It isn't even closing time and witchcraft is already afoot in the field next door, though nobody at the Red Lion in Avebury seems in the least bit surprised. This alone speaks volumes about the average English village but even the most unsystematic inspection of Avebury reveals that it is nothing of the sort. It isn't just an odd place; at the centre of an enormous stone circle – fourteen times the size of Stonehenge – and arranged around the inner perimeter of a precipitous bank and ditch six storeys high and five thousand years-old, the village transcends 'odd' altogether on its way to 'truly astounding'. The great 17th century antiquary, John Aubrey put it best when he noted that Avebury 'doth as much exceed in greatness the so renowned Stonehenge, as a cathedral doth a parish church'.
The henge at Avebury was originally arranged as one large circle of stones which, in turn, contained two smaller rings known as the Sun and the Moon Circles, hinting – if not screaming – at astronomical alignments. The eighteenth century antiquarian William Stukeley, who cheerfully bent the facts into spurious theories about Avebury's purpose, was the first to designate the inner rings in this way and the description stuck, along with his attribution of the ring to the work of Druids.
Even though only a fraction of the 600 or so stones that were planted around the site remain, there are still enough to line up and point to anywhere you fancy in the sky, so Avebury's well-developed fringe of pseudo-archaeologists have plenty to inspire Stukeley-esque conjecture. Joining the dots is easy here, but there are solar alignments and, ironically, one of the most convincing of those is at the Cove – the centre of Stukeley's 'Moon Circle' – and the location of tonight's witchcraft.
Leaving the pub in my own slightly eccentric orbit, I notice the bob and swing of hand-held lanterns on the far side of a dark field punctuated with sarsen monoliths. Despite tonight's full moon rising over the clutch of thatched cottages at Avebury's centre, there seems precious little light about and I stumble over a short wall, up and down kerbs, over a stile and across rough ground, cursing the darkness with every step. Perhaps I'm not really cut out for the dark arts of witchcraft, but what I am really here for is the full moon and to get a sense of how it may have been important to our ancestors, so I have come to pay my respects at an Ogam Observance, a neopagan ceremony that marks the exact moment of the moon's zenith. Tonight, that moment turns out to be at three in the morning and, though I am willing, my hotel is a mile up the dark road north, on which motorists observe only the reckless pursuit of Swindon; a hazardous how-do-you-do for the hapless moonlit pedestrian, so it was with some relief that I discovered Gordon Rimes, a 61-year old Wiccan priest and – as it turns out – a day job as a balloon artist of some standing, who told me that there was more than one ceremony on the bill tonight. Some Wiccans are having an 'Energy Raising Circle' as the moon waxes towards its peak and Gordon has invited me to come along.
Neopaganism seems to come in almost as many flavours as there are people who follow it, but there are a few things that every one agrees on and the moon is one of them. It's a reconstructed faith but there's a heavy presumption that it broadly follows ancient beliefs and those ancient beliefs are assumed to have recognised the Sun and Moon as celestial powers.
There's some evidence for the assumption; the Abri Blanchard bone fragment, between 12 and 20,000 years old and engraved and cut with notches, was recovered from a cave in the Dordogne region of France and then gathered dust in the bowels of a French museum for nearly fifty years. It was uncovered by amateur archaeologist Alexander Marshack, who had been commissioned by NASA to mark the Apollo missions by researching what the moon has meant to various cultures throughout history. Marshack believed that the notches cut into the palm-sized fragment of reindeer bone in a series of twists and spirals represented a stone-age attempt to count the phases of the moon over a two lunar month period. This extreme claim has never been proven and his theory has as many detractors as supporters, but nearby, roughly contemporary, cave paintings at Lascaux are also marked in a way that suggests some early astronomical observations. It's not a huge leap to acknowledge that when Avebury was in use during the Neolithic and Bronze Age, 10,000 years or so later, the moon was being used all over the world to mark time.
I stumble across the field and find Gordon in a long green robe and a fake fur jerkin laying out lanterns at the cardinal points of a small imaginary circle. A larger, wilder flame flickers in the centre and on the eastern side, two lanterns form a metaphorical doorway through which all exit and enter. I am invited to either remain on the periphery and watch, or join the circle and participate. I decide to join in.
Drawing an imaginary gateway on the side of the circle, Gordon invites me in. Immediately, the four elements are beckoned to come and join us in the moonlight. We all join hands in the circle. We walk, gather pace, then run clockwise around the circle. The others begin to sing but I don't know any of the words and have lost the tingle by the time we come to a halt.
After a moment of reflection, off we go again, wheeling around hand in hand, singing, invocations flung out into the night like bats lobbed from a fast car on a roundabout. The vortex grows wilder still, hands are released and we fizz around like unstable electrons. The circle is briefly chaotic and Gordon acquires a puckish effervescence in his eyes.
I'm not really given to singing and dancing in public – not even in a dark field with a limited audience, so I'm grateful as things settle down a bit and offerings are made, but even here there are surprises. When we met earlier, Gordon confessed that he doesn't always play it by the book and some Wiccans probably take issue with his interpretations of pagan rituals.
His choice of offerings – traditionally cake and ale – could raise a pagan eyebrow or two. On the one hand, we drink mead from a chalice – which seems old-school-spiritual enough, even though Gordon boasts that he bought it in Morrisons for £3.74, but for 'cake', we pass around a bowl of ready salted crisps.
At almost midnight our hosts wind things up by scattering the remnants of crisps to the four elements and thanking them in turn – air, fire, earth and water – each to a chorus of 'hail and farewell'. Final words are spoken – 'merry meet and merry part and merry meet again' – and we go our separate ways, a little lighter, under the watchful gaze of the still waxing moon.


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L'équipe du Yémen de football est une sélection des meilleurs joueurs yéménites sous l'égide de la Fédération du Yémen de football

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Quand la nation était divisée en deux pays, le Yémen du Nord et le Yémen du Sud avant 1990, les deux équipes nationales existaient. Après l'unification, l'équipe du Yémen de football est considérée comme le successeur de l'équipe du Yémen du Nord de football.

Le Yémen du Sud a quant à lui participé une fois à la Coupe d'Asie des nations en 1976.

Lors du , le Yémen se retrouve dans le groupe F avec les Philippines, le Tadjikistan et le Népal. Le , le Yémen se qualifie pour la première fois de son histoire à une Coupe d'Asie des nations en terminant deuxième de son groupe, grâce à une victoire sur le Népal (2-1) conjuguée à un revers du Tadjikistan sur le terrain des Philippines (1-2) lors de la dernière journée des phases de poules.

Pour sa première participation à une phase finale continentale, le Yémen hérite d'un tirage au sort compliqué puisqu'il est placé dans le groupe D lors de la Coupe d'Asie des nations 2019, aux côtés de l'Iran, de l'Irak et du Viêt-Nam. Inexpérimenté, le Yémen subit trois revers en autant de rencontres disputées et termine à la dernière place de son groupe, avec un bilan d'aucun but inscrit contre dix buts encaissés, synonyme d'élimination au premier tour.

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Les joueurs suivants disputeront les Éliminatoires de la Coupe d'Asie des nations de football 2023 en .

Gardiens
 Mohammed Ayash
 Salem Al-Harsh

Défenseurs
 Ammar Al-Baidani
 Salem Mutran
 Mudir Al-Radaei
 Emad Al-Godaimah
 Ahmed Al-Wajeeh
 Hamzah Sabah
 Rami Al-Wasmani

Milieux
 Abdul Aziz Khamis
 Mohammed Al-Dahi
 Abdulwasea Al-Matari
 Omar Sharid
 Manaf Saeed
 Haidar Aslam
 Abdul Majeed Sabarah
 Anis Al-Maari
 Nasser Al-Gahwashi
 Omar Al-Dahi

Attaquants
 Ahmed Al-Sarori
 Galal Al-Galal
 Mohsen Qarawi
 Emad Mansoor

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Palmarès

Parcours dans les compétitions internationales

Coupe du monde

Coupe d'Asie des nations

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by Dianne Bilyak
"Questions of Faith" is a selection of excerpts from interviews that Dianne Bilyak has conducted over the past decade. The interviews began as her master's thesis for The Institute of Sacred Music & Arts at Yale Divinity School. The poets were queried about their religious upbringing, current practices, and how these may or may not have influenced their writing, as well as general questions related to faith, doubt, and meaning, and more specific questions related to each poet's work.
Dianne Bilyak: What role did organized religion play for you growing up and what role does it play now?
J.D. McClatchy: I grew up in a Catholic family. My parents were nominally devout but not overly pious. We went to church and observed the rules—and in the 1950's, you could trip over them, there were so many. More to the point, I went to Catholic schools—really, all the way through college. First the nuns, and later the Jesuits, gave me a good education that didn't view everything through a narrow religious lens. But the Catholic culture of those schools—from making floral wreathes, as a ten-year-old to crown a statue of the Virgin to the study of Teilhard de Chardin in college–was pervasive and influential. And the ritual of confession and redemption was a crucial melodrama as A Young Boy Discovers the Joys of Sin. By the time I was a sophomore at Georgetown, my religious life was over, but undoubtedly a religious sensibility had replaced it—and has remained.
Dianne Bilyak: Would you elaborate on the ways that that Catholicism has influenced your writing process or the subject matter of your poems?
J.D. McClatchy: I think the "melodrama" I mentioned—the cycles and pleasures of sin and guilt, atonement and forgiveness—has been a strong influence on the way I search out and shape material for poems. A good deal of my work has been autobiographical—or calculated to seem so—and I have mined that rich seam. Because of my background—fortunately or not—my body itself became a "religious" arena.
Dianne Bilyak: Was it difficult process to let go of Roman Catholicism?
J.D. McClatchy: Everything is "difficult" for a twenty-year-old. The emotions are too muscled and distracted to allow for any disengagement. But finally to abandon Catholicism was easier than to give up, later on, a lover. I think that was because so much of my Catholicism has already, and permanently, been internalized—and too deeply to be easily recognizable—that "letting go" was merely a matter of rejecting as absurd any number of tenets, rituals, prohibitions, and allegiances.
Dianne Bilyak: In Scenes from Another Life the poem, "The Tears of the Pilgrims" seems to typify the trajectory of losing one's faith; have you ever searched for another religion to practice?
J.D. McClatchy: One was enough. Having once relaxed its grip on me, I have felt entirely comfortable in an unfabled world. A creator, an afterlife, salvation, ex cathedra, rosary beads—how was I ever so impressed? That said, a more acute sense of one's own mortality can make one restless. I hope I have the strength to stay calm, my eye steady on the fate of all life in the world.
I would call myself an unbelieving Christian. I admire the teachings of Jesus, and try to follow them. I find organized religion mostly abhorrent. Funny, the gods of ancient Greece, say, seem more "real" to me that the idea of a Personal Savior. That may be because the Greek gods are merely themselves—emblems of power—unencumbered with small or outsized tactics of humiliation.
Dianne Bilyak: Do you believe that there is still a living tradition of religious poetry? Which poets do you see manifesting this, if any? Furthermore, do you think it is important that a tradition of religious poetry be alive in the world?
J.D. McClatchy: If there is such a tradition—and certainly there is a stream of anthologies being published that insist on it—I haven't followed it closely enough to comment intelligently. The bad religious poetry when I was young went on about "Wonder bread." Nowadays, it seems to have a Zen-like aura. All of it strikes me as sapless, hollow, sentimental yearning; not as poetry. I don't care if it exists or continues, though my life has been immeasurably enriched by the work of a poet I would call "religious" (in the modern, Godless manner)—Wallace Stevens.
Dianne Bilyak: There is the sense that you had to choose between Science and Classics. An interest in botany and astronomy is prevalent in your poetry, if you had gone into the sciences what discipline would you have focused on and why?
J.D. McClatchy: Incredibly, in the second year of the Jesuit prep school I attended, every student was forced to choose between a curriculum in Science and one in Classics. For me, that was an easy choice, and as a fifteen-year-old I was parsing Homer. To my shame, that meant I never took mathematics past algebra and geometry; never took a course in biology or chemistry or physics. In college, we all had to take one science course, and I chose the most glamorous I could find—astronomy. (The glamour soon faded when I found it had more to do with graph paper than with telescopes.) At the same time, as an adolescent I wanted to be a doctor. Maybe it was just diagnosis that attracted me.
Dianne Bilyak: "That, like any religion, risked mocking / What it worshiped." is from your poem, "Ouija." I guess I don't have a question so much as a curiosity about if you "believe" that the Ouija board can bring legitimate insights and messages from beyond.
J.D. McClatchy: Legitimate insights and messages, yes. From beyond, no. Unless you mean from beyond normal consciousness. The paraphernalia of the Ouija board carries with it a sort of Victorian silliness. But at one time—no longer, I should add—I fell under its spell. What it resulted in, I assumed even then, came from parts of myself I usually overlooked or repressed. Isn't that where dreams come from as well? The things we dream on an average night . . . how much stranger than our waking lives! How obviously it points to a part of our lives we are most of the time blind to. We should be thankful. Who could live life at that pitch? I prefer the daily routines, and then a pinch of poetry.
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Dianne Bilyak is the author of Against the Turning. Through the Institute of Sacred Music at Yale Divinity School, she received a graduate degree in religion and literature. She has been interviewing poets for several years and editing the transcripts for inclusion in a manuscript. Three of her monologues have been chosen by the United Solo Festival in Manhattan for the past several years. She is currently working on a book related to siblings and disability.
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Scudder Falls Bridge Replacement Project Travel Advisory for Week of July 7
Single-Lane on I-295 NB in NJ Early Next Week; New Bridge to Open Wednesday, Tolling to Start Following Sunday
Fourth of July Lane Closure Moratorium to End Early Monday
EWING, NJ – The first week of a five-week-long transitional period to open the new Scudder Falls Toll Bridge's first completed span and bring both directions of I-295 into a new temporary alignment on both sides of the Delaware River will get underway on Monday, the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission announced today.
As previously announced, I-295 NB (PA-bound) in New Jersey will be reduced to a single lane (one travel lane instead of three lanes) for an uninterrupted "high-intensity construction cycle" in the vicinity of the CR-579/Bear Tavern Road interchange (exit 75) in New Jersey starting around 5 a.m. Monday, July 8, and continuing until 2 p.m. Thursday, July 11. During the evening peak-period commuting times – 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday – affected motorists are advised to use the Trenton-Morrisville (Route 1) Toll Bridge as an alternate travel route.
During this period, construction crews will work to construct crossovers transitions from the current I-295 NB roadway onto the newly constructed I-295 approach segment to the soon-to-open Scudder Falls Toll Bridge's first completed span.
The new bridge is expected to open to two-lanes of PA-bound traffic sometime early Wednesday, July 10. NJ-bound traffic on I-295 will remain on the old Scudder Falls Bridge for another two weeks. Also on July 10, the interchange ramps that have been closed 24/7 on both sides of the bridge during recent weeks will reopen to traffic.
PA-bound I-295 motorists will be able to use the new bridge free-of-charge for the first four days it is in operation. But at 12:01 a.m. on Sunday, July 14, the new bridge's all-electronic tolling system will go into service, assessing tolls upon vehicles traveling at highway speeds off the bridge into Pennsylvania. Motorists should not stop while traveling through the new tolling point. No cash will be accepted; there are no toll booths. Vehicles outfitted with operational E-ZPass transponders will be charged lower rates. Meanwhile, non-E-ZPass-equipped vehicles will have their license plates recorded and the owners will be sent TOLL BY PLATE invoices through the U.S. Mail. TOLL BY PLATE motorists will be charged higher toll rates. The full toll rate schedule for the new bridge is available at: http://www.drjtbc.org/travel-info/scudder-falls-toll-bridge-rates/
The list of Scudder Falls Bridge Replacement Project travel restrictions for the week of July 7 is as follows:
New Jersey side
I-295 NB (PA-Bound) in the Vicinity of the CR-579/Bear Tavern Road Interchange (Exit 75) – Restricted to an uninterrupted single-lane pattern (two of three lanes closed) starting 5 a.m. Monday, July 8, and continuing to 2 p.m. Thursday, July 11. Severe traffic congestion periods will be 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday, July 8; Tuesday, July 9; and Wednesday, July 10. Pennsylvania-bound evening-peak-commuting-period motorists are advised to use the Trenton-Morrisville (Route 1) Toll Bridge as a travel alternative on these dates.
CR-579/Bear Tavern Road SB Entry Ramp to I-295 NB – OVERNIGHT closure 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. (next day) Monday, July 8, to Wednesday, July 10. Posted detour – Follow detour signs for I-295 NB; take I-295 SB to the Scotch Road Interchange and use the exit ramp marked Exit 73-A to make a U-turn onto I-295 NB for travel toward the Scudder Falls Bridge and Pennsylvania. See Pink Map.
I-295 NB Exit Ramp to CR-579/Bear Tavern Road NB — OVERNIGHT closure 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. (next day) Wednesday, July 10. Posted detour – Use reopened Route 29 interchange to make U-turn onto I-295 SB and that roadway's exit for CR-579/Bear Tavern Road.
I-295 NB Traffic Shift – Traffic along I-295 NB in New Jersey is expected to be shifted into a new temporary alignment for PA-bound travel across the new Scudder Falls Toll Bridge's first completed span sometime early Wednesday, July 10. Tolling is scheduled to begin in the Pennsylvania-bound direction on the new bridge 12:01 a.m. Sunday, July 14.
I-295 SB between the Bridge and the CR-579/ Bear Tavern Road – Intermittent off-peak lane closures if needed for construction (two of three lanes open) 10 a.m. to 6 a.m. (next day) Monday, July 8, through Friday, July 12.
I-295/Route 29 Interchange (Exit 76) – The following 24/7 closures and detours are expected to end with the opening of the new bridge early Wednesday, July 10:
I-295 EB/SB Exit Ramp to Route 29 NB (first exit in NJ after crossing Scudder Falls Bridge from Pennsylvania) – Continue along I-295 SB to Exit 73A (Scotch Road North), use the exit's loop ramps to make a U-turn onto I-295 NB for return to the Route 29 interchange (Exit 76) and the ramp to Route 29 NB. See second ORANGE MAP at end of release
Route 29 SB & NB entry ramps to I-295 NB/WB and PA-bound travel on the Scudder Falls Bridge –Proceed into the downstream roundabout and use the ramp for I-295 SB, follow to Exit 73A (Scotch Road North), use the exit's loop ramps to make a U-turn onto I-295 NB and travel across the bridge to I-295 WB in Pennsylvania. – See BLUE MAP
I-295 NB exit ramp to Route 29 SB (at last exit in NJ) – Proceed across the Scudder Falls Bridge for a U-turn at the Taylorsville Road interchange (Exit 10) in PA, take I-295 SB across the bridge for connection with Route 29 SB via the first NJ exit ramp and the downstream roundabout. See GREEN MAP
Pennsylvania side
Taylorsville Road Access Ramp to I-295 WB (old I-95 SB) – This six-week ramp closure will end with the opening of the new bridge sometime early Wednesday, July 10. Current posted detour: Proceed to the on-ramp for I-295 South toward New Jersey, cross the Scudder Falls Bridge and continue on I-295 South to the Scotch Road interchange (Exit 73A), use the loop ramps to cross over I-295 and enter I-295 North back toward the bridge, and cross the Scudder Falls Bridge into Pennsylvania where the highway designation changes to I-295 West toward Philadelphia. See PURPLE MAP
I-295 WB from the bridge to the Route 332/Newtown-Yardley Road interchange (Exit 8) – Off-peak intermittent single-lane travel – if needed for construction – 7 p.m. to 2 p.m. (next day) Monday, July 8, to Friday, July 12.
I-295 EB/SB approaching the Scudder Falls Bridge – Off-peak intermittent single-lane travel – if needed for construction – 10 a.m. to 6 a.m. (next day) Monday, July 8, through Friday, July 12.
Scudder Falls Bridge NJ-Bound – The current Scudder Falls Bridge will carry only New Jersey-bound traffic starting sometime early Wednesday, July 10. This traffic will be restricted to the same two lanes as currently configured. This will remain in effect until July 24, when I-295 New Jersey-bound traffic is expected to be shifted on to the new Scudder Falls Toll Bridge's first completed span.
Taylorsville Road north of I-295 – Intermittent single-lane patterns with possible flagger-controlled travel 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, July 8, to Friday, July 12.
Taylorsville Road south of I-295 – Intermittent single-lane patterns with possible flagger-controlled travel 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, July 8, to Friday, July 12.
Woodside Road – Intermittent right or left lane closures with passage maintained in each direction and/or flagging-controlled travel 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, July 8, to Friday, July 12.
PA Route 32/River Road – Intermittent alternating traffic controlled by flaggers 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, July 8, to Friday, July 12.
Aside from the current 24/7 ramp closures at the I-295/Route 29 interchange (Exit 76) and the I-295/Taylorsville Road interchange (Exit 10) in Pennsylvania, all project related lane and ramp closures will be suspended for the Fourth of July travel weekend, starting at 6 a.m. Wednesday, July 3, and remaining in effect until 5 a.m. Monday, July 8. No weekend lane or ramp closures are scheduled currently for the weekend of July 13-14.
Canal Towpath Closures near I-295 and the Scudder Falls Bridge
Pennsylvania – Intermittent closures of the Delaware Canal towpath may be implemented on weekdays through the month of July.
New Jersey – Intermittent closures of the Delaware & Raritan Canal towpath may be necessary on some weekdays during the month of July.
The aforementioned scheduled travel restrictions are subject to change due to weather, emergency, traffic, and equipment/materials mobilization considerations. Motorists are urged to allow extra time to reach their destinations, reduce speeds and exercise caution when travelling through project work areas.
More information on the Scudder Falls Bridge Replacement Project is available at www.scudderfallsbridge.com.
Overnight Detour of CR-579/Bear Tavern Rd. On-Ramp to I-295NB (PINK)
Taylorsville Road On-Ramp to I-295 West Detour (PURPLE) – Ends 7/10
Detour for I-295 EB/SB Access Ramp to NJ Rte. 29 NB (ORANGE) – Ends 7/10
Detour for Rte. 29 Ramp to I-295 WB & Scudder Falls Bridge (BLUE) – Ends 7/10
Detour for I-295 NB Access Ramp to Rte. 29 SB (GREEN) – Ends 7/10
The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission was formed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey in 1934. It operates eight toll bridges and 12 toll-supported bridges, two of which are pedestrian-only spans. (Note: The first completed span of the new Scudder Falls (I-295) Toll Bridge opened to traffic during overnight hours on July 9, 2019.) The Commission is a self-supporting public-service agency that receives neither federal nor state tax dollars to finance its projects or operations. Funding for the operations, maintenance and upkeep of its bridges and related transportation facilities is solely derived from revenues collected at its toll bridges. The Commission's jurisdiction extends along the Delaware River from the Philadelphia-Bucks County line north to the New Jersey/New York border. The bridges carried more than 139.2 million cars and trucks in 2018. For more information about the Commission and its various initiatives to deliver safer and more convenient bridge travel for its customers, please see: www.drjtbc.org.
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This dissertation addresses native activism in response to United States and Mexico border enforcement policies on the U.S.-Mexico border among indigenous peoples whose communities are divided by the international line. Fieldwork for the dissertation was conducted in collaboration with an indigenous grassroots community organization with members in both the U.S. and Mexico who advocate for rights of border mobility among native border peoples. This work discusses the impacts of border enforcement policies on native community cultural maintenance, local interpretations and uses of international human rights tools, and the challenges faced by U.S.-Mexico border native activists in communicating their ideologies to a broader public. This work further addresses the complex identity construction of Native Americans with cultural ties to Mexico, and conflations of race and nationality that result in distinct forms of intra-community racism.


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'But wait, there's more!' — Cuomo seeks update to New York storage bill
The governor's signing memo for the energy storage bill last month calls for the legislation to be amended in 2018.
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'It ain't over till the fat lady sings.'
In the context of energy storage in New York, that means the industry will have to wait until sometime in January to have a better understanding of the shape of the state's energy storage program, even though the bill creating that program was signed into law late last month.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) on Nov. 29 signed a bill establishing an "energy storage deployment program," but in the signing memo, he noted that his office had "secured an agreement with the Legislature to pass legislation in the upcoming session" that would amend the law. In short, the bill signed into law is not the final form of the law.
The final version is expected to include a goal, not a mandate, and direct state regulators to develop a mix of policies to help achieve that goal.
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The governor's directive may seem unusual, but "it is common practice when a bill is passed into legislation without executive input," Conor Bambrick, air and energy program director at Environmental Advocates of New York, told Utility Dive.
It does raise questions, however, about the final form the energy storage bill will take.
"Secured an agreement" could be read to mean the participants have agreed to make changes, or it could mean the participants already have agreed on terms. In this case, it is the former. "They already have something worked out," Bambrick said.
The terms of that agreement have not been revealed, and calls to two of the bill's sponsors, Sen. Joseph Griffo (R) and Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D), were not returned by press time.
Cuomo's memo identified two key concerns with the law as enacted: consistency with the state's Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) program and fiscal burdens it would create for "state entities that should be addressed through the annual budget negotiations."
The amendment would also change the Jan. 1, 2018, deadline for the state's Public Service Commission to complete the implementing regulations and move it to year-end 2018.
The date change is a function of the lag between the legislative and executive action. The legislature unanimously passed the bill, AB 6571, in June, nearly six months before it was signed by the governor.
The legislature typically can send hundreds of bills to the governor's office after the legislative session ends. The governor has 10 days to sign a bill or it dies. So, the governor's office coordinates with the legislature to manage the flow of bills to be signed. More complicated or controversial legislation — or legislation in which the governor did not have input — ends up at the back of the line.
Two concerns
The other changes could be more substantive. The fiscal concern about the burden the law could put on "state entities" has been described as boilerplate that is included in any such proceeding, but the proof will be in the final version.
The energy storage program will be administered by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and the Long Island Power Authority.
NYSERDA may not need a large change to its budget, if the energy storage program is funded through a surcharge on utilities. Funding could come through existing NYSERDA programs, such the state's $5 billion Clean Energy Fund that was launched in January 2016 or through funds received as part of New York's participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a greenhouse gas cap and trade program among nine eastern states. But the main point is that the governor wants to retain flexibility on funding options.
Calls to the governor's office for comment were not returned by press time.
The other concern could be more substantive. The governor wants to be sure that the energy storage program is consistent with his REV program. One way to structure an energy storage program would be to create a mandate or target that utilities must meet and establish a surcharge on utility customer bills to fund the program. The storage bill originally called for annual programmatic expenditures, but that is not in keeping with REV, which seeks to de-emphasize ratepayer charges and, where possible, find market-driven solutions.
Observers close to the process say the point of the "chapter amendment" is that the governor did not want the strategic approach to be pre-determined.
That change could open the energy storage program to a whole menu of options. At the least, it gave the governor the flexibility to craft a program more in keeping with REV.
A goal, not a mandate
In the end, the shape of the program will be determined by the rules the PSC draws up. "All the options will be on the table," Bambrick said, but it seems clear the legislation will be looking for a goal, not a mandate.
"The bill as revised will remove the directive to establish an explicit deployment program with predetermined annual expenditures and instead direct the Public Service Commission to undertake a process to determine by December 31, 2018, the appropriate suite of policies that will help drive towards a long-term energy storage deployment goal," a NYSERDA spokesperson told Utility Dive in an email exchange.
That process at the PSC will be informed by the energy storage roadmap that NYSERDA is already developing. The roadmap will provide the foundational analytics for an energy storage goal in a process similar to the one Massachusetts used to set its energy storage goal.
NYSERDA is developing the roadmap as a result of a March directive from the PSC directing it to determine the value of distributed clean energy systems.
In Massachusetts, Gov. Charlie Baker (R) directed the state's Department of Energy Resources to determine whether or not energy storage targets would be prudent and cost effective. The report, among other things, said that energy storage in the state could hit 600 MW if all recommended programs were adopted. In the end, the DOER set a goal of 200 MWh of energy storage by Jan. 1, 2020, a level some in the energy storage industry said was unnecessarily low.
Aligning with other goals
New York's energy storage legislation is designed to align with the state's renewable portfolio standard that aims to have 50% of electricity produced by renewable resources by 2030 and with the state's goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions 40% from 1990 levels by 2030.
"This is a huge opportunity for New York State to follow their successes in reducing carbon dioxide emissions, advancing REV and building on the state's RPS," NYSERDA President Alicia Barton told Utility Dive.
A January 2016 energy storage roadmap by the New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium said that having 2 GW of storage capacity on the state's grid by 2025 and 4 GW by 2030 would reduce the costliest peak electricity demand and provide flexibility for "substantial amounts of intermittent resources that the state has committed to install over the next 15 years."
NYSERDA's roadmap will also address changes to wholesale market rules. Those rules are an important part of the holistic approach to the state's energy strategy, even though the New York ISO is not under the jurisdiction of the state regulators.
NYISO itself is working on its own roadmap for energy storage and on Dec. 4 released a plan for "creating a market participation model designed to maximize the economic and societal benefits of Energy Storage Resources."
NYISO's timeline calls for market rules for energy storage to be completed in 2018 and for implementation to occur in 2020.
The New York State legislature reconvenes on Jan. 8.
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So this entry is belated, and I am ashamed of it.
Last week on Wednesday I was lucky enough to meet my agent, the fantastic and excellent Lucienne Diver. She was in London for a book industry event (the London Book Fair), and I was able to get down from Oop North to hang out with her. We went shopping in various London bead shops and in Liberty's, plus strolled through Covent Garden and chunks of Soho, and had supper at this very classy and excellent Chinese restaurant in Chinatown, the Plum Garden. Unfortunately I had to make a run for my train and wasn't able to stay hanging out as long as I would have liked to, but it was a totally splendid day.


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HomeAll Quiet on the Western FrontQ & AAll Quiet on the Western Front
Chapters 11-12
What is so tormenting for the soldiers in the summer of 1918? Why do you think this is driving them crazy?
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The summer of 1918 is the most bloody and the most terrible. The days stand like angels in blue and gold, incomprehensible, above the ring of annihilation. Every man here knows that we are losing the war. Not much is said about it, we are falling back, we will not be able to attack again after this big offensive, we have no more men and no more ammunition.
Still the campaign goes on--the dying goes on --"--"
Summer of 1918--Never has life in its niggardliness seemed to us so desirable as now;--the red poppies in the meadows round our billets, the smooth beetles on the blades of grass, the warm evenings in the cool, dim rooms, the black mysterious trees of the twilight, the stars and the flowing waters, dreams and long sleep - O Life, life, life!
Summer of 1918--Never was so much silently suffered as in the moment when we depart once again for the front-line. Wild, tormenting rumours of an armistice and peace are in the air, they lay hold on our hearts and make the return to the front harder than ever.
Summer of 1918--Never was life in the line more bitter and more full of horror than in the hours of the bombardment, when the blanched faces lie in the dirt and the hands clutch at the one thought: No! No! Not now! Not now at the last moment!
Summer of 1918--Breath of hope that sweeps over the scorched fields, raging fever of impatience, of disappointment, of the most agonising terror of death, insensate question: Why? Why do they make an end? And why do these rumours of an end fly about?
"All Quiet on the Western Front"
The men have lost their original distinctions and have blended in with each other. Paul believes they have done this as a means of self-preservation--from insanity, desertion, and death. They remain hardened and closed off, but occasionally a dangerous "flame of grievous and terrible yearning flares up" and prove to the men that their behavior is "artificial."
Paul tells a story about Detering. Returning from the front in the morning, the men saw a cherry tree. That night, Detering disappeared and came back with some of the cherry branches. In the middle of the night, Paul heard Detering packing. Detering said he had a cherry orchard at home, and two mornings later, he was gone. A week later the military police caught him, and the men have heard nothing of him since.
Paul describes how Müller was shot point-blank in the stomach. Before he died, Müller gave Paul his boots--originally Kemmerich's. Paul has promised to give them to Tjaden next. The men are starving, and so much "substitute stuff" has been mixed in with their food that they are constantly ill. Their depleted weaponry is falling apart. The men regale each other with stories of injustice in the army. Tanks have become brutal machines of war. Paul sees no possibilities for the men other than "Trenches, hospitals, the common grave."
During an attack, the company's commander and Leer die. The summer of 1918 further devastates the Germans, who are aware they are losing the war. Paul reflects repeatedly on the summer's rumors of an armistice. The opposition's sheer numbers, not its quality of soldiers, has crushed the Germans. Rain has soaked the men in the past weeks; now they deal with the oppressive heat. Kat is heavily wounded in the leg one day, and Paul carries him back to the dressing station. On the way, they stop for a drink and a cigarette and promise to stay in touch after Kat is sent away for his injury. Paul delivers Kat back, but he has died on the way--part of the shell hit his head, as well.
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Indian players who have impressed in IPL 10
Cricket, India, Indian Cricket, IPL, IPL 2017
by Lakshya Raheja
Controversies in the Indian Premier League so far #IPL
We are 13 days in IPL 10 and this season is already promising some exciting new players who can play for the Indian team in the future. Essentially Sports brings you the list of Indian players who have impressed the most in this year's IPL.
Shahbaz Nadeem
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Shahbaz Nadeem has been pick of the bowlers for the Delhi Daredevils in this edition so far. Though he hasn't picked up a lot of wickets, but he is the bowler Zaheer has gone to for stopping the flow of runs. He was bowled in the power play and the middle overs and always stemmed the flow of runs. In the three matches that he has played, he has bowled 10 overs at an economy of just 4.90 and picked up 4 wickets. In fact, he has the best economy in this edition which further proves the point.
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The 19 year old young lad is surely the future of Indian Cricket. He bats down the order for Delhi Daredevils and hence hasn't had a chance to play a long innings but for sure has displayed his hitting skills by smashing the bowlers all around the park. He took apart Umesh Yadav in his last match, smashing him for 3 sixes and two fours in an over. Pant has a bright future and is here to stay.
Sanju Samson
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He has been the best batsman for Delhi till now and DD depend on him a lot. In the match against RPS, he single handedly provided impetus to the DD total and took it past 200 by scoring a magnificent 102. He is the highest scorer for Delhi and is 7th on the list for the most runs scored in this season. Also, he has been fielding quite well, showing his presence of mind by preventing Manish Pandey from scoring six runs in the last match against KKR. He is a complete package, a player Delhi would need to perform in the future as well if they want to make the playoffs.
Manan Vohra
Hyderabad: Manan Vohra of Kings XI Punjab plays a shot during an IPL 2017 match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, in Hyderabad on Monday. PTI Photo/Sportzpics(PTI4_17_2017_000247b)
Manan Vohra has been around playing for different franchisees in the IPL for a long time now. He has always amazed people with his striking capabilities as an opener and is perfectly suited for the format. His capabilities could be seen from the fact that he almost took his side over the line against SRH, by scoring runs at will on a pitch where the other batsman struggled to get on with it. He has scored 174 runs at an average of 34.80 and a strike rate of 165.71 and is 6th on the list of the most runs scored this season.
Nitish Rana
Mumbai: Mumbai Indians batsman Nitish Rana plays a shot against Kolkata Knight Riders during the IPL match in Mumbai on Sunday. PTI Photo by Santosh Hirlekar(PTI4_10_2017_000002A)
Nitish Rana has been a dependable player for the Mumbai Indians this season. He has scored some important runs for the team and bailed them out of trouble. The 23 year old, with Rohit Sharma out of form, has been so effective that he has 2 30s and 2 50s from the 5 matches he has played and has been the Man of the Match 2 times for propelling MI score to a respectable one. He has 193 runs from 5 matches at an average of 38.60 and a strike rate of 133.10 and is the man to watch out for.
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He has been the finisher along with Kieron Pollard and has closed of many games and has been instrumental in Mumbai Indians being at the top of the table. His all round skills have been very useful. His innings of 37 from 30 balls against RCB was his best this season considering the situation he was in. With the team struggling at 7 for 4 needing 136 more to win the match, he along with KP powere MI home, Pandya ensuring that he is there till the end. He has also picked up 4 wickets from the 5 matches he has played at a decent economy of 6.86.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
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He has been the bowler of the tournament so far. With 15 wickets in the kitty already from 5 matches, he is set to break some records this season. He has been the ideal bowler for Warner getting him wickets at the start, in the middle and at the death and has also been economical having an excellent economy of 5.40. Kumar has been the perfect bowler so far and SRH would be hoping that he breaks a lot of records this season.
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Every year, the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy grants a limited number of fellowships to scholars and practitioners from outside Taiwan who wish to pursue research related to Taiwan's democracy and human rights. The TFD divides its fellowships into four categories: Dissertation Fellowships, for PhD candidates writing their thesis; Postdoctoral Fellowships, for those who have recently received their PhD; Democracy and Human Rights Service Fellowships, for those who want to be involved in democracy and human rights projects in Taiwan; and International Visiting Fellowships, for experienced democracy and human rights practitioners.
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If the starting date of research projects falls between January and April, applicants must send all application materials in hard copy to TFD by the 1st deadline, on October 15 2018. Others are also welcome to submit research projects to be conducted between May and December by the 1st deadline. For applications received by that date, applicants will be notified of the result no later than January 2019.
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Puerto Montt är en flygplats i Chile.   Den ligger i provinsen Provincia de Llanquihue och regionen Región de Los Lagos, i den södra delen av landet,  km söder om huvudstaden Santiago de Chile. Puerto Montt ligger  meter över havet.

Terrängen runt Puerto Montt är platt. Den högsta punkten i närheten är  meter över havet,  km öster om Puerto Montt. Runt Puerto Montt är det ganska tätbefolkat, med  invånare per kvadratkilometer.. Närmaste större samhälle är Puerto Montt,  km öster om Puerto Montt.

I omgivningarna runt Puerto Montt växer i huvudsak städsegrön lövskog.  Kustklimat råder i trakten. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är februari, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är juli, med  °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är  millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är juni, med i genomsnitt  mm nederbörd, och den torraste är januari, med  mm nederbörd.

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