|Publication number||US6173563 B1|
|Application number||US 09/114,205|
|Publication date||Jan 16, 2001|
|Filing date||Jul 13, 1998|
|Priority date||Jul 13, 1998|
|Also published as||EP0972922A2, EP0972922A3|
|Publication number||09114205, 114205, US 6173563 B1, US 6173563B1, US-B1-6173563, US6173563 B1, US6173563B1|
|Inventors||Himanshu Bachubhai Vakil, Anthony John Dean, Jatila Ranasinghe|
|Original Assignee||General Electric Company|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (17), Referenced by (59), Classifications (20), Legal Events (6)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
The present invention relates to a method for improving the power rating and efficiency of a steam and gas turbine (“STAG”) combined cycle plant. In particular, the invention concerns a method for increasing the total output power of a combined cycle plant, with no degradation in thermal efficiency, by cooling the air inlet to the gas turbine using a multi-component working fluid (such as a mixture of ammonia and water) and a portion of the waste heat in the low pressure section of a heat recovery steam generator (“HRSG”) in the bottoming cycle. As discussed herein, a “chiller” positioned outside the HRSG uses a multi-component working fluid to cool the air inlet to the gas turbine to thereby improve the total output power of the turbine particularly when the ambient air temperature of the feed to the gas turbine exceeds about 60° F.
“Combined cycle” power generation systems are well known in the art and typically include a gas turbine and a heat recovery steam generator that utilizes the heat from the gas turbine exhaust in order to generate high and intermediate pressure steam which in turn drives a steam turbine. The steam cycles used in conventional heat recovery steam generators vary considerably in design and operation. Typically, however, such systems use single-pressure or multiple-pressure heat recovery cycles (i.e., cycles that vary in steam pressure from high to low) with multiple heat recovery evaporators (boilers) to generate steam at the pressure levels necessary to drive different stages of the steam turbine.
The term “bottoming cycle” has long been used in the industry to describe the heat recovery steps which generate intermediate and low pressure steam for use in corresponding intermediate and low pressure stages of the steam turbine. In most combined cycle power plants, the inherent mismatch in thermal characteristics of the gas turbine exhaust (which releases sensible heat upon cooling in the HRSG) and the steam generator (which absorbs latent heat of boiling at a constant temperature) often results in thermodynamic losses in the range of about 10% of the work produced by the bottoming cycle.
A continuing need exists to improve the efficiency of conventional gas turbine combined cycle power plants. Thus, it has become common practice to utilize multiple pressure steam cycles to minimize the extent of the thermodynamic losses, particularly in the bottoming cycle. However, practical constraints limit the number of different pressures to three or less. With single pressure steam cycles, the thermodynamic losses can be higher than the 10% level. Even in multiple-pressure designs, considerable attention must be paid to optimizing the design of feed water preheaters, superheaters and reheater devices in order to minimize the potential efficiency losses.
The most common thermodynamic cycle for producing energy from a heat source in an HRSG is known as the “Rankine cycle.” In a conventional Rankine cycle, a single working fluid (normally water) is evaporated using a readily available heat source and then expanded across one or more stages of the steam turbine, thereby transforming its energy into a more useable form for generating electricity. The “spent” working fluid vapor is then condensed in a condenser using an available cooling medium, such as cooling water. The potential energy of the condensed working fluid is increased by pumping it to a higher pressure and then re-heating the pressurized liquid in the HRSG to generate additional higher pressure steam as a new working fluid. Although the Rankine cycle works very effectively, it often suffers from efficiency losses due to the additional energy required to regenerate the steam, particularly in multiple-stage HRSG systems.
Another known problem in the operation of conventional combined gas/steam turbine cycles is that they experience reductions in total output power as compared to the rated value of the system when the air inlet temperature to the first stage gas turbine exceeds about 60° F. during, for example, the hottest months of the year. In the past, various attempts have been made to use mechanical refrigeration to reduce the temperature of the inlet air to the gas turbine. One obvious drawback to conventional refrigeration systems is that they ultimately reduce the efficiency of the overall process because of the power necessarily consumed by the refrigeration compressor and related equipment.
During the past ten years, various patents have issued describing the use of multi-component working fluids (such as ammonia and water) to improve the efficiency of conventional Rankine cycles by substituting the multi-component fluid for water in the heat recovery steam generation cycles. These new systems—known generally as “Exergy systems” —operate on the general principal that a binary (multi-component) working fluid can be pumped to a high working pressure and then heated to partially vaporize the working fluid. The mixture is then flashed under non-isothermal conditions to separate the high and low boiling working fluid compounds, with the low boiling component being expanded across a turbine to drive the turbine and generate additional electricity. The high boiling component contains recoverable heat for use in heating the binary working fluid to evaporation. Typically, the high boiling component is then mixed with the “spent” low boiling fluid to absorb the spent working fluid in a condenser in the presence of a cooling medium.
In certain instances, these known Exergy cycles using multi-component fluids have demonstrated improved efficiencies as compared to Rankine cycles when a relatively low temperature heat source is employed. Multi-component systems, however, tend to provide less theoretical and practical advantages over conventional cycles when higher temperature heat sources are involved. Some later-generation multi-component systems provide improved efficiencies by using a distillation step in which part of the working fluid is distilled to assist in regenerating the working fluid. In that regard, various systems (known generally as “Kalina cycles”) have been proposed as modifications of the original concept of using a multi-component working fluid to improve the thermodynamic efficiencies of bottoming cycles. See., e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,346,561; 4,489,563; 4,548,043; 4,586,340; 4,604,867; 4,732,005; 4,763480; 4,899,545; 4,982,568; 5,029,444; 5,095,708 and 5,203,899. One clear disadvantage of the prior art Kalina-type systems is that the multi-component “working fluid” can cause significant increases in overall turbine cost due to the inherent corrosive potential of ammonia-water working fluids on turbine blades and other components used in the power generation cycles.
In addition, although the modified Kalina bottoming cycle designs tend to reduce the thermodynamic losses in the HSRG by using mixtures that undergo non-isothermal changes in state, such systems must carefully match the thermal characteristics of the working fluid to that of the gas turbine exhaust by using multiple reheats and/or by partitioning the two-phase heat load on the system. Thus, in the past, it has been very difficult to incorporate the potential efficiency advantages offered by a Kalina-type cycle into a conventional multi-pressure steam bottoming cycle. Significant practical difficulties also exist in combining a multi-component working fluid cycle into a single component system because of the inherent differences in process conditions and materials used to operate the two cycles in tandem.
Accordingly, there is a need to provide a modification to a conventional bottoming cycle by adding a separate, multi-component cycle which uses a portion of the bottoming cycle waste heat but operates external to the HRSG as a “chiller” to cool the inlet air to the gas turbine.
There is a further need to provide for an improved bottoming cycle that incorporates a multi-component working fluid in one section of the bottoming cycle to enhance the heat recovery and reduce thermodynamic losses in the bottoming cycle, while at the same time preserving the advantages of maintaining a steam working fluid to drive the HRSG steam turbine.
Yet a further need is to modify the low pressure section of an HRSG that heats the water before it enters the low pressure boiler (sometimes called the low pressure “economizer” section of the HRSG) by using a portion of the economizer waste heat to operate an ammonia/water cycle as described in greater detail below.
Still yet another need is to modify a conventional combined STAG cycle by incorporating an ammonia-water cycle to take advantage of the inherent thermal mismatch between the exhaust gases and the water through the use of a dual component working fluid, and thereby improve the overall performance rating of the bottoming cycle, particularly when the air temperature into the first stage gas turbine exceeds about 60° F. Lastly, there is a need to utilize an ammonia-water cycle to eliminate the need for supplemental cooling equipment (e.g., conventional mechanical refrigeration) in order to lower the ambient air inlet temperature to the first stage gas turbine.
This invention satisfies the above-stated needs by the finding that the overall efficiency of the bottoming cycle in a combined STAG cycle plant having multiple pressure stages can be significantly improved by incorporating a modified Exergy (Kalina-type) cycle (using ammonia and water as the working fluid) into the low pressure “economizer” section of the HRSG in the bottoming cycle. In particular, it has now been discovered that an ammonia-water cycle can be used effectively to cool the inlet air to the first stage gas turbine by taking advantage of certain heat recovery efficiencies in the low pressure section of the HRSG. The use of the “inlet air chiller” in accordance with the invention ultimately tends to improve the overall power rating for the gas turbine, particularly when the ambient air temperature feed to the turbine exceeds about 60° F.
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, the modified bottoming cycle for inlet air chilling includes the following process steps:
(a) initially heating a multi-component working fluid consisting of higher and lower boiling components (preferably ammonia and water) inside the HRSG portion of the bottoming cycle by exposing the multi-component working fluid to a portion of the waste heat from the gas turbine exhaust;
(b) evaporating part of the multi-component working fluid to generate an enriched vapor fraction (i.e., enriched with the lower boiling point component relative to the working fluid);
(c) separating the enriched vapor fraction from the working fluid outside the HRSG using a vapor-liquid separator and condenser to condense the enriched vapor into an enriched liquid;
(d) subcooling a portion of the enriched liquid by reducing the pressure of the liquid; and
(e) cooling the inlet air to the gas turbine through heat exchange using the subcooled and enriched liquid as the primary cooling medium.
FIG. 1 of the drawings is a process flow diagram for a conventional bottoming cycle with an HRSG having three separate pressure zones (high, intermediate and low), but without the air inlet chiller design for improving the overall efficiency of the combined cycle in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a graph showing the relationship of temperature in degrees Fahrenheit to cumulative heat duty in millions of BTU's per hour for a typical reheat bottoming cycle design, again without the benefit of the heat recovery achieved with the process modifications in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a process flow diagram depicting the same bottoming cycle and HRSG shown in FIG. 1 but with the inclusion of an inlet air chiller in accordance with the present invention as part of the low pressure section of the bottoming cycle.
FIG. 4 is a process flow diagram depicting the flow pattern for an exemplary inlet air chiller system in accordance with the invention.
FIG. 5 is a process flow diagram showing a second embodiment of the reheat bottoming cycle with a second embodiment of the air inlet chiller in accordance with the invention.
Further objects, features and advantages of the subject invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of the preferred exemplary embodiment taken in conjunction with the appended drawings.
A typical schematic of a combined cycle plant using a conventional gas turbine generator 10 and bottoming cycle appears in FIG. 1 of the drawings. The bottoming cycle in FIG. 1 shows a well known combined cycle design with a conventional heat recovery steam generator section (HRSG) having three different operating pressures (high, intermediate and low) with means for generating steam at various pressures and temperatures as vapor feed to corresponding high pressure (“HP”), intermediate pressure (“IP”) and low pressure (“LP”) stages of steam turbine 20. As the steam vapor expands across each stage, turbine 20 drives generator 21, with the final “spent” vapor being removed and condensed in water-cooled condenser 22 for recycle as a condensate working fluid in line 22. Additional makeup water is added to the system upstream of a condensate pump 24 and a gland seal condenser 25. The liquid working fluid returns to the low pressure “economizer” section of the HRSG at two entry points via lines 26 and 27.
FIG. 1 also illustrates how gas turbine 10 uses an air feed (line 11) at ambient temperature and a fuel source 12 (preheated before ignition using fuel heating system 15) to generate hot combustion gases and drive the gas turbine. The high temperature exhaust 13 from the gas turbine feeds into the tri-pressure heat recovery steam generator (shown generally as item 5). The HRSG uses three conventional evaporators or “boilers” (identified as “HP,” “IP” and “LP” in FIG. 1 for high, intermediate and low pressure, respectively) to generate steam used to drive steam turbine 20 and generator 21. In the conventional arrangement depicted in FIG. 1, “spent” high pressure steam from turbine 20 is reheated in the HRSG, with a first portion (line 28) being recycled back to the steam turbine at an intermediate pressure, and a second portion (line 29) being returned to the first stage of the steam turbine at a somewhat higher operating pressure and temperature.
The low pressure boiler (evaporator) (“LP”) in the “economizer” section of the HRSG heats and evaporates a portion of the combined condensate and makeup working fluid recycle from condenser 22 via condensate pump 24 and gland seal condenser 25. Typically, the vapor from the LP evaporator passes back through the HRSG for additional heating (see line 30), and eventually becomes part of the feed to one or more intermediate pressure stages of steam turbine 20 (see line 31). In similar fashion, the intermediate pressure evaporator (“IP”) in the HRSG reheats and vaporizes a portion of the fluid from the LP evaporator to a higher temperature and pressure (see line 32) for use as the working vapor for one or more intermediate pressure stages of turbine 20.
As indicated above, one problem with the conventional design of combined gas and steam turbine cycles such as that shown in FIG. 1 is that the overall efficiency of the gas turbine begins to decrease as the ambient air temperature feed to the turbine reaches a level of about 60° F. In that regard, FIG. 2 shows a thermal curve of the temperature and heat duty for a typical combined cycle plant using a “Rankine cycle” at the rating point of the plant, but without benefit of the inlet air chiller in accordance with the present invention. FIG. 2 includes a plot of the heat duty in millions of BTU's hour versus the corresponding temperature of the gas turbine exhaust and temperatures of the high, intermediate and low pressure feeds to the steam turbine. The portion of FIG. 2 to the far right of the chart represents the cumulative heat duty resulting from reheating the liquid condensate before it enters the low pressure evaporator “LP.” The present invention modifies this “low pressure economizer” section of the HRSG.
As an illustration, the combustion gas temperature in the economizer section of the HRSG normally ranges between 300° F. to 310° F. The gasses leaving the HRSG enter the stack through line 40 on FIG. 1 at a temperature of approximately 185° F. The recycle condensate flows counter-current to the gas flow and enters the HRSG at about 85° F. (see point 41 on FIG. 1). The reheated working vapor leaves the HRSG at about 285° F. (line 30 in FIG. 1). In this example, the temperature differential of 25 degrees at the gas inlet as compared to 100 degrees at the gas exit creates a mismatch in thermal characteristics of the two streams. The modification to the bottoming cycle proposed by the present invention improves the efficiency of the HRSG and overall power rating of the combined cycle by utilizing a portion of this remaining waste heat in the “economizer” section in combination with a separate, multi-component working fluid.
The bottoming cycle modification proposed by the present invention is shown in FIG. 3. A portion of the low pressure economizer section of the HRSG has been modified by introducing a separate multi-component working fluid cycle into the HRSG at location “H.” In the preferred embodiment, this additional portion of the HRSG, captioned “NH3/H2O vaporizer” on FIG. 3, uses a mixture of ammonia and water from a “chiller” subsystem located outside the HRSG and depicted in greater detail in FIG. 4. The HRSG heats the ammonia-water feed and returns ammonia-water vapor to the inlet of the chiller subsystem (see line “I” and FIG. 4).
As FIG. 3 illustrates, the ammonia-water mixture flows counter-current to the combustion gases in the HRSG. Thus, as the ammonia-water mixture begins to boil, the partially vaporized mixture of vapor and liquid exit the HRSG at point “I” and returns to the chiller subsystem. After leaving the HRSG, the two-phase mixture feeds into a vapor-liquid separator 50 in the chiller subsystem (see FIG. 4), where the ammonia-rich vapor (line 51) separates from the water-rich liquid (line 52) off the bottom of liquid separator 50. The enriched vapor 53 from the top of separator 50 is cooled and partially condenses in a condenser (identified as the “E-103 economizer” on FIG. 4) which uses cooling water from location “F” on FIG. 3 (the condensate from the gland seal condenser) as the heat transfer medium. The condensate simultaneously becomes heated in the “economizer” E-103 before returning to the HRSG at point “G” on FIG. 3. The HRSG then further heats the condensate prior to entering the low pressure boiler as described above.
The enriched vapor from separator 50 completely condenses in condenser “E-105.” In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the ammonia-rich liquid is also sub-cooled in heat exchanger “E-107” prior to flashing at a lower pressure across valve 60. As those skilled in the art will appreciate, the specific amount of refrigeration occurring during this sub-cooling stage depends on the relative compositions of the components in the binary working fluid during the sub-cooling and flashing. In any case, the sub-cooled, enriched mixture flows countercurrent to the air at ambient temperature in air-inlet chiller “E-100,” thereby reducing the temperature of the air feed to gas turbine 10. The evaporated “refrigerant” is then absorbed in the water-rich liquid exiting from separator 50 (line 55) and the mixture feeds into absorber “E-106” where the heat of absorption is removed using cooling water. Finally, the pressure of the liquid from absorber E-106 is increased using pump 70 and then heated in pre-heater “E-104” using the liquid fraction from separator 50 as the heat exchange medium. The fluid from E-104 returns to the HRSG at point “H” on FIG. 3.
As a direct result of the modifications to the HRSG as described above and shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the ambient air temperature feed to the gas turbine can be reduced significantly. In addition, an effective amount of cooling can be achieved by the chiller subsystem with significantly lower energy requirements as compared to a conventional refrigeration cycle for the inlet air to the gas turbine. Thus, the overall rated efficiency of the combined cycle tends to increase by using the new chiller design.
Although the preferred embodiment of the invention uses a chiller having a mixture of ammonia and water as the working fluid, other multi-component fluids, including hydrocarbons and/or freons, can be used to accomplish the same cooling effect of the inlet gas turbine air and resulting increase in efficiency of the combined cycle. A variation of the above preferred exemplary embodiment of the invention appears in FIG. 5. In this second embodiment, the ammonia-water vaporizer (designated by the letters “H” and “I”) is positioned between sections of the low pressure economizer (as opposed to being placed at the very end of the HRSG economizer section as shown in FIG. 4). Alternatively, the NH3/H2O vaporizer section could be placed in parallel with the low pressure economiser.
The following example illustrates the net-improved efficiency resulting from a modified bottoming cycle having a chiller design in accordance with the present invention. The system uses ammonia/water with thermal properties for a typical hot day (90 F. and 35% relative humidity) and typical operating conditions as follows: Starting with a 50% by weight ammonia liquid at “H” (180 psia, 156.50 F.), the mixture is boiled in the HRSG and returns with roughly 25% vapor at 170 psia and 170° F. The vapor from the separator (96% ammonia) is condensed to a liquid at 87° F. releasing part of the heat to economize water from “F” at 283 psia and 105° F., with the remaining heat being transferred to the cooling water at 75° F. The condensed liquid is then sub-cooled in heat exchanger “E-107” to 49° F. and the downstream valve flashes it from 195 psia to 60 psia, providing a refrigerant at 38° F. Approximately 8% of this refrigerant is used for sub-cooling in “E-107,” with the remainder going to the inlet chiller where the inlet air feed to the gas turbine is cooled down to 56° F. Refrigerant vapors at 62.6 psia and 70° F. are mixed with 35% ammonia liquid at 102° F. in the absorber to again create a 50% ammonia-water liquid mixture at 60 psia and 85° F. The ammonia liquid mixture is then pumped to 185 psia and heated to 156.5° F. using the 35% ammonia liquid from the separator to complete the chiller subsystem cycle.
The above modifications to a conventional combined cycle result in a net increase of power output after subtracting the power used by the liquid pump (approximately 9%) without any decrease in plant efficiency. The increase in power output without an appreciable heat rate penalty represents a significant improvement over the use of conventional mechanical refrigeration to accomplish the same cooling load. In addition, unlike a normal absorption refrigeration cycle requiring a separate source of high temperature heat, the proposed chiller subsystem “borrows” heat from the exhaust gases associated with the low pressure economizer only to return it to do the “economizing” of the feed water outside the HRSG in the chiller subsystem.
Several variations of the basic concept can be used with the same beneficial results. For example, it has been found that multiple mixture boiling sections and multiple pressure stages can be used in the chiller and the absorber. Cooling water heat exchangers E-105 and 106 can also be placed in series rather than in parallel. The chiller subsystem could even be bypassed when not needed without affecting the economizing function available at other times (e.g., the hot summer months) when the ambient air temperature to the gas turbine remains low.
While the invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not to be limited to the disclosed embodiment, but on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
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A 37-year-old Danish citizen who was living in Norway was arrested and charged over the attack in the town of Kongsberg, but police have not disclosed what charges he is facing.
“The police have previously been in contact with the man, including as a result of previous concerns related to radicalization,” Sæverud told a news conference.
The suspect had not appeared on their radar this year though, Sæverud indicated, saying the police had “received no reports in 2021 regarding radicalization.”
Four women and one man were killed in the attack. “We have some information about the five people who died. There are four women and a man, no one has been formally identified yet. It will take some time. They are all aged 50 to 70 years,” Sæverud said.
A timeline of the events Wednesday revealed that only 35 minutes elapsed between the first reports to police of a man shooting with a bow and arrow and the arrest of the suspect.
The first call alerting police came into the operations center at 6:12 p.m., Sæverud said. A patrol was immediately sent to the location, followed by three more, he said. The first patrol on the scene only briefly spotted the perpetrator.
In the minutes afterward, messages were coming in from members of the public that the suspect had been spotted in several places across Kongsberg, he said.
The suspect was arrested at 6:47 p.m., by which time 22 police patrols had been deployed and more resources were on their way. Warning shots were fired at the time of the arrest, Sæverud said.
From what police now know, “it appears reasonably clear that probably everyone was killed after the police were in contact with the perpetrator for the first time,” he said.
The perpetrator is believed to have acted alone, police said.
The attack came on the eve of a new government taking office after last month’s parliamentary elections unseated the long-ruling Conservative Party.
Labour leader Jonas Gahr Store is due to assume the role of Prime Minister on Thursday. In a Facebook post, Store described the attack as a “cruel and brutal act.”
Speaking at a late-night news conference in the capital, Oslo, the country’s outgoing Prime Minister Erna Solberg described the developments in Kongsberg as “gruesome” and promised “all necessary resources” were being deployed.
“The perpetrator has carried out horrific acts against several people. It is a very dramatic situation that has hit Kongsberg society hard, and the events shake us all,” she said.
King: Norway ‘stand with you’
Norway’s King Harald expressed his sympathies Thursday in a short message to the mayor of Kongsberg, saying that “the rest of the nation stands with you.”
“We sympathize with the relatives and injured in the grief and despair,” he said. “And we think of all those affected in Kongsberg who have experienced that their safe local environment suddenly became a dangerous place. It shakes us all when horrible things happen near us, when you least expect it, in the middle of everyday life on the open street.”
The attack comes just over a decade since Norway’s worst terrorist attack.
In August 2019, another man stormed an Oslo mosque armed with guns before being overpowered. That year, the country’s intelligence service reported that right-wing terrorism was on the rise globally, and warned that the country would likely be targeted in the near future.
CNN’s Vasco Cotovio, Seb Shukla and Lianne Kolirin contributed to this report.

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Romeo and 'Cruz Control' Beckham wear personalised hats to LA Galaxy game
The Beckham boys are already making a real name for themselves as eagle-eyed fans at today's LA Galaxy game noted yeseterday.
Romeo, eight, and four-year-old Cruz wore personalised caps as they cheered on their father David as his team took on the Colorado Rapids at the Home Depot Centre in Carson, California.
The youngest Beckham, who is already quite a character with a penchant for break-dancing and fancy dress, in fact had the words 'Cruz-Control' emblazoned on his Major League Baseball.
Cheer squad: Romeo and Cruz Beckham attended the LA Galaxy game at the Home Depot Centre in Carson, California, yesterday
Hat trick: Romeo had his name on his headgear and the youngest Beckham had 'Cruz-Control' emblazoned on the side of his Major League Baseball hat
In yet another sign they are turning into all-American boys, they were both wearing their cap backwards in true USA style.
Victoria and eldest son Brooklyn, 11, were also in the stands, along with her hairdresser Ken Paves.
But their cheers weren't enough to lead LA Galaxy to victory. The team lost to the Rapids 3-1.
The former Spice Girl recently said raising three sons is a constant challenge.
'Free spirits': Victoria describes her boys as 'well mannered' with 'fantastic personalities'
Eye on the ball, Posh! Victoria looked distracted during the match
When asked about motherhood by US Marie Claire, she said: 'Well, you
know when you get a TV you get a manual? Well, there isn’t one for
'I’m constantly trying to figure it out and questioning whether I’m doing it right. But I’m so proud my kids.
'They are very well-mannered. We’ve always been very strict with the kids. That’s the way David and myself were brought up.
'But they’re free spirits as well. They laugh. They joke. They have fantastic personalities. I love hanging out with them.'
Having a laugh: Romeo shares a joke with big brother Brooklyn
Say ahhh: Little Romeo gave Brooklyn's teeth an inspection
Fancy footwork: Despite his best efforts, David's team lost to the Colorado Rapids
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VARSITY ACTION–The Musketeers hosted Wesclin last Friday night and defeated the Warriors 27-21. Pictured is Evan Dressel with the ball. This week the team will host Chester for a conference contest.
by Brian Magee
Red Bud improved to 4-3 last week with a 27-21 victory against the Wesclin Warriors in the 2021 homecoming game Friday night.
The game began with the Warriors delivering an onside kick to the Musketeers that was fielded by Red Bud at their 45-yard line, setting up a short field. It didn’t take long for the Musketeers to drive down the field and punch it in from the 15 on a run by Nick Gantner. Lane Brockmeyer connected for the PAT to make the score 7-0 early in the first quarter.
For more from the homecoming game, please see this week’s print edition.


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Congratulations to Cara Martin (Firebirds 16U-Meyer), a sophomore pitcher at South County High School, who was named a 2019 first team All-Met by The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/06/11/spring-all-mets-softball-first-team-second-team-honorable-mentions/?utm_term=.7dfb2ea97fc0). Here’s what The Post had to say:
She has maintained a 0.43 ERA and 0.63 WHIP and tossed 10 shutouts for the Stallions en route to the Virginia Class 6 state semifinals. She has struck out 279 in 146 innings pitched.
Congrats also to the former Firebirds who were named All-Met:
Bailey Misken (Player of the Year, West Springfield HS)
Liz Press (1st Team, Madison HS)
Natalie Plaut (Honorable Mention, Flint Hill HS)
Emma Yates (Honorable Mention, South County HS)

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Moving to a new place can be an exciting, but overwhelming experience. It’s a great opportunity to start designing from scratch and give your life a new look. BUT new furniture can get expensive real quick, and it’s really wasteful and, uh, awful for the environment, to keep buying new goodies and sending the old ones to landfills.
So work with what you’ve got to update it! With the help of Homepolish’s Haley Weidenbaum, we revived a teal bar cart to give it a modern update!
Step 1: Buy your supplies
You’ll need 1 can of Krylon copper paint, 1 can of black spray paint, 1 can of white primer spray paint, 1 mask, and 1 dropcloth. With the exception of the Krylon spray paint (thanks, Amazon), Home Depot will have everything you need. Pro tip: When purchasing the white spray paint, make sure it’s a primer that helps with extra coverage.
Step 2. Prime your piece
Clean off the surface of the piece to remove any dirt or dust. If you are painting over a dark color, it’s important to prime it first. A good prime makes it easier when you are applying the new color. When spraying, you should be 6-8 inches away from the piece, making circular motions with the can.
Step 3. The color change
After allowing the white primer to dry, start spraying the top of your piece with the lighter of your colors, in our case, the copper. Make sure you get inside all the nooks and crannies! (They can easily hide.) On the legs, bring the copper down further than you want the ombre to land. Since you will be covering with a darker color, you want to give yourself some leeway in getting the ombre right.
Step 4. The ombre effect
This is much easier than it looks! After you allow the copper to dry, start painting the black from the bottom up. As you get closer to where the copper starts to pop up, lightly spritz the black paint over the copper, for a misted look. This isn’t an exact science, but because you’ve given yourself plenty of copper space to work with, you can try a few times to get the desired look you are going for.
Step 5. Style it like crazy!
What fun is a bar cart if it isn’t pretty? Cute glassware (check ebay), succulents, and, of course, our Muhanga Nesting Bowls help give this cart some character. And what bar cart is complete without some spirits? You can see we’ve got some good tequila on the top rack. Bottoms up!

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Latest: The NCMS has forecast that strong winds are likely to turn the seas rough again by noon today. While the weather will remain fair overall, morning mist over Sweihan and Liwa will has given way to a sunny day.
The National Centre for Meterology and Seismology (NCMS) has litfed its "rough seas" forecast for the next 24 hours, tweeting that the sea will be moderate in the Arabian Gulf. The fog alert is still in place, however, with humidity forecast to increase.
The lowest temperature recorded in the UAE yesterday was on the Mebreh Mountain - 3.6 degrees Celsius at 5am.
The National Center of Meteorology and Seismology (NCMS) has forecast fog for tomorrow (Tuesday) and cautioned drivers of low visibility.
The lowest temperature recorded this morning, however, was 4.8 deg Celsius at 6.15am. Where? Jais Mountain, tweeted NCMS.
According to the NCMS, the weather today (Monday) is expected to be partly cloudy with moderate winds sometimes kicking up.
The lowest temperature recorded in the UAE this morning was -0.3 deg C on the Jais Mountain this morning at 00.15am, the NCMS tweeted on Saturday.
The NCMS, in its forecast for Sunday added rough seas in the Arabian Gulf to the chilly climes and for Monday and Tuesday, forecast mist and fog along with the seas staying rough.
Snow in Saudi Arabia due to a 13-day current cold wave. (SPA)
Strong northwesterly winds have swept across the UAE, blowing up sand and debris on the roads and reducing visibility.
A tree in the residential community of Karama, in Dubai, was seen uprooted.
No injuries have been reported.
The UAE'S weather office has issued a weather alert, warning of wind speeds reaching highs of 65kms per hour.
Tree uprooted in Karama [Pic: Bindu Rai]
Weekend Forecast: Chilly Friday
The UAE’s National Center for Meteorology and Seismology (NCMS) has also stated Friday will be relatively cooler than this week’s average, with a four-degree drop in Mercury.
Speaking to Emirates 24|7, a spokesperson with NCMS stated this weather pattern was ‘working together’ with the high pressure system that has brought snowfall and cold weather to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait over the past 24 hours.
The spokesperson added: “The high pressure system over Saudi Arabia is working together with the low pressure system over the Arabian Gulf, which is giving rise to the strong northwesterly winds the UAE is experiencing this weekend.
Pic: Bindu Rai
“The air mass over the north is cold, which, carried by the winds, is also facilitating the drop in temperatures over the country this weekend.”
While snowfall is not expected in the UAE any time soon, the increased cloud cover could give rise to light rainfall over the north and eastern parts of the country, limited to the mountainous areas, added the NCMS.
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Meanwhile, those planning to make the most of the cooling climes and head out with their boats, should take heed as the NCMS has issued a marine warning for this weekend.
The weather forecaster stated: “We are expecting very rough seas in the Arabian Gulf and the Oman Sea with wave height reaching highs of 10 feet. This will be further fueled by wind speeds reaching 65kmph.”
While the UAE reaps the benefits of the cooling weather, Saudi has seen its northern border area blanketed by heavy snowfall over the past 24 hours, with Kuwait also experiencing light flurries in its western region.
Video: Cold spell in the Gulf to last for 13 days
Weather in UAE: Overcast skies and strong winds are forecasted for later today, with UAE residents being warned over unstable weather conditions.
The UAE’s National Center for Meteorology and Seismology (NCMS) issued the alert on Thursday morning, stating: “The NCMS warns against fresh to strong at times northwesterly winds.”
The weather forecaster also issued a marine warning, adding: “Very rough seas in the Arabian Gulf and the Oman Sea.”
This weather pattern will continue into the weekend, with rainfall expected on Saturday across scattered areas of the country.
A cold front has been moving into the region, which has been dubbed in Saudi Arabia as ‘Talei Al Balda’ or the coldest winter.
Kuwait has reported snow in its western region, while Saudi Arabia’s northern border region has been blanketed by snow according to reports.
Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab countries are set to enter a 13-day cold spell that started yesterday, when temperatures felll to their lowest in the winter season, according to a well-known Saudi astronomer.
The period, dubbed in Saudi Arabia 'Talei Al Balda' is the coldest in winter and will witness rain and strong Northern and Northwesterly winds, said Salmal Al Ramadan, a member of the astronomy association in the Eastern Saudi province of Al Qateef.
He told the Saudi daily 'Sabq' that temperatures during this period would dip to an average 15 deg Celsius and to a minimum 7 deg Celsius during the weekend.
He said the cold spell would hit Northern and Eastern Saudi Arabia as well as nearby Gulf countries.
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Along the way, folks have talked about “niching down” as a way to help a project find focus.
But that’s backward.
When we identify and embrace the smallest viable audience, we’re moving up. Up the quality hierarchy. Up in responsibility. Up in the likelihood that we’ll make an impact.
To niche up, identify the smallest group of people that would be enough to sustain the project. That group, the group you get to choose, what do they have in common? What do they want? What would they miss if it disappeared…
This puts us on the hook, because if they don’t like it, the work needs to be improved.
And it gives us the foundation to kindly recommend alternatives to people who aren’t in our group. Instead of hustling for more, we’re focusing for better.
[PS today is one of the calendar’s great universal holidays. Hugs to all groundhogs, of any species.]


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The charges stem from an incident on April 19 in Appleton City when a St. Clair County deputy took a report from Deniene Wingard in reference to a stolen vehicle. She reported her blue 1996 Chevrolet Cavalier was stolen from her residence on South Beech Street.
During the investigation Timothy Wingard was named as a suspect and it was learned there was an active order of protection in place against him. It was reported a vehicle matching the description was traveling west on Burbank Street. Shortly after, a St. Clair County deputy observed the vehicle at Casey’s General Store and made contact with Timothy Wingard. He was advised he violated an order of protection by being at Deniene Wingard’s residence and took her car without her permission. He became verbally combative, resisted, and refused to comply with instructions given to him. He was taken into custody and transported to the St. Clair County Jail, Osceola. The Appleton City Police Department assisted with the case.

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750g stewing beef
3 large carrots (peeled and thickly sliced)
1large cooking onion diced
1beef stock cube
350mls hot water
1 tsp cornflour
Salt and pepper to season
Medium sized potatoes, peeled and washed
Note- this can be made in a large pot on the hob or in a casserole dish in the oven.
Heat 2 tsp cooking oil in a large pot
Add the chopped carrots and onion and fry for 2 minutes
Remove vegetables from pot and put aside (for oven method place in your casserole dish)
Put the diced beef in the pot and fry until brown add 2 tblsp cold water and fry for 30 seconds
Remove the beef leaving any juices in the pot and add the beef to your vegetables.
Mix 1 tblsp if cornflour with a small amount of cold water and add to the juices in the pot, stirring quickly as it will thicken immediately.
Remove from the heat.
Add your beef stock cube to your 350mls of hot water and mix, add salt and pepper and half a tsp of tomato purée.
Return your pot to a low heat
Gradually add your stock to the juices, stirring constantly
For the hob method add your meat and veg to the juices in the pot, cover and cook on a low heat for 2 and 1/2 hours, add the potatoes for the last hour of cooking
For the oven method, pour your juices over the meat and veg in your dish and cover. Place in the middle of a pre heated oven, around 170 degrees celcius and cook for 2 1/2 hours adding the potatoes for the last hour,
Check hourly to make sure there is enough juice, if it seems to be drying out add a little extra hot water.
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In the UK, Solena’s project to develop a MSW-to-aviation biofuel facility in conjunction with British Airways has been dropped due to the company’s failure to raise the necessary investment to build the plant in light of low oil prices. The company needs $70 per barrel oil prices to be competitive at the proposed 16 million gallon facility but struggled to convince investors amidst $50 oil despite BA’s commitment to the project. BA says it still supports aviation biofuel despite ending its relationship with Solena.
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By the time the 2022 World Cup in Qatar kicks off with the first match on November 18, an estimated 4,000 migrant workers will have died building state-of-the-art soccer stadiums in the desert, according to a report from the International Trade Union Confederation.
Since the Persian Gulf state was awarded the world's most popular sporting event in 2010, more than 1,400 workers have died building World Cup facilities. The group PlayFairQatar.org says that for every match played in the World Cup, there will be an attached human cost of more than 62 workers.
To put this in context, only two people died during the litany of construction projects that were undertaken in preparation for the 2012 Olympics in London, according to PlayFairQatar.
Many of the construction workers building the stadiums are migrant workers from Nepal, but some also hail from India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. A Guardian story from July 2014 highlighted the modern slavery conditions these workers find themselves in as Qatar ramps up its $200 billion construction boom in the run up to hosting the World Cup:
There are no showers. Instead men wash in broken and filthy squat toilet cubicles. The cisterns are not even connected to the water supply, bins overflow, the washing water is salty and the drinking water filter is only changed once in five months, workers say, causing stomach upsets. They can’t afford medicine and their employer has not provided medical cards granting access to free care.
Working on outdoor projects like the soccer stadiums, laborers can see the temperature rise to 122 degrees and more than one worker a day succumbs to heatstroke. PlayFairQatar.org reports this amounts to more than forty workers dying every month.
90 percent of the migrant workers have had their workers' passports seized under a labor sponsorship program called kafala, the Guardian reported. They cannot leave Qatar without permission from their employer.
Some workers have not been paid for months, and have no recourse to force their bosses to pay up.
“We have questioned [the company] time and again. In the past two months, the company keeps on extending the date of providing salaries," 25-year-old Nepalese worker Ujjwal Bishwakarma told the Guardian. "They have extended the date four times so far. It is not good. Because the country is economically rich, the workers should be paid their fixed salaries. I am regretting coming to Qatar.”
Qatar is the richest country in the world on a per capita basis, according to the CIA World Factbook. FIFA President Sepp Blatter said in November of 2013 that the working conditions of laborers there was "unacceptable."
"I am convinced Qatar is taking the situation very seriously," Mr. Blatter said in a press conference at the time. "These very discussions about Qatar show what an important role football can play in generating publicity and thus bringing about change."
The international soccer body has resources to potentially help out the migrant workers. Forbes reported FIFA banked $2 billion in profits alone from the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. According to Al Jazeera, FIFA also has over $1 billion worth of reserve funds in banks.
But, for now, these workers are left wondering where to turn to next.
“We don’t have any way to get justice,” Sri Lankan builder Kamal Nathan, 46, told the Guardian. “Human rights groups came but still six months on there is no progress. It is a waste of our time, our health, our money.”

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Principle 9: Designed for place
Public space is flexible and responds to its environment to meet the needs of its community.
Design multipurpose, connected and flexible open spaces and facilities that many people can use, for many activities, both day and night. By incorporating universal design, we can design places that everyone can enjoy, regardless of their age, ability and mobility.
Where possible, co-locate public space with other uses, such as education, health or cultural facilities. This might mean including a library within a community centre or creating open space near a school.
Design public space for the unique context, community and environment in which it is located, so that it serves the right purpose and suits how it will be used and who will use it.
This might require designs that can change to meet new uses or demands. Sometimes, public space might be used for formal occasions, other times for informal gatherings. People will likely use public space in different ways, so aim to design it for complementary uses whenever possible.
Think about how people connect from public space to the ground floor of buildings – this might see the public space extending into outdoor dining areas, laneways or surrounding streets. It should feel like a continuous network of pathways and experiences that are easy and safe for people to move around.
Engage early with Aboriginal Knowledge Holders, organisations and communities to make sure knowledge about Country is considered. This could include identifying stories or narratives connected to a place that can inform its design, or to understand key movement paths or Songlines that can direct how people move in and through the public space.


Over the past four decades schoolparties and railway enthusiasts have descended on it in their hordes.
Today as the National Railway Museum celebrated its 40th anniversary, it could look back on many highlights and forward to what should be a bumper year next year, with the return of its star attraction Flying Scotsman.
Home to a collection of over 300 locomotives and rolling stock, including the only Japanese bullet train outside Japan, the NRM has a special place in the nation’s heart.
In 2013 just short of 1m people came to see the world’s fastest steam locomotive Mallard reunited with five surviving A4s - 250,000 in the space of just four weeks.
Another highlight was the arrival in 2005 of Flying Scotsman, with crowds filling the platform at both stations to see, touch and film him, and hundreds more gathering along a 40-mile route.
Those scenes could be eclipsed next year on the steam legend’s inaugural run from London Kings Cross to York, following a £4.2m restoration, forming the opening event for the museum’s February Flying Scotsman Season.
The museum, recently judged one of the nation’s top 10 attractions, and Virgin East Coast celebrated its 40th anniversary by unveiling a locomotive named in the NRM’s honour - locomotive 43238 “National Railway Museum 40 Years 1975 – 2015.”
Museum director Paul Kirkman said: “Anniversaries are times of reflection and it is with huge pride that I recognise the development of the National Railway Museum over the last 40 years. I am truly grateful to the many organisations that have worked with us over that time – especially our esteemed counterparts in the railway industry. They help us to tell the amazing stories of the railways, old and new, so that our visitors can understand the importance of the industry and its impact on us and our world.”
When the museum opened in the Great Hall, the original locomotive shed for York, rail passenger numbers had been in decline since the 1950s and stood only a little above their all-time low.
But now numbers continue to grow and the country’s most significant infrastructure schemes are railways.
Mr Kirman said: “After a long history of being relatively moribund the railways are taking off again. There’s all kinds of exciting new trains, the biggest infrastructure projects in the country are Crossrail and HS2 and the trains that are on the East Coast mainline, some of them are 40 years old and they will be replaced in the next few years by some really modern trains, built by Hitachi, at their new space age factory in County Durham
“There is definitely more interest as people are using the railways more and they are more in the news.”
The museum is celebrating its anniversary with a new exhibition, Destination Stations, which raids the archives to celebrate the architectural history of Britain’s stations, charting their evolution from their early days, when stations were “as rudimentary as bus stops”, to the shiny new retail and leisure centres today.
• Among the special guests today were three volunteers, who between them have accrued 120 years at the museum.
David Eastoe, Peter Brumby and Rob Tibbits blew out candles on a specially designed celebration cake.
Mr Tibbits, who was cleaning Flying Scotsman on the day the Museum opened said: “It’s been a pleasure being present at all the milestone moments, including the opening of Station Hall in 1995 and the addition of Search Engine in 2008, big rail events including the Railfest celebrations of 2004 and 2012, the award-winning Mallard 75 season and numerous Royal visits. We can’t wait to see what the next 40 years will bring.”


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One of the most fulfilling things about entrepreneurship is being able to start a business and grow it profitably. However, starting and building a profitable brand does not come on a platter of gold. It requires the mastery of being able to define your target audience and then working hard to properly position your business, so you can attract them.
Several small businesses struggle with defining their target audience. Many don’t even have a strategy, yet they wonder why their business is not gaining traction.
Growing a business is not just about having a great idea. It’s about having people who are willing to buy for the price you are willing to sell. That’s why it’s important that you take the time to define who your target audience are and how you can position your business to attract them.[Great Read: 10 Proven Ways of Attracting Customers and Reaching Your Revenue Goals]
A product for everyone is NOT a product for anyone
As an entrepreneur, one of the biggest mistakes you can make is trying to sell to everyone in the marketplace. This is especially true if you are a new business owner and are still trying to gain your footing.
However, one way to understand the importance of market segmentation is that a product that’s designed for everyone is not a product for anyone.
Think of it this way: If there was just one type of toothbrush in the world, how effective will this toothbrush be and more importantly, how many people will be left out? That’s why you need to segment the market before you attempt to sell to them.
If you remember segments from Geometry class, then you have a basic understanding of what segmentation means. To help you gain a better understanding, think of the people in the marketplace as a whole piece of the pie that is cut into a million pieces.
Your goal is to get that piece or pieces of pie for which you are most suited. Do not be tempted to sell to everyone because your marketing messages will be lost in the crowd.[Great Read: How to Attract Quality Customers When You Are New to the Marketplace]
Let’s define segmentation formally
Segmentation is the grouping of potential customers that share similar traits, have similar needs or have similar buying characteristics. The world is made up of billions of people who have similar and diverse needs. The goal of segmentation is grouping. When you group people with similar characteristics together, it’s easier to market to them and gain their attention.
Examples of these characteristics include age, income, personality type, buying patterns, location, marital status, ethnicity to name a few.
Once you are done segmenting, you need to ask critical questions. Examples of such questions include:
- Is the segment profitable?
- How accessible is the segment?
- What type of existing data is available?
Your answers to these questions are designed to help you know if you’ll be successful or not. Another point of consideration is your competitors. Who are the existing competitors and what percentage of the market share do they control? How can you attract a part of that market share or how can you attract all the market share?
A proper segmentation will give you insights and help you with better planning.[Great Read: The Only 7-Step Guide You Need to Build a Top-Notch Personal Brand]
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highlighting some of the emerging writers, actors and directors behind independent theatre in the balkans
Playwright & Screenwriter
Agnesa Mehanolli is a 23-year-old playwright & screenwriter, and author of Where is Mr. President? (WIMP) which premiered at Refugee Week in June 2021. She is completing a Masters in Script Writing at the University of Prishtina and writes reviews of local theatre plays. Recently she finished a short documentary called "That Day" and is currently working as the Coordinator for INTENT New Theatre with the ongoing Writers Group, which supports writers and helps their momentum by providing comments and feedback on their work as it develops.
"In my third year of studies for Dramaturgy at “University of Prishtina”, I joined the radio drama workshop, organised by INTENT New Theatre. I was rewarded with great teamwork and mentorship during the whole process of writing. I was never alone and having someone to help and guide me, made everything easier. That’s when I wrote WIMP and had a lot of fun doing it. I would like to keep writing and create stories that just make people feel something, be that an emotion of anger, fear, sadness or joy. Just something that will remind them of their human nature."
Ulpiana Maloku is the author of Nude, a funny, subversive audio drama about friendship, family relationships and art. Nude is part of Series 1 of the new audio drama podcast Out Of The Woods: Tales From The Balkans.
Ulpiana completed a Master for Script Writing at the University of Prishtina and also has a previous bachelor degree for Dramaturgy at the Faculty of Arts at the University of Prishtina. She is the author of theatre plays like: “Root”, “Tea and Poetry”, “Spectator” and the co-author of the experimental play called “The walls talk”. She was the dramatis for another play called “You are Me” and “Little Prince”.
In 2016 she got second place at “Katarina Josipi” festival, awarded from National Theatre of Kosovo. Apart some scripts for short movies, in 2018 she was supported from Kosovo Cinema Center to make another long movie called “The man with purple suit”.

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Karachi [Pakistan], April 7 (ANI): At least three people killed and 17 others were wounded in a blast at Mosmiyat, Karachi on Wednesday.
Two children, a lady killed and 17 injured in a cylinder blast at Mosmiyat, Karachi, TheRiseNews tweeted.
The blast occurred due to the explosion of a gas cylinder at a shop in Karachi's Crown Garden Apartments, Gulistan-e-Jauhar.
As per the reports by Dunya News, the explosion destroyed several nearby shops and parked cars.
Right after the incident, security personnel arrived at the scene and shifted the victims to a nearby hospital. More details are awaited. (ANI)


Get our daily Pasadena newspaper in your email box. Free.Get all the latest Pasadena news, more than 10 fresh stories daily, 7 days a week at 7 a.m. First Heatwave Expected Next Week Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * Community News Pasadena’s ‘626 Day’ Aims to Celebrate City, Boost Local Economy Every fall the Pasadena Senior Center offers a full lineup of classes for people 50 and older ranging from art and computers to foreign languages and Zumba. Some classes are now offered evenings and Saturdays to accommodate working seniors.As the registration period for fall classes approaches, anyone can sample the most popular offerings for free by attending half-hour sessions, meeting the instructors and learning more about the courses.All sample classes, known as Class Tasting, will take place Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 5 and 6, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Pasadena Senior Center, 85 E. 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The registration deadline is Friday, Oct. 9.Most classes range from $10 to $70 for Pasadena Senior Center members. Scholarships for low-income members are available on a limited basis.For more information call (626) 795-4331.Founded in 1959, the Pasadena Senior Center is an independent nonprofit agency that offers recreational, educational, wellness and social services to people ages 50 and older in a friendly environment. Services are also provided for frail, low-income and homebound seniors. 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The defeat of two prominent Shining Path leaders on August 11 shows the strategic consequences and great importance in the dynamics of challenges towards national security that Peru faces. In this sense, the generalized criticism about the lack of leadership of the Peruvian government in the field of security, Shining Path’s control of coca areas in the VRAEM, as well as the deterioration of conditions for the continuity of operations and new investments in the areas of energy, mining, and oil in Sierra Sur, will face a new and challenging scenario. The continuity of businesses, operations and infrastructure projects in the VRAEM has an important space to aim its security standards and protocols in a scenario where “cohabiting” with Shining Path in their own terms is not a viable option. Shining Path in the VRAEM has not yet been defeated, but it has been seriously wounded. This makes it necessary to consider two immediate aspects: 1) Will the Shining Path be capable of perpetrating an act of armed violence in the short term with international media repercussion? If so, when, where, and how? Special attention is needed on transnational company operations in the fields of energy, oil and mining in the area. 2) Will a different Shining Path leadership emerge for the control or drug trafficking areas in the VRAEM, like when Artemio was defeated in the Huallaga? In this respect, there must be special attention on coca leaf grower organizations and illegal operators in the area. For Shining Path, the loss of three senior leaders of its armed groups is a strategic blow that limits its communication and mobilization capabilities to control drug trafficking, conduct armed actions and extort companies that operate in the area, control self-defense committees, farming families and local politicians. In regards to government measures, the operations conducted by the Armed Forces Joint Command (CCFFAA) are proof of the development of major intelligence capabilities and special operations to perform precise actions against the Shining Path’s leadership, which is being given space to recover their initiative after thirteen years in which this guerrilla group had the opportunity to regain their military capacity and control the VRAEM areas with little difficulty. Shining Path will have to speed up its pace, which makes it dangerous and, at the same time, vulnerable. Stakeholders associated with its dynamics of hatred, violence, and drugs will be pragmatic, generating new scenarios of risks and threats in the VRAEM areas, that are necessary to foresee with effectiveness and anticipation. Time is ticking against Shining Path, because if it does not demonstrate with short-term concrete actions that they can continue to be in control of drug trafficking and instead continue to lose capabilities it will make them more vulnerable. At the same time, other locals will take over those spaces that Shining Path will not be able to cover, producing significant changes in the dynamics of violence and illegality in the area. The level of business insecurity and distrust regarding the government’s capabilities in order to confront Shining Path were accentuated to the maximum: workers resigned and work stopped, there was risk of abandoning the project, as well as serious assessments on the continuity of business and important investment projects for the infrastructure within the area are facts that nowadays are being reconsidered. By Dialogo August 16, 2013 Today, the CCFFAA capitalizes on their hard work to confront the remnants of the Shining Path since 2007. The value of lessons learned, the application of international standards to support, equipm, train, and manage, as well as the morale of the Joint Special Forces and Intelligence personnel are the basis for success that gives President Humala not only a relief regarding his questioned security administration, but also a valuable space for initiative in the fight against Shining Path and drug trafficking that cannot be overlooked. Today, the challenges for the government are higher than before ‘Alipio’ and ‘Gabriel’ were defeated; on one hand, managing the success of the operation by rescuing the fundamental aspects that made it possible entails, in terms of National Defense, recognizing the advantages and boosting the development of joint operations under one command that projects over the whole dynamics of the fight against Shining Path in the VRAEM and against drug trafficking. This will constitute the basis for the progressive recovery of trust against insecurity, not only of investors and enterprises, but also from the population in general. On the other hand, the demands for addressing citizen security issues will be greatly increased. It is inevitable to relate the blow that the Shining Path is suffering, from the attack perpetrated against the Consorcio Vial Quinua facilities, in Huanta province (Ayacucho) on July 24, where (comrade) ‘Alipio’ conducted the destruction of important machinery and equipment used for road maintenance in that sector.
Jakarta: Saina Nehwal hardly broke a sweat on way to her second consecutive semifinal of the season but P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth lost their respective quarterfinals to bow out of the Indonesia Masters badminton tournament on Friday. Eighth seed Saina, who had reached the semifinal last week at Malaysia Masters, beat Thailand’s Pornpawee Chochuwong 21-7 21-18 to make it to the last four of women’s singles.The two-time Commonwealth Games champion will next face sixth-seeded Chinese He Bingjiao, a player Saina has never faced in her career. Sindhu couldn’t adjust to the speed and precision of three-time Olympic champion Caroline Marin, going down 11-21 12-21 in a lopsided contest.Srikanth had to settle for a second quarter-final finish after losing 18-21 19-21 to local hero and Asian Games champion Jonatan Christie. Saina enjoyed a good start and galloped to a 11-4 lead at the interval. The Indian continued to dominate proceeding after the interval, moving in quick bursts of points to close out the opening game comfortably.Also Read | Virat Kohli’s India aim to sustain ruthless streak against New ZealandIn the second game, Chochuwong ran to 8-4 lead, but Saina caught up with her at 12-12 before going ahead and shutting the door on her opponent. In 13 meetings, Sindhu has lagged 5-7 against Marin in their head-to-head count, which included defeats at the Rio Olympic and 2018 World Championship finals.Marin seemed equally unstoppable Friday as she marched to a 6-1 lead with her better court coverage and angled returns. The screams and fist pumps were out right from the start as Sindhu looked for an opening.The Indian exchanged rallies and made it to 5-8 before Marin grabbed a six-point lead at the break with a cross-court smash and a long return from Sindhu. Sindhu reduced the margin to 10-14 but Marin was going great guns and eventually pocketed the first game when the Indian went wide and long.In the second game, Sindhu couldn’t keep the shuttle inside the court, allowing Marin to again zoom to a 5-0 lead. A net error from Marin helped Sindhu break the run of points but the Indian continued to commit too many unforced errors. Sindhu failed to see the initiatives during the fast-paced rallies. A huge body smash took Marin to 11-3 at the interval.Marin was on fire and gathered points at will, moving to 15-5 with another smash. Marin eventually sealed the contest when Sindhu hit the net. In the men’s singles quarterfinals, Srikanth tried to put pressure on his rival but Jonatan was solid in his defence and with the Indian making errors, the Indonesian led 11-7 at the break.Also Read | Happy Birthday Cheteshwar Pujara – Indian cricket team’s ‘New Wall’ turns 31Srikanth caught up with Jonatan at 15-15 after making a few good saves. The Indian then unleashed a straight smash to lead 17-16 for the first time in the match. But Srikanth committed too many unforced errors and also made a misjudgment at the backline to hand over game points to the Indonesian who sealed it with a half smash.Jonatan raced away to a 6-0 lead before a spinning net shot helped Srikanth to log his first point in the second game. However, the Indonesian managed to lead 11-4 at the breather after Srikanth failed to reach a shot at the forecourt.After the break, Jonatan maintained the lead to reach 15-8. The Indian grabbed three quick points but a weak return from the backline found the net. Srikanth reduced the deficit to 14-16 by pushing the shuttle at the backcourt. Srikanth brought the equation down to 18-19 before Jonatan made an error of judgment at the backcourt. But the Indonesian made amends immediately as he unleashed a smash to reach match points before grabbing it with another return. For all the Latest Sports News News, Badminton News News, Download News Nation Android and iOS Mobile Apps.
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have made it back to the Grey Cup next Sunday in Edmonton.However, the Roughriders know they’ll be constantly reminded of the 2009 heartbreak over the next few days, but they’re happy to be in a position to talk about it.The Roughriders upset the Calgary Stampeders 20-16 in a frigid West final Sunday at McMahon Stadium in Cowtown. The Riders meet the Montreal Alouettes at the 98th Grey Cup game.The Als earned a third straight trip to the Cup with a 48-17 win over the Toronto Argonauts in the East final Sunday.Saskatchewan is going back to the CFL championship game to try and exorcise the ghosts of last year’s debacle.Leading 27-25 in the final minute in Calgary, the Roughriders began celebrating a title when Alouettes kicker Damon Duval missed a 43-yard field goal attempt with no time remaining.But Saskatchewan was called for too many men on the field on that kick and Duval made good on his second chance from 33 yards for the 28-27 victory.The game is set for 3 p.m., PST on TSN (The Sports Network.)


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Almost all of Sydney's trains ran to time on Monday morning, the first peak hour under the O'Farrell government's new public transport timetable, but commuters across the network were divided about the changes.
There are 307 train stations across the train network formerly known as CityRail and coming up with a timetable that pleases commuters at all of them is always going to be a tough balancing act.
But at least the new timetable, which the government has billed as the biggest overhaul in a generation, seemed to operate well enough.
"So far I've been pleased with the performance of the new timetable although obviously it is in the early stages and there is still the first afternoon peak to go," Transport Minister Gladys Berejiklian said.
"I'm advised that this morning's peak ran exceptionally well for trains, with punctuality recorded at 99.1 per cent for Sydney Trains and 97.6 per cent for NSW TrainLink," she said.
Sydney Trains and NSW TrainLink are the new operators Ms Berejiklian has created to take the place of RailCorp and CityRail.
One of the main stations to be adversely affected by the new timetable is Kogarah, where peak hour services were halved.
The loss of direct trains to Kogarah from Sutherland, Waterfall and Cronulla means customers now have their trip interrupted by having to change at Hurstville, where they will wait up to 10 minutes for a train.
Albert Lun, technical officer at St George Hospital, has had more than 20 minutes added to his morning commute from Town Hall to Kogarah.
"They've cut off two fast trains. It's achieved nothing other than chaos and delays," Mr Lun said on Monday morning.
Mr Lun said that cutting services to Kogarah - a major hub with hospitals, schools and TAFE, "just doesn't make sense".
Deirdre Clifton, an education officer at St George Hospital, said her train ticket will now cost almost double than it did previously because she now has to travel at peak time.
"Before I would get on at Como station at 9.04am and get to Kogarah at 9.15am. And it cost me $4.80. Now, I need to get a train at 8.41am which means I have to pay $7.20. It's double the time and double the cost."
She is now considering driving to work to avoid the disruption of changing at Hurstville.
"It doesn't matter where I get on the train, there is no direct service to Kogarah. It's just not good enough."
There are also new bus timetables. In parts of Parramatta, Liverpool and Fairfield, the new bus timetables have coincided with a difficult transition to a new private bus operator.
At Merrylands Station, Sarah Georgopolous, a teacher at Holroyd High School, had checked the timetable night before and was hoping to catch a 806 bus to school at 7.34am. But the bus still was not there at 7.55am.
"These buses that we would've caught before are now going to another school," said Ms Georgopolous, pointing to an empty bus in front of her. "It is very confusing".
At 8.10am, the 806 had still not arrived but Ms Georgopolous and other teachers had caught an 810.
An earlier 810, scheduled to arrive at 7.18am had also not arrived. Or, if it did arrive, the bus sat at the stop with a "Not in Service" sign on.
"It is chaos," said another Holroyd teacher, who wanted to only give her name as Wang.
When an 806 eventually arrived, just before 8.15am, there were two of them. The private bus contract for the Merrylands area was last week taken over by a company called Transit Systems, and there have been some teething problems with the transition.
At Town Hall, some commuters were pleased with more direct services.
Gerardo Pierro, who travelled from Wollongong to the city, said his trip had been simplified: "I don't have to get off at Central and get another train anymore. It's just one train straight through. I'm getting to work 20 minutes earlier."
After catching an express train from Belmore to the city, Mac Anasto also arrived earlier than expected.
On the trip from Regents Park to Town Hall, Wayne Goddfrey said the major change was that all trains now terminate at Lidcombe.
"I had to get on a very full train at Lidcombe. I was lucky to get a seat," he said.
Ms Berejiklian said there would be changes for some customers but "I hope everyone understands that this timetable is designed to deliver improvements for the overwhelming majority of people and there's a real focus on extra frequency, less crowding and reduced travel times."
"There are 2700 extra services this week across all modes, including 1000 extra across our train network, and while I don't expect the week to pass without glitches, I'm confident this timetable will stand the test of time," the minister said.
At Kogarah, however, it was a tough sell.
Another commuter, Nidhi Taneja, said an extra nine minutes was added to her daily trip from Redfern because the train to Kogarah is now an all-stops service, rather than an express.
"A ten minute wait for an all-stops train at peak hour time is a joke," said Abe Khikarwe, who said it took 25 minutes to get to the city.
Jenny, a social worker at St George Hospital, was concerned that her trip from Oatley now involved a train and platform switch at Hurstville.
"I used to get to Kogarah quite quickly because it didn't stop at every station. This morning, the trains were crowded and I didn't get a seat. It wasn't good."


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- Title: Colombian unions march in support of aid bills for working class and poor
- Date: 28th September 2021
- Summary: BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (SEPTEMBER 28, 2021) (REUTERS) COLOMBIAN HEALTH WORKERS PROTESTING AND HOLDING SIGNS SIGN READING (Spanish) "Health care workers are invisible to the state" HEALTH WORKERS MARCHING PEOPLE PLAYING DRUMS AND MARCHING WOMAN MARCHING POLICE OFFICERS GUARDING PROTEST (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) HEAD OF THE CENTRAL UNION OF WORKERS (CUT), FRANCISCO MALTES, SAYING: "Eight million people do not have three meals. There are about three million people who only eat once a day. Poverty has increased, and today there are 22 million poor people. It means that government aid is insufficient, and that is why we propose a basic income of one minimum wage for 13 months, for 7.5 million families." GENERAL VIEW OF PEOPLE MARCHING PEOPLE MARCHING VARIOUS OF PEOPLE PLAYING DRUMS SIGN READING (Spanish) "Uribe 2002-2010, 7,400 social leaders killed. Duque: 800 social leader killed" (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) DEMONSTRATOR, JIMENA ORTIZ, SAYING: "We will have a number of demonstrations. We even know that the social sectors have been meeting in some neighborhoods in Bogota and other cities. Protests will continue because the government did not listen to us." VARIOUS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE MARCHING PEOPLE MARCHING SIGN READING (Spanish) "No need to fear; we must change." VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATOR WEARING BULL COSTUME DURING PROTEST
- Embargoed: 12th October 2021 21:03
- Keywords: President Ivan Duque Protests social policies. Congress
- Location: BOGOTA, COLOMBIA
- City: BOGOTA, COLOMBIA
- Country: Colombia
- Topics: South America / Central America,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001EWMXRNR
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Thousands of Colombian protesters returned to the streets of major cities on Tuesday (September 28) to demand that Congress approve union-backed social policies to benefit the poorest.
The marchers - their numbers much reduced from a peak earlier this year - also demonstrated against a nearly $4 billion tax reform approved this month by Congress and passed into law. Unions say it does not do enough for the working class.
The reform is meant to benefit 29 million people through emergency basic income payments to 4 million poor families, temporarily free tuition at public universities, and salary subsidies for businesses which hire women and youth.
Large protests between April and June led to the withdrawal of an initial version of the tax reform and prompted the resignation of the finance minister.
At least 29 people were killed in connection with those protests- with many deaths blamed on excessive use of force by police -while road blockades led to shortages around the country.
(Production: Herbert Villarraga, Camilo Cohecha, Liamar Ramos)
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