite the dust there is a record of it in its final days. Hopefully the council will get it made safe ASAP. New pictures posted below and again click on for a larger image.


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How do I withdraw money from liquid fund?
To make a withdrawal, you will need to put in a redemption request. In order to arrive at the number of units to be cancelled in line with the redemption request, you'll need to check the applicability of the net asset value (NAV).
What is the largest fund in the world?
How do you measure fund performance?
What is government fund?
Is a permanent fund a governmental fund?
What is an insufficient fund?
How do I withdraw money from liquid fund?How are funds created?
What is liquid fund example?
What is difference between fund and bond?
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Which is better private equity or hedge fund?
Are custodial funds the same as agency funds?
How do I withdraw money from liquid fund?How long does a private equity fund last?
The world's largest sovereign wealth fund (SWF) as of June 2022 was Norges Bank Investment Management, managing assets reaching around 1.36 trillion U.S. dollars. The fund is also known as Norway's oil fund and was established in 1969 after Norway's discovery of oil in the North Sea.
Since you hold investments for different periods of time, the best way to compare their performance is by looking at their annualized percent return. For example, you had a $620 total return on a $2,000 investment over three years. So, your total return is 31 percent. Your annualized return is 9.42 percent.
The word "fund" in government has taken several meanings or connotations. It is sometimes used to refer an appropriation which is a legislative authorization to spend or an allotment which is an authorization by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to obligate, or as actual cash available.
In the United States, a permanent fund is one of the five governmental fund types established by GAAP. It is classified as a restricted true endowment fund for governments and non-profit organizations.
An insufficient funds fee (sometimes referred to as a non-sufficient funds fee or NSF fee) can occur when you don't have enough money in your checking account to cover the entire transaction. Most financial institutions will reject the transaction and charge a fee.
A fund is formed by pooling money from multiple investors. The fund is a pool of money set aside for a specific purpose. Professionals manage funds and invest the money in financial securities. A fund manager manages the fund and uses multiple strategies to invest the money effectively.
Liquid funds are debt funds that invest in fixed-income securities such as certificates of deposit, treasury bills, commercial papers, and other debt securities that mature within 91 days.
Interest Interest rates are not fixed. If markets perform well, the dividends will be high. The principal amount and interest are fixed.
Hedge fund compensation is more variable than private equity salaries + bonuses, but at the junior levels, you'll most likely earn a bit more in private equity. At the top levels, a star hedge fund PM who has a great year could easily earn more than an MD in private equity – depending on the fund size and structure.
The most significant change is that Agency funds formerly presented everything in the Statement of Fiduciary Net Position as assets and liabilities, but now Custodial funds will show Net Position (the difference between assets and liabilities) where it had not been before.
Private equity funds are typically limited partnerships with a fixed term of 10 years (often with annual extensions).
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In 'This is the most delicious cheesecake' the word 'delicious' is the adjective.
This English Language quiz is called 'Adjectives 2' and it has been written by teachers to help you if you are studying the subject at middle school. Playing educational quizzes is a fabulous way to learn if you are in the 6th, 7th or 8th grade - aged 11 to 14.
Adjectives are useful to describe nouns. With many adjectives, you can add -er or -est, e.g. 'a low wall', a 'lower wall', 'the lowest wall'. Others use more or most e.g. 'Bill is interesting', 'Bob is more interesting', 'Ben is the most interesting'.
Select the correct forms in this English quiz.
Standard English does not say 'valuabler'!
Standard English does not say 'horribler'!
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'Nicer' is correct, not 'more nice'!


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3 things to watch for when the Mavericks run it back with the Lakers
The Mavericks beat the Lakers Thursday night, and look for a repeat at home Saturday.
By Jordan Brodess@Jbrodess Apr 24, 2021, 12:31am CDT
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The Dallas Mavericks (32-26) will play host to the Los Angeles Lakers (35-24) Saturday night, their second meeting in a row — part of a unique schedule quirk in this pandemic-influenced season. The Mavericks won the first game, a 115-110 physical affair.
With just 14 games left in the season, and the Mavericks trying to both battle back and forth with the Portland Trail Blazers and fend off the Memphis Grizzlies, playing a repeat opponent provides equal parts opportunity and challenge. The games themselves are already producing playoff level atmospheres, and the growing familiarity of opponent will make this a compelling test for the Mavericks.
Notable here, Lakers big man Anthony Davis made his return on Thursday night, a minutes restriction appearance as he knocked a lot of rust off. On the other side the Mavericks starting front court of Maxi Kleber (contusion) and Kristaps Porzingis (ankle) are both listed as questionable at the time of this writing.
Here is what we will be watching for:
Spreading the wealth
There was a different energy to the first match up. Unsurprising (and frustrating) this season, the Mavericks play to the level of their opponent and had a focused energy after a slow start. That energy was apparent in renewed effort on loose balls, and some crisp ball movement offensively.
This will surely be necessary again tonight. With a defensive-minded team like the Lakers, the Mavericks will need to keep the ball moving to find their openings. They were fairly effective in this regard Thursday, with six Mavericks reaching double figures. And oddly enough, that didn't include bench duo Jalen Brunson and Tim Hardaway Jr. It's a bright spot for the Mavericks that they could get such a key win without relying entirely on this pair to deliver.
Getting to the paint
The Mavericks are 24th in the league this season scoring in the lane, averaging 44.1 points in the paint per game. But you wouldn't know that from the previous game. There were times the Mavericks were not just living in the lane, but buying real estate at the rim.
A combination of Anthony Davis playing little, and Andre Drummond being slow in containment or help defense, the Mavericks used it to their advantage and netted 56 points in the paint. That's a lot.
The Mavericks typically lean on their three ball, but had just nine made threes Thursday. It will be interesting to see if they try and implement a similar level of attack tonight. Does that change with the possible absence of both Porzingis and Kleber (who missed the first game)? It will be important for spacing that both Dwight Powell and Willie Cauley-Stein provide enough vertical threat to open up lanes for Luka Doncic and others.
Handling physicality
The Lakers don't shy away from contact. They want to make opponents uncomfortable, and dare officials to blow the whistle. And for the most part Thursday they did, with the Lakers being called for 28 fouls (the Mavericks had 15).
The second half of Thursday's game is when that physicality was most effective, starting the third on a 11-0 run and getting the Mavericks pretty frustrated in the process. The Mavs don't always respond well to that level of contact, but they took the punch and hit back. One way they did that was getting to the line, hitting 26-of-36 from the line. Not a standout percentage, but vital points nonetheless.
It will be worth watching to see if the Lakers start the game with that level of aggression, to try and knock the Mavericks off their rhythm from the tip. The Mavericks will need to be ready and able to adapt when the punch comes.
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