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Warrnambool day 2 preview
Plenty more racing to come from Warrnambool. TheTrialFiles, @thetrialfiles return with a selection of races on the card. For the full preview, including a couple of blackbookers running at Warwick Farm today, visit their site . -------------------- The Trial Files ( www.thetrialfiles.com ) is a unique and revolutionary trial service that gives punters a vital edge over the competition through the thorough analysis of Vic, NSW and SA barrier trials. At the trial files we use a combination of digital sectional times along with an understanding of the effort a horse is exerting in a trial to compile a comprehensive assessment of all trials run in Vic, NSW and SA. Trial Files will identify the horses to follow, and conversely the horses who will start under the odds and be suitable "lay" bets. Our experts will assess the races our "blackbooked" horses appear in and provide betting advice accordingly. Whilst it is great to identify horses who trial well, or poorly, at Trial Files we a
Wangoom Handicap preview
Day two of Warrnambool is about the flat racing, particularly the big sprint feature, the Wangoom Handicap. Taking the magnifying glass to cast an eye over the field is @brisburghphil . -------------------- The Wangoom Handicap, 1200m. Always a race that seems to spark my interest. It generally draws a pretty decent field and more often that not something stands out at first glance. This year is hopefully no exception. Below is a short history (last 4 winners) with a few details; 2012 Second Effort 56kg (13) Slow -25 days between runs 2011 Uxorious 53kg (10) Heavy - First up 2010 Stanzout 57kg (3) Heavy- 14 days between runs 2009 Arch Symbol 53kg (2) Slow – 17 days between runs There isn't a terrible lot we can ascertain from this short history, except for the fact that all 4 had run well at the track at some stage prior to winning the race, and 2 of them were actually trained at the track. All 4 were run on significantly 'affected' surfaces but we might just g
Day 1 Warrnambool preview
People outside Australia will have heard of the Melbourne spring carnival and the Sydney autumn carnival, and they are great in their own right, but they are spread out over several weeks, in the big city, so if you live there, there's no chance to get away and enjoy complete immersion in the racing and the off-course festivities. The best week for that in Australia is the Warrnambool carnival - three consecutive days of flat and jumps racing in a seaside town almost three hours away from Melbourne. Close enough to drive down for the day if you really wanted to, but also far enough away to justify staying for the week. And what a week it is..... Joining the blog this week to preview several races is @TheTrialFiles - a website which bases its analysis on ..... trials! More details below. ----------------------- WARRNAMBOOL Carnival Day 1 The Trial Files ( www.thetrialfiles.com ) are going to preview all flat races throughout the Warrnambool Carnival as an extra to our normal
'Betfair king' turns out to be just another conman
Well, blow me down with a feather. The bloke who boasted to the News of the World a few years back that he was making millions out of Betfair was actually just a conman stealing money from 'investors' and blowing it on his own ego and an extravagant lifestyle. The call went out quickly back in June 2009 when it first came out that it was utter tripe, but unfortunately there are always gullible people who will believe any old story told to them about get rich quick schemes, and they've done their money. The crook, Elliott Short, is currently on trial for 13 counts of fraud. I was hoping for a slightly more reputable publication to post the story but instead I'll have to use the Daily Mail... Gambler, 26, who called himself the 'Betfair King' conned friends out of £600,000 with betting scam to pay for designer clothes A gambler who allegedly conned family friends out of £620,000 through a bogus betting scheme spent thousands of pounds shopping for designer c
The Audemar Piguet QEII Cup preview
High quality racing all around the globe this week, including the 'other' international day in Hong Kong. A handful of foreigners have beefed up the field in the QEII Cup into quite a tasty contest with plenty of depth. With the preview, it's regular HK correspondent, Jon Thompson, @jaytee6666 . ------------------ Audemars Piguet QEII Cup Sha Tin stages the Audemars Piguet QEII Cup on Sunday with 14 runners heading to post at 16.35 local time or 09.35 on the UK clocks. The race features what will surely be the first of many clashes between the local champion of the older generation Ambitious Dragon and this year's Hong Kong Derby winner Akeed Mofeed. The Arthur Millard trained Ambitious Dragon has been in superb form since reappearing last October already notching up three victories, a second and a fourth in his five races to date. His last performance in winning the Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup was as impressive as any firmly putting the likes of Glorious Days and Luc
Emancipation Stakes preview
The last of Saturday's Randwick previews comes from another first-timer on the blog, Tyson Hamilton, @tyhamilton24 . Read his assessment of the Group II Emancipation Stakes below and you'll soon notice he knows his stuff... -------------------- The Emancipation Stakes Track: Assuming Dead or similar. A 1600m Mares Group 2 and a wide open one at that. 11 runners with a 4.5kg weight spread, three trainers with dual runners and two Kiwis fresh off the boat makes for a difficult race to assess. Say No More: Ex-Kiwi galloper making its 14th career start. A lightly raced mare possessing an excellent win record back in New Zealand (46%). She has had two Australian starts that can best be described as "fair". Last start was 7th to Hot Snitzel on the Randwick slow. Positioned midfield throughout, may not have enjoyed the track and didn't really throw a punch down the straight finishing four lengths off the winner. Will take fitness from that start but does jump 4.5kg in weight
All Aged Stakes preview
Yet another Group 1 feature on the closing day at Randwick. I'd write a longer intro but there's a better version below! Entrusted with the preview of this mouthwatering contest is another blog debutante, longtime equine enthusiast Lara Pocock. Follow her on Twitter, @lara_pocock and read more of her musings on her blog . She's not afraid to throw out an opinion on equine matters - always entertaining reading! ---------------- All Aged Stakes It was pipped to be the race of the Sydney Carnival, a possible clash between the wonder siblings Black Caviar and All Too Hard, with other Australian stars Hay List and More Joyous set to contend the 1400m feature on the final day of the Autumn carnival. However with the retirement of Black Caviar last week and the withdrawal of Hay List on Monday due to a viral infection, the field will only feature eight horses, but what a quality packed field it is. After heavy rain left last week's track testing, sunshine and minimal ra
Champagne Stakes preview
The finale to the Sydney juvenile Triple Crown is the Moet & Chandon Champagne Stakes over the metric mile. We don't have the Golden Slipper winner going for the glory this year but it's still a quality field. Making his debut on the blog is Josh Humbler, the wise man behind the Excelleresport website which also provides trading advice on EPL, La Liga and the PGA Tour. You can also follow him on Twitter, @excelleresport . Welcome aboard! --------------------- RACE 5: Moet & Chandon Champagne Stakes, 1600m, Group 1 Randwick has played at its testing best over the carnival thus far with no leader winning and race fitness an asset. The final leg of the Sydney 2yo Triple Crown presents an interesting challenge with varied form lines coming in. It may serve to remember a filly has won each of the major 2yo races this season – Magic Millions, Blue Diamond, Golden Slipper and Sires Produce. Prices in brackets are assessed prices. #1- Riocetto ($101) : a decisive winner ov
Sydney Cup preview
The Sydney autumn carnival comes to a close tomorrow with a quality programme at Royal Randwick. The staying feature of the day is the Group I Sydney Cup over 3200m. Over the years it has been won by some... how do I say this nicely.... below top class stayers who've never won another race, but also some superstars as well - Makybe Diva, Tie The Knot and Kingston Town in the last 35 years. The glut of imported European stayers these days should lift the class of all distance races in Australia, and this looks like one of the better fields of recent years, despite a compressed weight scale. Charged with the preview on this occasion is Kieran Fitzgerald, @kjob85 . ----------------- Sydney Cup 1. Mourayan Mourayan is a reliable stayer from the Lloyd Williams stable and can usually be relied on to put in a solid run. He has had an average campaign this autumn, however ran a decent fourth at his last start carrying a big weight. While he has drawn well and will handle the distance,
Punchestown - Rabobank Champion Hurdle preview
Champion Hurdle Day at Punchestown tomorrow and the appearance of Irish superstar hurdler Hurricane Fly. But is he up to the task? Kieran Kenneally @kierankenneally returns... --------------------- A few weeks ago I was really looking forward to the Rabobank Champion Hurdle at Punchestown tomorrow. My anticipation was based on getting good fast ground and a belief that Hurricane Fly is vulnerable on that surface. Here we are now on the eve of the race with soft ground, a small field and a 1/3 favorite! So where is the value? Rock on Ruby is a top class horse who would probably have won a second Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham this year if the ground hadn't turned soft. Hurricane Fly was in all sorts of trouble that day with a mile to go. Flat out and with his head hanging to one side, he simply couldn't go the pace of the leaders and wouldn't have caught them at all if the ground was fast. The ground was soft and the rest is history. All seven of Rock on Ruby's wins
Punchestown - Ryanair Novice Chase preview
The Novice Chase ranks are quite strong this year and a quality lineup graces Punchestown for the second feature of Thursday. Another new guest previewer steps up to the podium, Pat Conlon, NH racing enthusiast from Co.Meath. Follow him @woodlane1 ---------------- On day three of the Punchestown festival, the Ryanair Novice Chase sees some of our best novices going head to head. Benefficent from the Tony Martin yard seems to be the one they will have to beat. He made all the running in the Jewson in Cheltenham on March 14th to beat the solid favourite on the day Dynaste. The shorter trip will not bother him and jockey of the moment Bryan Cooper is a very able pilot. Willie Mullins sends out Arvika Ligeonniere . While you shouldn't discount a Mullins horse, I think this one has lost its form a bit, coming off the back of a tough race at Cheltenham where he was pulled up and in Leopardstown in January where he fell in the race won by Benefficent. The Henry De Bromhead trained Spe
Punchestown - Ladbrokes World Series Hurdle
Day three of Punchestown and the livers are starting to take a pounding, not to mention the wallets! If you do head over for the week, the best advice I can give is pace yourself! Once again we have some top quality racing mixed in with some very difficult handicaps. Please welcome another Irishman making his writing debut for the blog, Kieran Kenneally - @kierankenneally . ---------------- The highlight of day three at Punchestown is without doubt the Ladbrokes World Series Hurdle . It's hard not to view it as the big match up between Solwhit and Quevega that everyone is looking forward to but the support cast is also strong. Solwhit at Cheltenham. Photo credit - Dave Boylan . The two superstars have met previously, over two miles on heavy ground at this track 1-5-09. Solwhit came out on top that day giving 5lb and just over a three length beating to the mare. Quevega will have 7lb in hand for this renewal. It's hard to know which horse is more suited to three mil
Punchestown Gold Cup preview
Punchestown stretches over five days but perhaps a little strangely, the main event is run on day two. But then again, the feature races are strung out across the festival so perhaps it's not such a bad thing. Anyhow, it's a quality field well known to punters on both sides of the Irish Sea. Making his debut on the blog with the preview is Mark Boylan, a young Irish racing enthusiast and talented musician, often writing about the sport of kings. Follow him @markcboylan or on his Facebook page - Facebook.com/MarkBoylanMusic ----------------- Lieutenant To Command Gold Cup Rivals Mark Boylan On Wednesday, the feature race of the day and for some, the entire festival is TheTote.com Punchestown Gold Cup. This race showcases the much anticipated clash between Long Run and Sir Des Champs. Long Run is returning from a very creditable third in the Cheltenham Gold Cup last month and connections from Seven Barrows Stables appear to be exuding confidence in their six-time Grad
Punchestown preview - Growsie Champion Novice Steeplechase
If you've never made the trip to Punchestown for the Festival, then put it on your bucket list, it's terrific week! I've put out the call for new blood this week on the blog, and stepping up to the challenge is Peter Tierney, @soladalo with his look at probably the best contest on opening day, the Champion Novice Chase. ------------------ The Growsie Champion Novice Steeplechase , a Grade 1 Chase with the winner taking home €49,600, is dominated by the big players in National Hunt racing from both sides of the Irish Sea. Of the eight entries, champion trainer W.P Mullins is responsible for two, second in the trainers championship Dessie Hughes is also responsible for two entries with Gordon Elliot, Tony Martin and Tom Taaffe completing the Irish charge. Leading the English challenge is Kim Bailey. The list of owners represented is no less illustrious, with Andrea and Graham Wylie currently holding two entries and the powerhouse Gigginstown House Stud also holding two
The Doncaster Mile
A big Group 1 handicap is the quintessential Aussie horse race and the Doncaster Mile at Royal Randwick fits that bill perfectly. A crackerjack field headlined by the all-conquering Pierro makes this year's renewal a mouth-watering contest. These days it's not officially called a handicap, with a compressed weight scale, the name has been changed to Doncaster Mile rather than Doncaster Handicap. Back in the early 90s, a horse called Soho Square snuck in at the bottom of the weights, carrying just 47.5kg to victory. a full 15kg less than the topweight, the mighty Super Impose who won this race twice. We won't see that spread of weights ever again, it's just 5kg this year, reflecting a higher class of contestants - even the bottomweights have Group wins in their form. With the preview, it's over once again to Kieran Fitzgerald, @kjob85 . ==================== Doncaster Mile Known as the real punter's day of the carnival, this Saturday at Randwick presents what
Betfair to go private again?
Interesting reports emerged over the weekend about the possibility of a buyer for Betfair. It turns out the firm behind it specialise in management takeovers so that sounds like some of the existing shareholders stepping in to buy the firm back, rather than see it continue to look like a lame duck on the public markets. CVC in talks over Betfair takeover bid CVC Capital Partners, the owner of Formula One, has held talks about a takeover bid for Betfair, the online gambling exchange. The private equity firm said on Monday that it had held preliminary discussions with Richard Koch, Antony Ball and partners about Betfair, which could include an offer for the firm by funds advised by CVC together with the two men and partners. Betfair shares jumped as much as 14pc in early trading in London. Mr Koch, an author, investor and co-founder of LEK Consulting, holds a 6.9pc stake in Betfair. Mr Ball is a non-executive director at Luxembourg-listed investment group Brait and is the co-founde
Plug for a great product - Rewardbet
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Oliver on how living as a transgender male has transformed his life
OLIVER Crothers can honestly say that he has completely changed over the last five years.
At the age of 22, he's living independently, happily dating a girl and aiming for a career in engineering.
The Crossgar man is achieving all the milestones that parents hope for as their child matures into a contented and settled adult.
Yet five years ago, Oliver made the most momentous decision of his young life when he announced to everyone that he was in fact a transgender male.
Born Emma Crothers, Oliver was going into his final A-Level year at Assumption Grammar School in Ballynahinch when he officially identified himself as male, changed his Christian name and dressed accordingly in trousers.
Without the support and love of his family, friends and school, Oliver knows only too well that his transition may not have been as successful as it has been.
"I really don't think I could have done it with the support of everyone around me," said Oliver.
"If I hadn't have become trans, I probably wouldn't be in a good place now.
"My mother, Joanne, was great and my dad, Stephen, never batted an eye when I told them.
"My granny Teresa was particularly supportive and even paid for my appointments to see a consultant in the gender clinic in London. The rest of my family have also been brilliant."
As Emma, Oliver says he was a tomboyish girl who felt that he never really fitted in, particularly when he attended grammar school.
Social media photographs from Oliver's mid-teens show him as Emma, an attractive brunette laughing and larking around, surrounded by friends.
But the pictures do not show the real picture of who Oliver was then.
The idea that he was uncomfortable with his body and gender gradually took its toll.
"I felt hopeless at one stage and had really bad depression between 14 and 18. But I had support and when I wanted help, I got help," said Oliver.
"I attended the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and the woman I was seeing really helped me understand who I was.
"I was never girlie. I put off wearing a bra for as long as I could. It was completely out of my comfort zone.
"I always used to hang out with boys as well and always dressed tomboyish. But I never
associated that with thinking that maybe I should be a boy until I went to high school."
The stress of trying to be someone he was not left Emma, as he was then, feeling angry and disconnected, he said.
"I really tried to fit in and I remember saying to my mum when I was around 15 that I had gender dysphoria, which means that I felt I was meant to be a boy," said Oliver.
"It's not common here so it's not something that really clicked with me straightaway. But I know when I was younger, I used to say to my dad, 'You were expecting a boy, weren't you?' And Dad would say to me, 'Where did you get that from?'"
For Oliver cutting his long dark brown hair at the age of 16 was the first outward sign of
his transition.
"I literally come home one day with my hair all cut off and my mum was like, 'What have you done?' She was really shocked. I had told her I was going to do it but she didn't believe me," he added.
"I hated my hair anyway and one day a friend and I went into Belfast and I got my hair all cut off.
"She kind of forced me to do it as she knew I would feel better afterwards and she was right."
Oliver came out as lesbian initially but instinctively knew that this was not the end of his journey.
"I tried to be really girlie at one point in school and then I went completely back to being me and that's when I came out as a lesbian," said Oliver.
"But as soon as I came out as lesbian, I knew it didn't feel right at all. Then a few months later I came out as trans."
Oliver now resembles his father in looks and says he feels more at ease in the world as a man.
"It just feels right. I couldn't imagine being a girl now. Nothing now seems unnatural to me but I'm not that good at talking to men who are straight," said Oliver.
"I don't know why. I don't know if I feel intimidated or what it is. It could be that I'm so small and that I never want them to know that I am trans. I'm friends with people who don't know and if they find out, well then they find out."
Oliver's transition has not been plain-sailing though. He has received extensive counselling and support and takes anti-depressants.
He has been trolled and denounced as a freak on social media and an incident at university left him feeling very uneasy.
"When I was in uni, I had a few people who liked to make rape jokes to me as they knew I was born female but no one ever acted on anything," says Oliver.
"One guy in particular thought he was being funny. I don't think he meant any harm but it was still a bit uncomfortable for me. Well, very uncomfortable.
"I've had a few people write stuff to me on social media or say stuff to me but it goes over my head. It doesn't really bother me anymore."
Oliver has been taking testosterone, the male hormone, for over two years and it has had dramatic physical effects.
"I got a beard quite quickly but the only thing is that it won't grow higher on my cheeks," he explains. "My body has changed quite a bit too. I used to have a really thin waist but that has widened out now and my shoulders have got bigger as well.
"My strength has changed too as I gained more muscle nearly right away.
"My hair on my head also changed. The hairdresser that I had gone to from the start noticed my hairline changing and the texture of my hair changing. It's receding a bit which is why I have this mop on my head."
Oliver is on the NHS waiting list to have 'top' surgery within the next year or so, which means the removal of breast tissue.
In 2015, he tried to crowd-fund £7,000 needed for the operation but failed to reach the total.
However, he used the money to pay for his testosterone privately before getting it supplied on preion.
He explained: "The surgeons prefer you to be on hormones as your muscle tone is better. Whenever you get surgery, you tend to heal better once you are on testosterone because it builds up your muscle mass."
Oliver is uncertain whether he will ever go for genital surgery to complete the physical transformation as a man.
While he credits having a happy childhood with his older sister, Claire-Marie, younger
sisters Charlotte and Holly, and his "fourth sister", best friend Natalie McKee, Oliver knows that things could have been very different for me.
"A lot of trans people aren't as lucky as me. I have a friend who is very far along on his journey and looks great but his mum is still so mean to him. He tries to let her back into his life but she turns around and tells him he's going to go to hell for this. But you would walk past him in the street and wouldn't give him a thought."
Oliver realises that many people do not understand or approve of trans people or how today's young people are more fluid when it comes to expressing their gender or sexual preference.
"I know that it's confusing. But if somebody didn't get it, I'm not the type of person who would lash out at someone," he said.
"I know that if someone is going to lash out at you at something you don't understand, then you're not going to like them or like other trans people.
"I now know I'm not going to get angry because people don't understand. They shouldn't have to understand as it's a new thing.
"All I can say to other young people it to be brave and be you. And to parents and others around the person, just accept and support them".
Lifeline is a regional helpline for anyone who is experiencing distress or despair and can be contacted 24 hours a day on 0808 808 8000. Childline also offers 24 hour support and can be contacted on is 0800 1111.
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Review: Sugababes – Catfights & Spotlights
October 27, 2008 October 27, 2008 trixie	1 Comment
Pop groups rarely make it to six albums, but Sugababes have managed just that. Sometimes described as a brand rather than a band, their distinctiveness has faded through the years – culminating in the personality-free, but very successful 'Change'.
Uninteresting lead single 'Girls' aside, 'Catfights and Spotlights' could be the album to make us fall back in love with them. We wouldn't normally praise an album so ballad-heavy, but if there's one thing the these girls can do well, it's a killer ballad, the likes of 'Stronger' and 'Too Lost In You' still sending shivers up our spine. The Karen Poole penned 'Sunday Rain' is an epic tearstained tale with a nod to Sam Brown's 'Stop', while Klas Ahlund (who produced Robyn's album) introduces quirky sounds and swelling strings on 'Every Heart Broken'. Newest member Amelle has finally found her position within the band, her smoky voice adding a dangerous edge on the haunting 'Side Chick' and self-penned 'Beware'.
The tempo lifts only occasionally and even then it's somewhat forgettable. While 'Hanging on a Star' could be a Dana Dawson B-side, second single 'No Can Do' will certainly bounce its way into the heart of your favourite radio station.
The girls claim they've grown up and ditched pop. Not at all – they've just added some Motown horns and a twinkling of eighties funk. The result is an album that sounds the most like the Sugababes since 'Angels With Dirty Faces'. We're glad you're back.
Originally published at Orange Music
Sugababes – Catfights and Spotlights – Initial Thoughts
September 10, 2008 September 11, 2008 trixie	2 Comments
I've steadily been going off Sugababes with each album. Whereas once they had funk and attitude they seem to have drifted into 'could be anyone' territory. Live they're lifeless and need some bite adding.
Now the as yet untitled album number 6 zooms into horizon. We've all heard the single 'Girls' and yet again it leaves me thinking 'meh'. Today I stood in a field 10 000 miles from human contact and was allowed to listen to 5 other album tracks. This are the half formed thoughts I scribbled down:
No Can Do – A super summery song that could have been a Jackson 5 hit. Very 80s funk. Cool layered vocals at the end.
Best line: 'Don't try and call me on the telephone' (obv this is a rubbish best line but it's the only thing I wrote down'
Murder One – Unfortunately not a song based on the greatest crime tv series of the 90s. It's a delicate piano ballad that starts with Heidi before a drum machine kicks in. There's a couple of nice key changes. Best line: 'Every heart that's broken is a murder one'.
You On A Good Day – Doesn't particularly go anywhere but has a fun, bouncy 60s beat with a proper old school girl group feel to it. Some quirky sounding Supremes-esque instruments and nice harmonies.
Best line: "I want it, I hate it, I need it, want it, want it."
Hanging On A Star – What a lovely song name. Starts with Salt N Pepa esque 'Tell Me Baby, Baby' with a softened singing repeater. Again there's a funky 80s feel. It's the type of thing I might have expected Dana Dawson to sing (and yes I know she was 90s!). Obviously Heidi has an amazing middle bit.
Best line: "Hanging on a star, I was waiting to fall in love".
Sunday Rain – Here's the big Sugababes ballad of the album. It starts with haunting ooohs, then there's trumpets and a gorgeous swelling wall of sound. Undoubtedly the winter single. It's got a Sam Brown 'Stop' feel to it. Best thing so far
Best line: 'You give all your heart and get nothing to show.'
Sunday Rain wins!
[edit: the title has now been revealed by PopJustice.


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  !!
  !! PURPOSE: Updates within-group scattering source for current group/inner
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  !! STRUCTURE
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  SUBROUTINE updatesource( &
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  USE getkinds_mod
  USE setdata_mod

  IMPLICIT NONE

  ! Arguments
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  ! Counters
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  DO node = 1_ik, numnodes
      DO j = 1_ik, numcells

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  RETURN
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Y: The Last Man #59 page 22 pencils and inks. Pencils by Pia Guerra.
Y: The Last Man #57 page 2 pencils and inks. Pencils by Pia Guerra.
Pencils and inks to Y: The Last Man #59 page 10. Pencils by Pia Guerra.
Drawing for March 3, 2012 done on Sketchbook Mobile for iPad. Maybe about 10 minutes.
Inks (on blueline printout) over Ivan Reis pencils. Unpublished and just for fun.
Going through and trying to post older commissions and other things that I find on the hard drive. Here'a Star Wars (no, I don't refer to it as Episode: Whatever) piece that was done a few years ago.
Gaaahhh! More WordPress woes. Nothing major… just trying to figure out why my blog posts look fine, but when you click on a tag cloud link in the sidebar, the post images are all stretched out and distorted. Sad. Maybe it's some incompatability between the theme and the widget? Sure I hope I don't have to dive into the code to fix the problem. Before I go to the Organic Themes forums, or search around the Google, anyone reading this have an idea or a fix?
A commission of The Flash done from small and rough Mike Wieringo sketch.
Flash #118 cover. Pencils by Mike Wieringo.
This is a piece I inked from a blueline printout of a Jose Luis Garcia Lopez Hawkman cover.


NORTHFIELD, Minn. – In its second game of the 2019 portion of the season, the Carleton College women's basketball team absorbed a 73-43 loss to visiting Gustavus Adolphus College.
The offense for both teams started slowly. The Gusties (7-6, 4-2 MIAC) trailed 6-4 midway through the opening quarter but put together a 12-0 run to move in front to stay. Carleton (3-9, 0-6 MIAC) pulled to within 22-16 with 7:16 left before halftime, but the visitors used a 14-2 spurt to seize control of the contest.
Carleton was unable to close the gap against a Gustavus program that went to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen a year ago and was picked second in the MIAC coaches' preseason poll.
Paige Richert tallied a game-high 17 points for the visitors, while Justin Lee and Maddie Wagner added 10 points apiece. Gustavus collected 14 steals in the game, helping offset a 5-for-21 shooting performance (24 percent) from three-point range.
Carleton rookie Annabella Jensen (Salt Lake City, Utah/Hillcrest) nearly corralled her third career double-double performance with a team-high 10 points while also pulling down nine rebounds and grabbing three steals. Meanwhile, Anna Hughes (So./Glenview, Ill./New Trier) filled up the stat sheet with a five-point, seven-rebound, three-block, and two-steal game.
The Knights lead the MIAC in blocked shots and rejected seven more shots in this one. They also out-rebounded Gustavus.
Carleton plays its next game on the road when the Knights face St. Mary's University on Wednesday, Jan. 9 at 7 p.m. Links to live stats and video will be available via Knights Online.


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"Mary Did You Know?"?
Advent 4C
In the name Christ, who is being revealed. Amen.
I don't know if you're aware, but in recent years, a new forum for debating and discussing issues of theological significance has emerged. While these subjects have historically been reserved for the academies, and those with advanced training – now theological, ecclesiological, and spiritual debate is available to everyone.
Anyone can engage in this new means of encountering the intelligentsia who help us to understand and encounter the divine. All you need to do is log on to this website I'm about to tell you about. Are you ready? It's www.facebook.com. There, everyone you meet is an expert!
It is true, however, that this forum does operate in a different way than previous ones did. While it used to be assumed that those engaged in these debates would have engaged in extensive study and deep prayer, now the only real qualification to participate is "snark". Snark is that unique form of communication that marries wit and meanness. It's always existed, but forums like Facebook have really elevated it to an art form. And, while snark is often entertaining, and can be very effective at shutting down an argument, it isn't particularly effective at advancing the conversation.
For the past few weeks, this story that we read today, about the meeting between Mary and Elizabeth, has been the subject of much debate, and indeed, much snark in my newsfeed. Particularly, clergy colleagues and deeply immersed laity that I know have been responding to the Christmas tune that's particularly popular in Evangelical circles, "Mary Did You Know?".
If you're not familiar with it, the words go like this: "Mary, did you know that your Baby Boy would one day walk on water? Mary, did you know that your Baby Boy would save our sons and daughters? Did you know that your Baby Boy has come to make you new? This Child that you delivered will soon deliver you."
The snark around this song references the biblical account of Mary meeting the angel who came to her by night and offered the news that she was being invited to bear the Son of God into the world. And, they point to the gospel reading today as evidence that she knew. They imply that it's some form of heresy to ask these questions – of course she had to have known!
The thing is, whenever these Facebook debates happen in church circles, I almost never care at all. I tend to think they're sort of unimportant and fussy. But it did, at least, spur me to think in the context of this reading today about Mary meeting Elizabeth.
There is probably no advent that humans experience more significant or more all-encompassing than the advent of the birth of a child. Expectant parents and their communities of support plan for months: acquiring supplies, reordering the home, getting clothes, planning for care… The season of preparation for the birth of a child is busy. But it's also a season of spiritual and emotional preparation: imagining what your life will be like, fear, anticipation, anxiety, joy… How much more complex must it all be if you are about to give birth to John the Baptist and Jesus?
As I've said these past weeks, the readings during this season guide us through the process of preparing ourselves to meet Christ in new ways. Today we learn from the example of two who were among the first to know this Advent, and probably two who knew it more intimately than any of us ever could.
It is probably true that Mary's expectations for Jesus were set by her visit from the angel. And those expectations were likely confirmed when she became pregnant. But one of the realities of Christian experience is this: no matter how profound our spiritual experiences may be, the way we go about confirming them is in community. It happens in ordinations – the people must consent, and in the lead-up to that, there is process through which the people can discern with the candidate whether or not they should. It happens in baptisms – it's not just about saying words and pouring water over a baby. It's also about confirming the parents' and godparents' intentions, and getting a commitment from the community to share in the responsibility. Even in weddings we ask if there are objections, and specifically ask the congregation to support the couple in their new life together. Christian commitment is never an individual undertaking.
Christianity happens in community, and it has from the very beginning. It's no wonder that Mary was driven, even amidst the vulnerability of pregnancy, to travel to see her cousin. She needed a community. She needed its affirmation. And the pool to draw from was decidedly small.
And Elizabeth confirmed everything Mary was feeling, everything Mary had been told.
Maybe she did, or maybe she didn't "know" the specifics of what would happen with Jesus, the way it's talked about in the song. I don't think that's really the point. The bigger points that we can learn from Mary and Elizabeth about Advent are these: in looking for Christ, discern in your heart. Listen for the will and clarity of God. When you think you have it, don't stop. Check your discernment with your community. Test it. And finally, after you've listened and tested, dare to dream of a better world.
That's what the Magnificat is about – it's Mary's recognition that her experience, confirmed by her community, brings hope for a world where it was lacking. When we encounter God, we can expect the world to change and be upended.
I don't really care about the song, one way or another. And I think the debates around it are pretty silly. It's one of those things where, if this is the ditch we're willing to die in, it makes us look petty and out of touch. But at least it's spurred conversation. And I guess that is really part of the point of Advent. It's certainly about our own experiences and thinking and preparation. But it's also about how we work together. And, it's about dreaming together about a new and better world that is waiting to be born. Amen.
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La Avenida de La Trinidad es una vía pública situada en la ciudad de San Cristóbal de La Laguna, en la isla de Tenerife (Canarias, España). Es una de las principales vías de entrada y salida de la ciudad, comenzando en la rotonda de Padre Anchieta, a través de la cual se puede acceder a la autopista del norte.

Se proyectó, en 1953, ante la necesidad de unir el casco de la ciudad con la autopista que estaba comenzando a construirse. Después de varios retrasos las obras de la avenida finalizaron el 6 de julio de 1961, convirtiéndose en el principal acceso a la ciudad. En su trazado original se preveía que la vía llegará hasta la plaza del Cristo, lo que hubiera supuesto la destrucción de muchos edificios históricos.

El recorrido de la línea 1 del Tranvía de Tenerife finaliza en esta avenida con la parada homónima. Hasta enero de 2011 en esta vía se ubicaba también la parada de Padre Anchieta, pero esta fue trasladada a una calle transversal frente al nuevo Intercambiador de Transportes de La Laguna. La avenida también cuenta con un aparcamiento subterráneo.

El campus Central de la Universidad de La Laguna limita con la Trinidad y el campus de Anchieta se encuentra muy cerca, al otro lado de la TF-5.

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Cartwright Fleet Services (CFS) has supplied Hermes with 244 specialist home delivery box vans and 70 tractors on contract hire, having leveraged the strengths of its parent company, the Cartwright Group, to beat off stiff competition for the contract.
The "one stop shop" deal supports the ambitions of CFS to become one of the leading fleet management and contract hire businesses in the UK and comes with ongoing maintenance for five years. Finance was arranged by Cartwright Finance.
The contract win underlines the strength of award-winning Cartwright Group's offering which includes trailer, commercial vehicle rigid body, manufacturing, specialist vehicle conversion. The Cartwright Group offers a complete total cost of operation solution from manufacturing to exact specification, service maintenance, asset financing, trailer rental and fleet management across a network of sites in the UK.
As well as the 244 specialist parcel vehicles the agreement represents one of the largest orders in the UK for natural gas-powered vehicles with 30 of the Iveco tractors fuelled by Compressed Natural Gas. The remaining 40 tractor units will be diesel.
The fleet was delivered in time for the seasonal Christmas peak, dressed in Hermes' new livery bearing the strap-line "The Parcel People" and "Send, Receive, Return Parcels."
To keep downtime to a minimum, the new fleet is also maintained by CFS through its nationwide network of service centres, giving Hermes a seamless and comprehensive fleet solution.
This order demonstrates CFS's commitment to providing a total fleet managed solution for its customers and represents one of many orders and developments in the pipeline.
Lawrence Todd, Director of CFS, commented: "We are delighted to have won this contract to supply Hermes with a complete package from design and build through to finance and ongoing fleet management.
"It is a testament to the strength of the Cartwright Group offering that we can supply customers a comprehensive fleet solution that gives them complete peace of mind: we take care of their transport needs.
"Hermes is a company that, like CFS, has high standards and we look forward to having a long and successful relationship with them."
Parcel carrier Hermes has been actively improving the sustainability of its fleet since 1992, being an early adopter of alternative fuels and it now runs electric and natural gas in the UK and Europe.
Martin Colloff, Head of Client and Network Distribution at Hermes, said: "Working with Cartwright enables us to receive an end-to-end managed solution for our fleet, which is efficient and helps us to manage our vehicles through one dedicated point of contact. It has been particularly useful during our busiest period of the year, – between Black Friday and January. We deliver more than 330 million parcels each year to customers across the UK and Cartwright's support enables us to continually improve and exceed our standards."
The contract win reflects the remarkable growth of CFS which in recent years has expanded operations to look after more than 12,000 assets through its network of national owned main dealers and workshops, mobile technicians and a service partner network.
CFS, based in Altrincham alongside the Cartwright Group's HQ, has a turnover of over £50 million and now employs 320 people.
Its success has contributed to the overall growth of the Cartwright Group which has for the second-year running been named in the Sunday Times Top Track 250 of the UK's fastest growing private mid-market companies.
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Part 5 How do You Know if a Worldview is True?
In prior writings, I established the fact worldviews cannot all be true at the same time and in the same way. If a worldview can be wrong, how do you test it to see if it is true? I am going to utilize four tests that will reveal the truth of any worldview. These tests come from the book, "Worldviews in Conflict," by Ronald H. Nash. I believe it is important to hold a belief system that can pass these tests.
Reason – Are there contradictions in the worldview? Do their teachings violate logic and rationality? Some worldviews fall apart because they self-destruct. An example is skepticism. This system of belief says nothing can be known; truth is impossible. The skeptic is quite certain he knows that no one can know anything. If it is true, no one can know anything, then how can he know anything? It is like saying "I cannot speak a word of English." Skepticism is self-defeating and cannot be true. Worldviews must pass the test of reason and not violate the laws of logic.
Authority – What is the authority of his or her information? Why should anyone trust that authority? What evidence do you have to support your authority? Evidence from authority can be in the form of historical writings and archeology.
Some worldviews teach pain and death are an illusion. This belief goes against what we experience and see in the world daily.
A worldview must explain our immaterial thought life. A belief system has to show how moral consciousness or immaterial thoughts are possible. An atheist will have a difficult time trying to explain moral consciousness or immaterial thoughts. The reason is they don't believe in the existence of the immaterial; they believe only in the material. Our first person experience of our thought life betrays the atheist worldview.
Living –Can a person live by his or her beliefs? Some believe all babies are born neutral and usually turn out bad because of poor parenting. If you have ever been a parent or a grandparent you know this is not true. No one has to teach a child to be selfish. It seems to part of his or her nature. Christianity predicts kids are going to be monsters and the Bible gives us guidelines on how to lovingly discipline them. Good parents realize kids need structure and consistent discipline.
Each worldview needs to pass the tests of authority, reason, experience, and living. If you can keep these four tests in the back of your mind, you can examine any belief system. So what exactly do we need to test? What are some of the key issues that all belief systems have to deal with? I will address these questions in part 6.
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Eleste possesses ivory skin and mid-back length violet hair, usually kept in place with a simple length of black ribbon tying it loosely together just below her ears, which are eleven inches long and pointed. She has dark blue eyes, and an ever present hint of a grin. Her build is incredibly light and fragile, and she dresses very tomboyishly. Dirty old combat boots, many pocketed brown pants, a white tank top and a beaten up jacket that's more than a couple sizes too large for her. Her personal terminal is always on her somewhere, along with several other ways to access information networks at at least one weapon.
When on official Blaze of Glory field work, or sometimes just while training or 'in uniform', she dresses in loose fitting, easy to move in black pants with a matching black field vest. She keeps her crossbow on her right thigh and a knife on her left boot. Her personal terminal is openly strapped down to her left forearm.
Eleste is an incredibly skilled hacker and smuggler. Between her custom coded tools and her own reflexes and mental fortitude, she's quite capable of breaking past electronic security systems. Her time spent as a smuggler lends her more mundane thieving techniques as well, from picking pockets to picking locks.
She's fairly handy with pistols and mini-crossbows, as well as proficient in defensive martial arts.
Eleste has, through months of training, regained her old skills with knives. She is also currently learning how to properly wield a bladed chain, but hasn't achieved much more than baseline proficiency thus far.
Training under Galvan Swiftblade, Eleste has learned some of his arts of stealth. Currently, she can render herself invisible, hide in a pocket dimension within her own shadow, use said pocket dimension to trap others and 'shadowstep' to teleport short ranges to any shadow she has a clear line of sight to.
Shadowdance - Eleste has mastered shadowstep to the point of having a massive advantage when fighting against groups of relatively weaker opponents, able to jump in and out of shadows rapidly to cover ground and engage her foes on her own terms. This combat technique can be time consuming and tiring, but when properly performed can grievously injure or kill multiple combatants over time with relatively reduced risk to her own well-being.
Possesses a racial resistance to pain.
Mini-crossbow - A high tech hand-held crossbow built by Shaila. Magazine fed, magnetically drawn and stealthy. It collapses down to fit in a pistol holster. Currently she has the following bolts: Explosive tipped, armor piercing and a neurotoxin based tranquilizer.
Ring of Dexterity - Rather openly worn on her left hand, the gold rune-covered ring is more than a simple declaration of her relationship. It carries an enchantment that, when the proper command word is spoken aloud or sub-vocalized, increases Eleste's natural agility and coordination for fifteen minute intervals. Three uses per day.
Personal Terminal - Miniaturized system access key that projects a holographic interface. Used for 'on site' jobs where for whatever reason, she can't remain behind and use her main equipment.
Mainframe Terminal - Eleste's main source of computing power, a custom prepared super computer that is, unfortunately, too fragile and bulky to take in the field, and must be used via a network link to the PT when accessing remote systems. Far more effective when Eleste is able to use it directly instead of by the PT's remote access.
When forced to act within tight constraints, be they of time, situation or other, her work is considerably sloppier.
Eleste was born in a universe slowly climbing out of anarchy. Growing up, she saw nations rise and fall, a perpetual refugee in a stream of every race her galaxy held. Wary of the new governments and the oppression they all seemed to carry to hold order, she fled to the only lawless territories. There she became a smuggler of minor renown and a hacker who, while never identified in person, was an infamous whisper on the forums of hackers and security forces alike. She hardly ever used what she discovered maliciously, however. Instead, she uncovered the buried secrets of everyone she could get within her reach, and anonymously exposed them on a secretive datanet known as 'The Archive', a place where information flowed freely and those who knew how to find it could uncover evidence of black operations, illicit research, and other dirty laundry of the various system governments.
When The Magistrate came to her already weakened and war-torn home, it harvested everything of use and left system after system a wasteland. Left a refugee once more, she wandered and eventually found the CoRe. Her inherent distrust of high level authority kept her from ever joining, and instead she started exploring this new reality, learning its past and secrets. Then one fateful day while she was staying on Verorox, she heard the news that former Marshal Sokai Hemmingway was being given command of the only politically neutral, D-Jump capable vessel.
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The Hidden State of the Union
Posted on January 23, 2004 by Brendan — No Comments ↓
[ For those not familiar with Lakoff's competing-models analysis of moral politics, this is a timely introduction. — doclalor ]
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=17643
By George Lakoff, AlterNet
We all heard what the President said in the State of the Union address on Tuesday night, but what did he mean? The speech, like most right-wing discourse these days, is in a kind of code, based on a moral system that not all Americans share.
Lying below the 50-50 political schism in this country are two opposing worldviews. Each sees national politics through the lens of an idealized family, either a conservative strict-father family or a progressive nurturing parent family.
The strict father sees the world as a dangerous and difficult place, where evil lurks, and competition will always produce winners and losers. His job is to protect and support his family, and as moral authority, teach his kids right from wrong. Through example and painful punishment, he instills in them an internal discipline to act morally and become self-reliant.
Moral people are disciplined and deserve to prosper. Those who are undisciplined are not moral and should not prosper. Mothers may comfort, but must be prevented from coddling, lest the children become undisciplined, immoral, and dependent. When the children are mature, they are on their own and parents should not meddle in their lives.
This family moral system, projected onto the nation, defines a radical form of conservative politics that Bush supporters implicitly understand and that provides the internal logic that lies behind the speech.
Let's start with foreign policy. As moral authority, the strict father president knows right from wrong and it is his job to protect the nation and punish "evildoers" — and he doesn't need "a permission slip" or anyone's help to do it. "America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people."
Literally, terrorism doesn't fit the frame of war: There is no other nation, no organized army, no country to sign a peace treaty, not even a formal end. It more closely resembles crime, as Wesley Clark, who knows what a war is, reminds us. Bush's rejection of the crime frame and adoption of the war frame extends his strict father powers: The commander-in-chief is an absolute authority figure. The war frame, but not the crime frame, allows him to attack Iraq and reshape it as he sees fit.
Now consider social programs. In the strict father framework, they are immoral; they give people things they don't earn and lead them to become undisciplined, dependent, and incapable of moral behavior. Cutting taxes to produce a huge deficit rewards good — successful — people, and in addition takes away money from immoral social programs, which are referred to as "wasteful spending."
From the Bush perspective, it is thus a moral obligation to eliminate social programs that lead to dependence. He calls it "reform" — Social Security reform, Medicare reform, education reform, and so on. If the reform is moral, those who oppose it are immoral and opponents of progress: "The status quo always has defenders."
The Bush strategy in these cases is the slippery slope — take the first step or two and you can't get back. The prescription drug benefit for Medicare was such a first step. You are lured down the slope by the drug benefit. Since the government is not allowed to compete for lower prices, people will leave Medicare for private insurance that provides temporary savings. After two years, they can't get back into Medicare. The slippery slope draws more and more people out — forever — and the system collapses. The president calls these proposals "strengthening Medicare."
The Bush health care proposal is another slippery slope. The lure is 100 percent tax deductions for catastrophic health care coverage, but only "as part of our new health savings accounts." The goal is to get the government out of all health care: "A government-run health care system is the wrong prescription."
In these examples, the ultimate goal of the proposal is not in the proposal itself. Take another case. In the strict father framework, massive tax reductions are rewards for those good people, the wealthy, whose discipline has made them self-reliant and deserving. But an equally important goal is to eliminate the funding for social programs.
In the speech, the President talks repeatedly about "tax relief." For there to be "relief" there must be an affliction and an afflicted party. The reliever removes the affliction, and is therefore a hero. Anyone who tries to stop him is a villain. Add "tax" to "relief" and you have a new metaphor: Taxation is an affliction, Bush is the hero, and the Democrats are the villains.
But not all Americans see politics from the Bush strict-father perspective. The progressive or liberal view is based on a very different family model: the nurturing parent. In this model, both parents have equal responsibility. Their job is to nurture their children and to raise them to be nurturers of others.
Nurturance here is defined by two central values: empathy and responsibility, for oneself and others. From these two values other values follow. If you empathize with a child, you protect the child, care for her, treat her fairly, and promote her fulfillment in life. To be fulfilled, she will require sufficient freedom and opportunity. Communication must be open, honest, and two-way. Trust and cooperation are essential. And since no one does it all alone, you need to build community. And above all, you have to be strong to be a good parent.
In progressive politics, the core values again are empathy and responsibility. From these, all the other progressive political values follow. For example, protection becomes consumer protection, worker protection, and environmental protection, as well as security. Fairness becomes social justice. Open communication becomes open government. Trust and cooperation become central values in many areas, especially trust in business and cooperation in foreign policy. Strength translates to political will, courage, dedication, and effectiveness. And care translates into social programs, such as Social Security and Medicare.
These are moral values. They characterize progressive morality. From this perspective, social programs are moral and eliminating them is immoral. Unilateral preemptive war is immoral. So is degrading the environment. Harming or defrauding consumers, hiding governmental operations, and betraying trust in business are all immoral.
Conservatives see this model as permissive and refer to it as "the mommy state" coddling those who should be disciplined. It isn't, of course, since everything about the strength and responsibility of nurturance is left out.
The people we call conservatives and progressives think about politics almost exclusively in terms of one of these two models. But everyone has both models, either actively or passively. Any liberal who can understand a John Wayne movie is using the strict-father model, at least passively. Any conservative who understands The Bill Cosby Show is using the nurturing parent model.
People in "the middle," the swing voters, use the strict father model in some areas of their lives and the nurturing parent model in others. Blue-collar workers are often strict fathers at home and nurturing parents when it comes to union politics. Liberal professors are often nurturing parents at home and strict fathers in the classroom. When conservatives talk to their base, this is the model they are using.
The president and his speechwriters know all too well that they do not have majority support in the country for their policies. They sometimes need to hide their intent in language that sounds acceptable to those who do not share their strict-father worldview: "Tonight, members of Congress can take pride in great works of compassion and reform that skeptics had thought impossible."
Each side interprets "compassion" differently. In both systems, compassion means feeling another's suffering and sincerely wanting to help. But what constitutes help is very different in the two systems; for the strict father it is imposing proper discipline and refusing to coddle. For the strong nurturer, compassion is shown through relieving suffering. The difference is striking, and when projected onto politics it matters enormously.
You have now seen the code at work. It is everywhere in right-wing discourse. And all liberals need to learn how it works if they are to understand the conservative mind.
George Lakoff, author of "Moral Politics," is Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Senior Fellow at The Rockridge Institute.
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1.I would like to baptize and to give my whole life to god.
2.I would be the most beautiful girl in class.
3.I would travel around the world visiting the opera house of Sydney,Paris and the Eiffel tower.
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biodegradation in water: ready biodegradability
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OECD Guideline 301 F (Ready Biodegradability: Manometric Respirometry Test)
concentration of suspended solids lower than planned with no impact on results or integrity of the study (see below)
Oxygen conditions:
Inoculum or test system:
activated sludge, domestic (adaptation not specified)
Details on inoculum:
- Source: The source of test organisms was activated sludge freshly obtained from a municipal sewage treatment plant: 'Waterschap Aa en Maas', 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, receiving predominantly domestic sewage.
- Treatment: The freshly obtained sludge was kept under continuous aeration until further treatment. Before use, the sludge was coarsely sieved (1 mm) and washed with mineral medium. After treatment, the concentration of suspended solids (SS) was determined to be 3 g/L in the concentrated sludge as used for the test. The sludge was used as inoculum at a concentration of 1 mL per litre of mineral medium, leading to a final concentration SS of 3 mg/L.
Duration of test (contact time):
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other: ThODNO3 of 80 mg O2/L
Parameter followed for biodegradation estimation:
O2 consumption
- Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) is the amount of oxygen consumed by microorganisms when metabolizing a test item; also expressed as mg oxygen uptake per mg of test item.
- Readily biodegradable are those test items giving a result of at least 60% biodegradation within 28 days. This pass level must be reached within the 10 days immediately following the attainment of 10% biodegradation (10-day window).
- Suspended solids (SS) are the solids removed from activated sludge by filtration and dried to a constant mass, generally expressed in grams per litre.
Theoretical oxygen demand (ThOD) is the total amount of oxygen required to oxidise a chemical completely; it is calculated from the molecular formula and is also expressed as mg oxygen required per mg test compound.
REFERENCE ITEM CONCENTRATION AND PREPARATION OF TEST SOLUTIONS
- The reference item was added directly to the test medium of the procedure and the toxicity control. Using a positive displacement pipette, aliquots of 11.8 µL and 8.0 µL of 1-octanol were added to the test medium of the procedure control (final volume 360 mL) and toxicity control (final volume 244 mL), respectively. The final test concentration of 1-octanol was 27 mg/L, corresponding to a ThOD of 80 mg O2/L.
TEST ITEM CHARACTERISATION
- The Sponsor provided to the Test Facility documentation of the identity, purity, composition, and stability for the test item.
- A Certificate of Analysis or equivalent document was provided to the Test Facility.
RESERVE SAMPLES
- For each batch (lot) of test item, a reserve sample (about 0.5 gram) was collected and maintained under the appropriate storage conditions by the Test Facility and destroyed after the expiration date.
TEST CONCENTRATION AND PREPARATION OF TEST SOLUTIONS
- The test item was a clear colourless liquid with a purity of 84.1%. The test item was tested in duplicate at a target concentration of 30.5 mg/L, corresponding to a ThODNO3 of 80 mg O2/L.
- The ThODNO3 was based on the results of elemental composition analysis and was confirmed by TOC analysis.
- Volumes of test item, reference item, and mineral medium added to the test vessels can be found in Table 1 (below).
- Test solutions were continuously stirred during the test, to ensure optimal contact between the test item and the test organisms.
- Test duration was 28 days.
- Any residual volumes were discarded.
TEST PROCEDURE AND CONDITIONS
- Test duration: 28 days. During the test period, the test media were aerated and stirred continuously.
- Test vessels: 500 mL brown coloured glass bottles. The end volume of medium was 360 mL or 244 mL, in order to obtain the headspace-to-volume ratio required for the associated ThOD.
- Milli-RO water: Tap-water purified by reverse osmosis (Milli-RO) and subsequently passed over activated carbon.
- Stock solutions of mineral components: See table below.
- Mineral medium: 1 litre mineral medium contains: 10 mL of solution (A), 1 mL of solutions (B) to (D) and Milli-RO water.
- CO2 absorber: Sodium hydroxide pellets (Merck, Darmstadt, Germany).
- Illumination: The test media were excluded from light.
PREPARATION OF BOTTLES
- Inoculation: At the start of the test (day 0) mineral medium was inoculated with activated sludge.
- Type and number of bottles: Test suspension containing test item and inoculum (2 bottles); Inoculum blank containing only inoculum (2 bottles); Procedure control containing reference item and inoculum (1 bottle); Toxicity control containing test item, reference item and inoculum (1 bottle).
- Preparation: At the start of the test (day 0), test and/or reference item were added to the respective bottles. The volumes of suspensions were made up to 360 mL or 244 mL using inoculated mineral medium. Rubber gaskets containing two pellets of sodium hydroxide were inserted into each bottle. Subsequently, each bottle was sealed by screwing an automated respirometer head on top.
DETERMINATION OF BIODEGRADATION
- Experimental CO2 production: The CO2 produced in each test bottle reacted with the CO2
absorbent in the rubber gaskets. As gaseous O2 was converted into gaseous CO2 that was absorbed, the gas pressure in the test system slowly decreased. This decrease in air pressure was measured by the respirometer heads and automatically converted into oxygen consumption (mg O2/L).
- Measurements: Measurements were recorded on day 0, 4, 7, 11, 14, 19, 21, 25 and 28. After recording the oxygen consumption on day 28, the pH was determined in all test vessels.
- Theoretical Oxygen Demand: The ThODNO3 was calculated from the molecular composition.
MEASUREMENTS AND RECORDINGS
- pH: At the start of the test (day 0) and on the last day (day 28), after the last measurement.
- Respirometer: Lovibond BD600-GLP manometric respirometry system, equipped with an inductive stirring system.
- Temperature of medium: Continuously in a vessel with Milli-RO water in the same climate controlled incubator.
ACCEPTABILITY OF THE TEST
- The reference item was biodegraded by at least 60% (65%) within 14 days, which increased to 68% at the end of the test.
- The difference of duplicate values for %-degradation of the test item was always less than 20 (18% on day 7 and 13% at the end of the test).
- The total oxygen uptake in the blank at the end of the test did not exceed 30 mg O2/L (11 mg O2 per litre).
- The pH value in the test item bottles at the end of the test was within the range 6 to 8.5 (7.7).
- Since all criteria for acceptability of the test were met, this study was considered to be valid.
- All results presented in the tables of the report are calculated using values as per the raw data rounding procedure and may not be exactly reproduced from the individual data presented.
- ThODNO3, expressed as mg O2 required for full biodegradation of one mg of test item, was
calculated from the elemental composition of the test item.
- For test item CcHhXxNnNanaOoPpSs, with Xx being all halogens and assuming full nitrification, ThODNO3 was calculated using the equation ThODNO3 = [16(2c + ½(h-x) + 5/2n + 3s + 5/2p + 1/2na - o) / molecular weight] mg O2/mg test item.
- The first step in calculating the amount of O2 consumed was to correct for background O2
consumption. Thus, the amount of O2 consumed for biodegradation of the test item (BOD)
was determined using the equation BOD = O2 uptake by test item (mg O2/L) – O2 uptake by blank (mg O2/L).
- Relative biodegradation values were then calculated using the ThODNO3 of the added amount of test item, expressed as mg O2/L, using the equation % degradation = [BOD (mg O2/L) / ThODNO3 (mg O2/L)] * 100
- The relative biodegradation values were plotted versus time together with the relative biodegradation in the procedure control and the toxicity control. If not clear from the
experimental data the number of days was calculated from the attainment of 10% biodegradation until 60% biodegradation. Should this period be ≤ 10 days (10-day window), then the test item is designated as readily biodegradable.
- Toxicity control: if less than 25% biodegradation (based on combined ThODNO3 of the test item and reference item) occurred within 14 days, the test item was assumed to be inhibitory.
- Critical computerised systems used in the study are listed below.
- All computerised systems used in the conduct of this study were validated.
- When a particular system did not satisfy all requirements, appropriate administrative and procedural controls were implemented to assure the quality and integrity of data.
- Temperature, relative humidity and/or atmospheric pressure monitoring: REES Centron (version SQL 2.0).
- System control, data acquisition and processing: Shimadzu TOC-Control V (version 2.10).
Reference substance:
other: octan-1-ol
VWR International, Fontenay-sous-Bois, France (Batch 17B174008; Purity 98%; Expiry date 31 January 2022; Room temperature storage conditions)
% degradation (O2 consumption)
>= 47 - <= 59
Sampling time:
other: based on ThODNO3
THEORETICAL OXYGEN DEMAND
- The ThODNO3 of the test item was calculated to be 2.62 mg O2/mg based on the results of elemental composition analysis.
- The Carbon and hydrogen content (wt%) of the test item were determined directly, after which oxygen content was determined by difference (i.e. total should add up to 100%).
- According to the elemental composition analysis the carbon content of the test item was 69.6%. TOC analysis indicated an organic carbon content of 72.14%, which was considered an acceptable error margin.
- The ThOD of 1-octanol was calculated to be 2.95 mg O2/mg.
- The results of O2 consumption and biodegradation in blank bottles, procedure and toxicity control, and each test bottle are listed in Table 3 to 7 (attached).
- Table 8 (attached) contains the comparison of biodegradation of test item in bottles A and B.
- Figure 1 (attached) shows the curves for biodegradation of the two bottles with test item, the procedure control and the toxicity control.
- The relative biodegradation values calculated from the measurements performed during the test period revealed 59% and 47% biodegradation of test item based on ThODNO3, for the duplicate bottles tested. Thus, the criterion for ready biodegradability (at least 60% biodegradation within a 10-day window) was not met.
- In the toxicity control, more than 25% biodegradation occurred within 14 days (69%, based on ThODNO3, which increased to 79% at the end of the test). Therefore, the test item was assumed not to inhibit microbial activity.
- Functioning of the test system was checked by testing the reference item 1-octanol, which showed a normal biodegradation curve.
MONITORING OF TEMPERATURE AND pH
- The temperature recorded in a vessel with water in the same incubator varied between 22 and 24 °C.
- The pH values of the different test media are presented in Table 2 (below).
TABLE 2 – pH VALUES OF DIFFERENT TEST MEDIA
Test medium
Blank control (A)
Blank control (B)
Procedure control
Test Item (A)
Test Item (B)
Toxicity control
not readily biodegradable
The test item was not readily biodegradable under the conditions of the Manometric Respirometry Test presently performed. However, since the results of the present test indicate that the pass level criterion was almost fulfilled the results can be used to support inherent biodegradability.
The objective of the study was to evaluate the test item for its ready biodegradability in an aerobic aqueous medium with microbial activity introduced by inoculation with activated sludge; Manometric Respirometry Test. Study procedures were conducted in compliance with OECD Guideline 301F, Section 3. Degradation and Accumulation. "Ready Biodegradability: Manometric Respirometry Test", (adopted July 17, 1992).
The test item was a clear colourless liquid with a purity of 84.1%. The Theoretical Oxygen Demand with full nitrification (ThODNO3) of test item was calculated to be 2.62 mg O2/mg. The test item was tested in duplicate at a target concentration of 30.5 mg/L, corresponding to a ThODNO3 of 80 mg O2/L. The ThODNO3 was based on the results of elemental composition analysis and was confirmed by TOC analysis. The study consisted of six bottles: 2 inoculum blanks (no test item); 2 test bottles (test item); 1 procedure control (1-octanol) and; 1 toxicity control (test item plus 1-octanol).
The test item was added directly to the inoculated mineral medium. The test solutions were continuously stirred during the test to ensure optimal contact between the test item and test organisms. Test duration was 28 days. In order to transfer test item to the test vessels, the required amounts were pipetted directly into the test bottles containing medium with microbial organisms and mineral components.
The relative biodegradation values calculated from the measurements performed during the test period revealed 59% and 47% biodegradation of test item based on ThODNO3, for the duplicate bottles tested. Thus, the criterion for ready biodegradability (at least 60% biodegradation within a 10-day window) was not met. In the toxicity control, test item was found not to inhibit microbial activity. Since all criteria for acceptability of the test were met, this study was considered to be valid.
The test item was not readily biodegradable under the conditions of the Manometric Respirometry Test presently. However, since the results indicated that the pass level criterion was almost fulfilled the results can be used to support inherent biodegradability (OECD 301 F).
Biodegradation in water:
under test conditions no biodegradation observed
The objective of the study was to evaluate the test item for its ready biodegradability in an aerobic aqueous medium with microbial activity introduced by inoculation with activated sludge; Manometric Respirometry Test. Study procedures were conducted in compliance with OECD Guideline 301 F, Section 3. Degradation and Accumulation. "Ready Biodegradability: Manometric Respirometry Test", (adopted July 17, 1992).


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Silversun Pickups to Release Record Store Day 10"
Dangerbird Records is excited to announce that Silversun Pickups will release their Let it Decay 10″ on Friday, November 29th in conjunction with Record Store Day's Black Friday. The limited edition vinyl release features the brand new track "Let it Decay" as well as "Working Title," a B-side from the sessions for their latest full-length Neck of the Woods.
"Record Store Day (now Days) has always been important to us," lead singer/guitarist Brian Aubert said. "We've been lucky enough to play special acoustic shows in independent record stores all over the globe. We get to know these places and feel quite blue when we return and they are no longer open. We believe strongly in the importance of these places and will always do whatever we can to help support these stores." Speaking about the new tracks, Aubert said "we're happy to be putting out this 10-inch. 'Let it Decay' has been a song we've had swimming around our heads since the beginning of the band. It feels great to have finally recorded it and place it in a nice home. 'Working Title' is the only Neck of the Woods b-side. We love the song but it just didn't work in the flow of the album. Again, we're super happy for the song to finally get heard."
Silversun Pickups recently finished an extensive world tour in support of Neck of the Woods. Upon its release, the album debuted at #6 on the Billboard Top 200, with nearly 41,000 units sold, marking the highest chart position in the band's career. Rolling Stone gave Neck of the Woods three and a half out of five stars, while USA Today gave the album three out of four stars, calling it "sharp," and noting its "shades of electronica" and "muscular riffs." Paste heralded the band's third studio record as "the best mainstream rock album of the year." The Los Angeles Times likewise praised Neck of the Woods, awarding it three out of four stars, noting "its allusions all nod to the best stuff from a time when rock acts could be experimental, heavy and platinum-selling at once." People gave the album four out of four stars, remarking "Silversun's latest sparkles."
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