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Safeway located at Georgia Avenue and Piney Branch Road, NW Re-Opens but Reading the Violations Report is Traumatizing
by Prince Of Petworth February 7, 2014 at 4:40 pm 47 Comments
Update on Brightwood's Safeway from Council Member Muriel Bowser:
"About an hour ago, the Safeway located at Georgia Avenue and Piney Branch Road, NW has re-opened after correcting violations cited by the Department of Health.
The Department of Health has released their official report about the Safeway that can be found here.
I'm highly concerned with the observations made in this report. My priority is to ensure that only quality produce and groceries are available to the residents and families in our neighborhoods. I will be meeting with Safeway officials to demand and guarantee that they meet the standards that our community deserves."
From the DoH official report:
"Location is infested with vermin, mice and rats. [continue reading at your own risk] (more…)
"Deer Management" operations start in Rock Creek Park today
by Prince Of Petworth November 20, 2019 at 4:00 pm 0
From the National Parks Service:
"To protect and restore native plants and promote healthy and diverse forests, Rock Creek Park is announcing its deer management window of operations starting Nov. 20, 2019, through March 31, 2020.
Extensive safety measures will be in place to protect park visitors and neighbors during operations. Biologists, who are also highly trained firearms experts from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will be working under the direction of National Park Service (NPS) natural resource management specialists and in coordination with U.S. Park Police and local law enforcement to conduct reduction actions at night when the park is normally closed. (more…)
Rental of the Day
Today's Rental was chosen for the price and it looks pretty nice
by Prince Of Petworth November 8, 2019 at 2:15 pm 0
This rental is located at 3156 18th Street, NW. The Craigslist ad says:
"$1182 Lovely Mount Pleasant Studio! (more…)
BikeDC
"Do you know if they're ever going to reopen the bike path through the zoo that was closed last year?"
"Dear PoPille,
Do you know if they're ever going to reopen the bike path through the zoo that was closed last year? I hate going through the tunnel on Beach Drive."
Jenna shared with us from the Rock Creek Park Facebook page:
"As you may know, Rock Creek Park and DDOT are embarking on the next phase of restoration work along the multi-use trail from Rose Park in Georgetown to Broad Branch Road at Beach Dr. In addition, there will be an installation of a new trail along the north side of Piney Branch Parkway to Arkansas Ave. and over to 16th Street. In the area just south of the Zoo tunnel, a new pedestrian bridge will be installed and the trail that loops around the Zoo tunnel will be repaired.
The good news is that all of the necessary compliance work and construction documents for this ambitious project have been completed. Earlier this spring, DDOT advertised the project for bids with the hope of starting construction in October (with a two year construction schedule). Unfortunately, we have been informed that the bids have come in well over the estimated cost for the project. (more…)
"heard anything about the assaults in Rock Creek Park?"
by Prince Of Petworth September 19, 2019 at 2:45 pm 0
"Dear PoPville,
Wondering if you've heard anything about the assaults in Rock Creek rather flippantly described in Jack's newsletter? I don't see information anywhere. Thanks!"
Another reader reported: (more…)
"Metrobuses now get the green light ahead of other traffic at six key intersections in the District of Columbia"
by Prince Of Petworth March 21, 2019 at 3:30 pm 0
Photo by PoPville flickr user Tim Brown
From WMATA:
"Metrobuses now get the green light ahead of other traffic at six key intersections in the District of Columbia. New "bus only" traffic signals allow buses to proceed through the intersections before the standard traffic signals turn green, allowing the bus to proceed ahead of other vehicles. The technology, known as "queue jump," is part of a package of improvements designed to speed bus trips and keep service on time.
The new signal system gives priority to transit vehicles by displaying a short "proceed" indication on the "bus only" signal before providing a green light to other vehicles. The system enhances safety allowing the bus to pull away from the bus stop without relying on other motorists to yield to the bus.
"This is a major step forward to provide faster, safer, and more reliable bus service for thousands of daily Metrobus riders," said Metro General Manager and Chief Executive Officer Paul J. Wiedefeld. "I want to thank our partners at the District Department of Transportation for their support of the program, and we look forward to expanding this technology to other intersections in the future."
"DDOT is committed to improving the transportation network across the District and under Mayor Bowser's leadership we'll continue to support more reliable bus service for residents by embracing technology as a way to reduce congestion and improve bus times," said District Department of Transportation Director Jeff Marootian.
The six locations where the new signals are active are: (more…)
DC Government
"Starting in February, DDOT will begin installing no right turn on red signs at approximately 100 signalized intersections across the District."
by Prince Of Petworth December 26, 2018 at 10:45 am 0
Photo by PoPville flickr user brunofish
From DDOT:
"The District Department of Transportation today announced plans to implement new safety improvements at intersections across the District to support Mayor Bowser's Vision Zero initiative to end all traffic related fatalities and serious injuries.
The safety improvements, prohibiting right turn on red and installing left turn hardening infrastructure, are both focused on improving pedestrian safety in intersections. Mayor Bowser directed DDOT to look for locations to ban right turn on red and implement other safety improvements at a CapSTAT on Vision Zero earlier this fall.
"As we strive to build a safer, stronger DC, we are committed to exploring all options that can protect our residents and visitors," said DDOT Director Jeff Marootian. "These locations were selected using data and recognized best practices to yield the greatest safety improvements."
Left Turn Hardening
By the end of December, DDOT will complete the installation of new roadway infrastructure designed to reduce motorists' speed and prevent cutting across crosswalks and lanes of traffic while making left turns at five intersections across the District. DDOT will install similar infrastructure at a total of 85 intersections over the next two years.
The left turn calming pilot infrastructure is being installed at the following locations:
7th Street and T Street, NW
9th Street and M Street, NW
11th Street and I Street, SE
14th Street and Columbia Road, NW
13th Street and I Street, NW
No Turn On Red
Starting in February, DDOT will begin installing no right turn on red signs at approximately 100 signalized intersections across the District. All signs are expected to be installed by the end of July 2019. A complete list of intersections where right turns will be prohibited is available here: (more…)
"Welcome to Mount Pleasant – Slow the Hell Down"
The following was written by PoPville contributor David McAuley, founder of Short Articles about Long Meetings.
detail from documents DDOT handed out at the meeting
Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 1D/Mount Pleasant voted to endorse a plan to repave and restripe a section of Park Road NW, from the bridge over Piney Branch Road in Rock Creek Park to just past the intersection with Walbridge Place. The plan, as presented at the September 25 ANC meeting by a representative of the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), would eliminate several on-street parking spaces in the neighborhood, which brought some local residents to the meeting to object.
The ANC's resolution to urge DDOT to proceed with the plan includes a suggestion to refrain from putting a "Stop" sign and a "No parking" sign at the corner of Park Road and Pierce Mill Road, which would create a new 40-foot long area (about 2-3 car lengths) where parking would be unambiguously not allowed. Apparently, parking occurs there now, but Emily Dalphy, DDOT Transportation Engineer, said that parking in this area might already be "technically illegal". (more…)
Featured Events This Weekend
by PoP Sponsor September 21, 2018 at 4:30 pm 0
Happy Tuesday! The following is a list of featured events for the upcoming week, as submitted to our event calendar.
Lights Out Gym Wear Party!
Friday, September 21 from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m.
L8 Lounge, 727 15th Street NW
Join us for our first Ball with our Special Guest Mother Elektra from the hit show "POSE" and DJ's Dani Toro & X Gonzalez. Are you fierce enough to snatch a trophy for your house? Assemble your squad, grab your gear and get ready turn up!
Restore Rock Creek for National Public Lands Day
Saturday, September 22 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Piney Branch Tributary at Ingleside Terrace NW
Celebrate National Public Lands Day, a day to connect people to public lands in their community, inspire environmental stewardship, and encourage the use of public lands for education, recreation, and general health. Volunteers will continue a summer-long restoration project at the Piney Branch tributary.
Dear PoPville
"What is this? Drugs? Prostitution ring? Homelessness? Mental illness?"
by Prince Of Petworth September 5, 2018 at 1:15 pm 0
Ed. Note: I think it's just a shortcut to the construction site staging area on Piney Branch. Or is it something more nefarious?
Just moved to the bottom of the hill on 14th and Taylor. Been seeing TONS of men go in and out of the woods off of Piney Branch where Rock Creek, Taylor, Arkansas all converge.
Not sure what they're doing, doesn't ever seem sexual or violent. Hated to do this, but called the cops when I saw one (when he was solo) looking through my bathroom window from down below in the woods.
Just now, I saw three men coming out of the woods from the same spot in my back alley off of Shepard.


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The Hollandse IJssel – dammed up a century ago near Gouda and canalised over a length of 30 kilometers – is a waterway between Nieuwegein and Rotterdam and ends in the Nieuwe Maas. In the event of a flood, the river can hardly get rid of its water because the rising seawater stops the river water. Dangerous, because the area along the Hollandse IJssel is one of the lowest lying and most densely populated areas of the Netherlands: the Randstad.
In 1953 the dikes just about manage to withstand the force of the water. The fate of about one and a half million people hung in the balance. An expert compares the disaster night for the Randstad with 'a herd of elephants passing through the eye of the needle'. Although it is known that the dikes are in poor condition, no action was ever taken. Something really has to be done now, according to the Delta Committee. The plan for the construction of a movable storm surge barrier and a large lock in the lower part of the Hollandse IJssel is launched.
It is an extensive project. Two 45-meter-high towers are built on both sides of the river. Sliders of 80 meters wide and 11.5 meters tall are suspended between these towers. These 635 tonne gates can be lowered into the water when extremely high water levels threaten to occur – more than 2.25 meters above sea level. In that case ships can continue their journey through the adjoining lock.
Because the barrier is only closed at extremely high water levels, shipping hardly suffers from it. This is important because the Hollandse IJssel is one of the busiest inland shipping routes to Germany. This is also taken into account, as much as possible, in the construction of a barrier and lock – which ultimately takes five years.
By dredging part of the floodplain, ships can continue their journey without much hindrance whilst work is carried out on the river itself. Because the clay in the river bed is too weak to use as a base for the barrier, several clay layers are first dug away and replaced by sand from the Nieuwe Maas.
Subsequently, a construction pit is made using 100-kilometer-long steel sheet piles, from which the water is pumped out. Inside the pit, a threshold is created on the riverbed to support the heavy sliders when they are lowered.
Before the construction of the Hollandse IJsselkering, residents of the Krimpenerwaard often had long waiting times for the ferry to travel to the other side of the river. The construction of the storm surge barrier offers a good opportunity to realise a permanent link across. A bridge is built over the lock and the gates of the barrier. The bridge is now part of the N210 road.


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Robert C. McNally 87, of Saline, Michigan passed away peacefully at home in his sleep on Wednesday, February 6, 2019. Bob graduated from General Motors Institute and had graduate degrees from the University of Michigan and University of Detroit Mercy. He was one of the original faculty members of Washtenaw Community College (WCC). Bob served in the United States Army from 1954 to 1956. Bob was married to the love of his life Margie for 63 years, and she survives. Together they raised Lance of Townsend, MA and Sue of Howell, MI. Bob and Margie have two grandchildren, Katharine (George) and Stephanie and two great grandchildren Jonathan and Christopher. Bob and Margie were both dedicated educators, Bob retiring from WCC and Margie from Saline High School. Burial will take place at a later date. To sign Bob's guestbook or to leave a memory please visit www.rbfhsaline.com.
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"In some countries in the Middle East, the result of the next election is a foregone conclusion. Yet on April 9, millions of voters in Israel will decide the fate of their leaders – and no-one can predict the outcome.
A fair-minded observer would find it curious that, of all the situations in the world, only Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories are permanently on the agenda of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC).
The horrors of Syria's civil war, the brutal detention camps in North Korea, the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in Burma – all these human tragedies have been the subject of important HRC Resolutions, passed with Britain's full support.
But amid such catastrophes, a dedicated place on the HRC agenda - known as Item 7 – is reserved solely for Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. This means no session can take place without a specific discussion of this subject.
Two years ago, the United Kingdom said that unless the situation changed, we would vote against all texts proposed under Item 7.
Sadly, our concerns have not been heeded. So I have decided that we will do exactly what we said: Britain will now oppose every Item 7 resolution. On Friday we will vote against all four texts proposed in this way..."


We all want to eat healthy, but might crave a sweet treat after a workout or just because. Wouldn't it be awesome if this moment of indulgence could still be healthy? The good news is: it can. Even with something as naughty as peanut butter cups. Here is how. The recipe below is good for ten peanut butter cups.
Mix the protein powder, coconut butter and water in a bowl and place half of it evenly into 6 silicone cupcake baking forms. Use silicone ones, as it makes the job of getting the cups out of their form much easier. Let it chill in the freezer for 10 minutes, till the mixture has hardened. Then spread 1 tablespoon of peanut butter onto each of the cups as a second layer. Place it in the freezer again for another 10 minutes. Afterwards, fill the remaining half of the protein powder mix into the cups to create the top layer. Let it rest in the freezer for approximately 45 minutes. Congratulations, your protein peanut butter cups are now ready to be served! Any treats that you want to keep for later should remain stored in the freezer. So yes, sadly this probably wouldn't work as a 'take to work' snack, as the cups might melt on the way, but they are just perfect for an evening treat at home on your porch or balcony.
A last few words regarding the protein powder. We always use the products of Myprotein, simply because they are one of the few brands that do not overload their products with sugar. This is a very important aspect. Plus, they don't compromise on taste. So you get yourself set up for a win-win-situation with this one. We usually use the stevia one, but I can also highly recommend the peanut butter chocolate flavor they offer.
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Q: Remove event listeners using Javascript I'd like to remove event listeners using Javascript but it seems not working...
My code that not works :
function add () {
  var container = this.container;
  var span = document.createElement('span');
  span.classList.add('tooltip');
  span.innerHTML = this.msg;
  container.appendChild(span);
  this.tooltip = span;
  this.inputString.input.addEventListener('mouseenter', show.bind(this));
  this.inputString.input.addEventListener('mouseout', hide.bind(this));
}

function remove() {
  if (this.container.getElementsByClassName('tooltip').length) {
    this.inputString.input.removeEventListener('mouseenter', show);
    this.inputString.input.removeEventListener('mouseout', hide);
    this.container.removeChild(this.tooltip);
    this.msg = null;
    this.inputString = null;
    this.container = null;
    this.tooltip = null;
  }
}

function show () {
  var container = this.container,
      mainElmt = this.inputString.mainElmt,
      tooltip = this.tooltip;
  if ((container.offsetWidth - (mainElmt.offsetLeft + mainElmt.offsetWidth)) < ($(tooltip).outerWidth() + 5)) {
    tooltip.style.left = parseInt(mainElmt.style.left || getComputedStyle(this.inputString.el).left, 10) - ($(tooltip).outerWidth() + 5) + 'px';
    tooltip.classList.add('is-on-right');
  } else {
    tooltip.style.left = parseInt(mainElmt.style.left || getComputedStyle(this.inputString.el).left, 10) + parseInt(mainElmt.style.width || this.inputString.el.style.width, 10) + 5 + 'px';
    tooltip.classList.add('is-on-left');
  }
  tooltip.style.top = parseInt(mainElmt.style.top || getComputedStyle(this.inputString.el).top, 10) - 15 + (parseInt(mainElmt.style.height || this.inputString.el.style.height, 10) / 2) + 'px';
  tooltip.style.display = 'block';
}

A: .bind() creates a copy, so when you use .removeEventListener you are actually passing another reference.
You have 2 approches:
1) you can store the bound function:
this.show = show.bind(this);

and then use it:
.addEventListener('...', this.show);
.removeEventListener('...', this.show);

2) add these functions to this prototype:
// Assuming that `this` is an instance of function MyClass() {}
MyClass.prototype.show = function show() {...}

A: When you invoke show.bind(this) this effectively creates a new function. So when you write:
this.inputString.input.addEventListener('mouseenter', show.bind(this));

This adds one function (let's call it function A)
and when you write
this.inputString.input.removeEventListener('mouseenter', show.bind(this));

this removes a different function (function B).
You need to store a reference and add and remove the same function in order for this to work.

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Initiate by Tara Maya
This week I happened to stumble upon a Fantasy series that I thought readers might be interested in. I haven't read the book yet, but am excited to. Initiate is the first in a twelve (yes twelve!) book epic fairy series. Book One is free so check it out of you have time. Download on Amazon.
Here's the blurb.
DEADLY INITIATION
A DETERMINED GIRL...
Dindi can't do anything right, maybe because she spends more time dancing with pixies than doing her chores. Her clan hopes to marry her off and settle her down, but she dreams of becoming a Tavaedi, one of the powerful warrior-dancers whose secret magics are revealed only to those who pass a mysterious Test during the Initiation ceremony. The problem? No-one in Dindi's clan has ever passed the Test. Her grandmother died trying. But Dindi has a plan.
AN EXILED WARRIOR...
Kavio is the most powerful warrior-dancer in Faearth, but when he is exiled from the tribehold for a crime he didn't commit, he decides to shed his old life. If roving cannibals and hexers don't kill him first, this is his chance to escape the shadow of his father's wars and his mother's curse. But when he rescues a young Initiate girl, he finds himself drawn into as deadly a plot as any he left behind. He must decide whether to walk away or fight for her... assuming she would even accept the help of an exile.
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The Breeders to Join a New Dystopian Box Set
I'm so excited to announce that The Breeders will be included in a new dystopian box set. The books included are awesome. Check them out. All for a crazy low price. Read below for an awesome giveaway.
Read these bestselling tales of survival against the odds, dark worlds, dystopian regimes and heroic rebels.
Shattered Worlds features six full-length novels from bestselling authors. Immerse yourself in post-apocalyptic civilizations and bleak near-futures where hope still lives.
The Books:
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Elle Casey – Apocalypsis Book 1: Kahayatle
My name's Bryn Mathis. I'm seventeen years old, and I live in a neighborhood outside of Orlando, Florida. I live alone because my dad died almost a year ago, along with all the other adults in the world. I'm almost out of food and the gangs of kids that roam around my town are getting more vicious by the day.
It's time for me to leave and find another place to live … a place where I can find food and shelter … a place where they won't be able to find me.
Alone, it might have been possible; but now I've got company. I'm worried that I don't have what it takes to get from here to my final destination.
And I have no idea what might be waiting for me when I get there.
Shalini Boland – Outside
A post-apocalyptic romance thriller.
The world of the future is divided by Perimeters: high-security gated communities where life goes on as normal. If you're inside you're lucky, if you're outside life expectancy takes a nose dive.
Riley is fortunate to have been born on the right side of the fence. But her life of privilege comes crashing down when someone breaks through the Perimeter and murders her sister. She forsakes her own safety to go in search of the killer. Luc decides to go with her otherwise she'll be dead before she's past the security gate. But what awaits her outside is more unbelievable than she ever expected.
Cut to the present day where Eleanor's world is falling apart. This time next year, civilisation won't be quite so civilised . . .
Zoe Cannon – The Torturer's Daughter
When her best friend Heather calls in the middle of the night, Becca Dalcourt assumes it's the usual drama. Wrong. Heather's parents have been arrested as dissidents – and Becca's mother, the dystopian regime's most infamous torturer, has already executed them for their crimes against the state.
To stop Heather from getting herself killed trying to prove her parents' innocence, Becca hunts for proof of their guilt. She doesn't expect to find evidence that leaves her questioning everything she thought she knew about the dissidents… and about her mother.
When she risks her life to save a dissident, she learns her mother isn't the only one with secrets – and the plot she uncovers will threaten the lives of the people she loves most. For Becca, it's no longer just a choice between risking execution and ignoring the regime's crimes; she has to decide whose life to save and whose to sacrifice.
It's easy to be a hero when you can save the world, but what about when all you can do is choose how you live in it? An Amazon dystopian bestseller, The Torturer's Daughter is a story about ordinary life amidst the realities of living under an oppressive regime… and the extraordinary courage it takes to do what's right in a world gone wrong.
Scott Cramer – Night of the Purple Moon
Abby, 13, is looking forward to watching the moon turn purple, unaware that deadly bacteria from a passing comet will soon kill off older teens and adults. She must help her brother and baby sister survive in this new world, but all the while she has a ticking time bomb inside of her–adolescence.
Sarah Dalton – The Blemished
A beautiful world comes at a price…
In a world filled with stunning clones Mina Hart is Blemished. Her genes are worthless and that takes away her rights: her right to an Education, her right to a normal life and her right to have a child.
Mina keeps a dangerous secret which she never thought she could share until she meets Angela on her first day at St Jude's School. But their friendship is soon complicated by Angela's adoptive brother Daniel. Mina finds herself drawn to his mysterious powers and impulsive nature. Then there is the gorgeous clone Sebastian who Mina is forbidden from even speaking to…
The Blemished is a frightening take on a fractured future where the Genetic Enhancement Ministry have taken control of Britain. It will take you on a ride filled with adventure, romance and rebellion.
Book one in the popular YA dystopia series 'Blemished'.
Happiness: The Unsung Hero of Self-Publishing
If you've been trolling the blogosphere like I have lately you've heard a lot of flap about traditional publishing versus self publishing. We draw lines in the sand and take sides like we're hometown rivals and today is the big game. We shout across the battle lines with traditional people saying, "Self-publishers make less than $1000 a year." The self-published firing back with examples of bad contracts and abused books. We fight. We post. We shake fists into the ether.
People, we can go back and forth all day, but at one point it begins to feel like we're pundits on Fox News or CNN. Do those bald and beautiful talking heads ever change their minds when confronted with a carefully crafted argument from the opposition? I think not. This is how Americans are. We pick a side and then we hold onto it like a child to his binkie. And don't you dare try to take that binkie.
As a self-published author-entrepreneur, I have taken a side I like considerably, thank you very much, but I am not into evangelizing the other side. If they are happy over there in the glittering land of the Big Five than I am happy for them. I wish them wonderful book covers, editors who work tirelessly and contracts promising cashola so fat they can buy a private island. It affects my little world none. And I think that very point is the reason I self-published a year and a half ago. I don't have to worry about anyone else. I worry about myself. I please myself and my fans (get your minds out of the gutter, people). I pick my covers. I chose what I write and when I write it. I edit until I am happy and then I put the book up. I am el capitan, CEO. I'm the big dog, the head cheese, the... oh, you get the point. Bottom line is I get to be my own boss. This means I have very high job satisfaction. I read an article in the Huffington Post not too long ago that discussed this very idea. Did you know that CEOs have less stress in their lives then their underlings? How can that be, I thought. Everyone is pawing at them to make decisions, fix problems, dig the company out of foreclosure. Yet, a new study shows that bosses, on average have less stress hormones present than the rest of us drones.
"The reason your boss is so chill? Control. The executives and leaders in the study --148 of them, from the military, government, business and nonprofits -- were in command of their schedules, daily living circumstances, financial security and basically just about everything in their lives, notes the Los Angeles Times."
This is exactly what self-publishing promises. It may not promise a financial windfall (though neither does traditional publishing), it may not bring fame and glory, but it brings great satisfaction. I've been working a full time professional job for nearly twelve years and the longer I work, the more job satisfaction plays a huge roll in how I view life. Money is slowly losing its driving force and power too. I want to do something that makes me happy and fulfills me. This is the reason I chose self publishing.
Instead of taking drawing lines in the sand and fighting over which side is "right" we should examine our own satisfaction. If you're there, you're there, man. Don't let anybody harsh your mellow.
What about you? How much do you feel happiness plays a role in which paths you take? Sound off below.
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A couple of weeks ago I wrote about what happens when sawdust decomposes. But the account was incomplete, and I am here today to rectify that error. Call me honest, call me obsessive; I'm going to set the record straight, sawdust-wise.
I wrote then that sawdust makes a lousy lawn fertilizer because it requires so much nitrogen to decompose, and it contains very little. So far, so good. But when I wrote that "it requires nitrogen to break down, and it'll make use of whatever it can lay its sawdusty little paws on," I misspoke.
I know what you're thinking: sawdust does not have paws. But that's not where I'm headed. No, what's at stake here is not anatomy, but agency. It's a mistake to refer to sawdust as making use of nitrogen or to suggest that sawdust "gets" nitrogen whether with paws, hands, or any other part of its being.
It's a mistake, in a sense, even to refer to sawdust (or anything else) as decomposing, as if this were something that it did all by itself. In fact, of course, something decomposes it. And not just one something; lots of somethings. These somethings are called—brace yourself—decomposers.
When you toss a wilted lettuce leaf onto the compost pile, the micro-organisms there, recognizing a good thing when they see it, go into overdrive and start reproducing madly. (There's no accounting for what turns people on.) And of course, they all have to eat. (There goes your leaf.) And–and here's the crux–they all require nitrogen.
The air we breathe, the air that permeates the soil, is almost 80% nitrogen. All living things need it—it makes up about 4% of plant mineral content and 3% of yours, being part of proteins, amino acids, and nucleic acids. Just try building a protein without nitrogen. Come on, I dare you.
The decomposers—worms, micro-organisms galore—also need nitrogen. And most of them, like us, need it in soluble compounds, not in the pure, gaseous form that is so plentiful. So when these madly multiplying micro-organisms multiply madly, going hog-wild in the compost heap over a leaf of wilted lettuce, they use whatever nitrogen they can find. Lettuce, of course, even when wilted, contains plenty. But sawdust doesn't have much, which is why a pile of sawdust next to the garage will be there a lot longer than a pile of leaves: there isn't enough nitrogen to support a big population of decomposers.
So it isn't the sawdust that requires nitrogen: it's the decomposers. They do the work. They're the neglected, ignored, side-lined, overlooked workers of the soil—and in my previous post, I perpetuated this discrimination.
In my defense, I would point out that the fault lies at least partly in the language. If "decompose" were a transitive verb (X decomposes Y) none of this would have happened. The language itself discriminates, inviting us to ignore the process by which the work of decomposition occurs, and to undervalue the myriad millions who do that work.
Well, I for one refuse to participate any longer in this travesty. No longer will I overlook these, the down-trodden of the world. I intend to celebrate their unsung lives. This post is just the beginning.
Who will join me? Who will step forwards, proud and free, to restore to these tiny toilers the dignity they deserve?
At least you are celebrating them and not trying to control them. Great explaination.
I think you were correct to begin with – the process of decomposing the sawdust takes so much nitrogen that it's practically useless as a soil amendment. A shame really. I recently acquired a load of stable bedding that has so much sawdust (and weeds) in it that I'm slowly layering it into hot compost before I can use it.
David— Yup. Sometimes that's the only thing to do.
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Report published on the use and scrutiny of emergency powers during the COVID-19 pandemic
Following its inquiry into the constitutional implications of Covid-19, the Constitution Committee has published its third of three reports on this subject: COVID-19 and the use and scrutiny of emergency powers.
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Inquiry: Constitutional implications of COVID-19
Inquiry Background
The Constitution Committee's inquiry into the constitutional implications of COVID-19 explored the impact of the pandemic, and the Government's response to it, in relation to the operation of the courts, Parliament and the use of emergency powers.
The report finds that the range of new laws introduced to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic have not been subject to adequate parliamentary scrutiny, with Government guidance and ministerial statements often failing to set out the law clearly, misstating the law or laying claim to legal requirements that did not exist.
The Committee highlights that legal changes introduced in response to the pandemic were often set out in guidance, or announced in media conferences, before Parliament had an opportunity to scrutinise them. On a number of occasions, the law was misrepresented in these public-facing forums. This created a lack of clarity around which rules were legally enforceable, posing challenges for the police and local government, leading to wrongful criminal charges, and potentially undermining public compliance.
Key recommendations
There should be a presumption in favour of using sunset provisions in all regulations introduced during a national emergency.
The Government should seek Parliament's approval of all affirmative instruments before they enter into force wherever possible.
All future ministerial statements and Government guidance on changes to COVID-19 restrictions should clearly distinguish information about the law from public health advice.
A review of the use of emergency powers by the Government, and the scrutiny of those powers by Parliament, should be completed in time to inform the forthcoming public inquiry and planning for any future emergencies.
The approach adopted in response to the pandemic must not be used to justify weakened parliamentary scrutiny of Government action in response to future emergencies.
Baroness Taylor of Bolton, Chair of the Constitution Committee, said:
"Since March 2020 the Government has introduced a large volume of new legislation, much of it transforming everyday life and introducing unprecedented restrictions on ordinary activities. Yet parliamentary oversight of these significant policy decisions has been extremely limited.
"The vast majority of new laws, including the most significant and wide-reaching, have come into effect as secondary legislation and without prior approval from Parliament. When scrutiny is limited through the fast-tracking of legislation, or the extensive use of secondary legislation, essential checks on executive power are lost, and the quality of the law suffers.
"We acknowledge that there have been a number of occasions throughout the COVID-19 pandemic where legislative measures have been urgently required to limit the spread of infection. That does not, however, justify the publication of significant measures hours—and in some case minutes—before taking effect. Emergency legislation is never an acceptable alternative to effective government planning for periods of crisis.
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Sarajevo 2018 review: I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians (Radu Jude)
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Most contemporary Romanian cinema – the New Wave is still going on strong – focuses on either the present day or the last years of the communist regime that ended in 1989. Acclaimed directors such as Cristi Puiu, Corneliu Porumboiu and Cristian Mungui continue to find plenty of new stories to tell in the present time, but Radu Jude – whose international breakthrough came with 2012's Everybody in Our Family – keeps looking back. In 2015, he took us all the way back to the early 1800s with Aferim!, for which he won the Best Director prize at the Berlinale, and followed it up a year later with another period piece, the excellent Scarred Hearts. Coincidentally or not, that film concludes in 1938, the start of a period that has inspired Jude's latest two films.
Jude first tackled the topic of the Holocaust in Romania in last year's documentary The Dead Nation. Using a matter-of-fact approach, he juxtaposed old photographs with the diary of a Jewish doctor chronicling the rise of antisemitism that ended in one of the bloodiest chapters in Romanian history. The harrowing film provided no commentary and on its own, it certainly didn't need to – but that's when his next film comes in.
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians is set in the present, but it deals with the past as directly as Jude's period pieces. The story follows theatre director Mariana Marin (Ioana Iacob) as she goes through preparations and rehearsals for a spectacle dealing with World War II, specifically the genocide of Jews by the Romanian government. Throughout the film, she clashes with individuals opposing or questioning her choice, including a theatre representative who threatens to cancel the show, and extras who refuse to take part when they realize the show would be sympathetic towards Jews and other minorities.
The subject matter is clearly very important to the director as he uses the film to show the place this dark piece of history has in contemporary Romania, from people who know absolutely nothing about it to those who deny it, and – perhaps the worst of all – those who don't think it necessary to discuss it and remind the nation that it did happen. There's a pervasive sense of guilt running through the film as the author struggles with patriotism for a country that has committed such crimes and then, years later, has no problem forgetting all about it. His anger and disbelief are communicated best through Ioana Iacob's energetic performance. Most of the film's characters are mere soundboards and the focus on events not shown but spoken about in lengthy dialogues provides a very loose narrative, but she anchors the film by combining a fiery outward conviction with internal struggle in the face of opposition and ignorance.
The film is not without its shortcomings – the dialogues are occasionally hard to follow and repetitive, and at 140 minutes it's slightly overlong – but it's so entirely idiosyncratic that those are minor flaws. While dealing with a heavy subject, the tone refuses to settle into one mood as the film moves at a brisk pace, filled with both shocking moments and hilarious one-liners. It even defies the conventions of cinematic form as it involves elements of meta-cinema, theatrical productions, television broadcasts and even literary passages. The film's international prospects, despite the victory at Karlovy Vary and selection as Romania's Oscar candidate, are likely limited as this is a specific film with little appeal at first glance (apart from its eye-grabbing title). But viewers who choose to unpack it may very well be as overwhelmed by its issues as I was.
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Enlargement, two years on: all win as new Member States get richer
Two years later, the biggest enlargement ever of the European Union is an economic success: the 10 new Member States' economies are growing at a rapid pace enabling them to progressively bridge the gap with their richer neighbours. But the latter also win as the increase of the EU's single market by 75 million to 450 million inhabitants brings a wealth of trade and investment opportunities. More importantly, enlargement has acted as a force of modernisation in the EU as a whole – a timely force given the sudden emergence on the world scene of China and India.
On the occasion of the second anniversary of the enlargement of the European Union to 10 new countries the Commission adopted the Communication Enlargement, Two Years After An Economic Success. It covers the economic aspects.
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What is love? It depends which language you speak
By Catherine Matacic Dec. 19, 2019 , 2:25 PM
Falling in love is never easy. But do it in a foreign language, and complications pile up quickly, from your first fumbling attempts at deep expression to the inevitable quarrel to the family visit punctuated by remarks that mean so much more than you realize. Now, a study of two dozen terms related to emotion in nearly 2500 languages suggests those misunderstandings aren't all in your head. Instead, emotional concepts like love, shame, and anger vary in meaning from culture to culture, even when we translate them into the same words.
"I wish I had thought of this," says Lisa Feldman Barrett, a neuroscientist and psychologist at Northeastern University in Boston. "It's a very, very well-reasoned, clever approach."
People have argued about emotions since the ancient Greeks. Aristotle suggested they were essential to virtue. The stoics called them antithetical to reason. And in his "forgotten" masterpiece, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals , Charles Darwin wrote that they likely had a single origin. He thought every culture the world over shared six basic emotions: happiness, sadness, fear, anger, surprise, and disgust.
Since then, psychologists have looked for traces of these emotions in scores of languages. And although one common experiment, which asks participants to identify emotions from photographs of facial expressions, has led to many claims of universality, critics say an overreliance on concepts from Western, industrialized societies dooms such attempts from the start.
To find out how a concept like love varies from language to language, Joshua Conrad Jackson, a Ph.D. student in cultural psychology at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, tried a new approach using statistics. He teamed up with Johann-Mattis List, a computational linguist at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany, who manages the Database of Cross-Linguistic Colexifications (CLICS). CLICS uses data from field linguists and anthropologists to catalog relationships between concepts and the words that represent them in nearly 3000 languages. Importantly, CLICS can take words that represent more than one concept, like "dull," and reveal other words that express the same concepts in all languages in the database. That kind of concept mapping was just what Jackson was looking for. "It was a match made in heaven," he says.
Networks of emotional concepts vary significantly among language families. Here, the size of the circles represents the number of shared words per concept, and the weight of the lines represents the strength of the connections between concepts. (Click here to see the full networks for five major language families.)
Jackson et al./ Science
Over 2 years, Jackson and List assembled a team of statisticians, psychologists, and linguists to analyze the CLICS data in the largest ever study of its kind. They started with 24 emotional concepts (see chart) and used multiple statistical methods to map how they were related to different words in 2474 languages in 20 language families. The more words the two concepts had in common, the closer their relationship. For example, the concepts love and pity are both expressed by the subtle Hawaiian expression "aloha." (That connection between "pity" and "love" seemed to be particularly strong in the Austronesian language family.)
After aggregating the data, the researchers visualized these connections in 21 networks—one for each of the different language families and one that aggregated all findings into a universal network. When the researchers analyzed the networks, they found that the links between emotional concepts differed even more than expected across language families. And when they repeated the process with 13 concepts related to color—which are already known to be relatively culture specific—they found that the emotional concepts had three times as much variability by language family. This means, the group writes today in Science , that emotional terms vary widely in their meaning from language to language. For example, Persian uses one term, ænduh, to express both grief and regret, but the Dargwa word for grief, dard, also expresses not regret, but anxiety.
What's more, geographically close language families have more closely aligned networks than distant ones, suggesting that culture—either through shared experiences or ancestry—may be responsible for the evolution of some of these terms.
The work is "ambitious" and "convincing," says Alexandre François, a field linguist with CNRS, the French national research agency in Paris. But François, who coined the term "colexification" more than 10 years ago, worries the study ignores emotional concepts that aren't represented in English—or terms that don't translate smoothly among languages. For example, he says, speakers of Mwotlap in the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu have no perfect equivalent of the English word "love." The closest match is a verb tam which means, variably, empathy, generosity, and hospitality. That's a good term for loving one's neighbors, François says, but it doesn't cover romantic love (which is expressed by another verb, similar to "need," as in, "I need you").
At the very least, Jackson hopes his study offers some insight for language learners. "Just learning the words isn't learning the language," he says. You also need to learn the context.
Catherine Matacic
Catherine Matacic is an associate online editor, specializing in linguistics and the social sciences.
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Spel L1, Boelens JJ1,2, van der Steen DM3, Blokland NJ1, van Noesel MM4, Molenaar JJ5, Heemskerk MH3, Boes M1,6, Nierkens S1.
Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Department of Oncogenomics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Pediatric Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Neuroblastoma is the most common solid tumor in children with an estimated 5-year progression free survival of 20-40% in stage 4 disease. Neuroblastoma actively avoids recognition by natural killer (NK) cells and cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs). Although immunotherapy has gained traction for neuroblastoma treatment, these immune escape mechanisms restrain clinical results. Therefore, we aimed to improve neuroblastoma immunogenicity to further the development of antigen-specific immunotherapy against neuroblastoma. We found that neuroblastoma cells significantly increase surface expression of MHC I upon exposure to active NK cells which thereby readily sensitize neuroblastoma cells for recognition by CTLs. We show that oncoprotein PRAME serves as an immunodominant antigen for neuroblastoma as NK-modulated neuroblastoma cells are recognized by PRAMESLLQHLIGL/A2-specific CTL clones. Furthermore, NK cells induce MHC I upregulation in neuroblastoma through contact-dependent secretion of IFNγ. Our results demonstrate remarkable plasticity in the peptide/MHC I surface expression of neuroblastoma cells, which is reversed when neuroblastoma cells experience innate immune attack by sensitized NK cells. These findings support the exploration of NK cells as adjuvant therapy to enforce neuroblastoma-specific CTL responses.
A. 30,000 GIMEN, Sy5y or Sk-N-SH cells were co-cultured with B cells, naive NK cells or activated NK cells at indicated effector:target ratios for 24 hours. Neuroblastoma cells were harvested and stained for MHC I. MHC I levels were measured by flow cytometry. Representative FACS plots are shown. Data was quantified in B. (n = 3). C. Viable neuroblastoma cells were counted for each condition.
A. PRAME gene expression of 88 individual primary neuroblastoma tumors of different disease stages and healthy tissues (NCBI GEO Accession No. GSE 16476; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/). B. PRAME gene expression determined by qPCR of PBMCs (negative control) and neuroblastoma cell lines GIMEN, Sy5y and Sk-N-SH relative to GAPDH. C. Overview of HLA-A haplotypes carried by GIMEN, Sy5y and Sk-N-SH cells. D. Activation of PRAMESLLQHLIGL/A2-specific CTLs, clone HSS1 and HSS3, by HLA-A2 negative or HLA-A2 positive neuroblastoma cells.
A. Schematic overview of performed experiment. Neuroblastoma cells are exposed to naive or activated NK cells for 24 hours (ratio 1:1), washed thoroughly and replated in the presence of indicated CTLs. After 24 hours the culture supernatants were collected and IFNγ levels were determined by ELISA as measure of CTL activation. B and C. Activation of indicated CTLs by GIMEN cells (B) or Sy5y+A2 cells (C) left untreated or after exposure to naive or activated NK cells (n = 4).
A. Activated NK cells were co-cultured with neuroblastoma cells in a contact-dependent (direct) or –independent (transwell) system for 24 hrs. MHC I levels on the neuroblastoma cells were measured by flow cytometry. Representative FACS plots are shown and data was quantified in a bar graph. B. Supernatant of the co-cultures in A were transferred to untreated neuroblastoma cells and incubated for 24 hrs. Subsequently, MHC I levels on the neuroblastoma cells were measured by flow cytometry as in A. C. Concentrations of IFNγ and IP-10 were measured in the supernatant of GIMEN cells left untreated or co-cultured with naive or activated NK cells (direct and transwell). D. GIMEN cells were incubated with activated NK cells in the presence of IFNγ- or IP-10-blocking antibodies for 24 hours. MHC I levels were measured by flow cytometry. E. Neuroblastoma cells were treated with recombinant IFNγ for 24 hours and MHC I levels were measured by flow cytometry. F and G. Activation of PRAMESLLQHLIGL/A2-specific CTLs, clone HSS1 and HSS3, by GIMEN (F) or Sy5y+A2 (G) cells that were priorly treated with recombinant IFNγ for 24 hours.
Tumor cells were stained for neuroblastoma markers CD56, GD2 and CD81 and analyzed by flow cytometry. Representative plots are shown in A. MHC I surface levels were measured on indicated neuroblastoma cells (711T and 772T from tumor mass; 700B and 691B from bone marrow metastasis) which were left untreated or were stimulated with IFNγ for 24 hours. Representative plots are shown in B. Summarized data for all four primary neuroblastoma cells in C.


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andrew harper: salamanca arts centre at 35 years
interactive bicycle-power lighting installation in the Long Gallery, Frog Peck and Bluebottle
photo Craig Opie
THE BIG WEEKEND CELEBRATIONS OF THE 35TH YEAR OF OPERATION FOR SALAMANCA ARTS CENTRE OFFERED A POTENTIAL OVERLOAD OF EXPERIENCES. THE EVENT WAS TRULY A HYDRA; ONE COULD BE TREATED TO A WONDERFUL PARADE-PAGEANT THAT TRUNCATED 35 YEARS INTO A PERFORMANCE BY EVENT PRODUCER IAN PIDD, OR TO A VERY OBNOXIOUS BUT EXCITING ANTI-ART PROTEST BY THE WELCOME PARTY, WHICH ALSO DUG INTO THE HISTORY OF THE BUILDING THAT NOW HOUSES THE ARTS CENTRE, OR YOU COULD READ LETTERS FROM HOBART EX-PATS EXPLAINING WHY THEY NO LONGER LIVE IN THE PLACE.
The idea that somehow, somewhere, the piss was pretty actively being taken loomed large over the events in and around the centre on the final weekend of March. It was ostensibly an anniversary, and while it qualifies as a milestone, who celebrates a 35th? Still, it had been five years since the last celebratory shindig, Dream Masons, and it did seem about time for a different kind of party and this is what Hobart got: a series of events that seemed to wish to quibble with the notion of what an event in an art centre might be.
The Big Weekend also aimed to give the Arts Centre something of an overhaul, to turn it inside out and have a good look at its innards and secret bits. Being a heritage building and a warehouse has given the actual structure a design that seems chaotic at worst and can charitably be described as eccentric—there are stairs and corridors and tiny rooms and quite enormous spaces all hidden away around corners and in roofs. The well-known spots, like the Peacock Theatre, The Long Gallery and the Courtyard where musicians busk every Friday evening (elaborate busking indeed, but busking it is) are familiar to all and were used but avoided: the thrills and intrigue were to be found elsewhere.
Friday night launched proceedings with a big mob of bands playing up and down and around Kelly's Steps. The bands on the steps squeezed into the corner as the usual slightly bemused Salamanca diners and drinkers wandered past. The bands further up, in a garden, rocked right on with people risking life and limb, bouncing off the sandstone. No harm was done to flesh or masonry although a few got minor neck injuries from watching bands two storeys above Kelly's Garden for too long, but this didn't deter the revelling.
Dirt Cheap
photo Allana Blizzard Jones
Salamanca Market, itself an institution that has developed along with the Arts Centre, has, to all and sundry, grown somewhat staid: there are still, and will always be, great stalls there, but there are a few too many generic stalls selling 'World's Best Dad' T-shirts. The opportunity this afforded for satire was not missed by the Big Weekend crew: phantom stalls appeared, mostly created by artist Elizabeth Woods. These hybrid works were almost the pick of the entire event: one stall sold sample bags of Genuine Tasmanian Dirt, with proper labels, priced according to rarity. You could pick up a precious handful of red-brown grit from the legendary Queenstown gravel footy oval. Across the way was the tap water stall—again, professionally labelled and presented. Tap Water from more affluent Hobart suburbs cost extra, and given the looming introduction of water meters—something very new in Hobart—the comment could not have been better timed. Capping it was a carefully labelled "Useless Object" stall with exactly the sort of packaging one encounters in a great many craft shops the country over. The straight-faced presentation carried it off, and gossip suggests 'regular' stall holders were annoyed indeed. Good work Elizabeth Woods.
Saturday evening presented the focus event of the weekend, Space Invaders. There were performances all through the centre, far too many for any one person to take in, which had the effect of creating enigmas and excited gossip. Some queued with determination to ride Tristan Stoward's bicycle around the Long Gallery space in the dark (the bike had a light, powered by effort—the harder you pedalled, the more it glowed). Others concentrated on seeing various burlesque acts. You could get lost in the rather wonderful John Bowling Memorial 70s Techno room. This was a great spot, filled with artefacts like really old, nostalgia inducing gaming machines, vinyl players made of that dreadful fake wood veneer stuff and a slide project, which produced a cascade of historical images from the Arts Centre's archives. Almost unnoticed throughout the evening were tiny touches that noted what had been going on in this diverse space for the last 35 years. There was a lot to see and a lot to miss, but this was the real achievement of the event: it was truly a chance to choose your own adventure.
A subtle presentation, The Occupant by Briony Kidd and Jane Longhurst, was a standout. A small audience was led deep into a storage area and towards an encounter with—well, it's hard to say, but the character in question (expertly created by Longhurst) appeared to be an elderly bag lady living amidst hoarded items deep within a closet. Sinister and yet harmless, this small performance was perfectly formed, quiet, intense and very memorable—creepy but not too seriously.
Also worth mentioning is the exuberant Luke George. Clad in vibrant orange, he emerged from beneath a vast pile of beanbags in the Salamanca Arts Centre Courtyard, dancing with vacuum cleaners and leading the audience in a sun worshipping all-in dance routine. This bold experimental dancer takes quite bizarre work to the masses with a bravery that could be confronting if it wasn't so funny. There's a lot to say about what Roberts does, but the key to his Big Weekend moment was his ability to hold a crowd in what was a chaotic mess made of history, rumour and a bit of satire. If the point was to invite people to look at the building itself and see its potential, the Big Weekend was a success; but if you just wanted a fun event filled with some really odd and thrilling moments, you could have that too. Never has the cliché "something for everyone" been quite so well realised, and subverted.something wild for everyone
Salamanca Arts Centre: SAC35—The Big Weekend, programmers Martyn Coutts, Ian Pidd, Sam Routledge; Hobart, March 30-April 1


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Battles get even bigger in this add-on to the successful musket-age RTS, Cossacks: European Wars.
Most developers seem to specialise in one particular genre of gaming, rarely venturing too far beyond the warming glow of their trademark action-shoot 'em up, strategy game or RPG. Some make transitions to other genres over the course of years, but few manage to multitask the way that Ukrainian-based GSC Gameworld has over the past 12 months. Having first made a name for themselves in the spring with the English version of Cossacks: European Wars, a real-time strategy game, GSC then proceeded to launch a more than respectable, all-action first person shooter this Autumn, Codename: Outbreak. Lest anyone accuse them of sitting on their laurels, this add-on pack for Cossacks is due just after Christmas. Fans of the musket should have a bloody new year indeed.
The game features five new campaigns with thirty missions, located in Prussia, Austria, Saxony, Algeria and Poland while two new playable nations have been included too – Denmark and Bavaria. Like all other nations these have their own particular specialist units, a musketeer in the case of Denmark and a hussar in the case of Bavaria.
There will be six new historical battles included in the game as well – the English Civil War clashes at Dunbar in 1650 and Marston Moor in 1664, the battles of Newport and Mook in the Dutch Revolution, the battle of Rimnik in 1789, during the Russo-Turkish War and, finally, Hohenfriedberg in 1745 during the Austrian war of succession.
Apart from new campaign features and battles other gameplay enhancements have been made too. For instance, you can now opt for a period of peace before the military part of a mission begins – allowing you to build fortifications and armies for a much larger scale clash. This can be activated for both single and multiplayer games. This time around you'll also be able to group multiple unit formations into much larger army formations and move them as a single unit on the battlefield, while cannon can be given an area attack order, rather than having to be targeted on a particular unit.
For those into naval gazing there are six new ships in Cossacks: The Art Of War, including Nelson's Victory (apparently renamed Victoria for reasons unknown) – the most powerful naval unit in the game – plus a Turkish yacht and a Venetian galleass (a larger sail- and oar-powered version of the standard galley). Although the graphics will be familiar to Cossacks fans, some of the maps will be up to four times bigger than in the original game.
Cossacks: The Art Of War is scheduled for a January 2002 release and will require an original copy of Cossacks: European Wars to run. Due to modifications you will not be able to move save games between the two.
Originally posted: GameSpot.co.uk (LINK) (ARCHIVED)
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FCA Covid-19 resilience surveys reveal 4000 firms at risk of failure
January 7, 2021	(Last Updated January 21st, 2021 06:23)
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the findings of its Covid-19 financial resilience surveys, revealing that 4000 firms are at risk of failure.
In response to the crisis, the FCA has monitored the effects of the economic downturn on firms' solvency. To do this, the regulator has rapidly increased the data it collects on firms.
Around 19,000 firms responded to an FCA survey, which was used to assess the impact of Covid-19 on their financial resilience. In addition, the FCA has been using existing regulatory reporting data, enhanced data purchased from a third-party provider, and in-depth analysis of liquidity for a number of the most significant firms.
Sheldon Mills, Executive Director of Consumers and Competition at the FCA, said: 'We are in an unprecedented – and rapidly evolving – situation. This survey is one of the ways we are continuing to monitor the potential impact of coronavirus on firms. A market downturn driven by the pandemic risks significant numbers of firms failing."
The results show that between February and May/June 2020, firms across the sector experienced significant change in their total amount of liquidity. This was defined as cash, committed facilities and other high-quality liquid assets.
Three sectors saw an increase in liquidity between the 2 reporting periods: Retail Investments (8%), Retail Lending (8%) and Wholesale Financial Markets (83%). The other three sectors saw a decrease in available liquidity: Insurance Intermediaries & Brokers (30%), Payments & E-Money (11%) and Investment Management (2%).
Mills added: "At end of October we've identified there are 4,000 financial services firms with low financial resilience and at heightened risk of failure, though many will be able to bolster their resilience as and when economic conditions improve. These are predominantly small and medium sized firms and approximately 30% have the potential to cause harm in failure.
"Our role isn't to prevent firms failing. But where they do, we work to ensure this happens in an orderly way. By getting early visibility of potential financial distress in firms we can intervene faster so that risks are managed and consumers are adequately protected."
When partaking in the survey, 59% of respondents said that they expected Covid-19 to have a negative impact on their net income.
The Payments & E-money sector has the lowest proportion of profitable firms, followed by Wholesale Financial Markets, Investment Management, Insurance Intermediaries & Brokers, Retail Lending and Retail Investments.
The FCA has warned that as its survey is one of the four ways the regulator is monitoring firms, caution should be taken about using the data to make predictions.


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