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CHANCE TO MAKE AMENDS
Kenyan Beatrice Chepkoech topped the women’s 3,000m Steeplechase heats as she looks to redeem herself at the ongoing World Athletic Championships in Doha.
She finished Heat 1 unchallenged in a time of 9:18.01 to book her place in the finals. Her time was well off her world record time of 8:44.32 set last year, but was till more than 30 seconds ahead of the next fastest qualifier in the heats. American Courtney Frerichs won Heat 2 in a time of 9:18.42.
Two years ago, Chepkoech, missed the water jump and had to double back to clear it, and with it any hopes of a medal.
She came back strongly to break the world record and has established herself as the world’s best steeplechaser.
Freirichs, who was a silver medalist in London two years ago, looks set to give the Kenyan a fight for the gold.
Defending champion Emma Coburn, of America qualified sixth fastest but would be another athlete, who could derail Chepkoech’s golden hopes.
Hyvin Kiyeng, the 2015 world champion, is also through to the finals. She qualified with a slow time of 9:29.15. Another Kenyan finalist to look out for is Celliphine Chepteek Chespol, who only managed a 9:24.22 in her Heats. The world U18 and U20 champion is the only other sub-nine-minute woman in the field. Her 8:58.78 clocking – a world U20 record – was set back in May 2017.
PRICE IS RIGHT
American DeAnna Price as expected secured her place in the finals of the women’s hammer throw with a heave of 73.77m in the qualifying competition. The 26-year-old was expected to dominate the event with her teammates Brooke Andersen and Gwen Berry.
With four-time champion Anita Wlodarczyk of Poland missing the championships through injury the American trio, ranked as the best three athletes in the event wer expected to blow away their rivals. While Price gave an indication of her gold medal prospect, her teammates failed to impress.
The 26-year-old Price, who reached the 2016 Olympic and 2017 World Championships finals, has won five of her seven competitions this year. She produced the season’s two farthest throws, a 77.43m effort in Bloomington in late June and a 78.24m North American record to win the US title in late July. That’s nearly a metre and a half better than anyone else in the world.
Berry only managed a 71.72m distance, missing out on the qualifying distance of 72m. She made it into the finals as only nine athletes made the required qualifying distance.
As for Andersen, her 68.46 effort was only 20th best in the field and failed to make the cut for the finals.
Another pre-event favourite, Wang Zheng of China qualified seventh best with a throw of 72.65. Zheng, the bronze medallist in 2013 and runner-up in London two years ago, would be looking to improve on the effort to finish on the podium once again.
Wang has won 11 of her past 12 competitions, including the Asian title at Doha’s Khalifa Stadium in April.
STEFANDI LEADS AN OPEN FIELD
Defending champion Katerina Stefandi needed just one attempt to book her place in the finals of the women’s pole vault event. Her 4.60m effort was matched by 16 other qualifiers but there is no doubt on who would start as the odds on favourite to win the gold.
Since winning the 2016 Olympics in Rio, Stefanidi hasn’t lost a major outdoor title. She has since that victory also won the European crowns in 2016 and 2018, and the world title in London two years ago.
The 29-year-old Greek star has won six of her 13 outdoor competitions this year but will have to be wary of a number of other qualifiers.
2012 Olympic champion Jennifer Suhr, authorised neutral athlete Anzhelika Sidorova and American Sandi Morris, Canadian Alysha Newman, Katie Nageotte and Cuban Yarisley Silva, the 2015 world champion are all capable of denying her.
Mariya Lasitskene qualified for the finals of the women’s high jump as she bids to become the first three-time high jump champion.
The 26-year-old authorised neutral athlete managed a leap of 1.94m to make the finals as seven other athletes also managed the same qualifying height.
The Diamond League champion has won 11 out of 12 outdoor competitions and holds a season’s best of 2.06m.Yuliya Levchenko, the 21-year-old Ukrainian who finished second in London two years ago, only managed a 1.92m in the qualifiers.
Teammate Yaroslava Mahuchikh, the world U18 and Youth Olympic champion is also through to her first senior finals.
Karyna Demidik of Belarus, the world U20 champion is also through to the finals together with American Vashti Cunningham, the 2016 world indoor champion.
Mirela Demireva of Bulgaria, the Olympic silver medalist and two-time European silver medalist and Poland’s Kamila Licwinko are the other finalists.
Alessia Trost of Italy, who jumped to world indoor bronze last year, however, failed to make the finals.
Despite not having won any races this year, American Paul Chelimo is the surprise fastest qualifier for the finals of the men’s 5,000m race. Chelimo finished in a time of 13:20.18 to qualify ahead of Ethiopian Tetahun Haite Bekele in Heat 2.
Chelimo, who finished on the podium at the 2017 World Championships and 2016 Olympic Games, has not been at his best but base don his run today, he cannot be discounted to spring a surprise in the final.
Bekele leads this year’s world list following his 12:52.98 victory at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Rome. However he finished in a time of 13:20.45 to qualify second fastest overall. The Ethiopian’s only prior major championships experience was last year’s World U20 Championships where he finished fifth.
Norwegian Ingebrigtsen brothers – Henrik, Filip and Jakob – have all qualified for the finals. Filip, the world bronze medalist over 1,500m is the fastest of the brothers with a time of 13:20.52, to qualify third fastest for the finals.
Henrik qualified seventh fastest while Jakob, the youngest of the brothers qualified 12th fastest. Despite the qualifying results, Jakob cannot be brushed aside as he won the senior European 1500m and 5000m titles last year at the age of 18.
Only two athletes managed to get past the qualifying mark of 17.10m in the men’s triple jump heats and it is not the favourite American duo of Christian Taylor or Will Claye.
Instead it was Portuguese Pedro Pablo Pichardo (17.38m) and Burkina Faso’s Hugues Fabrice Zango (17.17) who took the honours.
Since making their debut at the 2011 championships the two Americans have been regular podium finishers. Taylor only managed 16.99 to qualify for the finals while Claye’s 16.97 put him in fifth spot behind another American Donald Scott (16.99)
Despite the setback, the American duo are still expected to shine in the finals. Claye heads to Doha as the world leader, having sailed to a 18.14m June and a 18.06m to win at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Paris at the end of August.
He would be looking to upstage Taylor, the defending champion in the event. Their career head-to-head record is even closer. Taylor has the edge in the triple jump, 26 to 23, but add in their long jump record and Claye has the advantage, 31 to 29.
Hoping to derail their hopes would be Pichardo, the third Doha-bound 18-metre performer, who is the only other man apart from Claye to have beaten Taylor this year. The two-time world silver medalist jumped a season’s best of 17.53m at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in London.
USA’s Omar Craddock who won Pan American Games and the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Rome failed to make the cut.
Zango goes into the final with confidence, having set the African record of 17.58m during the indoor season.
Eighteen year old prodigy Jordan Alejandro Diaz Furton is also in the finals, Diaz has emerged as one of the most exciting young talents in the sport. He won the 2017 world U18 title with a world U18 best of 17.30m and extended that mark to 17.41m last year.
The trio of the world’s four quickest men in history are through to the next round of the men’s 400m hurdles.
Leading the pack is home favourite Abderrahman Samba, who won his heat in a time of 49,08, the fastest among all qualifiers.
Samba together with Norwegian Karsten Warlhom and American Rai Benjamin are the only runners in the field with sub-47-times in the distance. Like Samba, the other two also eased into the next round without much hassle.
Samba is looking to be a world champion in front of his home fans and has a personal best of 46.98. Injury has restricted his 400m hurdles outings to just the Asian Championships and Shanghai Diamond League. He has still managed a 47.27 and would be looking to improve as the championships goes on.
Defending champion Karsten Warholm, who is aiming to join an exclusive club, containing Ed Moses, Felix Sanchez and Kerron Clement, as back-to-back world champions in the event, won his heats in a time of 49.27.
He is unbeaten this year including five victories at IAAF Diamond League meetings. The 23-year-old’s holds the European record of 46.92 to climb, second on the world all-time list behind Kevin Young.
Finishing just 0.06 adrift of Warholm in Paris – to himself elevate himself to joint-third on the world all-time list – is US sensation Rai Benjamin. The 22-year-old clocked 49.62 to finish tops in his heats to move on to the next round.

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| Mar 7th 2020 | 3 min read
Deputy President William Ruto has said his political opponents should not target the innocent.
He was referring to Sergaent Kipyegon Kenei, whose body was found in his home on February 20.
Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti said Kenei was murdered and made to look like he committed suicide.
Speaking at Kenei's funeral in Chamasis, Nakuru, on Saturday, Ruto said his detractors planned the meeting at his office over the fake Sh39 billion arms tender deal. Kenei's death has been linked to the arms tender.
The DP linked his political opponents to the fake arms deal that led to Kenei's death.
Kenei was a high profile witness in the Sh39b fake arms deal, implicating former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa and three others.
He added that those who killed Kenei are the same who planned the arms deal meeting in his office and did not want the soldier to spill the beans on what took place.
"I am aware there is a scheme orchestrated to demean my office and ensure I do not get anywhere," the DP told mourners.
"Those executing the scheme to undermine my office to stop me may have the system, but we have God."
Ruto urged Kinoti to get to the truth of the murder and leave out politics in the investigations.
"For political reasons, the DCI is being used to undermine my office ... saying Ruto will not be there in 2022."
The DP said his office has no relationship with the Department of Defence over gun procurement.
He criticised the attention given to the Office of the Deputy President, and not the individuals involved in the scheme.
"Kill me if you want, but I will not back down over the schemes and threats. I'm ready for it," Ruto stated.
The DP further urged Kenei's father John Chesang to remain calm and allow investigators to do their job.
He promised to look into Kenei's compensation to his widow and children.
Chesang asked the government to ensure the truth about his son’s murder is not covered up.
“I urge all officers in this country to do their duties without fear. Work diligently and the truth will always stand with and for you. We expect transparency in the investigations without any form of cover up for the sake of any other officer who may be working in such a risky environment,” he said.
Chesang said the family is yet to come to terms with the death of the 33-year-old officer.
“It has been a very painful experience. We thank the police officers for supporting us. I’m glad investigations have revealed that my son did not commit suicide,” he said.
Kenei was found dead in his house in Villa Franca estate in Imara Daima, Nairobi, at about 4pm, with a bullet wound to the head.

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From Jason Rabinowitz, Director
Public Services Division
The pandemic has challenged workers throughout North America. For our 200,000 Teamster Public Services Division members, it has meant hard work and sacrifice. Many of us have been putting our lives on the line performing essential services to keep our nation running. For some of us, the past year has meant the loss of someone we know—family a friends, neighbors, and co-workers. That’s why this year’s Workers’ Memorial Day is particularly poignant, as we honor those who have passed away and been injured while serving on the front lines of this unprecedented national health crisis.
Every year on April 28, in keeping with Teamster tradition, the Public Services Division recognizes Workers’ Memorial Day, and pays tribute to all our members who have become ill, injured or died on the job. This year, we also recognize our members who have been negatively affected by the pandemic. To all Teamster Public Services workers, I want to thank you for the contributions you made to the community and the common good of our nation in the face of great adversity.
With the arrival of the COVID-19 virus, all public-sector workers faced an immediate challenge of how to continue working without risking the health of themselves or their families. The wide range of essential jobs that members performed, which included maintaining utilities, protecting communities, keeping core functions of government and public school systems running, and more, could not be ignored despite the challenges caused by the spread of COVID-19.
Though some continued their work remotely, other jobs demanded that our members continue to work in-person on the front lines. Public servants anguished over how to best protect themselves from a virus that was still mysterious to top medical experts and institutions. Our Public Services Division worked with members and locals to fight for critical safety protections on the job, including personal protective equipment (PPE), adjustments in work schedules, more flexible leave policies, and fairer compensation for the risks they were undertaking every day.
At the same time, the economic downturn caused unprecedented fiscal shortfalls in state and local budgets. Because financial help from the federal government was extremely limited until recently, it was our Public Services members and locals who led the fight to protect public services and programs from being cut. Thanks to the political power of Teamsters in the public sector, we were able to prevent public-sector jobs funded and keep our members working. These fights, and the resulting victories, preserved many members’ jobs, pay and benefits at a time when they were in deep danger.
Though public services workers everywhere were required to fight to protect their livelihoods and their safety, political and departmental management often insisted that Teamsters expose themselves to unsafe working conditions. At the onset of the pandemic, many members were forced to endure working without proper sanitation and PPE, extended worktimes due to ill-conceived furloughs and layoffs, and inadequate contact tracing and other policy initiatives designed to detect and isolate infected individuals before they became a threat to their co-workers. Though there was some exposure and infection which was unavoidable, in many cases, the negligence of management was felt by those who became ill, impacting their families was well as the communities in which they bravely serve. The workers who became ill or died as a result of such irresponsible decision-making represents a painful testament to misguided priorities.
Regardless of how someone passed during this time, the loss is felt by those around them, including family, friends, workplaces and communities. The COVID-19 virus has taken indiscriminately; members died because they simply went to work to provide for their families. Still, I hope that it will be of comfort to those who are feeling this loss to remember people as they lived; as devoted spouses, parents, friends and as public servants. Their lives and careers in public service should be an inspiration to us all as we seek to create and nurture a better world.
As we continue down the path toward recovery, I hope that we all will renew our commitment to public service and to protect the safety and livelihood of all public service workers. We have worn masks, isolated from family and friends and disrupted our routines to protect each other from the COVID-19 virus. We have willingly missed much in the past fifteen months in order to protect each other and minimize the spread of this destructive virus. I hope we continue in that spirit and support one another in the coming year. Together, we will recover and rebuild. The Teamsters Public Services Division is committed to helping all public service workers and their families as they seek to move past the pandemic and continue the fight for a safer, better future.

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Dutch heavy/hard rockers Cobra Spell are going to release a new 4-track ‘Ep, entitled ‘Anthems Of The Night’, on March 31st. The group features Sonia Anubis (Crypta, ex-Burning Witches), Alexx Panza (Hitten, Jack Starr’s Burning Starr) and Sebastian Sylva (Unto Others, ex-Idle Hands) among others. Check the cover artwork and the tracklist.
1. Addicted to the Night
2. Steal My Heart Away
3. The Midnight Hour
The group presents the new song ‘Addicted To The Night’ in the form of a music video:


America’s Disdain for International Law Opened the Door for Putin
WRITTEN BY LANCE DININO EDITED BY BOBBY MURRAY
PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 24, 2020
It’s late at night in a war-torn neighborhood of sleeping civilians. Suddenly, there is a deafening sound of jets overhead. After a moment of silence, the entire row of houses explodes into flames and flying bricks. No soldiers occupy the neighborhood, but now more than 120 unarmed civilians lie dead. This story does not come from a civilian block in Ukraine, but from a town in Northern Syria where American Special Operations forces bombed what they believed to be three ISIS “staging areas” on the city outskirts. Intensive civilian casualties are not the exception to American foreign policy in the global south, but the norm, amid decades of messy occupations and anti-insurgency campaigns. There is no doubt that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is morally and legally reprehensible. Yet sole blame does not lie with the Russians; by consistently violating international law and undermining the institutions created to enforce it, the United States played an important role in making Russia’s invasion of Ukraine politically feasible.
In recent months, President Biden has described Russian president Vladimir Putin as a war criminal for the extensive civilian killings his forces perpetrated in Ukraine. However, America’s own legacy of civilian collateral damage weakens its condemnations of Russian action. Consider the thousands of innocent civilians killed by American forces in the Middle East in the last decade. As a recent high-profile investigation by the New York Times revealed, the Pentagon is aware of over 1,300 reports of civilian casualties from its airstrikes in the Middle East since only 2014. Condemnation of Russia for destroying civilian blocks in Ukraine rings hollow after years of American bombs leveling neighborhoods in Iraq and Syria by the dozen.
The United States has condemned the Russian use of cluster bombs, yet we are one of only two major countries—the other being Russia—who refuse to recognize an international ban on their use. In fact, the United States deployed cluster munitions extensively during the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, and in 2019, the Trump administration formally upheld their use by American forces. The United States is correct in calling Russia’s destruction of civilian blocks and use of cluster munitions a war crime, yet we have committed the same atrocities ourselves. America’s own record of tolerating extensive civilian casualties and disregarding human rights agreements provides precedent for Russia’s treatment of civilians in Ukraine.
American rhetoric on national sovereignty is further hypocrisy. In December, watching Russian troops assemble on the Ukraine border, the Biden administration warned Vladimir Putin that “any use of force to change borders is strictly prohibited under international law.” Secretary of State Antony Blinken added in January that “the inviolability of frontiers” is among the “guiding principles for international behavior.” Blinken also called the Russian parliament’s recognition of separatist states in Eastern Ukraine a violation of “Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial dignity” and a “gross violation of international law.” From this proclamation, one would be forgiven for assuming our nation has exemplified a commitment to these standards of international law.
Displaying this firm belief in the principles of national sovereignty, the United States has violently overthrown and occupied numerous countries in recent decades. As a senator in 2003, now-President Biden advocated the invasion of Iraq under false pretenses of weapons of mass destruction, soon followed by America’s illegal and over decade-long military occupation of Iraq. This hypocrisy was invoked by Russian President Putin as he justified his invasion of Ukraine, reminding the international community that the American invasion of Iraq “was carried out […] without any legal grounds.”
In 2019 under the Trump administration, the United States became the only foreign country to recognize Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights, a territory it had seized from Syria in the Six-Day War of 1967. This move faced criticism from the international community, including the Kremlin, who called it an “indication of the contempt that Washington shows for the norms of international law.” Previous American involvement in Syria, such as leading a NATO coalition supporting Syrian rebels in 2014, would be directly invoked by Putin prior to his invasion of Ukraine. For instance, Putin noted how “the Western coalition’s military activities on the territory of this country [were] without the consent of the Syrian government or the approval of the UN Security Council.” Israel’s America-backed occupation of Golan Heights also contradicted a unanimous U.N. Security Council resolution that outlined legal prohibitions of “unilateral annexation.” In fact, when pressed by journalists to explain the difference between the Golan Heights annexation and the Russian annexation of Crimea, then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo struggled to provide an answer, later stating rather ironically that “the US policy continues to be that no country can change the borders of another by force.” America’s contradiction of the international community on questions of Syrian national sovereignty sets a precedent for Russian aggression in Ukraine.
In 2019, the United States became the only foreign country to recognize the illegal Moroccan annexation of Western Sahara, and in doing so, again contradicted a major Security Council resolution. Once again, the United States rejected international norms, supported violations of national sovereignty, and was condemned by Russia for violating “universally recognized international law.” The United States even has active sanctions against members of the International Criminal Court, an institution spearheaded by our European allies in an effort to empower the enforcement of international law and the prosecution of war crimes. In all of these examples, the United States opened the door to Russia’s disregard for Ukrainian sovereignty by supporting active violations of international law and defying institutions designed to hold aggressors accountable.
This is the tragedy at the core of America’s critique of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. While it is important to publicize and criticize an act as brutally unjust as the Russian assault on Ukraine, if America hopes to prevent such invasions from occurring in the future, our actual commitment to international law must follow that of our rhetoric. We cannot expect Russia to adhere to international law after decades of America having undermined and defied its authority.


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The 2nd General Session of the 72nd General Assembly began its work at 10 am on Wednesday, January 8, 2020. Colorado Farm Bureau staff was at the Capitol and ready to represent Colorado agriculture in the coming 120 days of the session that is already looking to be busy and full.
“We are already tracking dozens of bills,” said Emily Ibach, Director of State Affairs for Colorado Farm Bureau.
The interim calendar was very crowded, resulting in many bill proposals that were forwarded before the general session even began. Staff has heard some of the ideas coming forward from legislators, but there will be many more that come as a surprise.
The Democrats have the majority in both the House and the Senate. While many of the party’s priority issues were passed last year, there are still plenty of new priority issues in the hopper.
What to expect
Instream flow (ISF) program expansion was hotly debated over the interim and several stakeholder meetings were held to discuss problematic aspects of the bill, including a public forum discussion on the agenda of the interim Water Resources Review Committee in Steamboat Springs. Vice President Carlyle Currier participated in that discussion. While not a direct result of the WRRC, expect to see a compromise bill that will expand the ISF program with important sideboards in place to be introduced early in the session.
Pesticides are a hot topic. Two measures are expected to arrive early in the session. The first will ban consumer, over-the-counter sale of products that contain neonics and require a pesticide applicators license to purchase any of those products. The second will eliminate the state preemption over the regulation of pesticides which would allow local governments to make their own rules.
Animal welfare will also be a primary issue area as the legislative session gets going. One measure will further limit and regulate “puppy mills” across the state for those who are breeding large numbers of dogs in kennel facilities. Another will propose changing the regulations and requirements for housing laying hens in egg production, requiring cage-free systems to be adopted over the next few years. There is also an expected bill addressing the transport of exotic animals that staff is monitoring closely for unintended impacts to the agricultural community.
Other things to look out for include another attempt at passing a Colorado Family Paid Medical Leave program, a uniform mill levy across the state for education funding, legislation to address lingering conservation easement program concerns, and various other priority area bills.
While the legislature is busy crafting laws that cover the entire state, they are also working to boost the power of counties and municipalities to regulate various aspects of public policy. The idea of local control most recently manifested itself in the regulation and operation of oil and gas drilling, with legislation passed in the 2019 legislative session that gave increased control to counties and towns to regulate the activity.
Additional pieces of legislation in the 2020 session dealing with small business and pesticide regulation are also in the works. The trend is expected to continue into other areas of policy as the session progresses.
“Voters should get used to the idea that their town council or county commissioner is going to have even more control over the character of their communities,” said CFB vice president of advocacy, Shawn Martini in a story for the news outlet, Colorado Politics. “If you hadn’t paid much attention to who’s standing for local office in the past you should make time to do so in 2020 and beyond. It will impact you on a daily basis far more than what happens in Washington.”
Martini says that engaging at the local level will be increasingly important for the county Farm Bureaus in the coming years. That engagement will help to ensure that local decision-makers hear every side of an issue from constituents before making a decision.
Back at the Capitol
In the meantime, legislators will continue to have a big impact on Coloradans at the state level. The CFB Board of Directors will use the 2020 CFB Policy Book to inform their decisions on how to address each measure that could impact agriculture. The board also assesses legislation using the list of Priority Issues set by the executive committee at the start of every year.

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Shifting from electric-first to electric-only, Mercedes-Benz is accelerating toward an emissions-free and software-driven future. At the heart of this transformation: The battery. With respect to the circular economy of battery systems, we pursue a holistic approach in which we address three core topics: Design for Environment, value retention, and closing the loop.
Mercedes-Benz is getting ready to go all electric by the end of the decade, where market conditions allow. Our portfolio already includes six all-electric models. By 2022, Mercedes-Benz will have battery electric vehicles (BEV) in all segments the company serves. From 2025 onwards, all newly launched vehicle architectures will be electric-only and customers will be able to choose an all-electric alternative for every model the company makes.
The lithium-ion battery is the centerpiece of each electric vehicle. However, battery production requires a lot of energy. Besides, lithium-ion batteries contain valuable raw materials such as lithium, manganese, nickel, and cobalt. That’s why circular economy plays a key role in battery systems.
Design for Environment
As part of our holistic approach, we have circular economy in mind from the very start whenever we develop a product. This also applies to the development of the entire battery technology. Already during the development of a vehicle, we create a concept for each vehicle model in which all components and materials are analyzed for their suitability in the context of a circular economy. It also examines the extent to which the components and materials are suitable for the various stages of the recycling process, including the material recycling of the battery raw materials used. This analysis takes the entire value chain into account, from the mine to the recycling process. In doing so, we also pay high attention to the respect for human rights in the employees' working conditions.
Our clearly defined development goal is to boost energy density in order to greatly extend the range of future batteries. We also intend to significantly shorten charging times, accelerate the series maturity of future battery technologies, and further reduce the use of critical materials. For example, in the coming generations of battery cells the cobalt content will already be reduced to less than ten percent. The objective is to dispense with materials such as cobalt altogether by using post-lithium-ion technologies with new material compositions.
The further optimization of recyclability and its implementation is also part of our holistic battery strategy.
The EQS is optionally equipped with modular battery layouts, which allow different spectrums in range and power. With a usable energy content of up to 108 kWh and support from first-class aerodynamics, the EQS achieves ranges of more than 700 kilometers (WLTP). The innovative software developed in-house provides the technological basis for over-the-air updates (OTA). This ensures that the energy management of the EQS can always be updated to state-of-the-art status during the entire service life of the vehicle. The high-performance cell chemistry of the EQS battery uses nickel, cobalt, and manganese in an 8:1:1 ratio. This reduces the cobalt content to around ten percent. The production of the battery cells is CO₂-neutral.
We strive to reuse batteries before they are recycled. Reprocessing a used battery consumes much less energy and raw materials than producing a new one. And every reprocessed battery reduces the volume of waste, because it forestalls the production of a new battery to meet the demand for replacement parts or other applications.
Defective batteries are reprocessed for reuse in vehicles. Because of our high quality standards, this is done for most of the batteries at our central remanufacturing plant in Mannheim. After being remanufactured (reman) in line with the requirements of series production, the batteries are closely inspected to ensure that their function and quality are the same as those of a new part. We offer such reman batteries for all electric vehicles in order to conserve resources and do justice to the concept of the circular economy.
Batteries that are no longer suitable for reuse in a vehicle – for example, because their residual capacity is too low – can be reprocessed for use in a stationary energy storage unit. This is how we improve the environmental balance of electric vehicles while also contributing to the establishment of a sustainable energy industry. This is where Mercedes-Benz Energy GmbH, a subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz AG, responsible for the development of innovative energy storage solutions, comes in. Its energy storage systems are based on automotive battery technology used in electric and hybrid vehicles from Mercedes-Benz and smart and can offset fluctuations in electricity production from renewable sources, smooth out load peaks, and serve as backup power sources for an uninterrupted energy supply. Many energy storage systems of this kind, with a total capacity of more than 95 MWh, are already operating in Germany – a major part are Mercedes-Benz energy storage systems.
Mercedes-Benz Energy focuses in particular on applications in the field of 2nd life and spare parts storage. The 2nd life storage system is about integrating an unchanged vehicle battery into an energy storage environment. Such a stationary energy storage unit with a capacity of 1,400 kWh is already in operation at our Mercedes-Benz Factory 56. It can also store solar energy and release it at night or on overcast days.
Closing the loop
Material recycling is at the end of a battery's life and is the key to closing the material loop.. Battery recycling is essential in order to provide the electric mobility of the future with a sustainable business model.
Only after it is no longer possible to reuse a battery it is recycled in order to recover valuable raw materials. Today we are already able to go far beyond the recycling quotas that are prescribed for drive batteries by the battery law. The battery housings, the cables, and the power rails can be recycled without any difficulty. Recycling the battery modules, which contain most of the rare materials, is somewhat more demanding. The processes already exist, but they still need to be refined so that the valuable raw materials inside the battery cells can be recovered in as pure a state as possible.
For our vehicle batteries, Mercedes-Benz is actively involved in the research and development of new recycling technologies and their establishment on the market. To this end, we are working with specialized partner companies to further optimize the recycling process. In addition, we are participating in funding and research projects and forging ahead with the development of innovative technologies for the environmentally friendly and economical reuse of valuable raw materials. The goal is to increase recycling quotas even further. The idea behind these efforts is that we can use the old batteries of today as a “mine” for the batteries of tomorrow. In the future, we will use them to extract the raw materials we need for new battery systems with the help of recycling.
We are currently also evaluating and planning the construction of a battery recycling factory in Kuppenheim, Germany, in order to create and secure recycling capacities and the related expertise. Start of operations is planned for 2023, depending on the outcome of the promising discussions with public authorities.
We expect that the number of batteries to be recycled will rise steadily as electric vehicles increasingly penetrate the market. With regard to the life cycle of electric vehicles, significant amounts of material to be recycled are to be expected in the 2030s. Only then will a first large proportion of electric vehicles, which will be delivered in larger quantities from 2020, have reached the end of their service life.


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Education and Experience
Lucy joined UCL in September 2018. She studied at Jesus College, Cambridge, for a BA degree in English, an MPhil in Renaissance Literature, and then her PhD, which was awarded in 2013. She subsequently held a Research Fellowship at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and then a Lectureship in Early Modern English Literature at Queen Mary University of London. She has also, since 2013, regularly lectured on Shakespeare for primary and secondary school English teachers attending enrichment courses organised by the Prince’s Teaching Institute.
Lucy’s research engages with the connections between literature and material culture, especially in the early modern period. She is interested in materiality, and how the material world shapes the ways we think. She has published on epigrams, emblems, title pages, and relics, amongst other things, and her first book is about the imaginative importance of one of the most familiar of all objects, the box, in early modern England. She is also interested in the material, social, and cultural histories of textiles.
Boxes and Books in Early Modern England (in preparation)
Articles and Chapters in Books
‘Words in a Nutshell: Miniaturising Text in Early Modern England’, Postscript: The Journal of Sacred Texts and Contemporary Worlds (forthcoming, 2018)
‘Reliquary’, in Boxes in Action: A Field Guide, ed. Susanne Bauer et al (forthcoming, Mattering Press, 2018)
‘Poetry and Materiality’, in The Oxford Handbook to Renaissance Poetry, ed. Jason Scott-Warren and Andrew Zurcher (forthcoming, Oxford University Press, 2019)
‘Small chests and jointed boxes: Material texts and the play of resemblance in early modern print’, Book 2.0, 7:1 (2017), 21-32
‘‘Curious statues so cunningly contrived’: Plato’s Silenus, Inwardness, and Inbetweenness’, The Inbetweenness of Things: Materializing Mediation and Movement Between Worlds, ed. Paul Basu (Bloomsbury, 2017), pp. 232-49
‘‘Like to a title leafe’: Face, Surface, and Material Text in Early Modern England’, Journal of the Northern Renaissance, 8 (2017), online
‘Non intus ut extra: The Emblematic Silenus in Early Modern Literature’, Emblematica: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Emblem Studies, 22 (2016), 107-122
‘‘A good Booke is the pretious life-blood of a master-spirit’: Recollecting Relics in Post-Reformation English Writing’, Journal of the Northern Renaissance, 2 (2010), 93-110
Janet Clare, Shakespeare’s Stage Traffic: Imitation, Borrowing and Competition in Renaissance Theatre (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014), Sharp News: The Quarterly Publication of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing, 24.2 (2015), 11-12
Siobhan Collins, Bodies, Politics and Transformations: John Donne’s Metempsychosis (Ashgate, 2013), Appositions: Studies in Renaissance/ Early Modern Literature & Culture (online; August 2014)
The Northern Renaissance: Dürer to Holbein, The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace, 2 November 2012-14 April 2013, Journal of the Northern Renaissance (online; February 2013)

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Perspectives on the Ministry of Finance of Ontario
Author: Patrice Dutil
Publication Date: 2011
Finance departments have often been portrayed as guardians of the public purse. In The Guardian, a multidisciplinary group of contributors examines the Ministry of Finance of Ontario since the Second World War. During the last sixty years the Ministry was transformed from a relatively small 'Treasury' to a sophisticated policy machine. What started as a modest bookkeeping operation evolved into a key bureaucratic and policy agency as the government of Ontario assumed a leadership position in developing the province.
These essays reveal Ontario's 'finance' as a dynamic policy issue shaped by the personalities of premiers and ministers, the energies of public servants at all levels, and a critical dialogue between political and administrative worlds. Drawing on different methodologies, this collection profiles a ministry as policy entrepreneur, spender, revenue generator, capacity builder, budget director, program manager, and intergovernmental agent. The Guardian fills a significant gap in public administration literature and in so doing describes how Ontario's Ministry of Finance defined its role as 'guardian.'
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How to Write a Book Blurb.
It is up to us to see to it that we can get as many people as possible to buy our books. The best way of doing this is by getting the right way of enticing them. We need to see to it that people can feel at ease to spend their money to purchase our books. Getting the best book review is, therefore, one of the best things that we need to do. As aresult of this, we need to see to it that we can be in a position to come up with the best book reviews.
There are some simple factors that we can consider for us to get the best book blurb that we need. It is important that we read samples of some known writers as one of the factors. In this case, we need to choose some of the books that are the best in the market. In this case, we need to learn the format used in coming up with the blurb. It is by doing this that we can be in a position to make people want to read our books.
What people read first is what they make their decision based on. It is up to us to get the best line that will help us have the best blurb in any case. We need to look at the wordings of the line so as to have some effects on te readers. The first line of the blurb will see to it that people will make the kind of decisions that they need basing on the first impression that they get from the opening line.
Introduction of characters is also something to consider. We need to always have the best sequence that we can do this. In this case, we need to mention the main characters in the book. We need to give their roles in the book which makes them outstanding by picking some essential scenarios.
The other thing that we can consider is by the use of the short sentences. This will always have the effect of seeing to it that the readers will read the review in a short time. The benefit of this is that readers will be in a position to go through the whole blurb,. It is also necessary that we use some quotes from well-known authors. This will help to add flavor to our work. It is up to us to be on the look-out whenever we are choosing the quotes to use. It is after this that we can be in a position to make good sales for our books.

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Builders of Obama's health website saw red flagsAssociated Press
Oct. 22, 2013
German Officials Respond to Migrant's Axe Attack by Calling for 'Mandatory Islam Classes'
Finland: Man Thrown in Prison For Using "Excessive Self-Defense" Against Home Invaders
Steve King Doubles Down: Idea Every Culture is Equal "Not Objectively True"
'The Economist' Celebrates British People Becoming A Minority In Their Own Country
Black Lives Matter Protesters Block Bridge During Child's Medical Emergency
WASHINGTON (AP) — Crammed into conference rooms with pizza for dinner, some programmers building the Obama administration's showcase health insurance website were growing increasingly stressed. Some worked past 10 p.m., energy drinks in hand. Others rewrote computer code over and over to meet what they considered last-minute requests for changes from the government or other contractors.
As questions mount over the website's failure, insider interviews and a review of technical specifications by The Associated Press found a mind-numbingly complex system put together by harried programmers who pushed out a final product that congressional investigators said was tested by the government and not private developers with more expertise.


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District 156 beginning its superintendent interviews
McHENRY – School District 156 officials this week began conducting the first round of interviews with applicants for the superintendent position.
The school board received applications and selected candidates for the first round of interviews, which included some Wednesday, school board President Chad Mihevc said.
More interviews will occur through the rest of the month.
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Oak Park officials have approved a plan to purchase 13 Divvy bike-sharing stations that the village plans to install this summer.
During the Feb. 16 board meeting, trustees approved an intergovernmental agreement with the city of Chicago and an operator agreement with Motivate International, Inc. Both items were passed unanimously.
A grant awarded to Oak Park covers 80 percent of capital costs associated with the installation of 12 Divvy stations, with Oak Park's contribution estimated to be $161,177.
In July 2015, the Village Board amended its agreements to include a 13th station, which is to be paid for by Oak Park.
The additional station will be placed in the north side of the village, while locations for the remaining 12 stations are still being discussed.
"The purchase [of the stations] will happen by the end of this month and installation is expected for June or July 2016," said Parking and Mobility Services Director Jill Velan. "The specific locations will be coming back to the Village Board in the next couple months for review."
Tentative plans call for some of the stations to be placed along Lake Street, near Metra and CTA Green Line stations.
The village estimates that 70 to 80 percent of Divvy operating costs can be recovered from user fees and advertising. Annual operating expenses for Oak Park's system are estimated to be $230,400, officials say, while revenue could reach $168,800 annually.


A fire broke out in a monastery in Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday.
The incident took place at the Dhakpo Shedrupling Monastery in Kais village of the district.
A fire tender is present at the spot.
There have been no reports of any injury or casualty yet.
This is a developing story. More details are awaited.


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12901 Town Commons Dr
BlackRock July Artisan Market
We're excited to serve flancakes at BlackRock Center for the Arts in the Germantownarea. Order ahead to reserve your flancake.
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08 jul 2023, 12:00
12901 Town Commons Dr, 12901 Town Commons Dr, Germantown, MD 20874, USA
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The BlackRock Center for the Arts Artisan's Market is back!
FlanCake will be available with limited flavors and sizes. Stop by the BlackRock lawn for a fun summer day!
With your favorite vendors who specialize in hand-crafted goods, jewelry, candles, and more, you can join us monthly for your handmade fix. Artisan's Markets will also feature local crafters and artists.
Order your flancake ahead of time at www.flancakebygaby.com/orderonline and select "BlackRock" for this location pick up. Select your pick up time and we'll have your order ready for the day-of!

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Looking for funding to do ambitious digital storytelling? Here's a new public media grant opportunity that might be a perfect fit for producers out there who want to experiment, work closely with a community, and get some mentorship in the process:
The public media non-profit Pacific Islanders in Communication is partnering with Cowbird to fund storytelling projects that creatively explore how the concept of "home" is evolving for the Pacific Islander diaspora around the world, including American immigrant communities.
The stories will combine audio, pictures and text on the Cowbird platform. All the info can be found on the PIC website, and feel free to write reach out to Cheryl Hirasa with PIC with questions.
The deadline is deadline February 16, don't miss out on this opportunity!
Nicole Eley Carr | Senior Manager | Digital Programming
Blog post was updated to reflect an extended entry deadline.


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I’ve made a Spotify playlist of some my recent song placements from various Netflix shows including Dead To Me / Ozark / Queer Eye / Selling Sunset / 13 Reasons Why & Love Is Blind. Have a listen HERE
Great to hear “Carry You Home” on Season 4 of comedy drama Better Things. Have a listen HERE
“Money Money” written with Giles Palmer has been synced on the trailer for The Laundromat staring Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas. Click HERE to view
Really looking forward to this years Production Music Awards. My song “Hope On A Rope” written for Extreme Music has been nominated in the Best Use Of Music in TV Trailer category for it’s placement in the BBC’s Les Miserables trailer!
Great to spend the month at Konscious Studios in Santa Monica working on a project for the amazing Bleeding Fingers Music!
Excited to see my song “Delicate” written with John Robertson for Extreme Music on this trailer for “One Day At Disney”. Click HERE to view.
Very happy to see my song “Hope On A Rope” published by Extreme Music, nominated for this years Music & Sound Awards – Best Use of Music in a TV Trailer for it’s use on the trailer for the BBC production of Les Miserables!
My piano and strings song “Diminishing Returns” has been used on this new commercial from BMW – a humorous dig at arch rivals Mercedes-Benz! Via Extreme Music. Click HERE to view
A great start to 2019 with this new sync for “Delicate” written with John Robertson on the Kia Sunfish commercials. Via Extreme Music. Click HERE to view
Wonderful to hear my song “Hope On A Rope’ on this trailer for the BBC production of Les Miserables! Click HERE to view
Looking forward to this years Production Music Awards. Chasing Stars written for Extreme Music with Giles Palmer has been nominated in the Best Use Of Production Music in TV Advertising category for it’s usage in the Lada Cross campaign.
A real pleasure to work with ITN Productions on 4 commercials for TSB Pride Of Britain to be shown across TV, online and cinema. Click HERE to view one of the films “Henpower” directed by Shona Auerbach
Excited to hear “Final Teardrop” written for Extreme Music in the series finale trailer of “The Originals” Click HERE to listen to the track.
I’m proud to have 2 of my Songs written for Extreme Music nominated as finalists in this years Music and Sound Awards. “Ivory Towers” in the best use of production music in Online, Viral and Ambient Advertising and “Chasing Stars” in the best use of production music in Broadcast Advertising.
Great to see “Hold On Now” used in the World Premier Trailer for the new Mercedes A-Class. Click HERE to view
Fantastic to hear “Hold On” on the trailer for Nick Park’s new movie “Early Man” Click HERE to view
“Chasing Stars” has been used on the new TV commercials for Lada and taken the song to No.8 in the Russian Shazam charts! Click HERE to view.
Delighted to hear my song “Change Your Ways” , co-written with Giles Palmer, in the highly rated Netflix show “Ozark”
This is my favourite usage of “Ivory Towers” – a beautiful film from Gillette by Grey New York which has picked up no less than six Cannes Lions. Click HERE to view.
June '17 PT 2
I’ve recently been working with Thirty Two Music on a composition for this TV commercial created by WCRS for Pride In London and Channel 4. Click HERE to view.
I’m looking forward to playing with Squaretails at this year’s Glastonbury Festival. We’re on the Small World Stage at 8.15pm on Sunday 25th for an hour long set.


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The city of Marietta’s population has grown rapidly over the last several decades. With population growth Marietta has become diverse in housing and income, making Marietta a city that many can enjoy as a place to live, work and play.
According to 2008 estimates, Marietta’s population is 61,829 and projected to grow to 64,478 or by 4.28 percent by 2013. Marietta saw its greatest population increase between 1990 and 2000 when the city gained more than 10,000 residents at a growth rate of 2.13 percent annually.
Since 2000 the population has been fairly evenly distributed between males and females. Females living in Marietta have a higher median age than males. It is projected that by 2013, 14.5 percent of the females will be over age 65 compared to 8.25 percent of males.
While according to the US Census, in 1990 and 2000 the city of Marietta’s largest population age category was 25-34, Claritas estimates and projects shifts in population from under 35 to over 35 age categories in 2008 and 2013. The 2008 estimated median age for the total population in Marietta is 33.67 and is estimated to grow to 35.66 by 2013. Median age varies by race and Claritas estimates the 2008 median age for whites, who account for 51 percent of the population, at 39.43.
Claritas estimates that there were 24,514 households in Marietta in 2008 with an average household size of 2.42. Family households account for 55 percent and non-family households account for 45 percent of total households. Estimates and projections show that family household growth exceeds non-family household growth annually. Growth in families, 3.4 percent, is projected to outpace total household growth, 3.1 percent, through 2013.
There are an estimated 2,433 residents living in group quarters, such as assisted living facilities, while the remainder of the population occupies the city’s multifamily and single-family housing units.
Approximately 24 percent of Marietta families and 15 percent of total households had an estimated household income more than $100,000 in 2008. In addition, more than 37 percent of Marietta family households and 24 percent of total households were estimated to have an income more than $75,000, and more than 56 percent of family households and 43 percnet of total households have an income more than $50,000. Between 2000 and 2008, Marietta’s average household income grew by 11 percent and is projected to grow by seven percent for all households and eight percent for families by 2013.


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Which is the Better Option for You #
Whether in real life or in social media, there is a passionate debate going on about the one big question: Which makes more sense – buying or renting a house on Mallorca. One side says, 'Why would I pay rent to a landlord each month instead of investing it into my own home?' While the other side claims, 'In a rented property, I have it easy – if a door hinge breaks I just call the landlord and have it fixed.' Valid points, both of them.
Here are a few considerations to help you see which is the better decision for you.
Advantages of Owning #
- If a property is in good condition, cost of ownership can be less than renting.
- As a buyer you have control of the property and can realize increases in equity and capital gains on the property. Current market areas in Mallorca see double-digit increases in sales prices due to high demand.
- You will create a savings account, of sorts, because you will be investing in your home as an asset, especially when you are paying a large down payment or purchasing all cash.
- Buyers have certain tax advantages. You’ll need to discuss this with your accountant and attorney for specifics to your case, especially if you are a tax resident of another country. Just be aware, unless you hold residency in Spain at the time of buying, you will not be able to qualify for a lower capital gain tax with the Spanish authorities.
- A big advantage is to have personal freedom to decorate, remodel and make improvements as needed and wanted. As a tenant you may think you can live with a broken light near the pool. However, that out-of-date “Boletín eléctrico” becomes more than a nuisance when you want to run that air conditioner in late July. With temperatures hovering at 29-30°C at night, to pay for upgrades yourself even if you rent and not have any way to be compensated for this cost by your landlord. This happened to us in Andratx when an agent misrepresented a house we contracted in a rent to own agreement. Beware of bad agents!
- You are in control of your asset and the keys. While Spain has fairly good tenant laws, the landlord still has access to your place. If you want complete privacy, owning is the only option.
Advantages of Renting #
- Large asset acquisition is, of course, a big decision, the cost being a major consideration, and the time and energy to manage a property is also in important factor. You can save yourself a lot of hassle if you decide to rent.
- Owners are responsible for mortgage payments, taxes, insurance, maintenance, repairs and any dues to apartment blocks or owners' associations. As a tenant you are not.
- You have more flexibility to move or travel the world. If you own a holiday home in Mallorca, the reality is that you may take a vacation or two elsewhere but you will feel obligated to use your place most years, even if you rent it out part-time.
- The market and prices fluctuate which, if you're an owner, means you might have to be prepared to hold your home for a long while to wait out market dips – a problem you won't face if you rent.
- Renting in Spain affords you a few protections if you maintain your payment to the owner and keep the utility payments current.
Other Considerations #
Two considerations are to be factored into your calculations: How much is the market appreciating and how long will you hold the property? You’ll need to rent the property for a minimum of three years to recover transfer and acquisition costs.
Also, currency fluctuations make holding a property more expensive in certain years, especially with the current depression on British pound. The Euro exchange with currencies rarely has a counter pressure these days. The pound may be low for years to come which means that the Euro may not be at par or below but it will certainly not offer currency exchange advantages to owning property outside of the UK.
And, of course, affordability must be taken into consideration when deciding to buy or rent, despite the plans of a person to stay in a home for a long time. Many financial experts suggest that buyers keep their monthly residential payments at 33% or below their gross monthly income. If buying would mean overstretching your means, rent.
By Memphis Holland
8 April, 2021

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Supporters of Keep Our NHS Public in Nottingham gathered on Saturday to hand over 500 signed postcards opposing the health bill to local Tory MP Anna Soubry.
The cards promise that if she votes for the bill, they will not vote for her in the next election. Her majority last time was less than 350.
Soubry dodged the protest by failing to turn up to her constituency surgery.
Jo Grady only just survived criticism of her record
Resist Tories’ repressive plans
It’s sending shockwaves through the British establishment
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DONE: Memorial Day. Easy Brown Sugar Grilled Pineapple made in a grill pan is the quintessential side dish to any summer dishes you're making. When grilled the pineapple gets soft, tender and melts in your mouth!
Whether you're entertaining, hosting a barbecue or heading out on a picnic, choose one of these fuss-free salad recipes to enhance your meal. Not only are they full of flavour, they're also easily transportable, and a great solution to a hectic day.
All of these barbecue side dishes are tried and true crowd pleasers. They are all super easy and your friends and family will love them! Recipes include - Macaroni Salad, Jalapeno Poppers, Pizza Pasta Salad, and more!

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Brand new details are coming out regarding the AC130 Gunship in Battlefield 3 Armored Kill DLC. LIVE Chat event happening TODAY
Sooo.... we won't be able to pilot it? Okay then, not a single fuck given.
That's a good thing. Don't want dicks taking a great team asset and just crash it leaving us with no air support.
I Kind* of agree. It would be insane to be able to actually pilot it, but I agree, players lacking piloting skills could easily ruin the experience. As far as the AC-130's appear in game, they're pretty damn scary. Can't wait to be assaulted by a giant flying ship.
Right, BF should also ditch jeeps, tanks, helicopters and jets, because I see dicks crashing them in every game I play... Fail logic is failed, also I guess you never played Desert Combat either.
Oh why did I bother....
N4G is a community of gamers posting and discussing the latest game news. It’s part of NewsBoiler, a network of social news sites covering today’s pop culture.

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Just who is to blame for the more than 6,000 coronavirus-linked deaths in New York nursing homes remains a touchy subject for Gov. Andrew Cuomo who on Wednesday made a wild claim about how contagious the infected seniors were.
In response to questions from The Post at his daily briefing in Albany, Cuomo denied that his administration’s decision to send hospitalized coronavirus patients to nursing homes as the pandemic raged spread the deadly disease — and he maintained, without presenting any evidence, that an estimated 4,500-plus patients discharged to nursing homes under a state order were “probably not contagious.”
Cuomo also refused to say who advised him and Health Commissioner Howard Zucker to adopt the controversial March 25 directive, which Cuomo largely rescinded last month under withering criticism as the state reported some 6,200 COVID-19-linked deaths in nursing homes.
And he accused critics who’ve questioned the state order of playing politics.
“I understand the politics of this issue,” Cuomo went on, and took shots at the Republican members of Congress who on Monday demanded documents and a staff-level briefing on what they called his “lethal decision.”
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Here # 5 for the clove hitch,,,simple is better
+6 on the clove hitch. The hangers are a mistake. To divide the load I take a turn around the middle life line before tieing off on the upper line. Takes some of the weight off of the upper line while tieing.

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India’s First Hydrogen Car, Hyundai Nexo, Launching In 2021 – Report
Posted On 04.08.2018
Hyundai has launched India’s first electric SUV, that is the Kona EV. It is a fully electric vehicle, which delivers a driving range of 452 kms. It is priced at Rs 25.30 Lakhs (ex-showroom Delhi).
At the launch event, Hyundai confirmed that this is not the only EV for India. The manufacturer will launch many more EVs, as a part of the electric revolution. As of now, it has 3 EVs in the global market.
Moneycontrol reports that Hyundai is also planning to launch Nexo hydrogen-car in India, by 2021. What’s a Hydrogen car? It actually runs on hydrogen fuel cells and is basically a type of electric vehicle.
Basically, the hydrogen fuel is converted into electricity by an electrochemical cell. It gets the electric motor but uses hydrogen combined with oxygen or any other oxidizing agent to produce electricity. So, you don’t need to charge this motor for hours. Just 5-7 minutes will charge the fuel cells and you are good to go.
Importantly, the Hyundai Nexo will offer a driving range of up to 1000 kms in India. In Korea, the same car can deliver only up to 800 kms. Generally, fuel cells offer better driving range than EVs.
It will come with a 120 kw motor, that produces 163 BHP and 395 Nm of torque. The fuel tank capacity stands at 163 litres worth of hydrogen fuel. The top-speed achievable on this SUV will be around 177 km/hr.
Talking about the dimensions, the Nexo will be a bit bigger than the Hyundai Creta, but smaller than Tucson. As for the Kona, it is smaller than Creta but bigger than the Venue sub-compact SUV.
Hyundai is expected to commence the development of hydrogen fuel pumps in some time now. In the global markets, there are special sections in a regular gas station, for hydrogen fuel.
With one EV already launched and another in tow, Hyundai has successfully kick-started the EV revolution in India. It will soon get a rival from MG Motors, in the form of MG eZS by December 2019.

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Easy Mexican Chicken Recipes With Herbs
Leave it alone – There’s nothing worse than taking a stylish steak and covering it with other flavors. Sauces, rubs and butters are fine bit more . I’m in order to eat a steak I adore to taste steak. If you are using a lower cut of meat or poorer quality, marinades could be a great approach. But we are talking steak here and all it needs is just a little salt, pepper and some heat in order to smoke over. So refer to rule #2 and source and buy only good quality meat.
Add the salt and pepper to taste. Add in the lobster meat a person need to have cut and stew on slow fire for around 30 minutes to confident the meat absorbs the curry identical. Add the lemon juice on top just before serving it on the table. Action a lobster recipe that goes well with plain boiled rice.
pink salt Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder and salt, and sift together three months. Cream butter thoroughly, add sugar gradually, and cream together until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each. Add flour, alternately with milk, a little bit at a time, beating after each addition until smooth. Add vanilla. Bake in greased large cup-cake pans in moderate oven (375 degrees F.) 20 minutes, or until learned. Spread with mineral salt or maybe best chocolate frosting. Decorate with chopped nuts, colored candies or tinted grape. Makes 18 cup cakes.
The pink peppercorn may be the more expensive of kinds. They add just a little of color to the meal. The pink peppercorn has a sweet, rich flavor which compliments fish, chicken, shrimp. Although referred to as peppercorn, is certainly actually a berry an issue same as well as appearance of an Tellicherry peppercorn. The associated with the pink peppercorn doubles that of this black but offers a host of additional accents to your meals. May likely recognize the pink peppercorn in treatments.
There instantly people, like Eskimos, who eat thousands of fat and are usually healthy. Everyone’s read about people by other countries and cultures who typically do not need much heart problems or high blood pressure. Once they choose the United states and begin eating an “American” diet, (essentially distinct from what we were eating), they begin experiencing illnesses they didn’t have before.
Sugar – It has no nutritive worth. It is processed to the point of being white, with added stabilizers to remains from caking, and chemicals to the complete system vertically color and taste into what you might be familiar with, white sugar and carbohydrates. Brown sugar is white sugar with molasses. It isn’t any compared to white all kinds of sugar.
You’ve probably got a large, cylindrical box of salt that cost you 33 cents, and you utilize it to fill your salt shakers every once in a while, anyone then use to salt almost all you eat. But that’s not all there is to salt. Sea salts from around the globe have their unique flavors, benefits, and nutrients. Celtic brand salt, Real Salt, and pink Himalayan salt all have distinct preferences. These brands (unlike the generic “sea salt” from the grocery) are not bleached or homogenized, the two. You get a wide selection of tastes readily available salts. Use them in cooking, and you shouldn’t be stingy. Varieties salt could be described as good a person personally. It helps ward off dehydration and delivers trace nutrients for your personal body. Try buying your sea salt in a grinder for almost any fresh, earthy delivery and bright flavoring.


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The playful wrapping paper design has been created using a combination of hand-illustration and digital techniques.
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Nestle, a Swiss food and beverage company, has reportedly increased the prices of its products by 9.8% in the first quarter of this year due to rising production costs. This may come as bad news for Nestle product lovers.
The company reported a 5.6% increase in sales revenue in the three-month period, reaching 23.5 billion Swiss francs or US$26.49 billion, slightly above analyst consensus estimates. However, sales volume decreased by 0.5%.
Last year, Nestle raised the prices of its products by 8.2%, which resulted in a 0.1% increase in sales volume. These conditions arise as consumers struggle with high prices of food and other household essentials. While annual inflation has cooled down to 2.9% in Switzerland, it remains at 6.9% in the eurozone and 10.1% in the UK.
Despite these challenges, Nestle remains optimistic about sales growth, particularly in its Purina PetCare and coffee categories, including Nescafe, Nespresso, and Starbucks. In addition, sales of confectionery products such as KitKat, Smarties, Milky Bar, and Quality Street have grown in double digits. The company also stated that it has seen “limited consumer pushback” regarding prices.
According to Unilever CEO Alan Jope in January 2023, operational costs have increased in various areas such as agriculture, petrochemical derivatives, energy, transportation, and logistics.
He also predicted that the company had passed the inflation peak but that product prices had not yet reached their peak. On the other hand, the company has faced allegations of increasing prices due to “greediness.”
Nestle CEO Mark Schneider acknowledged that the company deliberately raised product prices to offset rising operational costs over the past two years. This move is in line with Nestle’s efforts to continue to invest in innovation and sustainability in the long term.
In response to the rising costs, Nestle plans to continue investing in innovation, sustainability, and expansion. The company is committed to reducing its environmental impact and aims to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. It also plans to increase the proportion of recycled plastics used in its packaging to 25% by 2025.
Despite the challenges, Nestle’s strong brand portfolio, continued investment in innovation and sustainability, and market-leading positions in various categories are expected to help the company weather the storm and continue to grow in the long term.


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CODA Energy is excited to announce the unveiling of a 40.30 CODA Core™ energy storage system at the legendary Sunset Marquis Luxury Hotel in West Hollywood, California. Known as both a local institution and innovative business, the Sunset Marquis sees energy storage as a foundational key to managing their electricity costs and reaching their long term energy resilience and efficiency goals.
“We are very excited about this new green initiative at Sunset Marquis. We continuously strive to make improvements that help us become a greener and more efficient hotel. The newly installed CODA Energy storage system brings us one step closer to those goals,” said Rod Gruendyke, General Manager of Sunset Marquis.
The Sunset Marquis’ 40.30 CODA Core energy storage system is fully UL Listed and is a prime example of the benefits that a distributed energy storage solution provides to commercial and industrial facilities. The hotel installation required special noise consideration given its proximity to a famous, active recording studio located adjacent to the electrical room. The NightBird Recording Studios was born when a celebrity musician was composing in his guestroom prior to being moved to the laundry room at the behest of other guests. The studio became an institution and is still used by popular musicians for recording today. Thanks to the ease of installation of the CODA Core system there were no facility retrofits or additional housing required. This “out-of-the-box” installation meant no disturbance to recording sessions enabling the studio to rock on.
The CODA Core system will be a great asset as the Sunset Marquis begins to implement solar and solar thermal projects, onsite EV fast chargers, and a variety of other facility upgrades over the coming years.
Yesterday evening, CODA Energy brought together the local experts and next generation from Young Professionals in Energy Los Angeles (YPE) at the Sunset Marquis Luxury Hotel to tour the installation and share insights and ideas on the future of energy storage. Attendees including academics, utility and commercial energy professionals, municipal energy managers, and energy non-profits, were treated to speakers from the Clean Coalition, CODA Energy, and the Sunset Marquis during this celebration of CODA Energy’s newest energy storage installation. The Sunset Marquis was an idyllic location to demonstrate how energy storage technologies, such as the CODA Core 40.30 system, have moved the energy industry forward and enabled commercial customers to realize even greater financial benefits in their energy efficiency improvements.


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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Pressure BioSciences has raised around $1.7 million through a private placement of units, the firm disclosed today in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
The company said that it sold 4,257 units at a price of $400 per unit. The $1.7 million it raised is the first tranche of a targeted $2 million, said Pressure Bio, adding that it expects to close one or more tranches on or before Feb. 28, 2013.
Each unit purchased in the initial tranche consists of one share of newly created Series J Convertible Preferred Stock, which is convertible into 1,000 shares of the firm's common stock, and a warrant to purchase 1,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price equal to $.40 per share, with a term expiring on Feb. 6, 2016.
Of the initial $1.7 million Pressure Bio received, $590,000 came in the form of cash and $1.1 million came from the conversion of outstanding indebtedness and accrued board of directors' fees. The purchasers in the initial tranche consisted of existing and new investors in the firm, as well as members of Pressure Bio's board of directors.


A magazine off spin of Cosmopolitan, for the younger ages. While the word "girl" might make you believe it is for 9 or 10 year olds, it does have some stuff that wouldn't be suitable for that age group.
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This guided tour will take you to all the important sights of Ancient Rome like the Roman Forum, the Circus Maximus, and of course the famous Colosseum.Read more......
Discover Rome by bike,The tour is a half day ride that will take you to some of the most popular attractions.Read more......
Don't waste your time in the long waiting queue at the Vatican Museum, you can buy your tickets online.Read more......
Learn to ride a segway and then experience a guided tour that leads you along to the highlights of Rome.Read more......
Everybody has dreamed of going back in time, at least one time in their lives! This is a child wish that usually sticks with us when we are grownups. From the Renaissance and the Roman Empire and then finally back to the present, Rome is one of the best if you want to experience the best of the past. And Time Elevator is an amazing attraction that gives us the feeling of going all the way back with the help of technology.
Time Elevator is all about simulation. A 5D immersive film is played across the screens and the platform you are on is movable: of course, it simulates an elevator falling and going through different time sets.
Rome’s history dates back to almost 3000 years ago. It has been said that history is all you will be visiting. And it makes sense: visiting the city is like going through a time portal itself, and getting into this platform is a more fun way of experiencing it.
The objective of this attraction is to give you a glance of cultural, religious, historic and geographic events of the Eternal City. Ironically enough, they use a futuristic method to show these panoramic views to people. It’s a really educational and fun ride for the whole family: in our opinion, it’s an excellent way to also give kids a more dynamic perspective of the historic ruins and sightseeing spots they see during strolls and visits.
Time Elevator is a platform in which you hop on. It has the ability of moving, simulating rain, snow and other kind of events: it’s a simulation ride. It can be really magical for people of all ages!
The total duration of the History of Rome is about 45 minutes. Trust us: it’s enough time to comprehend everything and to enjoy it at the fullest. And it’s actually quite a good duration for children that might become a bit too anxious with the ride (although this doesn’t happen very often.)
Escape from Bane Manor. It’s a thrilling 5D experience about a haunted house…and you are in it! Only the bravest go into this 15 minute adventure, featuring demons, ghosts and other scary sights. This trip is available in Italian, English, German and French.
An Ode to Life. The beginning of the beginning: from the origin of life, to the big bang, to running with the cavemen…This is an extremely fun 15 minutes experience. Note that it is available in certain languages only (Italian, English, German and French)
Travelling with children? They will surely love the Time Elevator.
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Young love in Hollywood! Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi (full name Jacob Hurley Bongiovi) have become permanent fixtures on each other’s social media pages since confirming their relationship — and awards show red carpets.
“Bff <3", Jon Bon Jovi‘s son captioned a June 2021 Instagram snap stranger things Stern, sparking dating speculation.
The couple’s relationship quickly heated up as they continued to share their romantic milestones via Instagram, celebrating the holidays and Brown’s 18th birthday together.
“Happy Birthday Barbie, ily <3", Bongiovi - who is one of the four children of the "It's My Life" pop singer Dorothea Hurley — captioned a February 2022 post from the birthday party where they dressed up as Barbie and Ken.
“Endless Love” Enola Holmes Alum replied to her friend.
While the couple, who made their red carpet debut a month later, have rarely spoken out about their blossoming connection, Brown subtly revealed that they don’t share the same interests.
“I have so much fun watching [Olivia Rodrigo’s] videos and listen to their music. I’m not really involved because I know she’s just too brilliant,” said the Florence by Mills founder Seventeen Magazine in January 2022 and noted that Rodrigo’s ANGRY Vinyl record was one of her Christmas gifts this year. “I love ‘1 step forward, 3 steps back’. It makes me cry every time. I think my boyfriend will kill me if I listen to it around him.”
Brown and Bongiovi showed their love on the BAFTA 2022 red carpet in March when she was there to present the Best Supporting Actor award KODA stand out Troy Kotsur. Brown stunned in a black Louis Vuitton dress while her husband donned a sleek Fendi suit.
That Godzilla vs Kong The actress shared photos from the couple’s date night on the red carpet via her Instagram at the time and captioned them with a series of red heart emojis.
Prior to her romance with the Pennington School alum, Brown was linked to the singer Jacob Sartorius. Us weekly exclusively revealed in January 2018 that the then 13-year-old actress had been hanging out with the crooner “Chapstick.” The relationship between the two broke up after seven months.
“The decision with Jacob and I was completely mutual,” the English native wrote in a July 2018 Instagram Story statement. “We are both happy and remain friends.”
For his part, Sartorius expressed a similar sentiment: “The decision with Mills was absolutely mutual and we are both happy and remain friends.”
Scroll below for Brown’s full relationship timeline with Bongiovi:
https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/millie-bobby-brown-jake-bongiovis-relationship-timeline-photos/ Millie Bobby Brown, Jake Bongiovis Relationship Timeline: Photos

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London club night Thisfeeling.co.uk/club is staging live performances and DJ sets around screenings of the games at the Relentless Garage.
The Lightning Seeds‘ Ian Broudie, who penned England anthem ‘Three Lions’, will also be performing.
The line-up is:
England vs USA: Kid British (live), Mani (DJ set) (June 12)
England vs Algeria: Doves (DJ set), Sound Of Guns Live (18)
England vs Slovenia: Ian Broudie (live), The Twang (DJ set) (23)
England second round match (if they qualify): The Rifles (live), Jersey Budd (live), Soccer AM DJs (June 26/27 depending on fixture)
Walsh is set to play around one of the quarter-final fixtures (should England qualify) either on July 2 or 3, while further events are planned around the later stages of the tournament.
See Thisfeeling.co.uk/world-cup for more information.


Flux Force Condensation (FFC) Scrubbing Technology
Product Announcement from Bionomic Industries
Flux Force Condensation (FFC) scrubbing technology is used to capture fine (submicron) particulate at extremely high efficiency. It is a preferred method when using wet scrubbing to collect and control dioxins from combustion sources. As an added benefit, through the use of condensation, the water vapor plume commonly associated with a wet scrubbing system can be effectively eliminated. The overall collection efficiency of acid gases plus particulate is greater than "dry" systems since the acid gas removal efficiency is exceptionally high.
The technique uses the condensation of water vapor onto the particulate to coat them with a water film, thus making the particulate aerodynamically larger and easier to capture. This occurs in a device called a "Condenser/Absorber" or "C/A". Since water vapor is condensed, the downstream equipment (fan, stack, etc.) is physically smaller and often less expensive. The C/A circuit is also typically pH controlled to remove acid gases simultaneously.
Applications include hazardous and medical waste incinerators, boilers, calciners, kilns, and other sources that emit submicron particulate. It is most often applied to sources that provide saturation temperatures of over 145 deg. F but can be applied to lower temperature applications through the introduction of steam.
How it Works:
FFC technology mimics the particulate capture that occurs naturally in the atmosphere through the formation of raindrops. Raindrops primarily form onto dust particles in the air through a process called "nucleation". The atmospheric water vapor condenses around the particulate thus coating the particulate and making a heavier droplet that then falls to Earth. If it wasn't for this process, dust would remain in the atmosphere and air breathing Life forms would suffocate.
The nucleation and condensation effect was explored decades ago and was revealed during the Wilson Cloud Chamber experiments early in the 20th century. Vapors were observed to condense on particles which acted as nuclei.
Design engineers start the process by first saturating the hot gases with water or steam in a quencher then subcooling the gases in the C/A. In the C/A, the gases are placed into direct contact with cooled scrubbing liquid. This causes manmade "rain" to form in the C/A. Through differences in temperature and concentrations, a flux occurs pulling the dry particulate from the gas stream and encapsulating them with water. Now enlarged, the droplets are commonly removed by a venturi scrubber operating at a far lower pressure drop (and far lower gas volume) than if the gases were not cooled and condensed. In extreme applications, a wet electrostatic precipitator (WESP) is used after the venturi. Particulate outlet loadings of under 0.005 grs/dscf are achievable in many applications with over 99.9% removal of soluble acid gases.
FFC SCRUBBING INSTALLATION
The photograph is of a recent project. The vessel in the foreground is the condenser/absorber and the venturi scrubber and separator is located to the lower left of the photo. The stack is in the background.
On many installations, an adjustable throat venturi scrubber operating in the 35-45" w.c. range is used for particulate collection. Since the gas volume has been reduced (usually by about 50% versus a system without condensing), the size of the venturi scrubber and separator is reduced thus the cost is reduced. This is important since the internal components of the venturi are often made from expensive corrosion resistant alloys.
Common Materials of Construction:
Quencher: Refractory lined steel or corrosion resistant alloy (C-276, AL6XN, etc.).
C/A: Fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) or lined steel, thermoplastic media
Venturi: Fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP)
Venturi Separator: Fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) with thermoplastic chevrons
Fan: Rubber lined steel with alloy wheel, all alloy, all Fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP)
Stack: Fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP)
Capacity Size Range:
Saturated gas temperatures of 145 deg F and greater at all gas volume ranges. The reason for the higher saturated gas temperatures is that only a certain amount of the water vapor condenses on the particulate using the particulate as condensation nuclei while the remainder auto-condenses and doesn't participate. If the saturation temperature is too low on certain applications, the saturation temperature can be raised by steam injection prior to the C/A.
Control Methods for FFC Scrubbing Systems
Though a "flux force condensation" (FFC) scrubbing system sounds like a complicated technology to control, in actual fact it can be efficiently operated as long as some important parameters are maintained.
These parameters are:
2. pressure drop
3. pH and
The amount of water vapor condensed is a critical element of the design. The C/A provides both the condensation function and an absorption function. Condensation is its most important role, however.
The outlet temperature from the C/A is a key operating parameter. Since the gases have already passed through a quencher and the packed bed of the C/A, they can assume to be fully saturated. Thus, by monitoring the outlet temperature of the C/A, and maintaining that temperature sufficiently low one can control its condensation performance.
Control involves monitoring the C/A outlet temperature using a thermocouple or RTD in the C/A outlet duct and using that signal to modulate the cooling water flow rate to the by-pass (see Figure 1, lower right) in the clean side of the plate and frame heat exchanger. Experience has shown that reducing the gas temperature to 100-110 deg. F. provides adequate and economical condensation without diminished returns. A control valve as shown is often used to modulate the clean water side by-pass flow rate.
The primary particulate removal is accomplished in the venturi scrubber. Its removal efficiency is a function of its pressure drop. Many permits require that this pressure drop be maintained above a certain minimum (the minimum drop typically verified by a stack test). If the venturi is equipped with an adjustable throat, some installations install a positioner on this throat and modulate the throat position based upon the signal from a differential pressure drop sensor that measures the pressure drop across the venturi throat. This pressure drop is often datalogged as part of the Permit requirements. On other systems, particularly those that are very draft sensitive (such as a hazardous waste incinerator), as Gas Reflux System can be used to recycle cleaned gases back to the scrubber inlet. The flow is modulated by an opposed blade damper and control logic circuit based upon a draft signal from the source. To prevent "hunting", the venturi throat is left in a fixed position. These type systems can control the draft to within 0.01" w.c..
If the system fan is VFD controlled, typically it is used for just general ventilation control and left at a speed away from any vibration causing harmonics. Sometimes a draft sensor on the source (oxidizer, kiln, calciner, etc.) controls the VFD based upon process draft requirements and the venturi is modulated separately. To prevent "hunting", the output to the throat positioner is dampened significantly (only adjusts every few minutes rather than continually).
The C/A also serves as an acid gas absorber. Therefore, the pH of its recirculation loop or sump post-reaction pH is controlled. This is performed in a conventional manner using a pH probe and controller.
To prevent the buildup of suspended and dissolved solids that could cause mechanical problems and reduce removal efficiency, a blowdown must be maintained. It is common to use a conductivity or density controller to adjust the blowdown from the venturi and C/A recycle circuits.
Most FFC systems "bleed forward" from the venturi stage to the quencher then "out". If a WESP is used, a bleed from the flush water circuit is sent to the venturi circuit from which point it is bled either to the quencher then "out" to sewer or water treatment or sent directly out.
This arrangement bleeds the reaction products and recovered particulate at the highest concentration (lowest volume) and highest temperature. The latter reduces the thermal load on the C/A thus improves the thermal efficiency. Various bleed schemes can be used depending upon the amount of particulate to be captured and its corrosive or erosive properties.
Magmeters are typically used to monitor the blowdown from stage to stage. Either manual or proportional control valves are used to meter the liquid flows.
The quencher blowdown line often is monitored using a magmeter and controlled proportionately based upon the process conditions to which the FFC system is attached. If the system is "base loaded" or producing a fairly constant emission rate, the blowdown can be a fixed amount. If the process varies, a conductivity, refractive index, or density meter can be used to adjust the blowdown. Volumetric control is the simplest and most reliable, however. The volumetric set points are usually established by grab sampling during commissioning to define the blowdown liquid parameters as required by the process. Process parameters (such as the beginning of a batch, feed weigh feeder settings, etc.) are then used as surrogates to set the blowdown rates.
Condensation scrubbing can be effectively applied to applications that emit both acid gases and submicron particulate and have or can be caused to have a saturation temperature of 145 deg. F or higher. Few air pollution control systems can match the overall pollutant collection efficiency, dry or wet, of this proven technique.
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United Kingdom-Nottingham: Construction machinery and equipment
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Section II: Object
959 Plant, Tool and Equipment Hire
Small plant, tool and equipment hire to cover all 3 campuses — City (NG1), Clifton (NG11) and Brackenhurst (NG25).
Nottingham Trent UniversityCity Campus (NG1), Clifton Campus (NG11), Brackenhurst Campus (NG25).
Small Plant, Tool and equipment hire at all 3 University Campuses — City (NG1), Clifton (NG11) and Brackenhurst (NG25).
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Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
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Section IV: Procedure
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Nottingham Trent University will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be or a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the high Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).