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We’re now into Day 2 of this year’s SnowBall music festival. If you have yet to go, here’s a few things to know and look out for.
Seattle-based Rhymesayers act Grieves, along with production and collaboration mate Budo, bring an indie hip-hop style that emulates the signature sound of the label, reminiscent of Atmosphere and Brother Ali, from the lyrical prose to the production talent presented on this year’s Together / Apart.
Many thought it an odd choice to have the Rhymesayers emissary, Brother Ali, open up a show for, Bassnectar, one of the most successful DJ/Musicians currently touring today. However, after his opening salvo and subsequent hour long set, Ali quieted all the naysayers and quite possibly won a few new fans along the way.
Brother Ali is one busy dude. After assisting the group Pepper on their “Like a Surgeon Tour” by playing Chicago on October 21st, (as well as Lawrence, KS on the 24th and various other dates), Ali will swing into Broomfield to play the 1st Bank Center in support of musician/DJ Bassnectar on Saturday, October […]
Brother Ali is one of the most consistent MCs on the microphone today. His previous Rhymesayers releases have been hailed by critics and fans alike. This time around, Ali goes the short and sweet route, issuing The Truth Is Here as a 9-song EP that has only one guest appearance: Atmosphere’s Slug, who is the […]
While many hip-hop aficionado’s were awaiting the arrival of this summer’s Rock The Bells tour, there were many lesser known fans who were eagerly anticipating its more Independent cousin, The Paid Dues Tour. Presented and hosted by Living Legends alum Murs 3:16 in association with Guerilla Union, this hip hop festival was supported by live […]
“I look at music,” said Rhymesayers resident Muslim MC, Brother Ali. “Not just hip-hop, but music. I’m not competing with any of my contemporaries when I make music…I’m looking at Stevie Wonder as the standard; Otis Redding, that’s [the level] I’m aiming for.” Ali, a resident of Minneapolis, MN is the new breed of rapper, […]
Minneapolis bred Brother Ali, the Albino with the mostest, is the new crown prince of hip hop. While Slick Rick set the bar pretty high with his oft-imitated, but never duplicated, classic debut album The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick The Ruler, Ali rises to the challenge with his, under-rated, slept on debut, Shadows On […]

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As a novel therapeutic approach, immune checkpoint blocking therapy, which can reactivate T cell immune responses to tumor cells and break tumor immune suppression, has achieved marked success in preclinical or clinical trials of many malignant tumors(5, 7, 8, 11, 40), and the most extensively used immune checkpoint inhibitors for the study and application of cancer therapy include PD-1 and inhibitors of its ligand PD-L1, as well as CTLA-4. However, the objective response rate has been 13%~56% and the complete response rate has been only 1%~16%, which presents a frustrating challenge, especially for breast cancer (5–11). Therefore, it is urgent to make further progress on the tumor microenvironment to explore alternative or facilitating therapeutic targets. Many recent studies have shown a special correlation between LAG3 and PD-1 of T cell inhibition in various diseases (12, 41), such as in viral infection (12, 42), chronic tuberculosis infection (43), plasmodium infection (44), chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (45), ovarian cancer (46), and so forth, yet the co-expression and effect of LAG3 and PD-1 on T cells in breast cancer patients are still not very clear. To figure out the molecular and clinical relationship between LAG3 expression and immune activities in breast cancer will greatly promote the establishment and progress of a novel therapeutic target as well as optimize the current therapeutic strategies.
In this study, we systematically analyzed the expression of LAG3 in breast cancer. We found that LAG3 was upregulated in breast cancer tissue, especially enriched in basal, HER-2 enriched and LumA subtype, as well as in patients with higher tumor grade. LAG3 also had potential to serve as valuable biomarker for TNBC subtype. Besides, previous studies also found that the presence of LAG3 + intra-epithelial tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (iTILs) was significantly related to younger age, large tumor size, ER/PR negativity and high Ki67 proliferation index (47, 48). All these results seemed to indicate that the high expression of LAG3 predicted a high malignant breast cancer. However, some studies had come to the seemingly opposite conclusion that high expression of LAG3 is associated with favorable overall survival in several solid tumors including ovarian, gastric, lymphoma, NSCLC, colorectal, and renal cancers (49), as well as in breast cancer. To make a reasonable explanation, we need to focus on the important immunologic role of LAG3.
Under physiological conditions, LAG3 is expressed on membrane of activated human T cells, NK cells, B cells and DCs (50–53), and it is an activation marker for CD4 + and CD8 + T cells. In tumor patients, LAG3 is expressed on surface of TILs (54, 55). Early studies suggested that LAG3 was a negative regulator of T-cell activation, and the regulation of T cells immune response mainly by following three aspects. Firstly, the proliferation and activation of T cells were inhibited directly by negative regulation. Previous studies showed that LAG3 was a negative regulator of T-cell activation, and blockade of LAG3 functioning on human CD4 clones resulted in enhanced cell proliferation with an elevated production of IFN-γ, TNFα, IL- 2 and IL-4 (16). Furthermore, there was a largely conserved motif named KIEELE mediated a cell intrinsic signal, which is thought to be essential for the negative regulatory function of LAG3 on T cells (56). A more specific role for LAG3 on CD8 + T cells was demonstrated in a model of self-tolerance. Grosso JF et al. found that adoptively transferred LAG3−/− HA-specific CD8 + T cells expanded and produced large amounts of IFNγ, indicating that LAG3 limited self-tolerance (52). Moreover, they also found that these CD8 + T cells regained effector function, as was shown with an increased number of IFNγ-producing cells. Therefore, hypothesis was that not dependent on CD4 + T cells, the effect induced by blocking LAG3 was shown to be a CD8 + T-cell intrinsic effect (52). Secondly, T cell immune response was suppressed indirectly by promoting inhibitory function of regulatory T cells (Treg). Recent studies have shown that LAG3 promoted the differentiation of Tregs, while its blockade inhibited the induction of Tregs (57). This study also illustrated that CD4 + T cells were skewed into a Th1 phenotype by blockade or genetic deletion of LAG3, with LAG3 limiting IL-2 and STAT5 signaling that modulated the ability to be suppressed by Tregs. Thirdly, T cell activation was prevented by regulating antigen presenting cells (APC) (14), which was also supported by our finding that LAG3 had close correlation with antigen processing and presentation pathways. Published studies also showed that LAG3 may be invoved in mediating bidirectional signaling into the interacting APCs. DCs activation was shown to be inhibited by MHC class II binding to LAG3-expressing Tregs, thereby their maturation was suppressed (58).Interestingly, previous studies have been focused on the impact of LAG3 on T cell immunity, whether LAG3 have impact on other immune response and immune cell populations was unclear. Herein, we found that LAG3 was positively correlated with B cell mediated immunity, B cell activation, B cell receptor signaling pathway and natural killer cell mediated cytotoxicity pathways. Consistent to our observations, previous studies indicated that LAG3 expression was also related to NK cells and activated B cells in a T cell-dependent manner (59).
Besides, in terms of immune cells, we observed LAG3 expression had strongest correlation with T cells (especially CD8 + T cells), followed by plasmacytoid dendritic cells, NK cells, monocytic lineage and B lineage. In this section, as the relationship between LAG3 and T cells was already mentioned above, the correlation with other immune cells is focused. LAG3 is constitutively expressed on plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) at a much greater level than any other cell type (60), while LAG3 is not expressed on any lymphoid DC and myeloid subset. When compared with wildtype pDCs, LAG3- pDCs showed enhanced expansion following CpG stimulation in vivo, but had no altered expression profile of activation markers, including differential cytokine production or CD80/86 and MHC class II (60). As was expounded in earlier studies, in humans, LAG3 + pDCs were found to involved in the melanoma environment and interacted with HLA-DR-expressing tumor cells in vivo. Besides, in vitro it was also shown that as the result of the stimulation of MHC class II-expressing melanoma cells, LAG3 + pDCs were able to mature and produce IL-6 (61). Therefore, there was a hypothesis that LAG3 + pDCs may indirectly drive myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs)-mediated immunosuppression through MHC class II + melanoma cells engagement. LAG3 is also found expressed on NK cells (~ 10%) and invariant NKT cells (19). As a result of LAG3 signaling, proliferation of activated NKT cells was reduced, resulting in cell cycle arrest in the phase S (62). Moreover, researchers also found that overexpression of LAG3 was associated with impaired iNKT cytokine production (IFNγ) during chronic HIV infection, nevertheless this was not discovered on other T-cell subsets (63). As for monocytic lineage, one previous study had suggested that a soluble monomeric form of LAG3 (sLAG3), generated by alternative splicing, impaired the differentiation of monocytes into DCs and macrophages, which subsequently had diminished its immunostimulatory capacity (64). Moreover, another previous study had reported that at the end of IMP321 (a LAG3 antagonist) treatment, there was a 50% objective tumor response and decreased tumor size related with an increase in the absolute number of monocytic cells (65). The role of LAG3 on B cells is controversial since analysis was limited and expression was only reported in a single study (44). In short, LAG3 exerts differential inhibitory impacts on various types of lymphocytes. Except for some relatively deep and detailed researches towards T cells, the functional role and mechanism of LAG3 on other immune cells are not fully understood and well established, and further studies are needed to enrich this filed.
Back to the question posed at the beginning of this section, LAG3 expression was found to be associated with poor clinicopathological factors and eliciting immune suppressive function, supporting the hypothesis that the expression of LAG3 in breast cancer patients should lead to poor survival. However, inconsistent with the present results, the findings of several previous studies indicated a favorable association between high expression of LAG3 and cancer-specific survival, especially in ER-, HER2 + and basal-like subtypes (47, 66, 67). Interestingly, another published study found that serum LAG3 had a close correlation with prolonged survival in ER + patients (42). These results implied a complicated relationship between LAG3 expression, clinical characteristics and the prognosis in breast cancer. One possible explanation is that presence of LAG-3 expressing TILs may actually indicate that there is an ongoing cancer-immune interaction (47), a phenotype defined as an inflamed tumor (68), and it usually signified a somewhat improved prognosis. Additionally, another study also illustrated that LAG3 expression by engineered tumor cells efficiently promotes and facilities activation, intra-tumoral recruitment, and Th1 commitment of APCs, which results in a large intra-tumoral influx of specific and non-specific reactive cells, as well as the release of immunoregulatory and cytotoxic mediators (69). Consequently, further studies are encouraged and needed to focus on this controversial problem.
Despite the promising impact of cancer immunotherapy targeting CTLA4 (like ipilimumab) and PD1/PDL1 (like pembrolizumab), with the in-depth research, the side effects and resistance of these drugs have gradually emerged (70, 71). Moreover, a large number of cancer patients fail to respond: the response rate of ipilimumab was only 15%, and that of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors was less than 40% (72). In this study, we found that LAG3 had close correlation with PD-L1 expression and PD-1 checkpoint pathway in cancer, and strong correlations were observed between LAG3 and other checkpoint members, such as CTLA4, TIGIT, CD28, CD40, CD48 and other checkpoint molecules including CD27, CD86, ICOS, IDO1 and so on. Early studies have reported that sustained T-cell activation induced by a chronic inflammatory environment, for example, during chronic viral infection or in a tumor, caused persistent LAG3 expression on T cells which frequently co-express with other IRs, like PD1, TIM3, TIGIT, CD160, 2B4 and so on, subsequently resulting in a T-cell dysfunction state (73). This state, also named T-cell functional exhaustion, defined by a distinct subset of exhausted T cells with an elevated expression of IRs, resulting in lack of proliferation, cytokine secretion, and cytolytic activity (15, 74–76).

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The Afterlives of the Terror: Facing the Legacies of Mass Violence in Postrevolutionary France
The Afterlives of the Terror explores how those who experienced the mass violence of the French Revolution struggled to come to terms with it. Focusing on the Reign of Terror, Ronen Steinberg challenges the presumption that its aftermath was characterized by silence and enforced collective amnesia. Instead, he shows that there were painful, complex, and sometimes surprisingly honest debates about how to deal with its legacies.
As The Afterlives of the Terror shows, revolutionary leaders, victims' families, and ordinary citizens argued about accountability, retribution, redress, and commemoration. Drawing on the concept of transitional justice and the scholarship on the major traumas of the twentieth century, Steinberg explores how the French tried, but ultimately failed, to leave this difficult past behind. He argues that it was the same democratizing, radicalizing dynamic that led to the violence of the Terror, which also gave rise to an unprecedented interrogation of how society is affected by events of enormous brutality. In this sense, the modern question of what to do with difficult pasts is one of the unanticipated consequences of the eighteenth century's age of democratic revolutions.

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Egypt signs framework agreements with international power companies worth $83 bn to construct nine green hydrogen and ammonia facilities in the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone), Invest-Gate reports.
These facilities, collectively, are set to produce up to 7.6 mn tons of green ammonia and 2.7 mn tons of hydrogen a year when fully operated.
However, the documents signed yesterday are framework agreements and are not binding commitments. The companies will continue to study the projects before coming to a final investment decision in the coming months.
The signed deals include an $8 bn agreement between ReNew Power and El Sewedy Electric to produce 220k tons of green hydrogen and 1.1 mn tons of ammonia a year. Also, UK power producer, Globeleq, inked an agreement to build a 2 mn-ton green hydrogen facility. The third deal is between Masdar and Hassan Allam for the sake of establishing a facility to produce up to 480k tons of green hydrogen a year.
In addition, Saudi company Alfanar signed one for its 500k-ton green ammonia facility. Another deal is signed by Australian energy producer Fortescue Future Industries to set up a green ammonia production facility with an annual production capacity of some 2 mn tons.
Further, Norway’s Scatec, Fertiglobe, Orascom Construction, and the Sovereign Fund of Egypt (SFE) inked an agreement for the consortium’s 100 MW green ammonia facility in Ain Sokhna. Al Nowais subsidiary AMEA Power’s signed a deal for a 390k-ton per-year green ammonia plant and could be up and running by the end of 2025 at its 500 MW green hydrogen plant in Ain Sokhna.
On the other hand, EDF Renewables and Egyptian firm ZeroWaste penned a deal with the SCZone for a $3 bn facility that is slated to produce some 350k tons of green ammonia for ships. Construction of the plant is expected to begin in 2024, with operations slated to begin in 2026.
The last deal is signed between French energy producer TotalEren and SME investor Enara Capital for a 300k-ton green ammonia facility in Ain Sokhna.
This, in turn, will put Egypt on the road to becoming a regional hub for green hydrogen.

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Inside Mizzou Extra: Show Me Research & Creative Works
May 6, 2019 09:00 AM
Maha Hamed pictured with Mizzou's IMSD Undergraduate Director Brian Booton at MU Life Sciences Week Poster Session
Maha spent last summer doing research at MU and also won the Outstanding Poster Presentation award at the 2017 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students. She will be starting the University of Michigan’s doctoral program in molecular biology this fall.
Hi, my name is Maha Hamed, and I am a senior studying biochemistry. In this edition of Inside Mizzou extra, myself and a group of students are here to discuss the research, scholarship and art we’re doing across campus and around the world.
I chose biochemistry — I’ve always loved science and I loved biology — but I like this more detailed, zoomed-in look, and biochemistry offered it to me. Many say it’s one of the harder majors, but I like the challenge even though I knew it was hard. But to me I always found it interesting. And kind of going alongside that, the reason why I love science so much is because it is such an important part of science is discovery and of looking for the unknown and discovering it. Therefore, since the start of my freshman year, I knew immediately I wanted to get started in a research lab.
Since my freshman year I’ve been in the lab in biochemistry with Dr. Antje Heese. Her lab looks at the role of vesicular trafficking in plant immunity. So, basically what that means is vesicular trafficking is just like the subway system inside of plant cells. So, how things move around, and so we’re looking at why is it so important that stuff get to the right place in the right time in order for plants to protect themselves.
Because I think we can all agree that plants are an important part of our lives — for food, clothes — and we lose such a big part of it due to like pathogens or bacteria, so we’re trying to understand how they protect themselves and hope to create a new plant that is engineered in a way that it can survive drought or it can survive a bacteria attack. So, the hopes for this research — so right now we’re looking at Arabidopsis, which is just a small weed plant, it’s our model plant — but our hopes is to translate that information into corn and in tomatoes. That’s such a big part of Missouri — those two crops, especially just America as a whole.
And also we have an issue of food insecurity. So, the hopes is even though it just seems like insular in a lab that we’re just like messing around with plants, but really we hope to have this spawn impact that no one’s able to go hungry.
Everyone has the right amount of food, everyone has clothes on their backs because we’re able to provide enough crops in order to satisfy that growing need. And that’s kind of the big picture. But for me what I want to take from this research is kind of this ability to adapt and to kind of accept the unknown. It has also made me realize that I loved research and I want to continue it as a career.
I originally came in as pre-pharmacy thinking that was going to be research, not just like sitting and counting pills. But really I wanted to be the one making the drugs, so I realized during this time that I wanted to do research as a career. Instead of going to pharmacy, I’m actually going to graduate school to get my PhD in molecular biology at the University of Michigan. And what my hopes is to actually go into academia. I have learned so much by so many of my mentors here, and research was a great tool. Research has taught me not to only understand the material of biochemistry and plants, but also to understand myself internally.
I hope long term to become a professor and maybe come back to Mizzou and kind of help that next generation of scientists to use research and to use it not only as a tool to understand the material, but also as a tool to understand themselves.
To listen to and/or read the transcript of the full podcast featuring all five undergraduate student scholars at University of Missouri, please visit https://chancellor.missouri.edu/news/inside-mizzou-extra-show-me-research-creative-works/.
Text courtesy and photo of Dr. Linda Blockus, Director of UGR at University of Missouri.
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Big Buddha Temple on Koh Samui
The Big Buddha Temple on Koh Samui, also known as Wat Phra Yai, is one of the most important landmarks of the popular holiday island of Thailand. A visit is considered one of the best things to do in Koh Samui and a stop at this majestic temple is almost a must on any vacation itinerary. This impressive Buddha Temple is not only a highly spiritual place on the island, but also an attraction of great cultural significance that attracts visitors from all over the world. The photo opportunities are endless, and the sight of the giant Buddha statue with the deep blue sea in the background is a magical experience. But what are the best tips for visiting the Big Buddha Temple on Koh Samui, what to expect during a trip there and which excursions are highly recommended?
In this travel guide, you will find all the essential information and tips about the Big Buddha Temple on Koh Samui in Thailand. We show you great pictures, the best attractions and activities, and where to arrange exciting day trips.
General Information about the Big Buddha Temple
The Big Buddha Temple, also called Wat Phra Yai, is one of the most famous temples on Koh Samui. It is located on the small rocky island “Koh Fann” in the northeast of the island, about 9 kilometers from the well-known Maenam Beach and 4 kilometers from Fisherman’s Village. The Big Buddha Temple was built as early as 1972, and has been restored and expanded several times over the years. Today, it is one of the most impressive landmarks on Koh Samui. A special feature of the temple is the golden, 12 meter high sitting Buddha statue, from whose terrace you can enjoy a magnificent view all the way to Koh Phangan. The Big Buddha is placed in the Mara position, symbolizing the path to enlightenment. A popular photo opportunity is the dragon-decorated Naga Stairs, 73 steps leading up to the golden statue.
During a visit, you will have the opportunity to watch Buddhist worshipers praying and making offerings, and gain an insight into Thai culture. In addition, you will be able to participate in a ceremony and receive a blessing from a monk. This is an experience not to be missed when visiting the Big Buddha Temple. It is also worthwhile to take a tour of the rest of the area. In the temple complex, you can visit other buildings and discover interesting mermaid statues. There is also a market where you can buy souvenirs, clothes, drinks, and food. A special tip is a visit during the Thai holidays, as wonderful festivals are held regularly at the Big Buddha Temple.
Guided Tours to the Big Buddha Temple
The Big Buddha Temple is located in the northeast of Koh Samui, near the airport and the popular Fisherman’s Village in Bophut. Getting there is convenient by cab, scooter or rental car, and many tour operators also offer guided trips to the temple. Most day tours include a visit to other sites such as waterfalls, jungle and other temples.
Where to Stay near the Big Buddha
There are several good places to stay near the Big Buddha Temple. Most of them are resorts or hotels that are well suited for a trip to Koh Samui. If you’re searching for a place to stay very close to the temple, we can give you the following recommendations… It’s worth a look!
- Nice Boutique Hotel: The Tango Luxe Beach Villa impresses its guests with dreamy design, a beautiful pool and the view of the Big Buddha is also magical!
- Hotel with a View: The UniQue BoutiQue Resort is located on a hill and offers a fantastic view of the coast with the Big Buddha Temple from the infinity pool.
- Large Villa with Pool: The Celebrity Ocean View Villa Samui is a beautiful vacation home perfect for the family or small groups.
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This is how the Global Crisis might affect people.
Martine : 2025
The year is 2025 in today’s consumer society. Martine lives in a modern house in a medium sized town in a fruit growing area near the Alps in France with her husband and children. For the past few years, the summers have been getting hotter; there are typically one or two heatwaves in each summer with day-time temperatures above 40C and night-time above 25C. Summers are noticeably more uncomfortable and Martine would like to install air-conditioning but her husband is worried about the cost.
A more urgent issue for the family is the violence of some storms in recent years and the cost of home insurance; it seems that the extra temperatures are causing more violent, extremely localized super-cell storms (essentially, a storm from a single huge cloud). Last year every building in a nearby village was damaged by hail the size of tennis balls; the roofs on some buildings were completely destroyed and the then unprotected building were thoroughly drenched. There have also been a handful of small tornadoes that caused a lot of damage. Local fruit farmers have been hit hard by those storms; all the trees in some orchards have been damaged; replanting is the only way forward but they won’t produce fruit for five years.
Insurance companies have no good way of calculating the increased risk and have savagely increased the cost of home insurance premiums in Martine’s area; they say that the nearby mountains increase the risk of extreme weather. The insurance company will offer a lower premium if they completely upgrade their house to new standards but that would cost far too much. Martine feels they really have to find the money to maintain the insurance on her home but she’s worried that premiums will continue to rise and at some point they won’t be able to afford home insurance.
Jane : 2027
The year is 2027 in today’s consumer society. Jane is 25 and lives in Sheffield in the UK with her parents in a modest terraced house. Her father was a lorry driver; a difficult, lonely job but one that provided reliably for the family. But he has lost that job to automation; lorries now drive themselves. The local economy isn’t very strong and Jane’s father hasn’t found a full-time job. He works on a zero hour contract where he occasionally drives the very beginning or the very end of a lorry journey; the automated driving still has trouble driving in some awkward spots. This work only averages a few hours a week and, to add insult to injury, he knows he is teaching the automation software as he does these small driving tasks. Jane’s mother didn’t work before but now she also has a zero hour contract where she helps a delivery company when it is busy; she averages 2 days a week.
Jane was a hard working, promising student at school with preference for engineering subjects. She would have liked to have gone to university but it simply wasn’t financially possible. Instead she now works for a large web retail company at a huge warehouse on the outskirts of town; she fills orders. It’s exhausting work; every minute of her working day is monitored by technology – she is always being timed and judged. She frequently has to work shifts; one strategy for getting through those is to treat it as a sport or keep fit activity.
On the other side of the road from the vault like warehouse are the company’s offices; they are modern, clean and covered in glass. But it’s not just the architecture that is very different; the people working on either side of that road operate in different worlds. In the shiny offices, knowledge workers control the whole enterprise; they plan the ever increasing automation in the warehouse, negotiate contracts with suppliers or delivery companies and monitor every aspect of the company’s performance. Salaries, working conditions and status couldn’t be more contrasted on the two sides of the road.
Jane has tried to get a job in the offices, but for that she needs a degree. To do that, she needs enough money to go to university, so she is trying hard to save money – she can’t consider leaving home right now. If she gets to university she hopes to continue working for the delivery company for 15 or 20 hours a week. Life seems very hard for Jane; if university cost less or her family was a little better off she would now be a graduate in a well-paid satisfying job. Everyone in the family feels they have been left behind as the world moves on; they work hard but they are poor and insecure and they all resent it. They feel bombarded with images of products and life-styles they can’t afford; the day seems to be filled with reminders of their status as losers. You can read about Jane’s better life in a Modern Society here.
Vicente : 2028
The year is 2028 in today’s consumer society. Vicente is an indigineous quinoa farmer in Salar de Atacama, Chile. Lithium mining has become the biggest economic activity in the area. It’s an activity that consumes lots of water in one of the driest places on earth. The lithium is extracted by pumping salt-water into a hole in the ground; this mineral rich water is then left in evaporation pools for up to 18 months and lithium is then extracted from the remaining salt. Lithium is used to produce batteries used in smart-phones, electric cars and all sorts of ‘green’ products; demand for it is exploding. From the modern world’s perspective, the lithium provides a clean way to store electrical energy. From Chile’s viewpoint, it’s a way to get valuable foreign currency.
But Vicente sees it rather differently. The mining leaves heaps of salt behind – but that’s only visual pollution. Fresh water canals have been polluted with mining waste, turning the water blue. But the effect on fresh-water supplies in the area is the most significant problem. It takes 2,000 tonnes of water to make a tonne of lithium. The water pumped into the mines is extracted from salt water aquifers faster than they are being naturally replaced (through rain etc). For the last ten years there was some doubt, but it is now known that the salt-water aquifers are connected to the fresh-water aquifers used by the local population and these are now much lower as a result. For the last few years Vicente has spent more time and money getting enough water to grow his quinoa and he sometimes has to have fresh water bussed in; when he does so, he has to pass this cost when he sells his quinoa. Local llama farmers complain that since mining started their grazing land has gone from being lush to being barren. The Lithium Triangle straddles Chile, Bolivia and Argentina and has over 50% of the earth’s reserves of lithium but it’s possible the indigeneous people living there will have to move elsewhere.
Marlyn : 2029
The year is 2029 in today’s consumer society. Marlyn has just collected the Pulitzer Prize for Journalism she shared with her murdered husband Jerry. He was researching a story exposing the new giant carbon capture plants being developed throughout the western US. These plants were supposed to capture CO2 directly from the air using electricity generated via renewables (most of them were surrounded by wind or solar farms) and then store the CO2 deep underground. The plants had been in development for over 8 years and were advertised as being the ‘technology solution’ to climate change. The plants’ developer was heavily subsidized by the federal government and both had heavily ‘talked up’ how the plants would ‘scrub’ the air.
The problem for Jerry was that the numbers didn’t add up; the solar or wind farms just weren’t big enough to provide enough electricity to remove the claimed amount of CO2. As Jerry did his research it was clear that both the plants’ developer and the government knew this; they planned to extend the capacity in the future but it was at least 5 years before they’d hit the announced capture figures.
But before Jerry could complete his book he was mysteriously shot. At the time of his murder, Jerry’s conclusions were not public knowledge, but he hadn’t hid what he was working on. Despite a long inquiry, the murderer was never found, nor was any motive discovered. Fortunately, Jerry had shared his conclusions and research with Marlyn; Marlyn wasn’t a journalist but she decided to make a book out of Jerry’s work and his murder. She developed the story in secrecy; its publication 9 months after Jerry’s murder was a sensation. The carbon economy tried to rubbish Jerry’s conclusions; politicians attacked Marlyn’s character and motivations; they were unsucessful and only managed to associate themselves in the public mind with Jerry’s murder. Comparisons were made with Putin’s Russia. The US public’s trust in their government and the carbon economy over climate change never recovered.
John : 2030
The year is 2030 in today’s consumer society. John is a soon to be ex-farmer in Iowa. Over the last 50 years, the families, farms and communities that made up the American midwest have been replaced by agro-industries using robotized farm-machinery to produce cheap food stock on mega-farms. In the eighties, 160 acre family farms that produced cattle, pigs, corn, soy, wheat, beans, hay and oats were gradually bought out and became part of larger operations producing corn and soy to feed animals reared in their own giant, factory farms. Family farms that stayed in business starting selling their grain directly to those same agro-businesses; they gradually went from being independent food producers to being growers. Mixed farming was replaced by huge, more industrialized mono-cultures. Every problem (e.g. failed harvests and banking crisis) hurt small farmers more than big business and accelerated this consolidation. The government actively encouraged this industrialization through corn subsidies, making it economic to produce fuel for vehicles and industrial processed food (e.g. high-fructose corn syrup).
Over the last 15 years the use of robotized machinery, where one operator could remotely control a dozen harvesters, cut employment further and many of the small towns that used to dot the prairie became ghost towns; John’s children spend 2 hours travelling to school each day and have no friends living nearby. Over the same period the weather seems to have changed; rains are heavier but less frequent; the summers are a lot warmer and springs often involve flooding. Soil is being lost and fertility is reducing. But for John right now the biggest problem is water; warmer summers need more water for growing and that means irrigation. John could provide this by drilling down to the aquifer but he would only be allowed if he leaves some fields fallow each year to replenish the aquifer; he simply can’t afford to do this.
So John is about to declare bankruptcy and this means he will lose his 150 year old family farm; a big agro-business is sure to buy the farm for peanuts. John is bitter; the whole midwest now feels like an automated outdoor food factory, owned by and run for the profit of the agro-industry. John and his family intend to move to the Chicago area. He doesn’t really have any marketable skills but he’s sure he can find something easier to do than farming. The real incentive for the move is his children; they will have a school and friends nearby and every chance for the future. You can read about John’s better life in a Modern Society here.
Sam : 2032
The year is 2032 in today’s consumer society. Sam is a salmon fisherman in Alaska; it’s a hard, dangerous way to make a living. Over the last 10 years his catches have been getting smaller and smaller; there are fewer fish and they are smaller. Ocean acidification is the cause; as CO2 levels rise in the atmosphere, more of it dissolves in the ocean and the water becomes more acidic. This affects the entire marine ecosystem; in particular it makes it much harder for marine life that uses a shell of any type. This includes the plankton at the base of the food chain for commercially important fish like salmon, halibut and pollok. Other fishermen – including crab fishermen – tell the same story; there’s talk of the end of commercial fishing in Alaska within 15 years. Sam can’t see any solution to his problems; he could sell his boat and permit, but everyone is suffering from the same problem he’d struggle to find a buyer that would allow him to repay his loans. He is reluctant to declare bankruptcy but he has started to investigate all the legal repercussions. For Alaska, things are even more serious; the fishing industry accounts for 10% of the jobs in the state.
Juanita : 2034
The year is 2034 in today’s consumer society. Juanita is from Guatemala and lives illegally in Miami with her young family. She and her husband grew up in the coffee growing area of Guatemala but persistent drought, induced by climate change, has decimated the harvest and the whole economy. So they reluctantly migrated illegally to the US 10 years ago and have been living in the shadows ever since.
They only recently moved to Miami with a group of fellow migrants; being in a group offers a degree of protection when living illegally. Miami is built on limestone and especially vulnerable to sea level rise, because water seeps up through the ground. Rising sea-levels and delays in approving a $3.2 billion sea wall mean that roads, car parks and buildings are regularly flooded; it’s too late to build a sea-wall now. When insurance companies decided to no longer cover property in Miami, it triggered a collapse in the economy. All building stopped immediately. Those who could afford to do so moved out and the whole property market collapsed. With a much reduced local tax base, downtown Miami has become a ghost town, without electricity or a functioning police force. The condos that once housed rich retirees are now boarded up and squatted by illegal immigrants like Juanita; they find safety in the growing number of ghost towns throughout the country.
The same story is repeating itself around the USA’s coast; most cities are in slightly better shape than Miami, but only because they aren’t quite as susceptible to flooding. The federal government has refused to get involved in defending coastal cities and the cost of that defence is too much for all but a handful of cities. Ambitious sea-wall building projects have been launched in Manhattan and San Francisco amid considerable doubt they can be saved in the long term. Republican politicians complain that entire cities have been lost to ‘immigrant infestations’ while denying there is a climate crisis never mind their role in promoting it.
Omar : 2035
The year is 2035 in today’s consumer society. Omar is a young recruit in the Eqyptian army and he is participating in a highly publicised military exercise. The exercise is taking place on the Aswan dam and simulates the capture at night of a dam under construction and its destruction. The exercise is all part of the ongoing cold water wars between Egypt and its upstream neighbors on the Nile. Against the Egyptian government’s objections, Ethiopia is taking more and more water from the Blue Nile at its Grand Renaissance Dam. Over the last 20 years Egypt has become one of the most water stressed countries on the planet; most domestic water supplies have been cut and people now queue up at public water taps. With reduced water, agricultural output is much reduced; food prices have rocketed and hunger has become the norm for the poor. The population of Ethiopia has almost doubled in the last 30 years and it needs more water to feed its population. Sudan is also proposing to build a new dam which would further reduce Egypt’s water supply. For propaganda purposes, the goal is for maximum realism in the military exercise; the hope is to avoid a real war but tensions have been escalating over the last 20 years.
Li Qiang : 2037
The year is 2037 in today’s consumer society. Li Qiang is an agricultural worker near Jinan on the North China plain. It’s summer and he has to be very careful with the heat; it’s perfectly possible to become ill or even die working outdoors at this time of year. Today will be hot and he has to wear his most effective ‘cold suit’; this features a thick refrigerated waist coat with an attached battery powered cooler and looks like a mini-space suit. When he is inside a tractor or indoors, he can recharge the battery. Automation and planning around the weather minimizes the time Li Qiang spends outdoors during the hottest days, but he still has to wear special clothing most of the summer; the vast majority of the population on the North China plain – especially in the big cities like Beijing and Shanghai – never go outdoors in summer. He has to monitor his exposure to the heat as carefully as nuclear workers monitor their exposure to radioactivity. He finds it a bit ironic that he has to dress like a space-man to farm like his ancestors but he knows workers in poorer countries die in their fields, so he is glad of the protection.
Jamel : 2040
The year is 2040 in today’s consumer society. Jamel is Moroccan and comes to France to work each summer. He is a security guard in Aix-en-Provence, a beautiful, once wealthy town in the south of France that is essentially abandoned during the summer months when most days have peak temperatures above 45C and night temperatures above 30C. Tourists still stream to Aix, but only from October to May. As a result, the town is almost as seasonal as a 20th century ski-resort. Some wealthy Aix residents summer in northern Europe or the mountains and only return in the fall. Most tourism workers only come for the season and rent property that is empty for the rest of the year. So in summer a small army of people like Jamel come to Aix to protect all this empty property. This work is too hot for French citizens (even with high levels of unemployment), so the French government introduced special summer visas for people like Jamel and agricultural workers; the visas don’t allow the holder to travel freely in Europe or to change job. Jamel doesn’t like working in France – he feels resented as a foreigner – but there is very little work in Morocco (summers are even hotter there) and he doesn’t really feel he has a choice. Right wing politicians in France complain that there are too many ‘foreigners’ and ‘invaders’ in France, but they don’t pursue any policies to reduce the climate crisis. You can read about Jamel’s better life in a Modern Society here.
Imran : 2085
The year is 2085 in today’s consumer society. Imran lives in a large village in Pakistan’s lower Indus valley. Rainfall has always been scarce in Imran’s region; villages depend on the river for agriculture and drinking water. Massive irrigation systems have allowed the cultivation of rice, wheat and cotton in this arid area. The source of the Indus is the Tibetan plateau, the planet’s third largest store of ice. During the pre-monsoon period and droughts (often monsoon failures) the Himalyan glaciers have always acted as water reservoirs, with meltwater allowing agriculture to continue.
But for the last 100 years these glaciers have been melting fast due to rising temperatures and soot deposits (caused by air pollution from the densely populated Indo-Gangetic Plain). This boosted the flow in the Indus during the summer months for the first half of the 21st century; flooding became a bigger problem than drought. Now, however, almost all of the glaciers are gone and the flow of the river is a fraction of what it was. Instead of using the period of relative plenty to plan for reduced water supplies (e.g. develop improved irrigation systems, to transition from ‘thirsty’ crops like cotton and rice to more suitable ones like wheat, millet and beans), the government squandered the opportunity.
Droughts and oppressive heat are now standard in summer and working in the fields can be life-threatening on the hottest days. Monsoon disruption is another feature of the climate crisis. The collapse happened very quickly and all of Pakistan is now a poor, hot, dry country; there is nowhere for Imran to go. He has lost all his 3 young children to malnutrition; he is looking at his small crop of wheat shrivel in the heat and he fears for his wife and himself. The population of Pakistan has halved in the last 20 years and the fall looks likely to continue. This pattern is being repeated all over Asia where great river systems (e.g. the Mekong, Ganges/Brahmaputra and Yangtze) that start as meltwater from glaciers once provided water to 20% of earth’s population.
Edward : 2090
The year is 2090 in today’s consumer society. Edward is the Canadian environment minister and he is going to the United Nations to discuss climate change with other governments. Canada is one of a small number of countries that have actually prospered during the climate crisis; others include Russia and Argentina. Those winners have become more temperate and actually have modest levels of economic and population growth.
The biggest losers include the hottest countries in Africa, Asia and Central America and flat countries overwhelmed by sea level rise like Bangladesh and island nations; migration and starvation have left many of these countries essentially uninhabited. In the first half of the century the USA resisted the worst effects of climate change with a gradual migration northward. But this all accelerated when the water supply in the Colorado basin collapsed around 2040; south-western states like Arizona were abandoned and the national economy collapsed. Alaska is now the most populated state in the US and the country has entered negotiations with Canada to buy part of the Yukon.
The earth’s population now stands at 2 billion, down from the 8 billion early in the century. It’s generally accepted that the only way to maintain this population is to allow people to migrate towards the poles, crossing country boundaries and farming intensively in the high latitudes. Countries like Australia, the USA, Italy and Hungary that resisted migration in the early part of the century now advocate it as a solution; it’s now the turn of northern countries to be more skeptical. Radical solutions where one country rents another’s land or several countries unite to form a new country are being discussed. Canada hasn’t decided on its approach; on the one hand it holds the strongest cards but the USA and China are still strong military powers and it isn’t impossible they will take the land they need by force.

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Before Mark Sanford won the first runoff berth in South Carolina’s special congressional election, Republicans told themselves a story. Sure, yes, Sanford could make the runoff, but any Republican could beat him. When Rep. Mick Mulvaney endorsed a friend and state senator over Sanford, he told me of the regular Tea Party Americans he was talking to in the state who said they’d oppose Sanford in the runoff as long as the opponent wasn’t too bad.
Mulvaney’s candidate didn’t make the runoff. Curtis Bostic, a former Charleston city councilman, did. He’s not a kook, he’s just not who the party wanted, really. And I see no rush to his side, any real effort to stop a Sanford win. Eight days after the primary, Bostic has been endorsed by Pat Boone and Rick Santorum. And sure, Santorum came a weak third in the 2012 Republican primary in this state, but he certainly has the credibility to lecture Sanford about marriage.
Speaking to a gaggle of reporters after the event, Santorum suggested that Sanford’s personal history could make a difference in the runoff.
“Everybody knows his past, and they are going to factor that in — the same way they are going to have to factor Curtis’s background in,” he said.
Staying genteel about Sanford’s problems would work if Bostic had a killer campaign. There’s no evidence that he does. On Tuesday, new Sanford strategist Wesley Donehue (who’d criticized Sanford in the past, like other new Sanford advisers) got into a Twitter spat with new Bostic strategist Ali Akbar. Akbar is a social media whiz who, while a “young, punk kid” in Texas, committed fraud. It attracted the attention of Patch’s Shawn Drury.
David O’Connell, who manages Bostic’s campaign, told Patch via email: “This person does not speak for the Bostic campaign and any reports to the contrary are erroneous. If he has a contract, it’s not with me or with anyone else from our campaign.”
Akbar said he has never met Bostic, but calls into the district showed that spending was the No. 1 issue among voters.
Does a spat like this spill over into a campaign? Probably not; who cares whether a candidate’s Twitter sherpa is squeaky clean? But we see the upstart Bostic campaign struggling to get the larger conservative movement to notice its existence, trumpeting pretty random endorsements, and failing to coordinate the right arm with the left arm. All this while Sanford leads in the primary polls, 53-42.
Correction, March 27, 2013: This post originally misspelled Wesley Donehue’s last name.


The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Lagos State will on Monday commence ‘Operation Show Your Driver’s License and Vehicle License’.
In a statement on Sunday, the Commander, Olusegun Ogungbemide condemned how owners of vehicles, tricycle and bike riders ply the road without permit.
Ogungbemide lamented that a high number of permanent driver’s licenses were yet to be picked from FRSC stations.
The first phase of the operation showed that a number of motorists drive without valid documentation while some don’t have.
“With the recent increase in vehicular movements as a result of the ember months, there is the need for all drivers to be handy with their driver’s licenses.
“The exercise will ensure all drivers have valid vehicle papers”, Ogungbemide added. The operation starts Monday, October 4 and will end October 10, 2021.
The FRSC hinted that defaulters will have their vehicles impounded until they provide genuine documents.
The commander said the National Road Traffic Regulations (NRTR) 2021, Regulation 67(1) states that any person driving a vehicle on any public road must be in possession of an original driver’s license.


Chimbu Devan reveals Kasada Tabara genre
Chimbu Devan’s multi-starrer Kasada Tabara has become a much celebrated topic with the first look motion poster getting colossal reception. After the wowing response for the first look and motion poster, the next processes will be audio and trailer launch followed by worldwide theatrical release in July 2019.
The specific genre called ‘Anthology’ has always received bouquets and resentments at times. So how does Chimbu Devan see this in context with Kasada Tabara? He instantly reverts with a surprisal citation saying, “I would like to clarify that our film doesn’t belong to this genre. Anthology is a collection of short stories that has no connection between one segment and the other. In contrast, it is a film with single story encapsulating six portions.”
Kasada Tabara is produced by V. Rajalakshmi for Black Ticket Company in association with R. Ravindran of Trident Arts. The film has musical score by Yuvan Shankar Raja, Santhosh Narayanan, Ghibran, Sam CS, Premgi and Sean Roldan. MS Prabhu, Sakthi Saravanan, S.D. Vijay Milton, Balasubramaniem, RD Rajashekar and S.R. Kathir have handled cinematography. Kasi Viswanathan, Raja Mohammad, Antony, Praveen KL, Vivek Harshan and Ruben are the editors involved in the film with Jayakumar taking care of art department.


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CHÂTEAU LABASTIDE ORLIAC
Château Labastide Orliac produces exceptional wines which have conquered the palate of the greatest wine lovers since the 18th century. Its wines have been served at the hâteau de Versailles since 1780. The Labastide Orliac property is located on the first hillsides that border the Garonne river in the heart of South-West France in the Brulhois appellation, between the vineyards of Bordeaux in the North-West, Cahors in the East and Madiran in the South West.
Labastide Orliac is located on the right bank of the Garonne where there are geological layers rich in limestone and clay, as in Pomerol and Saint-Émilion. This special terroir is the richness of these wines. The limestones will give finesse and minerality to the wine, they require that the water and the roots of the vine pass through them to reach the clays of the lower layers which will bring the vine its water balance.
It is in this rare balance that the grapes will find their special flavor and give their unique typicity to Labastide Orliac wine. The wines of Domaine Labastide Orliac are made from a blend of 5 grape varieties: Merlot, Cabernet-Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Abouriou, Tannat A know-how that respects the environment. Over the past few years, the estate has changed its operating methods to better take into account the challenges linked to biodiversity, land depletion and global warming. Rows of trees and shrubs have been planted in the middle of the vines to retain water running down hillsides, promoting natural biodiversity. Thus, come to settle animals which attack the pests of the vine. Bats, for example, eat the worm which causes bunch rot (botrytis). The Domaine has also started a process on working the soil with the aim of eliminating weed killers, in particular with the development for the harvest of new robots with artificial intelligence, and paradoxically also the return of the horse in the rows of vines. We can thus see an underground fauna flourish between the rows of vines which gives life to the soil, aerates and greatly improves the development of vine stocks. These efforts have also recently been rewarded with the award of the High Environmental Value Label.
Château Labastide Orliac is not only a skill but also a unique story. Indeed, Labastide Orliac wines were once served on the royal table at the Château de Versailles in 1780 when the Château belonged to Jean Orliac. Catherine and Isabelle Orliac, her descendants, were surprised to discover this prestigious past of the Château in 2006. One stormy evening, in the hidden drawer of an old piece of furniture, Catherine and Isabelle discovered manuscripts and objects relating the prestigious past of the estate and the family. In addition, they found, to their great surprise, a letter from the King of France granting protection to their ancestor Jean Orliac. Since then, this wine is again served at the Château de Versailles as well as at Alain Ducasse restaurant in Versailles and is very often rewarded for its quality.
• Gold Medal - Lyon International Competition 2020
• Silver Medal - THE GRAND TASTING WINE AWARDS HONG KONG 2019
• Gold Medal - THE GRAND TASTING WINE AWARDS HONG KONG 2018

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Follow-up 2: Friday, 08 October, 2010. Fire contained, NSRI released from the scene.
Darius van Niekerk, Sea Rescue Mykonos station commander, said: “At 13h45 Sea Rescue Mykonos were released from the scene, 24 nautical miles East of Cape Columbine, after the fire on-board and in the engine room of the Motor Vessel container ship Boundary was brought under control and by 13h45 the NSRI were no longer required to stand-by at the scene and were released by the ships Captain (of the MV Boundary) to return to base.
The ships last port of call was Durban and she was heading to her next port of call Walvis Bay. The container vessel is registered to Majuro, in the Pacific, and is 162 metres in length. Most of the crew onboard are believed to be Filipino Nationals and it is believed that some higher ranking crew may be German Nationals.
“Our sea rescue craft had arrived on-scene at 11h35 and we were confronted by a large container ship with smoke billowing from the aft section. Two of our sea rescue crew were put aboard the casualty ship (after obtaining the necessary permission from the ships Captain to board his ship) where they found the casualty ships crew fighting a fire, contained to the engine room, that at a stage had appeared to run out of control but following extensive fire-fighting efforts the ships crew had managed to bring the fire under control by about 13h20.
“At one point, when the fire appeared to be at its worst, the Captain of the ship had considered ordering his crew to abandon ship but then his crew had managed to bring the blaze under control.
“Ships that were in the area at the time that the fire had been reported and who had stood-by on-scene to lend any assistance (if assistance had been required) have also been released from the scene (at 13h45).
“all 21 crew remain on-board the casualty vessel and they are all safe and in no danger.
“The casualty vessel has been joined by the salvage tug the Smit Amandla who will take over further assistance to the ship and to carry out assessments of the damage caused by the fire.
“It is not known at this stage what caused the fire.
“Engineers are being flown to the ship to assist in damage assessments and to assist in determining the immediate course of action for the ships voyage and cargo.
“Sea Rescue Mykonos rescue craft Spirit of Freemasonry arrived back at our sea rescue base at Mykonos at 16h00.
“The ships crew can be commended for bringing the fire under control.”
Please see the original media releases below……..
Follow-up 1: Friday, 08 October, 2010. NSRI Mykonos on-scene.
NSRI Mykonos rescue craft Spirit of Freemasonry arrived on-scene at 11h35.
2 NSRI volunteers were transferred on-board the motor vessel Boundary.
The 21 crew on-board the casualty vessel are safe and not injured and remain on-board at this stage.
Efforts to fight the fire, reportedly contained to the engine room, are continuing and by 12h55 it appeared that the situation was under control.
A tug boat, from the Port of Saldanha, is expected on-scene at approximately 13h30 and has more advanced fire fighting equipment but may no longer be required following reports that the fire is under control.
A salvage vessel, from Cape Town, is expected on-scene at approximately 15h00.
NSRI Mykonos rescue craft may assist to transfer non-essential crew of the casualty boat onto one of the ships standing-by on-scene but this is not yet confirmed.
Original media release follows………
Friday, 08 October, 2010. Container Ship alight.
NSRI Mykonos were activated at 09h03 by the Transnet National Ports Authority to respond to 27 nautical miles off-shore of Britannia Bay (24 nautical miles East of Cape Columbine) following a request for urgent assistance from the container ship the Motor Vessel Boundary reporting her engine room to be on fire.
Sea Rescue Mykonos have launched their sea rescue vessel Spirit of Freemasonry and are due to arrive on-scene at approximately 12h00.
Two ships that were in the vicinity at the time are standing-by on-scene to assist if necessary.
The 21 crew on-board Boundary are safe on-board their ship despite the fire reported to be increasingly uncontainable and they are prepared to abandon ship if necessary.
The NSRI Mykonos arrival on-scene will shed more light on the situation.
The Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) has dispatched a salvage vessel to assist in the operation.
Maritime Radio Services are assisting with radio communications.
Both the SA Air Force 22 Squadron Air Sea Rescue Unit and the Titan Air Sea Rescue Unit are on high alert to respond to the scene if necessary.
The Metro Ambulance and Rescue Services are on alert to respond if necessary.


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Catalytic converters transform harmful exhaust emissions and harmful pollutants from an internal combustion engine into less harmful ones via an oxidation reaction. These devices combine oxygen and hydrogen in an organic solvent like as an engine coolant or connect the oxygen to another substance, such as carbon dioxide, or nitrogen fuel. The most commonly used catalytic converters come in two varieties: electric and gas-powered. The electric converter utilizes an electric motor charge to generate a direct current through the wire harness. This current is then connected to the catalytic converter. The gas-powered types of converters are commonly used in diesel engines.
Catalytic converters possess their own advantages. It allows cars to use less gasoline and thereby help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The catalytic converters reduce the environmental pollution and provide owners with longer warranties. This means that it will become more economic for car manufacturers to manufacture vehicles with these types of exhaust systems. In addition, the vehicles will last longer because there will be fewer repairs required.
However, this advantage also means that catalytic converters sometimes cause more harm than good in terms of air pollution. Manufacturers usually install them for their exhaust systems to eliminate the necessity of filtering air frequently. But, doing so could result in a number of negative adverse consequences. Catalytic converters, for example, could cause Ozone layer to thin over time. Individuals are known to experience asthma attacks after exposure to Ozone.
Another reason why catalytic converters are believed to be extremely beneficial, but also extremely risky for the environment is the fact that they are often used to steal precious metals like platinum and palladium, as well as rhodium and gold from vehicles. Platinum is a scarce and valuable metal, so thieves are eager to take it. Thieves are more likely than not to take your expensive catalytic converter when they see it as an important item. This is because platinum is more rare than silver and gold.
Catalytic converters, as described above, aid in reducing greenhouse emissions of greenhouse gases. However, they also generate volatile organic compounds (VOCs) when they combine with other chemicals during the manufacturing process. VOCs are believed to be carcinogens. VOCs can be found in car exhaust fumes and can cause cancer. These fumes can cause respiratory problems and irritation to some people.
Many catalytic converters were sold or traded in the past because they were regarded as extremely valuable. Many people thought about creating their own private navy, by having their exhaust systems changed from the traditional catalytic converters to specially-designed catalytic converters. Their exhaust systems release many VOCs. Because of health issues some countries have prohibited the use of catalytic converters. Today catalytic converters are mostly used to separate the hydrocarbons present in an engine. They also remove the majority of the engine’s toxic carbon monoxide.
Catalytic converters help increase the power of the gasoline or diesel engine by reducing the friction between the moving components of the engine. If the engine starts to fail or produce excessive exhaust gasses, these muffler parts help in reducing the vibrations or loud sounds that are typically heard from vehicles. If you’ve heard your vehicle make a loud noise or slow down when you brake or accelerate it is likely due to the catalytic converters. With the growing number of thefts of cars, catalytic converters are now crucial to protect your car.
Through the use of mufflers catalytic converters aid in the release of harmless gases into the air. They also boost the emission of harmful compounds such as carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides. Catalytic converters can help reduce harmful compounds in an engine and increase the amount of highly useful oxygen. Catalytic converters are essential to ensure that your vehicle is safe and efficient with low emissions.
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More than half of all women will have a urinary tract infection (UTI) in their lifetime. Most UTIs are caused by E. coli and treated with an antibiotic called Cipro. But two strains of E. coli that are resistant to Cipro, known to researchers as H30 and ST1193, may be more common than we realized.
“The enemy is at the gate,” explains Dr. Evgeni Sokurenko, a microbiologist at University of Washington who led the research team that made the recent discovery.
These two strains of E. coli are pandemic multidrug-resistant bacteria. Pandemic, meaning they have spread around the globe, and multidrug-resistant, meaning that in addition to resisting the most commonly used antibiotics, they are also resistant to several other kinds as well.
This new study reveals that they are also hanging out in otherwise healthy stomachs.
“In most cases a doctor makes a blind guess when they prescribe antibiotics for a UTI.” says Dr. Sokurenko. If treatment works, then there’s no issue. But if it doesn’t, they will have to look more closely at what is causing the infection and how to treat it. Unfortunately, if an ineffective treatment has been used, that can lead to worse infection and complications.
In 2015, there were 7.5 million prescriptions issued for Cipro in the U.S. alone, but 15-35% of E. coli is now resistant to Cipro and the class of antibiotics it belongs to—known as fluoroquinolones.
Fluoroquinolone antibiotics were created in the late 1980s and exploded in popularity because they were cheap, fast, effective, and had fewer side effects than other treatments. “They were like a wonder drug,” explains Dr. Sokurenko. But their popularity may have had unexpected consequences— a resistance was fomenting.
The H30 strain of E. coli is responsible for half of all drug-resistant UTI and blood infections. This strain emerged in the US during the 90s and spread across the globe.
Scientists figured out that three steps of mutations led to H30’s ability to resist Cipro. H30’s pandemic multidrug-resistant younger sister, ST1193, emerged more recently. Research by Dr. Sokurenko and his team has uncovered that unlike the three steps taken by H30, ST1193 developed several mutations simultaneously. This means that bacterial drug-resistance could develop faster than previously realized.
“We’re trying to get a better handle on how these bacteria become resistant to antibiotics, this is another piece of the puzzle to explain a group of E. Coli that are becoming a great concern.” said Dr. Ed Dudley, Director of the E. coli Reference Center at Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences, who was not part of the research.
Dudley added that these strains of E. coli are important to understand, but why they are so common remains a mystery, “When an organism is consumed, it comes into our gut where there are hundreds of other microorganisms—what makes one organism better adapted to survive than others, will be really important to try to understand.”
Dr. Sokurenko hopes to expand his research and collaborate with more scientists elsewhere in the future, “We need to figure out—what are the reservoirs for this bug, where are we getting it from?
One surprising collaborator is a marine biologist. Orcas are also carriers of E. coli. So are seagulls. Dr. Sokurenko explained, “We need to look at food, the environment, agriculture, anywhere it could be coming from.”


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OPERATION FAKE GOLD
The Totoaba Illegal Supply Chain – From Mexico’s Totoaba Cartels to China’s Totoaba Maw Wholesalers
An Illegal Trade Killing the Vaquita
In response to the dire circumstances facing the vaquita as by-catch of the illegal totoaba trade, in 2018 Earth League International (ELI) commenced an intelligence gathering operation called Operation FAKE GOLD. Since then, ELI has been discreetly investigating totoaba trafficking and the Vaquita situation, mapping and researching the entire illicit totoaba maw (swim bladder) supply chain, from the Baja California peninsula in Mexico to Southern China’s Guangdong Province, and identifying all the most important players.
ELI investigative and research operations identified 14 different totoaba/wildlife international trafficking networks operating between Mexico, the U.S. and China, and over 40 Persons of Interest (high-level international wildlife traffickers and middleman), with links to Mexican organized crime and a significant convergence with other serious crimes, such as money laundering, human smuggling, drugs and corruption.
FAKE GOLD is an ongoing operation, currently providing U.S. and Mexican authorities with Confidential Intelligence Briefs (CIBs) and intelligence updates in order to support the investigative work of law enforcement agencies and facilitate the arrest of the key players. Given the nature of this delicate and dangerous project, part of our activities are confidential and shared only with our law enforcement partners.
With the technical support of Earth League International (ELI), after a long investigation, U.S. Law Enforcement agencies decapitated totoaba trafficking from Mexico. Near San Diego, U.S. law enforcement agencies arrested two of the most important totoaba and marine animal traffickers, who have been operating between Mexico, the U.S., and China for many years, making millions of dollars, undisturbed.
These arrests were facilitated by the discreet investigative work of ELI’s team over the past few years as part of ‘Operation Fake Gold.’
The vaquita, the world’s smallest and most endangered porpoise, is nearly extinct due to China’s demand for the swim bladders, or ‘maws,’ from a giant Mexican fish called the totoaba. By-catch from the Illegal fishing of totoabas with the use of gillnets is killing vaquitas. In fact, the use of gillnets for illegal totoaba fishing is endangering the entire marine ecosystem of the Upper Gulf of California. The International Committee for the Recovery of the Vaquita (CIRVA) estimated that, as of November 2016, no more than 30 vaquitas remained. Analysis of 2017 acoustic monitoring data showed that the decline of the vaquita has continued unabated.
The retail price of totoaba maw on the black Chinese market has been recently quoted up to USD 46 per gram in China. The price of gold is currently hovering around USD 40 per gram. This is why totoaba maw can be considered ‘fake gold’ and why the totoaba fish became swimming gold for Mexico’s fishermen. A fisherman in San Felipe, Mexico, can earn more in one night catching a few totoabas than they may otherwise earn in a year.
Through Operation Fake Gold, Earth League International has identified what can only be described as “Totoaba Cartels” in Mexico. The totoaba cartels specialize in the poaching and trafficking of totoaba swim bladders – the bottom half of the supply chain. The chain starts in the villages of San Felipe and Santa Clara along the Gulf of California coast, but moves quickly to central smuggling operations in cities like Tijuana and Mexicali.
Our investigation has found that the cartels fund the Mexican fishers and fishing cooperatives, and then sell the swim bladders to a group of well-connected Chinese traders and businessmen residing in Mexico. It is those Chinese traders that facilitate the smuggling of totoaba maws to China – the top of the supply chain.
Primary findings (redacted) from Operation Fake Gold include the following:
- Totoaba maw is now more precious than gold.
- San Felipe, Mexicali, and Tijuana, Mexico, are the primary hotspots of the bottom half of the illicit totoaba maw supply chain.
- Totoaba trafficking is facilitated by both Mexican and Chinese networks based in Baja California – what we coined ‘Totoaba Cartels.’ They are involved in other criminal activities and illegal trafficking. We identified at least 14 main Totoaba Cartels and over 40 international traffickers.
- Totoaba trafficking has become as lucrative, easier, and less risky than drug trafficking – this is why the totoaba cartels formed.
- Among other networks, a so-called Elder Chinese “gang” out of Tijuana developed and ran the totoaba maw trade for a number of years, along with other illegal businesses, allegedly including money laundering and human smuggling.
- Smugglers transport totoaba maws to China primarily via air routes, always avoiding direct flights, and generally in checked luggage.
- The maws are smuggled through transit countries such as Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan, many times along routes used for drug trafficking according to Earth League International’s sources. The Unites States is both transit and destination country.
- Demand for totoaba maws in China are relatively stable even though the product is illegal, with buyers generally well-off, middle age or older, and from Shantou and the greater Guangdong Province.
- Totoaba maw pricing varies significantly based on weight, appearance, and whether it is domestic or foreign (from Mexico), whether it is male or female, as well as between retail shops.
- Three significant totoaba maw wholesalers were identified in China. Each supplies a significant quantity of maws to the retail market in Southern China.
The real ‘fake gold’ is the totoaba female maw only (bigger). Raw female swim bladder, from 500 grams to 2 kilograms, is larger and thicker than the male’s and is valued at each level of the supply chain as follows:
– From fisherman to first buyer: USD 3,500 to 5,000/kg
– From San Felipe buyer/transporter to Mexicali buyer: USD 5,000 to 8,000/kg
– From Mexicali buyer to China buyer: unknown
– Retail price in China: USD 20,000 to 80,000/kg
Earth League International believes that dismantling all the various networks associated with the totoaba black market is the best chance to end totoaba trafficking. This effort should begin with the middlemen – those Chinese nationals in Mexico who supply the market in China. Ultimately, though, the root of the problem, the demand, must also be destroyed.
We identified the complex factors surrounding the extinction of the vaquita and the destruction of an incredibly important ecosystem. It is not only about the fate of the vaquita, but of the entire eco-system of the upper Gulf of California. Efforts now must shift toward the protection of the Gulf of California in general. The Gulf contains incredible marine life that will also be destroyed by the continued use of gillnets and the continued exploitation of its wildlife.
Our Team has worked tirelessly in the field to gather the intelligence needed by authorities to disrupt the totoaba illegal supply chain, and ultimately, curb illegal fishing in the Gulf of California. Much of the detailed data gathered during Operation Fake Gold only appears in a Confidential Intelligence Brief (CIB) that has been prepared and submitted to law enforcement authorities in Mexico, China, and the United States. The CIB contains all the non-redacted data gathered regarding the key players, their networks and enablers, and the complete modus operandi of these traffickers and traders, including concrete evidence of illegal activity uncovered during the investigation, as well as hundreds of photos and hours of relevant undercover footage.
The documentary ‘Sea of Shadows’
Finally, the initial phase of Operation FAKE GOLD has been filmed as part of the most important documentary on the vaquita to date, ‘Sea of Shadows’, acquired and distributed by National Geographic/Disney.
Produced by Terra Mater Factual Studios in collaboration with Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way, it was directed by Richard Ladkani/Malaika Pictures. Sea of Shadows, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2019, winning the Audience Award.


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White Horse Temple
There are many temples throughout China that named as Baima Temple (While Horse Temple). Among all, the White Horse Temple which located about 12 kilometers to the east of Luoyang, Henan Province is the most popular one.
Yellow River Xiaolangdi Scenic Area
Yellow River Xiaolangdi Scenic Area is located at Mengjin County, which is about 40 kilometers to the north of Luoyang City, Henan Province. It is one of the most important scenic spots of Henan Province.


A flexible system for testing and modelling fuel cells has been developed by Advanced Measurements using National Instrument’s LabVIEW™ graphical development environment and PXI/CompactPCI™ hardware.CALGARY, Alberta, CA, 2001-09-05 [SolarAccess.com] A flexible system for testing and modelling fuel cells has been developed by Advanced Measurements using National Instrument’s LabVIEW™ graphical development environment and PXI/CompactPCI™ hardware. The Canadian company, Advanced Measurements, has used its system to develop fuel cell test stands for Global Thermoelectric, a developer of fuel cell technology. The company is testing fuel cells that electrochemically generate electricity without producing nitrous and sulfur oxide emissions, to determine how the technology might power homes and automobiles. Designing fuel cells that meet the unique power demands of automobiles and other applications requires a flexible test system that fuel cell developers can use to shorten their development times, according to Steve Conquergood, president of Advanced Measurements. “We can deliver a turnkey fuel cell test stand in 10 to 12 weeks that is fully customized to customers’ specifications.” “Once installed, customers can use the equipment to evaluate fuel cell designs,” he adds. “They also have a direct path to building production test systems used to mass produce fuel cell products.” The rack mounted system has “significantly increased our fuel cell test capability and accelerated development to help us meet an aggressive schedule for market deployment,” explains Martin Perry of Global Thermoelectric. The test system measures fuel cell characteristics such as voltages, current, humidity, temperature and gas flows into a fuel cell, as well as controls all aspects of the test environment. “Precise control of test conditions is critical to finding ways to improve fuel cell performance, increase efficiency and reduce operating costs,” says Conquergood.


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My next Woodwalker book signing will be at the Books-A-Million in the Anderson Mall on Friday, September 9, from 5-8 PM. I will have some fun new freebies that I'll be debuting there, so come stop by!
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The view from the top of IT with TechWorld Editor Rohan Pearce
In a move that could add momentum to game development on Linux, game maker Valve has joined the Linux Foundation and will contribute tools for developers to work with its SteamOS.
By Loek Essers | 04 December, 2013 15:33
Microsoft says the launch of the Xbox One on Friday has been the most successful yet for its Xbox gaming console family.
By Martyn Williams | 25 November, 2013 09:21
Sony said sales of its PlayStation 4 game consoles crossed 1 million units just 24 hours after the device was launched in the U.S. and Canada on Friday, although some users reported some issues with the device.
By John Ribeiro | 18 November, 2013 08:03
Sony's highly anticipated PlayStation 4 gaming console is finally here.
By Agam Shah | 15 November, 2013 05:01
The Android OS: It's on your phone (and maybe even your tablet PC), and it lets you run thousands and thousands of apps -- including games. But which phones are ideal for gaming? What kind of specs do you need to play the latest and greatest? Can you use a hardware keyboard? Read on if you're looking for answers (and good games).
By Chris Head | 14 August, 2010 00:20
The folks at the Open Camera Controller (OCC), a system that uses an older Nintendo DS handheld to provide more options to photographers seeking to get the most out of their DSLR cameras.
By Alessondra Springmann | 16 March, 2010 11:26
If you've ever gone to Apple's mobile app store and purchased games like High Noon, Gamebox1 or Doodletruck, then you've downloaded an app from the burgeoning Chinese software development community.
By Maria Korolov and Wang Fangqing | 22 August, 2011 20:39
For years, using voice recognition technology on phones or other devices has been a novelty -- something people try once but never again, usually because it works so poorly. But recent developments, including harnessing the computational power of the cloud, have made it more usable and will make it even better in the near future, according to Microsoft.
By Nancy Gohring | 14 December, 2010 06:43
Rumors suggest that Intel's forthcoming Sandy Bridge integrated CPU/graphics platform will find its way into the lower-end range of the next generation of MacBooks. Bearing in mind Apple's cozy relationship with Intel and its habit of adopting each new generation of Intel's processors, this would make a lot of sense.
By Keir Thomas | 11 December, 2010 09:28
Well, that was fast. Do-it-yourself electronics kit maker and hobby retailer Adafruit recently announced that a hacker had won the company's Open Kinect Bounty. Spain-based hacker Hector Martin Cantero, who is known online as "marcan," released a proof-of-concept video Wednesday night showing the Kinect interfacing with his Linux-based laptop.
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The winner in this category usually earns the bittersweet honor in a good way. Although some feel Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) “always pulls his punch” on TV, most believe he is “the new John McCain.” That means he is overexposed, because he’s well versed in foreign relations and intelligence, “a very sharp guy” who makes himself available to very appreciative newsmaker producers and moderators (“He’s not [an administration] mouthpiece on Iraq” and he and ranking minority member Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., “are good together”).
Also on the list are Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe (“Not in a good way”) and “any pundit who had a book that was successful,” a group that includes conservative political commentators Laura Ingraham (“Having a very good year. She’s getting good.”) and Ann Coulter. Also on this year’s list: CNN’s ragin’ Cajun James Carville (“With conservative columnist Robert Novak a close second”).
2003 Most Overexposed: Sen. McCain, R-Ariz., former Gore-Lieberman campaign manager and now CNN pundit Donna Brazile, conservative scold William Bennett (now establishing himself as a talk show host), Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, and Rep. Harold Ford, D-Tenn.


Wheeling City Leaders Respond To Criticism of Garage Plans
WHEELING — City officials maintain they are being transparent about plans to construct a new parking garage downtown after hearing criticism on the matter at this week’s council meeting.
Mayor Glenn Elliott and other city officials said any decisions regarding the planned parking garage, which would accompany the rehabilitation of the former Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel headquarters and be located across Market Street, will be voted on by city council and involve a public hearing.
During the meeting’s public comment period, Wheeling resident Jerry Jacobs said that, based on a draft memorandum of understanding he obtained from the city, he believes the planned parking garage would be a burden to taxpayers.
“I respectfully request that you, mayor, and the city council take no further action on this MOU since it’s not in the interest of the taxpayers of the city of Wheeling,” Jacobs said at the meeting.
City Manager Robert Herron said the memorandum Jacobs referred to is not accurate or up-to-date. The document is a draft, dated November 2018, and has several blank spaces.
“It’s already changed,” Herron said of the document. “It’s a work in progress.”
Earlier in January, the city completed interviews with six architectural and engineering firms with proposals for a parking structure that would be built on current parking lots between 1145 Main St. and 1145 Market St., adjacent to the Robinson Law Offices.
Construction of the structure is expected to cost $22,000 per parking space, Herron said, though the number of spaces is yet to be finalized.
At the meeting, Jacobs posed several questions to council, such as why plans for the structure haven’t been discussed with the public, how much income would go to the lots’ landowners and how the structure would benefit taxpayers.
“Taxpayers need to know what’s going on, and I don’t feel that’s the case,” Jacobs said.
Herron said any memorandum of understanding would have to be approved by an ordinance through council and any lease involving the city and the lots’ property owners would have to be approved by an ordinance and a public hearing.
“Every one of those questions that he asked would be addressed before we vote on them,” Elliott said. “They’re all fair questions.”
Elliott added that the city doesn’t negotiate property acquisitions in public. However, it’s not yet clear if the city would acquire the property where the garage is planned to be built or lease the property.
“We have public hearings about everything,” Councilwoman Wendy Scatterday said. “It’s not like something’s been done. Nothing’s been done.”


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Cow Urine & Politics
Opinion – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a Hindu nationalist party in India, attributes its recent successful win to that time tested miracle elixir we all guzzle, cow urine. And, as incredible as this stuff is, the BJP is hoping to make it available to the people as a filtered, concentrated “juice” called “Ark.”
The urine is believed to help myriad ailments, including “various diseases from cancer to injuries,” or so says the party’s national general secretary, Thawarchand Gehlot.
And if the religious fanaticism wasn’t enough, they’re political. The group represents a unified, if confused, Hindu conservative political party of the fundamentalist extremist variety. In the past, they have been compared to the American Republican party, but the comparison may not be accurate. There are Republicans who struggle to choke down their own words, let alone cow piss. These folks bottle it.
According to the BJP, cow dung also has quite the list of benefits including protection from both earthquakes and radiation.
While there is a lot to be said for natural alternatives and even more to be said about respecting a group’s religious beliefs no matter how illogical, I think I’ll wait for the science on the health benefits of consuming anything evacuated from an animal, no matter how sacred. And maybe not even then.
Read more at the Global Post.