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GST rate at zero for local transport seen as push to mass intra-city public transport
As of now, passengers using metros, suburban rail, and city bus services do not pay any service tax. The railways levy service tax only on long-distance trains and that too only for travel in AC coaches. Those hailing app-based aggregators too will pay marginally less henceforth.
The fixing of zero percent service tax for metro rail, suburban rail and local transport entities such as city bus services is a push towards encouraging public transport and decongesting cities which have been flooded with private vehicles.
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) has also reduced the service tax by one percent for cab aggregators such as Ola and Uber. Users will now have to pay five percent service tax compared to six percent at present.
In the GST Council meeting held last week in Srinagar, the service tax rate for public transport was fixed at zero, which means that in future, all modes of intra-city public transport—metro, suburban rail, or city bus fleets—will not levy any service tax on users until decided otherwise by Parliament.
The zero rate also applies to trams, monorail systems, and inland waterway routes wherever they are operating or plan to operate in future. The government is also planning to improve inland waterways in a big way.
Pawan Mulukutla from World Resources Institute, which studies urban mobility and sustainability issues, explains that by fixing the GST rate at zero percent for intra-city transport, the government has taken the future into consideration as the landscape of urban transport is changing with different systems and different models, with private partnership being encouraged. He says,
“The keenness not to levy any service tax in this sector is a welcome move and reveals that the government is thinking ahead on various models of moving people in urban areas as well as promoting public transport in a big way.”
In India, public transport entities move a large number of people within cities. In Mumbai, nearly seven million commuters take the suburban rail daily while in Bengaluru, 51 lakh people take Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation buses every day.
Across India, 74 percent of people are moved on buses alone. And, a startling piece of government statistic reveals that in most Indian cities, the percentage of people taking public transport and the percentage of people owning private vehicles is the same. This means the number of private vehicles on the roads is only increasing.
“The government should increase the tax on private vehicles and use this money to invest and subsidise public transport,” says Srinivas Alavilli from Citizens for Bengaluru, a group that has been fighting for better and cheaper public transport.
As on date, commuters using public transport systems are not paying any service tax on metro, suburban rail, or city bus fares.
According to Pawan, this zero rate has been fixed so that future governments do not have any scope to levy service tax as the social model of public transport is slowly changing over to PPP models. So by keeping it at zero, it is a clear signal that though public infrastructure financing models may change, it should help move more numbers as it is often seen that whenever ticket prices become even slightly out of reach, people shun public transport, he says.
"The general Budget has already announced that metro rail projects could be taken on PPP models and in many cities, private fleets are operating on fixed bus routes,” says Pawan, who has researched bus fares across the country and advocates to keep them low.
Presently, the service tax component is not factored into city bus tickets. However, with plans for cluster fleets—where private operators are allowed on some routes and already operational in some cities including Delhi—even privatisation will not lead to any form of GST levies.
As of now, the Indian Railways levies service tax only on higher classes on long-distance trains. These include third AC, second AC, first AC, and AC chair car. On the same trains, service tax is not levied on general-class and second-sleeper tickets.
This is also set to change as there is a budgetary proposal to waive service tax on AC classes for those booking tickets through the IRCTC portal and paying through digital modes. Presently, the railways fall under the five percent GST bracket and will continue to be so, a railway official said.
As for suburban rail fares, since they are already at the lowest per km compared with other modes, the service tax component has not been added at all for both daily tickets and monthly passes.
The same applies to trams and monorails. In India, trams are operated only in Kolkata and the ticket prices are very low and have no service tax on them. When monorails are introduced—many cities including Bengaluru are planning some routes—it will be completely tax free as it is expected to move a large number of intra-city passengers.
The only area of concern is GST on spares, rolling stock, etc. as all corporations that run public transport services pay anywhere between 12 and 18 percent as service tax. “If this is reduced, the cost of public transport infrastructure will certainly come down and will also reflect on fares,” says Pawan.


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Wilfried Van Moer Profile
A legend not only of Anderlecht, but of Belgian football in general, Paul Van Himst was one of Europe's greatest forwards in the 1960s and 1970s.
His 16 years at Anderlecht would see him win eight Belgian league titles, and his ratio of a goal-every-other-game more than contributed to the success of Les Mauves et Blancs. Van Himst's footwork and dribbling skills would often result in opposition players resorting to fouls in an effort to stop him, and this would lead to his unusual nickname of Polle Gazon, which translates as Paul Lawn - a reference to the amount of times he would end up on the turf because of the fouls!
As well as outstanding technique, Van Himst could finish as well, and his combination of goals and assists enabled him to play as both a striker or in a playmaking role. He became the youngest ever recipient of the Golden Shoe (Belgian football's most prestigious award) when he won the award as a 17 year-old in 1960, and he'd go on to win it four times, which remains a record to this day.
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Peter Orszag says we should cut government spending and that is significant.
You see, Orszag is the former Deputy Director of Economic Policy at the Brookings Institution — they are the folks who said the solution to the Fannie Mae/Freddic Mac is a total government takeover (seriously) — and is currently Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid’s Director of the Congressional Budget Office.
In a letter about tax policy dated Thursday, July 17, Orszag said:
“Legislation to limit the growth of the AMT or to extend the tax reductions beyond 2010 would increase federal budget deficits and federal debt, relative to those that would occur under current law, unless offsetting changes in federal taxes or spending were also enacted.”
We haven’t had a tax increase on the federal level in fifteen years and sober heads will likely prevail to extend that streak.
That leaves “legislation to limit the growth of the AMT” and “to extend the tax reductions beyond 2010” and “offsetting changes in … spending” as the only politically palatable fiscal actions.
Now that Peter Orszag understands this, someone tell him to call Steve Beshear, Greg Stumbo, and David Williams.

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The Obamobile. Your future vehicle. Think BO or his minions will ever be seen driving one?
Today Obama announced the new EPA standards for auto emissions and mpg. The goal is 35 mpg by 2016. The rhetoric coming from the White House is that having the smaller cars with better gas mileage would reduce emissions and go a long way towards making our country energy independent ala California. Of course California imports more fuel than any other state and many countries. Also as one of the states with the highest tax rates, California is near total bankruptcy. Is that the example we should follow?
What Obama doesn't tell you is each vehicle will cost $1300 more. Also what he doesn't tell you is that if this program is successful, federal gasoline tax revenues will decrease significantly because consumers will be "saving money at the pump". That will mean a call to raise the gasoline taxes which will erase the "money saved at the pump". Plus the smaller cars will mean less car pooling and more vehicles on the road emitting more emissions. And guess what? There's no market for these vehicles. The American public simply doesn't want to drive these tiny rolling coffins (bad news for Obamobile).
Whatever happened to increased oil exploration? Or nuclear? Wouldn't that be a couple of ways to energy independence? But let's not let common sense get in the way of regression.


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Nurses killed in Aleppo hospital attack to be buried with military honorsWorld December 06, 15:26
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MOSCOW, September 14. /ITAR-TASS/. Russia’s ministry of economic development expects a four-percent decrease in oil exports in 2015. Exports of oil in 2016 and 2017 will go down by six and eight percent, respectively, on the level fixed in the law on the federal busget for 2014-2016 and a draft budget for 2017, the Russian ministry of finance said on Sunday.
Thus, oil exports in 2015 are expected at 227.5 million tonnes /against the previously planned figure of 237.6 million tonnes/. Oil exports are forecasted to be 227.5 million tonnes /against 242.6 million tonnes/ in 2016, and 229.5 million tonnes /against 250.1 million tonnes/ in 2017.
The ministry of economic development however forecasts a considerable growth in oil products exports - up to 153.5 million tonnes in 2015 /a 14% growth on the budget-fixed figure/, to 149 million tonnes in 2016 /up by 15%/, and 144.2 million tonnes /up by 16%/ in 2017.
Natural gas exports, according to the ministry of economic development, will also grow: to 190 billion cubic metres in 2015 /up by 0.9%/, 191 billion cubic metres in 2016 /p by 0.37%/. In 2017, however, gas exports are forecast to go down by 0.31% on the draft budget strategy, to 191.5 billion cubic metre.
A mean gas export contract price, taking into account CIS countries, is expected at 289.2 U.S. dollars per 1,000 cubic metres in 2015 /against the price of 316.6 U.S. dollars fixed in the budget/, at 281.5 U.S. dollars in 2016 /299.7 U.S. dollars in the budget/, and 277.9 U.S. dollars in 2017 /309.4 U.S. dollars in the budget strategy draft/.
Gas export prices for countries other than CIS member states are forecasted at 316.5 U.S. dollars per 1,000 cubic metres in 2015 /353.4 U.S. dollars in the budget/, at 306.6 U.S. dollars in 2016 /328 U.S. dollars in the budget/, and at 301.8 U.S. dollars in 2017 /337.7 U.S. dollars in the budget strategy draft/.
The forecast of global oil prices on Urals crude remained unchanged - at 100 U.S. dollars per barrel.


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As you have seen on the videos posted on our Facebook page, the pigeons had a nice few days of bathing in the warm South African sun. We are now nearing the end of the homing period and the pigeons are starting with their free flight training around the lofts. We are getting closer and closer to road training.
With the intake period now behind us and quarantine in full flung, we are happy to report that the pigeons are doing very well. They are on a strict daily routine to ensure that they will be in top shape when quarantine is lifted.

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In response to the demand for a Hybrid Computing workshop PSC, along with XSEDE, will present a special all-in-one version of the XSEDE Workshops that will allow us to meaningfully cover hybrid computing.
This 4 day event will include MPI, OpenMP, OpenACC and accelerators and run June 24-27. We will conclude with a special hybrid exercise contest that will challenge the students to apply their skills over the following 3 weeks and be awarded the First Annual XSEDE Summer Boot Camp Championship Trophy.

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The Whitlock Avenue Historic District in Marietta, GA, is a historical charm and architectural significance treasure trove. This district, nestled in the heart of Marietta, showcases a remarkable collection of well-preserved historic homes, churches, and commercial buildings, offering visitors a glimpse into the city’s rich heritage. Information can be found here.
The district boasts diverse architectural styles, including Victorian, Colonial Revival, and Craftsman, reflecting the evolution of Marietta’s architecture over the years. Visitors can admire the intricate details of ornate facades, elegant columns, and picturesque porches, appreciating the craftsmanship of a bygone era. See here for information about Cobb Aquatic Center: Marietta’s Premier Aquatic Destination.
Many Whitlock Avenue Historic District buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, underscoring their historical significance. Each structure tells a story, offering insight into Marietta’s past and the people who shaped the city’s identity.
A Walking Journey Through Time
Taking a stroll through the Whitlock Avenue Historic District is like embarking on a walking journey through time. Visitors can explore the charming streets, visit local shops, and immerse themselves in the atmosphere of a bygone era. The district is a testament to Marietta’s commitment to preserving its heritage, inviting residents and tourists alike to connect with the city’s fascinating history.


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- Size medium has a 38-in. body length, a 35-in. bust, a 35-in. waist, and a 37.5-in. hip
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For Dr. Arinjay Banerjee (PhD’18), time is of the essence as scientists across Canada work towards understanding, treating and preventing the spread of COVID-19.
Since completing his PhD in veterinary microbiology at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask), Banerjee has been researching how human cells and bat cells respond to coronaviruses—work that has become even more pressing in the current COVID-19 pandemic.
“What I am doing right now is studying how the [COVID-19] virus interacts with the immune response. That is something that we think is very important to understand, because historically, coronaviruses that cause severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) can shut down human immune responses, and that’s why you have a bad disease prognosis and outcome,” Banerjee said.
“We want to establish that understanding for this virus and see if it is equally potent in shutting down human immune responses, or if the virus is less potent in shutting down immune responses. Either way, that’s going to be good information for researchers designing drugs and vaccines.”
Banerjee is currently a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and Michael .G. DeGroote post-doctoral fellow at the Institute for Infectious Disease Research and McMaster Immunology Research Centre at McMaster University. When COVID-19 first broke out at the end of 2019, Banerjee happened to connect with Dr. Samira Mubareka (MD), a physician at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto.
“Samira was sampling COVID-19 patients in Canada. We were on the phone, and I told her that I had done coronavirus work for my PhD. We discussed that we should culture the virus, which would help with all the diagnostics and vaccine studies,” he said.
In a matter of weeks, Banerjee was working with Mubareka’s team at Sunnybrook, trying to isolate the virus. In mid-March, the team successfully isolated and grew copies of the COVID-19 virus.
“Now, we’re taking it a step further to study it and understand it, in order to help people make vaccines and drugs for treatment,” Banerjee said.
“I’m based at McMaster in Hamilton, but I’m living in Toronto, Monday to Friday, to be able to work with the team. And I’m just one person; there are many other people who are commuting and staying away from their families, so they can help understand and control the outbreak.”
The work Banerjee is doing today has been an expansion on research he’s been doing for years. Originally from India, Banerjee completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Mumbai, followed by a master’s at the National Institute of Virology in India.
“While I was doing my master’s, I went to Berlin for a summer school on infectious diseases at the Max Planck Institute. Dr. Vikram Misra (PhD) was there from WCVM at the University of Saskatchewan. Vikram had a talk on bats, which I found fascinating. The Ebola outbreak had not happened yet, but was just starting, and so all of this got me very interested in bats and viruses,” he said.
As a result of the connection made, Banerjee moved to Saskatchewan and began studying human and bat cell responses to coronaviruses, under Misra’s supervision.
“As part of my PhD, I looked at the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS) because I wanted to work with a virus that we think comes from bats and is a pathogen in humans,” he said. “We saw how it infects and replicates in human and bat cells, and we also saw how the human and bat cells can differentially mount an immune response against this coronavirus.”
Banerjee also worked with Dr. Darryl Falzarano (PhD) at USask’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization – International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac), who trained him in the high containment lab so that he could conduct experiments. Falzarano also co-supervised his work on MERS coronavirus.
In the last two years of his PhD, Banerjee began to look at next steps for his research. He reached out to Dr. Karen Mossman (PhD), who is the acting vice-president research and an immunologist at McMaster University, about the possibility of working together.
“I knew this was a niche for myself and I wanted to continue studying bats and all of these viruses that spill over into humans,” he said. “McMaster has a unique bat colony that is maintained by researcher (Dr.) Paul Faure (PhD). So I reached out to Karen. I sent her a paper that was published from my PhD work and said, ‘Why don't you read this, and see if you find it interesting, and if you do, I’d like to get this science with me to McMaster University so I can develop it further with you.’ So she read the paper and thought it was fascinating.”
Banerjee applied for a number of grants and fellowships to obtain funding, and was awarded the Michael G. DeGroote Fellowship Award in Basic Biomedical Science from McMaster. He also received a postdoctoral fellowship funded by NSERC.
“My PhD was focused on virology and not as much on immunology. Now, I wanted to specialize in that. I think Karen, Vikram, Samira and I are all on the same wavelength; we’re people who get excited about interesting, fascinating science. I just love it,” he said.
Banerjee joined Mossman’s lab in fall 2018, after defending his PhD that August. He said a lot of his experiences at USask have shaped the work he’s doing now.
“I think the most critical thing I’d like to mention would be Vikram. From Day 1, he has trained me to go and seek out and say yes to opportunities. The other thing he also helped us do was to build our CV. It wasn’t just about publishing science, but he stressed the importance of communicating your science—go out and do presentations, talk at conferences, go to international meetings. All of this sets your CV up for success when you move on.”
At USask, Banerjee participated in many interdisciplinary experiences, like the Life and Health Sciences Research Expo, winning the Best Basic Science Paper in 2018, and the One Health initiative.
“I think reaching out to people in other silos was very important for me. One Health forced me to collaborate with other people, so I got to explain my science in a jargon-free and more accessible way,” he said.
“You don’t realize all of these skill sets that you’re acquiring as you go through your PhD, but I think one of the reasons I’m able to sit with physicians and understand them is because I’ve been doing this since my PhD. There are so many soft skills that you never give a second thought.”
With the current COVID-19 pandemic, Banerjee said it’s important to stay calm and follow guidance from the government and public health officials.
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“The world can be scary and I get that. I immigrated to Canada from a different continent, and now I call Canada my home. It was all scary and it still is, and every Sunday when I drive to Toronto to stay and work with new people, it gives me a lot of anxiety. But take that opportunity, take that step and say yes. You learn a lot out of it and almost certainly, I can tell you that you’re going to gain from it.”

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Marauding elephants have destroyed more than 240 hectares of farmland within the last few weeks in the Mayo-Danay and Mayo-Kani divisions of the Far North region of Cameroon.
According to the Mayo-Danay Divisional Delegation of Forestry and Wildlife, this vast destruction of farmland and farms is capable of plunging the local populations into a period of famine.
“The localities of Bougai, Kada Karalm Koro-Koro, Moyo and Diabe in the Kalfou subdivision are the hardest hit,” said Alhadji Halla, a Mayo-Danay Divisional Delegate of Forestry and Wildlife.
“ Crops are systematically destroyed on the passage of the elephants. The local populations do not know how to scare away this specie of animals nor the way to behave when faced with the elephants and the confrontations always end up to the disadvantage of the farmers who sometimes are trampled to death by the elephants.”
Halla said seven persons died in 2020 in Mayo-Danay due to the elephants’ invasion, adding, “the last victim was in November ending, and he was an 18-year-old orphan who grew up in the locality of Mazaya and who was a student of the Yagoua technical high school”.
“In the Mayo-Kani division, a boy was on January 2, 2021, killed in the locality of Goudoum Goudoum, trampled to death by elephants which were chasing him away from the family farm,” he added.
Faced with these calamities, the locals who believe the government has abandoned them, are at a loss as to what to do.
“The local populations are now forced to think that in the eyes of the government, the animals have more value than human beings. And this because the animals are protected by international conventions signed by the government,” declared the Mayo-Danay Forestry and Wildlife Delegate.
Christian Hououa, the Divisional Delegate of Agriculture for the Mayo-Danay, on his part estimated that the destruction caused to crops by the elephants during the 2020-2021 agricultural season stands at 45.8 million FCFA (about US$900,000).
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Day 9: Grand Valley to Obstruction Point.
Bittersweet, our last day in the mountains.I awoke early, during the half-light of dawn, to what sounded like wheezing. I thought it might be the roaring snore of my tentmate, but it was a deer no more than five feet from our tent- you should know that it wasn’t odd by this point to see deer close to camp as they had been stalking our group for the past few days in effort to steal sweaty clothing, or drink our urine, for its saltiness. When I sat up I made eye contact with the beauty, our curiosities leveled, and we froze in a gaze but for only a few brief and memorable moments. As her interest in my presence faded, I laid back down and reveled in the experience. I was so appreciative and filled with joy to have just had a staring contest with a deer no more than a few feet away, and yet at the same time I was sad. Sad that those experiences don’t happen in my normal life. Sad that my loved ones don’t get to feel and share the experiences I have had over the past 9 days. I laid in my tent and contemplated those thoughts all morning (luckily for me, that morning Tim and Nick woke up early to run an extra 7 miles back to the vans at Deer Park and rendezvous at Obstruction Point so we didn’t have to start hiking until about noon). This bittersweet emotion was a constant for me during the 9 days in the backcountry and especially so on the last day knowing that it was all coming to an end.
|This is not the deer I woke up to, but a similar deer encountered earlier on the trip. Photo: Alexandra Bradley|
The following is something I wrote while sitting on an escarpment overlooking 1,000 Acre Meadow (see Natalie White’s post about the experiences in 1,000 Acre Meadow on day 6) that identifies with the mixed emotions I feel when reflecting on experience:
“I’m sitting on a cliff face overlooking 1,000 Acre Meadow. My buddy, Kiley, just left my side a moment ago to explore the meadow and he is merely a dot in the vast landscape before my tear-soaked-eyes. I don’t know for certain what it is about being alone in nature that gets me so emotional. Maybe it’s that I have time to reflect on how I may never get to experience this again, which on one hand makes this moment so positively awesome, and on the other hand makes this moment so damn sad. My eyes don’t know how to feel so they pool with tears in that in-between place of not crying and not-not crying to match the confusion, joy, wonder, and sadness of the situation in the only way they know how.”
|Myself beginning to journal at an overlook over 1000 Acre Meadows.|
|Panorama of 1000 Acre Meadows. Photo: Shane Kelly|
|1000 Acre Meadows, with the trail-less pass and ridge that we entered from on the far left of the picture. The triangular mass of Sentinel Peak is in the background left.|
As Alexandra mentioned in the previous day’s blog, some of us were camped at Gladys Lake and had to make our way to Moose Lake to join the rest of the crew before we started our last ascent of the 9 day journey. I was the last to leave Gladys. I took one more look back towards Cameron Basin (the direction in which we came from the day before) and said my goodbyes. I didn’t exactly know what time it was, but after being without a timepiece for 9 days one starts to get oriented. I walked leisurely towards Moose Lake knowing it was well before noon, until I heard the group yelling my name. Our gang was excited and in a hurry to get to Obstruction Point (understandably so) as everyone’s yearning desire for hot pizza and cold beverages reigned supreme.
Our final climb was riddled with relentless mirages of light at the end of the tunnel. This hike up to Obstruction Point didn’t have much shelter from the sweltering heat. What comforted me though as I struggled up the trail were the many fond and everlasting memories that played like a flipbook in my mind: seeing endemic plant and wildlife species, starting our journey in the rain-glistened Montane Forest of Deer Park (which Maddy described as a primordial experience), hearing a tree fall in the woods nearby, watching a golden eagle soar below us, helping each other forge rivers and creeks (sometimes due to broken bridges), sharing in Tim’s excitement for natural history (aka, Timming), sharing foraged treasures with one another (salmonberry, thimbleberry, huckleberries), the constant communal support displayed by our clan, the heartfelt and insightful discussions we shared, the most beautiful sunset filled with colors that made my mouth water, stargazing like I’ve never experienced, the shrapnel throwing dust tornados, the inside jokes, the challenges overcome, and the blood, sweat and tears that went into 9 days in the Olympic Wilderness. I knew I was going to gain a lot of knowledge about biology, botany, ecology, and natural history. I knew it was going to be a struggle and a blessing. But I did not know that I would walk away from this class with a better understanding of myself.
|Exhausted, we feasted at the van before changing clothes and reluctantly heading back to civilization.|
The reoccurring question of the trip was, “What is the significance of Wilderness in the 21st century?” I answered that question while journaling one day, “If nothing else, my answer to that question is finding one’s self. In wilderness I get in touch with my senses, and my physical and emotional feelings. I do so through simplifying my life down to self and necessities. Once all the clutter of everyday life subsides I am left with only my thoughts, senses, and body. Then I can start to understand the kinds of experiences that mean the most to me. I can reflect on what makes me wonder, kind, curious, passionate, driven, joyful, appreciative, and conversely, agitated, spiteful, or sad. Once I’ve contemplated what experiences mean the most to me and make me the kind of person I want to be, then I can decide on how to make them more present in the rest of my life.” As Nick Schippers so eloquently put it during our last discussion, “A class like this provides experiences for identifying and learning about your own strengths and weaknesses. Then that gives us something to work on when we go back to our day-to-day lives.
|A final group photo on the other end, with the Strait of Juan de Fuca in the background, our gnarled mountain bodies fitting back into "street" clothes. Thanks to recent PoE graduate, Andrew Jauhola for help with the pickup!||
|A last view of our Olympic home from the ferry.|
|Approaching the city again on the other end of the urban/wilderness gradient.|
|Tourists viewing downtown Seattle from the lower deck of the ferry.|
Some early morning photos from Tim and Nick's excursion to move vans:
|6:30 AM: Mount Olympus in the distance, and an early morning shadow is cast across Lillian Ridge.|
|Looking out the Grand Valley towards teh Puget Trough. Light shimmers on the Puget Sound and low clouds hover above Puget Trough.|
|Phlox diffusa, a classic early season alpine flower that would normally be abundant this time of year. This one was blooming in an area that typically retains snow late into the season, and was the only one we saw on the whole trip.|
|The view out the Grand Valley, down towards 3 Forks, our first night's campsite.|
|Patterned ground, discernible under alpine/arctic vegetation on the broad ridge one encounters on the way back to Obstruction Point.|
|The sun is now high and the day is heating up as the trail crosses the broad ridge.|
|Patterned ground, or rock polygons, discernible under the alpine vegetation in this high cold environment.|
|Nick pauses to admire the currents on the Strait of Juan de Fuca (with Vancouver Island in the distance) on the ridge run to Deer Park.|
|Looking up the Grand Valley where our compatriots were cooking breakfast as we were running to Deer Park.|
|The Needles Range, with Deception (and small glacier) on far right, and Surprise Pass in the middle.|
|Looking out towards Sequim, the driest part of the Olympic Peninsula, in the rainshadow. This time and place last year, we were in the middle of a storm, while a "hole" of blue sky persisted over Sequim.|
|Cryptogramic soil on the Deer Ridge. Reindeer lichen in this case is the main cryptogam.|
|Nick running Deer Ridge.|
|Another view across the strait.|

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But, I have some questions, something that came to mind recently during all of this debate on BC, is what happens to a bullet when fired? What dimensions of said bullet change? Doesn't a bullet obiturate (can't spell it or even know exactly what it means). What effect could this have on BC? Could this "swelling" of the bullet cause a change in BC? Couldn't this "swelling", since each barrel is different cause BC to vary from barrel to barrel?
No, or not much anyway. These two "spent" bullets were found after my long range testing. They started at 2850 fps and 3100 fps.
Not much change in shape here!
Yea I have picked up my share of 168 SMKs that have bounced into the pits, but have never measured them against an unfired bullet. Was just wondering, not like it matters so long as those numbers give me correct calculations. Not really into how things work, so long as they work.
I admit that I know just enough to be dangerous.....but dangerous at ever extending distances.
Next question. Why does a match bullet have the opposite form of an aeroplane wing, the wing functioning like a match bullet fired backwards? Which is more aerodynamic, the wing or the bullet?
Nate, actually a wing isn't the reverse shape of a bullet. Close, but not quite. The upper surface of a wing is curved to create more surface area vs the relatively flat bottom surface of the wing. The greater surface area of the top of the wing causes the air molecules to be stretched out in distance between each other as they pass over the surface of the wing which causes a lower pressure above the wing than below the wing which is where the wing gets its lift. Bullets dont generate lift because they have the same shape top and bottom which is necessary for spinning and stability.
Technically, BC = (drag deceleration of the standard bullet) / (drag deceleration of the actual bullet). The reference of the standard bullet used is 1.000.
The below statements are not all there is to BCs. rather, the info below is BC in its most simple state used for comparison purposes to show the relation between sectional density and BC.
BC is (for the most part) a simple function of Sectional Density and Form Factor.
SD = Bullet weight (in pounds) / bullet diameter^2
BC = SD / FF
Change the SD and not the FF and you change the BC plain and simple.
Two bullets of identical demensions where one is made of aluminum (specific gravity of 2.69) and the other is tungsten (specific gravity of 19.62) the tungsten will have a MUCH higher BC. If you have a jacketed lead bullet and an all copper bullet of identical demensions, again the jacketed lead bullet has a higher BC. You could have an aluminum bullet twice as long as a tungsten bullet utilizing the same form and the tungstun bullet will still win. It would take an aluminum bullet 7.3 times longer than a tungsten bullet to surpass the BC of the tungsten bullet. So if a bullet made of tungsten was 1" long, it would take an aluminum bullet of 7.3" to surpass the BC of the 1" tungsten bullet.
A current example is the 180 ACCUBOND and the 180 E-tip. One is longer than the other. They both have the same SD yet not the same specifec gravity. The Accubond has a specifec gravity of around 10.5 and the E-tip around 8.89. This meens that in order to get the E-tip up to the same weight of the Accubond, it has to be made longer. The nose and boattail appear to be the same. Note that the published BC data shows the E-tip to be higher than the Accubond. In the real world, this is not the case. Mathematically and physically, they will be extremely close to eachother. The AB is published at .507 where as the last time I double chronied them they were .523-.524 which is where Nosler publishes the E-tip. I have not chronied the E-tip and cannot vouch for it but would bet nearly anything that they are neck and neck.
Regardless of how long the bullet is, bullet length in and of its self does not equate to a higher BC.
Bullet length with a specific form factor made of a material that has a given specific gravity will make up it's weight. Make it longer and the BC goes up due to the added weight and subsequent SD. In the case of the E-tip versus the Accubond, they maintaind the same static form factor (ie: nose profile, boattail etc...) lengthened the bullet, changed the material (specific gravity) but the SD and subsequent BC remain the same. This is where we find that when we take two different bullets of equal weight and equal form yet one is a smaller caliber such as in the case of a 180 30 cal and a 180 284 cal the smaller caliber will always yeild a higher BC. This is because the weight to caliber ratio offers a much greater sectional density. Remember, increase the SD and the BC goes up all other components being equal.
Granted there will be other factors at play where the BC is concerned such as bore quality, velocity, stability factor etc.........The above is geared towards the basic mathematical components where all other factors such as bore quality, velocity etc.... are equal. Also it should be noted that the above statements are based on the G1 drag model. It is somewhat difficult to compare ballistic properties of different bullets if the BCs are refering to different drag models. With all the computers in the world, as powerfull as they are and what knowledge of mathematics we have, there is no substitute for measuring BC accurately without firing tests. Be it doppler, TOF (by way of bullet activated relays), double chronies, or drop tests. We can predict them with a reasonable degree of accuracy. Accurate enough to get on a big peice of paper anyway to be fine tuned.
So in short, in a sense, bullet length has alot to do with a bullet's BC but not in and of its self. Only how it relates to the overall bullet weight which in turn gives life to the SD.
Clear as mud??
Michael, I agree overall and I'm not sure how much lengthing a bullet affects it's BC. As to the differences between the shapes of the E-Tips and The ABs, when I seat to the Lands with my 200 AB's and 180 E-Tips, I get different COALs which suggests different nose shapes. I'm not sure if that would hold up with the 189 E-Tips?
Another interesting observation is what you found in your testing to be the BC of the 180 AB's vs Bryan's. When I run the Litz 180 AB in JBM and take the MV and 1000 yd velocity and plug them into the balastic calc, I get .486 for the AB. Now 1000 yds might be farther than you set your chrony's, but I think it just goes to show that all of us amatures can come with fairly significant differences when we're using our lower grade equipment and methods.


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Research on Robot Grasping Moving Object Based on Dynamic Visual Servo
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|Keywords||Moving target capture Stereo Vision Dynamic visual servo Visual impedance CMAC network compensation|
Robots capture moving target robot visual servo control, complete tracking of moving targets and crawl, is a cutting-edge application subject of the intelligent robot, there is a good prospect in the field of industrial, aerospace and entertainment. Robot to capture the goals of the movement, has laid a good foundation for the robot to perform more complex tasks. Visual servo control with traditional sensor-based robot control compared with the more obvious advantages: greater flexibility, higher precision, more robust robot calibration error. Kinetic visual servo based on visual inspection, to calculate the acceleration of the robot and the joint torque, machine vision of the role of force feedback. This paper studies the the robot dynamic visual servo control technology, through the kinetic visual servo robots more flexible quickly moving target capture task, and optimized dynamic visual servo. Thesis, completed the following work: 1, treated according to the binocular stereo vision technology to capture the movement of the target three-dimensional position of the positioning in the camera coordinate and world coordinate the relationship between calibration based on the Kalman filter moving target visual feedback information filtering and estimated processing. 2, the robot unit composed of modules analysis discussed servo unit module dynamic and static accuracy and improve the accuracy of the commonly used methods. Analysis of the relations and the mechanical structure of the relationship of the geometry of the six degrees of freedom of the robot, the establishment of the kinematics and dynamics of the robot control system model, and using OpenGL model visualization simulation of robot control. 3, the optimization methods, robot target locus the decoupling joint coordinates of the trajectory. By Fuzzy Bang-Bang control the robot, the gripper to the time the best way to track and close to the moving target. In order to improve the stability of the system, when the position and the desired position of the joints of the robot is less than a given threshold value, a blur band integral servo control. 4, to study the dynamics of the robot visual servo control, and position-based visual impedance control algorithm for the robot to capture the moving target. The CMAC network compensation impedance control output of the visual optimization, and finally moving target capture control simulation experiments.


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A series of experiments exploring the effect of seed moisture and transplant management techniques was conducted with sh2 and su sweet corn (Zea mays L.). The use of seed and transplants in a progression of developmental stages from dry seed to moistened seed to 14-day-old transplants showed that moistened seed had no impact on plant `growth and development. Use of transplants generally had little impact beyond decreasing percent survival and plant height. Increasing the age of transplants reduced the time to maturity and harvest. Increasing the size of the transplant container (paper pot) decreased the time to harvest for younger seedings, but had no other effects. Premoistened seed were successfully held at 10C for up to 72 hours without damage following moisturization. Delays in irrigation of up to 2 days after planting moistened seed had no detrimental effects on sweet corn emergence and growth.
Luther Waters Jr., Rhoda L. Burrows, Mark A. Bennett, and John Schoenecker
J.O. Payero, M.S. Bhangoo, and J.J. Steiner
The effects of six applied N treatments differing by rates and frequencies of application on the yield and quality of pepper (Capsicum annuum var. annuum L. `Anaheim Chili') grown for seed was studied. The timing of N applications was based on crop phenology, leaf petiole nitrate-nitrogen concentrations (NO3-N) minimum thresholds, and scheduled calendar applications of fixed amounts of N. Solubilized NH4NO3 was applied through a trickle-irrigation system to ensure uniform and timely applications of N. Rate of mature (green and red) fruit production was unaffected by any treatment except weekly applications of 28 kg·ha-1 of N, which stopped production of mature fruit before all other treatments. Early season floral bud and flower production increased with increasing amounts of N. The two highest total N treatments produced more floral buds and flowers late in the season than the other treatments. Total fruit production was maximized at 240 kg N/ha. Differences in total fruit production due to frequency of N application resulted at the highest total N level. Red fruit production tended to be maximized with total seasonal applied N levels of 240 kg·ha-1 and below, although weekly applications of N reduced production. Total seed yield was a function of red fruit production. Pure-1ive seed (PLS) production was a function of total seed production. Nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) for red fruit production also decreased with N rates >240 kg·ha-1, but PLS yield and NUE decreased in a near-linear fashion as the amount of total seasonal applied N increased, regardless of application frequency. Season average NO3-N (AVE NO3-N) values >4500 mg·kg-1 had total seed and PLS yields less than those treatments <4000 mg·kg-1. Six-day germination percentage was reduced with weekly N applications of 14 kg·ha-1. Seed mass was reduced with weekly N applications of 28 kg·ha-1. Final germination percent, seedling root length and weight, and field emergence were unaffected by any of the N treatments. These findings indicate that different N management strategies are needed to maximize seed yield compared to fruit yield and, therefore, there may be an advantage to growing `Anaheim Chili' pepper specifically for seed.
Susan L.F. Meyer, Inga A. Zasada, Shannon M. Rupprecht, Mark J. VanGessel, Cerruti R.R. Hooks, Matthew J. Morra, and Kathryne L. Everts
Deregistration of synthetic chemical pesticides has increased the need for alternative management strategies directed at soilborne diseases and pests. One alternative available to conventional and organic growers is incorporation of mustard seed
Jesús Valencia and Donald M. May
An irrigation water study was conducted in the West side of Fresno County to evaluate the impact of recycled drainage water nitrogen and salinity content in the growth of direct seeded processing tomatoes to reduce nitrate-ground water pollution. Four canal water treatments (0.4 dS/m) received 0, 67.5, 101.2, and 168.7 kg of nitrogen per hectare and four saline water treatments (7.01 dS/m) received 0, 33.7, 67.5 and 135.0 kg nitrogen per hectare. All treatments were established with fresh canal water, and at first flower half of treatments were switched to saline water. The nitrogen content of water had an average of 283 ppm N-NO3 for the canal water and the drainage water contained 4489 ppm N-NO3. There was no significant yield differences between the irrigation methods and the two N-fertilizer sources applied to the tomatoes. However, drainage water produced a significant increase in fruit soluble solids (5.05 Av.) in comparison to canal water and synthetic fertilizer (4.3 Av.). The overall fruit quality and maturity was better in the drainage water treatments than it was in the fresh canal water with synthetic N-applied treatments.
Fredy R. Romero, Kathleen Delate, and David Hannapel
Consumption of Echinacea, one of the most popular botanical supplements, continues to expand in the United States. In addition, organic herbal products have captured a large share of the botanical supplement market. We evaluated commercial organic production of the three most-important medicinal species of Echinacea, E. angustifolia DC, E. purpurea (L) Moench., and E. pallida (Nutt.) from two seed sources. Plants were grown in the field for 3 consecutive years. We found that, during the first year, screen cages were associated with enhanced post-transplanting establishment. Growth of E. angustifolia was not affected by either production system or seed source after 3 years, and yields were equivalent for years 2 and 3 for this species. Growth of E. purpurea was affected by production system, but not by seed source, during the first 2 years. In year 3, neither seed source nor production system affected growth of E. purpurea. Yield of E. pallida was greater in the open field the first year; no difference between production systems was found during the second; and, by the third year, plants growing in screened cages produced more than plants growing in the open field. Production system affected yield of E. purpurea only during year 2, and yield was greater in the open field than in screened cages. Echinacea plants in the open field, however, were more affected by aster yellows disease, with an infection rate of 17% for E. purpurea in the open field compared to 3% under screen cages. Based on these results, in areas of aster yellows incidence, excellent Echinacea root yields can be obtained under screen cages using organic seeds.
Samuel Contreras, Mark A. Bennett, James D. Metzger, and David Tay
management of particular environmental conditions, such as photoperiod or light quality, for specific improvement of some aspects of seed quality is not a frequent practice in seed production for most species. Storability or longevity may be defined as the
Kiersten A. Wise, Robert A. Henson, and Carl A. Bradley
different management practices is the best way to manage ascochyta blight of chickpea ( Gan et al., 2006 ). Integrated management programs include crop rotation, seed certification and testing, fungicide seed treatment, partially resistant cultivars, and
Eric B. Brennan and Jim E. Leap
. Incorporating seed with the cultivator and disc resulted in more cover crop emergence in the furrows than was observed in the other treatments. Cover crop emergence in the furrows can create management challenges at season end when the cover crop is terminated
Derald A. Harp, Cheng Chen, and Curtis Jones
annuals and short-lived perennials, relies on either replanting or the success and growth of seeds. Ksiasek et al. (2014) confirmed that green roof plants are capable of producing viable seed. However, few plants produce successful seedlings ( Hopman
Melissa Bonham, Gerald M. Ghidiu, Erin Hitchner, and Elwood L. Rossell
, azinphos-methyl, and phosmet, until the early 1990s. Additionally, the increase in carrot weevil damage may also be attributed to limited acreage for crop rotation, an important pest management tactic for carrot weevil ( Grafius, 1984 ). Seed treatment

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New 3-D Printing Pen Will Let Artists Draw in Mid-Air
A new handheld 3-D printer is leaving behind the notion of “putting pen to paper” behind, reports Colossal. Billing itself as the smallest 3-D printing pen in the world, LIX will liberate artists from the page, allowing them to draw in the air, creating vertical illustrations.
Like a large-scale 3-D printer, LIX produces a stream of melted plastic that instantly hardens, but there’s no need to program it with a specific design. Instead, the pen allows you to draw freehand. LIX only takes a minute to heat up, and seems to work instantaneously.
The project’s Kickstarter page has already exceeded its funding goal by more than £100,000 (rough $170,000). The first 100 backers to offer over £43 ($70) were promised a LIX pen and a bag of plastic “ink.” Those are all sold out, but you can still get a LIX with three bags of plastic for £82 ($135). The campaign is on through May 29.
If you’re interested in the technology that makes the device possible, here’s LIX’s official explanation:
LIX 3-D printing pen has the similar function as 3-D printers. It melts and cools coloured plastic, letting you create rigid and freestanding structures. Lix has a hot-end nozzle that is power supplied from USB 3.0 port. The plastic filament ABS/PLA is introduced in the upper extremity of Lix Pen. The filament goes through a patented mechanism while moving through the pen to finally reach the hot-end nozzle which melts and cools it down.
A similar device called the 3-Doodler was announced last year, but the pen was significantly clunkier, and LIX seems able to create much finer, cleaner drawings/sculptures.
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Washington Nationals Rumors
Here's tonight's look at the NL East..
- Nationals General Manager Mike Rizzo said today that he is not actively seeking roster upgrades from the outside, tweets Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports. Jayson Werth could return in the next week for the Nats, who currently sit 4.5 games back of the Braves in the NL East with a 27-25 record.
- Even though there has been speculation that the Phillies could trade Cliff Lee or Jonathan Papelbon this season, Buster Olney of ESPN told WEEI's Mut & Merloni that he doesn't see that happening. Olney noted that owner David Montgomery is very conservative and he's also not ready to count out the Phillies. While they have struggled, the Phillies have the luxury of getting to play plenty of games against the Mets and Marlins, whom Olney calls "two of the three worst teams in baseball".
- Phillies prospect Cesar Hernandez was recalled from Triple-A to help the club get by in the absence of Chase Utley. The Phillies consider the 23-year-old to be a future major league player and due diligence is required as he is out of options in 2014, writes Matt Gelb of the Philadelphia Inquirer.
- Earlier tonight, we ran down the latest on the Mets.
The Nationals will promote pitcher Nate Karns, who will start against Kevin Gausman and the Orioles tomorrow, Adam Kilgore of the Washington Post notes (on Twitter). Karns will start in place of Ross Detwiler, who has a right oblique strain.
Karns ranked 99th on Keith Law's top 100 prospects list (Insider-only). He did not rank in Baseball America or MLB.com's lists. Law notes that Karns "was 93-97 as a starter with a yellow hammer of a curveball at 80-85 that he threw for more and more strikes as the season went on, meaning he could have two pitches that grade out at 70 on the 20-80 scale." Baseball America's Prospect Handbook lists Karns as the Nationals' fifth-best prospect and pegs him as a future mid-rotation starter or high-leverage reliever.
Karns, 25, had pitched this season at Double-A Harrisburg, posting a 4.60 ERA with 11.0 K/9 and 3.6 BB/9. He has not yet pitched at the Triple-A level, so his promotion qualifies as a bit of a surprise. It appears likely that the Nationals will send Karns down at some point, but if they don't, he will accumulate 125 days of service time this year. That means he might be eligible for arbitration as a Super Two player after the 2015 season, although the exact date that will establish the threshold of Super Two eligibility that season is unclear. He would be eligible for free agency after the 2019 season.
Today's minor moves...
- The Nationals announced Yunesky Maya cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A. The 31-year-old had been designated for assignment on Friday to open a roster spot for Jeff Kobernus. Maya had signed out of Cuba for $8MM in 2010, and has totaled 59 big league innings with a 5.80 ERA.
- The Brewers signed reliever Clay Hensley to take Donovan Hand's place at Triple-A, tweets MLB.com's Adam McCalvy. Hand joined the big league club yesterday. Hensley had been released from the Reds' Triple-A affiliate a week ago, after posting a 4.00 ERA, 10.0 K/9, 4.5 BB/9, and 1.00 HR/9 in 18 innings. Hensley is best known for allowing home run #755 to Barry Bonds in 2007, which tied Hank Aaron's record. Bonds would go on to hit seven additional home runs, the final one coming off Ubaldo Jimenez. Bonds was indicted for perjury and obstruction of justice related to the government's BALCO investigation that offseason, and his legal issues and reported steroid use led to what his agent called a "conspiracy" among teams not to sign him.
- Six players currently reside in DFA limbo: Francisco Martinez of the Mariners, Michael Bowden of the Cubs, Robert Andino of the Mariners, Billy Buckner of the Angels, and Francisco Rondon and Ben Francisco of the Yankees.
Nationals GM Mike Rizzo might make an intriguing free agent after the 2015 season, FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal says in a recent video. Rizzo's friends tell Rosenthal that Rizzo is not afraid of leaving after 2015 if the team does not pay him well. The Nats exercised their 2014 option on Rizzo last month, and have another option for 2015. Earlier this week, Adam Kilgore of the Washington Post reported that the decision to exercise the 2014 option may have annoyed Rizzo, since the contract from which the option came was not especially lucrative. Under the 2014 option, Rizzo will be in the bottom third in GM pay, Kilgore noted. Here's more from Rosenthal.
- Rosenthal notes that Jose Altuve's recent decision to leave Scott Boras for his old agency, Octagon, is not necessarily an indication that Altuve will sign long-term with the Astros. There are currently no extension talks between the two sides, Rosenthal reports.
- If the Dodgers were to fire manager Don Mattingly, one problem would be that there are few obvious replacements, Rosenthal reports in another video. Neither Tony LaRussa nor Bobby Cox look like likely options, and members of Mattingly's staff like Davey Lopes, Trey Hillman and Tim Wallach aren't ideal. Still, Rosenthal says, the Dodgers will likely fire Mattingly anyway if the team doesn't improve, and the Dodgers have a rough schedule coming up.
Here are a few National League notes as we head into the weekend:
- Padres utilityman Alexi Amarista has switched his representation to Martin Arburua, tweets Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com. Per MLBTR's Agency Database, Amarista was formerly represented by Proformance. The 24-year-old, who has slashed .280/.309/.452 in 98 plate appearances thus far in 2013, is set to be arbitration eligible beginning in 2015.
- The Nationals are approaching opt-out deadlines for two left-handed relievers that are currently stashed in the minors, explains James Wagner of the Washington Post. Both J.C. Romero and Bill Bray are eligible to elect free agency in June if they are not added to the big league roster. While Washington still has uncertainty in its lefty bullpen options, with Zach Duke scuffling and Fernando Abad only recently added to the squad, its decisions on Romero and Bray will be complicated by injuries to the two southpaws. Romero last saw action on May 8; Bray's last appearance was May 14. Of course, the Nats could always seek to extend those opt-out dates, which could be beneficial to both the team and the players.
- The major decision facing the Nationals this past offseason was whether to bring back free agent Adam LaRoche and, if so, what to do with slugging outfielder/first baseman Michael Morse. With over a quarter of the season in the bag, the Washington Post's Adam Kilogre looks back at the team's ultimate decision to re-sign LaRoche and send Morse to the Mariners. Given the way the season has developed, Kilgore posits, Morse would likely have already been able to achieve over 100 at-bats even with LaRoche in the fold. It is easy to second-guess the decision with Morse's solid start (.244/.310/.462 but with ten long balls) and the struggles of young power-hitter Tyler Moore (.121/.157/.227 and just one home run in 70 plate appearances). Nevertheless, Kilgore explains, the club was not only concerned with carrying Morse's salary and relegating a still-in-his-prime veteran to a secondary role, but needed to recoup some future value after dealing high-end prospect Alex Meyer for center fielder Denard Span.
- As Kilgore notes, the Nats not only landed high-upside pitching prospects A.J. Cole and Blake Treinen in the Morse trade, but also were entitled to a player-to-be-named later. The PTBNL turned into another arm, left-handed reliever Ian Krol, who has flashed promise in his time with the organization. Kilgore points out that Krol has given up only two runs over 22 2/3 innings while working out of the pen for the Nats' Double-A affiliate. The 22-year-old Krol adds another internal option to supplement the team's less-than-inspiring southpaw relief corps.
Nationals manager Davey Johnson announced after tonight's ballgame that the team designated pitcher Yunesky Maya for assignment, Amanda Comak of the Washington Times and others reported (via Twitter). In a corresponding move, the team will call up 24-year-old infielder Jeff Kobernus for his first big league tour.
Maya, a 31-year-old righty who hails from Cuba, has disappointed since the Nats gave him $8MM to sign as an international free agent. In just 59 career big league innings, Maya has struggled to a 5.80 ERA and posted a substandard 4.1 K/9 and 3.2 BB/9. In his only appearance this season, he surrendered a walk-off home run to Pablo Sandoval.
Kobernus, a 2009 second-round pick, was a Rule 5 draftee of the Tigers this past offseason. After challenging for a roster spot with Detroit in the spring, he was returned to the Nationals. Primarily a second baseman for much of his career, Kobernus has seen significant time in the outfield of late, both with the Tigers over the spring and with the Nationals' Triple-A affiliate. He earned the promotion by posting a .333/.378/.420 line over his 193 plate appearances this season.
The Phillies received some more bad injury luck today when the team announced that Chase Utley was going to the 15-day DL with a Grade 1 oblique strain. While the injury isn't considered particularly serious, Phillies GM Ruben Amaro told media (including CSNPhilly.com) that the team was going to be cautious in order to keep Utley's oblique from bothering him throughout the season. Utley has battled a number of injuries over the last few seasons and going on the DL yet again is likely to hurt his free agent stock this winter -- at the very least, it will drop him a few spots in the next edition of Tim Dierkes' 2014 Free Agent Power Rankings.
Here are some items from around the NL East...
- On Wednesday, before Utley's DL stint, Amaro said he saw his team as buyers leading up to the trade deadline since he felt his team was still in the race, MLB.com's Todd Zolecki reports. Amaro did warn that the decision to buy or sell at the deadline was coming soon. "The real question is: How long can you wait? Right now, we're willing to wait, because no one is crazy and running away with it. We're willing to wait, and how long we'll wait is a decision I'll have to make," Amaro said.
- Amaro also commented on manager Charlie Manuel, reiterating that the team wouldn't look at Manuel's status until after the season. This is the 69-year-old Manuel's last year under contract as the Phillies skipper.
- Philadelphia's numerous injury problems give the Phillies the look of a seller at the deadline, FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal opines in his latest Hot Corner video. Rosenthal notes that the team would at least listen on offers for "virtually any Phillie" on the roster in order to clear money off the payroll and obtain young talent.
- The Nationals aren't living up to their status as World Series favorites, but GM Mike Rizzo said the team isn't planning any major roster shake-ups to get on track during the season, Amanda Comak of the Washington Times reports. "I think we put together a roster that we feel is going to contend....We feel we have the roster in place to win a lot of games," Rizzo said. "We felt that in Spring Training, we felt that in the winter, and I still have all the confidence in the world that this is the team that’s going to play deep into the season.”
- Eric O'Flaherty is the seventh Braves pitcher to undergo Tommy John surgery in the last five years, leading David O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution to wonder if the team needs to re-examine their methods of using and developing their pitchers.
- In other NL East news from earlier today on MLBTR, the Marlins designated Jon Rauch for assignment, the Nationals could be interested in hiring Don Mattingly as Davey Johnson's successor, and we shared a collection of notes about the Mets.
Here's the latest on a few managers on the hot seat after their clubs have gotten off to disappointing starts in 2013...
- Don Mattingly isn't in "imminent danger" of being fired as Dodgers manager, ESPN's Buster Olney and Jayson Stark report. GM Ned Colletti met with Mattingly and the coaching staff after Tuesday's game and a source believes “the air was cleared and a new direction was given.” Colletti wasn't behind Mattingly's criticisms of the team, though sources say the GM did encourage Mattingly's choice to be more assertive.
- Dodgers president Stan Kasten was also not offended by Mattingly's comments, telling FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal that the skipper was trying to motivate the club. “I know what Don is trying to do, what his intention is. It’s to light a fire, kick-start the team. He’s trying everything he can think of. We’re all behind him," Kasten said.
- If this is Mattingly's last season in Los Angeles, some predict he could find a new job managing the Nationals next year, CBS Sports' Danny Knobler reports. The Nats previously considered Mattingly for a managerial opening (though he wasn't interviewed) and the team is believed to "strongly favor hiring a high-profile manager" to replace the retiring Davey Johnson rather than promote an internal option.
- Brewers manager Ron Roenicke is "not the issue" with the team's problems, owner Mark Attanasio tells CBS Sports' Jon Heyman. An anonymous scout recently criticized the Brewers for lacking in effort but Attanasio disagrees: "The guys may be a little down. But I saw them before (Wednesday's game), and there was a lot of energy and enthusiasm. That was a very spirited dugout. One thing I like about Ron Roenicke, the players play hard for him." Attanasio chalked his team's woes up to "streakiness," a lack of situational hitting and struggling starting pitching.
Jose Canseco will be joining the Fort Worth Cats of the independent United League, the team announced. Canseco will serve as a player-coach during the team's opening home stand against the Edinburg Roadrunners, managed by Jose's twin brother Ozzie. This isn't Canseco's first go-around in an independent league, as the 48-year-old has appeared for clubs in several circuits since completing a 17-year big league career. Here is tonight's look around the rest of the baseball world..
- Mark Gonzales of the Chicago Tribune and other reporters discussed the state of the White Sox with GM Rick Hahn. "We're not going to change that path and will focus on this season until it's readily apparent that we have to change our focus," said Hahn, regarding the decision to buy or sell as the season progresses. The White Sox are currently 20-23, good for fourth in the AL Central.
- While the Reds have looked to add some balance to their lefty-heavy lineup, the market is not to their liking, reports Mark Sheldon of MLB.com. "There is really nobody out there that would make much of a difference. We’re just biding our time to see what happens," said General Manager Walt Jocketty.
- In his latest mailbag, Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe was asked about potential trade targets for the Red Sox, including a possible closer upgrade. While the ninth inning is a concern, the club will fully want to test out Andrew Bailey before making a major trade for established reliever. Cafardo has heard baseball people speculate that the club could be interested in reacquiring Jonathan Papelbon, but they'll focus on what they already have first.
- Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. is still optimistic about the club's offense, but acknowledges some concerns in an interview with Bob Brookover of the Philadelphia Inquirer. When asked about possible moves to remedy under-performance and injury, Amaro said the team has looked to improve but cited a lack of activity around the league, "I don’t think a lot of teams feel like they know what they have yet, so you’re not seeing anything more than waiver-wire claims."
Here's a look at the latest out of the National League East..
- Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com reports that Cliff Lee's professional, unemotional view on trades has served him well. The 34-year-old left-hander could be a popular trade target if the Philles end up as sellers at the deadline, but that apparently doesn't bother Lee. "Normally, if you're traded you go from a team that's not in a good situation to a team that's winning,'' the veteran said.
- The Nationals will have some interesting roster decisions to make regarding their infield, suggests Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports. Rosenthal argues that because of last winter's two-year deal for Adam LaRoche, the club will have difficulty in finding a spot for top prospect Anthony Rendon, with his natural position taken by Ryan Zimmerman. Rendon, who has played at second base of late, has a bat that "should make him an impact big leaguer" according to Baseball America.
- The Mets have discussed demoting Ike Davis, Ruben Tejada, and Jordany Valdespin, according to Andy Martino of NYDailyNews.com. Though there is nothing to suggest that the club would demote the struggling trio all in one fell swoop, Martino argues that the Mets need to make just such a move in order to best move forward.
Max Fogle contributed to this post.


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Regency Mahogany Carver
This classic regency mahogany carver is embellished with applied motifs gilded in 23.5 carat gold leaf: The turned and reeded front legs terminate in cast brass lion paws in the style of the English regency of the first two decades of the 1800s. (Strictly speaking the Regency was the period from 1811 until 1820 when George III died and his son, the Regent was crowned George IV)
The Vitruvian scrolls of the arms are a typical neo-classical feature of the period.
You can find information about Regency furniture styles by clicking this link
The colour of the upholstery fabric is specially chosen for historical correctness and purple is characteristic of that period, especially in combination with black and gold.
This carver is a somewhat extravagant statement of opulence made at a time when Great Britain was close to bankruptcy as a result of the Napoleonic wars. It was also a time of economic revival being the golden age of canal development and the expansion of industrialization.
The chair was purchased by us at an auction house (Aldridge of Bath Ltd) which is located on the Lower Bristol Road, Bath UK: It had been part of a consignment from the estate of an apparently eccentric solicitor in the area.
It had been recently painted black with gold painted details (removed by us) and apart from some minor damage over the approximately two hundred years, it doesn’t seem to have suffered any major damage, It is now in a sound usable condition commensurate with age.
Height 99 cms; width 55 cms; seat depth 43 cms; seat height 48 cms


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By Amy Cherry/Allan Loudell 2:48pm, December 13, 2013
State Education Secretary Mark Murphy (WDEL/File)Delaware's Education Secretary speaks out more on the decision to close the only all-girls charter school in the state.
WDEL's Amy Cherry reports.
State Education Secretary Mark Murphy defends the timing of his decision to close Reach Academy.
"It provides the opportunity, the adults, the teachers for example to seek other employment and to be able to find that employment in time for the next school year," says Murphy.
The school will shutdown in June after the end of this school year. In other states, the shutdown announcement comes in May or June. Murphy says by telling families now, they have more control over the future of their child's education.
"From a child's standpoint, this now allows those families to exercise their parental choice around their schools within the choice deadline, which is a much simpler and more efficient way," Murphy says.
He says though there's a risk that teachers may "check out," and that the children aren't getting a quality education in their remaining months, but he calls it a risk worth taking.
"It is the responsibility of the leaders in the school, the board of directors in the school and our department to monitor the quality of the implementation throughout the rest of the school year, I think that that is a worthwhile risk to taking in order to afford our parents the opportunity to choose different schools," Murphy says.
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