SILVER SPRING, Md., Nov. 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance (TS Alliance) announced a new staff member to drive its tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) Preclinical Consortium. Dean Aguiar, PhD, has joined the TS Alliance as Director of Preclinical Research to strengthen the consortium's capabilities. Since its inception, nine companies have joined the consortium to test candidate drugs, among them Aeonian Pharmaceuticals, Cavion, Greenwich Biosciences, Ovid, PIQUR Therapeutics and UCB.
Affecting 50,000 in United States and 1 million worldwide, TSC is a rare genetic disorder that causes tumors to form in vital organs, including the heart, brain, eyes, kidneys, skin, liver and lungs. It's also a leading genetic cause of both epilepsy and autism.
Dr. Aguiar brings more than 17 years of research and development in biopharmaceutical and medical device industries experience to the TS Alliance. In his prior role as Program Director at The Hartwell Foundation, he gained significant experience in pediatric disease from oncology and inflammation to neurodevelopmental disorders including autism, ADHD and epilepsy. Dr. Aguiar provided guidance to academic investigators regarding the scientific evidence and regulatory path required to successfully translate technologies toward commercial viability. He also established partnerships with industry to gain access to proprietary drugs and a possible path for licensing. Dr. Aguiar earned his PhD in Biochemistry from Rush University at Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center in 1996 and completed post-doctoral training at the University of Minnesota.
"We are truly excited to have Dean on board to take the Preclinical Consortium to the next level," said TS Alliance President & CEO Kari Luther Rosbeck. "He will lead the Preclinical Consortium's future efforts, including the goal to partner with additional companies and academic researchers to help find new ways to treat the multiple, severe and sometimes life-threatening manifestations of TSC. He will also oversee other consortium objectives, including increasing the diversity of models available as well as adding models for TSC-associated neuropsychiatric disorders, an additional epilepsy model and human cell-based models."
The TS Alliance's Preclinical Consortium, established in 2015, evaluates ideas for new treatments in animal models relevant to TSC. Academic and pharmaceutical industry researchers use data generated by the consortium to make decisions on which new ideas are worthy of advancing toward testing in humans. The consortium is coordinated and wholly funded by the TS Alliance thanks to generous financial support by the Gerry and Bill Cowlin Foundation, the Engles Family Foundation on behalf of the Engles Collaborative Research Fund, the consortium's industry members and other donors.
"In partnership with academic members of the consortium, the TS Alliance selected the most robust, reproducible and translatable animal models since no single model fully recapitulates all features of TSC in humans," explained Steven L. Roberds, PhD, TS Alliance Chief Scientific Officer. "The TS Alliance holds licenses to use these models for testing compounds on behalf of academic investigators and for-profit companies and oversees execution of candidate drug testing at contract research labs including PsychoGenics and Porsolt."
The TS Alliance finances the cost of testing compounds nominated by academic members, with data shared among all consortium members. Company members may also finance testing of proprietary compounds and retain exclusive use of those data. Since running its first experiment in August 2016, the consortium has tested 21 compounds in mouse models of epilepsy or tumor growth, and many more are in the queue.
The Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance is the only US-based nonprofit dedicated to finding a cure for tuberous sclerosis complex while improving the lives of those effected. Founded in 1974, it works to improve quality of life for individuals and families affected by TSC by stimulating and sponsoring research; creating programs, support services and resource information; and developing and implementing public and professional programs designed to heighten awareness of the disease. For more information, visit www.tsalliance.org.


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When it comes to mental health, exercise has been shown to improve mood and decrease feelings of depression, anxiety and stress. What's more, it increases serotonin and boosts the production of endorphins, making one feel more positive in general.
Experts recommend doing about 30 minutes of exercise five days a week. Opt for a type of exercise you enjoy, so that you stay motivated.
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For optimal mental health, try to get between 7 and 9 hours of sleep a night. Avoid stimulants like coffee and screen time before bedtime and aim to be under the covers at a reasonable hour.
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Journal of Environmental Protection
10.4236/jep.2014.512119
Using Graphical and Multivariate Statistical Methods for Geochemical Assessment of Groundwater Quality in Oumé Department (Côte d'Ivoire)
Droh Lanciné Goné*, Aristide Gountoh Douagui, Luc Bai, Bamory Kamagaté, Raymond Ligban
Laboratoire de Géoscience et Environnement, UFR-SGE, Université Nangui Abrogoua, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Email: *dialou25_9@yahoo.fr
Received 16 June 2014; revised 12 July 2014; accepted 2 August 2014
The large demand for drinking water in Oumé Department in the Centre western of Côte d'Ivoire is supplied from groundwater sources. This study investigated the geochemical assessment of groundwater quality in Oumé Department by using a hydrochemical approach with graphical and self-organizing maps (SOM) neural network methods. It was carried out for identifying the hydro- geochemical processes related to groundwater quality, conducting a hydrochemical evaluation of the aquifer systems and delineating the various factors controlling the water chemistry and gene- ral suitability for drinking purposes. To reach these goals, groundwater was sampled from 91 locations. Results indicated that the groundwater sampled is acid (pH 4.27 - 7.10) and was weakly fairly mineralised with electrical conductivity values obtained in the range of 95 - 1071 µS∙cm−1. All calcium (6.8 - 127.59 mg∙L−1), magnesium (1.08 - 29.00 mg∙L−1), sulphate (0 - 74.9 mg∙L−1), chloride (1.2 - 89.8 mg∙L−1), sodium (1.2 - 94.27 mg∙L−1) and potassium (0.05 - 23.65 mg∙L−1) concentrations and almost nitrate concentrations were within of the recent acceptability and health- based of drinking-water guidelines set by World Health Organization (WHO). Moreover eleven sampling sites only have concentrations of iron above 0.3 mg∙L−1 which can stain laundry and cause taste. In the water points, hydrochemical facies was calcium-bicarbonate (Ca-HCO3) type which generally shows less-polluted water quality. Based on pattern analysis, the inter-relation- ships among the groundwater quality variables due to the contact with different geological formations on the basis of rocks basicity and acidity were extracted and interpreted.
Weathered and Fractured Aquifers, Physicochemical Quality, Oumé
Any civilised society should consider the provision of safe drinking water a priority. This is so because safe drinking water is a basic need to human development, health and well-being. Chemically contaminated drinking water has been linked with a great majority of health problems. Chemical contaminants of drinking water such as nitrate, nitrite and N-nitrosamines are potentially harmful to man [1] [2] . Besides the health aspect of contaminated drinking water, aesthetically unacceptable drinking water will undermine the confidence of consumers. It will also lead to complaints and more importantly possibly lead to the use of water from sources that are less safe.
The study of hydrogeochemical processes in groundwater helps to understand and distinguish between the rock-water interactions and anthropogenic influences. The geochemical processes occuring within the groundwater and the reaction with aquifer minerals have a profound effect on water quality [3] . Groundwater chemically evolves by interaction with aquifer minerals or internal mixing of different groundwaters along subsurface flow-paths [3] [4] . Therefore spatial distribution of chemical species gives some idea about the direction of groundwater movement.
Because of the variety of variables observed as groundwater quality data, and uncertainty involved in trans- port and reaction mechanism into groundwater systems, it is necessary to implement a sophisticated knowledge extraction and diagnosis tool that can provide the analysis and visualisation of multidimensional groundwater quality data. Generally, multivariate analysis methods such as factor analysis and principal component analysis [3] [5] have been used for this purpose in hydrological and groundwater systems. Due to the rapid innovation of computer technology, the artificial neural network technique, particularly self-organising maps (SOM), which is a powerful tool for multivariate, nonlinear analysis and modeling, has recently attracted considerable attention in analysis and diagnosis of dynamic systems. One reaction for this may be the increasing demand for efficient multivariate and nonlinear techniques to be applied in intelligent systems for optimal monitoring and diagnosis of dynamic systems.
Oumé Department in Côte d'Ivoire has limited sources of safe drinking water with the major reliable source being groundwater. Nevertheless, the rapid development of this area leading to increase in the population estimated to 3.8% per year brought about a drastic increase in water requirements, which might be in the long term become problematic [6] .
The water need of the community of Oumé Department is satisfied by many boreholes and privates wells from the weathered and fractured aquifers. The quality of the water can be affected by natural processes and human activities such as indiscriminate refuse and waste disposal, the use of septic tanks, soak-away pits. Water treatment and integrity of distribution pipes can also affect the quality of drinking water obtained from groundwater [7] .
Although considerable information has been accumulated about the weathered and fractured aquifers in Oumé region from previous studies [6] [8] , no systematic studies have been done to evaluate the influence of natural processes and human activities on groundwater quality.
This work provides a better understanding of the hydrogeochemical quality of waters from the weathered and fractured aquifers in Oumé region.
2. Material and Methods
2.1. Study Area Description
The study area is located in the Centre western of Côte d'Ivoire in Oumé Department. It covers the area between latitude 6˚10' and 6˚40'N and longitudes 5˚10' and 5˚50'W. It is approximately 285 km2 in area (Figure 1).
The geological bedrock consists of the volcano-sedimentary and the granitoides, which are essentially consti- tuted by granites and granodiorites. On the one hand, the volcano-sedimentary includes flyschoides constituted
Figure 1. Study area.
of flyschs. Schists, meta-sediments and undifferentiated rocks. On the other hand, the volcano-sedimentary is covered by metavulcanites which consist of amphibolites, andesite, spilites, conglomerates and grauwackes. Fracturing is more developed in the volcano-sedimentary complex than on the granitoides [9] [10] .
From the hydrogeological point of view, the most important aquifers are the fractured aquifers of crystalline and schist rocks. The transmissivity and specific yield ranged from 1.08 × 10−6 to 1.28 × 10−3 m2∙s−1 and from 0.01 to 2.11 m2∙h−1 respectively [6] .
2.2. Groundwater Samples
Groundwater was sampled from 91 locations (11 wells and 80 boreholes) during the long rainy season of 2009 (July). The sampling points were selected based on the geographic location of wells and boreholes and the use of the wells and boreholes as sources of drinking water. Figure 2 shows the location of the selected wells and boreholes.
Samples from wells were collected with weighted buckets (50 cm below the water table). For boreholes, samples were taken after pumping for 5 min. The tap and the bucket were cleaned before sampling and caution was taken to avoid splashing. Samples for analysis of cation contents were acidified for stabilization using sulphuric acid.
Samples were collected in 500 mL polyethylene bottles. Once collected, all samples were stored on ice and immediately transported to the laboratory. Chemical analyses were processed within 24 h after collection.
2.3. Physicochemical Analyses
The measured parameters (nitrate, hydrogenocarbonate, sulphates, chloride, calcium, magnesium, sodium, po-
Figure 2. Location of sampling points. Sampling points B16, B17, B42, B44, B51, B54, B68, 72; B8, B9; B27, B28; B29, B31, B33; B22, B23, B24, B25, B26, B32; B4, B5; B7, B19; B41, B78; B38, B56; B40, B65; B2, W2; B11, B39; B15, W10; B12, W6; B10 and W4 are located in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15, respectively.
tassium and iron) were determined at the laboratory according to the methods presented in Table 1. Water temperature (T˚), electrical conductivity (EC), pH, dissolved oxygen (DO) and turbidity (Turb) were measured in situ using the HACH Model 44,600 Conductivity Meter (for T˚ and EC), the Multi 340i handheld (for pH and DO) and the HACH Model 2100P Turbidimeter (for Turb). Classification and interpretation of the groundwater hydrochemistry was carried out using the Piper Diagram.
2.4. Pattern Analysis of the Groundwater Qualities Due to the Mineralization
The data set collected was used to analyze the effect of the hydrogeochemical processes on groundwater quality. The data set collected has 15 variables or components. These 15 components in the data file were used to create the self-organizing map (SOM). The 9 × 6 size of the map is used and the total number of nodes (54) in the hexagonal grid is displayed. After a map has been created, the component planes are placed serially to analyze the dependencies between components. In each component plane, each hexagon represents one map node and its colour tells the value of the component in that node. Hexagons in each place on different components planes correspond to the same map node and show the values of the components in the weight vector of that node. Each component plane window represents the local average component value at each node in a certain colour.
3.1. Groundwater Quality
Physicochemical data of the collected water samples are summarized in Table 2. These data were also compared with World Health Organization (WHO) standards (Table 3).
The pH of the groundwater remained acid (4.27 - 7.10) for both the weathered and fractured aquifers. It also appeared that groundwater acidity was higher in the weathered aquifer than in the fractured aquifer. In agree- ment with [11] , this difference of acidity may be explained by the CO2 production in the topsoil under the action of the biological activities. Indeed, the study area abounds many primary forests in protected forest areas. The presence of these forests promotes the abundance of plant organic matter. Its mineralization releases CO2 which
Table 1. Analysis methods of chemical parameters.
Table 2. Statistics of the physicochemical parameters of groundwater samples from wells and boreholes in Oumé Department.
is dissolved in groundwater as follows:
No health-based guideline value has been proposed for pH [16] . However these lower-pH groundwaters are more likely to be corrosive. Failure to minimize corrosion can result in the contamination of drinking-water and in adverse effects on its taste and appearance.
Water electrical conductivity (EC) of these two studied aquifers varied from 35 to 1071 µS/cm and showed that the prospected wells and boreholes were weakly to fairly mineralised. This may be related to the nature of silicate rocks within the groundwater from the two studied aquifers. It is established that the geochemical processes occurring within the groundwater and the reaction with aquifer minerals have a profond effect on water mineralisation.
It has been noted that groundwater EC values were higher in the weathered aquifer than in the fractured aquifer. This result differs from those obtained by [12] in Odienné area (north-west of Côte d'Ivoire), [13] in Man area (western of Côte d'Ivoire), [14] in Daloa area (Côte d'Ivoire) and [15] in Benin. These authors obtained the highest EC values in the fractured aquifer. This suggests that in the study area there is no connection between
Table 3. WHO drinking water standards (WHO, 2011).
the weathered aquifer and the fractured aquifer.
Compared with the acceptability of drinking-water guideline proposed by [16] , water of the two-studied groundwater presented low concentrations of major elements (Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+, Cl−, and K+) (Table 2). They were low hardness (from 9.6 to 209.7 mg∙L−1 of Ca2+ and Mg2+), low salt (from 1.2 to 94.3 mg∙L−1 of Na+), low chlorinated (from 1.2 to 89.8 mg∙L−1 of Cl−) and presented low concentrations of sulphate (from 0 to 74.9 mg∙L−1 of ). According to [16] , the health-based guideline for nitrate in drinking-water is 50 mg∙L−1. concentrations of all the samples were below the permissible limit except at borehole F27 (69.1 mg∙L−1). The implication of this is that the water had very little contamination with landfill leachate, domestic sewage and other sources of pollution.
The levels of iron detected ranged from 0.01 - 1.16 mg∙L−l. Seventy-eight sampling sites presented iron concentrations lower than 0.3 mg∙L−1 (Table 2). According to [16] , there is usually no noticeable taste at iron concentrations below 0.3 mg/L, although turbidity may develop as it has been noted in some sampling sites such as boreholes B28 (8.27), B30 (3.58), B31 (11.3) and B34 (5.23). The sampling sites that have concentrations of iron above 0.3 mg∙L−1 are: B6 (0.36), B21 (1.1), B22 (0.5), B23 (0.48), B24 (0.48), B25 (0.71), B26 (1.16), B27 (1.12) and W7 (0.57). At levels exceeding 0.3 mg/L, iron in waters of these boreholes and wells stains laundry and cause taste.
The low values obtained for these chemical characteristics indicated that the water may be potable, safe and fit for drinking.
3.2. Hydrogeochemical Processes
Figure 3 shows a dominance of the major ions and Ca2+ in the weathered and fractured aquifers while other ions such as K+, Mg2+ and are comparatively less represented. Concentrations of major cations and major anions are classified as :
and . Thus, the Piper's diagram indicates well waters and most of borehole waters belong to the calcic bicarbonated (Ca-HCO3) type (Figure 4).
The hydrochemical facies obtained in this study is consistent with those of [17] . These authors investigated quality of groundwater in aquifers of crystalline and crystallophyllian rocks in Man areas in Côte d'Ivoire. According to these authors, the Ca-HCO3 type is a major feature of groundwater from aquifers of crystalline and crystallophyllian rocks.
The ion is mainly due to acid hydrolysis of rocks [14] . This hydrolysis is accompanied by the disso-
Figure 3. Mean concentration of chemical parameters of groundwater sam- pled in Oumé Department.
Figure 4. Piper diagram showing the groundwater chemical types of the study area.
lution of cations in particular Ca2+ and Mg2+ which are the most mobile in the weathering of rocks [17] [18] .
A few samples showed different trends as calcic chlorided (Ca-Cl) and sodium-calcium-chloride (Na-Ca-Cl) type of hydrochemical facies (Figure 4). This indicates some localized changes in groundwater quality. In agreement with [3] and [19] , this is possible only in case of anthropogenic input in groundwater system. These findings are in agreement with the component planes and the SOM for the study area displayed in Figure 5. The nodes that represent the high values (mean logarithmical values) are in red and those representing the low values are coloured blue. Indeed, three clusters are extracted from the SOM.
The statistical descriptions of each cluster are shown in Table 4. It is noted that group A is characterized by the high values in Ca2+, Mg2+, K+, Na+ and . By comparing component plane, component planes of these cations have similar distributions over the map with the hydrogenocarbonate plane. It means that cations compo- nents in this group are highly positively correlated with hydrogenocarbonate (Table 5). Negative relationship is also observed between acid-pH and hydrogenocarbonate. These correlations demonstrate that the alteration of acid rocks followed by the dissolution of cations is the predominant mechanism of mineralization in this group. Group B corresponds to low mineralization with high dissolved oxygen and low values of Ca2+, Mg2+, K+, , Fe, Cl−, and . The comparison of hydrogenocarbonate abundance and potassium, calcium and magnesium concentrations shows that there is not generally a positive relationship between these cations and hydrogenocarbonate (Table 5). This effect may be explained by water in this group in contact with hardly alterable acid rocks, hence the low mineralization of waters observed. These correlations also may mean that
Table 4. Statistical description of each cluster found in the study area.
Cond: conductivity; T˚: temperature; Turb: turbidity.
Table 5. Spearman correlation coefficients (r) between hydrogenocarbonate and physicochemical parameters in groundwater of the area study.
*p < 0.05 for 0.222 ≤ │r│ < 0.549; **p < 0.01 for │r│ ≥ 0.549.
water mass whose renewal is easy. Waters of group C are characterized by high conductivity, high nitrate. sulphate and phosphate concentrations. This shows that the phenomena of anthropogenic pollution are predominant in the mecanism mineralization waters of this group.
Effects of water-rock interactions were investigated by calculating calcite (CSI) and dolomite (DSI) saturation indices. As shown in Figure 6, all well waters in the weathered aquifer and most of borehole waters from fractured aquifer are under-saturated to dolomite and to calcite. On the one hand this effect may explain the lower residence time of water in the aquifers. Hence, the gathering together of almost all water wells and boreholes may indicate a lack of connection between both weathered and fractured aquifers. Consequently their supply to water spread out at different ways. On the other hand the distribution of waters in Figure 5 may reveal the discrimination of wells and boreholes in contact with different geological formations on the basis of rocks basicity and acidity. Previous studies [17] [18] have reported that the mineralization and Ca2+, Mg2+ and pH values were higher in groundwater in contact with basic rocks than in the acidic rocks. In this study, it also appears that the values of Ca2+, Mg2+, pH and the mineralization of waters low when calcite and dolomite saturation indices are low. Therefore, the water distribution could be based on the nature of the rocks ranging from a basic pole with
Figure 5. Component planes and SOM visualizations for the study area.
Figure 6. Graph of calcite and dolomite saturation indices.
to an acid pole ( ). These assumptions show the complexity of the hydraulic operating environments crystalline basement.
In Oumé Department, groundwaters in the weathered and fractured aquifers are used for irrigation and domestic purposes. The present study shows a significant impact of hydrogeochemical processes on the quality of these groundwaters. Hydrochemical evolution of the waters is largely controlled by alteration process of acid and basic rocks followed by the dissolution of ions, and locally by anthropogenic effects. Careful examination of the relationships between hydrogenocarbonate and other hydrochemical parameters was useful to understand not only the hydrochemical evolution but also the origins of major ions.
This study also indicates that the water supply met many of the criteria for good quality water. We suggest that a systematic, hydrogeochemical and environmental isotopic study is essential to understand the groundwater system and to prepare an appropriate measure for water quality protection
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Access Bank Launches N1bn 'AccessNolly' Fund
By AwesomeCom	 On Jul 18, 2019
Access Bank Plc has launched a N1 billion 'AccessNolly' Fund. The bank explained that the move was part of efforts to improve and provide solutions for markets and the communities where it operates.
The AccessNolly Fund is primarily targeted at movie producers and distributors for the production and distribution of films of international quality and standard.
The fund, according to a statement from the bank, was launched recently in Lagos.
The Nigerian film industry is the third largest film industry in the world with annual revenue of $200 million and currently employs approximately one million people making it the second largest employer of labour.
Speaking on the initiative, the bank's Executive Director, Business Banking Division, Titi Osuntoki said: "The N1 billion fund is primarily targeted at players within the industry that have the capacity to produce and distribute movies as well as meet other set eligibility criteria. Some of which are number of movies produced, number of years in the industry and annual business turnover."
Based on the key market segments identified in the sector, research had shown that the industry has the potential to contribute up to 1.5 per cent to the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) but has been hampered due to an existing funding gap.
"The bank has set aside these funds in order to facilitate the production and distribution of quality Nigerian movies, purchase of new film production equipment and the expansion and enhancement of production centers and film making hubs", she added.
According to Osuntoki, only commercially viable scripts and well thought out storylines will benefit from the scheme.
"We have identified the potential of this sector of the economy and we have chosen to revolutionize and transform the entertainment industry with a major focus on Nollywood as well as be the lead banking partner to this industry hence the birth of AccessNolly Fund", she said.
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When the scoreboard flashed 10-0 in the fourth, some fans thought "no problem, we can come back. We've already seen record comebacks this week!" It's one thing to dream about setting the record for biggest comeback in team history. After Terry Collins took out his four leading hitters, the replace-Mets did more than dream. They brought the tying run to the plate in the eighth and go-ahead run up in the ninth, only to fall 10-8.
It felt like only a matter of time before the Mets' paper-thin rotation would collapse. With Noah Syndergaard out with strep throat, Collins was left with two options. Sean Gilmartin wasn't an inspiring choice for a spot starter. He only made one start in the big leagues before Saturday's game. But the other option was Rafael Montero, whose best big league start this year involved six walks in five innings.
Neither option was a safe choice for the Mets. Gilmartin gave up a walk, a single, and then served up a fastball for a three-run Maikel Franco homer. He responded by getting right in to another jam, walking Jorge Alfaro to bring pitcher Alec Asher up with two outs and the bases loaded. Asher singled to center to bring in two more runs and chase Gilmartin. Montero warmed up with a wild pitch and another walk to Cesar Hernandez. In what may be Saturday's biggest surprise, that was Montero's only walk. He struck out Roman Quinn to end the inning.
Odubel Herrera led off the second with a triple. It felt like the Mets were in for another onslaught of bad pitching, but Montero retired seven of the eight batters and was cruising in the fourth. Herrera broke through with a single, then Franco and Tommy Joseph singled. Darin Ruf homered for the second straight game (after not homering all season) and it was suddenly 10-0. Collins gave Jose Reyes, Asdrubal Cabrera, Yoenis Cespedes and Curtis Granderson one more at-bat each in the bottom of the fourth before pulling them all to rest for Sunday's day game.
Lucas Duda started the Mets comeback in the bottom of the fifth by running down the line to take advantage of Freddy Galvis' poor fielding. (Duda also made diving plays in the field, showing no obvious back symptoms.) Travis d'Arnaud singled and Gavin Cecchini reached on a Franco error to put the Mets on the board. T.J. Rivera, Brandon Nimmo and Ty Kelly all got hits to give the Mets a total of four unearned runs before James Loney pinch hit and grounded out to end the inning.
The rookies from Las Vegas went 6-11 with three doubles and drove in the Mets' first six runs, striking again in the sixth and the eighth. Cecchini got his first major league hit in the sixth, an RBI double scoring Michael Conforto. Cecchini almost got his first home run in the eighth but settled for another RBI double. The crazy dream of coming back from a 10-0 deficit was suddenly real when Rivera came up as the tying run. Phillies setup man Hector Neris couldn't throw his splitter close to the plate, but he made the adjustment, relying on his fastball to get Rivera and Nimmo out.
Jay Brice finally got off the bench and gave Mets fans a reason to cheer for him in the ninth with a solo home run to make it 10-8. Eric Campbell drew an 11-pitch walk to bring Conforto up as the tying run with one out. He drew a 3-2 walk to bring up Duda. Could the Mets slugger have his own storybook walkoff homer? Would he flip the bat in celebration? Nope. Duda popped up and d'Arnaud hit a comebacker to end a wild game, just short of the record books.
After using Johnny Wholestaff for the last two games, the Mets hope Robert Gsellman can go deep in the game. Both the Cardinals and Giants won, pushing the Mets back in to a tie for the wild card.


A list of night-only time-lapse sequences created from images captured between 00:00 and 14:00 UTC(with lots of variability depending on availability) is posted on youtube here. In low light conditions, the infrared (IR) filter is not used so that wavelengths up to 1 micron are captured and transmitted. Hot materials emit these long wavelengths and so dominate the scene. With 30 frame per second and 10 seconds between images, the sequences are effectively sped up by a factor of 300. There are significant gaps in many of the videos. However, there are fewer clouds at night so the images tend to be more clear. A good recent example is this video from 12 Oct 2015.
Animations from both web-cams can be found in this youtube playlist. The cameras are located at: (left) INSIVUMEH's Fuego Observatory in Panimache, about 7 km southwest of the summit of Fuego; and (right) at La Reunion Golf Resort, about 7 km southeast of the summit. Note that all times are UTC (local time plus 6) and that the times are not perfectly synchronized. These have been produced through an automated process and have not undergone rigorous quality control.


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Q: What must I deploy for a project that uses OpenNETCF? I created an .exe using the OpenNETCF's SerialPort class, but when I copied the .exe to the Motorola device running Windows CE 6 and tried to run it, I got:
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What file or files do I need to copy over to remedy this? Is there a way to cause Visual Studio (2003, .NET 1.1) to bundle the required bits into the .exe?
I noticed in Build | Configuration Manager that the only context I have set up is "Debug"; would changing this from Debug to Release make any difference?

A: I don't know about Visual Studio 2003, but in 2008 you can create a Smart Device Deployment CAB, which essentially creates an installer for you, which would have a copy of all the references you need for your program to work.

A: This may have been overkill, but I copied all the OpenNETCF dlls over, and the problem was solved.

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Mr. Mueller, a native of California, is a graduate of the University of Arizona and holds an MBA from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA. He and his wife Susan have three adult children. They appreciate the challenging golf, mountain views, and ski slopes that the Rocky Mountains provide.


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Silverstone, F1 extend racing deal for 5 years
As expected, historic track will remain on Formula 1 schedule
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Formula 1 will continue to race at Silverstone for the next five years, as Liberty Media and the British Racing Drivers Club announced an agreement on Wednesday ahead of the weekend's British Grand Prix.
On the calendar since hosting the very first round of the Formula 1 World Championship in 1950, the British Grand Prix has been run at several different venues, but since 1987 the round has found a permanent home at Silverstone.
It is believed that a deal for Silverstone to continue on the calendar was completed on Tuesday in London before a last-minute press conference was called on Wednesday afternoon.
Haas F1 Team loses main sponsor due in part to team's poor performance
Chairman and CEO of Formula 1 Chase Carey said, "We are really pleased to confirm that the British Grand Prix will stay on the FIA Formula 1 World Championship calendar for at least the next five years, with the event remaining at its longstanding home, Silverstone circuit.
"We have always said that, if it is to have a long-term future, our sport must preserve its historic venues and Silverstone and Great Britain represent the cradle of this sport, its starting point back in 1950. Today, Formula 1 is a global sport, held on five continents, watched by an audience of over 500 million fans around the world and our aim is to grow this number by bringing the sport we love to new countries, while also maintaining its roots: Silverstone and the British Grand Prix are an integral part of that vision."
With Carey having previously said that keeping historically important races on the calendar was a priority, it was always likely that a deal would be reached but, with the futures of other races like those in Spain and Belgium in doubt, nothing could be taken for granted.
"Silverstone is one of the most iconic Grands Prix on the F1 calendar and with such a rich heritage it would have been disastrous for the sport and fans had we not managed to find a way forward," said John Grant, Chairman of the BRDC. "2020 will be the 70th anniversary of the first round of the World Championship which took place at Silverstone on 13th May 1950 and will make next year's event all the more special.
"This is great news for the BRDC, Silverstone and Formula 1 -- and for millions of British motor racing fans."


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First grade is a year of many firsts: students get to have their own desk and books, they begin writing homework assignments in their planners, they review the writing process, write a non-fiction report on their favorite animal, and build the animal from recycled materials! Learning adventures include visits to an apple orchard, screening an Earth Day movie, and a day at the zoo. Following the example of their sixth grade buddies, first graders are shown how they can help others while doing service projects.
Second grade begins with identifying dinosaurs and theorizing as to why they died out, building roller coasters, exploring the solar system, constellations, and moon phases. In religion, the main focus is learning the Ten Commandments, receiving the sacraments of Reconciliation in the fall, and receiving the Eucharist in the spring. Adventures include exploring the Wilds near Zanesville and the Works in Newark. Of course, cursive is a rite of passage in second grade, and by the end of the year the students will write like John Hancock! There is always something new and exciting to do and learn in second grade.
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Fourth grade is all about mastering organization and balancing a heavier homework load. In health, nutrition, first aid, the digestive system, and learning about making healthy choices is studied. Social studies is focused on Ohio. Students take a walk through time from the first settlers to modern day Ohioans. They write a report about one of the Presidents of the United States, since Ohio is known as the, "mother of the Presidents." In math, they master 2 and 3 digit multiplication as well as long division. In science, the annual Knowledge Fair encourages students to explore using the scientific process. Different landforms are studies as well as erosion, deposition, weatherings, fossils, and matter. In language arts, students practice writing detailed sentences and creating well-developed paragraphs. In reading, a variety of genres are read and further explored in a monthly book report. Our main focus in 4th grade Religion is learning about the deeper meaning of Reconciliation, the Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes. Learning is further enhanced with trips to the Ohio Statehouse to Newark to see the Great Circle and Flint Ridge.
The fifth grade is the youngest class on the junior high side of the building. Fifth grade is also the year of the Battle of the Books, an inter-school reading "quiz" competition. Their study of Spanish intensifies over the year as they are now involved with a standards based program. In the spring, a field trip is taken to the Lutheran Memorial Camp to participate in outdoor education and conservation.
Students begin to take on more responsibility. They really enjoy meeting and doing activities with their first grade buddies. Sixth grade is the first year students decide on the topic of their science fair project. If they receive a superior rating from judges, they have the opportunity to advance to district and state competitions. Students also enjoy the field trip to Honeyrun waterfall to lstudy rock formations as part of their earth science unit. Students participate in the annual bike hike to Gambier and back, develop acting skills as part of the junior high play, and culminate the year by going on a three-day junior high trip.
In seventh grade students spend their time learning about worldwide cultures through social studies and literature. The scientific process and research skills continue to develop and are challenged in a science fair. Public speaking skills are gained when students prepare and deliver a speech. Seventh graders have the opportunity to participate in the creative writing team for Power of the Pen as well as participate in the Battle of the Books. The seventh graders also take on the responsibility of helping the new kindergartners become a part of their school "family." Spring activities include the junior high musical and an Ohio based three-day trip.
Eighth grade is an exciting year! Students take field trips to Camp Ohio (to do the high ropes course) and play golf. They are on the Yearbook staff, in Civics Club, in Chamber Choir, and plan the spring musical. Future City Competition and miming the Stations of the Cross are among the numerous projects unique to eighth grade. Their main focus throughout the year is service. They bring a lot to our school and we are always sad to see them leave when they graduate.
In Spanish, the eighth grade students are now prepared to take the Flex Credit exam. This exam allows them to gain high school credit. Their main focus throughout the year is service. The eighth graders bring a lot to the school and they are greatly missed upon graduation.
Spanish is taught from kindergarten all the way through eighth grade. This class allows students to explore the culture and language from many different Spanish speaking countries. In the beginning years, Spanish focuses on simple vocabulary like colors, numbers, animals, etc. As the students enter 2nd – 5th grade, they begin to develop and perfect their writing and speaking abilities. During their 6th – 8th grade years, the Spanish 1 curriculum is introduced and taught. By the end of their eighth grade year, students will be ready to take the Level 1 National Spanish Exam to gain high school credit.
Music is taught to all grade levels and no type of music is off limits. Students exploration includes singing, buckets drums, and musical theatre. Twice a year, an all-student, original production is performed.
Art is taught from kindergarten through eighth grade. Students learn about artists and the elements of art while experiencing 2-D and 3-D media in kindergarten and first grade. By second grade students focus their new skills by studying and creating still lives, landscapes, and portraits. In third and fourth grade students perfect their research skills as they travel the globe for artistic inspiration. As they officially start middle school in fifth grade, students begin studying art through its timeline beginning in the Paleolithic era. Students create large scale team artworks as well as individual work, learning to create charters and read rubrics. By eighth grade students complete the timeline to modern art and work studio-style with the aide of rubric parameters. The eighth grade year concludes with a unit on art careers. Art showcases are held twice a year however, the art room is open for viewing works in progress!
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Eric Paslay, RaeLynn Team Up With Habitat for Humanity At 'Home is the Key' Block Party
Posted by Tayhlor Stephenson on April 30, 2018 at 10:00 am
We had a great time today watching @ericpaslay, @raelynnofficial and @propertybrothers help present Amanda and Ashlee the keys to their new homes!! Swipe ➡ for more photos. @habitatforhumanity #habitatforhumanity #homeisthekey #countrymusic #nashville #ericpaslay #raelynn #propertybrothers
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Last year Eric Paslay partnered with Habitat for Humanity with the launch of their first national campaign, "Home is the Key," which aims to lead new homeowners to a better lifestyle and highlight the need for affordable housing. Fast forward one year and the "Friday Night" singer joined forces with "Queens Don't" singer RaeLynn and the Property Brothers, also known as Drew and Jonathan Scott, in a Home is the Key Block Party, where two single, hard-working mothers were handed over the keys to their newly built homes.
"I think it's just so cool to see a community come together and see a community being built," Paslay told us. "Someone told me you don't own anything ever, God just lets you take care of it for a little while, and it's really special just to see when a blessing like that happens in someone's life."
The two homebuyers took turns being presented the keys to their houses, and the entire time Paslay and RaeLynn watched alongside others who compiled a supportive crowd. Then, the spotlight shifted briefly as Paslay and RaeLynn surprised the Scott brothers by singing them an early "Happy Birthday" — their birthday was the upcoming Saturday, April 29. The pre-birthday celebration was followed by individual performances from each country act.
Following RaeLynn's performance, she shared with us what makes Habitat for Humanity such a special cause to work with.
"My favorite thing about Habitat for Humanity is the fact that they give women, or even men, that are working their butts off already an opportunity to be homeowners," she said. "They're just setting them up for success … and they give them the opportunity to also be a part of building and putting their blood, sweat and tears into this home."
The new homeowners weren't the only ones whose blood, sweat and tears went into building these houses, though. In fact, both Paslay and RaeLynn contributed to the homes, so seeing the finished project was satisfying for not only the mothers receiving the houses but for the country artists as well.
"I love building things, from songs to houses," Paslay said. "It's a lot of fun, and both of those things are rewarding."
RaeLynn, whose husband serves in the U.S. Army, understands as much as anyone just how important a home can be to a family.
"We (RaeLynn and her husband) both live crazy lives — he's always in different places, and I am too — but one thing I can say is our house that we have, everytime we're there it's just like this sense of peace that we know that we have this to come back to," RaeLynn said. "I know that we love that security and it's brought us closer in our relationship to know that we built this thing together, so I can only imagine how these families feel today."
And while Paslay is a songwriting genius, he proves himself to be quite the DIY specialist, too — he calls it "saving money, spending time." But, for anyone who feels that their DIY skills may not be up to par, Paslay encourages people to help anyway.
"You don't have to know what you're doing, someone will teach you, and that's the coolest thing about it," he said. "Just as long as you're willing to work and learn and be a good vibe, show up and be a part of it."
For more information on Habitat for Humanity, visit www.habitat.org.
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Q: How to mock a generic method with delegate in it using Fakes I am having a method as below which I want to mock using Fakes. Any help in this regard is really appreciated?
IEnumerable<T> ExecuteReader<T>(
    string commandText,
    Func<IDataRecord, T> returnFunc,
    int timeOut = 30);

A: Assuming you've generated the fakes assembly for the interface/class in question then it depends if you're using an interface (or virtual method) to define the method or only a class.  If an interface or virtual method, you can use a stub like
    [TestMethod]
    public void StubFuncTest()
    {
        StubITestReader stubClass = new StubITestReader();
        stubClass.ExecuteReaderOf1StringFuncOfIDataRecordM0Int32<int>((str, func, timeout) =>
        {
            int[] retVal = {12, 25, 15};
            return retVal;
        });

        ITestReader reader = stubClass;
        IEnumerable<int> curInt = reader.ExecuteReader<int>("testText", TestFunc);
        foreach (var i in curInt)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(i);
        }
    }

or if just a standard method, you'll need to use a shim (I would advise to use the first option)
    [TestMethod]
    public void ShimFuncTest()
    {
        TestUnitTestClass tutClass = new TestUnitTestClass();
        using (ShimsContext.Create())
        {
            ShimTestUnitTestClass shimClass = new ShimTestUnitTestClass(tutClass);
            shimClass.ExecuteReaderOf1StringFuncOfIDataRecordM0Int32<int>((str, func, timeout) =>
            {
                int[] retVal = {12, 25, 15};
                return retVal;
            });

            IEnumerable<int> curInt = tutClass.ExecuteReader<int>("testText", TestFunc);
            foreach (var i in curInt)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(i);
            }
        }
    }

Adding response to comment
It's a bit easier for normal methods.  Using the stub, it would be something like
    [TestMethod]
    public void StubRegFuncTest()
    {
        StubITestReader stubClass = new StubITestReader();
        stubClass.ExecuteNonQueryStringInt32 = (str, timeout) => timeout * 2;

        ITestReader reader = stubClass;
        int curInt = reader.ExecuteNonQuery("testText");
        Console.WriteLine(curInt);
        curInt = reader.ExecuteNonQuery("testText", 10);
        Console.WriteLine(curInt);
    }

The not-so-obvious difference is the generic method is enclosed in parenthesis while the normal method is just lambda expression and code block.


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From Martha Stewart You will need three 3 3/8-by-7-inch brown paper bags to make this recipe.
To make the sponge, warm a small bowl by rinsing it with hot water. Pour in warm water, and sprinkle 1 package yeast on it. Let stand until yeast has dissolved. Stir in 1/2 cup flour, cover with plastic wrap, and let stand until doubled, about 30 minutes. Sprinkle remaining package yeast over warm milk. Let stand until dissolved. Beat together sugar, eggs, egg yolks, and vanilla. Mix in yeast-milk mixture. Add sponge, and stir until well incorporated. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine butter and remaining 3 1/2 cups flour until crumbly. Slowly pour in egg mixture, and beat on high speed for 3 to 4 minutes, until dough is elastic-looking and long strands form. Beat in fruit and zests. Turn dough into an oiled bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and leave in a warm place to rise until doubled, 2 to 3 hours. Fold down tops of bags to form a 3-inch cuff. Brush inside and out with melted butter. Turn out dough onto a lightly floured board and knead a few times to deflate. Divide dough into three pieces. Roll each into a ball, and drop into prepared bags. Place bags on a baking sheet about 4 inches apart, and cover loosely with plastic wrap. Leave in a warm place to rise until doubled again, about 2 hours. Heat oven to 400 degrees. Carefully cut an X in the top of each loaf with oiled scissors. In a small bowl, whisk together the egg yolk and heavy cream to make an egg wash. Brush top of each loaf with egg wash. Place baking sheet in bottom third of oven. After 10 minutes, lower heat to 375 degrees. Bake for 30 more minutes; if tops get too brown while baking, cover with foil. Loaves are done when a wooden skewer inserted into centers comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.


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Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam
The Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam is a collection of the various divine plays performed by Lord Shiva in the life of his devotees in order to test their true bhakti, and these interesting incidents were written by the 16th-century Shaivite Saint and Poet Sri Paranjothi Munivar, and he was born in a pious Shaivite family at Vedaranyam situated in Tamil Nadu, and he became a popular Shaivite saint in his later part of life. He was an ardent devotee of Ma Meenakshi also, and it is believed that Sri Paranjothi Munivar had written the wonderful text, Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam, as per the orders of Ma Meenakshi, which she conveyed it to him in his dream.
In the sacred city of Madurai, Lord Shiva had performed his divine plays which are considered as wonderful by his devotees. Some of the divine plays performed by him are given below.
During the time of Lord Sundareswarar and Ma Meenakshi's marriage at Madurai, Lord Shiva had invited his divine attendants to participate in the grand ceremony. The marriage arrangements were made fantastically by the parents of Ma Meenakshi, and as a result, the divine mother, Meenakshi also got some pride on her mind. In order to remove the pride from her mind, Lord Shiva brought his attendant Gundodaran to the marriage, and made him to eat the entire food stuffs prepared by the cooks. Due to that, Ma Meenakshi had realised her mistake, and fell down at the feet of her consort Lord Shiva, who was in the form of Lord Sundareswarar, and she sought apology and also asked him to forgive her mistake.
Once, Manickavasagar, the great Shiva Devotee, served as a Minister under the Pandyan king, Varagunavarman. The king gave some wealth to Manickavasagar and asked him to buy horses for that money. Due to his great devotion of Lord Shiva, instead of buying horses, the great saint Manickavasagar, had spent all the money given by the king towards spiritual activities. Then out of his utmost devotion on Lord Shiva, the king came to knew about the significance of Manickavasagar and released him from the prison, and also gave him lot of wealth to continue his spiritual activities.
Once, people began to suffer from heavy flood in Madurai due to enormous flood caused by the Vaigai River. As per the orders to the king of that region, everyone began to place sand on the shore, in order to control the huge River flow. At that time, an old lady who was selling Pittu, a form of eatable, made out of rice and sugar, was unable to discharge the work given by the Pandyan King, due to her old age. At that time, Lord Shiva took the form of a small boy, and agreed to do her work, and in return for that, he was given some quantity of Pittu by the old woman. But even after eating the Pittu, the boy didn't do any work, but began to dance. On knowing about this, King Pandyan had got very angry with the boy, and without knowing that he was the great Lord Shiva, he began to beat him with a stick. As soon as the blow falls on the body of the boy, each and every one in the world, including, birds and animals received the blow given by the Pandyan King, and he himself got the blow on his back. Then the boy was transformed in the form of Shiva, blessed everybody and disappeared from that place.
In another incident, Lord Shiva removed the ego of the Jain Monks, and made them to realise the importance of Shaivism. Likewise he has done lot of playful acts, similar to our sweet Lord Krishna, and all those plays teaches us a nice lesson, and also makes us to develop more and more Shiva Bhakti.
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Shell's $6 Billion 'Cracker' Plant Part of 'Ponzi Scheme for Natural Gas,' Critic Says
Supporters of Shell's Pennsylvania Petrochemicals Complex allege it will revive the region's economy, but critics say it will pollute the environment and harm human health — especially children's health.
Paul K. Haeder
Along the banks of the Ohio River, some residents of Pennsylvania towns like Beaver, Vanport, Brighton and Monaca are hoping a $6 billion ethane cracker plant in Potter Township will deliver positive economic benefits, including new jobs.
But others who live in the region are skeptical the plant can deliver on those promises. And some say they're concerned about the plant's potential to pollute the environment and harm human health.
Once it's operational this fall, Shell's Pennsylvania Petrochemicals Complex — the recipient of a $1.6 billion tax break, the largest ever for the state — will become a major player in U.S. petrochemicals, producing 1.6 million tons of polyethylene annually in the form of nurdles, tiny polyethylene pellets used to manufacture plastic goods.
Beaver County Commissioner Jack Manning expressed a "mostly positive" attitude toward Shell's project, even though people are leaving his county because of it. Manning spoke earlier this year to Yale Environment 360 of his hope that the the petrochemicals industry might restore the region to its former glory days of Big Steel.
Mark Thomas, president of the Pittsburgh Regional Alliance, a nonprofit economic development group, last year told NBC News, "The steel from the [region's] steel mills not only helped win World War II but built everything from the Empire State Building to the Golden Gate Bridge … and everything in between."
Indeed, some state and federal officials predict a "regional renaissance," not only for the jobs these plants might bring, "but also for the development that could be an economic multiplier, or catalyst," officials said, citing a potential boom for the restaurant and hotel industries, commercial transportation and manufacturing.
"It's not that the industry by itself will rescue all the communities that need investment," Thomas said. "But it will create enough of a fire that it can be catalytic."
The oil industry claims gas supplies in the Ohio River region — sometimes referred to as the Appalachian petrochemical hub — could support as many as five large cracker plants like Shell's 800-acre complex, which is set to open soon after five years of construction.
However, Eric de Place, one of the authors (with Molly Kiick) of a December 2021 study by the Ohio River Valley Institute on the economic impact of Shell's large-scale development, said data collected by the study show large-scale development by Shell has failed to produce growth in Beaver County.
de Place told The Defender:
"The supposed revitalization of Beaver County did not happen. Instead, we have people complaining about the noises. There was even a foam release into the river. Complaints about odors. And flaring caused light to be reflected off the clouds. This industry brings with it a ton of environmental problems."
Along with those "environmental problems" — Shell's plant, situated 25 miles from Pittsburgh, would emit 2.25 million tons of carbon dioxide a year, wiping out the gains in carbon reduction Pittsburgh planned to achieve by 2030 — critics of the project say it also comes with risks to human health.
Indeed, some community members expressed fear that a petrochemical boom will move Beaver County one step closer to becoming another "cancer alley" — the term environmentalists and industry wonks use to describe an 85-mile stretch of land along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, which is home to 150 petrochemical plants and refineries.
Manning, who used to work in the petrochemical industry, rejected those concerns, telling WESA-FM NPR he's confident Shell's cracker plant is safe.
Shell's environmental and regulatory lead, Kimberly Kaal, holds a similar view. When asked what effect the company's cracker plant would have on the health of residents in nearby communities she said, "We don't have an impact."
But community-based groups disagreed.
"The harm is considerable," Dr. Edward C. Ketyer, a retired pediatrician and president of Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania, told The Defender.
"People exposed to the emissions and pollution will get sick, because that's what happens to people who live near petrochemical facilities like cracker plants!"
When asked about his biggest concerns now that the Shell plant is about to go online, Ketyer said he's concerned about inversions and ground-level ozone and Shell's insistence that the plant is non-hazardous.
"I worry about the topography of the area, where air emissions get trapped in the river valley, especially during common temperature inversions — effectively gassing the residents living in proximity and downwind from the plant," Ketyer said.
In an interview with The Defender, Ketyer, who lives in the region, said:
"This area of the country is a really special place. The people are genuine and take pride in their communities. Even though they've been warned, they haven't processed what they've learned.
"When this plant opens — this week or next month — they are in for a big surprise. And they are not going to be happy."
Like 'a Ponzi scheme for natural gas'
Ethane cracker plants like the Shell plant in Pennsylvania's Potter Township perform the first step in the process of transforming ethane — a component of natural gas derived from fracking — into plastic products.
According to the Environmental Law Institute:
"When shale is extracted from the ground, it contains methane as well as other components, including natural gas liquids (NGLs) such as ethane. A separation unit at the drilling site divides methane from NGLs in order to yield 'pipeline quality' natural gas, which is mostly pure methane that can be burned as fuel.
"Meanwhile, the NGLs have other uses and are separated into ethane, propane, butane, and other components at a fractionation plant. Ethane then can be transferred from the fractionation plant to an ethane cracker, which converts ethane into ethylene, the basic building bloc of many plastics products."
The plants, which use extreme heat to "crack" the molecular bonds in ethane to produce ethylene, "have the potential to emit large amounts of ethylene, propylene and other so-called 'highly reactive volatile organic compounds.' These are chemical compounds that can react quickly in sunlight to form ground-level ozone, or smog."
According to the Environmental Health Project:
"Once operational, the Shell cracker plant has been permitted to release more than 30 tons of hazardous air pollutants, 323 tons of fine particles, and 522 tons of VOCs. These numbers make it a major contributor to pollution in our region."
But cracking ethane into ethylene is just one phase of an energy-intensive polluting process, according to de Place, who works in the Pacific Northwest for Salish Strategies and several other organizations as an environmental consultant.
"The whole chain is dirty," de Place said, explaining that it involves the drilling of thousands of wells, from which methane, natural gas and ethane are extracted.
"You have to drill the wells to support the petrochemical plant, but you also have to build the petrochemical plant in order to keep drilling the wells," according to Rebecca Scott, associate professor of environmental sociology at the University of Missouri, in a Sept. 15 Sierra magazine article. "It's like a Ponzi scheme for natural gas."
In a 15-year period, from 2002 to 2017, 10,000 fracking wells were drilled in Pennsylvania. Almost a third are located within 1.25 miles of a residential groundwater well.
The cracker plant produces waste products and fluids, some of which are radioactive, which then have to be stored. And the plastics then have to be shipped all over the world.
Children bear brunt of health risks
Moms Clean Air Force and dozens of other local and state watchdog groups, in many cases with the backing of university-based scientists, agree that cracker plants spew large amounts of dangerous pollution into the air, including benzene, formaldehyde and toluene; volatile organic compounds (VOCs); particulate matter; nitrogen oxide; and carbon dioxide.
That means people living near cracker and fracking operations are at higher risk of cancer, neurological problems, cardiovascular disease, respiratory ailments, birth defects, asthma attacks and low birth rates, according to a 2016 report from JAMA Internal Medicine.
Moms Clean Air Force Project Manager Patrice Tomcik voiced her concerns about air pollution in her hometown of Gibsonia, near Pittsburgh, during one of the community meetings organized by Shell.
Tomcik said:
"I know firsthand about polluting industries because my community is completely surrounded by polluting sources. Upwind to the west of our home is an interstate connector and to the north is a steel plant. To my south and east is a cluster of coal-fired power plants that contribute to making Pennsylvania's power sector the fifth dirtiest in the nation.
"To compound the air pollution problem are multiple unconventional natural gas wells in my children's school district with the closest ones a half mile away. My youngest son had cancer, and I know his immune system is compromised."
Tomcik cited a Yale study that found children in Pennsylvania who live near unconventional gas production (fracking) are up to 3 times more likely to be diagnosed with leukemia between the ages of 2 and 7 than those who did not live near wells.
The Yale study found children who live within a mile-and-a-quarter of a well face the highest risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).
Even carried out to 6 miles from a well, the study suggests children still had an elevated level of risk of getting leukemia.
"What our results really indicate is that exposure to unconventional oil and gas development may be an important risk factor for ALL, particularly for those children that are exposed in utero," said Cassandra Clark, lead author of the study and an environmental epidemiologist at the Yale Cancer Center.
Children living within one-and-a-quarter miles of a fracking well "were twice as likely to develop ALL than others, and babies born to pregnant women who lived near these sites were nearly 3 times as likely to develop this type of cancer," according to a study published Aug. 18, in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.
"Hundreds of chemicals have been reportedly used in injection water or detected in wastewater," according to the August study.
Keyter told The Defender that the names of the chemicals emitted into the air from one of the largest petrochemical ethane cracker plants in the world aren't a secret, and that the Shell ethane cracker plant is no different than any of the other cracker plants in operation around the country and around the world.
"It's no secret that people who live around these types of fossil-fueled industrial facilities are more likely to get sick than people who don't, Keyter told The Defender.
"Children are more likely to be exposed because, well, they're kids, and they and their mothers are more likely to suffer the health consequences as a result. These things are objectively known."
"Children are inherently more susceptible to health damage from environmental exposures due to the fact that their bodies and organ systems are rapidly growing and developing."
Like many scientists and doctors, Keyter spoke of the longer "shelf life" children have:
"They have more years to develop manifestations of disease after exposure(s) to toxics in the environment. We know that fossil fuel pollution — fine particulate matter, volatile organic compounds like benzene and formaldehyde, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons — is arguably the worst kind of pollution humanity has seen in terms of inflicting the greatest harm to the greatest numbers."
Citizen groups still active, despite failure to stop Shell plant
Matthew Mehalik, executive director of the Breathe Project, part of a collaboration of environmental community groups in the Ohio River valley, considers the collective fight against this Shell project as a loss.
But he believes the future of plastics is shaky.
"When you talk to people on the street about Shell, you are talking to people who have endured the zinc plant, major coal-fired power plants, existing chemical plants, nuclear power plants, all at their doorstep for generations," Mehalik told the Pittsburg Independent a week ago. "There is a normalization of a deep acceptance of health consequences for employment. . . . It's as if they forgot their history."
Mehalik, who grew up in the Industrial River Valley, told The Defender how his six-and-a-half years working to oppose Shell's project has resulted in lost battles, how Shell gaslights residents and how it manipulates projected profits for its plastics markets.
"They overbuilt the past 10 years," Mehalik said, adding that when Shell first pitched the cracker plant for Beaver County, the forecast for the plastics market was double what it is now.
That "wobbly market," Mehalik emphasized, glosses over the huge tax incentive ($1.6 billion), pushing sort of a "cognitive dissonance boosterism" that disregards the quality of life and health impacts of the plant.
The battle may have been lost with the Shell cracker, but Mehalik stressed the four "proposed" plastics plants for this area are not seeing the tax support or capital investment Shell's cracker facility realized.
Shell's announced startup date is the end of summer. Mehalik noted there has been increased use of ground flares at the plant's stacks. More and more plumes and flares are consistent with a cracker plant about to begin operation.
In addition to groups like Breathe Project and Moms Clean Air Force, other organizations also remain intent on holding Shell's feet to the fire in terms of emissions and other health hazards. Among them are the Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community and the citizen watchdog group, Eyes on Shell, launched last month.
They all serve as the eyes, ears and noses on the ground, urging residents to keep health journals and report flaring incidents, foul odors and other troubling signs.
"There are still battles to be won," Mehalik said. "Pursuing truth is worth all the energy. I'm hopeful."
Paul K. Haeder has been a beat reporter for more than a dozen newspapers and magazines.


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Brigade Group ties up with Steve Waugh's Waughglobal.com to reach out to NRIs
The portal is designed to specifically serve the growing NRI market, along with offering other allied services including banks finance, property management and other required assistance for these high networth clientsSanu Sandilya | ET Bureau | Updated: September 14, 2015, 17:02 IST
Knight Frank said it has entered into an agreement with industry chamber FICCI to launch an index that would measure sentiments in the real estate market.
NEW DELHI: Bangalore-based real estate developer Brigade Group has tied up with former Australian cricket legend Steve Waugh-promoted real estate portal waughglobal.com to reach out to NRIs and persons of Indian origin (PIOs) across the globe.
The portal is designed to specifically serve the growing NRI market, along with offering other allied services including banks finance, property management and other required assistance for these high networth clients.
"As part of the partnership, home buyers will have access to Brigade Group's luxury and premium projects across South India and a great platform to get their property queries addressed in their country of residence," Brigade Group said in a BSE filing.
MR Jaishankar, chairman and managing director, Brigade Group said, "The consumer today is predominantly online and buying homes online is the way forward. We are delighted to partner with 'waughglobal.com' to showcase our properties to potential buyers across the world."
Waughglobal.com is at present selling properties of Godrej Properties, Kalpataru, K Raheja Corp, Lodha Group, Shapoorji Pallonji Real Estate, Sobha and Brigade Group. the portal has tied up with 10 developers and selling apartments at 91 projects across seven Indian cities.
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