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Drilling forecast calls for 14% rebound in 2021 from depths of 2020 activity
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The Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors says it expects 3,771 wells to be drilled next year
CALGARY — The organization that represents Canadian drilling contractors is forecasting a 14 per cent increase in the number of oil and gas wells to be drilled in Canada in 2021 compared with the historic lows this year.
The Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors says it expects 3,771 wells to be drilled next year, up 475 from the projected total of 3,296 in 2020.
The forecast is more optimistic than one made three weeks ago by the Petroleum Services Association of Canada calling for a total of 2,600 wells next year, down 8.8% from an expected 50-year low total of 2,850 wells in the current year. The two organizations use different methods to count wells.
The CAODC forecasts that the Canadian drilling fleet will shrink by 27 rigs in 2021 to 478 after remaining relatively stable in 2020. It notes that CAODC drilling contractors had work for an average of only 17 rigs in June.
CEO Mark Scholz says the industry's short-term challenges are expected to continue in 2021 thanks to lower world oil demand because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
But he adds its longer term prospects are rising on early signs of an energy industry recovery and government programs to speed oilfield cleanups and well reclamations.
"The prospects for an effective COVID-19 vaccine are promising, but the impact of the pandemic on energy demand in 2021 and access to capital for our members and their customers remain a challenge," Scholz said.
"Although the industry's short-term challenges endure, we continue to be bullish in the medium and long-term as the world continues to demand Canadian energy resources."
'Bleak' drilling forecast calls for even fewer Canadian oil and gas wells in 2021
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Liberals shouldn't jettison spending restraints because of pandemic, former PBO says


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Home/Business/Promotion Not Based On Ethnic Consideration – Police Service Commission Replies Ohaneze Ndigbo
Promotion Not Based On Ethnic Consideration – Police Service Commission Replies Ohaneze Ndigbo
Dailystaronlinenews December 28, 2020
By Johnpaul Anih, 28-12-2020
RE-POLICE PROMOTION: OHANEZE TELLS FG TO REVISIT EXERCISE
PSC SAYS POLICE PROMOTION NOT BASED ON ETHNIC CONSIDERATION
The attention of the Police Service Commission has been drawn to comments credited to the leadership of the OHANEZE Ndigbo a pan Igbo Socio Cultural group on the recent promotions into different offices of the Nigeria Police Force and specifically as it affected Promotions into the office of Commissioner of Police.
The OHANEZE noted that only one Igbo son was promoted to the rank of CP in the recent exercise and that all Commissioners of Police in the South East are Northerners. It also observed that not many Igbo Officers are in the high echelon of the Force.
The Commission holds the OHANEZE and it's leadership in high esteem and will wish to clarify its position in the Promotion and placement of senior Police officers.
The Commission wishes to state that Promotions of senior Police Officers including Promotion into the office of Commissioner of Police are based on availability of vacancies, seniority, free of any pending disciplinary matter and merit except in few cases of special promotion. Even for special promotion, there are laid down rules, regulations and conditions which an Officer must satisfy such as; must have stayed two years in a rank; must not have had any special
Promotion in the immediate past five years and must not have a pending disciplinary matter, (PDM).
The Commission also allows the Inspector General of Police who is the operational head of the Police to recommend qualified and deserving Officers to the Commission for Promotion. This is a synergy the Commission has forged with the Police to ensure complementarity in the management of it's Officers.
The Commission do not and has never approved Promotion of any Police Officer based on ethnic or any other consideration except the ones stated above.
It is also important to state that it is not true that Command Commissioners of Police in the South East are all from the North. The CPs for Imo, Abia and Anambra states Commands are not Northerners. Only the CPs for Enugu and Ebonyi are from the North just as there are Igbo CPs in other Zones. The CP for Bayelsa and Oyo States are Igbos.
There are also many other Igbo sons who are Commissioners of Police of different Police formations in the country.
It is also not true that not many Igbo Officers are in the high echelon of the Force.
Just recently, an Igbo son, former Commissioner of Police in charge of Police Budget who was promoted a Deputy Inspector General of Police was deployed as DIG A, that is overseeing Administration and Finance, a very sensitive Department in the Police Management team.
The Commission wishes to assure the leadership of the OHANEZE Ndigbo that it will at no time consciously marginalize any section of the country in the Promotion and deployment of senior Police Officers.
The Commission will continue to be guided by the established rules guiding Promotions in the police and in the larger interest of the Nigerian nation.
Ikechukwu Ani
Head, Press and Public Relations
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Merriam: Bernier's vanity party wandering in wilderness
Of all the things missing in Canadian politics, another party is not one of them.
Jim Merriam, Special to Postmedia News
Former Conservative MP Maxime Bernier	Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS
And so Maxime Bernier's new vanity party of the far right has no place to go but down and out.
With Bernier as leader that outcome is almost guaranteed. He doesn't exactly bring a record of supreme accomplishments with him.
Neither is Bernier known for his weighty intellect, or his willingness to work 24/7 for a cause.
The reaction to his decision from his fellow Conservative caucus members was unanimously negative. Michelle Rempel told CPAC: "Well, if he works as hard as he has in the Conservative Party, we don't have a lot to worry about."
MP Erin O'Toole who finished third in the Conservative leadership race, told the CBC that Bernier is "consistent in being inconsistent."
The new party is taking off without any of the gusto you might expect. For example, Canadian Press reports Bernier's closest caucus ally says he has no plans to join the renegade Quebec MP's new party.
Conservative MP Alex Nuttall played a key role in Bernier's unsuccessful Tory leadership campaign last year that saw him lose by the narrowest of margins to Andrew Scheer. And Nuttal has continued to be a close ally of Bernier's since then.
But Nuttall says he was elected as a Conservative and won't even broach the idea of joining Bernier's yet-to-be-formed party with his constituents, who narrowly elected him as MP for Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte in 2015.
A majority of supporters who backed Bernier's bid for the Conservative leadership have said they want nothing to do with his plan to start a new party.
That would seem to leave Bernier wandering in the political wilderness. Which is exactly where he belongs with this new dream.
Comparisons to other political movements in the country are inevitable. The one that comes to mind is the Reform Party of Preston Manning.
Essentially it was a Western Canada-based protest movement and eventually became a populist conservative party, with strong social conservative elements. It didn't take long for it to become mainstream and eventually a major part of what is now the Conservative party.
It was initially motivated by the perceived need for democratic reforms and by Western Canadian discontent with the Progressive Conservatives under Brian Mulroney.
The party was directly succeeded by the Canadian Alliance in 2000, which merged with the PCs into the current Conservative party in 2003.
Although such comparisons of political movements are interesting, there is little in Reform's history that will be instructive to Bernier's efforts.
Reform was able to tap into all that western discontent and feelings of alienation. Quebec, where Bernier has his base, thrives on feelings of alienation so much so that it even spawned a separatist party. In other words, there are lots of homes for the alienated. They aren't hanging around waiting for Bernier to get his party off the ground.
All in, there is little to worry about Bernier and his fledgling political movement. And that's a good thing since we have enough political machinations to worry about right now without it.
jimmerriam@hotmail.com
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For over 50 years, Dr. Richard Bajura served in multiple roles at West Virginia University, including teaching and conducting his personal research, and in facilitating, leading, and managing energy and environment programs in research and technical outreach at WVU and with external organizations in his role as Director of WVU's National Research Center for Coal and Energy.
Bajura retired as the NRCCE director in 2017 and currently holds the titles of director-emeritus and acting director of the WVU's US-China Energy Center. His assignments in WVU's Energy Institute include technology development and outreach in fossil energy applications and in building collaborative research and academic program initiatives with counterparts in Chinese universities and industrial organizations.
In his earlier career as an active faculty member, Bajura's research interests included fluid dynamics and energy. His professional service included leadership as vice president for the Basic Engineering Technical Group of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, representing one-sixth of the ASME membership and over 40 percent of the Society's technical programs. He remains active on the ASME Energy Committee, the National Coal Council, the Carbon Utilization Research Council (CURC), the Pittsburgh Coal Conference Advisory Board, and the Washington Coal Club Board of Directors. He participates as the group leader for the fuels and crosscutting research programs of the CURC Technical Committee developing technology road maps for national coal R&D programs and as an executive committee member for the Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA). Bajura also frequently contributed written and verbal testimony to the U.S. Congress on fossil energy, mining, and water initiatives in support of programs important to West Virginia and national interests.
Dr. Bajura earned his bachelor's, master's and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from Notre Dame.
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Hawaiʻi Volcanoes
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1975 Eruption of Mauna Loa
Lava cascades into Lua Hou on July 6th, 1975 (USGS/RT Holcomb)
Though the 1975 eruption lasted less than a day, it produced spectacular effusive lava flows that moved down the volcano's northeast flank.
Just before midnight on July 5th, 1975, Mauna Loa ended its quarter-century period of quiesence. At the time, it was the volcano's longest recorded period without eruptive activity... soon to be outdone by the period following the 1984 eruption.
At 11:42 p.m., a small glow was noted above the southwest end of Moku'āweoweo. Within one minute, the glow extended across the entire summit area and a fume cloud more than 3,300 ft (1,000 m) high was illuminated with a bright orange-red glow from the lava fountains on the caldera floor. Lava flowed across the caldera, and into the upper parts of the Southwest and Northeast Rift Zones, the latter of which became the epicenter of activity. However, the eruption would be brief, concluding at 7:30 p.m. the next day.
The sun rises beyond Mauna Kea as lava flows down the side of Mauna Loa on the morning of July 6th, 1975 (USGS Photo/D. Peterson)
The summit of Mauna Loa on July 6th, 1975, with Moku'āweoweo caldera visible in the background (USGS Photo)
Fountains up to 65 feet (20 m) high erupt from fissures on the northeast flank of Mauna Loa early Sunday morning, July 6, 1975. (USGS Photo)
Learn more about previous eruptions of Mauna Loa and Kīlauea
"Mauna Loa's 1975 eruption in terms of today's Volcano Alert Level", USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Volcano Watch article
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Haeska (Duits: Hasick) is een plaats in de Estlandse gemeente Saaremaa, provincie Saaremaa. De plaats heeft de status van dorp (Estisch: küla) en telt 88 inwoners (2021).

Tot in oktober 2017 behoorde Haeska tot de gemeente Pihtla. In die maand ging Pihtla op in de fusiegemeente Saaremaa.

Geschiedenis
Haeska werd voor het eerst genoemd in 1560 onder de naam Hauist. Een landgoed Haeska bestond al sinds 1450. Sinds 1632 was het landgoed bijna onafgebroken in het bezit van de Duits-Baltische familie von Nolcken. De laatste eigenaar voor de onteigening door het onafhankelijk geworden Estland in 1919 was Erich Baron Nolcken. De gebouwen op het landgoed zijn verloren gegaan.

In 1977 werd het buurdorp Kuremaa bij Haeska gevoegd.

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Freshman paces Smithville at Brazos Invitational
Freshman Cassy Tiner scored the top finish for Smithville at the Brazos Cougar Invitational cross country meet on Saturday.
Tiner was timed in 15 minutes, 6.30 second on the two-mile course.
Smithville girls garnered 10th place out of 12 teams with 264 points. East Barnard captured the girls title with 48 points.
Counting in the team scoring for Smithville were Olivia Hall, 52nd in 16:39.70; Saylor Strain, 53rd in 16:41.00; Brianna Knight, 60th in 16:58.20; and Ashley Jasso, 67th in 17:37.30.
Also competing was Marissa Igoe, 69th in 17:40.70.
Taylor Limbaugh, of Schulenburg, won the girls individual title in 12:50.16.
Blain Stockton was the only boys competitor for Smithville, claiming 13th place among unattached runners in 22 minutes, 16.60 seconds on the five-kilometer course.
Colby Kurtz, of East Barnard, won the boys title in 17:32.10.
Boling and Sealy tied for first place in the team title with 47 points.
Smithville competes in the District 20-4A meet at Camp Tejas in Giddings on Oct. 27.
Smithville coach Rachael Davee said the goal for the girls is to qualify for the region meet.
"I think we have the talent to do it this year," Davee said.
The top two teams and the top 10 individuals from the district advance to the region meet.


Consecrated Sphinx : Whenever you wheel with cards as Windfall with this on the board you'll get, with 3 opponents where 1 of them has 7 cards on hand, 49 cards, 49 insects! THATS INSANE!
Thought Vessel : Because it is not only a mana rock you can use it with too much draw to keep all of the cards.
Toothy, Imaginary Friend : this will be a very big threat after a short time of 2 wheels or something, because it is big and if you remove it there will be small threats that are bigger together!
Psychic Vortex : Maybe it isn't that great, but when you play this in late game you don't need that many lands, and with Library of Leng into play you have nothing to worry about!
I hope this suggestions help you to improve this deck even more!
for the problem you want to cast high creature cost, I should put in Mindwrack Liege , so you can cast 2 of those creatures after wheeling in T7.
I think Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive is also very effective! you could also try to play Bident of Thassa in combination and Toothy, Imaginary Friend for the extra draw after a wipe.
If you want some more expensive things that will win, or in combination with Mindwrack Liege , you can play Nezahal, Primal Tide , Consecrated Sphinx or Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur .


This already stunning pearl of the Millennium Class has been made to shine even brighter, thanks to a grand makeover in March of 2016. Visually striking and impeccably designed, Celebrity Summit demonstrates all the exclusivity and sophistication you would expect of a luxury liner.
A magnificent vessel, Celebrity Summit is a 2,158-passenger voyager that combines exceptional culinary experiences with attentive service that goes above and beyond expectations. Celebrity is a modern liner that prides itself on creating a contemporary haven for its guests. Celebrity Summit fits this ethos well - from the food-inspired activities that take place on the Rooftop terrace, to the live musicians who play nightly in the Rendezvous and Sunset bars.
Celebrity Summit boasts 1,119 cabins, with around 80% having outward facing views. Each cabin is tastefully decorated in shades of brown and orange and have been fitted with comfortable queen size beds.
When you stay in a Celebrity or Sky Suite, you are treated to the luxury of European-style butler service. Your personal assistant can help with unpacking and packing, as well as deliver your in-suite lunch and dinner service. As a Suite guest, you are also entitled to evening hors d'oeuvres and complimentary in-suite espresso and cappuccino from Cafe al Bacio.
For Penthouse Suite passengers, the same exceptional butler service is available, with added amenities that include a butler's pantry and two interactive audio/visual entertainment systems. For the Royal Suite, your extra, exclusive additions include a separate living room, dining area and veranda, with a whirlpool and luxurious lounge seating area.
The incredible AquaClass Staterooms offer a resplendent veranda from which to relax, as well as rejuvenating spa-inspired features. Enjoy priority seating at the stylish AquaClass restaurant, Blu, as well as unlimited access to the sublime AquaSpa Persian Garden.
These veranda staterooms offer spa elements infused into the stateroom experience and priority seating in the chic AquaClass restaurant, Blu. These spa-inspired staterooms offer unlimited complimentary access to the AquaSpa® Persian Garden, complete with heated loungers, an aromatic steam room, Finnish sauna, herbal sauna, ice fountain and sensory showers.
The Concierge Class Staterooms are yet another stylish way to travel, with intricate additions that make huge differences. These subtle, yet journey-defining features include a pillow menu, priority check-in and disembarkation, plush bathrobes, and evening hors d'oeurves. In Concierge Staterooms, you really are the centre of attention.
For simpler tastes, the Ocean View and Inside Staterooms provide a seating area where you can kick back and relax after a busy day aboard this sensational ship.
Dining truly does take centre stage when travelling on Celebrity Summit, a line that is truly renowned as a 'foodie favourite'. As well as experiencing the divine in terms of cuisine, there are also opportunities to be taught a wine-matching masterclass from the ship's sommelier - the definition of sophistication. There are 10 dining venues to choose from, many exclusive to specific accommodation, as well as room service options and the incredible Chef's Table private dining experience.
There are two speciality restaurants aboard Celebrity Summit. Qsine is a sleek, inventive venue that aims to provide a fully immersive and interactive dining experience. The key here is creativity, with artful chefs taking global classics and giving them an imaginative twist. The menu is designed for social dining, with the menu delivered via an iPad and dishes prepared with groups in mind.
The second specialist restaurant is Tuscan Grill, a traditional steakhouse delivering sensational Italian cuisine. Savour fresh pastas and matured, sumptuous, dry-aged steak. The setting reflects both classic and modern features, with dark woods and tight leather seating creating a relaxed, Tuscan-inspired ambience. Begin with fresh, vibrant dishes of carpaccio and calamari, before moving on to traditional gnocchi and beef dishes.
A new feature of Celebrity cruises is the innovative Taste of Film dining experience. A multi-sensory extravaganza that takes place atop the stunning new Rooftop Terrace, expect film inspired dishes that are delivered alongside the movie, to perfectly complement a taste of the story you are experiencing.
For more casual buffet-style dining, the Oceanview Café serves a delicious blend of carved meats, made to order omelettes and internationally inspired dishes. The views are spectacular, with floor-to-ceiling windows perfectly framing the vast expanse of water that surrounds you. The Pool Grill too is another less formal eatery, perfect for those fresh from exertions in the pool. Expect burgers, fries and waffles, all cooked to the high standard you would expect.
Entertainment aboard Celebrity Summit takes place throughout the day and night. From traveller's classics, such as bingo and trivia quizzes, to classes that teach the finer points of cookery and mixology, there is much to do during the daytime hours. There is also a free gallery tour, with an opportunity to meet executive chefs and dining staff and a number of lectures, workshops and activities to keep you entertained.
There is also a casino on board, located in the Grand Foyer. The Fortunes Casino offers a range of slot-machines and table games, including blackjack, poker and roulette.
As the evening draws in, the two-storey Celebrity Theatre will play host to major musical productions as well as comedy and magic shows. iMagic is an innovative, ground-breaking concept that explores the tricks performed by history's greatest and gives them a technological update. Expect a combination of childish wonderment and technical excellence.
There are several bars and lounges to choose from, for a more relaxed afternoon or evening. These range from the late night, dance-inspired Revelations Lounge, to the Cellarmasters wine bar, hosted by a knowledgeable bartender eager to impart his wisdom.
The Canyon Ranch is the perfect spot to relax and rejuvenate. The perfect combination of modern wellness spa and exceptional beauty salon, lose yourself to tranquillity and serenity as you immerse yourself in this stunning setting. Treatments range from manicures and pedicures, to massages and facials.
A Fitness Centre is also located nearby, complete with a stunning sea view for extra motivation. Feel energised thanks to modern treadmills, ellipticals and stationary bikes or take advantage of the full weight area. Classes here include pilates, spinning, yoga and CrossFit and you can even take inspiration from a personal trainer or fitness consultant to maximise your workout.
Kids aboard Celebrity Summit are in for a treat, with a number of age-specific activities delivered throughout your journey. Each child will be placed into a different category, to ensure they receive an appropriate level of stimulation for their age; Shipmates (ages 3-5), Cadets (ages 6-8), Ensigns (ages 9-11), Junior Teens (ages 12-14) and Senior Teens (ages 15-17).
Shipmates and Cadets are based in the Fun Factory, with singing, dancing and fun activities throughout the day. X Club is exclusively for teens, with a Scratch DJ Academy held on every cruise, and iTake giving teens GoPro cameras to make their own videos and edit them in the ship's iLounge. Other teen programmes include football challenges, Ping-Pong tournaments, a talent show and dance party, scavenger hunts and flash mob dancing.
There is a basketball court located on the ship, as well as a volleyball court. There is often an 'officers vs passengers' game that takes place, pitting these two competitive teams against one another for the enjoyment of other guests. There are ping-pong tables scattered throughout the ship and a jogging track on Deck 11. Coincidently, 11 laps of this track equate to 1 mile, keeping you fully up to date with your progress.
Celebrity Summit has two outdoor pools; one a shallower, family pool and the other a deeper adult-only area. To complement these saltwater swimming areas, there are also four whirlpools that surround the pool area and several incredibly comfortable loungers available to passengers wishing to soak up the sunshine. There is also an indoor thalassotherapy pool inside a covered solarium. Open throughout the day, this peaceful, secluded spot is a great way to escape from the more exciting and boisterous outside pools.


In Part 1 of our series on his ground-breaking experiment with the ninth clone of Cuartera, genetics expert Alan Meeker talked about B09's start in Aiken, South Carolina, under a top American who trained her up to medium-goal. Here in part 2, Meeker describes the second phase of the experiment, when B09 comes under the tutelage of Adolfo Cambiaso and stuns the world in her first high-goal season.
I said, "You must be kidding!" Adolfo shook his head. "No, this is what we do." So Adolfo gently led B09 into the Argentine way of [a horse] having a companion.
Going to Wellington was a big adjustment for her. It was very different from the life she had the first four years of her life at my farm in Aiken, where she grew up mostly in the pasture. The only time our horses are in a stall is when they're being fed their grain ration during the season or being saddled up for a game or have to come in to be treated for a little bruise.
The way we in the U.S. deal with horses is that we treat them like horses because they're not playing at the highest level. When they're not playing at the highest level we can do this, and they don't have to be kept in stalls. That changed when B09 went to Wellington. A horse's life is different in the high-goal season. It has to be. They're so amped up that you can't turn them out together. After the season you let them out to run and play.
When B09 went to Valiente, she got very nervous since she was always in a stall just like the rest of them. She was not used to this way of life. She had to have that chicken all the way through the U.S. Open final, when she won best-playing pony. There's a famous photo of her at the awards ceremony with a chicken sitting on her back.
NEXT IN PART 3: The experiment reaches its conclusion when B09 plays her first Argentine Triple Crown.


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Origin of the Term "Half Mast" or "Half Staff"
When are Flags Flown at Half Mast?
How Far Down the Flagpole is "Half Mast"
Half-mast or Half-staff
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When flags cannot be half-staffed/half-masted
Half-masting on Naval Vessels
Transatlantic Cable Incident
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When, where and why did the origin of placing the flag at half-mast come from?
When: First(?) recorded instance July 1612.
Where: In what is now Canada.
Why: Not definitely known.
If you consider the phrase used, and the practicalities of hoisting flags, it is likely to be of naval origin and probably not earlier than the 14th Century.
Although flag pole is a common phrase no one flies a flag at half-pole. In British English it is, I think without exception, half-mast, and in American English, although Webster lists half-staff, half-mast is the main entry. So, since a mast is on a ship it's of nautical origin.
Also, you can't easily half-mast a flag unless you have a fairly tall 'pole', and a halyard. I think that it's not unreasonable to assume that most land flags of the Middle Ages were carried around on hand-held staffs, and that most flags flown from the tops of buildings were probably the same staffs inserted into sockets. Flags on staffs are usually tied on, tacked on, or have a sleeve at the hoist into which the staff is inserted. Not easy to half-mast.
It's probable that at this time, tall poles with a suitable hoisting mechanism were found only on ships, and that ships with masts of this size did not become common until around the 1300's.
Some earlier accounts of half-masting, refer not only to the flags but also to the sails. In a book entitled "Naval Customs" written by Lt. Cdr. Leland P. Lovette USN and published by USN Institute in 1934:
"The half-masting of colors is in reality a survival of the days when a slovenly appearance (untidy, careless) characterized mourning. Even in the British Merchant Service today there are recent cases of trailing rope ends, 'slacking off' of rigging, and scandalizing yards as a sign of mourning."
He goes on to describe the last occasion on which Royal Navy ships 'cock-billed' their yards whilst lying off Lisbon after the murder of Don Carlos King of Portugal in 1908. When possible, it seems that the sails were deliberately set badly, not fully hoisted, yards scandalized or askew, "cock-billed as a sign of mourning". The idea was that an untidy, slovenly, careless appearance where one would normally expect to see everything 'ship-shape', indicated mourning. This concept goes back a long way. I seem to remember passages in the Bible that refer to people tearing their clothes and rubbing ashes into their hair when in mourning.
It has just occurred to me that a ship that had been in battle would have an disheveled appearance, so perhaps there was also the idea of simulating the aftermath of a battle with its consequent deaths.
Half-masting a flag is probably the last symbolic gesture of what was once in some cultures a common way of showing grief.
Some suggest that the part lowering of a flag indicates the passing of the authority represented by the flag, or that it is to leave space for 'the invisible flag of death' to be flown above the lowered flag, but these are modern attempts to explain a practice which has much older origins.
The reference to 1612? "on the occasion of the murder of James Hall by Esquimoes during the first expedition in search of the North-West Passage, in which Baffin took part, when the 'Heart's Ease' rejoined the 'Patience' with "her flag hanging down and her ensign hanging over the poop, which was a sign of death". On entering the Thames two months later the 'Heart's Ease' again lowered her flag and ensign "in token and in sign of the death of Mr. Hall", so that it was at that date well understood to signify the death of the commanding officer of a ship." from "British Flags" by W.G.Perrin.
The idea that a slovenly appearance at sea is a sign of mourning is in "Naval Customs, Tradition and Usage" by L.P. Lovette.
David Prothero, 28 February 1998, 25 May 1998
In his book 'Signal', Captain Barrie Kent writes that in 1952, Buckingham Palace asked the Board of Admiralty for information on the origin of the custom of half-masting colours to signify a death. The Archivist Peter Kemp replied:
The earliest record we have of the lowering of a flag to signify a death was an occasion in 1612, when the Master of the 'Hearts Ease', William Hall, was murdered by Eskimos while taking part in an expedition in search of the North West Passage. On rejoining her consort, the vessel's flag was flown trailing over the stern as a mark of mourning. On her return to London, the 'Hearts Ease' again flew her flag over the stern and it was recognised as an appropriate gesture of mourning.
It was the habit, after the restoration of the Monarchy in 1660, for ships of the Royal Navy to fly their flags at half-mast on the anniversary of the execution of King Charles I on 30th January 1649, and it is from this custom that, so far as we can trace, the present practice of announcing a death by the flying of a flag at half-mast has evolved. The earlier practice at sea was to fly a black flag or to set a black sail.
We know that the hoisting of black sails was a sign of mourning from the very earliest times. The black sail was superseded by the black flag, probably because it was a nuisance to have to carry black sails for use only on rare occasions. It was probably the position, rather than the colour, that caught the attention, particularly at a distance.
David Prothero, 26 July 1997
According to US Navy custom, there is/was only one flag that could be flown above the US national flag . . . this was the church flag (white pennant, blue cross lengthwise), flown during religious services. This might have been amended since to include the UN flag, but it was not permitted then. Having some familiarity with US Navy tradition, I doubt it.
The national flag was two blocked (raised to the top of the halyard) and flown there. When flown at half mast, it was first two blocked and then lowered to the proper position half way down the length of the halyard (rope). The reverse was done when lowering the flag at sunset.
Only the national flag was flown from a single halyard, but that might have been done otherwise by other services or when used by civilians. There were only two sites where the flag could be flown at night: Fort McHenry and the battleship Arizona memorial. This custom has been amended since so that the flag can be flown at night if illuminated. Naturally, the flag can be flown anytime during battle.
It is only natural that customs differ elsewhere, particularly in those countries having a history much older then here. I'd be most interested in hearing about them.
Alvin Fisher
In the United States the flag is flown at half-staff, by order of the President, to honor the memory of high ranking government officials upon their death.
Duane Streufert
James Dignan, Nathan Augustine, T.W. Hall and Anton Sherwood all mention that flags are flown at half mast in memorial of the dead by schools, corporations, fire stations, government institutions and individuals.
My understanding is that the flag is theoretically not flown at "half" mast, but one flag's depth down from the masthead (in practice, it's often more than that) to allow for the "invisible flag of death" to be flown at the top of the mast. The idea goes back to mediaeval times, I think.
The same protocol applies in New Zealand for deaths of the head of state and other Royal Family members, the Governor General, the Prime Minister and other Ministers of the Crown. The days on which the flag is half masted (day of death, day of funeral, days in between) vary according to the status of the deceased. ANZAC Day (our Memorial Day equivalent) is another half-mast day (usually morning only). Of course, many official and private organizations also half mast the flag in respect of deaths of other people of special significance to them.
Stuart Park
In Denmark flying half-mast is the appropriate thing to do at funerals and on some holidays (Good Friday comes to mind).
Ole Andersen, 13 December 1997
This is originally a naval term, referring to the pole or area on the mast of a ship where the flag is flown under way. This area is about three flag widths tall above the ship's main structure to allow for the occasional two-flag display (the US flag always on top) and room for lowering the flag to half mast. Because the mast area and the pole at a ship's stern are short, half mast is one flag width below the top. A flag pole is not a mast, so the flag should not be flown half-way up a tall pole. It is properly raised briskly to the block (top) and lowered slowly one flag width to the "half-mast" position. This makes it clearly not "two-blocked" and signals respect, but still keeps the flag high enough to prevent fouling and the sloppy appearance of a "half-pole" position, especially if the flag is very large. The flag, even at half mast, should be fully visible and flying freely and proudly in the wind.
I'm sure I'm not any kind of authority on proper flag etiquette but I would like to respond to the letter from Richard Olson.
It seems to me that even though the "half-mast" is a naval term, it has become a common and proper term in American English (and British English?). Also, flags flying at the actual half-pole position, seems to me to be 'proper' since that is what I've seen all my life.
Trying to imagine what a flag would look like at one flag width below the top, seems like it would appear that someone made a mistake about the position of the flag. A flag at the half-mark of a pole is clearly intended to be there and has always made me query as to who died.
Also, Mr. Olson says that the flag is only one flag width below the top because it is short. But the fact is, is that it IS at half-mast. Were the mast on the ship to be taller, would it still have been at half-mast? Or is the rule in the Navy, one flag-width below the top no matter what the height of the mast?
Nonetheless, whether the origin of the flag being at half-pole is from the Navy or elsewhere, it certainly has become proper to lower it to half-mast (mast is also defined as a vertical or near vertical pole: Webster) in our culture and society today and I see no reason to change it.
The act of raising it to the top of the block, then to half-mast when raising the flag and then raising it again to the block before lowering it seems logical to me. The placement of the flag at half-mast is not the 'norm' for the placement of the flag. Its symbolic representation of the nation (branch of military, etc.) should be at a high point for all to see and respect. The 'lack of respect' of placing the flag at half-mast seems, to me, to place the nation second to the death of an important figure. Raising the flag to the block before and after raising it seems symbolic that this is where the flag should be but because of a great loss due to death, we will forgo that place of honor so as to honor the dead more. Returning the flag again to the block returns the flag to its honored position saying (maybe) that the nation goes on despite the death.
Michael Menninger
Duane Streufert posted an article concerning the etiquette of flying the flag at half mast from the Nov.-Dec. 1994 National Flag Foundations "Standard Bearer" Magazine. This article remains the copyrighted material of the National Flag Foundation and is presented here by permission.
Nathan Augustine posted a reply.
In Spain, the most frequent alternative to flying a flag half mast to indicate mourning is to stitch a small piece of black material (a short cravatte, a square piece of material, occasionally even a black Handkerchief) to the centre of the flag. This is done almost only with flags not intended for hoisting, such as flags displayed on balconies etc. Flags not intended for hoisting but which would be inappropriately defaced by such an addition (namely military colours) tend to use a black cravatte attached to the finial.
Santiago Dotor, 27 April 2001
The US Department of Defense Directive 1005.6 (27 May 2000) now mandates that "The term "half-staff" means the position of the flag when it is one-half the distance between the top and bottom of the staff." This is (all too typically) a case of standardization that fails to take into account empirical realities that were more than adequately covered already by individual service regulations--things like flagpoles with crosstrees, guy cables, and those standing too close to buildings for the flag to fly free if positioned exactly half-way up the pole.
Joe McMillan, 12 September 2002
The rules on half-masting in New Zealand don't specify one width below the top - that is apparently the minimum that a flag should be lowered in order to be half-masted. The full text of this section of the booklet, "The New Zealand Flag," are as follows:
The flag is half-masted by first raising it to the top of the mast and then immediately lowering it slowly to the half-mast position. The half-mast position will depend on the size of the flag and the length of the flagpole. The flag must be lowered to a position recognisably "half-mast" to avoid the appearance of a flag which has accidentally fallen away from the top of the flagpole. The flag should always be more than its own depth from the top of the flagpole.
In practice, lowering by one flag-width or slightly more seems to be the normal half-mast position. It is certainly rare to see a flag literally halfway up the mast. Even the diagram shown in the booklet shows a flag about 2/3 of the way up the mast.
James Dignan, 20 September 2003
Some websites I found on the CBC web page, of a vexi-nature (CBC is the government-sponsored broadcaster in Canada) http://cbc.ca/news/indepth/words/flagflap.html
David Kendall, 9 November 2000
It is clear that although "half-mast" is more common in usage in the United States, the correct term is in fact "half-staff". This is somewhat intuitive, since "masts" are on ships and a "flagstaff" is on land. (What's more than one? "Flagstaffs"? "Flagstaves"? The Merriam-Webster Dictionary gives both plurals as correct for the word "staff"...) Of course, "flagpole" is also a common term, and "half-pole" is clearly incorrect.
Stever Kramer, 13 November 2000
My impression is the same as Steve's, that people here in the U.S. tend to say "half-mast" even though the legal term is "half-staff." Naval usage, whether referring to a ship or a shore installation, is "half-mast." That includes the US Marine Corps and Coast Guard.
Joe McMillan, 19 November 2000
In Britain we say "half-mast". It's even a colloquial term used for anything that isn't quite as high as it should be, such as the mother telling her son that his trousers are at half-mast.
Graham Bartram, 13 November 2000
In France, we usually do not use the direct translation, which would be 'mi-hampe' (staff) or 'mi-m�t' (mast), but 'EN BERNE' ('mettre un drapeau en berne' = half-staff or -mast a flag).
In his 'Dictionnaire de la langue francaise' (1872, suppl. 1877), P.E. Littr� wrote:
"BERNE Mar. Pavillon en berne : Pavillon hiss� mais roul� sur lui-m�me." (Mar. Ensign hoisted, but furled on itself.)
In his 'Dictionnaire alphab�tique et analogique de la langue francaise'(6 vol., 1955), P. Robert wrote :
"BERNE n.f. (1672; origine obscure) Mar. Pavillon en berne : hiss� � mi-m�t en signe de deuil ou de de'tresse. Par ext. Drapeau en berne : non deploy�, roul�." (Mar. Ensign 'en berne': hoisted at half-mast as a sign of mourning or distress.) By extension. Flag 'en berne': not unfurled, furled.)
'Petit Larousse Illustre' (1991) says:
"BERNE n.f. (du n�erl. berm, repli ?) [from Dutch berm, withdrawal?] Pavillon, drapeau en berne : Hiss� � mi-drisse en signe de deuil" (Ensign, flag 'en berne': hoisted at half-halyard as a sign of mourning.)
There was therefore an evolution in the concept of BERNE: Littr� listed only the maritime use, and mentioned only furling of the ensign, not half-staffing. Robert, as expected, gave the most comprehensive definition, including use on land and at sea, half-staffing and furling. Larousse dropped the furling, which seems to be incorrect regarding the current use: on buildings, when the staff is oblique and short, the flag is furled around it because it cannot be properly half-staffed. The vertical banners are also furled at the lower, floating edge.
I would be very interested in learning the use or non-use of BERNE in other countries where French is spoken.
Another way of signalling mourning on sailing ships is described in 'Grand Larousse du XX� si�cle' (1928), as:
"PANTENNE (du provencal moderne pantano) Vergues mises en pantenne : que l'on dispose en croix de Saint-Andr� en signe de deuil" (Yards displayed in 'pantenne': displayed in a St. Andrew's cross pattern, as a sign of mourning).
Then it is said:
"When the captain of a vessel has passed away, the ensign is put 'en berne'; for the death of a squadron commander or a national mourning, the yards are displayed 'en pantenne'. When a vessel transports a dead man to the land, the ensign is put 'en berne' until coming alongside. On sea, the ensign put 'en berne' means that the vessel has a man missing on board (fallen into the sea). Putting the ensign 'en berne' is also a way to require a pilot or assistance."
I have a scrapbook full of notes concerning the flag terminology in French and its evolution. I shall try in the future to clear up my notes and send the results to the list. It would be interesting to confront them with similar studies in other languages, too.
Ivan Sache, 14 November 2000
The word "mast" is US Naval Service (US Navy and Marine Corps) terminology. When members of these services use this term together with flags and pennants, it isn't necessarily to refer to naval equipment, but rather because it is their jargon.
When referring to flags and pennants, the official definition of the words "mast" and "staff" by the Navy and Marine Corps have two separate meanings (see link to MCO P10520.3B below):
A "staff" refers to an un-fixed (portable) flag pole that can be carried by troops. Any flag carried by troops marching on foot or by horseback is flying from a staff. When that same flagpole is placed into a portable stand, it is still called a "staff." Small flags (such as the ones placed on veterans' graves on Memorial Day) have staffs, and so do the miniature flags that some people have displayed on their office desks. One very unique thing about staffs are that flags cannot be lowered to "half-staff" on them. The flags are usually permanently fixed to the top of the staff, and the staff is too short to feasibly allow the flag to fly at its mid-point without touching the ground or looking awkward. To signify mourning, flags flying on staffs are draped with a black mourning streamer in lieu of being lowered to half-staff.
A "mast" refers to a fixed flagpole. This fixed flagpole can be located on dry land or on a US Navy warship, but if its purpose is to have a flag raised and lowered on it, then it is always called a "mast." Unlike staffs, flags on a mast can be lowered to "half-mast." Whenever a US Navy warship is underway, the flag flies from the highest point on the ship---the ship's mast. But whenever that ship is anchored or moored pier-side, the flag flies on the ship's stern. So, when the ship is not underway, the flag is still flying from a mast---the flag mast that is affixed at the stern of the ship, but not from the ship's true mast which most people understand as being the upright shaft on highest point on the ship.
In fact, the definitions of flags in the Naval Services goes even further. When the flag is a carried by troops, it is called the "colors." When it flown from fixed flag poles aboard Navy ships and Navy & Marine Corps shore bases, it is called an "ensign." It is only referred to its general term of "flag" if it is displayed outside of those two areas such as when it is draped over a coffin or displayed on a wall.
You can find the Marine Corps Flag Manual and Navy Regulations (annex D) here: http://www.marines.mil/news/publications/Documents/MCO%20P10520.3B.pdf. Note the definitions in paragraphs 9 and 10 on page six, and the use of those two words throughout the manual.
There is a lot of history and tradition woven throughout the customs of the US Navy and Marine Corps. When a civilian uses the term "half-mast" instead of "half-staff," that person, in most cases, had some kind of tie to our Naval Services by either having served in it or being acquainted, raised by, or a related to someone who has, and so they naturally use the term because it is the jargon they learned or grew up with. But in any case, it is a term that has been around since the founding of our US Naval Services in 1775, and therefore the terms "half-mast" and "half-staff" have been synonymous in American culture for longer than our nation itself. Much like being able to pick out what part of our country someone is from by their accent, Navy and Marine Corps personnel (current or former) can be picked out by the jargon inserted into their normal conversations. To dismiss their use of the word "mast" because it is not the "legal term" would be like trying to make a southerner speak like a northerner because the northern accent is the "proper accent."
Frank Furtado, 22 May 2012


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Matt Henry ruled out of New Zealand squad for ODIs against Pakistan, India due to abdominal strain
Previously, fast bowler Blair Tickner was named as a replacement for fellow pacer Adam Milne in New Zealand's white-ball squad for ODIs against Pakistan and India due to concerns over the latter's preparation for bowling in 50-over cricket.
New Zealand's three-match ODI series against Pakistan begins from January 9 in Karachi, followed by matches on January 11 and 13. After the conclusion of the tour, New Zealand will travel to India for a tour of three ODIs and as many T20Is from January 18 to February 1.
While Kane Williamson will be New Zealand skipper for ODIs against Pakistan, Tom Latham will take over leadership duties from him for the 50-over matches against India to be held on January 18, 21 and 24 in Hyderabad, Raipur and Indore respectively.
They will also play three T20Is in India on January 27, 29 and February 1 in Ranchi, Lucknow and Ahmedabad respectively. But the New Zealand squad for the T20I series against India is yet to be named.
New Zealand squad for ODIs against Pakistan: Kane Williamson (captain), Tom Latham, Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Daryl Mitchell, Henry Nicholls, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Henry Shipley, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Blair Tickner.
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Computer in Chiefs engine room
By Sowetan - 03 April 2014 - 08:50
IT IS surprising, actually it's criminal, how an Internet search for so famed a name in South African soccer, Zacharia Vusi Lamola, yields less than a handful articles.
The stories I could unearth on a Google search were all of a few paragraphs. How's that possible that a man nicknamed "Computer" for his sheer footballing brain could have so little archived about him?
The history of Kaizer Chiefs would be incomplete without mentioning the little dynamo that ran their engine room and helped establish a football empire of almost unequalled magnitude on the sub-continent.
South African football has always had a love affair with nicknames, and some followers of the game christened Lamola "The General" for obvious reasons.
"I started my career at a team called George Goch Spades, in the old Johannesburg township in the south. I was about 10 years old," LAMOLA REMINISCES.
"I used to carry and polish soccer boots for the players. I guess that's when the seed for the great love I have for this game was planted and nurtured," Lamola said.
"Back in those days we used to go to the Bantu Sports Grounds in Von Wielligh Street [central Johannesburg] where we witnessed great football played by the likes of Scara Sono and [William] 'King Kaizer Matatazela' [Mkhwanazi]."
It was at this point that emotions seemed to overcome Lamola as he mentioned the great injustice done to our sports heroes, who are generally never acknowledged for their contribution to the game.
"We buried King Kaizer just the other day last month and I was honoured to be the MC at his funeral.
"Not a single newspaper report his death."
Lamola recalls having to leave the township of his early years in 1966, aged 16, to live in Orlando East, Soweto, but not before forming his own team called George Goch Aces, in honour of "the Witbank Black Aces side that beat some of the great teams of the time".
"They had the likes of Slow Masuku and Ace Mkhonza in their team. What a team!" Lamola said.
At Orlando he joined a team called Preston Brothers where he played alongside Ephraim "Shakes" Mashaba, who was later to captain Orlando Pirates and Moroka Swallows, and is now the coach of the SA national Under-23 team.
Then Ewert "The Lip" Nene came knocking and a legend was born when Lamola found his way into Kaizer Chiefs.
"Chiefs had awesome players then, such as [Johnny] Magwegwe Mokoena, who I regard as a genius, the best footballer in this country ever, Ten Ten Nzimande and, of course, [Patrick} Ace Ntsoelengoe."
Lamola doesn't remember the first match he played for Chiefs but won't forget their clash with Lusitano, the eminent side from the white National Football League, soon after the merger with the National Professional Soccer League in 1978.
"Lusitano used to thrash the likes of Pirates and Swallows by some heavy scores, and their cocky coach [Joe Frickleton] declared before our match that he would stroll naked in Joburg were Lusitano to be beaten by a black team.
"It was an insult. To us it became much more than a football match, it was political. Rand Stadium was packed, and there were even more people outside the stadium listening to radio. We knew we were not just playing for Chiefs. We won 2-1, Teenage Dladla and I scored."
Lamola also remembers a clash with Pirates when he made his name. "It was the Chevrolet Cup final. I was on the bench and I didn't know why. Pirates were leading 2-0 when Ace hopped off injured with 10 minutes to go, and the coach said 'General, it's your turn'. I told myself I'll show the coach who I am.
"I did not score but I engineered almost all the goals as the match ended 3-3 in 90 minutes. We went on to win 7-3. After the match the coach [Zero Johnson] had to tell lies that it was his game plan when fans asked why he had benched me."
In a previous interview another legend, Jimmy Cook, regaled us with the wizardry of Lamola. "Playing against Chiefs was a nightmare. Guys like Computer Lamola were so skilful that some of us ended up watching their trickery on the ball to a point of almost applauding them," Cook said.
What does Lamola make of the standard of football today? "It has gone down. The problem is that foreign influences have killed our style. Football is about entertainment and what you see with the empty stands is because people don't like the product. We need to see more of players like [the late] Emmanul Scara Ngobese."
The beginning of the end of Lamola's playing days makes for a rather sorry tale and the pain still lingers. He was unfortunate to score an own goal for Pirates in a high-stakes Soweto derby in 1980.
Not that there is such a thing as a friendly match when the two giants of the local game clash, but that Lamola was hounded out of Chiefs is testimony to the bitter rivalry between the two teams then.
"I was accused by some at the club of doing that deliberately because I was from Orlando East, the home of Pirates." he said.
"I am a Christian and would never at any point in my life do such a thing."
This article was first published in the printed newspaper and eEdition on 3 April 2014. Click on this link to view the eEdition


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As a pretty much biblically illiterate student I vividly remember a number of years ago benefitting hugely from a day's bible overview given by Vaughan Roberts. Overnight it revolutionized my understanding and handling of the Bible. In this reviewer's opinion, the paper version, whilst a long time coming, has been more than worth the wait!
For many (as Roberts outlines in his introduction) the material within 'God's Big Picture' won't be particularly new or groundbreaking. However it will be an immensely helpful, compact and clear bible overview - as the author says "simple without being simplistic". He leans heavily on Graeme Goldsworthy's 'Gospel and Kingdom' structure although perhaps making it a little more accessible to the average reader.
With his '8-fold kingdom p approach' (pattern, perished, promised, partial, prophesied, present, proclaimed and perfected) Roberts helpfully opens up to the reader the outworking and unfolding of God's plan of salvation history. He clearly shows how the Bible fits together and provides the reader with a solid framework for thinking and contextualising biblical passages in the light of the whole.
Vaughan Roberts is a clear communicator and it's obvious that this book began life as a series of talks: He is logical in his thinking and development of key themes and there are numerous helpful diagrams that build and summarise as the story unfolds. The book is also full of colorful, relevant (and usable!) illustrations and quotes throughout that mean it is very easy to read and understand. I would recommend it both to new Christians (or folk who have little understanding of the unity of the Bible) as well those who are a little further along but would benefit from a 'refresher course'.
Very helpful additions to this overview are the short bible studies at the end of each 'epoch' that seek to consolidate and help the reader to apply a number of the truths that have been expounded within each particular chapter. There are also helpful challenging applications throughout the book - (I personally found those within the proclaimed kingdom chapter particularly good to think through) meaning it's harder just to read it academically without being struck afresh by the challenge from the text.
As is perhaps to be expected from the author's track record this book is clear, faithful and biblical - thoroughly recommended. Vaughan Roberts is also humble and a model in selflessly acknowledging, in his introduction, numerous bible teachers from whom he has learnt and who have shaped his teaching of this material. If you've not already got a copy - go to www.ivp.com now and get one.


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Home AC Milan Alessio Romagnoli Juventus Rumour Transfer News Juventus Also Want To Sign Romagnoli For Next Summer
Juventus Also Want To Sign Romagnoli For Next Summer
AC Milan Alessio Romagnoli Juventus Rumour Transfer News
AC Milan defender, Alessio Romagnoli has reportedly attracted interest from Serie A rivals Juventus and Lazio, who are looking to sign him on a free transfer this summer.
When he joined the Rossoneri in 2015 for a fee of 25 million euros, Romagnoli was immediately expected by the fans as a player who will be a star and leader for the defense for the next decade given how promising his performances were with Sampdoria before.
It's true, the 27-year-old center-back is believed to hold the armband and has been Milan's leader for the past few seasons. However, his contract with the club only has a few months left and he has also been attracted by several clubs who feel the opportunity to sign him on a free transfer.
According to reports from Calciomercato, Lazio has put a lot of effort into signing the Italy international who is a fan of the club since childhood despite his past with AS Roma. However, Juventus have also been chasing him for quite some time, and talks of barter with Federico Bernardeschi were echoed last summer.
Currently, the Bianconeri are studying the new situation and it is believed that they will make an offer to the Rossoneri captain in a bid to add him to their squad ahead of next season.
Meanwhile, Milan is known to have made an offer to extend his contract and now the decision lies with Romagnoli whether to accept the proposal or choose to end his time at Milan.
Juventus Also Want To Sign Romagnoli For Next Summer Reviewed by duieanit on March 02, 2022 Rating: 5
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After buying these collars for my own cats, this one is for my daughter's cat. Of course she's a girl and needed a Rosewater Pink one. I just love them.
If I had to wear a collar this is the one I would choose!! I certainly don't have any complaints and neither does my cat. She's pure black and looks beautiful in it. It ticks every box. If fact, we like it so much I'm going to get another one - just in case she comes home without it one day!!
A luxury velvet collar in a beautiful colour. Suki looks so smart in it!
My kitten looks beautiful in this collar; the Rosewater colour is a subtle dark bright pink and the velvet really soft. She can hardly feel it on, though we have taken the bell off as it was irritating for us and her!
We have purchased many collars from CoolCatCollars, but this is the first double velvet we have tried. Our untameable tortie is very fussy and not fond of wearing a collar, but this one is so lightweight and soft that she doesn't seem to mind. I did find last night that, after a couple weeks of wear, the collar had become very loose - either by her doing or the silkiness of the material sliding of its own accord through the adjustable buckle, so just keep an eye on the fit!


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Hints of Oort clouds around other stars may lurk in the universes first light
A thick sphere of icy debris known as the Oort cloud shrouds the solar system. Other star systems ma..
By admin , in Science , at November 9, 2018
A thick sphere of icy debris known as the Oort cloud shrouds the solar system. Other star systems may harbor similar icy reservoirs, and those clouds may be visible in the universes oldest light, researchers report.
Astronomer Eric Baxter of the University of Pennsylvania and colleagues looked for evidence of such exo-Oort clouds in maps of the cosmic microwave background, the cool cosmic glow of the first light released after the Big Bang, roughly 13.8 billion years ago. No exo-Oort clouds have been spotted yet, but the technique looks promising, the team reports November 2 in the Astronomical Journal. Finding exo-Oort clouds could help shed light on how other solar systems — and perhaps even our own — formed and evolved.
The Oort cloud is thought to be a planetary graveyard stretching between about 1,000 and 100,000 times as far from the sun as Earth. Scientist think that this reservoir of trillions of icy objects formed early in the solar systems history, when violent movements of the giant planets as they took shape tossed smaller objects outward. Every so often, one of those frozen planetary fossils dives back in toward the sun and is visible as a comet (SN: 11/16/13, p. 14).
But its difficult to observe the Oort cloud directly from within it. Despite a lot of circumstantial evidence for the Oort clouds existence, no one has ever seen it.
Ironically, exo-Oort clouds might be easier to spot, Baxter and colleagues thought. The objects in an exo-Oort cloud wouldnt reflect enough starlight to be seen directly, but they would absorb starlight and radiate it back out into space as heat. For the suns Oort cloud, that heat signal would be smeared evenly across the entire sky from Earths perspective. But an exo-Oort clouds warmth would be limited to a tiny region around its star.
Baxter and colleagues calculated that the expected temperature of an exo-Oort cloud should be about –265° Celsius, or 10 kelvins. Thats right in range for experiments that detect the cosmic microwave background, or CMB, which is about 3 kelvins.
The team used data from the CMB-mapping Planck satellite to search for areas across the sky with the right temperature (SN Online: 7/24/18). Then, the researchers compared the results with the Gaia space telescopes ultraprecise stellar map to see if those regions surrounded stars (SN: 5/26/18, p. 5).
Although the astronomers found some intriguing signals around several bright, nearby stars, it wasnt enough to declare victory. "Thats pretty interesting, but we cant definitively say that its from an Oort cloud or not," Baxter says.
Other ongoing CMB experiments with higher resolution, like those with the South Pole Telescope and the Atacama Cosmology Telescope in the Chilean Andes, could confirm if those hints of exo-Oort clouds are real.
"Its a super clever observational idea," says astronomer Nicolas Cowan of McGill University in Montreal who was not involved in the new work. "Looking for exo-Oort clouds is looking for a signature of these violent histories in other solar systems."
Cowan has suggested that the cosmic microwave background could also be used to search for a hypothetical Planet Nine in the suns Oort cloud (SN: 7/23/16, p. 7). "The very coolest thing would be if we could get measurements of the exo-Oort clouds and find planets in those systems," he says.
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Singapore receives record visitors in June, RI the biggest source
Singapore (Antara News) - Singapore's visitor arrivals in June rose 5.3 percent from a year earlier to a record 787,704, the tourism board said Thursday.
Visitors from Indonesia, China, India, Australia and Malaysia accounted for 54 percent of the month's arrivals, the Singapore Tourism Board said.
Arrivals from Indonesia, the biggest source of visitors, were up three
percent in June to 167,000 followed by China which showed a 16 percent rise to 71,000, AFP reported citing the board.
India, the third largest source, saw travellers to Singapore increase three percent to 68,000. Australia followed with a 10 percent rise to 61,000 while Malaysian arrivals gained five percent to 56,000, it said.
Singapore's record 8.94 million visitors in 2005 generated 10.8 billion dollars (6.8 billion US) in tourism-related revenues.


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The Stormwater Report News on Green Infrastructure, Stormwater Policy, Funding and More from the Water Environment Federation
New Orleans offers green-infrastructure grants to residents of flood-prone Gentilly neighborhood
New Orleans' Gentilly neighborhood, bordered to the north by Lake Pontchartrain, is the target of an ongoing flood-resilience investment program valued at $141.3 million. The neighborhood, a low-lying, flood-prone area that sits on the former site of a marshland habitat, is intended to serve as a model to demonstrate innovative flood-control measures that could scale up to the rest of the city. U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Located along the shore of Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans' low-lying Gentilly neighborhood has been a hotbed of flood-control innovation in recent years. As the city's first "resilience district," municipal government organizations are collaborating to invest more than $140 million into Gentilly to demonstrate groundbreaking pilot projects that address the area's chronically stressed drainage systems and sinking soils.
One such pilot project, which began accepting applications this summer, will offer low- to middle-income Gentilly homeowners grants up to $25,000 each to install green stormwater infrastructure on their property.
Involving homeowners in community adaptation
Backed by representatives from the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) and the New Orleans City Council, Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced on July 17 the opening of the new Community Adaptation Program (CAP).
Through CAP, Gentilly homeowners who possess flood insurance and annually make up to 80% of the neighborhood's median income can access subsidies that enable them to participate personally in the Gentilly Resilience District initiative.
"This is going to address stormwater on-site, on private property, on residential areas," Cantrell said at the press conference. "It will alleviate flooding and you will be able to see the impact immediately from one rain event to the next."
A first-of-its-kind initiative called the Community Adaptation Program will enable qualifying low- to middle-income Gentilly homeowners grants to construct green infrastructure measures such as rain gardens on their properties through subsidies up to $25,000. Jason Johnson/U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The NORA-managed program, which expects to award about $5 million in total to qualifying Gentilly homeowners, will result in a network of small-scale green infrastructure interventions, such as rain gardens, stormwater planter boxes, newly planted trees, and detention basins.
According to a NORA fact sheet, between 2600 and 3900 Gentilly households currently qualify for CAP.
"This is a very welcome initiative," said New Orleans Council Member-At-Large Helena Moreno during the July press conference. "I believe that with this administration, along with this council, this is just the beginning of much more to come for improved stormwater management. This particular project also demonstrates that every single resident should be playing a role."
A neighborhood-scale model for resilience
While CAP aims to incorporate private property into the Gentilly Resilience District's goals of adapting to the threats of intensifying rainfall, other projects planned or implemented under the effort will adapt public areas to capture rain, reduce land subsidence, and support drainage.
Other projects announced by the city include
the Mirabeau Water Garden, a 10-ha (25-ac) community site expected to store up to 37.8 million L (10 million gal) of stormwater;
green infrastructure installations at neighborhood parks, schools, and universities;
stormwater management-focused retrofits for vacant lots, nearby wetlands, streets, and corridors;
investments in energy redundancy and micro-grid reliability;
establishment of a localized water monitoring network; and
a new workforce development program for water management projects.
Projects under the Gentilly Resilience District initiative are being funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, who in 2016 awarded $141.3 million to New Orleans to support the Gentilly project through 2022.
During a press conference held in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans on July 17, Mayor LaToya Cantrell, City Council members, and New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) representatives announced the opening of the Community Adaptation Program. Video source: Gentilly Messenger.
Tags: Community Adaptation Program, Gentilly, grants, Green infrastructure, New Orleans, resilience
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One Response to "New Orleans offers green-infrastructure grants to residents of flood-prone Gentilly neighborhood"
Catherine Elliott
August 2, 2018 at 2:25 pm #
Have any of your GI projects been designed/constructed yet? How are you making sure the GI feature will be maintained? How is the GI feature being protected from the next property eliminating the feature? Is the GI feature tied to the property deed?
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'Don't Go in the Woods' Trailer: Vincent D'Onofrio Directs the Horror of Sensitive Rock
Posted on Thursday, November 17th, 2011 by Russ Fischer
Well, this looks quite shaky and is actually something of a serious disappointment coming from long-time acting fave Vincent D'Onofrio. The trailer for his directorial effort Don't Go in the Woods sketches out a story in a which a sensitive rock band retreats to a remote setting to write material for a new record, only to encounter some sort of horror. Call it The Blair Witch Project with acoustic guitars, perhaps.
Evidently D'Onofrio took a bunch of unknowns and semi-unknowns into nowhere to shoot this film, and I wish I could say that the result looks good. It doesn't, at all, but hit the break for a bonus clip from another film that is truly awful, but in a much more entertaining way. Read More »
Weekend Weirdness: Exclusive Look at TV Carnage's Let's Work It Out! An Interview with L.A. Photographer The Arab Parrot on Fave Flicks and a Funny Benicio Del Toro Story
Posted on Sunday, December 20th, 2009 by Hunter Stephenson
It's a crazy, mixed up world and we are thankful for movies, sans The Tooth Fairy, that offer proof. Weekend Weirdness cocks its disoriented head to examine such flicks, whether it's a new trailer for a provocative indie or an interview. In this installment: An exclusive trailer for TV Carnage's Let's Work it Out and a chat with its ski-masked creator, Pinky; an equally cool chat about movies and Hollywood with The Arab Parrot, one of our favorite people and photographers out there capturing bleary eyed L.A. and N.Y.C. culture.
In college, it was unwritten law that a house party wasn't worthy of House Party unless you woke up and stumbled past a TV turned upside down in a puddle of fluids as it resiliently played a TV Carnage DVD. Such DVDs were the new late night color test for stupid-smart wasteoids, an aughts cult sensation that arrived in the shape of legit packaging and artwork with names like Casual Fridays and A Sore For Sighted Eyes. All anyone knew, or cared to know, was that the DVDs were the obsessive, homemade works of a guy named Pinky; a person who didn't seem to grasp "copyright" while composing and editing hundreds, if not thousands, of hours of bad TV/VHS into hilarious masterworks of sublimation.
As TV Carnage's popularity grew, the signature ski mask of Pinky was lifted. An online search today will inform that Pinky is Derrick Beckles, the filmmaker and actor whom /Film readers might recognize from Truth Campaign commercials. One of the founders, alongside Gavin McInnes, of the irreverent Brooklyn site, Street Boners and TV Carnage, Beckles recently directed a music video for the song, "No You Don't" by the band Islands. It just so happens to star TV Carnage mega-hearter Michael Cera. With his latest DVD, Let's Work It Out, due mid-January, TV Carnage is going full-cardio. Imagine the neon sweat from '80s work-out videos by celebs ranging from John Travolta to O.J. Murderer blasted into a hall of mirrors, sucked into a syringe, and then stabbed into your brain's abdomen. Beckles chatted with /Film and exclusively gave us the first trailer. It's all splattered below for your weekend enjoyment.


Ohio Fresh Eggs (OFE), the largest producer of eggs in Ohio has been fined $635,000 in order to settle dozens of pollution and permit complaints. Being hit with 71 violations at its farms in three Ohio counties in central Ohio, Ohio Fresh Eggs agreed to make environmental improvements.
No stranger to bad publicity, Ohio Fresh Eggs' abuses were first revealed to the public in 2004 after the animal rights group Mercy For Animals released shocking video and photographs exposing filthy, disease-ridden conditions including hundreds of thousands of egg-laying hens with broken, damaged, and feces-covered feathers packed into battery cages so small they couldn't spread their wings.
OFE's horrific and morally corrupt actions caught up with them in 2009 when the United States Environmental Protection Agency announced that Ohio Fresh Eggs pled guilty in court to illegally discharging egg wash water and was fined $300,000 for clean water violations. And just last year, OFE was back in the spotlight after more than a quarter million salmonella-contaminated eggs were recalled from its central Ohio facility.
Ohio Fresh Eggs, a perpetual abuser, is guilty of egregious animal abuse, environmental damage and poses a public safety risk and should be forced to close. The best action caring consumers can take to end animal abuse, help the environment and safeguard their own health is to pull support from the egg industry and adopt a vegan diet. Egg-free recipes and tips on cooking without eggs can be found here.
Corey serves as Mercy For Animals' Ohio Campaign Coordinator, organizing events and campaigns, and coordinating volunteers throughout Ohio. Adopting a plant-based diet 20 years ago, Corey's goal is to work within her community to promote awareness of vegan diets to help widen people's circles of compassion.