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Nuno: Organisation was the key to Wolves' victory
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Nuno Espirito Santo saluted the organisation of Wolves' players after they again produced a magical Molineux night to beat Arsenal 3-1.
Goals from Ruben Neves, Matt Doherty and Diogo Jota put Nuno's side 3-0 ahead at half-time, and although Sakratis pulled one back, Wolves never looked in any danger of missing the chance to extend their points tally to 16 against the top six this season.
It was the first victory over Arsenal in 22 meetings spanning nearly 40 years, and a 10th successive unbeaten home game in all competitions lifted Wolves back to seventh in the Premier League with three games left.
A convincing, counter-attacking display – Wolves had just 29 per cent possession – left Nuno delighted after three games without a win.
"It was a good performance against a tough team," said the head coach. "Playing against any team is difficult, but Arsenal have quality players, so it requires a lot of organisation, running and covering to allow us to have the ball and create something. First of all, you have to be organised.
"The movement off the ball is very important – knowing where to recover, and where to go out to create problems and we did really good in the first-half. We didn't do that so good in the second.
"We had situations of four versus two where we have to decide better, but it's about the organisation and shape of the team.
"I'm very proud of the way we work, the way the players engage themselves and commit themselves to an idea because we give everything we have each game.
"It's a commitment to try to do everything you can to perform well. That's what makes me proud, the belief of us in ourselves."
Nuno admitted it was difficult to get the ball off the Gunners in the early stages but he was pleased with the clinical way they broke on the visitors.
"At the beginning of the game it was difficult to recover the ball. Arsenal have quality players, and they created some problems," he said.
"But we were able to break and the first moment we broke, we were lucky enough to have the moment of talent and quality of Ruben's.
"From there on I think we controlled the game better. It put us on the front foot, so well played and it's fantastic from the players, credit to them, they put in a fantastic performance.
"The first half was very good, the second half not so good, but it was very well played. If we look at all the game I think the boys worked very hard."
Neves only seems to score memorable goals from long range and this one was no different – a curling, dipping free kick from 25 yards for his fourth Premier League strike of the season.
"He has quality and talent. He practises and there's a lot of repetition in the movement of the ball," explained Nuno. "It really helped us to break the game. It put us in a good momentum."
Nuno also thanked the fans, who made up Molineux's biggest crowd of the season of 31,436.
"If we go back to analysing the Brighton performance, it was very good, and our fans recognise that because they came in large numbers," he added.
"It was the largest attendance we've had so thanks to them, because we really need them and we can celebrate together another good night at Molineux."


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The Coming Revolution of Carbon Nanotubes
You've probably heard of carbon nanotubes. They're small—from 50,000 times smaller than a human hair up to several millimeters in length. And, they are amazing.
They take the form of cylindrical carbon molecules with novel properties that make them useful in many ways, including applications in electronics, optics, aerospace, medicine and other fields of materials science. And they exhibit extraordinary strength and unique electrical properties and are efficient conductors of heat.
Depending on what you want them to do, carbon nanotubes can be made to perform lots of different tasks. Two of our many research pursuits include making an airplane's paint energize to melt ice and to conduct electricity to the skin to evoke a muscular response. More on that in a moment.
At Battelle, we've been working with advanced materials for nearly 90 years—our founder was a metallurgist. And we know that new materials (such as silicon, for instance) take 30-50 years from invention to marketplace. We're on the short side of that walk across the "Death Valley" of idea-to-shelf with carbon nanotubes. Our scientists and researchers began working with carbon nanotubes in 1999, about a decade after they first were invented.
At first, the research community went wild. There were some early products that never reached widespread adoption, and by 2013, everyone had simmered down because of the difficulties in working with them. But, "There's a coming revolution," says Amy Heintz, a Battelle researcher leader who specializes in advanced materials and carbon nanotubes. "There's new interest because we've stabilized them and scaled up and we now have an understanding of the long-term durability aspects."
What Amy knows is not in the making, but dispersing, of carbon nanotubes. "We take the nanotube powder and put it into whatever matrix we want, and we can control the properties," she said. "They are a rod-shaped molecule and they tend to naturally bundle and agglomerate. We specialize in unbundling and deploying them in the way we want them, and we've taken a lot of the challenge out of working with them."
Amy recently made a quick tour of Tennessee to talk with like-minded students and scientists and investigate collaborative opportunities. She spoke to a group at Vanderbilt University, where they work on Smart Surfaces and Materials. Then, she went to Oak Ridge National Laboratory (where Battelle plays a management role) to visit the Carbon Fiber Technology Facility to discuss a project and to attend the Board of Governors meeting and have more discussions.
Battelle has two carbon nanotube products that are close to market. Our HeatCoat™ anti-icing system will be flight-tested next year and will provide icing protection for planes. It is also readily deployed to heat flexible surfaces for consumer, industrial, and medical applications.
The other has to do with our NeuroLife® project. In it, a quadriplegic study participant is moving his hand again based on his thoughts even though he's paralyzed. A chip in his brain reads his neural impulses and our algorithms translate those thoughts into a sleeve on his arm that stimulate his muscles into a desired movement. Amy and her group have invented a way for carbon nanotubes to be the stimulators, eliminating the need for a messy gel to conduct the electricity to the muscles.
"It's a very exciting time for this research," said Amy.

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Country Kitchen is a solid place to stop for something to eat on your drive up to Malibu, especially if you're trying to convince people (and yourself) that you're actually a local. And if that's your aim, arrive barefoot in a wetsuit, order the breakfast burrito (with bacon, add avocado) and a coffee, and grab one of the handful of seats in the parking lot. Now to start saving for that trailer in Paradise Cove.
Patrick's Roadhouse is a kitschy diner in Santa Monica that's always worth a visit.


If you're merging your RIA firm with another, you've probably invested significant time, energy, and resources into preparing for the merge. However, the hard work doesn't stop once the merger happens. In fact, there's substantial planning and work to be done immediately after the merger to make sure your team can successfully transition to the firm's new culture.
A culture shift can be tricky to navigate in any merger. There's sometimes a tendency for employees to mentally stay in the culture of the old firm. They get stuck in the "that's not how we used to do it" mentality. They have trouble adjusting to new systems. They may clash with the new employees from the other firm. They may struggle with the new processes of the firm.
The best way to avoid this thinking and create a new culture is to prepare for these roadblocks from the outset. Employees often struggle to adjust to the new culture when the transition happens slowly with stops and starts. With the right preparation, you can launch the new, combined firm quickly, which will immediately put the culture of the old firm in the rear view mirror.
Create and distribute key defining documents. Your new firm should have a business plan and within that plan you should spell out the firm's objectives, values, and mission. Those ideas will establish your firm's new identity, purpose, and culture. It's not enough to simply create these documents, though. You need to share them at every opportunity possible. Have a kick-off event with the team members from both firms where you share the new mission and company values. Reiterate these ideas on calls, in meetings, and in regular communications. Doing so will set the tone that the new firm is the priority and that the old firm is being left behind.
Change the brand. It's hard for team members to let go of the old firm when they still see signs of it all around them. Far too often, firms merge, but then put off changing their logo, signage, and branding. Make this change immediately. The first day after the merger, have new signage on the office. Have new stationary, business cards, and other collateral available immediately. This will send a clear sign that the new firm has been established and the old one has been put in the past.
Identify those team members who are having trouble adjusting. Even after you merge and complete all these steps, you'll still have team members who are stuck in the past. Identify these employees quickly and sit down with them individually to see what they're having trouble with and how you can help. They may have issues with any new computer systems or may be clashing with new employees from the other firm. Try to help them overcome the issue while also making it clear that the new firm is the new reality and they must adjust to it.
Some employees may decide that they'd rather move on than work for the new firm. That's okay. What's more important is that the merged firm gets a fair opportunity to launch and that firm's employees give their full commitment to its success. Solid preparation on your part can help ensure that your team is ready to dive right into the new firm with enthusiasm and a positive attitude.


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Persicaria capitata
(Redirected from Polygonum capitatum)
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Eudicots
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Persicaria
P. capitata
(Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) H.Gross 1913
Synonyms[1]
Polygonum capitatum Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don 1825
Cephalophilon capitatum (Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don) Tzvelev
Persicaria capitata, the pink-headed persicaria,[2] pinkhead smartweed,[3] pink knotweed, Japanese knotweed, or pink bubble persicaria, is an Asian species of plants in the genus Persicaria within the buckwheat family. It is native to Asia (China, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina)[4] and grown as an ornamental in other countries. It has become naturalized in Australia, South Africa and a few scattered locations in the United States.[5][6][7]
2 Distribution and habitat
Persicaria capitata is a prostrate herb.[6] The leaves are 1–6 cm long, 0.7–3 cm wide with pink to red bands or blotches and short scattered hairs.[6] The spikes are 5–10 mm long and 5–7 mm in diameter.[4]
Persicaria capitata has a strong urine-scented odour.[citation needed][8]
Distribution and habitat[edit]
Persicaria capitata is a native of Asia. It has naturalised in parts of Australia[6] and North America.[3] Between 2008 and 2013 it has been recorded as an invasive plant in Ireland from the Counties Fermanagh, Kilkenny, Wexford and Mayo.[9]
Persicaria capitata has been widely used in China in the treatment of various urologic disorders including urinary calculi and urinary tract infections.[10]
Reynoutria japonica for another plant species called Japanese knotweed.
^ The Plant List, Persicaria capitata (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) H.Gross
^ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
^ a b "Polygonum capitatum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
^ a b Flora of China, Polygonum capitatum Buchanan-Hamilton ex D. Don, 1825. 头花蓼 tou hua liao
^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map, Persicaria capitata
^ a b c d "Persicaria capitata". New South Wales Flora Online. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
^ Flora of North America, Persicaria capitata
^ "T.E.R:R.A.I.N - Taranaki Educational Resource: Research, Analysis and Information Network - Persicaria capitata (Pink Knotweed)". www.terrain.net.nz. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
^ Devlin, Z. 2017 A new record for the introduced plant Persicaria capitata (Pink-headed Persicaria), from Newport, Co. Mayo (H27).Irish Naturalists' Journal 35:116
^ Liao SG, Zhang LJ, Sun F, Zhang JJ, Chen AY, Lan YY, Li YJ, Wang AM, He X, Xiong Y, Dong L, Chen XJ, Li YT, Zuo L, Wang YL, "Antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects of extracts and fractions from Polygonum capitatum." J Ethnopharmacol. 2011 Feb 3; Authors:
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Wikispecies: Persicaria capitata
APDB: 116003
Calflora: 11007
EPPO: POLCT
FloraBase: 18332
FNA: 242100091
GRIN: 416900
iNaturalist: 78451
NSWFlora: Persicaria~capitata
NZOR: 8bfc2974-e31b-4973-a5b8-a0422ebfd89f
NZPCN: 3112
Plant List: kew-2576526
POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60433515-2
Polygonum capitatum
Wikidata: Q19796530
APNI: 109737
eFloraSA: Polygonum_capitatum
EUNIS: 194732
FoC: 242414798
ISC: 116446
NZOR: 13d6a455-70db-4ad9-8d41-e609536c440d
PLANTS: POCA21
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1/09/2016 This was our second time taking the full course, and we still were able to take away new and updated information thanks to Gunner. We will be recommending this course to others" - Jamie B.
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We're coming up on a year's worth of "Vault" and "Forge" entries. As you can see from last week's "Index to Forge and Vault", that's a lot of content.
So how do you use it if you're going App free and using GM Mode?
How can you use it if you're an author?
Let's say we print out our series of Vaults with the Bandit Encounter deck theme. At the present moment, you'd probably want to do this by copying and pasting into Word, adjusting the margins to 0.5, and standardizing the font. I was able to get 3 of the 4 Vaults on Bandits to fit on one standard sheet of paper this way. If we're seated with our friends and want to go in GM Mode (no app), we can choose prompts from these Vaults to craft a quick adventure. If we're very adventurous and our GM is a pro, we can just roll a d20 and improvise. So we rolled on the Bandit Plot Vault (Honor Among Thieves) and got a 12. "Drug War" it is! We mark it with a clip and read the intro description...Only drawback of the clips is that they do slightly bend the paper (as you'll notice on the pics).
Most quests average 2-5 battles. Our group prefers 3 (including the Boss battle), and it'd be nice to have some interesting new Loot after each of the battles leading up to the showdown with "Sneakhand". We roll two d20s and get a 9 and 20. The "Sneak Shoes" seem apropos to the Boss. Perhaps they will let us make a "Stealth" check to get the drop on him at the outset of the final battle. The "Marbles" are a risky item to use, but "Sneakhand" clearly isn't paying his employees well enough for them to have any quality gear. Our final Bandit Vault will provide some locations for our adventurers.
We have three adventurers, so it seems appropriate to roll 3 d20s for our locations. This Vault was the only one that wouldn't fit on one page, and the last roll was a 20--the False Wall. Reinforcements will come to "Sneakhand" in the form of two extra Tier I Bandits during the final battle, but only our GM should know this. Our other two rolls were a 5, the "Toll Bridge" and a 15, the "Forest Hideout". These give us some interesting roleplaying and combat scenarios.
At the "Forest Hideout" we'll be faced with the choice to take the fight to the high ground or risk the lethal bows of the bandit archers. And then we'll have to face "Sneakhand" in his lair, with it's "False Wall" and reinforcements.
And it's that quick and easy! If you were crafting in the Creator you could go the Vault pages and copy and paste the scripts, shortening your workload.
If there is interest out there in creating an easily printable and more GM friendly pdf of the Vaults and Forges, let us know in the comment section below. We could throw something up on DriveThruRPG.


Jay N. Levine made an average of $23.3M in compensation at OneMain Holdings from 2012 to 2018.
In 2018, Jay N. Levine earned a total compensation of $71.5M as Former President and Chief Executive Officer at OneMain Holdings.
Jay N. Levine's 2018 compensation ranked 9th out of 8,301 executive pay records tracked by us this year.
Jay N. Levine earned more than 99.9% of all executives tracked by us in 2018.
In the industry of personal credit institutions, Jay N. Levine's 2018 pay ranked 1st out of 30 executive pay records tracked by us.
Jay N. Levine earned more than 96.7% of executives in this industry.
Levine received $71.2M in other compensation, which accounts for 99.59% of total compensation.
Levine also received $292.3K in salary.
In 2017, Jay N. Levine earned a total compensation of $420.5K as President and Chief Executive Officer at OneMain Holdings.
Jay N. Levine's 2017 compensation ranked 11,246th out of 13,165 executive pay records tracked by us this year.
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In the industry of personal credit institutions, Jay N. Levine's 2017 pay ranked 40th out of 42 executive pay records tracked by us.
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Levine received $400K in salary, which accounts for 95.13% of total compensation.
Levine also received $6K of change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings and $14.4K in other compensation.
In 2016, Jay N. Levine earned a total compensation of $422.1K as President and Chief Executive Officer at OneMain Holdings.
Jay N. Levine's 2016 compensation ranked 11,560th out of 13,853 executive pay records tracked by us this year.
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Levine received $400K in salary, which accounts for 94.76% of total compensation.
Levine also received $11.5K of change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings and $10.6K in other compensation.
In 2015, Jay N. Levine earned a total compensation of $10.7M as President and Chief Executive Officer at OneMain Holdings.
Jay N. Levine's 2015 compensation ranked 442nd out of 13,574 executive pay records tracked by us this year.
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In the industry of personal credit institutions, Jay N. Levine's 2015 pay ranked 1st out of 41 executive pay records tracked by us.
Jay N. Levine earned more than 97.6% of executives in this industry.
Levine received $10.3M in other compensation, which accounts for 96.28% of total compensation.
Levine also received $400K in salary.
In 2014, Jay N. Levine earned a total compensation of $426.2K as President and Chief Executive Officer at OneMain Holdings.
Jay N. Levine's 2014 compensation ranked 10,708th out of 12,876 executive pay records tracked by us this year.
Jay N. Levine earned more than 16.8% of all executives tracked by us in 2018.
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Levine received $400K in salary, which accounts for 93.86% of total compensation.
Levine also received $10K of change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings and $16.1K in other compensation.
In 2013, Jay N. Levine earned a total compensation of $78.8M as President and Chief Executive Officer at OneMain Holdings.
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Levine received $78.3M in stock awards, which accounts for 99.38% of total compensation.
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In 2012, Jay N. Levine earned a total compensation of $600.3K as President and Chief Executive Officer at OneMain Holdings.
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Levine received $476.9K in salary, which accounts for 79.45% of total compensation.
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This is a short-term position with an estimated end date of end of October 2019.
Under the direction of the Contracts Manager, the Senior Contract Formation Specialist is responsible for performing all tasks involved in the formation and award of moderate to highly complex (sub)contracts on mega project. As the Contracts Specialist, you will be responsible for ensuring that all sourcing activities are undertaken with transparency and integrity per project policies and procedures.
Position is located in project offices located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
Contract Formation Specialists are responsible for performing all tasks involved in the formation and award of moderately to highly complex (sub)contracts for a multi-billion dollar project.
Preparing Recommendation for Bidders' lists for approval.
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Evaluate the bids by preparing Commercial Bid Summary, negotiating the exceptions and qualifications and normalizing the various bids to bring them to a common platform for comparison.
Negotiate exceptions to the terms and conditions. Liaise with corporate legal team as required.
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Strong knowledge of various contract management applications/systems.
If you are interested in this position, please send your resume and cover letter, in MS Word format, to resumes@bantrel.com mentioning reference code B-052-CON-Apr19-T in the subject line.


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Don't miss hearing this beautiful voice of this amazing jazz singer.
Tessa Souter peforms in this episode of Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival, Sunday, February 14 at 3 p.m. on WXXI-TV. Anglo-Trinidadian Tessa Souter's award-winning voice and penchant for exploring strikingly beautiful music mostly untouched by other singers has set her apart as "one of the finest and most fearless vocalists to have emerged in recent years," according to The Boston Globe.
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Produced by WXXI, the national series provides jazz lovers a front row seat to one of the most popular and respected jazz festivals in the country. The series offers an unsurpassed look into the 2015 jazz festival, featuring performances by an eclectic group of musicians, which in addition to Tessa Souter, the series includes the Benny Trio, Clifton Anderson, and Antonio Sanchez.
The Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival, held in Rochester, New York – home of the Eastman School of Music, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Garth Fagan Dance, and the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film– is a nine-day event that hosts more than 300 concerts at 19 venues. Now in its 13th year, the festival is the brainchild of John Nugent and Marc Iacona and draws more than 190,000 people from 30-plus states and 15 countries. From legendary performers and familiar favorites – to rising stars and new discoveries – this festival navigates all genres of creative improvised music from all corners of the world.
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Area Family Poisoned by Carbon Monoxide
By The Examiner staff, Independence, Missouri
An Independence family was treated Tuesday night for carbon monoxide poisoning.
Independence Fire officials said a man was using a high-powered gasoline washing machine in his basement at 11340 High Ridge when the gas overtook him.
He was unresponsive when officials arrived but responded to oxygen treatment. The woman and child residents were not feeling well, and all three were taken to a hospital, officials said.
Fire officials said it is dangerous to use gasoline powered equipment in a home.


Prize motivation: "for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom."
James Franck and Gustav Hertz received their Nobel Prize one year later, in 1926.
After the publication of Niels Bohr's theory on the structure of the atom, Gustav Hertz and James Franck conducted an experiment in 1913 to verify it. A potential difference was applied to a tube containing a low-pressure gas. When the potential difference was increased, the current flowing through the tube also increased until it reached a certain voltage, when it suddenly declined. The result supported Niels Bohr's theory, in which electrons can only have specific, discrete energies. The potential difference increased the free electrons' mobility until, at a certain energy level, they jumped to a higher-energy orbit instead.


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Residents of Legonono ward, in the village of Molepolole were hastily awakened by piercing screams and smoke entering their houses in the early morning hours of Friday last week, after a man had set his ex-girlfriend's house on fire.
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L'harmonie vocalique est une modification phonétique concernant les voyelles d'un même mot ou syntagme ; il s'agit d'un type d'assimilation à distance (ou dilation) des timbres vocaliques entre eux : les syllabes d'une même unité (comme le mot ou le syntagme) doivent toutes présenter à la suite des voyelles « compatibles » et appartiennent donc à la même « classe » que celle de la voyelle précédente, la classe variant selon les langues.

Fonctionnement
Au contraire des dilations sporadiques étudiées dans le cadre de la phonétique historique, l'harmonie vocalique est un phénomène phonologique vivant qui s'applique automatiquement dans les langues concernées, selon des règles déterminées. Si à un radical donné (au sein duquel les voyelles sont toutes de la même classe) l'on ajoute des morphèmes (comme des affixes), les voyelles des morphèmes en question doivent s'adapter ; ainsi, les affixes d'une langue agglutinante à harmonie vocalique n'ont pas de forme canonique, puisqu'en l'absence de radical, il n'est pas toujours possible de préciser le timbre de leurs voyelles. En d'autres termes, les morphèmes grammaticaux d'une langue à harmonie vocalique n'ont que des allomorphes.

Dans la majorité des cas, la classe à laquelle doivent appartenir les voyelles d'un même mot ou d'un même syntagme concerne une opposition d'arrondissement ou de forme du résonateur buccal. Dans le premier cas, toutes les voyelles de cette unité doivent être arrondies ou bien non arrondies, par exemple. Dans le deuxième antérieures ou postérieures, les deux mécanismes pouvant se mêler. D'autres types d'oppositions concernent aussi la position avancée ou rétractée de la racine de la langue. Dans certaines langues, il existe des mécanismes doubles d'harmonie et de disharmonie, une inversion de l'harmonie régulière dans certaines conditions. Le yucatèque et l'aïnou en font partie.

Les principales langues connaissant l'harmonie vocalique sont les langues agglutinantes de l'hypothétique « super-famille » ouralo-altaïque :
 des langues turques comme le turc, le kazakh, etc. ;
 le mongol ;
 les langues toungouses telles que le mandchou ;
 le moyen coréen ;
 des langues finno-ougriennes comme le finnois et le hongrois.
mais aussi :
 des langues bantoues comme le shona, le lomongo, le lobala, le lika, le lingala, le sotho du Sud et Nord, le tswana, etc. ;
 des langues nigéro-congolaises comme le yorouba, le Wolof, le peul, etc. ;
 des langues nilo-sahariennes comme le kalenjin, le maasai, le louo, etc. ;
 le télougou.

Cette liste n'est pas exhaustive.

On étudiera dans cet article quelques systèmes d'harmonie vocalique en commençant par celui du turc, l'un des plus complexes. Les notations phonétiques suivent les usages de l'API.

Harmonie vocalique en turc

Principes
En turc, l'harmonie concerne la forme du résonateur buccal (« profondeur ») et l'arrondissement (ainsi que l'aperture pour les voyelles arrondies). On oppose donc deux ensembles de voyelles, celles d'arrière (postérieures) et celles d'avant (antérieures), au sein desquels on distingue deux sous-ensembles, les voyelles arrondies et les non arrondies (voyelle 1 : ouverte ; voyelle 2 : fermée) :
 voyelles d'avant :
 non arrondies : e, i ;
 arrondies : ö [œ], ü [y] ;
 voyelles d'arrière :
 non arrondies : a, ı [ɯ] ;
 arrondies : o, u.

Les règles suivantes s'appliquent dans l'ordre donné :
 o et ö sont exclues de l'harmonie : aucune voyelle ajoutée ne peut prendre ces timbres ;
 toute voyelle peut être suivie de voyelles du même timbre qu'elle, sauf o et ö ;
 toute voyelle d'avant est suivie de voyelles d'avant, toute voyelle d'arrière est suivie de voyelles d'arrière ;
 toute voyelle non arrondie est suivie de voyelles non arrondies ;
 toute voyelle arrondie est suivie de voyelles arrondies ouvertes (u, ü) ou de voyelles non arrondies fermées (a, e), par compensation de la règle 1.

L'harmonie concerne donc, dans l'ordre :
 la profondeur ;
 l'arrondissement ;
 l'aperture.

Tableau synoptique
Le tableau se lit comme suit : une voyelle 1 peut être suivie des timbres donnés sous la colonne voyelle 2 ; il ne faut pas perdre de vue que le système n'est pas symétrique : la voyelle suivant une voyelle 2 prendra à son tour un timbre parmi un nouvel ensemble de possibilités, de sorte que toutes les voyelles d'un même mot ne pourraient pas forcément être compatibles dans un ordre différent.

Ainsi, gönül, « cœur », est possible, mais pas *günöl, Konya (nom de ville) mais pas *Kanyo, etc.

L'on obtient les harmonies suivantes :

Il existe des exceptions, parmi lesquelles des mots d'emprunt (otobüs, du français autobus ; on attendrait otobos ou ötöbüs, qui sont attestés oralement, ou encore dansör, telefon, jinekolog, etc.), quelques mots turcs comme anne (« maman »), elma (« pomme »), des composés (bugün, « aujourd'hui », de bu « ce » et gün « jour », au lieu de *bugun). De plus, a dans un environnement labial (suivi de p, b, m et v prononcé dans ce cas [w]) peut être suivi de u : tavuk [tawuk] « poulet ».

Enfin, huit suffixes ne suivent jamais l'harmonie vocalique :
 -daş (suffixe nominal : groupes de compagnons) ;
 -gen (suffixe nominal : noms de polygones) ;
 -gil (suffixe nominal : éléments d'une même famille) ;
 -ken (« pendant que... ») ;
 -ki (« qui est... » ; devient cependant -kü après ü) ;
 -leyin (suffixe adverbial : moments de la journée) ;
 -mt(ı)rak (suffixe adjectival : noms de teintes, -âtre) ;
 -yor (suffixe verbal : présent progressif).

Conséquences sur le système suffixal
Le turc est une langue agglutinante, ce qui signifie que l'on forme les unités sémantiques au moyen de suffixes collés les uns à la suite des autres. Or, les lois d'harmonie vocalique imposent à ces affixes le timbre de leur(s) voyelle(s). Il n'est donc pas possible de les citer sous une forme absolue et, de plus, aucun affixe ne peut faire varier son timbre dans l'étendue complète de la gamme vocalique. Le suffixe du verbe « être » au présent ( personne du singulier), par exemple, est réalisé selon la base qui précède, ‑dir, ‑dır, ‑dur ou ‑dür ; on pourrait noter cela ‑d[i, ı, u, ü]r ; ce suffixe n'est cependant jamais réalisé *‑dar ou *‑der. Le suffixe marquant le cas de l'ablatif, cependant, ‑d[a, e]n, ne prend jamais la forme *‑din, *‑dın, *-dün, *-dun.

Il n'y a pourtant pas besoin, dans un dictionnaire, d'indiquer toutes les variantes possibles des suffixes : l'étendue vocalique des suffixes se limite en effet à deux classes :
 la classe 1 fait alterner [e] et [a] ;
 la classe 2 fait alterner [i, ı, u, ü].

Comme il n'existe que ces deux classes, il est d'usage de désigner les suffixes de la première par la voyelle [e], ceux de la deuxième par [i]. Ainsi, on note ‑dir pour signifier ‑d[i, ı, u, ü]r et ‑den pour ‑d[e, a]n.

Enfin, on constate que les voyelles [o] et [ö] sont exclues du jeu suffixal.

Exemples
Gönüllerimizdekiler (« ceux qui sont dans nos cœurs ») :
 radical = gönül (« cœur ») ;
 suffixes = ‑l[, a]r (pluriel), ‑[, ı, u, ü]m ( pers. du sg.), ‑[, ı, u, ü]z (pluriel pronominal), ‑d[, a] (locatif), ‑k[] (« qui est... » ; suffixe invariable), ‑l[, a]r (pluriel).

Görmüyorsam (« si je ne vois pas ») :
 radical = gör (« voir ») ;
 suffixes = -m (négation), ‑[i, ı, u, ]y[]r (présent progressif ; deuxième voyelle invariable), ‑s[e, ] (conditionnel), ‑m ( pers. du sg.).

Conclusion
Le processus turc est complexe et oblige à réviser la notion même d'harmonie vocalique : toutes les voyelles d'un même mot ne sont pas forcément compatibles entre elles ; la compatibilité est en effet chronologique et asymétrique :
 elle est chronologique parce que chaque voyelle n'influe que sur celle qui la suit directement ;
 elle est asymétrique parce que les timbres vocaliques possibles à un emplacement donné ne fonctionnent pas en couples (les timbres [o] et [ö] étant absents des alternances). De plus, l'existence des suffixes de première classe en [e, a] force une réduction des timbres possibles : un suffixe de classe 2 suivant un suffixe de classe 1 voit ses possibilités diminuées de [i, ı, u, ü] à [i, ı]. C'est ainsi que les fins de mots longs sont presque invariablement [e, a] ou [i, ı].

Harmonie vocalique en finnois

L'harmonie vocalique en finnois classe les voyelles en trois types :
 voyelles antérieures : y [y], ö [ø], ä [æ] ;
 voyelles postérieures : u [u], o, a ;
 voyelles neutres : e, i.

Les règles sont les suivantes :
 toute voyelle d'arrière doit être accompagnée de voyelles d'arrière ou de voyelles neutres :
muoto (« forme ») donne muodoton (« informe » ; noter que l'harmonie vocalique s'accompagne d'une alternance consonantique), haamu (« fantôme ») donne haamuille (« aux fantômes »), rangaista (« punir ») donne rangaistu (« puni ») ;
 toute voyelle d'avant doit être accompagnée de voyelles d'avant ou de voyelles neutres :
sytyttää (« allumer ») donne sytyttämällä (« en allumant »), köyhä (« pauvre ») donne köyhimmille (« aux plus pauvres »), yö (« nuit ») donne öissä (« dans les nuits ») ;
 les racines ou thèmes ne comportant que des voyelles neutres forment leurs formes fléchies avec des voyelles d'avant ou d'autres voyelles neutres :
tie (« route ») donne teilläpä (« sur les routes ! »), tiede (« connaissance ») donne tieteellistä (« scientifique »), perhe (« famille ») donne perheellekö ? (« à la famille ? »).

L'harmonie vocalique concerne tous les suffixes et forme fléchies, ce qui engendre des doublets pour toutes les formes qui ne comportent pas seulement des voyelles neutres :
 ä est en correspondance avec a ;
 ö avec o ;
 y avec u.
Ainsi :
 -ssa/ssä (« dans ») : koneessa (« dans la machine ») / yhdessä (« dans un »), etc. ;
 -mus/-mys (suffixe créant un substantif à partir d'un verbe) : kokoomus (« union ») / kysymys (« question »), etc. ;
 -nsa/-nsä (« son », « sa », « leur ») : nuhansa (« son rhume ») / tyttärensä (« sa fille » ou « leur fille »), etc. ;
 -ko/-kö (« est-ce que ») : saanko ? (« est-ce que je peux ? ») / ymmärtäisitkö ? (« est-ce que tu comprendrais ? »), etc.

En revanche, e et i restent invariants :
 -lle/-lle (« à ») : kuurolle (« au sourd ») / ystäville (« aux amis »), etc. ;
 -immin/-immin (« de la manière la plus ») : nopeimmin (« le plus rapidement ») / kätevimmin (« le plus commodément »).

L'harmonie vocalique respecte le thème d'origine dans les mots composés :
 kirjoituspöytä : « bureau », de kirjoitus (« écriture ») et pöytä (« table ») ;
 surumielisyys : « mélancolie », de suru (« tristesse ») et mieli (« esprit »),
 dans l'autre sens (voyelles d'avant puis voyelles d'arrière) : elämänvaatimus : « besoin vital », de elämä (« vie ») et vaatimus (« nécessité »), etc.
Les suffixes se plient alors seulement à l'aspect vocalique du dernier thème :
 kirjoituspöydällä (« sur le bureau ») ;
 surumielisyyttä (« de la mélancolie ») ;
 elämänvaatimuksina (« en tant que besoins vitaux »).

Certains mots empruntés à des langues étrangères ne suivent pas l'harmonie vocalique : polymeeri (« polymère »), autoritäärinen (« autoritaire »). Une harmonie vocalique spontanée peut alors apparaître : olympia étant par exemple prononcé comme olumpia. Les formes fléchies suivent plutôt le vocalisme de la fin du mot : polymeereissä (« dans les polymères »).

Harmonie vocalique en hongrois
L'harmonie vocalique du hongrois oppose deux classes de voyelles, selon le point d'articulation (position de la langue) : les voyelles d'arrière, dites sombres et celles d'avant, dites claires. La classe des voyelles claires est subdivisée en deux sous-classes selon que la voyelle est arrondie ou non (forme des lèvres) :
 voyelles sombres : a/á, o/ó et u/ú ;
 voyelles claires : i/í, e/é, ö/ő et ü/ű dont
 non arrondies : i/í, e/é ;
 arrondies : ö/ő et ü/ű.

Les paires de voyelles ci-dessus correspondent à une opposition de longueur ; dans la suite de la section la seconde forme, la longue, sera omise, la longueur n'affectant l'harmonie vocalique. Par exemple, a est postérieur ([ɒ]) et que á est antérieur ([aː]), mais les deux voyelles sont considérés comme sombres.

Les règles, qui apparaissent surtout dans l'agglutination par ajout de suffixes, sont les suivantes :
 toute voyelle sombre (d'arrière) doit être suivie d'une voyelle sombre ;
 toute voyelle claire (d'avant) doit être suivie d'une voyelle claire ;
 les arrondies sont suivies d'arrondies quand le suffixe possède une forme arrondie, sinon d'une antérieure.
Il existe des exceptions ; notamment e et i sont partiellement compatibles avec les voyelles sombres.

Les suffixes sont le plus souvent à deux (arrière ~ avant) ou trois possibilités (arrière ~ avant non arrondies ~ avant arrondies). Quelques suffixes en i (voire en e) possèdent une seule forme, d'autres peuvent en posséder jusqu'à quatre (arrière non arrondies ~ arrière arrondies ~ avant non arrondies ~ avant arrondies), s'il s'agit de voyelles de liaisons. Voici les alternances possibles, avec exemples :
 [e, a, ö, o]Exemple : -([e,a,ö,o])m (première personne du singulier du possessif) :
 társ (compagnon) → társam : mon compagnon ;
 barát (ami) → barátom : mon ami ;
 férj (mari) → férjem : mon mari ;
 bőrönd (valise) → bőröndöm : ma valise.
 [e, ö, o]Exemple : -h[e,ö,o]z (chez, avec changement de lieu) :
 Péter → Péterhez : [vers] chez Péter ;
 Erdős → Erdőshöz : chez [Monsieur] Erdős ;
 László → Lászlóhoz : [en direction de] chez László.
 [e, a]Exemple -n[é,á]l (chez, sans changement de lieu)
 Péter → Péternél : chez Péter
 Anna → Annánál : chez Anna
 [ü, u]Exemple : -[ü,u]nk (première personne du pluriel) :
 csinál (faire) → csinálunk : [nous] faisons ;
 keres (chercher) → keresünk : [nous] cherchons.
 [ö, o]Exemple : -t[ő,ó]l (en provenance de chez) :
 Péter → Pétertől : de chez Péter ;
 Anna → Annától : de chez Anna.
 [i]Exemple : -ig (jusqu'à) :
 ház (maison) → házig : jusqu'à [la] maison.
 [e]Exemple : -ék (famille) :
 Kovács → Kovácsék : la famille Kovács.
 [o]Exemple : -kor (à, au sens temporel) :
 négy (quatre) → négykor : à quatre heures ;
 karácsony (Noël) → karácsonykor : à Noël.

Cette règle de l'harmonie vocalique conduit la plupart des mots à contenir uniquement le même type de voyelles, voire parfois une seule et unique voyelle, par exemple :
 enged (accepter)
 eng-esztel (apaiser)
 meg-engesztel (apaiser)
 megengesztel-het (peut apaiser)
 megengesztelhet-etlen (implacable)
 megengesztelhetetlen-ebb (plus implacable)
 leg-megengesztelhetetlenebb (le plus implacable)
 leges-legmegengesztelhetetlenebb (le plus implacable des plus implacables)
 legeslegmegengesztelhetetlenebb-ek (les plus implacables des plus implacables)
 legeslegmegengesztelhetetlenebbek-kel (avec les plus implacables des plus implacables)

Les mots étrangers (exemple : sofőr, chauffeur) ou composés (exemple : jármű, véhicule) peuvent ne pas respecter cette règle. Dans ce cas, on accorde les suffixes en fonction de la dernière voyelle du mot :
 sofőr → sofőrrel : avec le chauffeur ;
 jármű → járműben : dans le véhicule.
Dans le cas des mots étrangers, si la dernière voyelle (prononcée) est un i, alors on regarde la voyelle précédente :
 Berlin → Berlinben : à Berlin ;
 Párizs → Párizsban : à Paris ;
 Émile → Émile-lel : avec Émile ;
 Fanny → Fanny-val : avec Fanny.
S'il n'y a pas d'autres voyelles, on utilise des suffixes à voyelles claires :
 Dili → Diliben : à Dili.

Harmonie vocalique en shona
En shona (langue bantoue), l'harmonie ne concerne que l'aperture ; il existe deux classes de voyelles et les seuls timbres alternants sont [e] et [i] :
 voyelles fermées : [i], [u] ; suivies de [i] ;
 voyelles ouvertes : [e], [o] ; suivies de [e].

Bibliographie

Articles connexes

 Liste des modifications phonétiques ;
 Assimilation ;
 Dilation.

Morphophonologie

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Phulbari Day: Celebrating people's power
Created: Tuesday, 26 August 2014 14:36
The Project: From BHP to Asia Energy
Bangladesh government had originally awarded an exploration license for Phulbari to the Australian company BHP Minerals in 1994 and discovered Phulbari coalmine. But they did not continue. In 1997, Asia Energy (AEC) was formed mysteriously and in 1998 BHP transferred its license to this newly formed company. The question why BHP, after discovering the Phulbari mine, withdrew from this huge profit opportunity is a very crucial one.
I found the answer when I met a former consultant of BHP, Nazrul Islam, at a seminar in Sydney, Australia. He had been involved in the whole process of BHP entry, discovery and departure. Later he wrote about it too. He explained, 'BHP was interested in open-cut mining on consideration of several factors, profit and its own expertise. But BHP could not locate a shallow coal deposit around 100m depth; the Phulbari deposit is much deeper between 150m and 260m. BHP knew very well that an open-cut mine at such depth would need multi-dimensional long-term environmental studies besides tackling geological and engineering problems. Considering flood-prone deltaic region having numerous rivers with heavy monsoon rainfall, it is easy to understand that it would be rather impossible to pass through environmental regulations of any country, not to speak of comparable Australian standards.'
Nazrul further pointed out, 'BHP did not want to create another environmental disaster like Ok-Tedi Copper Mine in Papua New Guinea where it had to quickly abandon the mine and paid hefty compensation to the surrounding inhabitants. The poisonous mine water seepages contaminated the nearby river and destroyed everything downstream. It is obvious that open-cut coal mining in Bangladesh is far more complex'.
Yes, this explains the causes behind BHP's departure. But the questions that how Asia Energy was quickly formed and why a reputed company like BHP transferred its license to this inexperienced unknown company, and moreover how the government of Bangladesh could recommend this transfer, still remain to be answered. Nazrul knew about license transfer to AEC, and he insisted that, 'a new company like AEC that does not have any mining expertise, Bangladesh cannot afford the luxury to take that sort of a gamble.'
Asia Energy planned for 15 million tons of coal extraction yearly, 75-80 per cent of the coal to be exported through Sundarban mangrove forest against only 6 per cent royalty for Bangladesh. An expert committee was formed by the then government to examine the development plan submitted by AEC. The committee submitted their report in September 2006. It was headed by Dr. Nurul Islam, a senior Professor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). After long examination and critical analysis the committee rejected the project and termed it as legally flawed, environmentally disastrous and economically harming national interest. Two years later, mining expert Roger Moody in his study 'Phulbari coal: a Perilous project' examined company's environment impact assessment (EIA). On the other hand, Jennifer Kalafut, a rehabilitation expert, studied company's rehabilitation plan and published her analysis and findings in 'Phulbari Coal Project: A Displacement Disaster in the Name of Development'. Both of these reports also showed in details how the company's plans and reports were full of ambiguity, misinformation, contradiction and gaps; in both assessments whole project was fraudulent to say the least. All these revealing studies forced ADB to pull out from the project in 2008.
Peoples resistance and Phulbari Agreement
In fact, people's assessment of the project was correct from the very beginning before experts spoke out. Therefore it was not a surprise that the project faced huge resistance first by local community, then by national alliance for safeguarding national interest and environment. When the company continued their activities and tried to create support base by bribing, cheating and using thugs then people reacted sharply. And a 'gherao' (siege) of the Asia Energy field office on 26 August 2006 in Phulbari was declared.
From the morning on that day, processions came streaming into the town, gathered at the Phulbari Dhaka moar and GM Pilot High School. A procession of more than 80 thousand women, men, Bangalee and indigenous people marched towards the Asia Energy office there around 3 pm. Police and the then BDR, para military force, obstructed them on the way at the bridge over Choto Jomuna River after Nimtala corner. After getting assurance from the district administration about withdrawal of Asia Energy from the area, the leaders declared end of the programme with relevant ultimatum. After few moments, BDR fired on the protesters.
Three young boys– Tariqul, Al-Amin and Salekin– were killed on the spot and hundreds were injured, 50 were bullet-hit, and others injured in baton charge when law enforcers turned brutal on the agitators who joined the gathering. It was cold-blooded murder in favour of the Asia Energy to terrorise agitating people. Section 144 was declared in the area. But people did not stop.
The protestors called a strike for an indefinite period. Roads and rail routes to and from Phulbari were blocked. Women took the lead from 27 August and made a historic uprising. Asia Energy officials fled from the area, BDR were withdrawn on August 28. Protestors were in control of all the six thanas and the town. People all over the country including capital city Dhaka expressed their solidarity by different means. National Committee declared countrywide strike on 30 August, 2006.
After days of strikes, protest, demonstrations and blockades, the then BNP-led government was compelled to sign an agreement on August 30. 'Phulbari Agreement' (as it is known) was signed between the government of Bangladesh and the people (National Committee to Protect Oil Gas Mineral Resources Port and Power represented the people.) The main points of the agreement were:
1. 'Phulbari coal project will be scrapped and Asia energy will be ousted from the country.'
2. 'No open pit mining will be allowed anywhere in the country'.
3. 'Mining method and other steps for coal development and utilization will be taken after proper consultation with the people, keeping national interest in tact'.
The then opposition leader and the present Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited Phulbari on September 4, 2006, and extended her full support to the agreement. She also made strong commitment to implement this agreement if people allow her to form government. Despite this commitment, the agreement has yet to be implemented. On the contrary, the company lobbyists have been busy in creating support base for the project by spending money earned from the fraudulent share business.
Asia Energy changed its name to Global Coal Management (GCM) after August-2006 bloodshed and uprising. It had been incorporated in London Stock Exchange Alternative Investment Market (AIM). It is the less regulated market as Wikipedia describes it as a 'sub-market of the London Stock Exchange, allowing smaller companies to float shares with a more flexible regulatory system than is applicable to the main market. ..'
Experts opinion against open pit mining
The latest 'expert committee' was formed in September 2011. The main report of the committee (date shown January 2012) had following observations (italic mine) on open pit mining in Bangladesh:
"In case of coal reserves in Bangladesh it is a fact that open pit mining could increase the productivity of the mine manifold making it extremely attractive for the investors, but damage to the environments as well as irreparable loss to the social and ecological spheres could be far more than the apparent benefit from the increased output of coal. Though scientifically it can be argued that strip mining will enable to use land after a few years; but in practice it may be impossible to restore the land to its original fertility once the top soil has been removed." (Page 15)
"Damages resulting from the open pit mining may be too much to be accepted. Apparent gain from the open pit mining may in fact prove to be not justified if all the future factors are cautiously discounted." (Page 15)
"Dewatering of the UDT aquifer to ensure safe mining conditions will require extraction of ground water over the whole of mine life. Ground water flows from a system of high yielding bores surrounding the mine of up to 7500 l/s will be required and there will be regional drawdown impacts." (P. 28)
"The loss in agricultural products due to coal mining by open pit mining could be such that the prospect of adequate food grain production in the country may be at stake. Under such circumstances the coal mining may not be the option for supplying energy to the country." (p. 44)
"Open pit mining is less costly but more damaging for environment. It requires large area for dumping overburdens. According to estimate, the ratio of overburdens and coal is 25:1 that is 25 metric tons of overburdens would have to be removed for one metric ton of coal. This underground predominantly pollutants will be dumped in the poor subsistence agricultural plots surrounding rivers, water bodies or open marshy lands. The pollutants will not only contaminate the surrounding water bodies but the rivers, canals and water bodies of entire lower riparian." (p. 49)
Implementation of Phulbari Agreement must be the first step
Despite million-dollar lobbying for billion-dollar mine, the cases against Phulbari open pit mine project by Asia Energy getting stronger. Phulbari agreement, a historic document of socio-political contract, remains as people's verdict written by blood and endorsed by two major political alliances of the country. In addition to that, independent experts from home and abroad have repeatedly rejected open pit project at Phulbari as technically unfeasible, environmentally catastrophic, socially and economically disastrous.
Bangladesh needs to follow a different direction to get rid of corporate hegemony over natural resources, change policies of sacrificing people's interest for giving benefit to a few, and find the way to solve power and energy crisis in a sustainable way. Full implementation of Phulbari agreement is a must as a first step in that direction. The government of Bangladesh and all the relevant people must note that people in no way will allow them to destroy and plunder the country this way. The shareholders must quit this fraudulent project of GCM to save their money, the government must implement Phulbari agreement to earn credibility; the mercenaries must stop lobbying for plunderers. People have given their lives, sustained injury. Still they are morally strong, united and vigilant to protect resources of this country.
(August 26, 2014 Published by bdnews24.com)


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