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Study Shows Biodegradable Bags Can Work Even After Remaining Buried For Three Years
The notions about biodegradable shopping bags may not be correct in the real sense, a new study of the University of Plymouth suggests. The biodegradable shopping bags were earlier thought to have an advantage over conventional plastic bags that they do not last long in the natural environment, but the fact is something else.
According to the study published in Environmental Science and Technology on Sunday bags that billed as biodegradable, even after being buried in soil or submerged in the sea for three years could carry groceries around five pounds, The Weather Channel reported.
"After three years, I was really amazed that any of the bags could still hold a load of shopping. For biodegradable bags to be able to do that was the most surprising," study leader Imogen Napper said.
As per The Guardian, five types of bags available throughout the UK were compared by the researchers. They are two oxo-biodegradable bags, a compostable bag, a biodegradable bag, and a high-density polyethylene or conventional plastic bag. Each type of bag was exposed to soil, open air or sea water for three years.
The results are as follows:
There was no sign of the compostable bag in the sea water within three months.
Even after 27 months the compostable bag was found intact in the soil but failed to carry anything without breaking.
After nine months in the open air, all type of bags turned to fragments.
Both the biodegradable and plastic bags buried in soil or seawater for three years were able to carry the weight of a box of cereal, bananas and oranges, pasta, cans of Coke and crackers.
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"This research raises a number of questions about what the public might expect when they see something labelled as biodegradable," study co-author and International Marine Litter Research Unit head Professor Richard Thompson said in a university press release. "We demonstrate here that the materials tested did not present any consistent, reliable and relevant advantage in the context of marine litter."
The biodegradable labeling can confuse customers that they are the most reliable ways when it comes to carrying shopping bags and disposing of them, Thompson told National Geographic. They are dumping biodegradable bags to recycling bins thinking it is the right way to do; however, these bags may not support the recycling process.
"If you've got bags with a self-destruct function, the recycler doesn't want that mixed in with other bags," Thompson told National Geographic. "They need known and consistent material. So the issue becomes how do you separate biodegradables from conventional plastics? How is the consumer supposed to know how to dispose of it?"
The Guardian reported that the UK currently lacks the infrastructure to carry out the successful composting process and organize a disposal system around it; the study pointed out. As Vegware, the compostable bag producing company that used in the study told The Guardian, their bags were only designed to break down in certain conditions.
"Discarding a product in the environment is still littering, compostable or otherwise. Burying isn't composting. Compostable materials can compost with five key conditions — microbes, oxygen, moisture, warmth and time," a company spokesperson said.
The United Nations and the European Union both have found an effective solution to the eight million tons of plastic that end up in the oceans of the whole world each year, and that is rejecting biodegradable bags, National Geographic reported.
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It is not that Thompson is against the biodegradable bags, but according to him depending on situations, it is vital that the bag to be the right one should get disposed of in an environment-friendly manner. For example, it is better to use biodegradable materials at sports stadiums, where they could be gathered in one place along with the food waste and disposed of at the end of the game in an ensured way that they break down.
However, for grocery shopping, one of the most effective ways to reduce waste is that individual consumers reuse the same bag as many times as possible.
"A bag that can and is reused many times presents a better alternative to degradability," the study concluded, according to National Geographic.
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Act on Minnesota Water
What is Act on Minnesota Water?
Act on Minnesota Water is a statewide campaign to focus public awareness on the decline of Minnesota's water quality and to take action to protect and restore our water resources for the current and future generations.
Minnesotans say that water is our state's most important natural resource.
"It's as Minnesotan as apple pie to mouth support for clean water, which makes for a puzzling disconnect from the inconvenient fact that the quality of the state's legendary waters is spiraling in decline." – Ron Way, Star Tribune, February 5, 2016.
* Campaign Goal – To work collaboratively to raise awareness and to educate the public, key stakeholders, and decision-makers about our state's water quality and water quantity problems.
Minnesota's water belongs to all of us.
Last year, when Governor Dayton announced his buffer initiative he reminded farmers that, "The land may be yours, but the water belongs to all of us."
Water is essential for life and is critical to the health of our environment, communities, industries, and economy. The state has long played a leadership role in protecting and restoring our water, and Governor Dayton is right to call for further action on a variety of urgent water quality issues in our state.
* Campaign Goal – To fervently advocate for transformational solutions that will protect and restore Minnesota's waters now and forever.
The Clean Water Act was passed in 1972.
Minnesota's governmental agencies have had oversight authority over Minnesota's water quality for decades. And advocacy groups have worked in the public interest to improve water quality for just as long. Then why are the efforts to protect and restore our state's waters not matching up to the challenge?
Power and politics are why.
The public health and the environment are pushed aside while polluters make deals with politicians, get a free pass, and push the costs of cleaning up our waters off to the rest of us.
* Campaign Goal – To shine a light on polluters and hold them responsible for the water quality degradation they cause and to demand real corrective action from those who are charged with holding polluters accountable.
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Les oximéthers (contraction de oxime-éther) ou éthers d'oxime sont une famille de composés organiques  dérivés des oximes (C=N−OH) dans lesquels le groupe hydroxyle est remplacé par un groupe alcoxyle.

Synthèse

Les oximéthers sont synthétisés à partir des oximes (aldoximes ou cétoximes) et des halogénoalcanes ou des organosulfates. Outre l'oximéther, cette N-alkylation produit aussi une nitrone.

Le rendement relatif de l'éther d'oxime et de la nitrone formés dépend des conditions de réaction et des réactifs. Ainsi, l'anti-benzaldoxime (oxime du benzaldéhyde) forme principalement des nitrones, tandis que l'isomère syn forme principalement des éthers d'oxime.

Lorsqu'on fait réagir des sels d'argent d'oximes avec des iodures d'alkyle dans un éther ou un alcool, on obtient presque exclusivement des éthers d'oxime, sans formation de nitrones. La réaction des aldoximes avec le diazométhane comme agent de méthylation donne des mélanges de O-méthyloximes et de nitrones de méthyle. À partir des oximes et des époxydes, on obtient par ouverture du cycle de l'époxyde des O-(2-hydroxyalkyl)-oximes.

Notes et références

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Moghaviyeh (, also Romanized as Moghavīyeh; also known as Moqavīyeh) is a village in Howmeh Rural District, in the Central District of Bam County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 54, in 15 families.

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posted Aug 15, 2015, 6:38 AM by Peter Campbell
Two new segregated bike paths will crisscross the city and open up speedy, safe cycling that will ease pollution and traffic for everyone, non-cyclists, too, Boris Johnson says.
London is a big huffing puffing city, so Mayor Boris Johnson's success in pushing ahead with his plan to build cycle superhighways right through the heart of it seems nothing short of a small miracle.
They won't be finished before May of next year, but the concept, as Boris Johnson said in March at the inauguration of the building, goes far beyond simply smoothing the ride for cyclists: "Getting more people on their bikes will reduce pressure on the road, bus and rail networks, cut pollution and improve life for everyone, whether or not they cycle themselves."
The "Crossrail for the Bike" will be 21 miles long and almost completely separated from motor traffic: 18 miles travelling east-west (from Barking to Acton) and 3 miles running north-south (from King's Cross to Elephant and Castle). When completed in 2016, it will be Europe's longest segregated bike path.
Transport for London's superhighways are not without their detractors, however. The Licensed Taxi Drivers Association (LTDA) had threatened legal action, but ultimately backed away when it became apparent that a judicial review of TfL's plans would simply delay rather than stop the new routes. Property firm Canary Wharf Group had also been vocal, producing an anonymous briefing (which it later acknowledged) that called the planned route "extremely damaging for London."
Their complaints hinged on concerns over gridlock, increased congestion, restricting delivery vehicle access and adversely affecting business in general.
Also, some of London boroughs have been fierce opponents only caving under huge pressure and, in one case, threats to seize control of its roads, says London's cycling commissioner, Andrew Gilligan, who characterized the city as "still in the foothills" of being cycle friendly.
Although Johnson has been a huge booster of cycling in London, putting £900 million ($1.4 billion) toward the project, the original idea has been a long time in the making. His predecessor Ken Livingstone, who became mayor in 2000, was vocal and active in pushing the cycling agenda and in 2008 announced £400 million ($624 million) in initiatives. Even before that, there was a long and steady campaign to raise the profile and the possibilities for cycling in the city.


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Haitians in Winter Haven attempt to contact loved ones
By DONNA KELLYNews Chief staff
WINTER HAVEN - The close-knit Haitian community in Winter Haven became even tighter in the wake of the magnitude-7 earthquake that devastated the Caribbean country of Haiti on Tuesday.
While communication with loved ones in Haiti has been sporadic at best, any news gleaned by one family spreads though the community through informal channels.
Dr. Harry Saintil, director of Compassion Action for Haitians Inc., said he's tried continually to contact his brothers and sisters, who live about five miles from the National Palace, since learning of the earthquake from a newscast late Tuesday afternoon.
According to reports from The Associated Press, the earthquake rocked the city of Port-au-Prince and demolished the National Palace, the cathedral, schools and a prison.
"I can't get in touch with them still," Saintil said Wednesday.
Saintil said the thought of an earthquake in his homeland was inconceivable.
"At the beginning, I was like that's unbelievable. We've had hurricanes but not anything like that," he said. "It's unbelievable that Haiti could survive something like that."
Saintil, a medical doctor who is working on his credentials to practice in the United States, said the board of directors of Compassion Action for Haitians is in the process of determining the best method of providing help for those affected by the earthquake.
The organization, which began as a class to teach Haitians to speak English, was incorporated nearly five years ago to provide resources to Haitians.
Bruce Hansen, founder and chairman of the board of directors, said about 10,000 to 15,000 Haitians live in Polk County, although the 2000 Census puts this number at 2,587. Hansen said calculating the number of Haitian residents is difficult because the census survey doesn't include a space to indicate Haitian origin.
According to Hansen, there are 15 Haitian churches in Winter Haven.
"All of these people have families in Haiti," Hansen said.
Normally, he said, about 80 Haitians attend the English class offered by the organization. About half of them made it to class Wednesday.
"They were trying to get in touch with families," Hansen said.
Webbert Bruno, a native of Haiti, owns B and B Take Out Restaurant on Avenue G N.W. He found out about the earthquake when customers began contacting him about purchasing prepaid phone cards, which he sells as a side line.
"I thought, 'Oh, my God, what's going on?'" Bruno said, remembering his initial reaction to the news.
He's worried about his sister, Florence Bruno, who still lives in Haiti.
"I haven't gotten any phone calls from her," Bruno said.
But he's received plenty of calls from customers and friends seeking news from Haiti.
"I've tried everything I can," he said, adding that he's called every organization and news outlet he could think of to find out additional information. "I don't have anything to tell them."
While his lunch business was down Wednesday - only three meals sold compared to the usual 20 - he is still receiving inquiries about phone cards. So far, he's sold 29 of them.
"Just one person was able to get through to Haiti," Bruno said.
That person was Liliane Blanc, whose son-in-law lives in Haiti with two of her grandchildren. She was able to reach him Wednesday morning.
"All the houses are broken. A lot of people have died. It's bad," Blanc said, recounting with a thick accent what her son-in-law told her. "He said he has not seen anyone he knows except for the kids."
They've been sleeping, she said.
Like Saintil, Pastor Julio Brutus of First Haitian Church of the Nazarene in Winter Haven is concentrating on helping others while he deals with his own unanswered questions about family members. His brother and sister are in Haiti. Recent reports of a death toll of 100,000 are daunting to him.
"Last night I was trying. There's no way I can contact them," he said. "It's really a terrible day. But I keep going and doing what I have to do."
In addition to answering his cell phone every two to three seconds - calls from others with loved ones in Haiti - Brutus is working with Clean the World, an organization through which soap is sent to Haiti to improve health and sanitation, to generate 1 million bars of soap.
He's also organizing a medical mission trip and is recruiting doctors and nurses to help.
"I'm trying to contact the bishop of the Evangelical Church of Haiti to see what we can do," Brutus said.
The following organizations are collecting donations for those affected by the earthquake in Haiti:
Compassion Action for Haitians, Inc. - For details, call Hansen at 863-221-2692.
Christian Disaster Response - To make a donation, visit www.cdresponse.org or send a check to Christian Disaster Response, P.O. Box 3339, Winter Haven, FL 33885-3339 For details, call 863-967-4357.
The American Red Cross - To make a donation to the American Red Cross International Relief Fund, donors can call the Polk County Chapter at 863-294-5941, call 1-800-RED-CROSS or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish), or visit www.midfloridaredcross.org to make a secure online donation. Mobile donors can text "Haiti" to 90999 to send a $10 donation to the Red Cross. The funds will go to support the Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti.
The U.S. State Department - People in the United States or Canada with information or inquiries about U.S. citizens in Haiti can reach the Haiti Task Force at 1-888-407-4747. For details on how to donate or provide assistance, contact the Center for International Disaster Information at http://www.cidi.org/incident/haiti-10a/.
Catholic Charities - Relief supplies - bottled water, pop-top ready to eat food, dry goods, sealed bread, baby formula, diapers and small stuffed toys - are being collected at St. Matthew Catholic Church, at 1991 Overlook Drive, Winter Haven. Monetary donations earmarked "Haiti relief" can be sent to Office of the Bishop, Haiti Relief, P.O. Box 1800 Orlando, FL 32802-1800.
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By Randy Alcorn —
Before anything else, let me highly recommend pastors and churches consider using the resources of Football Sunday in their churches the day of the Super Bowl, which is the single largest secular event people gather together for each year.
Even prior to last year's event, the biggest yet, over 20,000 people had come to Christ through the clear gospel presentation and the testimonies of players. You can use the full video, or any parts of it you choose in church. It also makes a great half-time alternative where you hear players talk about their faith in Christ. It's not preachy, but it's powerful. Watch last year's 2018 Football Sunday event, hosted by commentator James Brown, to get a feel for what it's like.
There are easily more than 50 faithful believers among the players and coaches on the remaining eight playoff teams. If you're not a football fan you probably don't care, but this serves as a reminder that God has His people everywhere. He may not care that much about the game outcomes, but He certainly cares a great deal about His children, and as much for those on the losing side as the winning one.
I am most closely connected to the Philadelphia Eagles vs. New Orleans Saints game, because I know a number of players on both teams who are faithful believers. In fact I've exchanged messages with several on both teams this week.
Because of his open testimony for Christ and his defense of racial justice and the unborn, I have from time to time written about Ben Watson, tight end for the New Orleans Saints. This season when New Orleans QB Drew Brees, also a Christ-follower and the author of Coming Back Stronger, had another milestone in an incredible career, he said this: "One of the greatest things about the 500th touchdown pass, it was caught by one of my favorite teammates of all time. I couldn't think of a better guy to catch this touchdown than Ben Watson. He is a terrific veteran, and I look up to him."
After scoring a touchdown in a game, Ben, in the end zone, creatively announced that he and his wife Kirsten are expecting twins, their sixth and seventh children (watch the video here).
Check out this delightful feature of Ben and his wife and children, done by NFL Films after Ben announced recently he is retiring at the end of this season. (It also shows one of the most spectacular plays in NFL history, where tight end Ben Watson, then playing for the Patriots, runs down a fast Denver cornerback at the one yard line to prevent what should have been a 101 interception touchdown).
I have highly recommended Ben's book Under Our Skin. Ben has also written The New Dad's Playbook, and is a powerful prolife advocate. Here he isspeaking at the 2017 March for Life in Washington DC.
Nick and Lily Foles
I've also written before about Nick Foles. Nick is a good friend who I deeply appreciate. The most important thing about him is not that he holds five NFL records, but that he follows Jesus and loves his family. I shared about Nick's book Believe It: My Journey of Success, Failure, and Overcoming the Odds when it was released in June. I highly recommend you read it. It doesn't just tell another story of how great it is to win, though as MVP as last year's Super Bowl Nick could have focused on that only. He didn't. After winning the Super Bowl, at a press conference, Nick talked about failure and how important it is in forming our lives. In the book we see this fleshed out:
The Indianapolis Colts are also in the playoffs. Their head coach is Frank Reich, who some believe should be declared coach of the year. I met Frank shortly after he retired from professional football, and was attending seminary. I was doing a book signing on the East Coast, where people would tell me their names and I would sign the book to them. This guy standing next in line said, "Frank Reich." I looked up and said, "The Frank Reich who holds the all-time record for best comebacks in college football AND NFL history?"
He smiled and asked "You knew that?" We had a brief conversation. He went on to finish Reformed Theological Seminary, and eventually he became the RTS president. Then years later I heard he was an assistant coach in the NFL.
In November 2017 I saw Frank for the second time when he was the offensive coordinator of the Philadelphia Eagles. I was asked to speak to a team Bible study where Nick Foles introduced me. It was great to see Frank again. He told me he's read my Heaven book, and he smiled pleasantly as I talked about Heaven to players, including all three Philly quarterbacks—each of them solid believers. (Frank wrote the foreword to Nick's book.)
I loved this recent article about Frank's background as an athlete and one of the most unlikely backgrounds for any NFL head coach: evangelical seminary president!
You don't have to be in the playoffs to be God's faithful servant. And the eight remaining teams, being only one fourth of the teams in the league, probably only have a fourth of the total number of believers.
Case Keenum, quarterback of the Denver Broncos, is a great brother who I respect and appreciate. I also loved his book Playing for More: Trust Beyond What You Can See, which really touched me. I highly recommend it.
Finally, I'll mention Kirk Cousins, quarterback of the Minnesota Vikings—another faithful and Christ-centered brother. A few months ago the Julie and Kirk Cousins Foundation began. I can't think of a better way to wrap up this blog than to let Kirk and Julie Cousins (shown here with their son Cooper) share about their vision for the foundation, which is about investing in what matters and will outlast this life. More about their foundation and the worthy ministries they support is here.
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These pics are from a cruise with the girlfriend on our cruisers along the Brighton Le Sands cycleway. This is natural habitat for the beach cruiser, and the bikes lap up the kms and the looks. The great thing about daylight savings is you can head out for a cruise in the arvo and miss the weekend crowds (little kids running out in front of you and back pedal brakes do not make good friends).
Bring back summer and daylight savings…. sigh.
My girls' bike is a Felt Claire, which has been treated to some thornproof tubes, slicks with whitewalls, and a wicker basket (perfect for carrying the car keys, wallet and camera). A 3 spd hub and drum brakes up front make it more friendly for her to ride. Felts have to be my fave brand of cruiser, this bike is the smoothest bike I've ever ridden! And I haven't even mentioned the 50mm ride rims yet – fat!
Chillin at the beach. Shortly after this pic I attempted some '20s/30s beach racer-esque pics along the wet sand on my bike, and failed miserably, getting bogged in the wet sand… haha.
Brighton Le Sands cycleway – great scenery and plenty of room. A word of warning – avoid windy days! It's very exposed to offshore winds and riding into a headwind is a killer! My bike is a customised Giant Simple cruiser, might have to post some of the build pics one day.
The cycleway gets its fair share of serious riders too, so you have to keep half an eye behind you so you don't block them. Take pity on them, their silly skinny wheels don't like grass!
Time for a rest break – ice cream time! We've earnt it. Not a bad view eh?
Cruisers and Cons, like peas and carrots.


It is being called the "worst flub in Oscar history." Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway mistakenly announced the winner of this year's Best Picture Award to be "La La Land", when in reality the winner was "Moonlight".
"There's a mistake. 'Moonlight,' you guys won best picture," exclaimed La La Land's producer, Jordan Horowitz, as he graciously accepted reality and welcomed the Moonlight team on stage.
Aghast movie fans were not as understanding. They immediately took to Twitter chastising the accounting firm responsible for the slip up. PwC, formerly PricewaterhouseCoopers, has been the firm in charge of the ballot counting process of the Academy Awards for the past 83 years. They pride themselves on "being a firm of integrity, of accuracy and confidentiality" and have never had a mix up like this. Until last night's awards.
While PwC was quick to act – alerting the Academy of the real winners and immediately releasing a statement owning up to their mistake – the crisis response is far from over.
As buzz continues, scrutinizing the fate of the company's reputation, PwC needs to check all their crisis communication boxes. If the accounting firm wants to mitigate long-term embarrassment to their brand – and potentially even turn this attention into a positive – there are still some crucial steps to take.
Right now, the company's apology can only be found via a Twitter image that's very difficult to find and already requires users to scroll down past 10+ more recent tweets in order to see it. Nothing on Facebook, Instagram, or their own corporate website.
To the more discerning individual, it'll look like they've already tried to sweep this under the rug. Worse yet, the broader segment of people casually looking for info about this likely won't find it.
It's important that everyone sees they've taken full responsibility for the mistake. Being that PwC's website comes up first in Google search results, it's important that their apology is clearly visible on the first (and only) place that most searchers will land.
2. Let the public know specifically what happened.
PwC has promised to investigate the situation to figure out what exactly happened last night. People will remember this, and it's critical that PwC follows through with this promise. Not addressing this in the future could result in an integrity stain bigger than anything caused by last night's incident itself. Long-term negative sentiment could ensue in such a situation, so PwC must stick to its word.
Even if the answer is mundane – that someone erroneously printed out the wrong file or wrongly labeled an envelope – people will appreciate the clarity. Details like these will add context, and whatever mistake was specifically made will surely be relatable to people. We've all sent the wrong attachment in an email, printed the wrong file, or picked up the wrong item from a store.
Unless there were deliberately foul motives at play, PwC shouldn't play into the public's desire for a scapegoat and punishment. The loudest voices on social media are the trolls and their short-term lust for "justice" shouldn't be pandered to.
Long-term, PwC is far better off being seen as a brand that stands behind its employees and understands that people make mistakes sometimes. This will go a long way with company employees too since it truly could have been any one of them.
PwC has already given a lot to the film community, their sponsorship of the event clearly demonstrates this. Still, it's important that people realize this, and details like these quickly get lost in the shuffle.
new that benefits the film industry would shift the focus from one of blame and clumsiness to one of continued commitment and even more goodwill.
This incident blindsided the group of hard-working creatives that created La La Land. Everyone who watched the show felt for the La La Land team and the emotional roller coaster that must have ensued. If there's any victim here, it's clearly them.
By doing something specifically for the La La Land team, PwC can turn their mistake into a positive. Something like a weeklong PwC-sponsored promotion with Amazon, Google Play, and other digital film providers (via discounted pricing subsidized by PwC) could spur interest in the movie and benefit filmgoers all at once. They could even invite the entire La La cast to next year's Oscars, treating them to an evening together provided by PwC.
Not only will devout La La fans appreciate a kind gesture like this, but the action is sure to generate press coverage. Most importantly, those directly affected by this mishap – the people who played a role in the movie's creation – will benefit from this.
It's crucial that stakeholders – shareholders, employees, and clients, all know that PwC is actively addressing the situation to preserve the trust and respect of the public.
PwC should immediately communicate to stakeholders, letting them know about what they're doing to handle the situation. Their stakeholders likely don't all see every tweet the company makes and are more likely reading the embarrassing headlines today, all of which talk about the damage this is doing to PwC's reputation.
If you're a shareholder in the company, you may wonder (even if irrationally) about the company's long-term prospects because of this incident. If you're an employee, you're likely embarrassed as your company is the subject of half of today's internet jokes. If you're a client, you may be more focused on the noise than the actual merits of PwC's service.
In all of these situations, it makes sense to communicate. Taking responsibility for your actions will never be seen as a bad thing. If anything, it'll reassure people that you'll be there to properly handle and dispel more serious crises when they do emerge.
"All press is good press" is an exaggeration, but in this case PwC can turn the negative into a positive here by remaining in the conversation.
PwC could easily make ads based around this incident and diffuse the situation with humor. They should own it. It'll get people talking about their ads. How many companies – let alone accounting firms – enjoy the luxury of something like this? The wheels are spinning vigorously in our minds as we start thinking about ad possibilities. Needless to say, there's a ton of potential here and if executed tastefully, could leave the company even better off than it was before last night.


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The time is an hour or so after sunrise on the fifteenth of May in the year 50 of our era; the place is one of the piers of the Emperor Claudius's new harbour at Ostia. Two men, whose dress and features show them plainly enough to be Jews, are watching the ship which is slowly moving shoreward under a press of sail.
"Your eyes are better than mine, Raphael," says the elder of the two to his companion. "Can you make her out?"
"Scarcely yet, father," replied the young man. He had scarcely spoken, however, when the passing of a cloud let a brilliant ray of sunshine fall on the vessel's bow. "There, there," cried Raphael ben Manasseh—this was the young man's name—"I can distinguish The Twin Brothers."
"Accursed idols!" growled Manasseh, spitting on the ground as he spoke.
Raphael shrugged his shoulders, casting at the same time an apprehensive glance around him.
"Don't you think, father," he said in a deprecatory voice, "that it might make a little awkwardness, if any people happened to be near? And if we charter these people's ships, might we not put up with their ways?"
"Well, well, you youngsters are all for compromise and peace. I often wish that I was well away from this land of abomination. Dear Hebron! I can't think what made me leave thee."
"Business very slack there, I take it," murmured Raphael. "I doubt whether one could find a hundred shekels in the whole place? But see, sir," he went on, "they are lowering a boat; a good thing too, or we might be loitering here till noon."
While father and son are waiting, with what patience they can summon, the arrival of the boat, we may explain the situation. The ship, which bears the name and sign of The Twin Brothers, to become famous afterwards for carrying a very distinguished passenger, was the first of the great fleet of wheat ships which would be making the passage between Alexandria and Ostia during the navigating season of the year. Their arrival was an event of no little importance. For some months past there had been much speculation in Rome and elsewhere in what are now called "futures" in the slang of the corn market. Even in these days, when the system of communication is so complete, the estimates of a crop that has yet to be gathered in differ not a little. Interested parties are influenced more than they know by their hopes and fears. Sellers talk gloomily, buyers are correspondingly sanguine. This year the prospects were more than usually uncertain. The Nile of the previous season had been indifferent, but certainly significant of scarcity rather than plenty. The weather, too, during the harvest had been less consistently fine than usual. Altogether the chances were greatly in favour of an increased price, and the Jewish corn merchants at Rome, who combined in a way that gave them a great advantage over their Gentile rivals, had acted accordingly. Manasseh, who was the wealthiest member of the syndicate, and had a predominant interest in its speculations, had journeyed to Ostia to get the earliest information. In spite of his sentimental recollections of his peaceful birthplace, he was a very keen man of business. Nothing, one may be sure, would have been a more unwelcome change than to leave his highly speculative business in Rome to take up again the cultivation of his ancestral acres, cherished as the thought of them was in what may be termed a different compartment of his soul.
THE FIRST OF THE WHEAT SHIPS.
The boat had now reached the pier. It carried two men in the stern. One of them who held the rudder lines was the captain, who was also a part owner. He was a thick-set man of middle age, a Corsican by birth, who might have sat for the portrait of one of the brigands of his native island. Just then, however, he was on his best behaviour. Manasseh was his very good friend and partner, who had lent him the money at the quite moderate interest of ten percent to enable him to take up a share in The Twin Brothers. He stood up in the stern and respectfully saluted the great man on the shore, a politeness which the Jew returned with as much courtesy as he could bring himself to show to a heathen dog. The other passenger, who was no less a person than the supercargo, climbed up the steps of the pier. Manasseh and Raphael greeted him warmly; he was, in fact, a near kinsman, a nephew of the elder and cousin of the younger man. His name was Eleazar.
"Welcome, nephew," said Manasseh. "You have had a good voyage, that I can tell from your having come in such excellent time. And you are well—to that your blooming looks bear witness. And you bring good news?"
"That, my dear uncle, depends upon how you take them," replied Eleazar, "but—"
And he looked round on the little crowd which had by this time gathered on the pier. Then as now a very little incident sufficed to bring a crowd together at the seaside. This particular occasion, too, as some of the bystanders were aware, was one of special importance. The seafaring men had recognised The Twin Brothers, and knew that she was the first comer of the wheat ships, and they had also a shrewd idea that a meagre time might be at hand.
"You are quite right, my dear Eleazar," said the old man, interpreting correctly his nephew's look; "this is too public a place for discussing business. We can find a convenient room at the inn, if you know our countryman Jonah's place by the Old Harbour. I daresay that you could drink a cup of wine. For my part I never could fancy either food or drink on board a ship. Everything seems to me to taste of bilge water."
"Thanks, uncle," said Eleazar, "I am too used to the sea to feel quite like that; still, I do vastly enjoy my first bite and sup when I get on shore."
The party soon reached the tavern, a building with a humble exterior, which, in accordance with the universal Jewish custom, belied the comfort, not to say the luxury, of the interior.
"What do you say to a flask of Lebanon?"
Raphael made a wry face. "My dear father, Lebanon, when one can get Falernian or Formian!"
"Would you drink these Gentile abominations?" growled the old man.
"Surely, sir, there is nothing in the law that forbids it."
Manasseh could hardly say that there was, and Raphael was served with his flask of Falernian, his cousin admiring his courage, but caring little for the matter in dispute.
"And now to business," said Manasseh. "How about the wheat, Eleazar?"
"A very short harvest, and poor in quality."
As he spoke he drew out of his pocket a little sample bag such as dealers carry now, and have doubtless carried from time immemorial, and poured out the contents upon the table. Manasseh and Raphael carefully examined the grain. They were not long in coming to a conclusion.
"As poor a sample as I have ever seen," remarked the younger man.
"Well," said the father, "I can hardly go so far as that. I can remember a long time, you see; but it is very poor. And this, you say, is a fair sample."
"Yes," replied Eleazar, "quite a fair sample; some of the grain from Upper Egypt is better, but then some is worse—that, for instance, from the Moeris country, where the canals were not more than half filled."
"And the price?" asked the older man.
"Well," said the other, "the price is a very serious matter. It is pretty high now; but no one can say what it will rise to. Let me tell you what I have done. Early last month I bought a million medimni, to be delivered before the end of May, at a hundred and twenty-five sesterces the medimnus. I felt that so far I could not be wrong. Well, I could have sold the wheat the day before I started at one hundred and sixty, and I haven't the least doubt in the world that it will go much higher."
Manasseh and his son looked very grave. They had hoped for a rise and, as has been seen, stood to win considerably by it; the supercargo's bargain meant a gain of at least £250,000—but there might easily be too much of a good thing. The State had a way of interfering when prices rose above all bearing, and private interest went to the walls. And nowhere was this more likely to happen than at Rome.
"You have done quite right," said Manasseh after a pause; "and I should not have complained if you had bought five times the quantity. But I must confess that I don't like the prospect. The Treasury is in a very poor way. This fine new harbour has cost an enormous sum of money; so have the drainage works and the aqueducts and the markets. And then for every pound honestly spent another pound has been stolen. Those two scoundrels of freedmen, Pallas and Narcissus, must have at least two million apiece. These are the lions, and there are whole herds of jackals and wolves that are fed to the full. Every farthing comes out of the Treasury. Now what I want to know is this—how is the corn that is given away every week to be paid for? We are under contract to supply a hundred thousand bushels every month. We have guarded against a rise in price, but not against such a rise as this. The Treasury won't—in fact, it can't—pay the price that we ought to ask. I see trouble ahead."
It is needless to repeat the subsequent conversation. The practical conclusion arrived at was to buy up all the wheat that could be got, before the impending scarcity became a matter of public knowledge. There would have to be large concessions in the way of prices; but this would hurt them the less, the stronger they could make their position or holding. It was arranged that Eleazar should enjoy the hospitality of his uncle's house as long as he remained in Italy. The Twin Brothers would discharge her cargo with all possible speed, and return to Alexandria, with a cargo, if this could be found at a short notice, but in any case without delay, and the supercargo would return with her. His acquaintance with the conditions of the Alexandria wheat market made his presence indispensable, especially at so critical a time.


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I keep a journal that I write in at the end of each month. More of my time each day is spent thinking than is perhaps healthy, but this is different. I find the act of writing keeps me from spiralling and the process of making myself present and reflecting on the month prior is enjoyable. I'm very rarely present when the spiralling is going on.
That was a joke.
I've been reading Daring Greatly by Brené Brown and the relationship between vulnerability and good art is not lost on me. So, as I sit here with a cup of tea on this Labour Day weekend in Vancouver, I'd like to explore that. We received the final mixes of our album yesterday and I hope that what we've created might be considered 'good art'. Regardless, I'm very happy with the outcome.
For Thom and I, this album is at least 3-years in the making. What was meant to be a 6-month break after our performance at Khatsahlano Festival in 2016 turned into approximately one year of not really being a band, eight months of fumbling around with song ideas and figuring out what our goals were, and the last year-and-some have been spent making the damn thing: pre-production and editing the songs, recording, iterating, re-recording, procrastinating, more writing, more recording, and finally on to mixing. (In that order.)
In the winter of last year we were joined by Connor and Patrick, our new bassist and drummer. They breathed some very welcome new energy into the material, some of which Thom and/or I had been sitting on for literally up to eight years. Track two on the album, Four Years, as referenced in Thom's previous entry to this blog, is named for how long it took to finish the lyrics: four verses, one per year for four years. This might have been a cool concept if it were deliberate.
Some of the metaphors in that song laid the groundwork for other themes on the album, most notably that of an old home. I wrote the first verse in 2010 while in a relationship,
"Save me from my wildest dreams for wild is not what I need,
Give me walls and a ceiling and fill me with nice things and call me home."
and by the time the final verse got finished I was lonely and living in Brooklyn.
"It's been years since we talked and I'm trying to remember your face,
The hardwood has bowed from the weight-bearing walls we replaced,
Nobody lives here anymore and this house is condemned like the one I grew up in,
At least I'll say that we're still friends, you'll maybe see it differently but I won't be there to hear it."
As a whole and in the context of today, the song isn't really about either of those things directly. A friend and I had a conversation about the Weezer episode of the Song Exploder podcast a while back and she said, "I wonder how many discrete ideas make up any given song." It was an interesting thought and in this case I can say somewhere between three and five, none of which have anything to do with what it means to me now.
For Four Years (and a couple of the other "old" songs on the album), the influences are somewhere on the twinkly indie pop side of emo: Death Cab For Cutie, American Football, Kevin Devine, newer Pianos Become The Teeth. In the finished recording I can hear some Empire! Empire! I Was A Lonely Estate and Jimmy Eat World, too. The song is based around a repeating 9/4 arpeggio and ends in 4/4 with a brass quartet providing the top line. What's more second wave emo than trumpets and a weird time signature!?
(Edit: Here's a playlist featuring some album influences, as well as some local faves 'cuz ya gotta represent.)
We originally had another song lined up to fill the track 2 position (following a short introduction). Split Between the Eyes was very pragmatically written with that in mind and our internal title continues to be 'Intro'. After hearing Matt Di Pomponio's awesome mixes for Four Years, however, we decided to make a switch that, I think, gives it a whole new feel. Intro is now track 6. Go figure…
As often happens with my more private journal entries, I've abruptly reached the point where I don't know what else to say. I like to think it's a sign that I reached a point where I can sufficiently consider my month reflected upon. Maybe I'm just bad at finishing things. Finished the album though, didn't we! Release date will be confirmed and possibly announced, possibly soon.
- Adam
This Friday (Sep 6th), we're playing at CBDB's with Early Work (Kelowna pop-punk) and Seconds Flat (hardcore punk). CBDB's is a little DIY venue in Vancouver with no publicly listed address. If you'd like to come, shoot us a message on Instagram or Facebook. We play first as Thom flies for vacation early the next morning. Probably around 9 - our set, not his flight.
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Duke will celebrate Senior Day and 18 student-athletes will be recognized prior to kickoff: C Clark Bulleit, RB Griffin Carter, S Brandon Feamster, LB Kevin Gehsmann, OG/C Zach Harmon, OT Christian Harris, S Jordan Hayes, TE Daniel Helm, LB Ben Humphreys, TE Davis Koppenhaver, WR Trevon Lee, WR Johnathan Lloyd, S Jeremy McDuffie, DE Twazanga Mugala, RB Nicodem Pierre, WR T.J. Rahming, WR Chris Taylor and K Collin Wareham.
Saturday's game will mark the 99th on the gridiron between the two schools, with Duke holding a 58- 38-2 series advantage. The series began in 1889 with a 32-0 Wake Forest win. Wake Forest and Duke have met in every season since 1967 and every year since 1921 with the exception of 1943 and 1966. Duke enjoyed winning streaks of 11 (1931-41) and 12 (1952-63) games while the Demon Deacons posted 12 straight victories from 2000-11. Duke has won five of the last six affairs including last year's 31-23 triumph in Winston-Salem.
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Acanthodactylus cantoris est une espèce de sauriens de la famille des Lacertidae.

Répartition
Cette espèce se rencontre en Jordanie, en Iran, au Pakistan, en Afghanistan et en Inde au Rajasthan, au Pendjab et en Uttar Pradesh.

Description
Ce lézard atteint environ  sans la queue. Il est gris-brun clair sur le dessus, avec parfois de petites taches noires. Les jeunes présentent des bandes longitudinales claires séparées par des interstices sombres, et des séries de taches rondes et claires. Ces marques s'estompent progressivement.

Étymologie
Cette espèce est nommée en l'honneur de Theodore Edward Cantor.

Publication originale
 Günther, 1864 : The reptiles of British India, London, Taylor & Francis,  (texte intégral).

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Saurien (nom scientifique)
Lacertidae


Yes, veils were worn for mourning. However, veils were not just for mourning. Veils were a common, practical fashion accessory in the 1860s and were worn for several reasons.
Veils protected the eyes from the sun's glare, just like sunglasses do now.
Veils protected the face from flying insects and dust. Remember, buggies, wagons and horse-backing riding didn't provide windshields!
Veils offered a lady privacy. They created a personal space for her, even in a public place.
As you can see from this CDV, veils were worn with both bonnets and hats. These ladies have pulled their veils back so you can see their faces.
Veils have been worn for centuries so ladies wearing them in the 1860s was not a new idea. Veils were worn by young and old alike. Here is both an older lady and a young lady wearing one.
Regardless of race, income and social position, many ladies wore them.
They were appropriate for both winter and summer weather.
Veils generally come in a half-oval shape or some rectangular configuration. They seem to be predominantly black or white, but they can also come in colors such as blue, green, and brown. The following snippets from fictional works of the day will illustrate.
She was muffled up in furs, woolens, shawls till she was nearly as broad as she was long, and wore a heavy brown veil.
She stopped and looked after him, thrusting the brown veil aside that covered her face.
He went that way—that way, look!—in a cab, with somebody in a blue veil.
I love this lovely yet practical Victorian accessory! In fact, I offer bonnet veils in my shop. My veils are copied from an original veil in my collection.