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Equisetum arvense L.
Species arvense From the Latin arvum, "plowed," because the plant grows in arable soil or disturbed areas
Horsetails are among the oldest members of the fern family, dating back 300 million years to the Carboniferous Period. They are largely unchanged from when dinosaurs ruled the earth. Field horsetails have high levels of silicon (10%!), and were once used to polish pewter and wood. Horsetails are found almost everywhere in North America. Like all horsetails, they are fond of damp soil, but these also grow in fields, woods, waste places, and glades. They prefer light shade, but will grow in full sunlight as well.
Plants: Fertile stems, which are tipped by strobili, spore-bearing conelike structures, are pale brown (nonphotosynthetic), erect, and unbranched. They are 6-12" (15-30 cm) tall. They appear early in the season and are gone by May. Sterile stems (no "cone") are green, 6-24" (15-60 cm) tall, ¹/₁₆-³/₁₆" (3-5 mm) in diameter, with 4-14 ridges. They appear after the fertile stems have come and gone. They are highly variable, usually heavily branched in a series of upward-pointing whorls, usually erect, sometimes prostrate. Branches are thin, shaped like a plus sign in cross-section. Stem and branch surfaces feel rough, due to the presence of silica—tiny glasslike spheres absorbed from the soil and deposited in the plant.
See Equisetum for a comparison chart.
Leaves: Tiny, dark brown sharp-tipped leaves surround the stem at nodes. They do not perform photosynthesis.
Fruits: Conelike structures that are neither cones nor fruits appear atop the fertile stems. They are 1-1½" (2.5-3.8 cm) long, with blunt tips.
Medical: Native Americans and early settlers made a diuretic tea from this plant.
Edibility: The buds are eaten in Japan, but other portions of the plant and all other species of Equisetum are toxic. Unless you are a grizzly bear, in which case field horsetails make up about 3-5% of your diet. Black bears also consume it, despite its low nutritive value.
Equisetum arvense at Skye Flora
Equisetum arvense on Wikipedia
Equisetum arvense on the USDA Forest Service's Fire Effects Information Database
Equisetum arvense on Plants for a Future, a resource and information centre for edible and otherwise useful plants
Equisetum arvense on Calflora
Equisetum arvense on eFloras
4/21/2010 · Near Pleasant Lake Forest, St. L, New York · By Gari Vibber
≈ 4½ × 5" (12 × 13 cm)
9/18/2016 · Shore Acres Preserve
Older scientific names
Equisetum arvense L. var. alpestre Wahlenb.
Equisetum arvense L. var. boreale (Bong.) Rupr.
Equisetum arvense L. var. campestre Wahlenb.
Equisetum arvense L. var. riparium Farw.
Equisetum calderi B. Boivin
Equisetum arvense description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 3 Dec 2020.
≈ 3½ × 5" (9.5 × 13 cm)
5/23/2009 · West Fork of Oak Creek Trail, Arizona
≈ 4½ × 3' (1.4 × 0.9 m) ID is uncertain
9/16/2016 · Sieur de Monts Botanical Gardens, Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine
4/8/2012 · North Central Railroad Trail, Monkton Rd, Sparks, Maryland
≈ 22 × 18" (55 × 46 cm) ID is uncertain
8/27/2007 · Umpqua Lighthouse State Park, Oregon
4/2/2012 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts
5/21/2009 · Grand Canyon South Rim, Arizona


What is that one dream or goal that feels just out of reach? You know the one- perhaps you pull it out of its secret drawer kept lockbox shut to regard it from time-to-time. Maybe, it's an open secret- something the people around you know you enjoy but don't understand how fully you would endow yourself if able. Better yet, it could be that thing you are chasing with your full being that keeps you pursuing opportunities with the deft hand of someone who is hungry to fulfill their passion.
Perhaps we share this in common. Maybe you find yourself voraciously devouring articles from your twitter feed with interesting headlines, catching up on your blog reader or judiciously evaluating the stack of books next to your bed to consider which one will accompany you this week on your commute. I'm a firm believer that to be a writer is to be a reader. It makes sense, if you think about it. They go hand-in-hand with one another. To be a writer is to have readers. Hopefully. Of course, artists exist who come into this connection posthumously.
My call to write came early with the help of a short story I penned about a talking pen named Percy. Later, it was affirmed through a trip to Honduras in high school where I felt called to be a missionary and the vocation to write only grew in intensity. Unlike other freshmen entering college, I didn't have a crisis of major, but tenaciously set after pursuing my BA in journalism with a minor in creative writing. All the while, I kept burrowing away in dorm rooms, libraries, shady spots on campus with a book open and pages turning. Within me grew a strong desire for story-telling, both other peoples and over time, my own. I swapped one newsroom in which I acted as reporter and later features editor for an internship at the New York Times. I moved forward, settling into the uncertainty of the early 20's.
Something happens when you turn 30. Maybe for you, it happened at 33. I recall experiencing nothing short of a complete re-direction and crisis. External processor that I am, I sat listening to capstone presentations being given by graduate students and found myself jotting down on a scrap of paper in my lap, "I don't want to be a missionary." Couple that with a viewing of "The Devil Wears Prada" where a journalist-bound girl deeply ensconced in the fashion world comes to see how far she has strayed. from her original path. In the pivotal scene of the movie, we see the heroine in a limo in Paris during fashion week. We watch her open the limo door and step out of the car, thus leaving behind a coveted job and lifestyle. I found myself awash in emotion. She course-corrected in this fictional tale, could I?
As we were leaving the theater, I ruminated on that sense of leaving my first love, writing, behind as an ancillary activity relegated to "what was left" after work and all of the other busyness filling my days had been done. I did what I do everyday and what I do more often when feeling overwhelmed, I prayed. And this time, that little prayer found its response in a very unexpected way.
My former teacher and the late poet Jack Myers asked the question aloud with silence on either end acting as brackets.
I pulled out the slim Moleskine journal from my bag and with it a poem I had been revising. The journal passed from my hands to his. More silence. My thoughts filled the brackets with reading the titles and names of the books in his shelves.
And just like that, after a weekend of soul-searching and a recommendation earlier that Spring from my former poetry teacher, I began the process of reviewing programs, researching faculty, reading up on their work to see who might be a good fit for my work and from whom I would like to learn. Upon telling my parents that I was pursuing graduate school AGAIN, my mom shook her head in a way that both equated to disbelief and the kind of approval that comes from deep love. My dad responded simply, "While some kids go get their MBA, my daughter wants to get her MFA in Poetry." Dad-speak for his own brand of disbelief and approval.
It's no surprise to me that my path has been circuitous or untraditional. I find when you write, the act itself is the destination. Far be it from me to say I have arrived. But difficult circumstances have served to remind that everyday is precious. Because of that, the importance of doing what you love is magnified. I get to manage several blogs and writers, which invigorates my joy of being an editor. I have finally adopted a daily writing regimen and found a method that is working for me with a mix of poetry, prose, a sprinkling of recipe development and a hint of reading thrown in for good measure. If doing what you love seems out of reach, consider the alternatives. It's never too late to course-correct.
May it lift your spirits as it did mine.
Every part of this post was beautiful, Annelies. As I am embarking on an MA program that I hope will lead me closer to doing what I love, it is comforting to read about the parts of others processes. And that commencement address? Yes, my spirits are very much lifted. Thank you so much for sharing.
Danielle, I'm so glad to hear you're starting an MA! Is this the one in Paris perchance? Thanks for your kind words. I agree that sometimes hearing other peoples' processes can help give those little pushes we sometimes need to affirm that that leap we are about to take is right. Coupled with that intrinsic knowledge deep down in our guts, it can keep us moving forward. As soon as I heard that commencement address, I knew I wanted to share it. I have it bookmarked for when I need to be reminded of the truths Gaiman speaks aloud so eloquently. Make good art. Deconstructing this statement alone could be a blog post in and of itself.
Thank you for this post. Doing what you love is vital and that's something many of us forget en route.
Right now, I feel like I'm still searching for something that I can love doing for any period of time. It's certainly not what I'm doing now but I don't really know where to go from here.
It's good to red about someone else having these realizations.
Rachel- I have a hunch this is more common than people let on. How absolutely fantastic (and frustrating) to be in a place where your passions are not being realized. The fantastic part of this is the realization- the frustrating part of this might be the execution of determining the "what else" or "what next." Perhaps an idea to figuring out what it is that you were made to do involves writing down a list of what brings you joy and then pursuing ways to go deeper into developing those skills or activities? I find evening classes can be great at turning on the lightbulb or letting it fizzle. Go get 'em!


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14 August 2019. Khat will be renamed Jawi script, and for vernacular schools it is optional, not to be tested and subject to approval by the PTA…
Posted on August 14, 2019	by weehingthong
No doubt what they don't want!https://t.co/ENdubaUVTT pic.twitter.com/yHKuhfoi0T
— simonthong (@simonwhthong) August 18, 2019
Mastering Bahasa Malaysia a bigger priority than Jawi khat – Anwar https://t.co/3W1eU5D8Q6 pic.twitter.com/ByCiaoufnU
— malaysiakini.com (@malaysiakini) August 18, 2019
Ensuring that all Malaysians can master Bahasa Malaysia should be made a priority rather than debating "trivial issues" such as the teaching of Jawi or khat, according to PKR president Anwar Ibrahim (photo, above).
"We can't question the status of the Malay language. It is important to uphold its status as the national language.
"After that if we want to improve use if other languages, that is allowed. It is not a zero-sum game," Anwar told reporters in Shah Alam today.
"With that (focus on mastering BM) other smaller issues, like khat and Jawi, becomes trivial," said the Port Dickson MP after delivering a speech at the first Malaysian Professional Motivator Convention.
Anwar was quick to add he did not disagree with the Education Ministry's revised plan to introduce khat lessons for Year 4 vernacular school students.
"I didn't say I did not support it. For me, the priority is to strengthen mastery of the language.
"There is no compromise on that," he stressed.
Anwar further urged more Malays to step away from their comfort zone and be more open to learning other languages to bring about change.
Earlier in his speech, Anwar said he remains unapologetic for his views advocating the importance of English and Mandarin, on top of mastering the Malay language.
He said while the Malay language should form the core cultural identity of Malaysians, English and Mandarin are languages of the economy and other important fields.
https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/488469
15 Parents Teachers Association of SJKT in KL reject Jawi in their schools https://t.co/9FQ8904wP0#malaysiagazette
— Malaysia Gazette (@MalaysiaGazette) August 15, 2019
By Kasthuri Jeevendran
KUALA LUMPUR – The Cabinet has decided to go ahead with the introduction of Jawi khat, which has been renamed as the introduction of Jawi writing. However, its implementation in Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (SJK) vernacular schools must obtain the approval of Parents and Teachers Association (PTA), parents and students of the schools.
In respond to the announcement, a total of 15 PTAs and the Tamil school Board of Governors (LPS) from the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur have decided to reject the implementation of Jawi in their respective schools.
The group had unanimously rejected the introduction of Jawi in Tamil schools, which they alleged, will not be beneficial. On the contrary, the group said that the Ministry of Education should focus on other more important matters.
The spokesperson who is also the Chairman of LPS, M Vetrivelan told MalaysiaGazette that they were shocked by the ministry's proposal which they alleged had faltered from its original objectives of strengthening the national education system.
15 SJKT PTAs in KL reject Jawi
#Sibu A group of individuals gathered in front of the Federal Complex building here yesterday to protest against the introduction of khat or Jawi calligraphy to Year 4 pupils in all schools next year. https://t.co/fHGYE8L7J5
— Malaysian (@twitmsian) August 15, 2019
SIBU: A group of individuals gathered in front of the Federal Complex building here yesterday to protest against the introduction of khat or Jawi calligraphy to Year 4 pupils in all schools next year.
One member, Winston Wong How Cheng, said the demonstration might continue if the outcome of the cabinet meeting yesterday was not favourable.
"We come here as individuals. We are not from any political party or organisation. We are individuals who are concerned about this issue.
"We want the government to know that we object to this introduction of khat," he told reporters, while urging like-minded individuals to also stand up against the implementation.Wong said the group chose to protest in front of the Federal Complex because it is where the Education Department office is located.
Another protester, Joseph Chieng, said the federal government's decision to implement khat is 'unacceptable', especially for the people of Sarawak.
Group of civilians stages demo against decision to introduce khat
The Cabinet states the Jawi script lessons will not be part of any exam or monthly tests. #FMTNews https://t.co/Qe49Xxcg2e
— Free Malaysia Today (@fmtoday) August 14, 2019
PETALING JAYA: The Cabinet has decided that khat lessons will be renamed Jawi and will be introduced in the syllabus for Year 4 primary school pupils in vernacular schools, despite the backlash from various groups.
However, it will be optional and will not be a test subject.
The education ministry said in a statement that the lessons would be called "Jawi script" instead of "khat".
The Cabinet today also agreed that Jawi would only be introduced in vernacular or Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (SJK) schools with the prior agreement of the parent-teacher associations (PIBG) and other parents of pupils.
"It will only be introduced optionally (secara pilihan) at the most basic level for Year 4 pupils, starting from 2020, Year 5 pupils, starting from 2021, and Year 6 pupils, starting from 2022, in vernacular or SJK schools," it said.
The ministry said Cabinet members had also unanimously decided that the lessons would not be part of any exam or monthly tests.
"The Cabinet maintained the decision for the introduction of the Jawi script to be allocated three pages in the textbooks," the ministry said.
Chinese and Tamil educationist groups, including Dong Zong, had voiced opposition when it was announced that khat lessons would be included in the Bahasa Melayu subject next year for Year 4 pupils in vernacular schools.
Other groups and individuals too said khat should not be made an exam subject or made compulsory.
Dong Zong has launched a petition to oppose the move to introduce khat lessons and this has garnered tens of thousands of signatures so far.
Khat lessons renamed Jawi and will be optional, Cabinet decides
#NSTnation: This will only be done with the consent of the students, parents as well as each school's Parent Teacher Association (PTA).https://t.co/1BV7DAPw26
— New Straits Times (@NST_Online) August 14, 2019
Teaching of Jawi in vernacular schools to proceed, subject to PTA consent
By Veena Babulal – August 14, 2019 @ 9:08pm
KUALA LUMPUR: The Education Ministry announced that vernacular schools will teach only Jawi script as a basic level, and not khat calligraphy.
This will only be done with the consent of the students, parents as well as each school's Parent Teacher Association (PTA).
The ministry, in a statement, said this was the decision reached by the Cabinet today, following heated public debates over the teaching of the script within the Bahasa Melayu syllabus in primary schools.
"In its latest discussion, the Cabinet has decided to maintain its decision last week in that the Jawi script introduction remains, but this will be implemented only if agreed upon by the PTA and the parents and students.
"The ministry also decided that the segment would be named 'introduction to Jawi script' and would only be taught on an elective basis to students in Year 4 in 2020, Year 5 in 2021, and Year 6 in 2021 in SJK (vernacular schools)," said the ministry.
Among the decisions that the Cabinet had retained include that the segment would only cover three pages of the subject's text book instead of the proposed six.
It also maintained that introduction to Jawi script would not be evaluated in tests and examinations.
"The Education Ministry hopes that the Cabinet's decision on this matter would no longer be inaccurately depicted to the extent of causing confusion among the public.
"The ministry will continue to engage all parties for the benefit of the national education system," read the statement.
Parents and rights groups have been divided over the issue since it came to light two weeks ago.
Tamil and Chinese education groups had met Deputy Education Minister Teo Nie Ching on the plan to teach Malay-Arabic calligraphy – also known as "khat" writing – as part of the Bahasa Melayu subject for Year Four students.
Some had complained that children and teachers would be burdened, while others claimed that it was a subtle move towards "Islamisation."
Chinese education group Dong Zong had also embarked on a public petition with similar entities to stop the move.
In recent weeks, 138 DAP leaders have gone all out to fight the decision, while its adviser Lim Kit Siang had cautioned against falling into pitfalls of divisive politics.
He said that he too had learnt Jawi and it did not make him less of a Chinese. Lim and most other senior DAP leaders have however have not made their stand on the issue publicly.
The issue also came to boil several days ago when Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad described Dong Zong as "racist" for objecting to any move to foster unity.
https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2019/08/512825/teaching-jawi-vernacular-schools-proceed-subject-pta-consent
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Kaylee Jordison looks for a teammate to pass to during practice with the Royal Bay junior girls basketball team. The defending Island champions open the Victoria Christmas Invitational tournament on Friday at Spectrum. Three West Shore school teams are competing in the event
Belmont gym will be bouncing during Christmas hoops tourney
Bulldogs lineup boosted by champion volleyball players
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Dec. 8, 2016 12:00 p.m.
One of the first big basketball tournaments of the high school season is front and centre at Belmont secondary this weekend, with the Bulldogs right in the middle of things.
The 32-team Victoria Christmas Invitational gives local senior and junior girls squads a chance to test their skills against opponents from around Greater Victoria and as far away as Alberta.
Coach Brad Lidstone's senior Bulldogs are one of 16 teams in the tournament's Gold Division. While he has just two returning players this season – forward Martina Pittroff and post player Drew Rush – and mostly Grade 11s and 10s on the roster, he likes the energy his current group brings to the court.
"We're a smaller team, but the girls are very committed," he said.
Rush, a tall and physically imposing player who picked up the sport late, "has probably worked as hard as anyone" to get ready for the season, Lidstone said. Pittroff brings experience on the wing, while Grade 10 point guard Ashante White controls the backcourt like a veteran, he added.
Then there's the championship element: recently crowned provincial AAAA senior girls volleyball champs Savannah Purdy, Sydney Belton and Gracie May just joined the basketball team after an extended season.
"We're kind of getting a late start because of their success," Lidstone said. "But to bring that winning attitude to the basketball team is just huge."
Unlike for teams like Oak Bay, three-time defending B.C. champion Brookswood of Langley and Surrey's Lord Tweedsmuir, Lidstone and assistant coaches Kris Walushka and Lisa Therrien aren't necessarily expecting big things from their crew this weekend. "For us it's more about the process rather than the results. We want to be playing our best basketball in January during the city playoffs," he said.
The Bulldogs open the Invitational today (Dec. 9) at 11:20 a.m. on home court against Ballenas from Parksville. A win there will put Belmont into a 4:20 p.m. game at home today, while a loss would see the Bulldogs play there at 4:00.
The senior tournament final and bronze medal games are at CARSA at the University of Victoria on Saturday at 4 p.m.
In the junior girls division, the defending Island champion Royal Bay Ravens open up against the host Thunder at Spectrum at 11:30 a.m., while Belmont takes on St. Michaels University School at 11:20 a.m. at Belmont.
Should the junior Ravens win they'll play at 7 p.m. Friday at Spectrum, but an unexpected loss would see them play there at 5:30 p.m. Meanwhile, a Belmont win would send them to a 7:10 p.m. game out at Stelly's, while a loss would keep them on home court for a 5:40 p.m. game.
The final happens Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at CARSA, with the bronze medal game set for 2:15 at Belmont.
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Attention, prospective new home owners: new legislation designed to make your life easier is due to take effect on January 1, 2018.
Called the New Home Warranty Act, the legislation is aimed at providing increased protection for new home owners, said Prabal Ghosh, manager of policy and legislation, Consumer Protection Office, Manitoba Justice.
While coverage will depend on the terms of the warranty a builder secures, all home warranties will carry the same minimum coverage.
Last, but certainly not least, there will be seven years worth of coverage on structural defects. It should be noted that the legislation will apply only to new homes.
It won't cover hotels, motels, lodges and camps, dormitories, and personal-care homes, mobile homes, trailers or rental buildings.
Ghosh said the comprehensive new legislation is being introduced for a simple reason.
Once the New Homes Warranty Act takes effect, all builders must secure a new home warranty.
There will be immediate consequences if a builder isn't registered with the Consumer Protection Office.
"The authority having jurisdiction isn't allowed to issue a building permit for a new home unless the builder has proven they're registered and that a warranty provider has agreed to supply a warranty for the home they're planning to build.
Lanny McInnes, president and CEO of the Manitoba Home Builders' Association (MHBA), said the New Home Warranty Act is a positive development.
That's the intent of the legislation, said Ghosh.
It should also be noted that members of the public who build a home for themselves will also have to purchase a warranty.
Most importantly, consumers will have a readily-accessible resource available to help them better negotiate the complicated new home building/buying process.
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I not so much woke up, more opened my bleary eyes after a night of unrest. I'm not sure why this was the case, as I'd slept reasonably well in comparison in the last night train we'd been on. But alas, it was 4:30 in the morning, the train was showing down, and fairly soon it was time to wake up and smell the pungent aromas of Ho Chi Minh City.
We all piled into the bus without speed or enthusiasm. We reached our hotel and checked into day rooms, and thankfully this one was a step up from the place we stayed in Nha Trang. We rotated through showering and getting freshened up (day rooms were always shared with others from the group), and soon enough (or not), the restaurant was open for breakfast. Breakfast was okay, though I can't say much can be appreciated when you're tired. Well, coffee can be, and I downed about 4 of them before heading back downstairs to face the day.
Today we had the option of going to the Cu Chi Tunnels, where the Viet Cong held out against the Americans for a long time during the war. This was an interesting experience, not only because of what we saw and what they accomplished, but also the propagandist spin that we received. It also sound rather pro-Cong, which was quite opposed to the viewpoint of our guide from My Son, Mr Van.
Before we got there, we stopped at a local house. Here we learned how to make rice paper, and even got to try doing it ourselves. This is not traditionally a man's job, but I gave it a go anyway, and discovered I wasn't too bad at it. At this house was also a garden and a pig farm. We got to feed the pigs, which were particularly large, and also got to see the piglets although they really didn't liked to be picked up.
What I found quite fascinating was learning how a pineapple grows. I've always had the mistaken impression that a pineapple just grows on a tree, whereas the reality is that the pineapple is the single flower of its own low-growing plant.
The entire area around the house, for miles around, was a rubber plantation. The plantation is wholly owned by the government, and any attempt to steal sap could get you shot. It is okay however to collect the seeds and plant your own rubber tree, and this house had a couple of their own trees, so we were able to see how rubber tree sap is collected.
At the tunnels, we got to see a lot of the kinds of traps that the Viet Cong used during the war, and also got to crawl through some section of tunnel as well. Some took one look at the tunnel entrance and Noped the hell out of there. I gave it a go, and opted to attempt the full 100 metres. I was at the back, and I think that if I'd had somebody come up behind me I might have experienced some amount of claustrophobia. Thankfully I didn't get to test this theory.
After this traipse through the tunnels we were offered some tea and the cooked root of a plant called Cassava. You might better recognise this as tapioca, which is the name given to a particular form of extract from this plant. In Africa another name is given - Makihot.
Went made our way back to the city, and met our guide at Pho 2000, where we would follow in the steps of Bill Clinton and have a lunch of Pho. I don't have much to compare this to, but I think the Pho was pretty good. Street lunch we went back to the hotel to collect the few people who didn't come to the tunnels, and headed out for a city tour.
We visited the War Remnants Museum, which had a fair few military vehicles outside, including tanks, and Chinook and an F-5A fighter jet. There was also a collection of the sort of bombs used throughout the war.
Inside the museum was a different story. In the first floor were evidence of outage from citizens of all countries against the Americans war in Vietnam. I took my time to get around the exhibits, and so didn't get up the the top floor, but I did get to the second.
On the second floor, on one side were graphic images and stories, either from survivors or from journalists who accompanied the American troops. Survivors were few, and according to the exhibits, all Vietnamese in all villages were treated as Viet Cong. Women and children were all killed, not just men.
On the other side of the second floor was an exhibition of images and statistics regarding the impact of Agent Orange and other harmful chemicals used throughout the war, most of which contained the very harmful Dioxin. In a way this was worse than all the outright murder of many people, due to the ongoing effects of poisoning the land and the people. Dioxin not only affects those initially poisoned with it, but through severe genetic mutation also affects their offspring, and their offsprings offspring.
With all this weighing down heavy, and even more distaste for the Americans, we headed onwards to our next destination - the reunification palace. We only looked in from outside the gate, but you could see that it was built with some grandeur, and the style was still rather modern despite its age. We continued on a walkabout tour, visiting a catholic church with French inspiration in the architecture, then across the road to the old post office building, which was in fact still in use, and I finally found a fee-free ATM within.
After some rest and recuperation time at the hotel (and swapping into our night rooms), we headed out to dinner to a place that specialises in pancakes (Vietnamese pancakes are savoury). Aside from being fried, you could probably call these pancakes quite healthy, as they're made with rice flour, water and egg, so also great for those who eat gluten free. In Vietnam, you don't just eat a fried spring roll or a pancake by itself, instead you roll it up into a lettuce or cabbage leaf before dipping into the dipping sauce.
Unfortunately we were due for another early morning, so now if us were about to hit the bar. We all slunk off to bed to get as much sleep as we could.


Last night, I saw the preview of the musical Spider-Man: Turn Out the Dark. It's not really a musical; it's a spectacle. It succeeds as a spectacle, fails as a musical, and hangs itself as a Spider-Man origin story. It's easier to find good things to say about the spectacle aspect, so I'll start by reviewing that aspect of the play.
Even as a spectacle, though, the pacing of it didn't work for me. Most of the spectacular elements were in the first half of the show, so when the effects and wow elements were fewer (and repeating) in the second half, it was a let down. During the last hour of the play, I kept looking at my watch. If you see the play and leave at intermission, you'll see the best parts. Grade for spectacle (especially the first half): A.
I've read (or seen) most every Spider-Man origin story there is because I'm writing a book on origin stories that includes a chapter on Spider-Man's origins. I was looking forward to this musical to see how it compared with previous origin stories of the Webbed Wonder. I was disappointed. There isn't a whole lot of "character development" in this story, and there isn't much more of a plot; what plot there is focuses too much on Mary Jane in the beginning and not enough about Peter. Even though Peter/Spider-Man is a comic book character, his story is rich in the human drama of shouldering the burden of being talented and figuring what to do with those talents--how to put them to good use.
In Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, he's not even a two-dimensional character-he's one-dimensional. He's less real and nuanced than ever.
I've read that that director Taymor et al. wanted to convey Peter's burden and sense of responsibility--which makes a great story and what makes Spider-Man an everyman hero--but their efforts fell short of the mark. Peter comes across as a whiney guy, overwhelmed with his newfound abilities and gifts and he never gets the hang of how to be a hero. Yes, he saves people; yes, he defeats the bad guys and offers to sacrifice himself, but he never slings to the heights of becoming a hero.
In fact, in this musical, Peter Parker does not actually appear to be a nice guy; we see him being thoughtless and selfish with Aunt May and Uncle Ben, who are portrayed as nags rather than caring people clearly trying to do their best. Moreover, he's whiney and preoccupied when he's with Mary Jane; why she's attracted to this version of Peter Parker is a mystery.
Let me also say a word about why audiences might be leaving the theatre confused by the ending (at least as reported in the press). I can see why. At the start of the play, Taymor and Berger create a narrative structure of a play within a play: a group of high school comic book geeks discuss different Spider-Man storylines and characters-they argue what would happen if... These kids, in essence, frame the action of the story during the play. But Taymor and Berger break that frame by having these same teenagers in scenes with Peter Parker (which is confusing enough), and to top it off, the teens don't appear at the end of the play to close the story. As framing narrators, they should come back to "complete" their story. In the second half of the play, the lines of the character Arachne make that frame even more confusing. Grade for story: C-/D+.
Based on the version that I saw, if you've got money to burn and want to see a cool spectacle, then by all means, see Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. If you want to see a good musical, see something else. If you're a Spider-Man fan, buy some Spidey comic books or graphic novels.
Copyright 2010 by Robin S. Rosenberg. All rights reserved.
Robin S. Rosenberg is a clinical psychologist. Her website isDrRobinRosenberg.com. Click here to take her brief What Is a Superhero? Survey.


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People's Review > Editorial > Mocking Modi: India ranks 102 in the Global Hunger Index
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Mocking Modi: India ranks 102 in the Global Hunger Index
17/10/2019 17/10/2019 Editor Editorial
India's ranks 102nd in the Global Hunger Index among 117 qualifying countries. India has a score of 30.03, which means it suffers from a "serious" level of hunger. India's score is the lowest in South Asia and it's only above neighbouring Afghanistan (108th) in the list. Neighbouring Bangladesh ranks at 88 and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's punching bag Pakistan ranks 94 in the list. This fall in ranking to 102 in the Global Hunger Index was cited by those critical of Modi's tyrannical rule on 16 October, which is, ironically, celebrated as World Food Day.
The United Nations's Sustainable Development Goal has "zero hunger" as one of the key goals. India, which is now pursuing lunar mission spending billions of rupees, or providing excessive tax exemption to the richest of the rich, has no money to strengthen its public distribution system (PDS) and provide adequate food grains at a subsidised rate to the poor and the needy. Moreover, with an economic crisis that has tightened its grip on the economy and unemployment at its 45-year-peak, it's evident that hunger will expand its net and engulf more people.
It's an irony that despite having 194 million starving people in the country, 40% of the food produced in India goes waste. According to the Agriculture Ministry, food worth Rs 500 billion goes waste every year and this isn't merely at the consumption stage but from harvesting, transporting, storing, packaging to cooking and consumption, in all these stages food is wasted.
Under such circumstances, despite boasting of food security, India is unable to meet the hunger eradication goal. One of the principal reasons behind this is the rapidly growing wealth inequality in India. With 1% rich owning 73% of its wealth and nearly 50 families owning 50% of its wealth, the access to food gets highly restricted in India, stratified by antagonistic class, compartmentalised castes and cocooned communal blocks. It's not only the urban and rural poor but even those at the lower-bottom rung of the middle class, too, face the brunt when it comes to food.
Even the food-producing farmers aren't immune to hunger as more than 82% of Indian farmers are either small or marginal farmers. The rural agricultural labour force, ie, the landless peasants, also live in semi-starvation even when the country keeps increasing budget allocations for building tall baroque statues of those whom the ruling dispensation, hold in high esteem. Rs 40 billion spent behind Modi's advertisement campaigns alone, yet no one ever pays heed to the problem of hunger.
As India's ranking drops in the Global Hunger Index, the problems of malnutrition and diseases related to the menace will subsequently increase. With a sheer lack of good public healthcare service, the unavailability of funds for food and nutrition research, the sheer apathy of the present regime towards the PDS and rationing of food items to the needy families and the constant cuts in subsidies following the diktats of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), it's unlikely that the prevailing hunger situation in India will be resolved. There are more chances that from the present ranking India may skid to the alarming section, which may trigger massive rural and urban food crisis and fuel social unrest. However, the nonchalant government, busy in serving the big corporate honchos and implementing the World Bank and the IMF's agenda, has got no time to delve into the issue of hunger.
The toady press that amplifies the Modi regime's propaganda in a more dangerous way than the Rwanda Radio, didn't even dare to discuss the issue of India's ranking in the Global Hunger Index and its continuous fall. Rather, on the occasion of World Food Day, they offered their paid columns to corporate houses to talk about the importance of nutrition and harms of junk food consumption, ignoring the fact that 194 million people in India, more than Bangladesh's population, suffer from sheer hunger.
There can't be any solution to this threat unless the issues of inequality and wealth distribution created by the neo-liberal economy aren't addressed through affirmative revolutionary actions. It's only by addressing the issues like land reforms, better access from the farm to the fork, the equitable distribution of wealth and considerable public spending on the welfare of the working class and the farmers that the situation can become better. Until then the fall of India from one level to another in the Global Hunger Index will mock Modi's rhetoric and tall talk on development.
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The Lightning and Maple Leafs have split their two matchups this season, both of which have been played in Tampa. The Leafs' 4-3 win on February 12, 2018 -- that was the last time these teams in Toronto -- snapped a three-game home losing streak to the Lightning.
The Lightning defeated the Red Wings, 3-2, in Tampa on Saturday. Tampa Bay lost its last road game, a 4-1 loss in Boston on February 28. The Lightning have not lost consecutive road games yet this season.
The Maple Leafs took down the Oilers, 3-2, in Edmonton on Saturday, finishing their three-game road trip with a 2-0-1 mark. Toronto has won its last four games at home, scoring 22 goals combined. The last time the Leafs had scored 22 or more goals across four home games was in December 2000.
Nikita Kucherov scored two goals in the win over the Red Wings, bringing him to 110 points on the season. He has broken the franchise record for points in a season, a record previously held by Vincent Lecavalier who had 108 points in 2006-07. Tampa Bay still has 13 games left to play.
John Tavares scored his 38th goal of the season in the win over the Oilers, matching his career best for a single season. He added two assists in the game, bringing him to 38 assists for the season. He is one of three skaters this season with 38-plus goals and assists (Leon Draisaitl, Edm and Patrick Kane, Chi).
Tampa Bay leads the NHL with 65 power-play goals this season. Toronto ranks fifth in the league with just 35 power-play goals allowed this season.
The Tampa Bay Lightning and the Toronto Maple Leafs split their first two meetings this season, both in Tampa.
The venue switches to Toronto on Monday night for the first of two remaining instalments in their regular-season series.
The Lightning defeated the Maple Leafs 4-1 on Dec. 13, but the Maple Leafs won 4-2 on Jan. 17. The final meeting with be both teams' penultimate regular-season game, on April 4 in Toronto.
Both squads have high expectations in the postseason, and the Lightning (52-13-4, 108 points) have already clinched a playoff spot, the first team to do so this season.
They had clinched it before defeating the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 on Saturday to complete a 3-1-0 homestand, thanks to the Montreal Canadiens' regulation-time loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Friday.
"We have to make sure we keep pressing forward here, so we don't skip a beat coming into mid-April," Lightning coach Jon Cooper said.
At 68 games, the Lightning clinched a playoff berth in the second-fewest games since 2005-06, equaling the 2008-09 San Jose Sharks and one behind the 2009-10 Washington Capitals.
Tampa Bay's Nikita Kucherov scored twice against the Red Wings, giving him a club record 110 points for the season, surpassing Vincent Lecavalier's mark of 108 set in 2006-07.
"Players, their dreams are to play in the NHL," Cooper said. "To come in and be able to set records, he passed an icon in Vinny, and there's no doubt it means something."
"He's a pretty incredible player," Lightning defenseman Ryan McDonagh said. "At intermission we said, 'Why stop now?' Sure enough, he goes out there and scores another. That's the kind of player he's been all season, always wanting more."
Dan Girardi (lower body ), Anton Stralman (lower body) and Adam Erne (upper body) missed the game Saturday but will travel to Toronto.
The Maple Leafs return home after a 2-0-1 trip that included two shaky third periods. They failed to win for the first time this season when leading after two periods on Wednesday against the Vancouver Canucks, blowing a 2-1 lead and losing 3-2 in overtime. In the 3-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday, the Leafs allowed two goals in the final two minutes of the game, as the Oilers pulled their goalie for a sixth attacker.
"I thought we had lots of guys going," Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock said. "I thought we controlled the puck, were heavy on the cycle, did lots of really good things. ... Obviously, I'd like to have the last two minutes back. We couldn't figure out where to stand at the end, but that'll do it."
John Tavares scored his 38th goal this season to match his career best and added two assists against the Oilers.
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Q: XPath to return part of a string hope someone can advise me here with my XPath query. I want to extract and display part of a string but the result that I am getting at the moment is returning the full string.
I want to be able to get two results like the ones below.
<airline>
    <flight-number flight_id="flt-888712-departure-date-arrival-arrival-date-0101">01</flight-number>
    <flight-number flight_id="flt-888712-departure-date-arrival-arrival-date-0102">02</flight-number>
</airline>

This is the xml file flights.xml that I am working with.
<airline>
    <flight-number flight_id="flt-888712-departure-date-arrival-date-0102">01–02</flight-number>
</airline>

For example, I just get 01-02 as my result when I try this XPath query below but more needs to be done to get what I stated above. I want the strings for 01 and 02 to be returned separately.
/airline/flight-number/child::text()
Can someone advise me on how to achieve the results with XPath for what I am trying to do?

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I want to be able to get two results like the ones below

With xmlstarlet, for example:
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xmlstarlet edit --omit-decl \
  --var fn '//flight-number[@flight_id="flt-888712-departure-date-arrival-date-0102"]' \
  -a '$fn' -t elem -n 'flight-number' \
  -u '$prev' -x '$fn/node() | $fn/@*' \
  -u '$prev/text()' -x 'substring-after(.,"–")' \
  -u '$fn/text()' -x 'substring-before(.,"–")' \
file.xml

*

*--var keeps the relevant node in a variable named fn

*-a … appends an empty same-named sibling node

*the $prev (aka $xstar:prev) variable refers to the node created
by the most recent -i (--insert), -a (--append), or -s (--subnode)
option; examples of $prev are given in
doc/xmlstarlet.txt

*1st -u … makes the new sibling a duplicate of $fn, copying its
child and attribute nodes

*2nd -u … updates the text of the new sibling node

*3rd -u … updates the text of the original node

*the XPath 1.0 string functions are documented
here,
the user's guide for xmlstarlet edit is
here
Output:
<airline>
  <flight-number flight_id="flt-888712-departure-date-arrival-date-0102">01</flight-number>
  <flight-number flight_id="flt-888712-departure-date-arrival-date-0102">02</flight-number>
</airline>

UPDATE 2022-09-25
If input contains a series of flights then each can get a sibling node
like this,
xmlstarlet edit --omit-decl \
  --var fln '//flight-number' \
  -a '$fln' -t elem -n 'flight-number' \
  --var sib '$fln/following-sibling::*[position() mod 2 = 1]' \
  -u '$sib' -x 'preceding-sibling::*[1]/node() | preceding-sibling::*[1]/@*' \
  -u '$fln/text()' -x 'substring-before(.,"-")' \
  -u '$sib/text()' -x 'substring-after(.,"-")' \
file.xml

where variable sib references the siblings that are interleaved.
Sample output:
<airline>
  <flight-number flight_id="flt-888712-0102">01</flight-number>
  <flight-number flight_id="flt-888712-0102">02</flight-number>
  <flight-number flight_id="flt-123456-0910">09</flight-number>
  <flight-number flight_id="flt-123456-0910">10</flight-number>
  <flight-number flight_id="flt-789012-3031">30</flight-number>
  <flight-number flight_id="flt-789012-3031">31</flight-number>
</airline>

(end update)

A: Using xmlstarlet and bash:
alias xml=xmlstarlet
f1=$( xml sel -t -m 'airline/flight-number' -v 'substring-before(., "-")' infile.xml)
f2=$( xml sel -t -m 'airline/flight-number' -v 'substring-after (., "-")' infile.xml)
fid=$(xml sel -t -m 'airline/flight-number/@flight_id'               \
                 -v 'substring(., 1, string-length(.)-2)' infile.xml)

xml ed -d airline/flight-number infile.xml                           |
xml ed -s airline -type elem -n flight-number -v $f1                 |
xml ed -s airline -type elem -n flight-number -v $f2                 |
xml ed -a 'airline/flight-number[1]' -t attr -n flight_id -v $fid$f1 |
xml ed -a 'airline/flight-number[2]' -t attr -n flight_id -v $fid$f2

Output:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<airline>
  <flight-number flight_id="flt-888712-departure-date-arrival-date-0101">01</flight-number>
  <flight-number flight_id="flt-888712-departure-date-arrival-date-0102">02</flight-number>
</airline>

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Music ensembles at Mount Allison University enjoy a reputation as some of the finest in Canada. Participation in an instrumental or vocal ensemble is a challenging and rewarding experience that combines desires for community, learning, and artistic achievement in a stimulating environment. In keeping with Mount Allison's liberal arts tradition, ensembles are open to any Mount Allison student and indeed dedicated community members who demonstrate the competency and spirit to contribute fully. Public performances take place both on and off campus.
Most ensembles are 1 credit per academic year. Auditions are held for each ensemble during the first week of classes in the fall. Please see the specific information for each ensemble below, or contact the Music department.
Symphonic Band, directed by Dr. James Kalyn.
Chamber Orchestra, directed by Dr. Greg Burton.
Jazz Ensemble, directed by Dr. James Kalyn.
Choral Society, directed by Dr. Gayle h Martin.
Elliott Chorale, directed by Dr. Gayle h Martin.


The personal data of nearly one billion people are exposed online because of the terrible practices of a marketing company that apparently has disappeared without a trace since the incident, reported the authors of the book 'Learn ethical hacking' and experts from the International Institute of Cyber Security (IICS).
According to reports, about 980 million email addresses are exposed, so the authors of ' Learn ethical hacking' consider one of the largest and most extensive data breaches to be registered. Compromised information includes full names, date of birth, genders and social media account information, etc.
A cybersecurity investigation discovered the massive database exposed online without any kind of protection. According to the authors of 'Learn ethical hacking', the database was created by a company called Verifications.io, which offered business email validation services.
After the incident was known, Verifications.io website was shutdown and no representative of the company issued a single statement. There is not much information about this company; in addition, it is believed that its operators work in anonymity due to the dubious tactics they employ.
Bob Diachenko, specialist in finding exposed databases, was the one who reported to the administrators of the site of Verificatios.io on the massive exposure of data; hours later, the company's website was offline.
It is still unknown if any malicious user managed to access the exposed database, although this possibility should not be ruled out, considers the expert. Diachenko added that the passwords and payment card details were not exposed, although it is possible to find some financial details of the exposed users, such as annual revenues, workplaces, types of cards, etc. Diachenko concluded by saying, "maybe this is the biggest database I've ever reported".
Usually, marketing companies work with verification services like the one offered by Verifications.io to send massive emails to huge email lists that require validation, that is to say, whether they are active or even real.
These types of security incidents are especially dangerous for victims, as they expose them to an increased risk of spam campaigns, unwanted calls, or even identity fraud.


PUA.PCCleanerPro is a potentially unwanted application that gives misleading information about issues on the computer. It then asks the user to pay to fix the issues.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PCCleaners\"InstallDir" = "%AppData%\PC Cleaner Pro"
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1454471165-854245398-682003330-1003\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\"PC Cleaners" = ""%AppData%\PC Cleaner Pro\PCCleaners.exe" /minimize"
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1454471165-854245398-682003330-1003\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PC Cleaners\"DisplayName" = "PC Cleaners"
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1454471165-854245398-682003330-1003\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PC Cleaners\"DisplayIcon" = "%AppData%\PC Cleaner Pro\PCCleaners.exe"
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1454471165-854245398-682003330-1003\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PC Cleaners\"UninstallString" = ""%AppData%\appclunst.exe" -uninst"
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1454471165-854245398-682003330-1003\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PC Cleaners\"Publisher" = "PC Cleaners"
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1454471165-854245398-682003330-1003\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PC Cleaners\"InstallLocation" = "%AppData%\PC Cleaner Pro"
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1454471165-854245398-682003330-1003\Software\PCCleaners\"InstallDir" = "%AppData%\PC Cleaner Pro"
The application then asks the user to pay in order to fix the listed issues.


East Houston lies northeast of downtown Houston between the 610 Loop and Beltway 8. The area is home to the East Houston Regional Medical Center.
Eastex/Jensen is a primarily low-income area north of downtown Houston, directly across the 610 Loop.
North of downtown, the Fifth Ward has a rich musical, artistic, and cultural history, and boasts six churches that are over 100 years old. The community's Mount Vernon United Methodist Church was founded by former slave Rev. Toby Gregg in 1865. For more information, visit fifthwardcrc.org.
This historically African-American community borders an industrial zone and railroad corridor.
Hispanic population. The community has seen a recent revitalization due to the area's close proximity to downtown, skyline views, easy access to the North Freeway, and the METRORail's new red line.
Northshore/Cloverleaf is located east of downtown Houston along Interstate 10, just outside the 610 Loop. Galena Park ISD (galenaparkisd.com) serves Cloverleaf-area students.
Trinity/Houston Gardens is a primarily African-American neighborhood located northeast of downtown Houston, just outside Beltway 8.


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C-Zero Raises $11.5M Series A to Produce Clean Hydrogen from Natural Gas
Round was co-led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Eni Next, with participation from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and AP Ventures
February 09, 2021 08:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--C-Zero Inc., a pioneer in natural gas decarbonization, announced today that it has raised $11.5 million in a Series A funding round co-led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Eni Next, with participation from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and AP Ventures. The funding will accelerate the first commercial-scale deployment of C-Zero's drop-in decarbonization technology, which will allow industrial natural gas consumers to avoid producing CO2 in applications like electrical generation, process heating and the production of commodity chemicals like hydrogen and ammonia.
"We are excited to enter the next stage of the company's growth with support from investors who share our desire to scale up a technology with the potential to decarbonize over a quarter of the world's energy consumption," said Zach Jones, CEO of C-Zero. "By converting natural gas to clean hydrogen, a molecule with enormous potential, we hope to be the bridge between existing natural gas infrastructure and a low carbon future."
C-Zero's technology, which was initially developed at the University of California, Santa Barbara, uses innovative thermocatalysis to split methane – the primary molecule in natural gas – into hydrogen and solid carbon in a process known as methane pyrolysis. The hydrogen can be used to help decarbonize a wide array of existing applications, including hydrogen production for fuel cell vehicles, while the carbon can be permanently sequestered. When renewable natural gas is used as the feedstock, C-Zero's technology can even be carbon negative, effectively extracting carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and permanently storing it in the form of high-density solid carbon.
"Over $100 billion of commodity hydrogen is produced annually," said Carmichael Roberts, Breakthrough Energy Ventures. "Unfortunately, the overwhelming majority of that production comes from a process called steam methane reforming, which also produces large quantities of CO2. Finding low cost, low emission methods of hydrogen production – such as the one C-Zero has created – will be critical to unlocking the molecule's potential to decarbonize major segments of the agricultural, chemical, manufacturing and transportation sectors."
The various methods of hydrogen production have recently been associated with different color codes for easy identification. Conventional production via steam methane reforming (SMR) is referred to as "gray hydrogen," SMR with CO2 sequestration is referred to as "blue hydrogen" and hydrogen produced by splitting water via electrolysis is known as "green hydrogen." Hydrogen produced via methane pyrolysis processes like C-Zero's is increasingly being referred to as "turquoise hydrogen," as it combines the benefits of both blue and green hydrogen by being low cost and low emissions, respectively.
"Methane pyrolysis is very interesting to us, as clean and low CO2 hydrogen can be produced with limited consumption of energy and no water usage. Scaling-up this process will potentially be an enormous advantage to produce hydrogen for energy or commodity chemical applications," said a spokesperson from Eni Next.
"MHI is committed to expanding the hydrogen value chain from production to utilization by developing technologies such as hydrogen gas turbines and by partnering with innovative technology and solution providers such as C-Zero," said Yoshihiro Shiraiwa, President and CEO of MHI America. "We believe this technology will lead to more solutions that help us and our customers achieve our decarbonization goals."
"Methane pyrolysis offers an efficient pathway to producing low-emission and low-cost hydrogen," said Kevin Eggers, AP Ventures. "The low-cost turquoise hydrogen produced by C-Zero will have a material impact in reducing global CO2 emissions.''
C-Zero is currently hiring in the Santa Barbara region. To learn more, visit www.czero.energy.
About C-Zero
C-Zero is commercializing a proprietary process for transforming natural gas into clean hydrogen and a solid carbon co-product. For more information, visit www.czero.energy.
About Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Backed by many of the world's top business leaders, Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) invests in cutting-edge companies that will lead the world to net-zero emissions. BEV has more than $2 billion in committed capital to support bold entrepreneurs building companies that can significantly reduce emissions from agriculture, buildings, electricity, manufacturing, and transportation. BEV's strategy links government-funded research and patient, risk-tolerant capital to bring transformative clean energy innovations to market as quickly as possible.
The first fund was created in 2016 as part of the Breakthrough Energy network of initiatives and entities, which include investment funds, non-profit and philanthropic programs, and policy efforts linked by a shared commitment to scale the technologies needed to address climate change and achieve a path to net zero emissions by 2050. Visit https://www.breakthroughenergy.org/ to learn more.
About Eni Next
Eni Next is the corporate venture capital arm of Eni, an energy company operating in 66 countries worldwide and employing around 32,000 people. Eni operates in oil and gas exploration, development and production, refining and marketing, trading and shipping, chemical, renewable energies and innovative solutions in circular economy. Its mission is inspired by the UN 2030 Agenda and these values are reflected in its business model, itself based on three pillars of long-term carbon neutrality, operational excellence and the creation of alliances for local development.
About Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is one of the world's leading industrial firms with 80,000 group employees and annual consolidated revenues of around 38 billion U.S. dollars. For more than 130 years, the company has channeled big thinking into innovative and integrated solutions that move the world forward. MHI delivers innovative and integrated solutions across a wide range of industries from commercial aviation and transportation to power plants and gas turbines, and from machinery and infrastructure to integrated defense and space systems.
About AP Ventures
AP Ventures is headquartered in London and manages venture capital funds with a global mandate to invest in pioneering new technologies and businesses which aim to solve global challenges such as renewable energy integration, resource scarcity and rapidly changing demographics. The existing portfolio is focused on the hydrogen value chain and includes investments in Altergy Systems, ERGOSUP, Greyrock Energy, HPNow, HyET, Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies, Infinium, Insplorion, Plug Power, Starfire Energy and ZEG Power. AP Ventures is led by Andrew Hinkly (Managing Partner) and Kevin Eggers (Partner). Investors include Anglo-American Platinum, Impala Platinum, the Mirai Creation Fund, Mitsubishi Corporation, Plastic Omnium, the Public Investment Corporation and Sumitomo Corporation.
Fadl Saadi
C-Zero Inc
fadl.saadi@czero.energy


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The Complete Harvard Anthology of the Greatest Works of World Literature - All 71 Volumes - The Five Foot Shelf & The Shelf of Fiction
Jonathan Swift, Daniel Defoe, Adam Smith, Hans Christian Andersen, John Stuart Mill, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, David Hume, Thomas De Quincey, Saint Augustine, Marcus Aurelius, Francis Bacon, John Bunyan, Christopher Marlowe, Richard Henry Dana, William Makepeace Thackeray, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Plutarch Plutarch, Oliver Goldsmith, Dante Alighieri, Pliny the Younger, Robert Burns, Thomas Carlyle, John Ruskin, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Dryden, Robert Browning, Joseph Addison, Samuel Johnson, William Hazlitt, EDMUND BURKE, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Pierre Corneille, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Richard Steele, William Penn, Sydney Smith, Aeschylus Aeschylus, Charles Lamb, V Franklin, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Alessandro Manzoni, Leigh Hunt, Abraham Cowley, Izaak Walton, Virgil Virgil, Plato Plato, Jean Racine, Friedrich von Schiller, Thomas Brown, Thomas à Kempis, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, George Gordon Byron, Charles Darwin, Ben Jonson, Miguel de Cervantes, Philip Sidney, John Woolman, Euripides Euripides, Sophocles Sophocles, Aristophanes Aristophanes, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Aesop Aesop, John Milton, David Garrick, Epictetus Epictetus, Molière Molière, Homer Homer
Publisher: Musaicum Books
Musaicum Books presents to you this meticulously edited collection.
The Harvard Classics in 51 volumes include the essential works of world literature, showing the progress of man from antics to modern age. In addition – there are 20 volumes of the greatest works of fiction.
The Harvard Classics:
V. 1: Franklin, Woolman & Penn
V. 2: Plato, Epictetus & Marcus Aurelius
V. 3: Bacon, Milton, Browne
V. 4: John Milton
V. 5: R. W. Emerson
V. 6: Robert Burns
V. 7: St Augustine & Thomas á Kempis
V. 8: Nine Greek Dramas
V. 9: Cicero and Pliny
V. 10: The Wealth of Nations
V. 11: The Origin of Species
V. 12: Plutarchs
V. 13: Æneid
V. 14: Don Quixote
V. 15: Bunyan & Walton
V. 16: 1001 Nights
V. 17: Folklore & Fable
V. 18: Modern English Drama
V. 19: Goethe & Marlowe
V. 20: The Divine Comedy
V. 21: I Promessi Sposi
V. 22: The Odyssey
V. 23: Two Years Before the Mast
V. 24: Edmund Burke
V. 25: J. S. Mill & T. Carlyle
V. 26: Continental Drama
V. 27 & 28: English & American Essays
V. 29: The Voyage of the Beagle
V. 30: Scientific Papers
V. 31: The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
V. 32: Literary and Philosophical Essays
V. 33: Voyages & Travels
V. 34: French & English Philosophers
V. 35:  Chronicle and Romance
V. 36: Machiavelli, Roper, More, Luther
V. 37: Locke, Berkeley, Hume
V. 38: Harvey, Jenner, Lister, Pasteur
V. 39: Prologues
V. 40–42: English Poetry
V. 43: American Historical Documents
V. 44 & 45: Sacred Writings
V. 46 & 47: Elizabethan Drama
V. 48: Blaise Pascal
V. 49: Saga
V. 50: Reader's Guide
V. 51: Lectures
The Shelf of Fiction:
V. 1 & 2: The History of Tom Jones
V. 3: A Sentimental Journey & Pride and Prejudice
V. 4: Guy Mannering
V. 5 & 6: Vanity Fair
V. 7 & 8: David Copperfield
V. 9: The Mill on the Floss
V. 10: Irving, Poe, Harte, Twain, Hale
V.11: The Portrait of a Lady
V. 12: Notre Dame de Paris
V. 13: Balzac, Sand, de Musset, Daudet, de Maupassant
V. 14 & 15: Goethe, Keller, Storm, Fontane
V. 16–19: Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Turgenev
V. 20: Valera, Bjørnson, Kielland
Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) was an Irish author and satirist. After receiving a doctor of divinity degree from Trinity College, Dublin, Swift went on to publish numerous books, essays, pamphlets,...
De Valera - Long Fellow Long Shadow
Eamon de Valera – 'The Long Fellow' – remains a towering presence whose shadow still falls over Irish life. The history of Ireland for much of the twentieth century is the history of de Valera.
From the 1916 Rising, the troubled Treaty negotiations and the Civil War, right through to his retirement after a longer period in power than any other 20th-century leader, Eamon de Valera has both defined and divided Ireland. He was directly responsible for the Irish Constitution, Fianna Fail (the largest Irish political party) and the Irish Press Group. He helped create a political church-state monolith with continuing implications for Northern Ireland, the social role of women, the Irish language and the whole concept of an Irish nation. Many of the challenges he confronted are still troubling the peace of Ireland and of Britain, and some of the problems are his legacy.
Tim Pat Coogan's comprehensive study of this political giant is a major addition to the history of Irish-British relationships.
Landskipping - Painters...
Landskipping is a ravishing celebration of landscape, its iridescent beauty and its potential to comfort, awe and mesmerise. In spirit as Romantic as rational, Anna Pavord explores the different ways in which we have, throughout the ages, responded to the land. In the eighteenth century, artists first started to paint English scenery, and the Lakes, as well as Snowdon, began to attract a new kind of visitor, the landscape tourist. Early travel guides sought to capture the beauty and inspiration of waterfall, lake and fell. Sublime! Picturesque! they said, as they laid down rules for correctly appreciating a view.
While painters painted and writers wrote, an entirely different band of men, the agricultural improvers, also travelled the land, and published a series of remarkable commentaries on the state of agricultural England. They looked at the land in terms of its usefulness as well as its beauty, and, using their reports, Anna Pavord explores the many different ways that land was managed and farmed, showing that what is universal is a place's capacity to frame and define our experience.
Moving from the rolling hills of Dorset to the peaks of the Scottish Highlands, this is an exquisite and compelling book, written with zest, passion and deep understanding.
Summary and Analysis of Lady...
So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey tells you what you need to know—before or after you read the Countess of Carnarvon's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader.   This short summary and analysis of Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle includes:   Historical contextChapter-by-chapter overviewsProfiles of the main charactersDetailed timeline of key eventsImportant quotesFascinating triviaGlossary of termsSupporting material to enhance your understanding of the original work   About Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey by the Countess of Carnarvon:   Lady Almina, the 5th Countess of Carnarvon, was known for throwing fabulous parties at Highclere Castle during the Edwardian era and for turning her home into a hospital for wounded soldiers during World War I. Her biography provides a view of what it was like to live during a time of great joy and of immense sorrow, all in the place that inspired the Emmy Award–winning period drama Downton Abbey.   Lady Fiona Carnarvon, the 8th Countess of Carnarvon, knows Highclere Castle—her current residence, which has been in her husband's family since 1679—better than just about anyone. Drawing from the family's personal archives of photographs, letters, household records, and journals, Lady Fiona give readers an inside view of the famous English country home and the remarkable woman at the center of it all.   The summary and analysis in this ebook are intended to complement your reading experience and bring you closer to a great work of nonfiction.
Classic Short Stories - Volume...
Mark Twain, Mary Shelley
Stories are one of mankind's greatest artistic achievements.  Whether written down or spoken they have an ability to capture our imagination and thoughts, and take us on incredible journeys in the space of a phrase and the turn of a page.
Within a few words of text or speech, new worlds and characters form, propelling a narrative to a conclusion with intricate ease. Finely crafted, perfectly formed these Miniature Masterpieces, at first thought, seem remarkably easy to conjure up. But ask any writer and they will tell you that distilling the essence of narrative and characters into a short story is one of the hardest acts of their literary craft.  Many attempt, but few achieve.
Born Bright - A Young Girl's...
C. Nicole Mason
Born Bright, C. Nicole Mason's powerful memoir, is a story of reconciliation, constrained choices, and life on the other side of the tracks. Born in the 1970s in Los Angeles, California, Mason was raised by a beautiful but volatile sixteen-year-old single mother. Early on, she learned to navigate between an unpredictable home life and school, where she excelled.By high school, Mason was seamlessly straddling two worlds. The first, a cocoon of familiarity where street smarts, toughness, and the ability to survive won the day. The other, foreign and unfamiliar with its own set of rules, not designed for her success. In her Advanced Placement classes and outside of her neighborhood, she felt unwelcomed and judged because of the way she talked, dressed, and wore her hair.After moving to Las Vegas to live with her paternal grandmother, she worked nights at a food court in one of the mega casinos while finishing school. Mason would eventually board a plane for Howard University, alone and with $200 in her pocket.
Tigers in the Mud - The Combat...
Otto Carius
World War II began with a metallic roar as the German Blitzkrieg raced across Europe, spearheaded by the most dreaded weapon of the twentieth century: the Panzer. No German tank better represents that thundering power than the infamous Tiger, and Otto Carius was one of the most successful commanders to ever take a Tiger into battle, destroying well over 150 enemy tanks during his incredible career.


Olive Firewood Handy Bag 10-20cm logs, longer burning – more economical, beautiful aroma, totally natural and green renewable energy resource. We cut our logs into handy pieces so that it burns well in open fires and wood burning stoves. Ideal for chimineas, fire pits, barbeques and pizza ovens.
Olive Firewood 10KG e Handy Bag 10-20CM logs.
Our olive wood is a byproduct of the Olive industry where there is a constant pruning and replanting process on the farms that produces lots of waste woods.
Olive wood is very dense with a natural oil content. Being so dense it burns for much longer than some other woods, making it more economical as you need to use less. All our olive wood has been seasoned (dried) so it has a very low moisture content below 25%. This makes it burn efficiently, producing more heat and less steam.
It is totally natural burns with a lovely golden flame, producing a beautiful aroma.
Please remember to keep our wood in a well ventilated area, try to store it off of the ground and covered it kept outside. Try to keep it dry in a log store or shed.