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Development of Tower Karst of China and North Vietnam, 1965, Silar, Jan
Pr�sentation des r�gions karstiques du Vietnam, 1991, Khang, Pham
Tropical karst of Vietnam - The main karstic region of Vietnam cover a total surface of 50,000 km2 and are to be found almost exclusively in North Vietnam, that is to say in 1/5 of the territory. They are situated in the distinct zone conditioned by the Tertiary and Quaternary phases. The largest zones are situated in the Northern and Eastern parts of the country. The least karstified zone is the West and southwest of Hanoi. The flooded coastal region (Isle of Catba, Along Bay) belongs to the boarder of the subsidence zone of the Red River delta. Although the damp tropical monsoon climate has varied very little from the Neogene until today, the karstic landscapes and degrees of evolution differ in each area and can range from cone, pyramid, tower to pinnacle karsts.
Dated co-occurrence of Homo erectus and Gigantopithecus from Tham Khuyen Cave, Vietnam, 1996, Ciochon R, Long Vt, Larick R, Gonzalez L, Grun R, Devos J, Yonge C, Taylor L, Yoshida H, Reagan M,
Tham Khuyen Cave (Lang Son Province, northern Vietnam) is one of the more significant sites to yield fossil vertebrates In east Asia, During the mid-1960s, excavation in a suite of deposits produced important hominoid dental remains of middle Pleistocene age, We undertake more rigorous analyses of these sediments to understand the fluvial dynamics of Pleistocene cave infilling as they determine how skeletal elements accumulate within Tham Khuyen and other east Asian sites, Uranium/thorium series analysis of speleothems brackets the Pleistocene chronology for breaching, infilling, and exhuming the regional paleokarst, Clast analysis indicates sedimentary constituents, Including hominoid teeth and cranial fragments, accumulated from very short distances and under low fluvial energy, Electron spin resonance analysis of vertebrate tooth enamel and sediments shows that the main fossil-bearing suite (S1-S3) was deposited about 475 thousand years ago, Among the hominoid teeth excavated from S1-S3, some represent Homo erectus and Gigantopithecus blacki, Criteria are defined to differentiate these teeth from more numerous Pongo pygmaeus elements, The dated cooccurrence of Homo erectus and Gigantopithecus blacki at Tham Khuyen helps to establish the long co-existence of these two species throughout east Asia during the Early and Middle Pleistocene
Symposium Abstract: The drowned karst of Ha Long Bay, Vietnam, 1999, Waltham A. C.
Influence of tectonics and neotectonics on the morphogenesis of the peak karst of Halong Bay, Vietnam, 1999, Fenart P, Cat Nn, Drogue C, Van Canh D, Pistre S,
In northeast Vietnam, the karst of Halong Bay is characterized by very active neotectonics. The directional distribution of fracturing of the calcareous rocks is characterized by the influence of two major fault zones: the Red River fault zone (N140) and the Tan-Lu fault zone (N050). Karst development was favoured by intense fracturing, according to these two major directions, and reactived during recent tectonics by a compressional regime with sigma 1 N070, followed by an extensional regimes with ol near to EW that led to significant vertical movement. These tectonics, coupled with intense erasion, led to genesis and evolution of the spectacular morphology of this peak karst. (C) Elsevier, Paris
Geological factors affecting the chemical characteristics of the thermal waters of the carbonate karstified aquifers of Northern Vietnam, 2000, Drogue C, Cat Nn, Dazy J,
In northern Vietnam, exposed carbonate rock formations cover an area of more than 50,000 km(2). Their accumulated thickness from the Cambrian to the Triassic is in some places as much as 3000 m. Numerous thermal waters (springs and wells) occur in these strongly karstified carbonate massifs. This is the result of significant ancient and present orogenic activity, as the region demonstrates by its strong seismic activity. These karstic formations are water-bearing and strongly recharged by rainfall of between 1600 mm and 2600 mm per year in 90% of the area concerned. In view of the average annual air temperatures ( 17 degreesC-25 degreesC according to the region), 23 sample springs or wells were chosen with water temperatures of between 29 degreesC and 68 degreesC. Hydrochemical characteristics of these thermal waters emerging in different carbonate-rock units were examined by chemical analyses of major ions. In this large region, thermal waters are divided into four hydrochemical types: the Na-Cl type resulting from the intrusion of sea water for distances of up to several kilometres inland and depths of 1000 m, the Ca-SO4 type, probably resulting from the leaching of deposits of metallic sulphides that are widely distributed in these carbonate-rock units, and finally the Ca-HCO3 and Mg-HCO3 types which are chemically similar to fresh karstic waters in limestones and dolostones. The occurrence of these thermal groundwaters as well as their chemical characteristics seem to indicate the existence of large-scale deepseated groundwater flow systems in the karstic aquifers
Hydrogeological characteristics of a karst mountainous catchment in the northwest of Vietnam, 2001, Tam V. T. , Vu T. M. N. , Batelaan O. ,
This paper presents a preliminary assessment of the hydrogeological characteristics of a karst mountainous catchment, the Suoi Muoi River catchment, in the northwest of Vietnam. The catchment is located at 600 -700 in a.s.l. and covers an area of 284 kin. Exposed limestone occupies 32% of the total catchment area. Various types of assessments have been carried out, including geological and hydrogeological. field surveys, cave surveys, dye-tracer tests, meteorological and surface water monitoring. Geological studies and cave surveys have identified the most important active cave/conduit systems within the catchment. Although these data are essential, they are insufficient to make a comprehensive appraisal of the hydrologic nature of the catchment under interest. An attempt was made to calculate a global water balance of the catchment, based on short-term (15 months) meteorological and streamflow records. The results show that, despite the existence of a number of substantial cavern conduit systems, the groundwater system of the catchment is governed by the fracture/fissure matrix. The cavern conduit systems only collect groundwater from the adjacent fracture matrix and/or connect topographically isolated surface watercourses. The groundwater storage of the cavern conduit systems appears to be regionally insignificant in comparison with the governed fracture matrix groundwater system
Characteristics of karst ecosystems of Vietnam and their vulnerability to human impact, 2001, Tuyet D. ,
Karst in Vietnam covers an area of about 60,000 km(2), i.e. 18 % of the surface of the country. The country has an annual average temperature of 24 degreesC, an annual average rainfall of 2300 nun and a relative humidity of about 90%. Karst in Vietnam is typified by peak cluster-depression landscapes ranging in elevation from 200 to over 2000 m. Tower and coastal karst landscapes also exit. Because of naturally favourable conditions, karst ecosystems are diverse and very rich. Higher plants(cormophytes) are abundant. They are represented by approximately 2000 species, 908 genera, 224 families, 86 orders and 7 phyla. They form a thick vegetation cover of evergreen tropical rainforest. Knowledge about lower plants is limited. The fauna is rich and diverse. Phyla such as Protozoa, Vermes, Mollusca and Arthropoda are yet ill known. Preliminary results show that the phylum Chordata is represented by 541 species from 80 families, 40 orders and 5 classes. There exist many precious and rare mammals, in particular some endemic species such as Trachypithecus poliocephalus, T. delacouri, Rhinopithecus avanculus, Rhinolophus rouxi, Seotoma dineties and Silurus cuephuongensis. The class Insecta has about 2000 species. The fast population growth, particularly in the mountainous areas of the country, triggers an increasing demand for land and therefore threatens the ecosystem. To obtain land for farming, people have cut, burned and destroyed natural forest cover; resulting in occurrence of hazards such as soil-loss, water-loss, flash floods, mud-rock flows, rock-falls, severe drought, water logging and changes of karstic aquifers etc. Poaching precious animals and illegal logging are increasing. In contrast to other natural systems, karst ecosystems cannot be reestablished once damaged. Living karst landscapes will become rocky desert ones without life. Conservation of karstic environmental systems in general and karstic ecosystems in particular should not be the sole vocation of scientists but also a duty and responsibility of authorities and people from all levels. A good example of a multidisciplinary approach to karst-related problems is the implementation of the Vietnamese-Belgian Karst Project (VBEKAP): 'Rural development in the mountain karst area of NW Vietnam by sustainable water and land management and social learning: its conditions and facilitation'. The aim of this project is to improve living conditions of local people and sustained protection and management of the karst environment and ecosystem
The first discovery of a complete skeleton of a fossil orang-utan in a cave of the Hoa Binh Province, Vietnam, 2001, Bacon Am, Long Vt,
Here we provide a description of the first complete adult fossil orang-utan skeleton from the Asian mainland. This specimen, and remains of a juvenile orang, were collected in a late Pleistocene cavern in the Hoa Binh Province of The Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The results confirm the suggestions by Hooijer (1948) Zool. Meded. Leiden 29, 175-301 and later by Schwartz et al. (1995) Anthrop. Pap. Am. Mus. Nat. I-list. 76, 1-24, that ancient orang-utans had bigger teeth than those of modem Pongo pygmaeus (P. p. pygmaeus and P. p. abelii), while the dental morphology is similar. Body proportions of the adult individual of Hoa Binh show a large skull with very large teeth but proportionally a small body. This individual is also singular in having high intermembral. and brachial indices, in comparison with those of modem subspecies.
Remote Sensing and GIS-Based Analysis of Cave Development in the Suoimuoi Catchment (Son La - NW Vietnam), 2002, Hung, L. Q. , Dinh, N. Q. , Batelaan, O. , Tam, V. T. , Lagrou, D.
Integration of remotely sensed imagery with ground surveys is a promising method in cave development studies. In this research a methodology was set up in which a variety of remote sensing and GIS techniques support cave analysis in the tropical karst area of the Suoimuoi catchment, NW Vietnam. In order to extract the maximum information from different remotely sensed data, the hue invariant IHS transformation was applied to integrate Landsat multispectral channels with the high resolution Landsat 7 ETM panchromatic channel. The resulting fused image was used, after enhancement, to visually and digitally extract lineaments. Aerial photos evaluated the extracted lineaments. Based on lineament density indices a fracture zone favorable for cave development is defined. The distance between caves and faults was investigated as well as the correspondence between the cave occurrence and the fracture zone.
Analysis of karst tufa from Guangxi, China, 2003, Franciskovicbilinski S, Bilinski H, Barisic D, Horvatincic N, Yuan Dx,
The paper presents an analysis of characteristic karst tufa from Guangxi, China, which has not been studied before. A comparison with tufa from Dinaric Karst of Croatia is discussed in view of the C-type climate. The major mineral is calcite. Minor minerals are quartz and dolomite, depending on location. The content of calcium carbonate varies from 65% to 92%, and that of magnesium carbonate from 0.03% to 1.77%. Among other elements, the most abundant are Fe, from 0.02% to 1.50%, and Ti, from 0.15% to 0.27%. Many other trace elements (V, Cr, Mn, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Se, Br, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Hg and Pb) are also present. Specific activity of radionuclides K-40, Th-232, Cs-137, Ra-226 and U-238 varies from sample to sample. Concentration of U in tufa is close to that reported for sedimentary carbonate. Low concentration Of Cs-137 indicates that this part of the world was not exposed to nuclear explosions. The concentration of Ra-226 is the highest in Mashan County. The ratio U-238/Ra-226 (0.21-0.71) in tufa from Mashan County is significantly lower than the theoretical value of 1. In 5 of the 11 studied samples, stable isotopes delta(13)C and delta(18)O were analyzed. They were dated by means of the C-14 method. One tufa sample originated in the Pleistocene and the others in the Holocene. Because all of the tufa samples contain traces of Na and K, and K < Na, the tufa from Guangxi belong to the CO2-outgassing 'N' type according to the classification of Liu and He (1994)
The Pleistocene Ma U'Oi cave, northern Vietnam: palaeontology, sedimentology and palaeoenvironments, 2004, Bacon Am, Demeter F, Schuster M, Long Vt, Thuy Nk, Antoine Po, Sen S, Nga Hh, Huong Nm,
In November 2001, a Vietnamese-French team undertook the excavation of the Ma U'Oi cave in northern Vietnam. This limestone karst cave is located in the province of Hoa Binh, 70 km ESE from Hanoi and is typical of the northern Vietnam landscape. The site yielded an in situ mammalian fauna of a relatively modern composition. We also found a mixed fauna with a lower molar attributed to an archaic Homo (Demeter et al., in press). We estimate the age of Ma U'Oi fauna between 169 kyr, the age of Thum Wiman Nakin (Esposito et al., 1998) estimated by U/Th method and 80-60 kyr, the biochronological age of Lang Trang (Long et al., 1996), or even Holocene. The Ma U'Oi site is important because of the scarcity of Vietnamese sites of those particular levels. For that reason, it fills a gap in the biostratigraphy of Vietnam and permits new correlations with other sites of the mainland, especially those well documented from Thailand
Khammouan, Laos-Vietnam, 2004, Mouret C.
Ha Long Bay, Vietnam, 2004, Waltham T. , Hamiltonsmith E.
Karst and caves of Ha Long Bay, Vietnam, 2005, Waltham, A.
Ha Long Bay is distinguished by the hundreds of small limestone islands that rise steeply or vertically from its shallow waters. Its dramatic and beautiful landscape is deservedly famous as one of the world's outstanding natural sights, but it is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site of international geomorphological significance (Fig. 1). The bay lies on the northeastern coast of Vietnam, immediately east of the Red River delta . It is bounded on the north by the mainland hills either side of Ha Long City (also known as Hong Gai), to the south by the open waters of the Gulf of Tonkin, to the west by Cat Ba Island, and to the east by islands of sandstone (Fig. 2). Ha Long Bay has an area of about 1500 km2, and contains nearly 2000 limestone islands.
The caves described here were all visited during an assessment of the bay's geomorphology with respect to its position as a World Heritage Site. Records of other caves in Ha Long Bay are sparse. A British team led by Howard Limbert mapped the Hang Hanh stream cave in the mainland limestone along the north shore of the bay; and a French team led by Marc Faverjon explored caves in the islands east of the bay, and also a few in Ha Long Bay itself.
Locality names are here translated into English, except for the cave names which are left in Vietnamese. The key terms are: dao = large island; hon = small island or rocky tower; hang = tunnel or passage cave; dong = chamber cave.


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May 2020, We'll read: No Turning Back
Stories of war are often told through the eyes of the soldier, the outsider (the journalist coming in to document), or the winner. Rania Abouzeid, author of No Turning Back, built this account of wartime Syria through the eyes of four young Syrians. She brings us closer to the many different people, ideologies, and collaborations which combined to create the long years of conflict, and the innumerable deaths.
Beginning with what Western journalists call the "Arab Spring," Abouzeid takes us back to the first demonstrations, the grassroots movement toward democracy, justice, and possibility. She sets the scene for the reader in just one chapter.
The bulk of this book delves into the lives of four Syrians from 2011 through 2016. Suleiman is a demonstrator, an activist, a young man from a privileged background. Mohammad has been radicalized, his vision for the future of Syria is quite different. Abu Azzam goes from poet to commander in the Free Syrian Army militia. Nine-year-old Ruha faces a childhood disrupted by fighting, bombing; her family torn apart.
Abouzeid spent more than five years reporting from the front lines, she shares the lives of these four people with a similar goal: to live freely and safely in their homes, within the country shattered by forces they both move and are moved by.
"Today there is, as Abouzeid's title tells us, no turning back, and one reads the book's final pages with no hope of a happy ending. But one also reads them with the conviction that Abouzeid's remarkable journalistic and literary work has given us, at last, a book worthy of the enormous tragedy that is Syria," wrote Christopher Dickey for The New York Times.
Today, in the United States, we are facing incomprehensible numbers of dying neighbors as well as economic depression. What can we learn from these young people about living with hope even amidst great tragedy?
Below, we've shared an interview Terry Gross conducted with the author for NPR's Fresh Air. When she was barred from entering Syria, Abouzeid refused to capitulate. Why?
Please read along with us, and share your thoughts or questions tthrough social media or email (links at the top of this page).
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Niels Henrik David Bohr (Kopenhagen, 7 oktober 1885 – aldaar, 18 november 1962) was een Deense theoretisch natuurkundige en theoretisch scheikundige. In 1922 ontving hij de Nobelprijs voor de Natuurkunde.

Niels Bohr wordt algemeen gezien als een van de grondleggers van de atoomfysica. Waar Ernest Rutherford als groot experimentator veel over de interne opbouw van het atoom ontdekte, was het de grote verdienste van Bohr om een theoretische grondslag voor dit nieuwe atoommodel te formuleren, waarmee hij tevens een grote bijdrage leverde aan de meest spraakmakende tak van de natuurkunde in de 20e eeuw: de kwantummechanica.

Levensloop
Niels Bohr werd geboren in een statig herenhuis van zijn moeders grootmoeder, een vrouw uit een rijke joodse bankiersfamilie. Hij was een zoon van Christian Bohr, hoogleraar fysiologie aan de Universiteit van Kopenhagen, en Ellen Adler. Hij had een oudere zus, Jenny, en een jongere broer, Harald Bohr, een Deens wiskundige en voetballer.

Vroege jeugd
Het hechte gezin waarin Bohr opgroeide was beschaafd en intellectueel, en niet godsdienstig. Niels genoot zijn lagere en voortgezette opleiding aan de Gammelholmschool in Kopenhagen. Hoewel hij een vlijtig scholier was werd hij op school overschaduwd door zijn jongere broer Harald, die later wiskundige zou worden. Daarnaast waren beide broers uitstekende voetballers, waarbij Harald zelfs voetbalde in het Deense elftal dat zilver won in 1908 bij de Olympische Spelen in Londen.

In 1903 ging de atheïst Bohr (die religieus denken schadelijk en misleidend vond) studeren aan de universiteit van Kopenhagen met natuurkunde als hoofdvak. Zijn leermeesters waren Christian Christiansen, hoogleraar experimentele en theoretische natuurkunde, en Harold Høffding, hoogleraar filosofie. Beide hoogleraren kende Bohr al doordat ze tot de vriendenkring behoorden van zijn vader. In 1907 won hij een gouden medaille van de Koninklijke Deense Academie van Wetenschappen en Letteren met een manuscript over metingen van de oppervlaktespanning van water. Omdat de universiteit niet beschikte over een natuurkundig laboratorium moest Bohr zijn experimenten uitvoeren in het fysiologisch laboratorium van zijn vader.

Zijn winnend manuscript werd in 1908 gepubliceerd in Philosophical Transactions van de Royal Society. De kennis die hij opdeed over dit onderwerp zou later van pas komen in zijn druppelmodel van de atoomkern. In 1911 promoveerde hij op het proefschrift: Studies over de elektronentheorie van metalen. In hetzelfde jaar overleed zijn vader.

Manchester
Na zijn promotie ontving Bohr van de Carlsbergstichting – gefinancierd door de Deense bierbrouwerij Carlsberg – een studiebeurs om in het buitenland te studeren. Om zich verder te verdiepen in de elektronentheorie besloot Bohr naar Engeland te gaan om daar samen te werken met Joseph John Thomson, een autoriteit op dit gebied. De samenwerking verliep echter stroef, mede doordat Thomson eerder een punt had gezet achter zijn werk aan elektronen en niet erg bereidwillig was om Bohrs vragen hierover te beantwoorden.

Bohr zocht naar een uitweg en die vond hij toen hij kennismaakte met Ernest Rutherford, een Nieuw-Zeelandse natuurkundige die juist zijn atoommodel had gevonden. Hij volgde Rutherford naar de Universiteit van Manchester, waar hij zich aansloot bij diens onderzoeksgroep. Tijdens zijn studie had hij kennisgemaakt met de oude kwantumtheorie, die ontwikkeld was door Albert Einstein en Max Planck. Deze theorie gebruikte Bohr om zijn eigen theorie over de bouw van atomen uit te werken en de fouten te corrigeren die hij in Rutherfords model vond. Net als Rutherford was hij ervan overtuigd dat elektronen om de atoomkern cirkelden, maar volgens Bohr vormden deze banen een aantal vaste 'schillen' waarin de elektronen volgens kwantumregels bewogen.

Na zes maanden keerde hij vanuit Manchester naar Kopenhagen terug waar hij een baan kreeg als assistent-hoogleraar natuurkunde aan de universiteit van Kopenhagen. Hij werd verwelkomd door zijn verloofde Margrethe Nørlung met wie hij op 1 augustus 1912 in het huwelijk trad. Zij kregen samen zes kinderen: Christian, Harald, Aage, Hans, Erik en Ernest. Christian kwam in 1934 om het leven bij een ongeluk op Chita, de boot van zijn vader. Harald, niet te verwarren met Harald Bohr, de broer van Niels Bohr, overleed op jonge leeftijd aan hersenvliesontsteking.

In 1913 werd hij hoofddocent aan de universiteit. In 1914, tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog, kreeg Bohr een aanstelling als lector aan de Victoria University in Manchester, die Rutherford hem aanbood. Samen met zijn vrouw ondernam hij de gevaarlijke reis over de Noordzee. Het lectorschap gaf hem de tijd om zijn onderzoek voort te zetten. Na twee jaar keerde Bohr terug naar Denemarken, waar hij hoogleraar in de theoretische natuurkunde werd aan de universiteit van Kopenhagen – een leerstoel die speciaal voor hem was ingesteld. Ook werd hij verkozen tot lid van de Koninklijke Deense Academie van Wetenschappen.

Tweede Wereldoorlog
Bohr ontmoette in september 1941 in Kopenhagen, dat door nazi-Duitsland bezet was, zijn voormalige student en vriend Werner Heisenberg. Over die ontmoeting bestaan twee lezingen: volgens Bohr was hij geschokt omdat Heisenberg zonder morele bezwaren meewerkte aan een Duitse atoombom. Maar Heisenberg deed er naar eigen zeggen juist alles aan om dat project te vertragen.

In 1943 lekte uit dat alle Joden in Kopenhagen opgepakt zouden worden. Bohr, die van moederszijde van Joodse origine was, wist, net als de meeste Joden in Denemarken, in een vissersboot naar Zweden te ontsnappen. Daarna ging hij samen met zijn zoon Aage naar de Verenigde Staten. Daar sloot hij zich aan bij het Manhattanproject. Hij werkte voor de rest van de oorlog mee aan de Amerikaanse atoombom.

Laatste jaren en vernoemingen

In augustus 1945 kon Bohr terugkeren naar Denemarken. In de jaren 1950 engageerde hij zich in politiek opzicht en sprak hij zich uit voor meer openheid tussen 'Oost' en 'West', gezien de nucleaire wapenwedloop die toen op gang kwam, zowel op aarde als, vanaf 1957, in de ruimte. In 1955 organiseerde Bohr in Genève de conferentie Atoms for Peace (Atomen voor Vrede). Op 24 oktober 1957 ontving hij hiervoor de allereerste Atoms for Peace Award.

In 1952 werd Bohr de eerste directeur van de theoretische afdeling van CERN, dat aanvankelijk in Kopenhagen was gevestigd. Tevens stond hij aan de wieg van de nucleaire geneeskunde. Ook hielp hij in 1921 bij de oprichting van het Instituut voor Theoretische Fysica in Kopenhagen. Onder zijn leiding zou het instituut uitgroeien tot een van 's werelds belangrijkste onderzoekscentra van die tijd. Na zijn overlijden volgde zijn zoon Aage hem in 1963 op als directeur. Op 7 oktober 1985, de honderdste geboortedag van Bohr, werd officieel het Niels Bohr-instituut in Kopenhagen geopend, een resultaat van een fusie van een flink aantal Kopenhaagse wetenschappelijke instellingen, waaronder het Instituut voor Theoretische Fysica. Het Niels Bohr-instituut beheert onder meer het Niels Bohr-archief.

Werk

Atoommodel

Twee jaar nadat Rutherford zijn atoomtheorie had gepubliceerd voltooide Bohr in Kopenhagen zijn Bohr-atoommodel volgens de oude kwantummechanica. In 1913 publiceerde hij in het Philosophical Magazine het artikel On the Constitution of Atoms and Molecules. Hierin beschreef hij dat de banen van elektronen om de atoomkern alleen bepaalde waarden (gekwantificeerd) konden zijn en energieën met vaste onderscheiden energieën hebben. Niet alle energieën zijn mogelijk, wat klopt met de waargenomen lijnspectra van chemische elementen. Deze banen worden gekenmerkt door vaste waardes in stappen, namelijk veelvouden van , met  de constante van Planck.

Verder eiste hij dat de uitzending (emissie) van licht optreedt wanneer een elektron van een hogere energiebaan naar een lagere springt. Absorptie zorgt voor het tegengestelde effect. De energie die bij uitzending vrijkomt in de vorm van een lichtdeeltje (een foton) is , met  (Grieks: nu) de frequentie van de uitgezonden golf. Op deze wijze kon hij de atoomspectra – exacte frequenties van lichtkwanta – van waterstof verklaren.

In 1918 publiceerde hij het artikel Over de kwantumtheorie van spectraallijnen, waarin hij het correspondentieprincipe beschreef. Dit principe moest de kloof overbruggen tussen de klassieke natuurkunde en de oude kwantummechanica. Het correspondentieprincipe houdt in dat voor grote kwantumgetallen (grote energieën) in de limiet de beschrijving van de verschijnselen in de kwantummechanica moet overgaan in de klassieke theorie. Daar is het effect van de stappen met constante van Planck klein en te verwaarlozen.

Bohr was (indirect) van belang voor de ontdekking en het gebruik van kernsplijting. Zijn druppelmodel van de atoomkern, in 1936 gepubliceerd, hielp Lise Meitner en Otto Frisch bij de theoretische verklaring voor kernsplijting. Verder deed Bohr in 1939 de suggestie dat kernsplijting eerder zou optreden in het zeldzame isotoop van uranium uranium-235 dan in het veel voorkomende uranium-238. De ontdekking van kernsplijting leidde ertoe dat de verontruste natuurkundigen Leo Szilard en Eugene Wigner in mei 1939 Einstein vroegen om een brief te schrijven aan de Amerikaanse president Franklin Delano Roosevelt, om hem te waarschuwen dat de Duitsers een kernbom zouden kunnen ontwikkelen. Deze brief leidde tot het Manhattanproject.

Kopenhaagse interpretatie

Bohr bevorderde de formulering van een nieuwe filosofische en wiskundige benadering en beschrijving van de structuur van het atoom en de atoomkern en andere gerelateerde gebieden van de kwantumfysica. Dit noemt men de Kopenhaagse interpretatie (CHI) van de kwantummechanica. Kort samengevat: de waarnemer van een experiment vormt samen met dit experiment een enkel systeem. De waarnemer oefent een non-lokale invloed uit op de kwantumwereld, die volgens de tot dan toe gangbare opvattingen volstrekt ongerijmd was. Elementaire deeltjes kunnen spontaan verschijnen en verdwijnen, sneller dan de lichtsnelheid informatie uitwisselen en nog meer vreemd gedrag vertonen.

Voortvloeiend uit de Kopenhaagse interpretatie introduceerde Bohr in 1927 – op een conferentie in het Italiaanse Como ter ere van de honderdjarige sterfdag van Alessandro Volta – zijn complementariteitsprincipe, een belangrijke conceptuele bijdrage aan de kwantummechanica. Het complementariteitsprincipe houdt in dat kwantummechanische verschijnselen zowel een deeltjes- als een golfkarakter kunnen vertonen, maar nooit beide tegelijkertijd.

Samen met onder andere de jonge Werner Heisenberg, die bij hem studeerde, stelde Bohr in de jaren 20 deze theorie op. Bohrs collega Albert Einstein had ernstige bezwaren tegen deze 'zweverige' theorie en hij voerde met Bohr de rest van zijn leven verhitte debatten over deze kwestie. Deze controverse bereikte in 1935 een hoogtepunt in de formulering van de Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen-paradox waarbij Einstein de absurditeit van Bohrs Kopenhaagse interpretatie van de kwantummechanica probeerde aan te tonen. Tot op heden is er discussie wat precies de juiste interpretatie van de kwantummechanica is. Experimenten zijn bedacht om de patstelling te doorbreken, maar deze experimenten heeft men nog niet tot uitvoering kunnen brengen. In 1923 ontving Bohr de Matteucci Medal, in 1938 de Copley Medal.

Trivia
 Het toneelstuk [[Kopenhagen (toneelstuk)|Kopenhagen]] van de Engelse toneelschrijver Michael Frayn is gebaseerd op de ontmoeting tussen Heisenberg en Bohr in bezet Kopenhagen in 1941. In de Nederlandse versie van dit toneelstuk werd de rol van Bohr gespeeld door Bram van der Vlugt.
 Niels Bohr vroeg eens aan Pauli, toen deze een nieuwe theorie presenteerde: "We zijn het er allemaal over eens dat uw theorie gek is. Maar is ze gek genoeg om waar te kunnen zijn?"
 De Bohrstraal a0 is een atomaire lengteschaal, die ongeveer overeenkomt met 5,292 × 10−11 meter.
 Bohrs zoon Aage was eveneens natuurkundige en ontving in 1975 de Nobelprijs voor de Natuurkunde.
 Het element bohrium (een transuraan, niet te verwarren met Boor, ook wel 'borium' genoemd) is naar Niels Bohr genoemd als eerbetoon.
 Niels Bohr werd in 1947 door de Deense Koning onderscheiden met de exclusieve Orde van de Olifant – de hoogste eer in Denemarken – en koos als wapenschild, de wapenborden van de ridders worden in de kapel van de orde opgehangen, een Aziatisch thema: Yin en Yang, met het devies Contraria sunt complementa'' (tegenstellingen zijn complementair).
 Niels Bohr had een hekel aan schrijven en dicteerde zijn belangrijkste werken aan zijn vrouw.

Zie ook
 Atoommodel van Bohr
 Bohrstraal

Externe links

 Niels Bohr Archief
 Niels Bohr Instituut

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Deens natuurkundige
Deens scheikundige
Theoretisch natuurkundige
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Winnaar van de Nobelprijs voor Natuurkunde
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Homepage » About us » Supervisory Board » Krzysztof Wieczorkowski – Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Krzysztof Wieczorkowski – Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Mr. Krzysztof Wieczorkowski has been appointed as a member of the TIM SA Supervisory Board for the current term of office pursuant to the resolution of the General Meeting of Shareholders of TIM SA passed on 22-06-2017.
Mr. Krzysztof Wieczorkowski has been the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of TIM SA continuously since June 28, 2003.
There are no family ties between Mr. Krzysztof Wieczorkowski and the remaining members of the Supervisory Board of TIM SA.
Mr. Krzysztof Wieczorkowski holds a higher education degree (M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering): he graduated from Wrocław University of Technology, the field of study: Electrotechnology, specializing in: Automation Systems. In addition, he completed a postgraduate course at Wrocław University of Technology - Theory and Techniques of Fire Protection. Mr. Krzysztof Wieczorkowski in 2000 received the internal auditor's certificate.
Krzysztof Wieczorkowski has the following work experience:
between 1984 and 1987 he worked for Młodzieżowa Spółdzielnia Pracy Unita in Wrocław in the position of the Plant Manager.
between 1988 -1995 he worked for the Issuer as the Head of the Electrical Measurement Team and the Deputy Director for Technology and as the Vice-President and then as the President of the Management Board;
between 1995 and 1999 he ran a business named "Factor" Krzysztof Wieczorkowski in Kamieniec Wrocławski;
in the years 1999 - 2003 in TIM SA as the Vice President of the Management Board;
since 2001 in Sonel SA in Świdnica as the President of the Management Board.
Currently, Mr. Krzysztof Wieczorkowski is also the President of the Management Board of Sonel SA in Świdnica. The activity of SONEL SA is not competitive in relation to the activity of TIM SA.


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AGC Education and Research Foundation Awards Four Students with Board of Certified Safety Professional BCSP Scholarship
Thu May 30, 2019 - National Edition
The AGC Education and Research Foundation awarded four students from across the country with the Board of Certified Safety Professional (BCSP) Scholarship, which focuses on construction management students with the safety emphasis. Evan Copes of University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Adrian Ensaldo of Pittsburg State University; Vanna Hosanny of Colorado State University; and Collin Zuehlke of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville received the scholarships.
"Inspiring young minds to pursue careers in construction today helps ensure the continued strength of our industry tomorrow," said Eddie Stewart, the association's president and chief executive officer of Caddell Construction in Montgomery, Ala. "These awards remind us that with top-notch education and students' unwavering commitment to learn, the future of our industry is bright."
The BCSP Scholarship focuses on construction management students with exceptional leadership in safety. The scholarship recipients went through a rigorous application process that required students to submit their transcripts, complete essay questions and provide recommendation letters not only from a faculty member but also one from an industry employer. Each application was reviewed by three board members and applicants had to be interviewed in-person by a local AGC member contractor.
"Investing in our youth is investing in the continued advancement of our profession," said BCSP's CEO Treasa Turnbeaugh. "With the BCSP Scholarship we are able to aid endeavoring young safety professionals in their pursuit of a safety career, and also assist in solidifying the future of our profession and the mission of ensuring that every worker returns home safely each day."
The AGC Education and Research Foundation offers undergraduate and graduate level scholarships to students enrolled in construction management or construction related engineering programs. More than $12 million in scholarships have been awarded to more than 4,000 students attending colleges and universities across the country. The winners of these scholarships were announced during the association's annual convention in Denver.
The Board of Certified Safety Professionals, headquartered in Indianapolis, Ind., is a not-for-profit corporation recognized as a leader in high-quality, accredited credentialing for safety, health and environmental (SH&E) practitioners. BCSP establishes standards and certifies competency criteria in professional safety practice.
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London, ON, August 31, 2011 - A recent Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) Vendor Landscape report published by Info-Tech Research Group, ranked Liebert/Emerson Network Power and Eaton Powerware as Champions in the UPS market. Both vendors have responded remarkably well to rising energy costs and provide their customers with solutions that meet their power needs while satisfying their budgets.
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My Weibo Page is Able to Tell Fortunes
My Weibo Page is Able to Tell Fortunes Chapter 12
Be killed
After coming back from the hot pot restaurant, Shen Yuanye lived a life of simplicity.
She didn't have many friends in the imperial capital. Everyone in the school went their separate ways, and only Sun Ai could talk to her.
Until the beginning of February, the magazine was published.
Shen Yuanye didn't ask for a sample magazine. She was afraid that she couldn't help it, so she thought that she was still waiting for the magazine to come out, just like everyone else.
Su Yun only came back from abroad last night.
That friend had really woke up, she and Lin Huixin were relieved, she couldn't leave Lin Huixin there alone.
Although not in the company, she still cares about the magazine.
After twelve o'clock, she called Shen Yuanye: "You are a newcomer, don't be too nervous, I don't think there will be a problem, trust my vision."
After experiencing the swimming pool, Su Yun showed great concern for her.
Shen Yuan Ye took a sip of water and replied, "I believe that Sister Yun's shape is only the first time, and I am still a little nervous."
Su Yun smiled and said, "I thought you could count it yourself."
I don't know if this is a temptation or something, Shen Yuanye didn't take it to heart, but said: "It's probably a person, not himself."
Su Yun believed it.
She has also heard that some people are taboo against such things, and it is normal not to count herself.
"Tomorrow morning, the first day's sales will be counted, and a document will be sent to you at that time. Remember to forward the company's video."
Shen Yuan Ye responded.
The video shooting is simpler than the magazine cover shooting, it is some daily introduction and follow-up shooting.
She logged into her Weibo.
Now there are 3 people on the watch list, and she dare not follow any of the other people. She is afraid that she knows the death date of others, but can't do anything.
I am also afraid that I will violate the fate.
She has watched a foreign movie. Because of the protagonist's foresight, a group of people escaped death, but in the rest of the time, they all avoided death.
Like a life and death book, everyone's future is fixed.
Sometimes when Shen Yuanye dreamed back at midnight, she would think if she came back from being born again, did the king think she was too wronged.
She rescued Zhang Wentao, Li Mengran and Su Yun, will it change the future, or change the original trajectory in a certain sense?
But if you do it again, she should also be rescued.
Shen Yuanye patted her face and said to herself, "What do you suddenly feel sentimental."
She is ready to be led by Weibo in the future.
Afterwards, Shen Yuanye logged onto Weibo, forwarded the video of the official blog of "Fei Shang", and took a deep breath while looking at the smiling self inside.
She will start a new life.
Hong Yuan is a freshman girl.
Her family is well-off, and she is studying hard in middle and high school. For this reason, she has myopia of more than 300 degrees. In the past few years, she has only used water and milk.
When I was in high school, my roommate usually put on makeup, his dexterous hands seemed to be magical, spots and blemishes were covered, and he went out beautifully.
She didn't say anything, but in her heart, she was always very envious.
After going to college, almost everyone around me put on makeup.
Hong Yuan felt like an ugly duckling. She couldn't bear to know nothing, even cosmetics.
Until one day, her roommate was going to shave her eyebrows. She mustered up the courage to go with her roommate and tried it out when the store recommended cosmetics.
When she finally opened her eyes, she was startled by herself in the mirror.
Hong Yuan decided at that moment to learn makeup.
She found a lot of dry goods posts on the Internet, followed countless beauty bloggers on Weibo, and watched videos to learn when she was free.
My roommate also recommended some fashion magazines to her. Hong Yuan's favorite is "Fashang", and she likes the makeup in every issue.
Today, the last month before the Chinese New Year, a copy of Hong Yuan's order arrived.
After returning to the dormitory after class, she couldn't wait to take it apart. Seeing the distinctive cover style, Hong Yuan was taken aback.
The cover is black and white, and the **** it looks like a butterfly in the dark night, with a charming makeup, her face sideways, and a beautiful nose.
Hong Yuan stared at her and fell in love.
This time, "Fei Shang" got rid of the sweet style of the past, but chose a black and white irregular line skirt to outline a graceful and beautiful figure, the makeup almost broke the cover, and the berry-colored lips were alluring to Fangze.
The best part is that the eyes of the cover model squinting over are clearly shot by the lens, seeming to be shining with water.
The unique temperament attracted Hong Yuan at once.
She recovered, and immediately looked for the model's name in the magazine, and soon saw the three words: Shen Yuanye.
The name is also nice.
Looking at such a beautiful makeup match, Hong Yuan's heartbeat started to speed up, feeling that the blood was surging up and she couldn't resist it.
She quickly opened the magazine, turned to the relevant inside page, and looked at the words inside, almost fascinated by the words, not even knowing when the roommate came back.
"Why are you so absorbed?" the roommate asked.
They all knew about Hong Yuan's makeup, and her roommate stretched her head out, "Far Shang has arrived. How about this issue? I heard it's a new model."
"It's so beautiful!" Hong Yuan raised her head and exclaimed.
She spread the magazine in front of them, "This model named Shen Yuanye looks beautiful, and the makeup suits her well."
The roommate tilted his face and exclaimed, "It's really good. I used this berry color so old-fashioned before, how can she paint it so beautifully? My heart is moved again."
She had bought a berry-colored lipstick before, but because she was too old-fashioned, she finally used the color and sold it on Xianyu.
Hong Yuan held the magazine, "I went to Weibo to search for this model."
She has ordered many issues of "Far", and now she has never seen this model. She must be a newcomer who has just discovered.
She went to Weibo, searched for "Shen Yuan Ye", and immediately popped up countless Weibo accounts. Fortunately, Weibo users have tips on the top.
Hong Yuan went in happily, and there were already many comments under the top Weibo.
"Ahhhhhhhh, the blogger is so beautiful! Let me kiss you!"
"I only found Weibo after buying a magazine. I really like the makeup of "Fei Shang" this time. It used to be a little too girly."
"Miss Sister's lips are so beautiful, I want to kiss it even as a girl!"
"I was frozen by that look! It was so beautiful, I looked like I saw a fairy picking strawberries in the forest…"
Hong Yuan looked at the exclamation marks.
She looked down at the magazine that was placed on the table, and on the clean cover, the girl looked at her sideways, with a dark back and a vague shadow of a tree.
His eyes fixed on that lip.
Hong Yuan rubbed her face and blushed.
She just… just really wanted to go up there…
The beauty of magazine models is not the point, but whether they are suitable for fashion, face and body. Some people are beautiful to the extreme, but they are not qualified models.
Su Yun's words rang in Shen Yuan's ears.
The mobile phone Weibo notification kept ringing, she simply turned off the ringtone and turned off the vibration, which was quite quiet.
At the same time, Sun Ai called and exclaimed in surprise: "Yuan Ye, you actually took the cover of "Fei Shang", I don't know."
Shen Yuanye's heartbeat became faster again, "I'm afraid it won't look good in the shot."
"Super good-looking!" Sun Ai exclaimed, "I wouldn't know if I didn't see it on my colleague's desk. She has already started your lip glaze. Why didn't I find you suitable for this style before."
"That's because I have never tried it." Shen Yuanye said softly.
She also applied a berry-colored lip glaze today, and her fair skin was reflected in the mirror, as if she had accidentally been stained with wild raspberries.
After a few conversations with Sun Ai, he hung up.
This is why Shen Yuanye didn't choose to sign immediately.
If the February issue of "Fashang" sells well, she will at least not be as good as having nothing in Huayi's company.
Thinking of the magazine, Shen Yuanye decided to go out and see how many people bought it.
In the imperial capital, there is never a shortage of fashionable girls.
It was already snowing outside. When the first snow came the first two days ago, there were all photo groups on Weibo, and the topic was also sent to hot searches.
Shen Yuan's coconut scarf covered half of his face, and then he wore a line cap and a heavy coat on him, which made it hard to recognize even familiar people.
After four o'clock, she stopped in front of a bookstore.
This bookstore is the hottest in this area, not to mention the largest, but it has the most traffic. It is suitable for all ages and will buy things here.
Shen Yuanye walked in, and as soon as she entered the magazine area, she saw the magazine she was doing on the cover.
There were a lot of people in the bookstore. Some of them were cold and wanted to come in and blow up the heating. They sat quietly on the side with books, magazines, and mobile phones.
There are also many girls carrying bags to choose magazines.
Shen Yuanye stopped on the side of "Fashang". The two girls on her body were supposed to be friends, and they talked quietly from time to time.
"…I bought this magazine last time, and it contains too little dry goods." The girl skimmed over a Japanese magazine, and under Shen Yuanye's vague gaze, she touched "Fishhang" with her hand.
Another girl leaned in and said, "This looks pretty good."
"I want to try this eye makeup." The girl pointed to the corner of Shen Yuanye's eyes on the cover and said, "Her lips are really beautiful. If only they could be made like this."
Shen Yuanye listened silently.
After going back and forth several times, most of the girls who entered the magazine area bought a copy of "Fargo", which made her feel relieved.
The sky was sinking outside.
Shen Yuanye didn't stay outside any longer, turned around and took a magazine behind him and went to the cashier to pay.
There are a few people in front.
Shen Yuanye raised the magazine in her hand boredly, only to realize that she was holding an entertainment magazine, and on the cover was the actor's cheating news from the previous two days.
"…" It's amazing.
Shen Yuanye twitched at the corner of her lips, and was about to look up, her eyes suddenly stopped on a line of white lettering in the lower left corner.
——Singer Huang Ni was killed at home!
If her memory is correct, Huang Ni is the singer she saw at the hot pot restaurant two weeks ago.
Status: Completed Type: Chinese Novel Author: Jiang Zhi Yu Released: 2017 Native Language: Chinese
Horror Mystery Romance Supernatural
After rebirth, Shen Yuanye discovered that her Weibo page was able to foresee the future. As soon as she followed the other party's Weibo page, it would immediately refresh to show the other party's [Portrait of the Deceased], [Date of Death], and [Picture of the Death Scene]. ……Eventually, the foreseeing function of her Weibo page had upgraded. "Film Emperor Zhang and Empress of Pop Li, who fights everyday……are actually in the same Portrait of the Deceased?" "Singer was killed……the murderer's shoe was photographed at the death scene?" "The new young actress and the Film Empress……died at the same time?" Jiang Pan: Why do you not follow me on Weibo? Shen Yuanye: …… That was because she did not want to see both of them together in his Portrait of the Deceased after she followed him on Weibo. I shall unfollow you, unfollow!
Sacrifice to the Devil Ch. 49
Sacrifice to the Devil


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Organize to fight for jobs, wages and health!
New gov't lockdowns make workers' jobs crisis worse
While the government claims unemployment is going down, tens of millions of working people have been out of work for many months and thousands more job cuts have been announced. And bosses are demanding bigger wage and benefit cuts and…
Demand jobs, gov't-funded lifelong health care for all
From farmers in India to workers fighting Remington bosses in Ilion, New York, working people are finding ways to stand up to the determined moves by the bosses to use government-imposed lockdowns to slash jobs and push more of the…
India farmers: 'End the gov't attack on our livelihoods!'
A monthslong rebellion by Indian farmers, which has drawn solidarity actions from the Indian diaspora around the world, continues to intensify, shaking the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Hundreds of thousands of family farmers converged on the capital, New…
NY Remington workers march for severance pay, new jobs
ILION, N.Y. — Some 30 people participated in an informational picket here Dec. 5 to show support for United Mine Workers Local 717 members demanding Remington Outdoor Co. honor their union contract. Remington bosses filed for bankruptcy in July, terminated…
Socialist Workers Party brings action program to working people
CARROLLTON, Ga. —"I'm 100% for that," Dylan Tapia told Rachele Fruit, the Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. Senate, when she said working people need to break from the Democrats and Republicans and build their own party, a labor party.…
Shift in Middle East can lead to new opening for working people
The most significant developments in the Middle East in years are the agreements reached by the rulers in Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain for mutual recognition, facilitated by the administration of President Donald Trump. These Sunni Arab rulers,…
Cuba exposes 'San Isidro' smear, defends record on art and culture
Alabama Amazon warehouse workers fight for union
COVID-19 poses deadly crisis for workers behind bars
Thai protests continue fight for political rights
'Militant' holiday schedule
New York nurses strike for safety, patient care, better wages
Chicago nursing home workers win pay raise after 12-day strike
Airport workers challenge boss demands for 25% wage cut
'Decisive battles for future of humanity will be fought in the US'
'Resistance by Cuba is the participation of the entire people'
Interview with Gerardo Hernández, leader of Cuba's Committees for the Defense of the Revolution
Below are major excerpts from remarks made by Gerardo Hernández during a program sponsored by the Cuba…
Defending the Cuban Revolution, strengthening US working people
An article headlined "Would a Joe Biden White House Be Better for Cuba?" appeared in last…
Socialist Workers Party action program
THE SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY PRESENTS A FIGHTING WORKING-CLASS PROGRAM. WE NEED TO ORGANIZE TO FIGHT GROWING…
Revolution, counterrevolution and war in Iran: Social and political roots of workers' protests that swept 90 cities and small towns
Militant Supplement on Iran
The article below corrects the initial weeks of Militant coverage of the large working-class protests…
Uber, Yellow Cab drivers need unity to fight bosses
NEW YORK — The cutthroat competition among Uber, Lyft, other e-hail car services, livery companies and the…
US out of Korea! An unknown history: History of Washington's intervention in Korea
Militant Supplement on Korea
The following article was originally published in three parts in the Militant in 2013 on September 23,…
SWP Statement
For recognition of a Palestinian state and Israel
• For recognition of a Palestinian state and of Israel
• For repeal of U.S. Jerusalem Embassy Act
• For workers' solidarity in Israel, Palestine, the world over
The following statement, drafted by Steve Clark, was released Dec. 11 by Jack Barnes, Socialist Workers Party…
Cuba and Chernobyl
This Cuban documentary produced in 2006 tells the story of the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe in Ukraine and Cuba's exemplary internationalist medical program that treated more than 25,000 victims.


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Fallout from the controversy at the border
by: Gabriela Torres
Posted: Jun 24, 2018 / 06:20 PM CDT / Updated: Jun 25, 2018 / 01:18 PM CDT
AUSTIN (KXAN) — After widespread displays of public disapproval, President Donald Trump reversed his administration's policy of separating children from parents accused of illegally crossing the souther US border. Despite the change, the confusion on the border is far from over.
While the executive order ended family separation, it does not provide guidance surrounding the process of reuniting the families affected by the earlier policy. With more than 2,000 children now spread across 17 states, many worry some reunions will never happen.
The former head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, John Sandweg speculates there could be "hundreds of cases where children are permanently separated from their parents, becoming wards of the United States."
A significant number of Texans supported President Trump's policy to separate children from their parents at the border. A poll released this week by the Texas Tribune and University of Texas found that Texas voters are torn on the issue. Democrats overwhelmingly oppose the policy. But a plurality Republicans lean to the side of support with 46 percent saying they support separating families at the border, and only 35 percent opposing the practice. As a whole, though, the majority of the state is against this practice, with 57 percent opposing family separation.
The differing viewpoints among Texas voters make it difficult to determine whether the policy will have a political impact. "There will be some cringing behind closed doors from Republicans, a lot of whispers," predicted Johnathan Silver, a reporter for the Austin American-Statesman. But, long-term repercussions are unclear. Texas Tribune reporter Alana Rocha said the impact of the crisis could be lost to "political amnesia" at the polls in November.
"Voters are so busy, they often forget in the moment what is infuriating them," Rocha said. "When they go to the polls, if they're die-hard Republicans, they'll vote Republican."
The executive order does not change the President's zero-tolerance prosecution of people illegally crossing into the United States. Now, shelters are overflowing, tent cities are popping up, and many Texans are finding more questions than answers.
Many city and state officials feel they are being left in the dark when it comes to the fate of these immigrants. The United States Conference of Mayors placed an official request to see the tent city in Tornillo, near El Paso. They were told it could be weeks before they could go inside. Representative Mary Gonzalez (D-Clint) essentially snuck into the tent city in her own district. "There's an intentionality around keeping this silent and keeping it invisible," Gonzalez said.
Expecting the worst, Rep. Gonzalez said she was pleasantly surprised to find the shelter equipped with medical care, therapists and clean water. Despite the care, Gonzalez still isn't satisfied. "Kids should never be incarcerated. This is really dehumanizing and it is unpractical and it is not sustainable," Gonzalez said. "Is that the future of the United States?"
The organizations running these shelters have also found themselves under public scrutiny. Southwest Key, a nonprofit based in Austin, houses 5,000 children and is currently facing criticism for its involvement. The group's CEO, Dr. Juan Sanchez, defended the company's role, saying "we do not know what will happen to these kids if we get out of the way — and we also know there are very few if any that understand the culture — understand the language and are able to provide the service to these kids like that."
The mental health of the children impacted by family separations is also a concern. Sera Bonds, the CEO of Circle of Health International says "the trauma of the children is palatable, visible and very, very moving." Many in the medical community worry this trauma will stick with them into adulthood and evolve into serious problems such as depression and personality disorders.
Now, the pressure is on Congress to find common ground and pass immigration reform legislation. The first immigration bill to reach the U.S. House of Representatives has already been rejected. Another is set for a vote next week.
More Texas Stories
AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin police officer and his wife are suing Ford Motor Company and others after they say the officer got carbon monoxide poisoning while sitting in a police vehicle manufactured by Ford.
Pedro Garza III, an Austin police officer, and his wife Son Thi Nguyen Garza are suing several companies for an incident stemming from 2017. Garza III was working on-duty and was in his 2014 Ford Explorer Police Interceptor when he became dizzy and ill and was taken to the hospital. He was diagnosed with carbon monoxide poisoning which the couple claims resulted in neurological issues that he continues to seek treatment for.
by Associated Press / Jul 18, 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) — Protesters angered by the federal detainment of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border blocked access to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in Washington, D.C., and staged a sit-in.
News outlets report at least 10 sit-in demonstrators were arrested and charged with unlawful entry. Dozens marched from the National Mall to the agency's site around lunch time Tuesday, stopping federal workers from returning to their desks.
Charter bus carrying kids returning from summer camp catches fire in Blanco County
by KXAN Staff / Jul 18, 2019
BLANCO COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — A charter bus carrying children from a summer camp caught fire Thursday morning at U.S. Highway 281 and Ranch Road 1323 north of Johnson City, according to the Blanco County News.
The buses were traveling back to San Antonio with campers from Summit Christian Church.


It's possible to enjoy chips and dip without blowing your diet.
Today is National Chip & Dip Day, one of those food combinations everyone loves. That is, if you're not trying to keep your weight down and stay healthy. While the dip can be a problem when it comes to calories, the biggest offender is the chips...but they don't have to be.
One alternative to potato or bread - based chips is making cheese chips. I've tried these at home and they're delicious. Just be sure to place them on a paper towel to absorb the excess grease.There are also tons of vegetable - based chips out there. These were rated the healthiest by Greatist.com.
When it comes to dips, avoiding heavy creams and fat is the key. Here's a list of light dips that can be easily made. You can also make your favorite dips with fat - free or light ingredients. Fat - free yogurt is a great alternative to sour cream in most dip recipes.
No matter how you celebrate National Chip & Dip Day, just be sure you don't double - dip!


University Professor Stephen Owen completed an eight-year-long project to translate Chinese poet Du Fu's 1,400 poems into English, aiming to make the works more accessible.
Members of the newly-formed Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Student Advisory Committee met for the first time this week to discuss how to increase undergraduate involvement at the Center.
Former students and colleagues remembered Philip A. Kuhn '54, once director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and professor of History and East Asian Languages, for his contributions to Chinese studies and mentorship of graduate students.
Liu Xia has seen her husband and her brother repeatedly arrested, jailed, and imprisoned, for likely politically-motivated reasons, and has herself been placed under house arrest and constant surveillance. It is no wonder that Kafka is a recurring figure in her poetry.
Xu Zhong, a visiting scholar in Harvard's economic department, speaks in Chinese about China's development and future on Friday afternoon. The event was hosted by the Harvard China Forum.
The course has garnered controversy, with some questioning whether it objectively teaches Mao Zedong's theories, strategies, and policies and calling it a reiteration of the Chinese Communist Party ideology.
Based at the Harvard Center Shanghai, the new Harvard Global Institute will provide grants to research projects that focus on climate and energy science, economics, engineering, and environmental health.
Colleagues say East Asian Languages and Civilizations professor Mark Elliott provides valuable expertise to Harvard's global outreach.
A group of China experts gathered Wednesday afternoon in the Center for Government and International Studies to answer questions audience members would ask Chinese President Xi Jinxing if given the chance. Discussion topics ranged from China's economy to environmental issues to higher education in both the US and China.
Su Mang, President and CEO of Trends Media Group, speaks at the closing ceremony of the 2015 Harvard China Forum at Memorial Church on Sunday. The Forum served as an opportunity for prominent leaders to speak on China-related issues throughout the weekend.
Speeches and panels fell under this year's theme of "defining the Chinese dream," and addressed the challenges of entrepreneurship in China.
Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin M. Rudd urged the U.S. and Chinese governments to develop a common strategic narrative to improve their relations during a panel.
Former United Nations Security Council president Kishore Mahbubani argued that the U.S. needs to begin considering a world in which China is the primary superpower on Wednesday night.


The United States Tennis Association announced today that the current U.S. Open facilities in Flushing Meadows, NY will undergo massive $500 million renovations to include two new stadiums and a practice court viewing deck, but still no roof built over Arthur Ashe Stadium.
New walkway on Southern courts: in order to accommodate fan movement between the new Grandstand court and Court 17 which was built just last year, the southern row of courts will all be moved 30-50 feet further south.
And speaking of Court 17, it was built by Rossetti Architects, the same architects expected to continue in the renovations of the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. They have also built four other tennis centers in the U.S., including two for Masters Series tournaments at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park (home of the Sony Open) and Indian Wells Tennis Garden (home of the BNP Paribas Open).
Their rendered photo below seems to be of the new proposed Grandstand court meant to be housed in the southwestern corner. But if you look closely, the date on the side of the stadium states "2009." There is, however, no visual reference to a Court 17 on the opposite southern corner of the grounds and built last year. Was this photo actually another version of where Court 17 was supposed to be, and not Grandstand as is proposed now?
Don't believe my skepticism? Well, look at this photo. Armstrong and Grandstand as they stand now are fully seen here (top right corner), there is no Court 17 in the southeastern corner (bottom right), but a "new" court in the southwestern corner looks eerily similar in placement and shape to the new proposed Grandstand court. Also, notice anything different with Ashe stadium? Yes, there is this strange contraption called a "roof" over the entire stadium. How did that happen and where did it go?
A New York Times article today cited that "despite years of consultations with engineers, the [USTA] has not found the lightweight, cost-effective technology that is needed [to build a roof over Ashe]. One rejected idea for a roof included resting one on columns surrounding the stadium." The above photo seems in line with that quote, but if an architectural firm can draw it, you would think they could build it. You would think wrong, apparently.


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We now expect the UK's departure from the EU—scheduled for March 29th—to be delayed. With the date approaching, no resolution to the political impasse over the country's future relationship with the EU is in sight. Although a withdrawal agreement between the EU and the UK was finalised at an EU summit on November 25th, it has been widely condemned by UK members of parliament (MPs). The main objection is that the agreement contains a "backstop" arrangement designed to avoid a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, which could keep the UK permanently in an EU customs territory if no equivalent UK-EU trade deal is found. We expect the deal to be rejected in a "meaningful vote" scheduled for January 15th. This will force the prime minister, Theresa May, to delay Brexit by requesting an extension of the Article 50 window for negotiating the UK's withdrawal, which we believe the EU will agree to. Mrs May will then campaign to get the deal approved by parliament in a subsequent vote by pursuing further assurances from the EU on the terms of withdrawal, and particularly on the terms of the Irish backstop arrangement. We assign a 40% probability to Mrs May getting a version of her deal ultimately approved by parliament. If she is unable to do so, it is possible that cross-party support will build to keep the UK in the European Economic Area and a customs union—the so-called "Norway plus" option. However, MPs may fear being punished by voters for pursuing a "Brexit in name only". As a result, there is a significant chance that the government will call a second referendum on EU membership (30% probability) or that there will be a general election (10%), particularly in the event of that Mrs May's deal is defeated by a wide margin on January 15th. A second referendum would give the government direction and popular legitimacy on how to proceed, but would also prolong the uncertainty facing the UK economy. For now, a no-deal Brexit is the least likely outcome, suggesting that the UK and the EU should avoid the dire economic consequences of such a scenario, but it cannot be ruled out, and could also be voted for in a second referendum.


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Home The North The Clarion GREAT NEWS! Sacked for being rude about Wales, your favourite writer is...
GREAT NEWS! Sacked for being rude about Wales, your favourite writer is back!
KEITH HANN: Sacked for being rude to about Wales, your favourite writer is back
IN FORCING ICELAND FOODS BOSS Sir Malcolm Walker to dismiss his director of corporate affairs over a seven-year-old joke, Welsh nationalists have done the English-reading public – and this website – an enormous favour: they have given us back our star columnist.
Keith Hann, PR extraordinaire and the driest, most acerbic wit on this or any other UK website, has been fired from his 'day job' over the fallout from a jokey reference he wrote in a newspaper column in 2014 – THREE YEARS before he even joined Iceland's staff!
In his popular column in the Newcastle Journal seven years ago, Hann commented on the persistent demands for independence from Scots nationalists – yes, the inflammatory article wasn't even about Wales! – by describing his five-year "double life" which sees him divide his time between two homes: one overlooking the Scottish border, the other a short drive from the border with Wales.
"In Northumberland," he wrote, "I can actually see the border from my windows but rarely venture across it, because I have been made to feel so unwelcome whenever I have done so of late.
"I don't think it's anything personal, but a country that makes much its undisputed natural beauty as a tourist attraction might perhaps try a little harder not to make English visitors feel so spectacularly unwanted."
He went on to explain that he now spent the majority of his life in Cheshire and crossed into Wales "on a daily basis, for the simple reason that my principal client is based there." Iceland, the nationwide food retailer and the most important client of Hann's successful independent public reations company, is headquartered in Deeside, north Wales.
In the enjoyably acerbic style once beloved of his newspaper readers and more recently a feature of this website, Hann continued:
"One notices the difference immediately as the worn-out, potholed English road gives way to the immaculately tarmacked Welsh one.
"Like the Scots, those who live in Wales have a variety of other expensive privileges showered upon them, from free prescriptions to cut-price university education. Yet, oddly, house prices are materially higher on the English side of the Welsh border.
"This may be because the NHS in England is marginally less likely to kill you, or because the supermarket signage is not incomprehensible, or because many people don't want their kids educated in a dead language that sounds uncannily like someone with bad catarrh clearing his throat."
This was the killer comment that signalled Hann's demise: it was pounced on by Nation.Cymru, a Welsh news website, which alerted Celtic nationalists and Welsh language lovers to mobilise and threaten Iceland with a Wales-wide boycott of its stores.
The Times editorial on Keith's dismissal
Despite social media apologies from Iceland and from Hann, 66, who pointed out that the humorous view had been his own, Hann was dismissed the following day.
A spokeswoman said: "Iceland has taken action in light of recent comments made by its director of corporate affairs, resulting in the dismissal of Mr Hann with immediate effect.
"We would like to reiterate that these comments in no way reflect the values or philosophy of our business. We are a proud Welsh company, with a long history of investment in communities across Wales, and apologise for any upset or offence caused."
IT IS AN ILL WIND THAT BLOWS NO ONE ANY GOOD: as editor of Voiceofthenorth.net, I celebrate Keith's return to the fold on a more regular basis. The infrequency of his columns during his full-time employment with Iceland has frustrated his loyal readership.
Politically, we are poles apart; I rarely agree with anything he writes but I am aware that thousands of you do and, as editor, I shall defend his right to the freedom to express opinions which may be unpopular with some but which, nevertheless, need saying.
I have already asked him to resume his weekly contributions and Keith looks forward to reconnecting with our growing readership on a more frequent basis.
AND LEST YOU FORGOT. . .
Here are just a small selection of some of Keith Hann's targets. Like his views or loathe them, they are always apt, pithy and drily humorous.
ON VEGANS AND ANIMAL LOVERS:
I could never become a vegan because I am already one of the most boring people in Britain, and if I had to bang on about my vegan principles at the start of every conversation, as seems to be the accepted social norm, I would be simply unbearable.
ON TAKING MEDICAL ADVICE:
Conscious of having a responsibility to stick around for a while, as the elderly father of young children, and additionally mindful of being overweight and insufficiently active, I logged onto an NHS website at the weekend in search of advice. It informed me that I was obese, with a BMI (Body Mass Index) of 32.5, and counselled that I needed to lose 5st 10lb
ON BREXIT AND INDECISION:
I am in the unusual position of dividing my time between two Parliamentary constituencies, in Northumberland and Cheshire. Both are represented by Conservative MPs, yet their views on the great issue of the day could not be further apart.
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My daughter's best friend will be celebrating her first year of marriage this coming Monday. That's right, they got married on Valentine's Day. Oh, and ya...it's also her birthday! Could she make it an easier on this guy?
He has one date to remember every year: February 14th. In one fell swoop he takes care of his wife's birthday, their anniversary day and the annual Sweetheart's celebration known as Valentine's Day! I guess the bad news is 3 gifts/1 day, but then again, he has a whole year to save up!
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Thank you for taking the time to attend the Warwick Network 365 session at our campus allotment. We'd love to know how you found the session to help us plan for our future programme of events. Our Warwick Network 365 programme of staff events offers year-round opportunities for you and your colleagues to engage with Warwick workshops, sessions and showcases covering a range of topics and interests. Visit Warwick Network 365 to find out more.
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Michael Jordan's name echoed through the annals of basketball history after his iconic game-winning shot in the 1982 NCAA national championship game sent the crowd into a frenzy. But little did the world know, that was just the beginning of his ascent to basketball immortality. The 1983 Pan American games marked his debut on the international stage and he left a lasting impression with his dominant performances, leaving his opponents in awe of his extraordinary talents. It was here, on the grand stage of international basketball, where Jordan truly announced himself to the world as a force to be reckoned with.
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We watched maybe the greatest superstar of all time, of any sport, Renfro said. But look at all the talent that surrounded him — Tisdale, Price, Mullin, Perkins and others. You look back and, of course. It was pretty awesome to watch MJ dominate the best in the world."
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Before he became a living legend, Michael Jordan was just a young man with a dream and a basketball in his hands. In 1983, he was considered one of the best college basketball players in the country, and his talent was about to be put on display on the international stage. As a member of the United States Pan American basketball team, Jordan traveled to Salina, Kansas with his 11 teammates and coach, Jack Hartman of Kansas State. The team was a powerhouse, featuring future NBA standouts like Jordan, Mark Price, Wayman Tisdale, and Sam Perkins. Jordan led the team in scoring with an impressive 17.3 points per game, and together they dominated the competition at the Pan American Games in Caracas, Venezuela, winning eight straight games and securing a gold medal in August of 1983. The Pan Am Games, which feature countries from North, South and Central America, are held every four years in the year leading up to the Summer Olympics, and it was here that Jordan first announced himself as a true basketball force to be reckoned with.
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Today in History: Minority demands whereabouts of US$47m given GNPC to acquire shares in oil block
Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC)
In 2019, the minority in parliament demanded that government account for some 47million dollars approved for the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) to acquire an additional 10% shares in an oil block.
GNPC already held 10 percent interest in the oil block discovered by Hess, in 2014. The Corporation requested an additional 10 percent through its subsidiary Explorco, and subsequently signed a 44-million-dollar agreement with Hess in 2015.
Although the money was approved by parliament, the shares were not acquired early enough. However, the money was not accounted for, according to the minority.
The minority said the GNPC was after September 2017, expected to effect payment for the 10% shares but failed, forcing Hess to reclaim the 10 percent it had allocated to GNPC through Explorco.
"It was planned that after the ITLOS ruling, payment would be made for the 10% [shares]," the statement signed by Ranking Member for Mines and Energy Committee, Adam Mutawakilu MP said.
Read the full story originally published on January 14, 2019 by 3news.com
The Minority is demanding the whereabouts of some 47 million dollars approved by parliament for the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) to acquire 10 percent shares in an oil block in Ghana's Deepwater Tano Cape Three Point (DWT/CTP).
GNPC, which already holds 10 percent interest in the oil block discovered by Hess, in 2014 requested to acquire additional 10 percent through its subsidiary Explorco, and subsequent signed a 44-million-dollar agreement with Hess in 2015.
In the 2015 and 2016 budgets, the minority said parliament approved 47 million dollars to GNPC and same was released by the government in GNPC's annual programme of activities for the two years, to pay for the additional 10 percent.
However, the minority in a statement issued Monday said the boundary dispute between Ivory Coast and Ghana caused the execution of the assignment and assumption agreement to delay and also affected the petroleum operations of the DWT/CTP Block between 2014 and 2017.
This, the minority said, has left GNPC with a paltry 10 percent in the entire oil block leaving Hess with 50 percent, Lukoil 38% and Fueltrade 2%.
Hess Ghana's shares have since 2018 been taken by Aker Energy.
According to them, when Hess in 2018 opted to sell its 50% shares to Aker Energy, the then Minister of Energy, Boakye Agyarko proceeded to approve the transaction in spite of the several requests from the Minority to the government to acquire the 10% paying interest to minimize the effects of the flaws in the fiscal package.
"This act of negligence and incompetence has made Ghana to lose 10% more shares in the block. The benefits that would have accrued to Government by taking the 10% share would have been enormous," the minority indicated.
No new oil discovery
Meanwhile, the Minority has laughed off what it called "attempt to deceive Ghanaians into believing that there is a new discovery of 550million barrels of oil by Aker Energy".
According to the minority, Ghana in 2006 signed a petroleum agreement with Hess Ghana for exploration and production of DWT/CTP block for seven years, which was subsequently ratified by parliament the same year.
Per the agreement, GNPC had 10 percent and Hess Ghana 90 percent.
At the expiration of the agreement on 18th July 2013, the exploration period had acquired a total of 300 square. Km of Seismic data and had drilled eight exploratory wells and made seven successive discoveries between 2011 and 2013. Five of the wells were for oil and two for gas.
"It is evident that the Pecan discovery in 2012 under President Mahama's Government is now being treated by the Nana Addo/Bawumia led Government as if it is a new discovery," the minority said.
"It is important to put on record that, what Aker Energy did since 2018 and after the ITLOS ruling, was drilling Appraisal wells based on Hess's acquired data to determine the commercial nature of the discoveries that were made by Hess in 2012 and 2013," it added.
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How to Choose the Safest Seat on a Plane
by Allison Hope
At the front, or in the back? Over the wing? In an exit row? Here's what we know.
Many nervous fliers wonder how a giant hunk of metal can safely hurtle hundreds of miles an hour thousands of feet in the air. Routine bumps and heaves sometimes even lead to darker thoughts altogether: If the plane were to crash, which seats are the safest? Is is better to sit behind the wing? Near the front? In an aisle seat versus a window seat? Does where you sit inform your likelihood of surviving a crash? While there's no conclusive study or consensus among officials—including the Federal Aviation Administration, National Transportation Safety Board, and numerous airlines—there is some intel that points to certain fact patterns.
In 2007, Popular Mechanics examined data from every single commercial plane crash in the U.S. since the 1970s, and came to the conclusion that it's safer to sit near the rear of the plane: They estimated a 69 percent survival rate for those sitting in the rear cabin, compared with just 49 percent for those in the front cabin (sorry, premium fliers).
Time reached a similar conclusion. After crunching data from the Federal Aviation Administration's CSRTG Aircraft Accident Database last year, the magazine found that the middle seats toward the rear third of the plane are most likely to preserve your life and limb, with a 32 percent fatality rate. The worst place to sit, according to that data? Those who sat in aisle seats in the middle third section of the cabin were met with a 44 percent fatality rate. A 2011 study out of the University of Greenwich showed, perhaps unsurprisingly, that those seated closest to the emergency exits were also most likely to escape and survive.
How to Survive a Plane Crash: The Importance of Evacuation Safety
Statistics aside, your likelihood of walking away from a plane crash because you're sitting in a particular seat is relative to the type of impact and conditions.
"Each accident is different, and there is no way to predict outcome and/or the circumstances of the accident before it occurs that would provide a definitive answer," NTSB spokesperson Keith Holloway tells Condé Nast Traveler. Holloway did, however, relay some tips the flying public can keep in mind to improve their chances of survival, including listening to flight attendants' preflight briefings, knowing where primary and secondary exits are—and how to operate them—and knowing where emergency equipment is stowed and how to use it. Safety experts from the FAA also advise that fliers count the number of rows between them and the two nearest exits at the start of the flight, and assume the brace position upon impact—head down, arms crossed.
Bottom line? You're probably better off picking your seat based on whether you prefer a view, or whether or not you've got easy access to the bathroom. Flying is safer than driving, biking, boating, and yes, even walking, so the likelihood that you'll have to worry about survival is pretty close to zero. Still, if you want to breathe a little bit easier, book near the back of the plane. Looking to avoid those aforementioned bumps and heaves? Experts suggest sitting between the wings for the smoothest ride near the plane's center of gravity, as you're more likely to feel the turbulence more in the front and back of the aircraft.
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