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What's Better than Kangen Water? Comparing Enagic's Kangen Machine and SpringAqua's Water Filter
by Isabel Friend May 11, 2022
What's the best water filter in the world? Depends on whom you ask. It took me years to find a water filter that really impressed me because I'm just super picky about water quality. And throughout those years, I've been approached countless times by Kangen representatives claiming that their alkalizing ionizing filters produce the best water.
But, my research showed something very different, so I always turned them down, knowing there must be a better option out there. My preference has always been to harvest raw, wild, living springwater directly from the Earth. But I know that's not always accessible for everyone, so, finally, I discovered an option that can bring springwater to those folks, too.
And today, in honor of the hundreds of Kangen affiliates who have approached me over the years, I want to offer a comparison between Enagic's Kangen water and SpringAqua water, for anyone out ther trying to decide the best way to hydrate themselves and their family. There's a lot of conflicting information about water and I hope that this can provide some guidance and clarity, and at least a jumping off point for you to do your own research.
We will compare the two systems according to their filtration, structure, ions and electrolytes, ORP, hydrogen content, pH, pricing, warranty, Commissions, and then zoom out and take a broad stroke general overview. And I want to honor your time, so if you're watching this on YouTube, you can navigate using the timestamps for each topic below. And if you stick around to the end, I have a special coupon code for you.
First, filtration.
If your home is piped with tap water, you need a filter. No question. Either you get a filter, or your body will become the filter.
Kangen
The Kangen water filters produced by Enagic are granulated activated carbon (called GAC) with much large pores that allow more things to get trough. It really only removes debris and solid impurities. But things like heavy metals, fluoride, chlorine, chloramine, THMs, DBPs, and other compounds, all make it through into the water.
In other words, if your tap water contains toxic heavy metals, then your Kangen Water will still contain toxic heavy metals. According to Enagic the Kangen machine's manufacturer, under filter specifications (buried in the fine print on on the page) it says: "Elements not removable – Metallic ions and/or salinity present in the original tap water."
In water, heavy metals such as mercury and lead show up as metallic ions. If you live in an older home with lead in the pipes, and own a Kangen machine, you need to get the additional heavy metal filters for it.
And well-water hardness or salt in the water is not only removed, but can be additionally concerning, because the ionization process turns salt (sodium chloride) into chlorine! And if you purchase Enagic's additional electrolysis enhancer, which is a chemical salt solution used to make stronger Kangen water, it further increases the salt, chlorine, and calcium residue that build up in the machine and in the water. For this reason, Kangen recommends buying separate citric acid cleansing cartridges to remove the buildup.
So, in short, Kangen machines by themselves are not effective filters, which is why most Kangen sales reps suggest investing in a pre-filter, which is a separate tool you have to purchase in addition to the already overpriced Kangen, to filter the water even before it gets to the Kangen filter.
SpringAqua
Now, let's look at SpringAqua's filtration:
It has a complete filtration system that removes all heavy metals, including arsenic, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, iron, lead, mercury, fluoride, nitrites, residual chlorine, THMs, mold, yeast and more. In short, it's a full-spectrum, high-quality filter that removes anything you don't want in the water.
Its 14 layer filter was designed based on studying and replicating the geology of mother nature's underground filtration at sacred Spring sites like in Lourdes France, which produces some of the most clean and healing water on Earth. This is why the SpringAqua is called an ecosystem in a box, because its design is based on biomimicry, or replicating the Earth's processes.
Now, let's look at water structure and crystallinity.
The structure of water is really important, it's what gives the water its capacity to not only quench thirst, but moreover to facilitate life! You can think of water structure as similar to carbon structure. If I have unstructured carbon in my left hand unstructured carbon in my right hand, I'm holding a lump of black coal on the left, and a perfectly crystalline diamond on the right.
They are both just carbon, but these allotropes behave very differently. The same is true of structured and unstructured water. It may appear as a clear liquid either way, but it's effects in your body are as different as the appearance of coal and diamonds. as different as the appearance of coal and diamonds.
Many Kangen representatives claim that their water is structured because it has an ionic charge.
But the fact is, ionic charge does NOT equal molecular structure.
Water crystallography is all about the strength of the hydrogen bonds. And the whole process of electrolysis breaks apart those hydrogen bonds, separating the hydrogen. So, by definition, it couldn't possibly be structuring the water! It literally rips the structure apart as it separates the molecules.
Dr. Marcel Vogel, an IBM scientist and one of the most renown and prolific water crystallographers, had this to say about it:
"Ionization of water can either occur through structuring the water…or by electrical hydrolysis… When the water is electrically ionized…the existing bonds in the water are torn apart… This process of ionization…creates water with an electrical charge, but with no structural charge. It does not have the structural information." And Dr. Carly Nuday talks about this phenomenon a bit as well.
In other words, structured water may have a negative charge. And alkalized ionized water may have a negative charge. But this does not mean that the ionized water is structured. Make sense? The electrical current DOES cause water molecules to all align in the direction of the electric current, but there's no cohesion and connection, so the overall degree of structure in the water is reduced, even though there's alignment.
Many representatives are aware that the water is not structured. And so they recommend getting a water structurer to use after the Kangen machine. Again, another separate product to buy in addition to the machine itself to do what the machine can't do.
The Spring Aqua structures water via a proprietary method involving vortexing, crystals, and nonelectrical near and far broad-spectrum frequencies, all very similar to the way that spring water is structured. It performs beautifully in UV spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance or NMR imaging tests, which are both used as measurements of crystallinity.
The prototypes for this unique structuring method were developed by Dr. Henry, a professor of quantum physics with two PhD's in physics and optometric sciences. And the crystalline coherence of the water lasts for three months after it's poured.
Ionization & Electrolytes
Now let's take a look at ionization. In nature, ionization happens via water's structure, its charged electrolytes, a.k.a. conductive minerals dissolved in the water, proximity to geomagnetic rock formations, rushing waterflow such as waterfalls and crashing waves, as well as shifting temperature and density gradients, such as those that cause water to rise to the surface of a spring. Ionization is another way of referring to the water's electrical charge, or how much energy it's conducting.
Kangen machines ionize water through an electrolysis process that basically electrocutes the water. Whereas nature uses dissolved minerals and weak electromagnetic fields such as geomagnetism for its ionization, such as geomagnetism, the Kangen uses strong manmade AC electrical currents. But unfortunately this ionization method isn't very stable, in other words the water doesn't hold its charge for more than a few hours.
Not only does Kangen not remineralize the water, but depending on the TDS or total dissolved solids of the source water going into the machine, any alkaline minerals that enter it end up as hydroxides attached to the OH negative ion. The body doesn't recognize these compounds. So if your kidneys are functioning well, you will just pee them out. But if not, they could end up as arterial plaque or as mineral deposits in joints and tissues.
With spring aqua, the highly structured water doubles as an ionic mineral supplement. It uses the Maifan Stone, a medical stone, often called a "sun stone," or "mystery stone" in the japanese culture, or "life stone" in the Americas. And it's used to amplify the energetic conductivity of the water, and to dissolve around 26 ionically charged electrolytes and trace minerals including quartz, calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium, selenium, copper, zinc, etc.
Ionized electrolytes are crucial because 90% of Americans are deficient in trace minerals - and that can set our bodies up for failing health. In fact, trace minerals are often the missing link in healing. Nature has designed ecosystems such that natural water provides doses of minerals and electrolytes necessary for our survival.
Wild spring water has beautifully balanced and buffered mineral profiles. But the domesticated, treated, denatured, processed, tap water that most folks drink is sadly totally devoid of them. Restoring water, and our own bloodstream, back to full health has to include ionized electrolytes.
Now let's compare ORP, or Oxidative Reductive capacity, which is a measurement of the water's antioxidant potential. Personally, I don't think this is a super important factor of water quality as it relates to hydration and health, but that's just my opinion and some folks really value it, so I wanted to include it here for them.
So, the ORP of Kangen water is -400 milivolts , plus or minus 100 depending on the water.
The ORP of SpringAqua is -750 mv, plus or minus 100.
So the SpringAqua has anywhere from 150-550mv more oxidative reductive capacity.
Now let's compare their hydrogen content and quality.
This is where the biggest healing benefits come from, with both options.
Your body is about 62% hydrogen, and the more hydrogen is in your water, the more hydrating it is. In fact, Nobel laureate Albert Szent-Gyorgi said that "hydrogen is the fuel of life". And it's true! Your body converts it into hydroelectric energy and ATP. And there have been thousands of studies showing its healing benefits for around 150 human disease ranging for everything from cancer to allergies to metabolic conditions and more!
But the quality, source, and isotope of the hydrogen are really important.
The Kangen machine suffuses water with hydrogen at a concentration of .4 to .9 miligrams/L or parts per million. I've read some sources that say the concentration in ERW is up to 1ppm.
And because the method it uses it electrolysis, the hydrogen is very unstable and evaporates quickly. So you have to drink the water quickly after pouring, to get the therapeutic effects.
The TDS of source water is an important consideration with Kangen in general, because if the water is too hard it clogs the machine rather quickly, causing it to produce far less hydrogen.
Whereas, if the source water is too soft, there's not enough reaction for it to create the right doses of hydrogen. The tap water going into the machine has to have a TDS of at least 100ppm to facilitate enough hydrogen in the final water for it to have any beneficial effect.
As a quick sidenote, there's more than one kind of Hydrogen. Deuterium is a heavy isotope of hydrogen, which (because it has an extra neutron) isn't as easily converted into cellular energy as light protium hydrogen, which only has 1 neutron.
So, because the Kangen method uses electrolysis, it can sometimes result in water that's heavy in deuterium hydrogen, depending on the quality of the cathodes, and on the ratio of the deuterium content of the source water. Because the ionization process frees the hydrogen that's already in the water, so it would maintain its proportions if the cathodes are in good shape, or donate extra neutrons and increase the deuterium if they're not. Tap water generally has a deuterium content of around 150-157 parts per million.
The SpringAqua's Wet7 model suffuses water with a concentration of 1.4-1.6 parts per million.
So, if you're doing the math, that's anywhere between .4 to 1.2 parts per million more hydrogen than the Kangen.
The Wet3 model doesn't add hydrogen, although it's a great filter and structurer. But this is why I mostly only recommend the Wet7 model.
And because it adds hydrogen through the alchemy of dissolved magnesium in the water, the hydrogen is far more stable and evaporates much more slowly.
According to Tyler LeBarron, of the Molecular Hydrogen Institute, the world's leading Hydrogen research center, the SpringAqua produces 100% protium hydrogen. It doesn't alter the deuterium content of the source water, but it does shift the ratio by adding so much denovo protium hydrogen to it.
Now let's compare their Ph… Again, this is another water measurement that I don't personally pay much attention to, but many people value it so I wanted to include it here so we can be thorough.
Kangen offers a broad range of Ph options along a scale from 2.7 to 11.
This versatility is one area where Kangen shines, because the unnaturally strong acidic and alkaline waters on the far end of its spectrum of options are good for cleaning and cosmetics.
But when it comes to the health effects of drinking alkaline water, most experts agree that it doesn't really matter.
Even the president of the Korean Water Society, who conducted a number of studies in the 90s showing the effectiveness of alkaline ionized water against things like diabetes and cancer, also showed that when the hydrogen gas was removed, the water was no longer healing. So it's really not the Ph that is healing, it's the hydrogen.
And Dr. Hidemitsu Hayashi, a cardiac surgeon and Director of the Water Institute Japan, ALSO determined that the benefits of alkaline ionized water were only due to hydrogen in the water, a nd not its alkalinity. He had been one of the most pioneering researchers and proponents of alkalizing ionizer machines decades ago, but eventually he abandoned it water and devoted his efforts towards hydrogen rich water instead. It wasn't until around 2007 that it was discovered that Kangen's medicinal benefits were derived totally from the hydrogen and not from the Ph. By then, the company already had a strong hold on the market with their alkaline-based approach.
The body is designed to thrive in balance, and it's really hard to change the body's Ph through outside influence, so the claim that drinking unbuffered high Ph water will counterract acidosis is just unfounded. You can learn more about the science behind this is another video I made a few years ago, I'll link it below.
The Ph of SpringAqua water ranges between 7.4 to 9.5, depending on which handle you pour the water with.
Ok, time to look at the price differences.
There are several available models of Enagic machines ranging from 2000 to 6000.
There are 3 available models of SpringAqua ranging from 1900 to 4200.
So for the smallest models, only a $100 difference. For the best model, the Springaqua is $1800 cheaper.
These numbers are not including, of course, the extra prefilters and electrolysis enhancers and citric acid cleansers that you have to buy for Kangen machines.
Whereas the SpringAqua is all-inclusive, except for shipping and installation.
Both Kangen and the SpringAqua offer financing to pay it off over time.
And with both options, it's best to replace the filter about once a year.
Enagic's warranty for the kangen machines is up to 5 years.
SPRINGAQUA offers a warranty up to 15 years.
Kang en is an MLM or multi-level marketing, aka direct-sales style business, where people join hierarchical team structures where most of their income can be earned through recruiting other salespeople and receiving comissions that funnel up through the generations and branches of their downline.
The benefit of this is that the shared sense of community, co-creation, and the nearly tribal feeling of sharing your visions and goals with other people who are pursuing health and wealth can be a really attractive experience for some people, helping them feel like they're part of something meaningful.
The downside is that it can sometimes breed people who view others only as sales prospects, and who know very little about real water science. Of course there are countless amazing people with pure hearts, sincere intentions and compassionate natures who are involved in the company as well, who have been told that Kangen water is the best water, and they just want to help people.
But many have made it into an off-putting cultish phenomenon, and honestly there are a lot of drawbacks to mlm-style businesses in general, that I won't get into here. It's a subjective thing. But, my own experiences aside, let's just get back to comparing the facts:
SpringAqua also offers generous affiliate comissions for each unit sold, but it's not an MLM style business. It's a traditional business structure with a collaborative 3 generation model, so the focus is not on building big teams and recruiting salespeople. The focus is just on the water. So you can still work together with your friends if you want, but only 3 generations. And you can still earn a really good income, but not mostly off the backs of other peoples' work.
There aren't sprawling webs of up and down lines, and there are no ranks to hit, you don't move up some kind of structure like you do with mlms. And you know that when you buy a machine, your money isn't going straight to the commissions of an upline of a hundred people whom you've never met.
This is how SpringAqua keeps their prices so much lower, despite having a higher quality product. They just keep the affiliate side of things really simple. They also have a nice hands-off option available for any folks who want to share, but don't consider themselves salespeople, where the springaqua customer service team will get engaged to chat with and educate your leads directly, which just saves you time and streamlines the process.
I have some other concerns about Kangen water that I feel it's important to express here. Because their marketing is so strong, it often fills the field with only one perspective. But balance is necessary, so that people can make more informed choices for their health. From what I've seen since I first started studying water in 2009, I feel I have an ethical obligation to raise awareness about the possible dangers of drinking unnatural, electrocuted water.
And there have been three separate studies showing that drinking alkaline ionized water in the long term water could cause cell death (necrosis), fibrosis, and other complications in heart muscles in rats... You can check the waterislife.love blog article accompanying this video for direct links to those studies.
Study #1
I've known several people who, after many years of drinking the water, develop intense bloating. I spoke with a nurse practitioner who has seen multiple patients with a preponderance of H. Pilori and ulcers, because they had been diluting the hydrocholoric acid in their stomach and depleting their acidophilus (which, in Latin, means "acid loving bacteria").
And I met a naturopath who specializes in live blood analysis, who said she can always discern the blood of someone who's been a long-term drinker of ionized water, because they have more ruptured cells (which makes sense now, in the context of the cell necrosis study I mentioned before). Of course the majority of people probably won't suffer these issues, and if they do arise they don't happen in the short term! In fact, it's common for people to have really beautiful healing experiences drinking the water.
That's because 1) if you drop a few grand on a machine, you're going to be drinking more water, and more water is usually better, regardless of the type. and 2) they're getting more molecular hydrogen. But, again, there are more natural ways of getting hydrogen without electrocuting the water with unnatural manmade voltages and sending it into extreme imbalance that is not seen in nature.
All the same health benefits one receives from ionized electrolyzed reduced water can be received from healthy natural molecular hydrogen-enriched, ionic electrolyte-rich water.
To be fair... Am I always 100% anti-electrolysis? No, I've seen some contexts in which it's used responsibly, such as in applications like browns gas, hydroxy gas, and plasma machines, but usually the hydrogen gas is rerouted to a second glass of un-ionized water, and one doesn't directly drink the original ionized water, just the second dissolved hydrogen water. But those are all another topic for another video, and they are still not my preferred daily drinking water, personally.
The main reason I choose to endorse the SpringAqua, is because it's based on the brilliance of Mother Earth's hydrology.
It uses no electricity, so it's not a machine. It's not another transhumanist feat of electro-masturbatory techno-nonsense.
It's an ode to nature's perfection. The inventors studied the hydrology of some of the most perfectly healing water irn the world, found at Bernadette's Grotto in Lourdes, France. Since 1860, around 200 million people have visited this spring to partake of its healing water. There have been over 7000 documented unexplained cures from the water, 69 of which are officially recognized as miracles by the Catholic church.
SpringAqua was created to mirror the 14 layers of unique Lourdes geology and the spring's hydrogen composition. It mimics real mature springwater as well as humans are currently capable of doing on this scale. Of course I don't think that miracles can be measured, and there's something of the unnameable divine mystery in Lourdes water that can't be quantified or replicated.
Maybe that's why Spring Aqua brought on board the quantum physicist Dr. Henry to design the prototypes for the water structuring and energizing designs that bless the water with something of the mysterious or miraculous. Hands down, I'd still rather drink straight from Bernadette's Grotto again. But in the meantime, I'll happily have a nature-based little ecosystem under my sink and drink from Spring Aqua.
Now, as promised at the beginning of the video, here's your discount code...
If you go to bit.ly/SpringAqua to learn more and use coupon code WATERISLIFE, you'll receive a free shower filter (worth $104) with your purchase.
TL;DR Overview
Where Kangen outshines SpringAqua:
Creating water for cleaning, household uses, like washing veggies, cosmetic uses, etc.
If you want to spend thousands just for a fancy cleaning appliance, knock yourself out.
Where SpringAqua outshines Kangen:
In literally every category we explored today - filtration, structure, electrolytes, ionization, hydrogen, the pricetag, warranty, and overall nature-guided biomimicry.
In conclusion, returning to the question I asked at the very beginning of this video… What's the absolute best water filter?
Honestly,
Neither one of these. The earth is the best water filter! The earths geology and hydrological cycles are the ideal way of filtering, structuring, energizing, aerating, enlivening, and maturing water. But without a doubt, the SpringAqua comes the closest to mirroring natures wisdom compared to anything on the market.
My hero, ~~1, lived by the maxim, "Comprehend and copy nature."
Let's learn from nature. Let's mimic nature. Let's turn towards nature's wisdom. And when we don't have cess to fresh raw, wild-harvested natural spring water, which is ideal, then let's do our best to ennoble our drinking water back to its spring-quality state through more gentle methods that mirror a healthy ecosystem.
Because what we do to water, we do to ourselves..


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Q: TSQL getting the maximum and minimum date for each person and his number I have a dataset like this:

It is necessary to getting the minimum and maximum date, the person and his number from each frame:

The code sample below: enter link description here
Thanks a lot!

A: This is an example of a gaps-and-islands problem.  I would recommend the difference of row numbers for this:
select person, number_one, count(*) as cnt,
       min(person_date), max(person_date)
from (select t.*,
             row_number() over (partition by person order by person_date) as seqnum,
             row_number() over (partition by person, number_one order by person_date) as seqnum_2
      from t
     ) t
group by person, (seqnum - seqnum_2)

A: This looks like a gaps-and-islad problem. Here is one way to solve it using window functions:
select
    min(person_date) person_date_start,
    max(person_date) person_date_end,
    person,
    number_one
from (
    select
        t.*,
        row_number() over(order by person_date) rn1,
        row_number() over(partition by person, number_one order by person_date) rn2
    from mytable t
) t
group by person, number_one, rn1 - rn2

It is quite unclear what is the logic to generate the id in the outer query. If you want to renumber the records, then you can use row_number():
select
    row_number() over(order by min(person_date)) id,
    min(person_date) person_date_start,
    max(person_date) person_date_end,
    person,
    number_one

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'Horizon Zero Dawn' Studio Seems To Be Planning An Announcement
Ewan Moore
Published 7:50, 16 October 2019 BST
| Last updated 13:53, 16 October 2019 BST
It appears that Guerrilla Games, the studio behind 2017's outstanding PS4-exclusive Horizon Zero Dawn, is gearing up for an announcement of some kind by way of a new cinematic trailer. Could it finally be time to unveil the sequel to Horizon Zero Dawn that we're all desperately waiting for?
We can't say for sure what the studio is up to at this point, but we do know that Guerrilla Games' principal animator Darren Randall shared a few intriguing images (via Push Square) of the entrance and recording suites of the Stockholm branch of Goodbye Kansas Studios - a company who creates visual effects, digital animation and motion capture for movies, game trailers and commercials.
Interestingly, Randall's tweet appears to have since been deleted, which implies that he might well have shared something he wasn't supposed to.
Credit: Guerrilla Games
Goodbye Kansas is the same company that worked with CD Projekt RED on the E3 2019 cinematic trailer for Cyberpunk 2077, and have also produced similar trailers for the likes of Mass Effect: Andromeda and Overkill's The Walking Dead. I'm aware those last two games sucked, but that's not the fault of the CGI trailers - both of which were actually very cool.
Specifically, Randall shared images of the facility with the caption "we've come for your mocaps", which would imply that Guerrilla Games is likely working with Goodbye Kansas to prepare a CGI trailer of its own, but what it could it be for?
The most likely (and enticing) possibility is that Guerrilla Games is getting a cinematic announcement trailer ready for Horizon Zero Dawn 2. The fact his tweet was subsequently deleted certainly points to that possibility, in my humble opinion.
It's important to note that the sequel hasn't yet officially been confirmed to be in development, but Horizon Zero Dawn was such a hit that a follow-up is inevitable. Plus, back in April this year one of the first game's voice actors teased that she'd seen a script for the sequel, telling a fan that when they see it "they're gonna die".
We can probably assume that Horizon Zero Dawn 2 is currently in development then, but we can only guess how deep into development the game currently is. The likelihood is that if Guerrilla Games really are working on a CGI trailer for the sequel, then there probably isn't much to show off in the way of gameplay at the moment.
It can also be assumed that if Horizon Zero Dawn 2 is in development, then it'll probably be released for the PS5, what with the PS4 nearing the end of its life (Sony recently confirmed the next generation of console hardware will be arriving at the end of 2020).
Speaking of the PS5, it can't be a coincidence that Guerilla Games is preparing something just as Sony starts to share more details on the upcoming console, can it?
Previous rumblings suggest that Sony will be holding a PS5 reveal event in February, which will likely feature a ton of exciting trailers for first and third party games planned for the new console.
There's every chance that a cinematic reveal trailer of Horizon Zero Dawn 2 is the big ticket item that Sony is hoping will really get people excited for the launch of their new console, but for now we'll just have to wait and see.
Featured Image Credit: Guerrilla Games
Topics: PS5, Guerrilla Games, PlayStation, PS4
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Even at 1080p The Division 2 can be a demanding release, requiring a Geforce GTX 1070/AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 or better to achieve a steady 60+ FPS at Ultra settings.
For our main GPU tests, we will look at DirectX 12 performance exclusively, as we found that this API delivered the best performance at this resolution on both Radeon and Geforce graphics cards.
With our older GTX 960 and R9 380 graphics cards, game performance was abysmal, though this is primarily due to the small 2GB frame buffers on each GPU. Look on page 12 for a performance optimisation guide for both of these graphics cards. Stable framerates are possible, but not without sacrifices.
Moving on to our GTX 1060 6GB and RX 580 graphics cards, we know that both GPUs can offer a stable 60+ FPS when using the game's high preset, granting these GPUs a great balance between graphical fidelity and high framerate gameplay. Higher-end graphics cards can achieve 60+ FPS framerates at Ultra.
As we reach the RTX 2070 and higher, minimum framerate scaling pretty much stops and the game becomes CPU bound in certain instances. Yes, average framerates continue to rise, but it looks like we will need a higher-end processor to achieve higher minimum framerates. Our 4GHz i7-6850K isn't the best CPU by today's standards, especially when modern Coffee Lake series CPUs can reach clock speeds as high as 5GHz.


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I used air dry clay for our craft's bases, but salt dough or homemade clay should work just as well. I rolled out our clay with a rolling pin and pressed a round cookie cutter into the rolled out clay. I left the cookie cutter around the clay.
I snapped a bunch of thin sticks into different sizes and formed a tree shape with the sticks.
I pressed the sticks into the clay with the cookie cutter still wrapped around it to keep the clay from spreading out.
We formed a snowflake using sticks and one small stone in the center. The snowman was made with three small white rocks with stick arms and a stick hat.
I lightly sprinkled blue glitter onto each of the projects. I used just a small bit of paint on each as well. I lined the top of the sticks for the tree with white paint and painted a line down the center of the snowflake's sticks. I used black paint to paint coal eyes, a mouth and buttons onto the snowman and a dab of orange for the carrot nose. I set them aside to dry.
You could also use a straw to poke a hole in your clay and tie a string around it to form an ornament.


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Jonathan Wells, Author of Zombie Science: Fossil Finds Only Confuse Human Origins
The day's science headlines include a sensational announcement that our ancestors separated from apes not in Africa as previously thought, but in Eastern Europe, specifically Bulgaria and Greece. From the Telegraph:
Currently, most experts believe that our human lineage split from apes around seven million years ago in central Africa, where hominids remained for the next five million years before venturing further afield.
But two fossils of an ape-like creature which had human-like teeth have been found in Bulgaria and Greece, dating to 7.2 million years ago.
The discovery of the creature, named Graecopithecus freybergi, and nicknamed 'El Graeco' by scientists, proves our ancestors were already starting to evolve in Europe 200,000 years before the earliest African hominid.
An international team of researchers say the findings entirely change the beginning of human history and place the last common ancestor of both chimpanzees and humans — the so-called Missing Link — in the Mediterranean region.
The research, with its claim to offer "intriguing evidence of what could be the oldest known hominin," is published in PLOS ONE ("Potential hominin affinities of Graecopithecus from the Late Miocene of Europe").
What to make of such news? How long before it's debunked and knocked over in favor of some other story?
In a new video conversation, Discovery Institute biologist Jonathan Wells puts hype about fossil "ancestors" and "missing links" in perspective:
His latest book, Zombie Science, documents a new set of evolutionary icons, of which human descent from apelike animals is one of the foremost examples. It's also the most emotionally charged.
The problem with such fossil finds is that they never provide the lasting clarity about human origins that scientists, and the public, crave. "Instead of ending up with a nice clean line from an apelike creature, a chimpanzee-like creature," says Dr. Wells, a U.C. Berkeley-trained embryologist, "each discovery complicates matters even more than they were complicated before."
If Darwinian theory accurately characterized the history of life and satisfactorily identified the engines of biological evolution, it would provide more clarity as time went by, not less. Don't you think?
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Senior Fellow and Editor, Evolution News
David Klinghoffer is a Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute and the editor of Evolution News & Science Today, the daily voice of Discovery Institute's Center for Science & Culture, reporting on intelligent design, evolution, and the intersection of science and culture. Klinghoffer is also the author of six books, a former senior editor and literary editor at National Review magazine, and has written for the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Seattle Times, Commentary, and other publications. Born in Santa Monica, California, he graduated from Brown University in 1987 with an A.B. magna cum laude in comparative literature and religious studies. David lives near Seattle, Washington, with his wife and children.
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Deer Creek Valley Rural Historic District is a national historic district located in Deer Creek Township, Carroll County, Indiana. It encompasses 44 contributing buildings, 17 contributing sites, and 13 contributing structures on 20 historic properties near Delphi, Indiana.  It includes several farmsteads, four cemeteries, two bridges (High Bridge and the separately listed Wilson Bridge), the Monon railroad right of way, the Delphi-Camden Road, and Deerk Creek and its slate bluffs. Notable farmsteads include the Mears Family Farmstead with a two-story Greek Revival style brick farmhouse.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

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The brand new Hinge, concentrated solely on genuine relationships, now costs $7/month
Hinge, the newly pivoted "relationship app", has unleashed an application so it thinks may be the treatment for the "dating apocalypse. today"
The complete concept is always to make sure that users are typical in the software for similar basic explanation: to get a real relationship. To do that, the business has completely rejiggered the app's UI and protocol, in addition to incorporating a $ paywall that is 7/month.
Hinge is focusing on the brand new type of the application for pretty much per year, and sent out a message to users a few weeks ago notifying them for the change up to a brand new, compensated software.
Within the brand new Hinge, users will build down their profile with pictures, answers to concerns, and basic information. Hinge is calling this account a 'story' (super original!) because users can build out more and more content to their story with time (similar to Her, the queer relationship app for females).
But there is however no swiping.
"Our original eyesight ended up being constantly to produce a thing that individuals could develop a relationship from," said CEO and founder Justin McLeod. "Over time, the category exploded and everything we discovered is the fact that little armenia online everyone was, particularly due to the method the UI had been designed as this type of swiping game, that folks weren't simply using it for dating. These people were utilizing it for enjoyable or hookups."
McLeod and their team are firm believers that the swipe will not a real relationship make.
The business established an online site included in its campaign called The Dating Apocalypse, wherein Hinge cites unique information (from studies of their users) that presents swipes don't result in relationships that are actual.
"81 % of individuals on Hinge didn't locate a relationship that is serious the software," reads the internet site, and "only one in 500 swipes contributes to a telephone number being exchanged." These figures result from Hinge's user that is existing and a study it sent away to 300 users in August 2016.
The app that is new much closer to Instagram, where users are reaching each other's content rather than swiping yes or no. As an element of this change, Hinge in addition has gotten rid associated with double-opt-in, or "mutual match." The vast majority of the mobile dating apps out there utilize the match that is mutual link individuals, anticipating that when two different people swipe directly on one another than these are generally almost certainly going to begin a discussion.
Hinge, having said that, thinks that the match that is mutual tempts visitors to swipe right on more folks than they'd actually like to date, simply to see whom likes them.
"We've noticed in testing that full conversations are about five to seven times much more likely since we got rid of double-opt-in and let people interact with each other's content," said McLeod than they were on the old Hinge or other dating apps.
But that is just a little section of McLeod's want to give you a platform that cultivates relationship that is real.
A paywall may be the other component.
Hinge will surely cost $7/month for many users beginning today. This sets it at a cheaper cost than many other compensated services that are dating Match.com and eHarmony, but significantly more than usually freemium apps like Tinder and Bumble.
Nevertheless, it is not clear if $7/month actually changes the motives of users. Most likely, an element of the issue with dating apps is the fact that users are able to 'flirt' with several events at the same time.
"We saw that men used to swipe right about 60 percent of times, and therefore women had been swiping appropriate around 30 % of that time period," said McLeod. "With the brand new framework, it is about 50 % of this on both edges, so individuals are being a lot more selective."
But this begs probably the most important concern in the dating industry all together: If Hinge is prosperous featuring its brand new paywall and UI, and all sorts of of its users can effectively find relationship, how can it keep its having to pay clients?
Most likely, there clearly was a good reason why Tinder is like a game up to it does a relationship software. The unspoken hope is everybody will enjoy judging the hotness of other people, whether or maybe not they're seeking a relationship. In reality, plenty of people on Tinder are now in a relationship.
Needless to say, users whom simply came across that special someone regarding the application are more inclined to loaf around and continue that conversation. For a time.
"We want to end up being the variety of solution that folks will speak about and inform their friends about," said McLeod. "That's great marketing for all of us, and therefore allows us actually afford a cost point at $7 per month. And ideally, we are able to attract users at 10x the total amount of the old dating apps like Match.com and eHarmony."
Just like in relationships, time will tell the outcome eventually associated with the brand new Hinge. For the time being, you are able to discover the application right here.


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2 boarding school officials resign amid sex abuse claims
PUBLISHED: April 29, 2017 at 11:54 a.m. | UPDATED: May 17, 2018 at 4:13 a.m.
WALLINGFORD, Conn. (AP) — A prestigious Connecticut boarding school says two former headmasters have resigned as life trustees after a report that alleged teachers had sexually abused students.
A spokeswoman for Choate Rosemary hall says Charles Dey resigned from the position Thursday. He led the Wallingford private school from 1973 to 1991. Edward Shanahan resigned Friday. He was headmaster from 1991 to 2011.
The spokeswoman says all former Choate headmasters receive the life trustee designation.
The resignations come after Choate provided a report from outside investigators this month naming a dozen educators accused of sexual misconduct while at the school. Famous alumni include John F. Kennedy, Michael Douglas and Ivanka Trump.
School officials and the report said Choate officials didn't notify police, state child welfare officials or other schools of the allegations.
This story has been corrected to show that Charles Dey was headmaster from until 1991, not 2011.


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Baby Found in Dorchester Trash Can Now in State Custody
The Massachusetts Department of Children and Families said Saturday it has taken emergency custody of the child.
By Nia Hamm and Jake Levin • Published February 27, 2021 • Updated on February 28, 2021 at 8:47 am
It certainly shocks the conscience -- who is more innocent than a newborn baby?
It's difficult to imagine what would have happened if there wasn't a woman walking from work to her car who could hear the cries of that baby coming from a trash can in Dorchester on Friday afternoon.
The baby, found inside a trash can in front of Pat's Pizza near Dorchester Avenue and Adams Street, was discovered by Silvana Sanchez, a woman who works nearby.
Police say that a baby found in a trash can in Dorchester is expected to be OK.
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Sanchez said she found the baby after hearing crying from inside the trash can.
"I thought it was, like, puppies, because it just sounded fake," Sanchez said.
Hours after that terrifying discovery, this community is still in disbelief.
Fortunately, two paramedics responding to a call nearby were able to arrive to the scene within seconds.
"No way is there a baby in this trash can right now, no way, reality came to life when they cut the bag open and the EMTs said it's a baby and they ran over to the truck and I saw the baby come out," Sanchez said.
A newborn baby was found in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood after a passerby heard a noise coming from a trash can.
Police tell us the mother of the baby has also been located. They were both treated at a Boston hospital and are expected to be okay.
It's unclear if charges will be filed in the case.
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I haven't done a wishlist since Fall 2011, so I guess this is a biannual feature for now. Above are some of the items I am most coveting this spring/summer, including my favorite and first acquisition for the season - the green Prabal x Linda Farrow sunglasses. Fashion has been getting exponentially more exciting for me these past few seasons (the previous several felt like somewhat of a drought), and I am in love with so much of spring and fall that it's almost bittersweet. Balenciaga, Altuzarra, Thakoon, Céline, and Prabal Gurung all have me drooling right now, and there has never been a better time to window shop (so much awesomeness for sale and so many more brand e-boutiques). BTW, thanks for expanding your online shop, Balenciaga!!! I hope you enjoy my little ensembles - I would love to rock the hell out of them all.
Beautiful, I love the first collage.


I have always had an interest in martial arts, growing up when martial arts movies were a rage. My parents never wanted me to learn a martial art. When I left home to study, I found a Tai Chi class on campus run by one of Dan Docherty's students. Against my parents wishes I joined and never looked back. A few years later I went through the Bai Shi ritual and became an 'inside the door' under the guidance of Dan Docherty. I have competed in competitions with some success. I am a registered instructor with the TCUGB and a level 7 instructor with PTCCI. I have been training since 1990 and have been teaching since 1998.


Over a year ago I stumbled upon ten large portfolios containing watercolor paintings of snakes, toads, frogs, turtles, and birds in the Michigan State University Museum's collections. And now a relative handful of these images are on exhibition at the Museum!
The artist was the German-born and largely self-taught Richard Frederick Deckert (1878-1971), who was also a herpetologist and a collector of tree snails, snakes, and amphibians.
Deckert immigrated with his family to New York City in 1887. He began studying nature in 1900 and by the 1910s was working with and illustrating the inhabitants of the New York Zoological Society's Bronx Zoo Reptile House.
After moving to Florida in 1920, Deckert continued to explore nature with other scientists, including Howard Atwood Kelly (1858-1943), a renowned medical doctor and professor at Johns Hopkins University and a highly regarded herpetologist.
Dr. Kelly traveled annually to Florida in the 1920s, meeting with Deckert and purchasing from him 353 paintings of snakes, frogs, toads, turtles, birds, and flowers. Dr. Kelly's sons donated the collection to the MSU Museum in 1958.
The exhibition opened on 28 November 2016. I've posted a Facebook album of the exhibited images. Take a look!
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Rebel Guy chose a photo editing program: Corel AfterShot Pro 3. I was using it, much more advanced for me and all it did was crash my computer. His is newer and does not have that problem.
Right now I am happy using my free stuff, the basic photo editor, Paint and Photo Shop Express. I will want better down the road.
We asked a few of Rebel Guy's brothers close friends for some feedback. He has the most creative group of friends and they make a living doing it. One of them gave us his feedback and some great advice (Thanks, Craig!). One being to name our photographs so they are easier to find. Another was, though it is great to follow challenges, to also create our own personal challenges. Great advice!
I know what I need to work on, so why not challenge myself to master one thing at a time, be it lighting, a setting…the list is long!
From Mundane Mondays, I have learned that we should be able to take anything and make it into a MORE interesting picture. Spruce it up and make it photo worthy.
Ignore the painted black. Note to self – be pickier when it comes to the background!
That's all for now. WAIT! No it's not. Why didn't I unfold the towel? How is this?
I think I like the top ones better.
of taste – either way well done.
on the subject rather than the entire picture and how it worked in relationship.
doing so stacking multiple looks can produce some great effects.
Thanks, Rezinate. That's where I notice the great impact of stacking pictures! One day I will learn that. I think I need a newer computer. The time lag and crashing just frustrates me to no end!
used iMac to address crashing issues.
seldom do justice if a person doesn't do some tweaking/experimenting.
I have always wanted a Mac computer. I used one when I worked at a place that made custom iron on prints to go on apparel. It was an old work horse. I will try using presets and see if it helps the crashing. Thanks, Rezinate!
Thanks, Bushboy! I tend to like darkness in pictures too.


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Seonjeongneung station is a Seoul Subway station on the Suin-Bundang Line and Seoul Subway Line 9. The Bundang Line portion opened October 2012. The station is named after the nearby Seonjeongneung, the Joseon Dynasty royal tombs Seolleung (선릉, 宣陵) and Jeongneung (정릉, 靖陵). It became a transfer station with Seoul Subway Line 9 on March 28, 2015.

Station layout

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List Rules Working male actors who have starred in major films or TV series in the last ~5 years
The best actors working today include Hollywood legends, Academy Award winners and many of the top up and coming actors in the world right now. These talented and beautiful men grace the big and small screen with brilliant performances in our favorite movies and TV shows and do it really, really well. There's no question that many of these top current actors, if they aren't already, will long be remembered among the best actors of all time.
For many of these best male actors, being part of Hollywood's elite is nothing new as they've been starring in our favorite titles for many years. The likes of George Clooney, Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Al Pacino, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Christopher Walken, among other popular actors, have been around for decades and lost little of that spark that made them favorites.
Moving into a slightly younger crowd, many of these best current actors are quickly becoming legendary as they continue to see success. Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, and Johnny Depp are not just all hot, but among the best Hollywood has to offer today. But there's another generation of young actors looking for their turn in the spotlight too with up and comers like Aaron Paul, Michael Fassbender, Chris Hemsworth and Henry Cavill all on track to be the next big thing.
How do you compare the newcomers and the veterans to the greatest actors of all time? However you rank them, do so below on this list of the best actors working today!
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Tom Hanks age 62
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)
The Post (2017)
Sully (2016)
Leonardo DiCaprio age 44
Christian Bale age 45
Ford v. Ferrari (2019)
Vice (2018)
Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)
Morgan Freeman age 81
Going In Style (2017)
Now You See Me 2 (2016)
London Has Fallen (2016)
Lucy (2014)
Transcendence (2014)
zxray added Robert De Niro age 75
The Irishman (2019)
The War with Grandpa (2019)
Dirty Grandpa (2016)
Joy (2015)
The Intern (2015)
Anthony Hopkins age 81
The Pope (2019)
Denzel Washington age 64
Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017)
Fences (2016)
The Magnificent Seven (2016)
The Equalizer (2014)
Robert Downey Jr. age 53
All-Star Weekend (2019)
The Nice Guys (2016)
The Judge (2014)
Avengers / Marvel movies (2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015)
Johnny Depp age 55
Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie (2016)
Black Mass (2015)
Mortdecai (2015)
Into the Woods (2014)
Tusk (2014)
Gary Oldman age 60
The Woman in the Window (2019)
The Laundromat (2019)
Darkest Hour (2017)
The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)
The Space Between Us (2017)
Criminal (2016)
Child 44 (2015)
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
Daniel Day-Lewis age 61
Phantom Thread (2017)
Al Pacino age 78
Hangman (2017)
The Pirates of Somalia (2017)
Misconduct (2016)
Danny Collins (2015)
The Humbling (2014)
Manglehorn (2014)
augie added Edward Norton age 49
Collateral Beauty (2016)
Birdman (2014)
augie added Kevin Spacey age 59
House of Cards (2013-17)
Elvis & Nixon (2016)
Matt Damon age 48
Ocean's Eight (2018)
Downsizing (2017)
The Great Wall (2016)
Interstellar (2014)
Liam Neeson age 66
Cold Pursuit (2019)
Run All Night (2015)
Taken 3 (2015)
A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)
A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
Non-Stop (2014)
Hugh Jackman age 50
The Front Runner (2018)
The Greatest Showman (2017)
Eddie the Eagle (2016)
Chappie (2015)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
Brad Pitt age 55
Allied (2016)
Samuel L. Jackson age 70
xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017)
The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
Chi-Raq (2015)
Big Game (2015)
Kite (2014)
Avengers / Marvel movies (2019, 2018, 2015, 2014)
Harrison Ford age 76
Call of the Wild (2019)
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
The Age of Adaline (2015)
Ian McKellen age 79
The Good Liar (2019)
All Is True (2018)
Vicious (2013-16)
Mr. Holmes (2015)
Hobbit movies (2014, 2013, 2012)
Marvel movies (2014, 2013)
Christopher Walken age 75
Father Figures (2017)
The Family Fang (2015)
augie added Dustin Hoffman age 81
The Meyerowitz Stories (2017)
The Cobbler (2014)
wiabux added Michael Caine age 85
Medieval (2019)
Youth (2014)
The Last Witch Hunter (2015)
LizabethCSB added Hugh Dancy age 43
The Path (2016-)
Hannibal (2013-15)
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Bobbing cleared to run after syringe found
Bobbing has been cleared to take his place in the Country Championships Final despite the discovery of a used syringe in his horse float.
Racing NSW chief steward Marc Van Gestel questioned Bobbing's trainer Bernie Kelly about the syringe before the first race at Randwick on Saturday.
The Scone-based horseman admitted it belonged to him.
Kelly explained he had used it to administer a substance to Bobbing's travelling companion, a thoroughbred no longer racing, and an oversight led to the syringe being left in the float.
He assured Van Gestel that no substance had been given to Bobbing and a veterinary inspection of the horse revealed no injection site.
"It is a mistake on my behalf. An oversight, nothing else," Kelly told stewards.
After a short deliberation, Van Gestel gave Bobbing the green light to take his place in Saturday's $400,000 Country Championships Final (1400m) at Randwick.
"We're satisfied there is little or no risk of the horse presenting with a prohibited substance in its system given the evidence you have presented," Van Gestel said.
Stewards have sent the syringe for testing and the matter has been adjourned until the results are returned.


Dozens of dog lovers send photos of their old brown dogs to Smuttynose Brewing Company every year—a testament to the popularity of their roasty, nutty Old Brown Dog Ale. The brewery offer tours and tastings on Fridays and Saturdays.
Saturday tours at Santa Fe Brewing Company offer standard bottlings like State Pen Porter, a robust, coconutty porter, and also include tastes of one-off experiments by assistant brewers, like a Green Chile Pale Ale.
In Seattle, Elysian Brewing Company's Capitol Hill outpost keeps 16 beers on tap, including an IPA brewed with jasmine flowers. You can watch the brewers from your table at the Capitol Hill pub or make an appointment for a private tour.
Admission to Surly Brewing Co.'s popular Friday-night tours requires one non-perishable food item for the local food bank. In exchange: a taste of the brewery&39;s Furious Beer, a roasty, fragrant IPA.
Thomas Creek's father and son duo Bill and Tom Davis create great beers like the River Falls Red Ale, and also spread the gospel of home brewing from their on-site supply shop. Contact the brewery to set up a tour.
Photo courtesy of Thomas Creek.


Creating Winter Shelters-copied from Alley Cat Advocates in Louisville's webpage.
to trap the cats' body heat, effectively turning the cats into little radiators.
body heat will pass right through.
Visit their website for photos and other ideas!
insulating material such as hay or straw.
inches above the ground to prevent flooding.
cut out all ready in the storage bin.
blankets or towels!) to hold the wall pieces in place.
Cut out a Styrofoam "roof" to rest on top of the Styrofoam wall pieces.
Cover the bin with its lid.
be replaced. If regular checkups are not possible, leave the interiors bare.
case will conform to the cat's body and wrap her in heat capturing peanuts.
Here is another simple shelter idea from one of Alley Cat Advocates in Louisville's volunteers, thanks Jean!
section can be filled with bedding, and the other section is used for feeding.
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Sustainable project freight forwarding
By David Kershaw2022-07-01T12:57:00+01:00
While project freight forwarders have a relatively light direct carbon footprint, their choices and decisions are central to the success of the heavy lift sector in its efforts to achieve sustainability.
Project freight forwarders, by design, are asset-light businesses that utilise their skills, expertise and project management capabilities to coordinate complex project deliveries. As such, their direct carbon footprint is limited compared with the subcontractors it appoints. Project freight forwarders also have no legal requirement to report their carbon footprints to the authorities. Nevertheless, indirect emissions are impossible to ignore in today's climate – and shippers seem to be taking a firmer hand when it comes to the environmental footprint of their suppliers. Sustainable project freight forwarding has many facets.
Bertling Logistics has partnered with four global carbon offsetting projects.
The market for project freight forwarding activities is changing, and the companies that coordinate complex project moves are changing with it. Some have reorganised their internal structures to bring oil, gas, carbon capture and storage (CCS), biomass, hydrogen, wind and solar energy under one 'energy' banner, such is going to be their interdependence in the future. On the day-to-day level, activities are being modified and new technologies implemented to realise greater efficiencies and, in turn, minimise waste and impact.
Still, there are operational and regulatory hurdles to overcome, both in the short and long term, and the clock is ticking with 2030 emissions targets just over seven years away, and 2050 goals on the horizon.
Record, report and reduce are the three mantras of environmental logistics. One way that forwarders and carriers are adapting to the green revolution is through carbon trading and offsetting, where emissions are countered with credits that fund projects that remove CO2 from the atmosphere. Detractors argue that this is tantamount to greenwashing, as it does not physically limit greenhouse gas emissions.
Tim Killen, deugro group's chief sales officer, believes it to be a "valuable short-term intervention" but agreed there is fine line to walk. Speaking at May's Breakbulk Europe 2022 conference and exhibition, he called for better and clear auditing of carbon trading/offsetting to improve confidence. "It needs to be assessed, audited and qualified by a third party to ensure it is being delivered."
Stephanie Lüning, director of tendering and marketing at Bertling Logistics, explained that the Germany-headquartered project forwarder is keen to offer sustainable logistics solutions to its clients, one pillar of which is carbon offsetting. "We sell this by estimating the footprint already at the tendering stage," she stated, noting that Bertling Logistics has partnered with four global carbon offsetting projects. Highly visual IT platforms provide clients with access to the environmental data on tailor-made dashboards.
Lüning also highlighted that when it comes to reporting, "we give our customers the ability to capture and report their scope III supply chain emissions via our sophisticated IT solution".
Sustainable project freight forwarding: timelines
Climate reporting obligations have become increasingly common with the pressure to improve and offer sustainability solutions coming from clients themselves. However, "with limited capacity and the rates elevated, few are really prepared or ready to pay extra with the market as it is", she explained. That is a concern. "The timeline is tight [to realise climate goals]. The next eight years will be the ones where we can make the difference."
Freight forwarders themselves, including Bertling Logistics, use generally accepted calculation and scientific principles to calculate these scope III emissions.
"Now we are looking at ways to actively reduce our [indirect] footprint," said Bertling Logistics' Stephanie Lüning.
Bertling Logistics is also looking at its own corporate footprint and is setting annual percentage reduction goals when it comes to emissions. "Now we are looking at ways to actively reduce our [indirect] footprint," said Lüning. One way has been to review and rank subcontractors' environmental credentials, before passing this information to its people and clients to consider when appointing suppliers. She conceded that the process may be in its infancy. "This is the reality of the industry still, but we are certainly committed."
Allan Dahl Leiberg, business development manager, energy and projects, at Blue Water Shipping, said that sustainability is a fast-growing topic of its strategy going forwards.
With road transport, monitoring emissions is a growing requirement for shippers, and Blue Water is increasingly turning to those that can offer transport services utilising greener fuels. "We are also maximising the way we utilise our trailers to improve internal efficiencies, for instance," he said. Racking systems to stack pallets inside trailers to increase yields was one example given. "With seafreight, we have the option of purchasing carbon credits," he added, "sponsoring biofuels for other carriers to use. These are good ideas that we offer to our clients."
Biofuel problems
Vessel bunkering requirements have also been analysed and procuring biofuels has been prevalent where vessels and jobs allow for it. However, Leiberg noted that these fuels remain hard to get, are less efficient than traditional fuels and, unfortunately, remain much more costly.
Asma Ouchan of Smart Freight Centre drew attention to the Global Logistics Environmental Council (GLEC) – a partnership of 150 companies, industry associations, programmes, experts and other organisations, which is developing a variety of tools and frameworks that allow the supply chain to monitor and report emissions. A total of 100 multinationals use the GLEC Framework to calculate and report logistics emissions across the multimodal supply chain, for instance. At present, it is the only globally recognised methodology for harmonised calculation and reporting for multimodal logistics.
Designed to inform business decisions and steer efforts to reduce emissions, it is aligned with: Greenhouse Gas Protocol, UN-led Global Green Freight Action Plan, and CDP reporting. A formal ISO 14083 "quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions of transport operations" standard is also being developed. The goal is that the principles and methodology for freight transport will be based on, and be consistent with, the GLEC Framework, and will cover both freight and passenger transport. This ISO standard would ensure a single, worldwide approach that would be widely accepted by industry, governments and investors, it said. ISO 14083 would replace the existing European standard EN 16258.
Ouchan added that she preferred "insetting" to offsetting and that companies should strive to be more efficient rather than paying to run a dirty business. Decarbonisation should be achieved by improving internal efficiencies, and she argued that it is "perceived to be too easy to just buy credits".
Reduction, rather than offsetting, is the approach often taken by carriers, which for the most part prefer to invest in new technologies and low-carbon fuels.
Long term, the industry will incorporate new technologies to curtail carbon emissions. New fuels, technology and retrofitting existing equipment are required – but of course this will require large-scale capital investments over a long period.
Bonus and penalty clauses for delivery schedules in logistics contracts are common, but could something similar be inserted for emissions targets? To be held accountable with key performance indicators (KPIs) seems like a sensible plan to address supply chain emissions, but few agree that this could be integrated today.
Smaller companies
Ouchan considered whether the integration of such clauses is fair to smaller companies, many of which lack the capital to invest in decarbonisation technologies and systems. "Very large carriers can afford to do it… but smaller companies need more time."
Emissions reporting is an area of the energy transition that remains ambiguous. Leiberg described the situation as "tricky" while noting that freight forwarders themselves have two sets of reporting accounts to consider: "What we emit ourselves, and what we are indirectly responsible for through subcontractors". The potential for favourable counting by only considering what forwarders emit themselves is obvious but might not show the actual picture.
While Blue Water does not vet the green credentials of its suppliers, it does work with them to optimise footprints, vehicles and fuel usage, said Leiberg.
One thing that Leiberg is sure of is that the demand for heavy lift and project logistics services will grow in lockstep with the sustainable energy transition. The established wind energy sector will continue to grow. CCS projects will become increasingly attractive, hydrogen demand will foster more investment, as is the case for battery manufacturing, all of which will create work for the project logistics sector.
deugro launched its Sustainable Energy division in 2021. "The world is changing, clients are changing and so are we," said Daniel Cogbill, global head of the business unit. The division's mandate is to continue to find ways to add value today and in five years' time; it has dedicated subject matter experts in the UK, Denmark, Spain, and the USA. Asia Pacific will be the next region to have a presence for the global team during Q4 this year.
"Europe is a mature market [for renewable energy] but the pipeline is huge – in the UK there is a 50 GW target by 2030, for example" said Cogbill. The challenge: not enough capacity to deliver projected volumes. "There needs to be investment. Right now, it is being largely left to the supply chain to drive the levelised cost of energy through cost-effective logistics delivery, but things need to change by the way of more government investment for infrastructure build up so we do not end up with a stagnant pipeline of projects."
"The world is changing, clients are changing and so are we," said Daniel Cogbill, global head of deugro's Sustanable Energy division.
Plethora of challenges
In particular, he referenced the dearth of offshore assets in the energy sector. He also drew attention to a lack of port capabilities in handling and storing these cargoes, as well as the skills gap. "There is a plethora of challenges."
Tackling these challenges will require innovation. "In offshore wind, projects [in the UK] are already being delayed. Cargoes are being moved out as far as eastern or southern Europe just for storage."
Internally, other plans are afoot to make deugro's activities greener. Small steps include campaigns across the business to promote recycling and electric vehicle use, and traditional energy suppliers have been switched to greener alternatives. Employees have switched to the Ecosia search engine, which supports environmental projects internationally each time a search is completed.
Blue Water Shipping said sustainability is an important part of its strategy going forwards.
Another pillar of its environmental strategy is the rollout and enhancement of its supply chain management software deugro visiotrack, which now includes a feature that measures the carbon footprint of global transports.
"As part of deugro's commitment to providing innovative logistics solutions for our clients to support global CO2 reduction, and in line with our social responsibility for a net-zero future, the newest feature of the deugro visiotrack tool is another important step towards achieving environmental sustainability," said Mario Hess, global head of customer solutions – deugro visiotrack.
Based on a transparent and compliant calculation methodology, the overall CO2 impact of a trade lane can be displayed through a widget within the deugro visiotrack dashboard. This enables users to record, report and potentially identify CO2 reduction targets and optimise routings.
In this way, alternative solutions for carbon reduction can already be calculated during the transport planning phase based on the identification of intelligent routes and modes of transportation, the optimal utilisation of transportation mode capacities, and the forward-looking design of transport schedules.
Unfortunate reality
Cogbill said: "The top management and board are motivated to go ahead in these arenas, and we will use our professionalism and experience to do so." He conceded, however, that the present strain on the supply chain is challenging shippers, who are having to weigh up carbon reduction or logistics costs – an unfortunate reality.
There are many hurdles to clear on the path to 2030 and 2050 climate goals – and overcoming them will require collective efforts and investments from all supply chain players. For forwarders, industry-wide guidelines to record, report and reduce emissions are paramount. "Getting everyone aligned and to develop guidelines that work for everyone," is the next big challenge, said Ouchan.
"If we spend the next five years talking, then we will miss the 2030 targets," said Killen. The steps introduced now will be the ones that truly have the greatest benefit for future generations.
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Cab Service For Kids Comes To Cape Town
How do your children get home from school every day?
Caira-lee | 09 Jan 2018
How do your children get home from school every day? Are you able to pick them up? If not how confident are you that your child is transported safely, correctly strapped into the appropriate car seat and driven by someone who is as reliable and responsible as you? Cool (Kids') Cabs, the cab service focused solely on transporting children safely from school, is launching in Cape Town this January.
Founded in 2009 in Johannesburg, Cool (Kids') Cabs has been the mobile caregiver for children for close to a decade with over 8,000 pickups per month. With only the highest safety standards in place, drivers ensure all children are correctly strapped into an appropriate child restraint at all times. In over 8 years, Cool (Kids') Cabs have driven over 5 million kilometers – injury free.
Having seen a gap in the market, owner Tiffini Wissing Hein knew that a reliable transport service for children in South Africa was needed and as such created Cool (Kids') Cabs.
"We strongly felt the need to turn the current model of scholar transport on its head! We wanted to break the negative, stereotypical perception and deliver a positive, workable solution. We started in 2009 with just one car and now have 36 cars on the roads in Johannesburg. Our focus has always been to provide the safest transport for children – they are your most precious cargo and entrusting them to someone else is not something you should take lightly," says Hein.
"However, we know the adage of 'it takes a village to raise a child' rings true as most of us simply cannot be in two places as once. This is where we come in. Our elite service offering ensures you can rest easy in the knowledge that your child is being safely and reliably transported to their home or extra mural activity and that they are happy and comfortable with their driver. We know this service will greatly assist many busy parents in Cape Town and we can't wait to expand our offering here."
Cool (Kids') Cabs have an advanced tracking system monitored 24/7 by a highly skilled team of office-based supervisors who remain the parent's point of contact at all times. All vehicles are regularly maintained and daily checks are conducted before leaving the office. As part of their commitment to safety, the company has a strict rule of no more than four children to a standard vehicle. In response to a demand for bigger groups, the company will also be launching a 7-seater car in 2018 in both JHB and CT, along certain routes.
"The quality of our drivers is non-negotiable and as such our hiring process is incredibly thorough. We only hire female drivers who go through an extremely intensive training programme and screening checks before they are allowed to work for us. They also need to have proper child care training and a minimum of 5 years driving experience. We also upskill every driver in first aid, advanced driver training and hijack prevention," says Hein.
With a strong focus on childcare, Cool (Kids') Cabs ensures that all drivers are able to handle any situation that may occur in the car. If a child is screaming or has fallen ill, they are all able to relate to the child and know how to handle a difficult situation while still driving responsibly.
"What we are providing is peace of mind for parents and care-givers so that they can rest assured in the knowledge that their child is being transported safely by a reliable and professional driver. We are thrilled to be launching in Cape Town this month and I can't wait for you to start seeing our cabs on the road," concludes Hein.
To find out more about Cool (Kids') Cabs simply visit their website: www.coolkidscabs.co.za and sign up to make use of their service in Cape Town. You can view the full list of schools they service in Cape Town and Johannesburg here: https://coolkidscabs.co.za/schools-we-serve/ You can also follow them on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CoolKidsCabs/
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Just Who Was and Is The Word?
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Yes, "The Messiah" who we call later Yeshua Messiah or JESUS The CHRIST was at the very beginning of everything, (Gen.1:26-27) and it was he ,yes HE who made everything and sustains everything for our Heavenly Father YAHWEH / ELOHIM " The messiah was called the " word" before he became the man we know as "Jesus of Nazareth" later in the New Testament also he is YESHUA MESSIAH in the Hebrew which we use many times as we write about the only begotten son of our living God..
"The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God-- children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God. The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth." (John 1: 9 - 14).He sits at the right hand of our Almighty Father God as our big brother telling the Father to forgive us all our sins because we who believe are his Amen!
"Then God ( the right word is ELOHIM, meaning more than one in "Hebrew" and not the English word " god") and he said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness (more than one "us"), and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." So God (ELOHIM) created man in his own image, in the image of God (ELOHIM) he created him; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it.
We also see in the book of Hebrews Our Father God is in the language of Hebrew HE is called 'YAH WAY" and here in the bible in the book of Hebrews we see the Father telling the Angels who his begotten son Jesus / Yahsua is... " In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe. The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
Beloved open your minds about whom the Word is ...for he is the only begotten son-Yeshua who is the same as our Father YahWah, also called Elohim which again just means more than ONE ,there is more than one being called God. There is God the Father (YAHWEH, The only begotten son called Yeshua and of course :The Holy Spirit, these three make the Elohim talked about in the beginning. It just is confusing when the English changed all the names of the different "ELOHIM" and put the English word "GOD" which is not our one true all Holy Father Begotten Son and The Holy Spirit. Amen!
Even in the end of your bible in the book of Revaluation it is the word==Yeshua who tells John what to write about his coming Kingdom which will be here on earth not in heaven. The book of Revaluation is from the word of God–Jesus Christ who reviles to John what to write about the end of this age!
In closing, God promised to make all things new so, listen to these final words which I share from the word..
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