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With the world premiere of the Cayenne Coupé, Porsche is extending the third generation of its successful SUV range. An interview with Detlev von Platen, Member of the Executive Board for Sales and Marketing at Porsche AG.
On the road with eco-warrior Sian Sykes and a Cayenne E-Hybrid.
People have been sharing spine-chilling tales at Halloween for centuries, and there's one particularly terrifying character that has been familiar to children through the ages: the bloodthirsty Count Dracula. But is the story fiction or reality? Adventurer Sebastian Canaves traces the steps of the famous vampire in Romanian Transylvania.
The Porsche Experience Centre Atlanta has just hosted its first ever wedding - at 70 mph.
Neil Campbell becomes the fastest European ever on a bicycle, achieving it in the slipstream of a Porsche Cayenne Turbo.
Golfing for everyone, any time, any place – cross golf is a trending sport that focuses on the essentials and gets by with just a few rules. The Porsche Newsroom explains what it's all about and why the Cayenne is the perfect cross golf cart.
Creative collaboration across disciplines and locations: Porsche Digital Lab assembles a group of influencers from the German digital scene for a road trip through Berlin and Hamburg.


I have a 2014 Dodge Avenger and am looking for the rims on the owners manual. I have done some searching around online and have not been able to find any. Above is a picture of the rims. Does anyone know where I could possibly find the rims? Sorry first time using the forum couldn't figure out how to put the picture below text.
Try TireRack. You may find a set similar to what you are looking for and the price will be better than factory rims.
I was able to locate a genuine OEM Dodge Avenger parts listing page with wheel options based on your model. You can check fitment by entering your VIN on the upper left panel where the vehicle info is shown. Here's a link to the parts listing page https://www.moparpartsgiant.com/part...-hardware.html . This website is legit and they offer OEM Mopar parts at giant discounted prices.


As individuals over a few decades, many of us have been repeatedly raising our concerns about climate change. Our growing frustration with the inadequate progress on climate action in Australia drove a group of us farmers and producers to meet in the Blue Mountains in 2015, when we decided to form this group.
We got straight to work. That year, more than 100 farmers signed a letter calling on the federal government to set stronger targets to reduce carbon pollution. Another group ran a crowd-funding campaign to send two young farmers, Josh Gilbert and Anika Molesworth, to the UN Climate Talks in Paris.
In 2016 we set ourselves up as a formalised group and ran a nationwide survey of farmer attitudes towards climate change and renewable energy. More than 1300 farmers around Australia took part, and in November 2016 a delegation of farmers presented the Australian Farmers Climate Survey results to politicians and industry leaders in Canberra.
In 2017 our board was able to employ a CEO thanks to our supporters, and some of our most active members worked together to help set our direction. Our 2017 year in review shows what a busy year it was supporting farmers on the ground.
Now in 2018, with increasing evidence of climate change and with more and more viable solutions available, we are even more keen to see strong climate action from governments, businesses and civil society.


So while this article was a small review on the NexXxoS XP Bold HIGHFLOW CPU Cooler for Socket 1366, Core i7 obviously this also was the final part, the extension to our Project X article. Project-X, building a very high-end system that is aesthetically pleasing, stable and silent. At the finish line I can say that I am happy with the results achieved. it was an expensive project, yet very worth wile.
In conclusion and relation to the Alphacool NexXxoS XP Bold water-block. I think it's a good and impressive product. Based on merely passive water-cooling this water-block was able to remove heaps of heat from the Core i7 processor. Though at 4000 MHz we reached temperature that was disproportionate, the temperatures would still be still acceptable as the test conditions we apply are basically so extreme, that you'll probably never reproduce such a situation at home. Except, when you are transcoding, encode multi-threaded over the processor for an extended and long timeframe. You of course easily can get the temperatures down, with a high-end radiator and some 120mm fans or even 1/2" tubing and stronger pump. These are all options. And my option was to creative an efficient yet in-audible environment. Mission accomplished for sure.
At 45 EUR the NexXxoS XP Bold HIGHFLOW CPU block is not among the cheapest out there, but it certainly isn't very expensive either. I feel it's priced right. Do not underestimate a components like a good water-block. Regulating that water flow and moving heat from the CPU into your coolant .. well , it's half the cooling job already. The other half is of course your water-cooling kit like tubing, reservoir, pump, coolant and radiator. There's some good stuff out there. We met our needs real well though, and we can say with confidence, that the NexXxoS XP Bold HIGHFLOW CPU block is a very efficient and aesthetically pleasing one. Highly recommended folks, highly recommended.
If at all interested in water-cooling gear like tested today, be give Alphacool a visit here.


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Bear and Breakfast is a 2022 management sim video game developed by Romanian studio Gummy Cat and published by Armor Games. It was released on 28 July 2022 for Microsoft Windows, with a Nintendo Switch version released on 15 September. The game follow the exploits of Hank, a bear who opens a bed and breakfast. Its gameplay mixes elements of classic management games with narrative passages and branching dialogues.

Bear and Breakfast was met with mixed reviews by critics, who praised its art style, atmosphere and characters, but criticized its restricting gameplay and pacing.

Gameplay
In Bear and Breakfast, the player controls Hank, a bear who comes into possession of a dilapidated bed and breakfast which he must fix and operate in order to cater to human clients. The purpose of the game is to maximize guest satisfaction by building and decorating various rooms and facilities. As the game progresses, so do the demands of guests, with wealthier and more sophisticated clients requiring larger and better furnished rooms.

The game consists of around a dozen areas which can be unlocked by completing quests and advancing the main story. Other mechanics employed by the game include resource management, crafting, and a card-based cooking minigame.

Development
Bear and Breakfast is the debut game of Bucharest-based studio Gummy Cat. In development since 2019, the game was first announced in August 2020 during Nintendo's Indie World showcase as a PC and Switch timed-exclusive. Initially planned for a 2021 release, it was delayed until the following year after Gummy Cat experienced various production setbacks including the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and being targeted by a cryptocurrency scam. It was finally released on 28 July 2022 for PC with Armor Games as publisher, while the Switch launch was further delayed by issues with the controller settings and the team's reluctance to repeat the work crunch that preceded the game's PC release. The Switch version was released on 15 September 2022.

Bear and Breakfast uses the Unity engine. According to Gummy Cat, their influences included games like The Guild (2002), Theme Hospital (1998) and Sierra-published city-builders like Caesar III (1998).

Reception

Bear and Breakfast received "mixed or average" reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic.

Bear and Breakfast was praised for its art style, music, humour and cozy atmosphere, but also received criticism aimed at some of its gameplay mechanics, particularly its pacing, the lack of player freedom and the integration of narrative-driven elements in the management sim formula. In its review, Rock Paper Shotgun commended the game's "whimsical charm", but also described it as holding a "wealth of untapped potential", criticizing the way in which it rarely allows the player to freely explore and expand, likening this approach to a "well-intentioned but suffocating bear hug". Similarly, The Guardian described it as a "management game that's obsessed with managing its players, rather than letting them exercise control". Conversely, GameSpot felt that the main gameplay loop "has a satisfying rhythm to it and a challenging complexity" and lauded both the game's "delightful management system" and its accessibility.

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Jay Pridmore (Author)
This beautifully illustrated history of Northwestern University is now available in an updated edition. Published originally in 2000 in celebration of the sesquicentennial tribute, the book now includes a new chapter covering the years of Henry Bienen's presidency and a new foreword by the current president, Morton Schapiro. From the school's earliest days—a time of precarious financial conditions, a lack of students, and the struggle of building a campus in the wilderness that became Evanston—to the current era, with a leading endowment, top students, and three thriving campuses, the book chronicles Northwestern's fascinating history, from the effort to found "an institution of the highest order" to the rise of a modern research university. With historical and contemporary photos, this entertaining history brings to life the wonderful stories of the students, faculty, and alumni who have made Northwestern a world-class institution.
Jay Pridmore is a writer and critic who has published widely on Chicago architecture and history, most recently Northwestern University: The Campus Guide (2009). He lives in the Chicago area.

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I see this topic has been addressed previously. I have posted three previous posts thereby seemingly satisfying the "3 posts" rule. Yet when trying to reply to my own post - or any post - I get the dreaded "can't reply..." message.
I see the problem already... Sell the Honda, get an extra K-bike.
You are probably correct. The old CBX was given to me for getting a friend's R1100 back on the road (he came out the wi. We on this deal). The CBX is (and may always be) a project bike. It is so much more maintenance than my old K-bike.
You posted 11 times on the forum.
You are starting a new post without problems (This one) and you replied to it.
You also replied 3 times to your own post (http://www.k100-forum.com/t14512-fuel-gauge-accuracy).
Stereoshock for the looks, mono for the ride.
Friend has both of them, only bugger here are the carburators.
@Arlina wrote: Think I got it.
No, I moved his post after I replied to this one.


Spring and summer mean the kids are home from school, spring cleaning begins and home improvement projects are planned. As you plan your home activities, why not consider one that will deliver savings year-round and make your family happy, too? Install a propane-fueled, tankless, on-demand water heater.
Here are a few of the advantages that on-demand water heaters provide.
Hot water = happy Family. One of the biggest advantages to a tankless water heater is the endless supply of hot water. Because the water is heated in the pipes and not stored in a tank, you will never run out of hot water. This is especially helpful if you have guests visiting in the summer or have teenagers in the house taking long showers. Forty, 60, and 80 gallons of hot water goes fast, but with an on-demand hot water system, fueled by propane, everyone can be showered, the laundry can be done and the dishes washed without a single blast of cold water.
Mother Nature thanks you. For homeowners interested in protecting the environment, using propane to power your tankless water heater produces significantly fewer greenhouse gas emissions than most other energy sources.
More money in your pocket. Because you're not constantly heating gallons of water sitting in a tank waiting to be used, you save money. In addition, if you use propane to fuel your tankless water heater, you could cut your energy costs even further.
Extra space. Tankless water heaters are essentially boxes installed on a wall. They're off the floor and out of the way, giving you back precious storage or living space.
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The Minister for Human Settlements presented the budget vote address to Parliament on 9 May 2012. He highlighted the progress made in the last financial year.
89% of the 2011 budget was spent and approximately 180,000 housing opportunities were delivered. This was less than the targeted 200,000 because of low economic performance, inflation, increased building material and other costs.
Over R400 million was spent on repairing poorly built houses. It was noted that these houses pre-dated 2002 and that current constructions are of a higher quality.
The Office of Disclosure has been established which will play an oversight role in promoting fair lending practices by financial institutions.
There has been significant progress in the upgrading of slums, access to basic services, and land acquisition for human settlements.
The Rental Housing Amendment Bill which requires that all rental disputes go through an internal appeal mechanism before being referred to the High Court recently went through Parliament and will provide relief to many tenants who cannot afford High court proceedings.
Various initiatives have been launched to combat corruption in the sector.
Looking forward, the report highlighted that sanitation has been elevated to a national strategic priority within the Presidential Infrastructure Coordinating Committee (PICC). In addition, the Ministerial Sanitation Task Team has completed its investigations and has tabled its preliminary findings which will be published soon. Moreover, various measures are in place to assist households to gain access to housing finance, including the Finance Linked Individual Subsidy Programme announced in the State of the Nation Address, as well as the Home Ownership Mortgage Indemnity Guarantee fund.
The Human Settlements Development Grant for provinces has been allocated R5,7 billion.
The Rural Households Infrastructure Programme has been allocated R8,5 million for the eradication of sanitation and water backlogs.
R 100 million has been allocated to accelerate housing delivery.
Click here to view the Human Settlement budget vote speech.


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10.08am, April 1st, 2009CE; Liverpool St Station, London.
15 minutes later, the police detained the Archdrude and confiscated his burka and all of his riot protection gear.
Hey Brothers & Sisters,
Sorry I'm a day late with this Drudion, but I was in London yesterday at the G20 anti-Kapitalist protests that focused on the Bank of England. Unfortunately, I totally fucked up my plans through sheer yokel paranoia and came away empty handed. Intending to meet up with my dear friends, the writer Gyrus and U-Know editor Merrick, at Liverpool Street Station, at 10.30am, I left our W. Country home at 6am and was in central London just before nine. Nervous that there would be thousands of people milling about, I arrived on foot at Liverpool Street a full hour early, to be confronted by hundreds of police already in place. Of course, I was dressed extremely dodgily, with my hair up in a black wig and dressed in the kind of all-purpose rural chic that couldn't have been further from my regular Rock God image (!). The police, however, were so fucking paranoid that they conducted a Stop & Search on me at the top of the escalators at 10.20; a full 40 minutes before the march had even started. Of course, I declined to give my name and address and, having no ID or cards on me, they detained me and wrote down a description. Unfortunately, when the main cop read on the report that I was wearing a stab vest, he came over personally and demanded to look at it. I just about managed to take the thing off without disturbing my wig, but the cop told me he believed the vest was part of a stolen consignment of police uniforms and gear, and that I'd taken off the labels to hide this fact. Kiddies, I've had this stab vest at least two years and wear it any time I'm in the city, but the cops just used this as an excuse to do a full body search and they soon confiscated my burka, a pair of women's tights and all of my (expensive) police body armour. All of this occurred in full view of the general public and was clearly done just to make a show of me. When I still didn't give my name, they sat me in a van to think about it for hours and the fucking protest went off with me detained. In the meantime, dammit, an exultant Merrick was texting me from Bishopsgate telling me the Climate Camp have taken over, while Gyrus had been penned in at the Bank of England. With hindsight, I'll admit I looked extremely dodgy. But what got me most was how the police discovered all of my gear but still didn't realize I was wearing a 99p black eBay wig! On the Stop & Search report I'm even described as having 'Hair: black, short.' I can't show you my face on the self-portrait I took as I plan to use this disguise again in the future, but Holy McGrail referred to it as Scargill Chic and pointed out that there are clearly blonde tufts visible from underneath the rug. If McGrail could suss it from the crappy mobile phone photo (shown above), then so much for the West's so-called War on Terror. What the fuck!
NORTH by To Blacken The Pages
Anyway, enough of my complaining, instead we're gonna commence this month's review section by celebrating the return of Ireland's To Blacken The Pages, whose new Colony Records album NORTH (www.colony-records.com) is something of a departure from when last they appeared here as January 2009CE's Album of the Month. Retaining their huge ambient cavernousness, the afterburner buzzsaw guitars and all of the ponderous 'limping storm God' elements of previous releases, this new incarnation of To Blacken the Pages reminds me of an even more alienated Residents during their ESKIMO period. And although NORTH features several shorter pieces, the odd intoned vocal and a whole new occasional percussive element that sounds like some great beast playing the Polar Ice-cap with pieces of 20-mile-long hollow industrial tubing, by the middle of this lonely record, all signposts have been long lost, the psychic frost and pack ice forcing listeners to bundle up in all their warmest clothing. It's an essential sound and hugely useful to those of you looking to access your inner Titan without shelling out on the full Gore-Tex, snow mobile and huskies.
GOOD COP by A.M. Shiner
Also of extreme psychic use is GOOD COP by the young Stunned Records' artist A.M. Shiner, whose 'music' reminds me of the bizarre sub-submarine sounds that a friend of mine once captured by putting his microphone down the drill shaft of the North Sea oilrig he worked on. Sounds like this are so alien and so uncomfortable that it feels, at first, like eavesdropping on the groans of the Mother Earth during a heavy menstrual cycle. But once the mind relaxes enough to attune itself to these clandestine happenings, we float free and far above the cultural building blocks of the everyday, and these sounds take on healing elements that are truly essential. Beyond one previous cassette release, I don't know much at all about Andrew Michael Shiner, except that the good people at Stunned Records (www.stunned-records.com) are on to something, and this release is a great place to start.
HOUSES OF THE UNHOLY by Church of Misery
Now normally I'm not much of a fan of music obsessed with splatter and gore, but I just gots to make a big exception for HOUSES OF THE UNHOLY by Japan's Church of Misery. Why? Because the music takes the post-post-Early Sabbath fetish to its logical conclusion AND includes a stuperb rendition of Sir Lord Baltimore's timeless classic 'Master Heartache'. Awl-fucking-right! Replete with samples of radio broadcasts about such unsavoury characters as mass murderers Richard Trenton Chase, Albert Fish and Richard Speck, HOUSE OF THE UNHOLY pitches listeners back into that time when your ma stood outside the bedroom door scared for her kid's future. Better still, mush mouthed growler vocalist Yoshiaki Negishi takes full advantage of the linguistic problems that beset any direct English to Nihonese translations, slurring and schloeuring his words in a manner that couldn't possibly be achieved by a native English speaker. Loverly! Score this behemoth from Nottingham's excellent Rise Above label (www.riseaboverecords.com) and step on it, Motherfucker, before the Misery stash yer torso in the woods!
PSY FREE SONIC by High Rise
Still hard-on the Japanese trail, it's wonderfuel news indeed to report the release of a whole slew of limited editions spewing forth from those buzzsaw giants High Rise. Yes, after what appears to be years of silence from Nanjo & Co., they're back with half a dozen high quality studio and concert CDs, most of which belong to a huge series dedicated to the Japanese Underground. And while TRIP 92, PSYCHEDELIC SPEED FREAKS and the prosaically-titled'93-96' are all fucking whey-hey, my particular faves from this new batch are surely PSI FREE SONIC and an album of so-called 'out-takes' from the DISALLOW sessions. This first mentioned album is a 2CD version of the band's long-gone-but-legendary live set SPEED FREE SONIC, here available – Sex Pistols stylee – on bright pink and bright yellow CDs. Other essential releases from the same series include five albums by Kawabata Makoto's Mainliner, four from those Free Tantrum exponents Musica Transonic, and a coupla genius compilations, of which the double-CD BLACK TO COMMUNIST is for me the most essential, showcasing several of the many festival bands I discussed in JAPROCKSAMPLER and dredging up many more that I didn't know. We're almost sure to be selling some of these high kwoll items at Head Heritage in the coming weeks, so … uh, look out!
WHAT PLEASING THE LORD LOOKS LIKE MARRIAGE by Various Artists
Now, I generally try to avoid reviewing compilations if I can, as it's always been my main intention to use this column as an opportunity to shine a light on individual bands or artists that could, otherwise, get overlooked. However, as regular readers will already know what a total cunt I am for Israeli noise, you can understand how it would be impossible for the author of JAPROCKSAMPLER to ignore any compilation with the sub-title 'Extreme, Noise and Terror from Japan & Israel'! So when Tel Aviv's very excellent (and highly consistent) Heart & Crossbone Records (www.HCBrecords.com), dropped WHAT PLEASING THE LORD LOOKS LIKE MARRIAGE through my letterbox, I was soon drawn deep into the swirling epicentre of this Hellish maelstrom. Featuring epic sounds from such faves such as Cadaver Eyes ('BaHoref Karr'), Pootchlatz ('A Stairway to the Scars'), Ryokuchi ('Miezarumon no Kage'), Moneyisgod ('Cancer'), plus a whole host of names previously unknown to me, this is one useful motherfucker of a release. Play this sucker in the right company, and you'll soon sort out who should be mates and who should be inmates. It would be quite wrong of me to point out personal favourites, for this compilation is in itself hugely necessary and should find its way into the collection of anybody Jonesing for Noise but perplexed about how to start shelling out. Come on!
RTZ by Six Organs of Admittance
Let's conclude this review section with Vinyl of the Month, and special praise for Ben Chasny's magnificent triple-LP of early Six Organs of Admittance recordings. Has it really been a decade since Chasny's laid that first album on us? Yup, a full fucking decade already what the fuck? Entitled RTZ, this sumptuous triple-gatefold album is chock full of early lo-fi experiments, porch recording, bedroom stuff, all of which taken together makes clear just what a huge contribution Ben Chasny has made to shaping the current Underground scene. Score this loaded sucker from www.sixorgans.com, and thank the fertility Gods for such lush musical vegetation. Yowzah!
Finally, I'd just like to acknowledge that there is still no exact date named for THE UNRULY IMAGINATION, my planned evening at Manchester University's Whitworth Gallery. However, as I know most Cope heads will be unable to attend, I have in the meantime decided to release – via our Merchandiser – some advance copies of the evening's commemorative CD programme. Following in the footsteps of earlier CD programmes for 2000's CORNUCOPEA, 2001's DISCOVER ODIN, and 2003's ROME WASN'T BURNED IN A DAY, this sumptuously packaged Head Heritage limited edition features two new Cope poems, two explanatory texts, and just over 50 minutes of music (including the first digital availability of last year's 7" PREACHING REVOLUTION EP, and two tracks from the un-released DIGGERS, RANTERS, LEVELLERS E.P.) Look out for this sucker appearing on the Merchandiser around the middle of the month. And there – my lords, my loves, my ladies – ends another month of drudical opinions and information from this motherfucker. Dig the increasingly long evenings and dig life itself.
U-Know,


In recent years electric valve actuators have grown in importance in modern power plants. Now they are recognized as major contributors to efficiency, economy and safety as well as facilitating the quick start-ups demanded by today's working practices and the emission reductions dictated by environmental legislation.
Electric actuators may be required for an extensive range of duties encompassing isolation, regulation, modulation and failsafe operation of valves and dampers.
Developments in electric actuator design have improved the situation, particularly with the introduction of secure, "noninvasive" water and dust tight enclosures. Standardized electronic actuator controls and a wider range of torque outputs also helped the design engineers, whilst improved motor controls and the introduction of thyristors rather than traditional reversing starter controls have increased the "starts per hour" performance of the electric actuator.
This has enabled it to be used for many regulating and modulating duties.
In the past ten years these developments have dramatically accelerated with the introduction of high temperature modulating duty actuators. This is a major leap forward, enabling electric actuators to be installed in more environments where only hydraulic and pneumatic actuators used to be specified. This has been a welcome improvement, since hydraulic systems incorporating traditional power packs have become unpopular due to high maintenance costs and other operational issues.
Instrument air for pneumatic actuators is also expensive to produce and look after, with leakage, water ingress and vulnerability to freezing all threatening reliability and requiring special attention.


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Tesla supplier Redwood Materials to produce 83% less polluting copper for batteries
The environmental sustainability of electric cars is not only a matter of local emissions in cities; it needs to be much more than that. The cost of batteries in environmental terms is high, although it follows a downward trend thanks to the increasing implementation of recycling. In this sense, Redwood Materials has just announced that this year it will start producing copper for batteries with 83% less CO2 emissions than the industry average.
Currently China, South Korea and Japan have absolute domination of the battery industry. The ten largest battery manufacturers are all Asian and between the three countries mentioned they account for 90% of the world's production of batteries for electric vehicles. Among the raw materials necessary for the production of batteries is copper, the production of which is associated with certain CO2 emissions.
Today, the Asian industry emits 6.18 kilos of carbon dioxide (CO2) for every kilo of copper in sheets. Energy expenditure is responsible for 77% of the emissions generated in the production process, followed by the material itself, logistics (it is a long journey from the mine to the vehicle) and other associated materials.
The company Redwood Materials, founded by JB Straubel – co-founder of Tesla – has now announced that will produce copper reducing CO2 emissions by 83% compared to the current Asian supply chain, remaining at only 1.10 kilos of CO2 for each kilo of copper in sheet. In addition, he has ensured that Panasonic and Tesla Gigafactory 1 will be among the first to receive this copper low in emissions. Copper is used as a negative electrode (anode) in batteries and is therefore an essential component for them.
The objective of Redwood Materials is to reduce CO2 emissions by 83%
Where is the secret of this reduction in emissions? Essentially, in what it will not be necessary to obtain the copper through mining, but they will use recycled copper In its whole. Redwood Materials will produce copper from end-of-life batteries and other household electronics, commonly referred to as electronic scrap or tech waste. According to the company, the United States exports several hundred thousand tons of copper to Asia each year, so using this material also has an important strategic component.
In this case, copper will be used for the anode of the batteries, but it is by no means the only application of this material in a car. An electric car has more than 1.5 kilometers of copper wiring in the motor stator windings (the figure naturally increases if the vehicle in question has more than one motor). In addition to the motor, there is the inverter, the charger and the conventional wiring that any modern car carries.
On average, a conventional combustion car uses between 8 and 22 kilos of copper, depending on the size of the vehicle. We must bear in mind that a modern car has between 1 and 5 kilometers of cables, depending on its size and equipment. A SEAT Ateca, for example, has 2.2 kilometers of wiring inside that weighs more than 40 kilos. A non-plug-in hybrid car carries around 38 kilos of copper, while a fully electric car can carry a total of just over 80 kilos of copper. It is estimated that by 2025 the automobile industry will need around 3.3 million tons of copper annually.
Redwood Materials currently receives over 6 GWh of end-of-life batteries for recycling. On average, Redwood manages to recover 95% of essential materials such as nickel, cobalt, lithium and copper. With this it is possible to make more sustainable batteries and also reduce their cost. Redwood Materials' goal is to increase the production of components for anodes and cathodes to 100 GWh per year in 2025, enough to manufacture more than one million electric cars per year, and later reach 500 GWh per year in 2030. In addition to Tesla , Redwood has agreements with Toyota, Ford and Amazon, among others, for the collection of materials, recycling of batteries and subsequent supply of the recycled materials.
There is no doubt, the electric car is here to stay: the lithium market will double in 2030
This will be the return of the electric minivan according to Chrysler, which claims to be its inventor
Arrival electric bus receives certification from the European Union
CATL's first battery exchange station begins operations


Music video director Michel Gondry helmed this month's album cover ad for Pandora, marking their start to a #SoundsLikeYou campaign. Partizan did the production. It's a great example at keeping your attention in little vignettes: what album cover is next and how's the person going to run through it. Funny too how online now we have a 1:1 aspect ratio trend — a throwback to the square record cover.
Smashing Magazine shares 16 points on how website form design is better if you have one thing per page. This bucks the trend of having as much as you can now on a single page. The difference in this case is about segmenting complex processes into smaller pieces.
Milwaukee Ballet has a website that garnered a 2017 Webby nomination. BFK made it for them. The use of background video and untraditional navigation stands out from the crowd.


Talk about a shakeup. The amount of work involved in transitioning to the new revenue recognition standard has taken finance teams by surprise. From gathering data to support their new assumptions, plowing through contracts, and dealing with a slew of new disclosure requirements, the new rules are a huge undertaking.
Diana Gilbert, who heads our Technical Accounting Group, walks companies through lessons learned from companies that have already adjusted to the new standard.


Based in New York, H7M (house7music) is a Brazilian/American team of DJ's, promoters, and upbeat party people who provide quality productions for a growing, super-fun crowd. Our goal is to offer quality music at interesting venues with a true metro-mix of fashionable, well-rounded, internationally minded New Yorkers who are open, positive and alive with passion for the music.
I am full of a craving to be cool like music. Cool like vice. I wanna smoke. I quit several months ago and I want to start again because of a song? Happens a lot actually. ABBA's "The Visitors" is playing on my laptop and something about the early 80's sound makes me nostalgic for those years. I want to start over. I want to do 13 again. It could all be so different today if I could do it again (of course with a conscious knowledge that I was doing it again). I often think of those years, especially '81 - '85.
At least I have the hope of the future, right?
long live the wave that hurls me up above the stars.
Here the body, landscape, leisure and death intermingle.


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Toxic cooking fumes cause complications in some pregnant women
by King's College London
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain
Exposure to indoor household pollution has been linked to poor pregnancy outcomes for women in low- and middle-income countries in a new study.
Researchers from King's Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine explored the link between the rate of eclampsia (a serious condition during pregnancy where high blood pressure results in life-threatening seizures) and the number of deaths caused by indoor household pollution.
Indoor household pollution is more commonly seen in low- and middle-income countries because of cooking and heating with solid fuels, such as wood and charcoal, and has been proven to increase the risk of adverse birth outcomes, including placental hypoxia (when the fetus does not get enough oxygen).
The researchers evaluated more than 2,690 cases of eclampsia in Ethiopia, Haiti, India, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe, and found a significant correlation between deaths due to indoor household pollution and eclampsia rates—and the correlation was even more prominent when eclampsia occurred at home.
King's Professor Andrew Shennan, one of the lead authors on the paper published in the International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, said the findings demonstrate how air pollution can impact vulnerable populations the most.
"In-house cooking and household pollution may increase the risk of seizures. We believe that less oxygen will get to the mother's brain, and this may trigger a fit in women who already have pre-eclampsia," says Professor Andrew Shennan, Department of Women & Children's Health.
"We are lucky to have such a large dataset of women with eclampsia, as it only occurs in 1% of women with pre-eclampsia. This has allowed us to uncover this new finding. This could help explain observed inequalities in maternal healthcare in low- and middle-income countries."
In a previous study by King's, scientists found that ninety-four percent of maternal deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, with 22% due to hypertensive (high blood pressure) disorders like eclampsia.
Professor Shennan added, "Knowing why women have these severe outcomes allows us to reduce the risk of eclampsia and work out how to save lives.
"We have large programs of work in India, Sierra Leone and Zambia where many women have complications related to high blood pressure. Our current research is aimed at identifying the women at risk but now we are looking at ways to reduce risk, including earlier delivery. This data will help us to give advice about avoiding risk at home."
Researchers will next examine whether climate change increases the prevalence of pre-eclampsia or increases the morbidity from serious manifestations such as eclampsia.
More information: Tanya Robbins et al, Household air pollution and incidence of eclampsia in eight low‐ and middle‐income countries, International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics (2022). DOI: 10.1002/ijgo.14484
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Citation: Toxic cooking fumes cause complications in some pregnant women (2022, November 9) retrieved 1 February 2023 from https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-11-toxic-cooking-fumes-complications-pregnant.html
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package org.spongycastle.asn1.x509;

import org.spongycastle.asn1.ASN1Object;
import org.spongycastle.asn1.ASN1ObjectIdentifier;
import org.spongycastle.asn1.ASN1Primitive;

/**
 * The KeyPurposeId object.
 *

 *     KeyPurposeId ::= OBJECT IDENTIFIER
 *
 *     id-kp ::= OBJECT IDENTIFIER { iso(1) identified-organization(3)
 *          dod(6) internet(1) security(5) mechanisms(5) pkix(7) 3}
 *
 *

 * To create a new KeyPurposeId where none of the below suit, use
 *

 *     ASN1ObjectIdentifier newKeyPurposeIdOID = new ASN1ObjectIdentifier("1.3.6.1...");
 *
 *     KeyPurposeId newKeyPurposeId = KeyPurposeId.getInstance(newKeyPurposeIdOID);
 *

 */
public class KeyPurposeId
    extends ASN1Object
{
    private static final ASN1ObjectIdentifier id_kp = new ASN1ObjectIdentifier("1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3");

    /**
     * { 2 5 29 37 0 }
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    public static final KeyPurposeId anyExtendedKeyUsage = new KeyPurposeId(Extension.extendedKeyUsage.branch("0"));

    /**
     * { id-kp 1 }
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    public static final KeyPurposeId id_kp_serverAuth = new KeyPurposeId(id_kp.branch("1"));
    /**
     * { id-kp 2 }
     */
    public static final KeyPurposeId id_kp_clientAuth = new KeyPurposeId(id_kp.branch("2"));
    /**
     * { id-kp 3 }
     */
    public static final KeyPurposeId id_kp_codeSigning = new KeyPurposeId(id_kp.branch("3"));
    /**
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    public static final KeyPurposeId id_kp_emailProtection = new KeyPurposeId(id_kp.branch("4"));
    /**
     * Usage deprecated by RFC4945 - was { id-kp 5 }
     */
    public static final KeyPurposeId id_kp_ipsecEndSystem = new KeyPurposeId(id_kp.branch("5"));
    /**
     * Usage deprecated by RFC4945 - was { id-kp 6 }
     */
    public static final KeyPurposeId id_kp_ipsecTunnel = new KeyPurposeId(id_kp.branch("6"));
    /**
     * Usage deprecated by RFC4945 - was { idkp 7 }
     */
    public static final KeyPurposeId id_kp_ipsecUser = new KeyPurposeId(id_kp.branch("7"));
    /**
     * { id-kp 8 }
     */
    public static final KeyPurposeId id_kp_timeStamping = new KeyPurposeId(id_kp.branch("8"));
    /**
     * { id-kp 9 }
     */
    public static final KeyPurposeId id_kp_OCSPSigning = new KeyPurposeId(id_kp.branch("9"));
    /**
     * { id-kp 10 }
     */
    public static final KeyPurposeId id_kp_dvcs = new KeyPurposeId(id_kp.branch("10"));
    /**
     * { id-kp 11 }
     */
    public static final KeyPurposeId id_kp_sbgpCertAAServerAuth = new KeyPurposeId(id_kp.branch("11"));
    /**
     * { id-kp 12 }
     */
    public static final KeyPurposeId id_kp_scvp_responder = new KeyPurposeId(id_kp.branch("12"));
    /**
     * { id-kp 13 }
     */
    public static final KeyPurposeId id_kp_eapOverPPP = new KeyPurposeId(id_kp.branch("13"));
    /**
     * { id-kp 14 }
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    public static final KeyPurposeId id_kp_eapOverLAN = new KeyPurposeId(id_kp.branch("14"));
    /**
     * { id-kp 15 }
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    public static final KeyPurposeId id_kp_scvpServer = new KeyPurposeId(id_kp.branch("15"));
    /**
     * { id-kp 16 }
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    public static final KeyPurposeId id_kp_scvpClient = new KeyPurposeId(id_kp.branch("16"));
    /**
     * { id-kp 17 }
     */
    public static final KeyPurposeId id_kp_ipsecIKE = new KeyPurposeId(id_kp.branch("17"));
    /**
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    public static final KeyPurposeId id_kp_capwapAC = new KeyPurposeId(id_kp.branch("18"));
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     * { id-kp 19 }
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    public static final KeyPurposeId id_kp_capwapWTP = new KeyPurposeId(id_kp.branch("19"));

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     * { 1 3 6 1 4 1 311 20 2 2 }
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    private ASN1ObjectIdentifier id;

    private KeyPurposeId(ASN1ObjectIdentifier id)
    {
        this.id = id;
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    /**
     * @deprecated use getInstance and an OID or one of the constants above.
     * @param id string representation of an OID.
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    public KeyPurposeId(String id)
    {
        this(new ASN1ObjectIdentifier(id));
    }

    public static KeyPurposeId getInstance(Object o)
    {
        if (o instanceof KeyPurposeId)
        {
            return (KeyPurposeId)o;
        }
        else if (o != null)
        {
            return new KeyPurposeId(ASN1ObjectIdentifier.getInstance(o));
        }

        return null;
    }

    public ASN1Primitive toASN1Primitive()
    {
        return id;
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    public String getId()
    {
        return id.getId();
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Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World by Jane McGonigal
I don't think of myself as a gamer. I have been known to play lots of those Flash-based Facebook games with my Candy Crush Saga friends, and occasionally a great puzzle-based novella will come along like Gabriel Knight 2, Syberia or Ripper that I devour, but generally I didn't think they were a big part of my life. After reading just part 1, Why Games Make Us Happy, of McGonigal's book, I started feeling that I could admit that I play Plants vs. Zombies and Game of Thrones Ascent almost every day! Now that I've read McGonigal's book completely, I know that it's cool to be a gamer and I really want to believe that a game designer will win a Nobel Prize someday.
In Part II Reinventing Reality, McGonigal really opens up on the topic of how games can change our education system for the better. I'm really intrigued with the idea of the game-based education being offered by Quest to Learn (p. 128). A very real challenge of my current position is to develop my staff's comfort and skills with 21st century learning which largely focuses on digital fluency. However, there are constantly battles between our current system and the growing desire from staff to collaborate and teach creatively. The idea of redesigning the system from the ground up, the way that Quest to Learn has, is very appealing. In hindsight, I know that the mindset of the administration and the staff has often been what held back change for the better design of our school and I wonder what kind of experiential learning the staff needs to help them grow in this direction. We have a local company called Eagles Flight which worked with our department heads for one morning last January during exams, and essentially we played a quest game where we needed to get from one side of a desert to the other maximizing our resources, within a time limit and never having all the information we needed to play. It was really fun! Was it transformational? No but it helped us to bond and gave us lots of fuel for good discussion for the rest of the day.
Having spent 5 years as a teacher-librarian now, one of the aspects of my job that I like best is how it gives me space to see the school as a whole system, and I can see the problem of the department silos. At the risk of overglorifying the situation, I'm omniscient in a way that even the administration isn't. I've always enjoyed this role in my gaming experience as well, and was a big fan of many of the games McGonigal mentions in Part III, Chapter 14: Saving the Real World Together. Besides Will Wright's Sim City and The Sims, I was fascinated with the idea of Peter Molyneux's game Black & White in which you need to make decisions for villagers based on moral quandaries. After reading McGonigal's praise of the game, I dug out our old copy of Will Wright's Spore and played through 4 levels with new appreciation for its design and trying to imagine what it would be really like to drop into the Ukraine, for example, and try to sort things out a bit. Maybe that's the reason why I still like reality tv shows. There's a new one coming out this week called The Audience where 50 people make a life-changing decision for someone. This experimentation in McGonigal's "Saving the Real World Together" of taking a long view, practicing ecosystems thinking, and pilot experimentation (p. 297-98) are exactly the tools that I think we need our graduates to have exposure to. One of the first computer games I remember loving is Lemonade Stand, where I simulated making a lemonade stand profitable based on fluctuating weather predictions and costs of lemon and sugar. If I could remake school today, I'd start by making every single assignment follow McGonigal's Saving the Real World criteria. I might not be able to reconstruct my school into a Quest to Learn environment, but I can advocate for these 3 aspects in teaching design and that gives me hope that my influence will help save the world. I suppose I need to see this through for the epic win.
Overall, Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World is a game-changer (excuse the pun). I've started a Twitter List called Epic Winners that includes all sorts of people who are using games for positive change and deeper meaning inside schools and beyond. It even lead me to find a library game that I'd like to try out called (what else?) Librarygame. This isn't the first time I've thought "I wish I could give a little surprise to a student who signs out the same book twice, or has signed out 10 books this year, or returns everything on time". Even if it was just a virtual badge to add to their student e-portfolio, I think they would appreciate it. I know I would.
McGonigal, J. (2011). Reality is broken: Why games make us better and how they can change the world. New York, NY: Penguin Books.
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Find a list of all exams and a brief description.
Take a practice test in most DSST titles.
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High school seniors can apply the knowledge they've gained in advanced placement courses to earn college credit in certain subject areas by taking the Advanced Placement Examination.
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The Office of Admissions determines the amount of credit awarded, based on the official evaluation results. Credits are applicable to the Communication Arts General Education area.
Contact the Phoenix, Arizona Berlitz Language Center for detailed instructions, and to arrange taking the Berlitz Language Evaluations.
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Active duty military personnel can take standardized language proficiency exams through the Defense Language Institute.
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VERSE CASE SCENARIO: POETRY IN THE MOVIES
Remember Me: Ralph Meeker and Gaby Rodgers in Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Clint Eastwood's Invictus is named after a poem by William Ernest Henley, who wrote it in 1875 to jiff up his spirits after his leg was amputated. Nelson Mandela (played by Morgan Freeman) quotes the lines, "I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul" as a source of uplift and inspiration, and it's just a shame for everyone concerned that the very same poem was chosen as a pre-execution statement by Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber.
Henley is not the only Victorian poet whose work has provided movies with memorable but, to the uninitiated, slightly baffling titles. Even if you have never heard of Ernest Dowson, you'll be familiar with at least two of the phrases from his work: Gone with the Wind and Days of Wine and Roses. Dipping even further back into literary history, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) is borrowed from Alexander Pope's poem about Eloise wishing she could forget Abelard. The enduring popularity of Rudyard Kipling's If-, voted Britain's Favourite Poem in a 1995 BBC opinion poll, must be at least partly due to its having been adopted, with the dash replaced by an ellipsis, as the title of Lindsay Anderson's 1968 subversive school fantasy, though one imagines Anderson was being ironic; he reportedly loathed the poem and all it stood for.
I'm wary of poetry in the cinema, the same way I'm wary of poetry in general; I find it faintly embarrassing. I pretend to like it so no-one will think me a Philistine, but in reality the only volume of poetry I ever read from cover to cover was Baudelaire's Les fleurs du mal, and then only because some of the poems had vampires in them. When I hear poetry in films, I automatically assume the screenwriter is co-opting someone else's words because they're too lazy to try and come up with something of their own. Easier for Richard Curtis to have John Hannah deliver W.H. Auden's Funeral Blues in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) than to write his own eulogy to a dead companion.
Meanwhile, characters quoting verse at one another is a sure way of making my toes curl; there's a particularly excruciating example in the duff thriller Half Moon Street (1986) when Michael Caine says, "Let us go now, you and I," and Sigourney Weaver (playing an academic who moonlights as a call-girl) replies, "When the evening is spread out against the sky". Soulmates, you see.
James Franco as Allen Ginsberg in Howl (2010)
You'd be entitled to ask for your money back if you didn't hear a bit of declaiming in poet-pics such as Bright Star (2009) or Howl (2010) (and if Allen Ginsberg looked anything like James Franco, who plays him, I'll eat my Pocket Poets edition, which incidentally I only bought because it featured as a gag in the werewolf movie The Howling). And you expect to hear poetry in a film called Dead Poets Society (1989), which means Walt Whitman's O Captain! My Captain! (written in 1865 after Abraham Lincoln's assassination) will now forever be associated with standing on desks.
Nor are you surprised to come across it in the work of an inveterate intellectual name-dropper like Woody Allen, whose Another Woman (1988) features a scene, either breathtakingly poignant or cringe-makingly pretentious depending on your point of view, in which Gena Rowlands finds a line in a volume of Rainer Maria Rilke ("You must change your life now") stained by her dead mother's teardrops, the emo equivalent of a fluorescent highlighter.
But I'm not totally anti-poem. I like the way Christina Rossetti's Remember Me keeps cropping up in Kiss Me Deadly (1955), where its context, sandwiched between torture with a pair of pliers and The Manhattan Project, makes it haunting rather than twee. Lines from John Donne's first Holy Sonnet ("I run to death, and death meets me as fast") add the finishing touch of suicidal gloom to the downbeat B-movie thriller The Seventh Victim (1943), while Rodney Dangerfield's heartfelt rendition of Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night is all the more moving for its popping up unexpectedly in the rumbustious comedy Back to School (1986).
Otherwise, I feel safer sticking with John Lillison, England's greatest one-armed poet, whose Pointy Birds is quoted in The Man With Two Brains (1983): "O pointy birds, O pointy pointy, Anoint my head, Anointy-nointy."
The Seventh Victim (1943)
This piece was first published in the Guardian in January 2010. It also appeared in my self-published ebook Anne Billson on Film 2010. It has been lightly edited.
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yowns says:
There was one poem that I was expecting to be included, (but given this was originally wriiten for print it might not have survived trimming). If it is not the most used in Film, it must be the most used in Horror.
"Even a man, who is pure in heart….."
(OK, so it's a bit of a cheat, because it was commisioned for a film and has been recycled over and over again.)
annebillson says:
Well yes, you said it – Curt Siodmak made it up for the film! So it doesn't count. However, I am happy to quote it here:
"Even a man who is pure in heart
and says his prayers by night,
may become a wolf
when the wolfbane blooms
and the autumn moon is bright."
mikeyb @ screenkicker says:
Have you seen that recent film about Dylan Thomas. It has Elijah Wood in it as his agent. It's actually pretty good.
I haven't. Thanks for the tip.
stevesparshott says:
I don't have anything particularly insightful to say about it (it's ace and I love it), but 8 Mile brings together the classic scrappy underdog sports story and poetry. Rocky with rhymes. "I am white, I am a fucking bum, I do live in a trailer with my mom…"
What about the use of A.E. Housman's "A Shropshire Lad" in the final scene of Nicolas Roeg's Walkabout? As Jenny Agutter's suburban housewife recalls her adolescence in the shimmering Australian outback and John Barry's score swells up, an off-screen narrator speaks:
"That is the land of lost content,
I see it shining plain,
The happy highways where I went
And cannot come again"
I thought it was a stunning image of lost happiness and innocence.
Lovely. Had I remembered that, I would have included it as one of the best examples of poetry in the cinema; it's neither lazy nor trite – just perfect. You've just made me want to watch it again!
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What they're saying: Things looking different for Phillies this year — and that's a good thing
By Evan Macy
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The Phillies have a new approach in spring training this spring.
It's been about a week since spring training officially started and a lot has happened down in Clearwater as the Phillies prepare to start playing in games soon to tune up (and figure out their 26-man roster) for the regular season.
Before we give you slices of what the Phillies-covering world is saying about the team right now, here's a quick recap of some of the noteworthy things that went down in camp:
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• Top pitching prospect Spencer Howard was shut down, at least temporarily, due to a tweak to his right knee in an earlier workout. The setback is not serious, but the team says it will hold him back a bit — he won't pitch "until it matters." Don't be surprised if he remains in Clearwater after the Phillies break camp and starts in Triple-A now.
• A minor transaction that added a little outfield depth in camp went down this week, as the Phils traded for Dodgers outfielder Kyle Garlick (sending left handed pitcher Tyler Gilbert packing). Garlick has a power bat and is 28, but will likely be in the high minors to begin 2020.
• The Phillies are bringing back Ruben Amaro Jr., their former GM, to be a studio analyst for coverage of the team with NBC Sports Philly. No analysis here — just mentioning it.
• J.T. Realmuto's arbitration hearing is Wednesday, and he is asking for $12.2 million. The Phillies offered him $10 million. Either way, he will set a record for arbitration earnings for a catcher the year before he becomes a free agent. There's a chance negotiations for a true extension resume after the appeal ruling is handed out. Reliever Hector Neris will also have his hearing Friday.
And now for some Phillies takes, it's the latest edition of What They're Saying:
Bryce's wifey
Jim Salisbury | NBC Sports Philadelphia
The Phillies were criticized by many for not being more aggressive. Were... okay... are being criticized. Even Bryce Harper's wife Kayla was wondering the same thing as many Phillies fans were during the offseason:
This winter, the Phillies made two significant free-agent additions in pitcher Zack Wheeler and shortstop Didi Gregorius. Both were on board by mid-December and the Phillies, despite holes in the pitching staff, made only minor roster tweaks the rest of the off-season.
So, the natural question for Harper as he reported to his second Phillies camp Sunday morning was: Did the team do enough this off-season to win?
"My wife actually asked me that question the other night," Harper said. "She's super into it and everything like that. "You know," he added. "I believe we did."
Harper mentioned the addition of Wheeler and the potential upside of having a healthy Jake Arrieta in the rotation and a healthy Seranthony Dominguez in the bullpen. He mentioned the possibility of prospects Spencer Howard, Alec Bohm and Damon Jones having an impact in the rotation — clearly, Harper has done his homework — and of non-roster relievers Drew Storen and Bud Norris helping. He mentioned how good Aaron Nola and Hector Neris have been.
"We're going to score runs, we were able to do that last year, and if our bullpen can hold and our starters can, as well, I think we'll be OK," Harper said. [NBCSP]
Scott Lauber | Philadelphia Inquirer
Aaron Nola has had four pitching coaches in four seasons, with some different approaches to the game perhaps influencing some inconsistent play from the one-time Cy Young runner up. Nola seems to, like many other Phillies players, prefer a conventional approach as opposed to Chris Young's analytical approach a year ago. Here's more on the budding relationship between new pitching coach Bryan Price and the Phillies' ace:
Indeed, based on his early interaction with Price, Nola is confident that the one-style-fits-all tack will be scrapped. He recently had a long chat with Price about Moyer's success with a fastball that barely cracked 80 mph and came away realizing that Price values diversity in pitching styles.
"It's so important because not everybody's the same," Nola said. "Not everybody can throw fastballs up and blow it by guys. I can [do it] maybe once, but if I do it again, [the hitter] will time it up. The whole point is to change eye levels, change speeds.
"Ground balls still work. Balls down in the zone still work. I don't think that's ever going to get away from the game. As kids we all learned, 'Throw the ball down, throw the ball at the knees, get ground balls early in the count. Don't try to strike the guy out at the beginning of the at-bat when it's an 0-0 count.' That's what Bryan stresses." [Inquirer.com]
What the Hector?
Meghan Montemurro | The Athletic
The Phillies bullpen may end up being a strength in 2020, with the return of many talented hurlers coming off injury-plagued seasons healthy for this campaign. Those returnees can only add to the value of Hector Neris — who as we mentioned previously is awaiting word on what his salary will be this coming year. Here's a look, more in depth, at why Neris is such an under-the-radar and valuable piece:
Neris has been one of the most consistent major-league relievers over the past four seasons. He has amassed the eighth-most bWAR (6.1) among relievers, right behind Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen (6.4). Neris' 274 appearances are tied for fourth during that span, while his 133 ERA+ ranks 17th and his 1.162 WHIP is 16th (minimum of 240 games). The numbers include his awful three-month stretch to start 2018, which prompted a demotion to Triple A. Neris finished with an ERA+ of at least 143 in the other three seasons.
The 30-year-old right-hander is the type of reliever a team can build around, and that's how Girardi views him. Neris' ability to strike out hitters is part of the foundation that makes him an ideal reliever. Only six relievers have posted a better strikeout-per-nine-innings rate than Neris' 11.75 since 2016.
"He's obviously got a great split, but he's also a leader in that bullpen, and I think that is really important," Girardi said. "The attitude that he brings every day and the love of the game, guys love to be around him." In the immediate future, Neris' attention will turn to his arbitration hearing, which is scheduled for this week. The Phillies filed at $4.25 million. Neris submitted at $5.2 million. He understands the arbitration process is part of the business and said "it's nothing personal."
Regardless of the arbiter's decision and how Neris is viewed compared to other relievers around the league, he said he's focused on the big picture. [The Athletic]
Bob Wankel | Crossing Broad
Jean Segura under performed last year — by his standards at least — and he'll be expected to return to form as a .300 hitter as he assumes a new role, playing second base (with Gregorius at shortstop). In an interview with Phillies media members, Segura showed his commitment to excellence as he arrived in Clearwater slimmed down and making some (serious) sacrifices for 2020:
But there are reasons for hope amid the many questions facing the Phillies this season, and in an attempt to keep things positive as the team begins full-team workouts this morning, let's talk a little bit about Jean Segura. Segura, who was somewhat underwhelming in his first season with the Phillies, got off to a fast start but finished with a thud.
After hitting .329 with an .872 OPS through the month of April, Segura struggled with consistency and was particularly bad (.586 OPS) in September when the Phillies fizzled to a 12-16 finish. Certainly, the fan perception of Segura wasn't aided by his lack of hustle on a play that cost Andrew McCutchen his season.
And that, in part, is why a guy who has posted a stellar .294 average and .758 OPS since the start of the 2017 season has come to Clearwater with something to prove. Segura, who will play second or third base this season with newcomer Didi Gregorius at shortstop, told reporters earlier this morning that he stopped drinking whiskey and is down 14 pounds:
🍹 Jean Segura quit drinking whiskey and alcohol; it helped him lose 14 pounds
Segura wants to play SS but says he will do whatever it takes to help the team and willing to play 2B or 3B @6abc #Phillies pic.twitter.com/1ENZtbMP8R
— Jeff Skversky 6abc (@JeffSkversky) February 17, 2020
[Crossing Broad]
Tal Venada | Fansided
The Phillies were decimated by injuries last year, en route to a mediocre 81-81 record. And while there is no way to really know how things may have played out had Andrew McCutchen not torn his ACL and had the team not sent more than a dozen pitchers to the injury list, fansided's blog "Call to the Pen," attempts to examine exactly what kind of impact it ultimately had. And not surprisingly, the Phillies lost nearly 10 times as many games to injury as the top two NL East finishers in Atlanta and Washington. Is avoiding injury the key for Philly in 2020?
The Fightins were 33-26 before Andrew McCutchen's season-ending injury and 48-55 thereafter. And even though the left fielder missed four months, he averaged .256 with 10 homers and 29 RBIs, which is a third of 30 home runs and 87 RBIs.
Klentak had acquired Jay Bruce to be the left-handed bat off the bench, but he lost 1.5 of four months. However, he batted .221 with 12 bombs and 31 RBIs during his roughly 10 weeks here. And his replacement Dickerson was also on the IL for two of his eight weeks, plus Herrera's suspension absence was four months. ...
Many fans were unhappy with the pen, but David Robertson, Tommy Hunter and Arano pitched a total of 16 2/3 innings combined. Basically, they lost the entire summer, but all three may be back in '20. And while Hunter and Arano will open the 162 with the Phils, Robertson is a stretch-drive possibility.
To sum up, the Braves lost four months to the Nationals' five months and the Mets' 19 months for a tally of 28, while the red pinstripes missed 40.5 months. But what are poor substitutes for a managing partner, a president, a GM, a skipper, his coaching staff, or other scapegoats? Injuries! [Fansided]
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