Mowing the lawn is hard work, especially on a warm day. Not only do you have to mow the grass, but you also have to dispose of the clippings. Some people add the clippings to a compost pile in their yard, which is a great idea. But did you know that some grasses can be used as a source of energy? In this energy science fair project, you will learn more about a type of energy called biomass energy. You will grow different kinds of grasses and see which type of grass gives you the most biomass, which will produce the most energy.
To grow three different types of grasses and then determine which grass produces the most biomass and therefore, will produce the most energy.
Science Buddies Staff. "Go Green by Growing Green: How to Extract Energy from Grass." Science Buddies, 11 Nov. 2017, https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/Energy_p034/energy-power/how-to-extract-energy-from-grass. Accessed 24 Apr. 2019.
Have you ever thought about all of the activities that you and your family participate in every day? Maybe on some days your parents drive you to soccer or swim practice. On other days, maybe you jump in the car and go out for some ice cream after school. Sometimes when you get home from school, you just want to relax and watch a little TV before getting started on your homework. After dinner at home, you may be in charge of loading the dirty dishes into the dishwasher. What do all of these activities have in common? They all require energy to perform. Yes, your energy, but also the energy of the objects you use. Whenever you use a car, you use gasoline, which produces energy. Turning on the TV, using a dishwasher, and even turning on the lights uses electricity, another type of energy, sometimes produced by coal. Coal and gasoline are fossil fuels and come from the earth. Fossil fuels are made from animals and plants that lived millions of years ago. Since we dig up fossil fuels from the earth, there is a limited supply. Once we use it up, we would have to wait for 1 million years for more!
The United States uses 378 million gallons of gasoline every day! A gallon is the size of a milk jug—378 million milk jugs of gasoline is a lot of gasoline! Many scientists and citizens believe that burning coal and using gasoline produces toxic air pollution and greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gases may contribute to global warming and climate change. What can we do to reduce pollution and greenhouse gases? Well, we can try to reduce our use of fossil fuels and increase our use of other kinds of energy, like renewable energy. Renewable energy sources are natural and are naturally replenished. An example of a renewable energy is biomass energy. The source of biomass energy is living or recently dead plants. Plants change energy from the Sun into biomass energy, because plants can be used to make ethanol, an alternative fuel for gasoline. Scientists are studying grasses like corn, switchgrass, and Miscanthus giganteus for use in producing ethanol fuel. The advantage of switchgrass and Miscanthus giganteus is that they are both perennial grasses that can grow to be 9–13 feet tall, and produce lots of stalks and leaves. They require little fertilizer and are native to the United States. They grow well in different kinds of climates, and in both arid and marshland areas.
In this energy science fair project, you will learn more about biomass energy. You will grow three kinds of grasses and see which kind produces the most biomass. More biomass means more energy. Do some grasses grow faster than others? Do some grasses grow taller than others? This energy science fair project will help you figure out the answers to these questions. Everybody talks about going green and green energy; do this science fair project and you will be "growing" green!
What are some examples of renewable energy?
What is fossil fuel and what happens when you burn fossil fuel?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of biomass energy?
What are the differences between switchgrass and Miscanthus giganteus grass?
Here is an interesting article on Miscanthus giganteus.
The Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration publishes information and statistics on this country's energy consumption.
Digital scale with high resolution, such as the Fast Weigh MS-500-BLK Digital Pocket Scale, 500 by 0.1 G, available from Amazon.com.
The scale should be able to reliably measure changes as small as 1 gram (g) and 0.1 ounce (oz.).
If you don't have a digital scale in your kitchen, you could ask to borrow one from your school, or purchase one from your local home goods store.
As an alternative, you could also borrow a triple-beam balance from your school.
Important Note: The time it will take you to complete this experiment is largely based on whether or not you can plant your seeds all at once outside in warm weather, or one trial at a time under a grow lamp, inside, in cold weather. Please read through the procedure before you begin to estimate how long it will take you.
Make sure your cartons have been well cleaned.
Use a ruler and pen to measure and mark the cartons half way up their height.
Use the scissors and carefully cut all of the cartons in half at the mark you measured.
Discard the upper halves of all of the cartons. You should now have nine paper plant pots. Make sure that all of the pots are the same height.
Place a towel on a hard surface, like a table top, then place the first pot on top of it, with the open end up. Use the Philips head screwdriver and carefully poke six drainage holes in the bottom of the carton. These holes will allow excess water to drain out. Repeat this step with all of the cartons, using a towel underneath each one to protect the surface underneath.
Now fill three of the pots with potting soil, using the hand trowel. Fill the pot at least half way with soil. You can fill it as much as 1 centimeter (cm) from the top. Lightly pack the soil into the pot with your hand.
Take 30 wheat or rye seeds and plant them in the first pot that is labeled Wheat or Rye. You should plant the seeds in an orderly fashion. For example, you should plant five rows of six seeds each, with the seeds evenly spaced. Gently push each seed 1/2 inch into the soil. Cover the seeds with soil, and put a little more soil on top, filling the container all the way to the top.
Repeat step 4, planting 30 corn seeds in the Corn pot.
Repeat step 4, planting 30 oats seeds in the Oats pot.
Check the seed packet to determine the temperature range for each plant.
You can place the plants outdoors.
You can then run two additional trials at the same time. The purpose of performing more than one trial is to minimize error and uncertainty in your data.
Repeat steps 3–6 two additional times, labeling the pots with trial numbers 2 and 3. Place each set of three pots, one of each seed type, at three different sunny and warm locations in your yard.
You should use a grow lamp to provide light to your plants.
The top of the plants should be 7 1/2 –10 centimeters (cm) from the grow lamp.
If you are using a grow lamp as the source of light, then you will have to wait until the first trial is completed before starting the second trial, and then wait for the second trial to complete before starting the third trial.
Carefully water each pot of seeds with the watering can. You should water the pots with enough water that they start to drip from the drainage holes.
If the plants are inside you may want to use a container underneath the pots to catch the extra water that drips out of the drainage holes.
Note down in your lab notebook the date that you planted the seeds in a data table, like the one shown below.
Observe your pots daily, and keep the soil moist. As soon as you see the first seedling, mark down the seed type and the date in the data table. Continue observing each day and record when you see the 10th and the 20th seedling for each seed type.
Start measuring the height of the seedlings two days after the first sprout comes up. Record the height and type of each seedling in another data table, like the one shown below. You should have nine height data tables, one for each seed type for each trial. Then calculate and record only the average, by day, in your Plant Growth and Development data table.
First fill a bucket with water and then gently wash the soil off the leaves and roots. Try to get rid of as much dirt from the roots as you can. This will take time so be patient. See Figures 1 and 2, below. Note: Don't clean all of the plants from the different seed types together. Just clean one group of plants at a time.
Once a group of plants is clean, dry it completely with paper towels and then temporarily store the group of plants in a plastic baggie. Label the plastic baggie with the seed type and trial number. If you have been growing the seeds outdoors, you will have nine baggies: three with wheat or rye seedlings, three with corn seedlings, and three with oat seedlings. If you used a grow lamp, you will only have three baggies right now, one for each seed type.
Figure 1. Put a group of seedlings in a bucket of water to clean the dirt.
Figure 2. Gently loosen the roots of the seedlings from the dirt.
Now place a new paper towel on the digital scale. Open the first wheat or rye baggie and weigh the group of seedlings. This is the "fresh weight." Record the fresh weight of the seedlings in a data table, like the one shown below.
Weigh the seedlings from all of the baggies, one at a time, recording the seed type, the trial, and the fresh weight.
Now dry the seedlings. Follow the procedure detailed in the Science Buddies document Measuring Plant Growth to consistently dry the different grasses. This procedure keeps the drying variables to a minimum, which is important if you are conducting trials on different days.
Once all of the plants are crisp, reweigh them using the digital scale. Record the "dry weight" in your lab notebook. Calculate the percent change in the weight of each of the groups of seedlings. Use Equation 1 to calculate the percent change in weight.
If you used a grow lamp to provide light for the plants, repeat steps 3–17 two more times. The purpose of performing more than one trial is to minimize error and uncertainty in your data. Record all your data in your lab notebook.
Now you can analyze and graph your data. You can make your graphs by hand or if you want to learn more about graphing or make your graphs online, try the following website: Create a Graph.
Graph the average height of each seed type versus time. Label the x-axis Days and the y-axis Height.
Make another graph, plotting the fresh weight and the dry weight for each of the seed types that you used. Label the x-axis Seed Type and the y-axis Weight.
You can also plot the percent change in weight between fresh and dry for each seed type. Label the x-axis Seed Type and the y-axis Percent Change in Weight. Looking through the data, can you determine which of the seeds you chose yields the most biomass and would be the best converter of light energy to biomass energy?
Try repeating this science fair project using different grasses, such as rice or barley.
Extract and compare the energy of the grasses that you grew. Review the following Science Buddies science fair project to learn one way to extract the energy from the different grasses: Burning Biofuels: Comparing Nonrenewable and Renewable Fuels.
Allow the grasses to grow for a longer time and mature, and then extract the energy, as described in the Science Buddies science fair project, Burning Biofuels: Comparing Nonrenewable and Renewable Fuels. How does the maturity of the grass affect the energy extracted?


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Attorney charged in bribery scheme to stay free until trial
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A private attorney accused along with four Toledo City Council members of taking part in a bribery and extortion scheme will be allowed to remain free while the case proceeds, a judge has ruled.
Federal prosecutors had sought to have Keith Mitchell detained until his trial, arguing that he eluded authorities for more than a day after learning of the pending charges. They also said Mitchell potentially obstructed justice when he called the council members after learning he and they were the targets of the corruption probe.
Mitchell, 69, told a federal judge late Wednesday that he thought the call he received early Tuesday from an FBI agent was nothing more than a prank, which is why he did not disclose his location during the call.
Mitchell and his four co-defendants — Tyrone Riley, Yvonne Harper, Larry Sykes and Garrick "Gary" Johnson, all Democrats who serve on the council — face bribery and extortion charges. Harper also faces a count of interstate communications with intent to extort, and prosecutors allege she used Mitchell to solicit and funnel bribe payments.
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Where Is the World Cup's Most Important Player, and Will He Finally Reveal Himself a Little?
Egypt began its landmark World Cup campaign today, but Mo Salah—the tournament's most elusive and most important player—stayed on the bench.
Salah photographed on the sidelines of the Russia 2018 World Cup Group A football match between Egypt and Uruguay on June 15th.By Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images.
How is it that the most important player in the World Cup is the most pointedly low-key? It was bizarrely fitting that Mohamed Salah celebrated both his birthday and Egypt's first Cup appearance in 28 years today, and didn't end up making it off the bench in the end.
It wasn't for lack of skill or desire. Salah was the English Premier League's player of the year this past season, breaking the record for goals in a season during his first full one in the league. And by all accounts, he's been a unifying force for Egypt after spearheading its campaign for World Cup qualification. (Add Eid al-Fitr to today's celebrations for Salah, a devout Muslim.) But after leading his club Liverpool to the Champions League final last month, he suffered a shoulder injury that prompted a long game of will-he, won't-he. As of the hours before the match, when starting lineups were announced, we thought he would. Up until 90 minutes into the game itself, we thought he would, as a sub. And then he didn't, still too injured to take the pitch.
Salah is the first player in recent memory who could conceivably break the 10-year Lionel Messi-Cristiano Ronaldo stronghold on the Ballon d'Or, the annual award for the world's best player. Liverpool fans cooked up a stadium song for him to the tune of Manchester rock band James's 1989 hit single "Sit Down." Its immediate popularity and incantatory quality—"Mo Salah, Mo Salah, Mo Salah, running down the wing!"—has made him seem even more magisterial than he already was. Currently, there's a mural of him in Times Square.
Salah's first appearance at the World Cup would've been a welcome spectacle. But leave it to a distractingly humble player to make such an anti-entrance. His publicity plays are altruistic rather than self-aggrandizing: he appeared in a Egyptian anti-drug campaign ad that reportedly went the way of a Logic V.M.A.s performance and prompted a 400 percent increase in rehab hotline calls. And since moving to the Premier League, not only has he not undertaken any of its traditional nighttime activities, but the thought just doesn't compute. By contrast, French superstar Antoine Griezmann staged a LeBron James-esque The Decision last night to announce that he's . . . staying at his current club.
One unfortunate upshot of Salah's modesty, though, is that despite his massive following, we don't know much about him personally. I've studied his Instagram for months now, and there's really only one insight to be gleaned: he really, really likes his Liverpool teammate Dejan Lovren, one of the silliest players to ever do it. (See: Lovren precipitating this own goal in the biggest match of his and his teammates' lives up to that point.) If Salah is your friend who inadvertently makes you feel small—you don't think he thinks he's too good for you, but you think that yourself—Lovren is your friend who you're openly embarrassed by. It's a deeply odd pairing.
A major question for the World Cup is whether Salah can carry Egypt. But another question: will he let us in a little? There's a little Messi about Salah, and not just in that they're both outrageously talented, diminutive lefties. Can Messi be that great and that good? Apparently not. Rumor has it that the standard Ronaldo-Messi narrative, where the former is a jerk and the latter is all smiles, has always been oversimplified. And it does seem unlikely that anyone could scale the heights of a global sport without a bit of an edge.
Most sports-betting Web sites will tell you that the World Cup's most important player won't go very far in it—there's a reason Egypt hasn't qualified in 28 years. Could that mean seeing a different side of Salah?


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Name: Einink, Bernard H. (1865-1949)
Bernard H. Einink was one of the few early Christian Reformed ministers born in America. His parents came from Gelderland, the Netherlands, and lived in Clymer, New York. Bernard was born in Clymer on September 18, 1865.
The Eininks joined the Dutch Reformed Church. However, when the lodge question became an acute issue a small group of twenty families, including the Eininks, organized a Christian Reformed Church. Although this small congregation did not have a long history, it did have one son enter the ministry.
When Bernard made profession of faith, at the age of eighteen, he expressed a desire to become a minister. In 1886, the Curatorium of the Theological School in Grand Rapids accepted him and H. Walkotten. In 1893, he graduated and, on September 17, was ordained as pastor of the congregation in Jenison, Michigan.
The Lafayette, Indiana, Christian Reformed Church called him 1894. This congregation of United Presbyterian origin enjoyed peace and progress during the Einink ministry that ended in 1902. From Lafayette, Rev. Einink moved to Roseland (see two letters) and later to First Muskegon in 1909. The second largest congregation of the denomination of that time was Central Avenue, Holland, Michigan, which called him in 1915. His last church was in Ellsworth, Michigan, where he served energetically and faithfully from 1924 until 1934. The final years of his life (until 1949) were marked with illness and losses—a fractured hip in 1937 incapacitated him, a severe stroke came in 1940, the loss of a son, and the loss of his wife (see Nellie Spyken) in 1946.
Rev. Einink wholeheartedly served not only his congregation but also the denomination. He was stated clerk of a classis and curator of the school. He was active in the Christian school movement.
Bernard H. Einink passed away March 21, 1949.
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Strut repress a classic from 2010, The Heliocentrics' groundbreaking studio collaboration with Lloyd Miller, '(OST)'.Recorded following their award-winning collaboration with Ethio jazz pioneer, Mulatu Astatke (Mojo magazine Top 50 of the year 2009, Sunday Times World Music Album of the year), pioneering UK collective The Heliocentrics resurfaced with another fascinating jazz enigma, ethno-musicologist, jazz maestro and multi-instrumentalist, Lloyd Miller. Learning various instruments and immersing himself in New Orleans jazz through his father, a professional clarinet player, Lloyd Miller first trained himself in the styles of George Lewis and Jimmy Giuffre and cut his first Dixieland jazz 78 rpm record in 1950. During the late '50s, his father landed a job in Iran and Miller began to develop a lifelong interest in Persian and Eastern music forms, learning to play a vast array of traditional ethnic instruments from across Asia and the Middle East.He toured Europe heavily, basing himself in Switzerland, Belgium, Sweden, Germany (where he played with Eddie Harris and Don Ellis) and, most famously, in Paris where he worked with leftfield bandleader Jef Gilson, a phenomenon in French jazz during the early '60s. Miller returned to the Middle East during the '70s, landing his own TV show on NIRTV in Tehran under the name Kurosh Ali Khan. His show became a national fixture and ran for seven years. More recently, his mid-'60s album 'Oriental Jazz' has become a collector's favourite.Emerging from an acoustic jazz session in 2007 set up by Jazzman, the Heliocentrics collaboration was recorded at the band's Quatermass Studios in East London during January and February 2010, a fresh, freeform mix of Eastern arrangements, jazz and angular psychedelics. The recordings involved a number of ethnic instruments that Miller played and studied throughout his career including the oud, Phonofiddle, Indian santur, Chinese shawm and wooden flute. Lloyd Miller & The Heliocentrics' '(OST)' will be repressed on its original 2LP format, 1000 copies only.


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This is a great quick and easy dish or appetizer to enjoy with your Valentine. Short cooking time and great taste make for a memorable evening.
3-4 boneless and skinless chicken breast or you can use chicken tender, about a 1lb.
Remove any visible fat and rinse the chicken breast.
Place the paprika, garlic, honey, salt and pepper in a container which can be covered and mix together.
Add the chicken strips and coat them thoroughly with the mixture.
Drizzle olive oil over the chicken until it is all coated.
Let the chicken marinade for at least 30 minutes. The longer it marinades, the tastier it will be. It can be left overnight.
At this point you can make an extra batch to freeze so you can have a quick and fast meal anytime. Freezing the portions flat will ensure that the defrosting process is quick. You could probably have it ready to put on the grill in less than 2 hours.
Using an electric grill, set the cooking temperature to about 350F. When the grill is hot, coat the surface with olive oil. You can use a silicone brush to spread the olive oil evenly over the surface.
Skewer each chicken strip on to the wooden stick. Make sure that the strips are fairly flat which will make grilling a much easier task.
Place each skewered chicken on to the hot grill and cook each side about 5-7 minutes. You will know its time to flip it when you see that the edges are beginning to lose its translucent look.
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After years of its members insisting that the Gas Exporting Countries Forum is anything but a cartel, the organisation appears to be on its way to becoming precisely that. How worried should consuming countries in Europe be? Not too worried – yet.
Next month, at a meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) in the Algerian city of Oran, Algeria's energy minister, Chakib Khelil, will urge its members to adopt a policy of production cuts to support gas prices in traded markets. If the members accept, we will be witnessing the birth of the long-feared "Gas-OPEC" – something that most of the forum's members have spent years insisting was not part of their agenda. That was never entirely convincing. Now, it seems, the mask has slipped. The GECF could end up being a cartel after all – and sooner than most observers believed.
Could it work? Numerous commentators, among them some of the energy ministers of the countries that make up the GECF, have over the years insisted that it could not. Gas, they have argued, is fundamentally different to oil, as are the structures of gas markets and contracts. So it is highly significant – and perhaps ironic – that the call for price support should come from the Algerian Minister Khelil, an influential figure on the global energy stage who spent years working for the World Bank before taking up his ministerial post. Despite the rise of Qatar as the world's biggest LNG producer, Algeria remains the biggest exporter of natural gas in the Middle East and North Africa, by LNG and through major pipelines to southern Europe. It is unlikely that Khelil would make such a suggestion without having done his homework.
There are, in fact, many reasons why a gas cartel would be difficult to implent. In making his announcement at last week's meeting of OPEC ministers in Vienna, Khelil recognised that any production cuts would necessarily be restricted to spot and short-term gas in traded markets. Most gas is sold under long-term contract. In most cases the downward flexibility provisions in these contracts have already been exercised by buyers faced with drastic demand declines in their home markets.
Indeed, the wide divergence of oil and gas prices in traded markets that we have seen over the past year, has been putting heavy pressure on the oil price-indexation that most such contracts incorporate. Buyers do all they can to be able to source much cheaper gas in the traded markets, as Khelil himself conceded. That is one reason why Gazprom recently agreed to introduce an element of gas-indexation in some of its contracts with Eon Ruhrgas. At the recent Flame gas conference in Amsterdam, Jon A. Jacobsen, senior vice president of manufacturing and marketing at Statoil, said his company had recently 'modernised' all of its long-term contracts, modifying them to include more free sourcing for buyers.
Price-supporting production cuts would, therefore, have to be restricted mostly to pipeline gas in north-west Europe and North America and, crucially, those volumes of LNG not covered by long-term contracts. The latter make up about a fifth of the LNG market. A key question therefore is whether LNG producers would be willing to shut-in production to bolster prices. Some, such as BP, have previously indicated a willingness to respond to low prices by taking longer to bring new plant on stream and making maintenance intervals longer than they would otherwise be. But such measures will have only marginal impact given the size of the glut the market faces.
If, as some believe, the divergence of oil and gas prices looks likely to persist at least for the next three to four years, the pressures on gas producers to do something to support prices will grow.
How low would gas prices have to go before LNG producers would consider shut-ins? That question is far from straightforward. For many projects a key factor will be the associated production of upstream liquids, such as LPG and condensate, particularly with crude prices currently trading at around $80/barrel. With the surprisingly wide divergence of gas and oil prices we have seen over the past year, some producers may decide to bear a small or even negative netback on LNG, if shutting in production means forgoing revenues on lucrative liquids. For example, when Qatar reaches its target of 77 million tonnes/year of LNG production it will also produce around 30 million tonnes/year (220 millon barrels/year) of associated liquids.
Suppliers would not consider shutting in LNG production for economic reasons as long as production can still cover marginal (variable) operating costs. Only those costs would be saved if the liquefaction plant were to shut down. Any revenue that exceeds these variable costs makes some contribution to the fixed costs and therefore the project would be worse off if it shut down. LNG marginal costs can be as low as $0.50/MMBtu, about 12% of the current spot price.
As several commentators, including Alberto Alvarez, commercial director of Repsol Gas Natural LNG (Stream), have pointed out, many of the final investment decisions on the LNG plants now coming on stream were made in the early part of the 2000s, when prices in traded markets were even lower than they are now. Moreover, many LNG projects are project-financed with non-recourse or limited-recourse loans, the terms of which can make it difficult or impossible to shut in production.
But there are other arguments too against the idea that an OPEC-style gas cartel is currently feasible, as European Energy Review has previously reported.
Most gas is currently sold under long-term bilateral contracts between a single seller and a single buyer. These stipulate in detail the delivery terms and the basis of the price, usually with a linkage to oil and/or oil products.
Gas markets remain regional rather than global, with their own individual physical infrastructures, contracting structures and price formation mechanisms. LNG is having a globalising influence but the pricing linkages between regional markets remain tenuous.
Gas in its primary market, power generation, can be substituted by coal, nuclear power, renewables or indeed oil, whereas oil's role in transportation is not easily substitutable – leading to relatively inelastic demand.
Some feel there is little need for a gas cartel as gas producers piggy-back on an existing cartel – OPEC – because most gas contracts are priced on the basis of linkages to oil or oil products.
Nevertheless, the world is changing and the direction it will take is hard to predict right now. If, as some believe, the divergence of oil and gas prices looks likely to persist at least for the next three to four years, the pressures on gas producers to do something to support prices will grow. The alternative will be a collapse in new investment in gas production, as Khelil fears, which would be against the interests of consumers in the long term.
LNG tanker docked in port with the liquefaction plant in the background.
So what are the arguments in favour of the possibility of a gas cartel? While it is true that long-term contracts will form the basis of most gas trades for the foreseeable future, the development of spot and short-term trading, especially in LNG, is accelerating. In some markets, notably the US and the UK, gas-to-gas competition has become the norm, even when gas is delivered by pipeline. Gas markets are becoming increasingly liquid and interlinked. Events in one regional market – whether it be a nuclear shut-down in Japan, or a sudden revival of gas production growth in the US – already can have dramatic and immediate effects on other markets. The example of how LNG business has metamorphosed over the past decade suggests that business-as-usual cannot be assumed in the long term.
And, as we are seeing, protestations by GECF members that their association is not aimed at the formation of a cartel can no longer be taken at face value. As globalisation and liquidity increase, scope for co-operation – and, should the parties so chose, collusion – will broaden. It is worth remembering that more than half of the world's conventional reserves of gas are under the control of just three countries: Russia, Iran and Qatar.
Much will depend on whether the unconventional gas revolution (see box) turns out to be a flash in the pan, as some believe, or whether it will endure and spread beyond North America into Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific. Indonesia alone estimates that it has 450 Tcf (trillion cubic feet) of coalbed methane reserves, three times its proved and potential reserves of conventional gas. That compares with Qatar's proved reserves of 900 Tcf.
It will be fascinating to see what transpires at next month's GECF meeting, which will take place on 19 April. What concrete measures will Khelil put forward to narrow the oil/gas price divergence? What action does Algeria itself proposes to take. Someone will have to take the lead – and Khelil seems to have assumed that role for himself.
A key question is how the rise of unconventional gas – which now accounts for more than half of US production, calling into question the term 'unconventional' – will affect the prospects of an effective international gas cartel.
The list of industry leaders that have described the spectacular rise of unconventional gas as a "game-changer" seems to grow by the week. Daniel Yergin, famous head of consultancy Cambridge Energy Research Associates (Cera), Tony Hayward, chief executive of BP, Antonio Brufau, head of Repsol, Fatih Birol, Chief Economist of the International Energy Agency, Peter Voser, head of Shell – all have used that term, or something similar, to describe the impact of shale gas, tight gas and coal-bed methane (CBM) on the global energy economy.
This impact has been so large that in 2009, the United States overtook Russia to become the world's largest gas producer – unthinkable just three years ago – thanks to its lead in unconventional gas development and also as a result of the demand collapse in Europe, Gazprom's main export market. The super-majors, who came to the unconventionals party unfashionably late, have been spending billions taking up new positions – witness ExxonMobil's purchase of shale gas producer XTO Energy last year for no less than $32 billion, to give just one example. Some commentators are now forecasting a gas price crash in traded markets this summer that will make last year's lows look like a picnic in the park – as more unconventional gas and a tsunami of new LNG collide with demand declines in recession-battered markets.
How all of this will impact the world energy balance, but also the balance of political power, it is still too early to say. The rise of unconventional gas may be hastening the development of a gas cartel in the short term – but in the long term it may make it ineffective.
For more stories on the "silent revolution" of unconventional gas, see Surprise, surprise, How gas can change the world and The great potential of unconventional.


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One notable Rhode Island forensic psychologist, Dr. Jorge Armesto, is a Parole Board Member on the State of Rhode Island Parole Board & Sex Offender Community Notification Unit. Dr. Armesto received his PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Massachusetts in Boston, and he completed his clinical internship at the VA Boston Healthcare System and Brockton Division/Harvard Medical School.
His post-doctorate work, however, turned to forensic psychology: he completed training in responsibility evaluations and sex offender treatment. In 2015, as a licensed psychologist in Rhode Island, Dr. Armesto had performed psychotherapy, psychoeducational testing, group therapy, aid-in-sentencing evaluations, psychological testing, and served as an expert witness in correctional, school, and community settings, such as:
Bethany Home of Rhode Island
Bridgewater State Hospital
Massachusetts Department of Correction
If you're ready to launch your career as a forensic psychologist in Rhode Island and provide similar specialized services, you'll start by becoming a licensed psychologist through the Rhode Island Board of Psychology.
The Steps to Become a Forensic Psychologist in Rhode Island
For instructions on how to become a licensed forensic psychologist in Rhode Island, follow these steps:
Earn an Undergraduate Degree in Forensic Psychology
Earn a Master's and Doctoral Degree in Forensic Psychology from an APA-Accredited School
Accumulate 3000 Hours of Supervised Experience
Submit Application for License as a Psychologist in Rhode Island
Pass the Examination of Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP)
Begin Your Career as a Forensic Psychologist in Rhode Island
Earn 24 Hours of Continuing Education to Renew Your Rhode Island License
Step 1. Earn an Undergraduate Degree in Forensic Psychology
Earning a bachelor's degree in forensic psychology is your first step toward becoming a licensed forensic psychologist. Your undergraduate degree will lay a foundation of psychological and legal theory, which will prepare you for further education and your career.
Undergraduate degree programs in forensic psychology available through schools in Rhode Island include, but are not limited to:
Bachelor of Arts or Science in Forensic Psychology
Bachelor of Arts or Science in Psychology – Forensic Psychology
Bachelor of Arts or Science in Mental Health – Forensic Psychology
Bachelor of Arts/Master of Arts in Forensic Psychology
To be accepted into these specialized programs, you will want to meet your college's minimum admissions criteria, which will often include these requirements:
Hold a minimum 2.5 GPA
Maintain good academic standing
Undergraduate degree programs consist of 120-124 credits, including course requirements such as:
General education – 60 credits
Forensic psychology – 39 credits
Electives – 21 credits
Forensic psychology courses include, but are not limited to, courses such as:
Theories of Personality
Introduction to Criminal Justice
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Psychology and the Law
Psychology and Criminal Behavior
Once you earn your undergraduate degree in forensic psychology, you'll be ready to apply to graduate schools.
Step 2. Earn a Master's and Doctoral Degree in Forensic Psychology from an APA-Accredited School
The Rhode Island Board requires that you earn a doctoral degree in psychology in order to become licensed as a psychologist. To earn your doctoral degree, you have two options:
You can enroll in a terminal master's degree which will prepare you for a doctoral degree
You can enroll directly in a doctoral degree program that includes master's-level cousework, since many doctoral programs accept applicants with bachelor's degrees from accredited universities
Earning a Master's Degree in Forensic Psychology
If you want to enroll in a terminal master's degree in forensic psychology, you can choose from numerous degree titles, such as:
Master of Arts in Forensic Psychology
Master of Science in Forensic Psychology
Master of Arts in Criminal and Investigative Psychology
Master of Arts in Counseling and Forensic Psychology
Master of Arts in Forensic and Legal Psychology
Master of Arts in Psychoanalytic Studies – Forensic Psychology
Master of Arts in Criminal Justice – Forensic Psychology
Although each school is different, most forensic psychology master's degree programs have minimum admissions requirements, such as:
Hold a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution
Have taken psychology, statistics, and research methods with a grade of C or higher
Be in good academic standing
Your master's degree program will include between 30-60 credits of coursework and internship experience. Courses that are offered in forensic psychology master's degree programs generally include, but are not limited to, courses such as:
Psychological Basis of Criminology
Criminal Response Assessment
Assessing Competency to Stand Trial
Forensic Evaluation and Assessment
Forensic Interviewing Techniques
Forensic Reporting
Ethical Issues in Forensic Psychology
You will be able to complete your internship experience in local forensic settings, such as psychiatric hospitals, trauma therapy centers, and forensic centers throughout Rhode Island.
The last component of your master's degree will include writing a final thesis. Your thesis gives you the opportunity to conduct, analyze, and synthesize original research. This research may even be the foundation of your further doctoral research.
Doctoral Degree Programs in Forensic Psychology
To be licensed as a psychologist in Rhode Island, you will need to earn a doctoral degree in psychology. The Rhode Island Board requires that your doctoral degree be accredited through the American Psychological Association (APA). The main school that offers an APA-accredited doctoral program in Rhode Island has a campus location in the city of Kingston.
Forensic psychology doctoral programs include, but are not limited to:
PhD in Forensic Psychology
PsyD in Forensic Psychology
PhD in Clinical Psychology – Forensic Psychology
PsyD in Clinical Psychology – Forensic Psychology
PhD in Clinical Forensic Psychology
PsyD in Clinical Forensic Psychology
To be accepted into these competitive programs, you will need to meet high minimum admissions requirements, such as:
Hold a bachelor's degree (or master's degree) from an accredited institution
Hold a high GPA (3.2-3.5)
Have previous research or clinical experience in forensic psychology
Your doctoral degree program in forensic psychology will include between 70 and 100 credits of coursework, clinical work, and a dissertation. The Rhode Island Board requires that your school offer courses in the following required areas of study:
Professional Ethics and Standards
History and Systems of Psychology
Biological Bases of Behavior (Physiological psychology, comparative psychology, neuropsychology, sensation and perception, psychopharmacology)
Cognitive-Affective Bases of Psychology (Learning, thinking, emotion and motivation)
Social Bases of Behavior (Group processes, organizational and systems theory)
Individual Differences (Personality theory, human development, abnormal psychology)
Once you complete your coursework, you will move on to completing your clinical work and dissertation. Your clinical work, or your internship, will need to be conducted in a forensic setting approved by the APA, such as:
Mental health hospitals
Trauma therapy centers
Juvenile detention centers
Jails or prisons
Forensic court services
Once you earn your doctoral degree, you'll be ready to start your post-doctoral supervised experience.
Step 3. Accumulate 3000 Hours of Supervised Experience
You will complete a total of two years (1500 hours each) of supervised experience, and at least one of those years (1500 hours) must be completed after you graduate from your doctoral program.
You will want to earn all 1500 hours of post-doctoral experience in a forensic setting approved by the APA.
The main APA-accredited postdoctoral residency program in Rhode Island is as follows:
Brown University Clinical Psychology Training Consortium, Postdoctoral Fellowship Program – Providence
Step 4. Submit Application for License as a Psychologist in Rhode Island
Once you've completed all 3000 supervised experience hours, you'll be ready to submit your application for a Rhode Island psychologist license by examination. Your application will serve two main purposes, and an optional third purpose:
It will allow the Board to approve you to take the national licensing exam
When you pass the exam, it will allow the Board to issue your license
If you apply for a temporary permit, the Board will issue you a two-year permit, so you can work as a licensed psychologist before you pass the national licensing exam
To complete your application, submit the following documents and materials:
Application for License as a Psychologist/Temporary Permit
$230.00 application fee ($350.00 for Temporary Permit) payable to General Rhode Island Treasurer
Recent, 2×2 photograph of yourself
Official doctoral transcripts send directly from accredited school
Supervised practice forms (pages 11-12 of application)
Pre-Doctoral and Post-doctoral supervised practice forms (page 13 of application)
You can mail all application materials to the Board at their mailing address, which is as follows:
Rhode Island Department of Health
Board of Psychology, Room 104
3 Capitol Hill
Providence, RI 02908-5097
Once the Board receives your application, it will approve you to sit for the national licensing examination.
Step 5. Pass the Examination of Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP)
The last step you need to take before you can earn your license is passing the Examination of Professional Practice in Psychology. The EPPP is offered by the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB).
When the Board notifies ASPPB that you are eligible to take the EPPP, you will be able to register for the EPPP, pay the $600 exam fee, and schedule your examination with Pearson VUE.
Pearson VUE test centers are located in cities in and near Rhode Island, including cities such as:
This 225-question exam will contain questions on various psychological domains, including domains such as:
Cognitive-Affective Bases of Behavior
Social and Cultural Bases of Behavior
Growth and Lifespan Development
Treatment, Intervention, Prevention, and Supervision
Research Methods and Statistics
Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues
To pass this exam, you will need to earn a score of 70% or higher.
To complete the last step of your license application process, send your official examination scores to the Board directly from ASPPB. When the Board receives your passing scores, it will issue your Rhode Island psychologist license.
Step 6. Begin Your Career as a Forensic Psychologist in Rhode Island
As a forensic psychologist, you may eventually opt to establish an independent practice of your own, or pursue jobs with existing firms, law offices, court systems or with state and local departments of human services where you could be assigned to work in correctional facilities or for probation authorities.
Forensic psychologists generally look for jobs in Rhode Island's top mental health hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and police departments, which include, but are not limited to:
QuarterLine Consulting Services – Newport
Providence Police Department – Providence
Rhode Island State Police – North Scituate
Warwick Police Department – Warwick
Rhode Island Department of Corrections – Cranston
Hasbro Children's Hospital: Forensic Psychiatry Division – Providence
Butler Hospital – Providence
Landmark Medical Center Behavioral Health- Woonsocket
Providence Center Community Support Services – Providence
Children's Friend and Service – Providence
NRI Community Services Inc. – Woonsocket
Rhode Island Hospital: Behavioral Health Unit – Providence
Bradley Hospital – Riverside
Child and Family Services of Newport – Middletown
Gateway Healthcare Hunt Street House – Central Falls
Gateway Healthcare – Pawtucket
Once forensic psychologists have gained job experience, many often begin their own independent firms where they offer consulting services to police departments and courts.
Step 7. Earn 24 Hours of Continuing Education to Renew Your Rhode Island License
To continue working as a licensed forensic psychologist, you will need to renew your license by June 30th of even-numbered years.
To renew, you will need to complete 24 hours of continuing education, which you can earn through attending workshops, courses, seminars, or conferences sponsored by any of the following organizations:
Rhode Island Psychological Association
Rhode Island State Nurses Association
Rhode Island Medical Society
American Psychology Association (APA) approved post-doctoral programs in psychology
Once you complete all 24 hours of continuing education, you can renew your license online with the Rhode Island Department of Health.
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Day Five: Friday 20th April, 2018
The Earl of Wessex will attend the Commonwealth Games Federation Sports Breakfast at the Intercontinental Hotel.
The Countess of Wessex will attend the Spouses' Programme at Kew Gardens.
Audiences and bilateral meetings
In addition to the programme above, The Queen will hold a number of Audiences during the CHOGM week. Members of the Royal Family will also hold bilateral meetings on Her Majesty's behalf. Consistent with the usual process, details will not be announced in advance. Royal Rota material will be available through the usual organisations, and through the CHOGM Media Centre.
Register for "The Queen of Canada" Series Feb 6th @5pm on Zoom.
Tribute to HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
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There are 'fireworks with music' and 'fireworks to music'. They are very different. Our shows are 'fireworks to music'. These are very large shows that are carefully choreographed by our production team.
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You can either choose your music or we can make recommendations for you. This is all part of the service from 21CC Fireworks Ltd.
Your music is a critical part of our display. It is important that we get this right. We therefore spend a lot of time creating a well-balanced set piece from start with finish, incorporating a range of dynamics and tempos to enable us to play with the fireworks in the sky – all in time with the music.
One of our directors is a professional classical musician with a Degree in Music from Glasgow University. With our extensive musical experience and in-house music editing software and abilities, this makes our shows that bit extra special.
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We can choreograph to any kind of music from romantic Disney songs to classical, pop or rock. We have also designed shows to personal compilations.
This page shows a range of our displays fired to different budgets and types of music to help you decide on the scale and style of show that you require for your celebration. We are always happy to make recommendations.
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Our professional fireworks to music displays start at just £1,500. Budgets are bespoke to each client's requirements and we would be delighted to discuss your requirements with you.
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Intercept : Πως η Τουρκία έγινε πρωτοπόρος στα drones
FINDING ONESELF IN the crosshairs of a military drone is, for most people, not the most comforting situation. Yet at an air show last fall, tens of thousands of people had a different reaction.
A military drone took off from a runway, and moments later it began transmitting its view to a giant screen on stage. The video from the drone was clear enough to pick out your own face among the crowd. It was exactly what the drone's pilot, seated in a trailer not far from the stage, was seeing. The crowd was in the crosshairs, and you could see the data about the aircraft's pitch, roll, and altitude. In the bottom right corner of the screen, the words "Bore Invalid" indicated the drone was currently unarmed.
It's the kind of video that, in a war zone, can end with a giant plume of smoke and the tattered remains of whatever the drone has just obliterated. Yet for this crowd, it was like catching a glimpse of themselves on the Jumbotron at a football game. When an announcer shouted out, "We see you, wave your hands!" they erupted in excitement.
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"I predict that Londoners will be scathing in their condemnation of today's announcement, when confronted with the inevitability of the blighting influence of Heathrow - the risks, noise and environmental impact of overflying London - and its inability to cope with predicted growth. They will ask why there was not even the courage to further explore – to study – to research - a strategic long term alternative to the instant gratification of a sadly predictable compromise. Adding a third runway at Heathrow is merely a short term fix - it will inevitably lead to a fourth runway in order to maintain international hub status.


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Grand Bassin (communément appelé Ganga Talao) est un lac dans un ancien cratère volcanique situé dans une région montagneuse isolée dans le district de Savanne, au cœur de l'île Maurice. Il est situé à environ 540 m d'altitude. Le premier groupe de pèlerins qui sont allés à Ganga Talao étaient du village de Triolet et il a été dirigé par Pandit Giri Gossayne de Terre Rouge en 1898.

Le site est considéré comme le lieu hindou le plus sacré à l'île Maurice.

Il y a des temple dédiés au Dieu Shiva et d'autres dieux dont le Dieu Hanuman, la Déesse Ganga et le Dieu Ganesh le long du Grand Bassin. Pendant le Maha Shivaratri (qui signifie la nuit du seigneur Shiva), des milliers de pèlerins à l'île Maurice marchent pieds nus de leurs maisons au lac.

Étant le lieu de culte le plus sacré hindou à l'île Maurice, les gens de toutes les religions, les locaux et les étrangers visitent le site avec le plus grand respect et la plus grande décence, profitant ainsi de la félicité spirituelle de cette terre et de ses eaux saintes.

Présentation
Le pèlerinage a commencé en 1897 après les songes d'un prêtre hindou (poudjari) de Triolet voyant s'y refléter les eaux du Gange. La statue de Shiva avec son trident est une réplique de celle du lac de Sursagar à Vadodara dans le Goudjarat. Elle a été inaugurée en 2007 et mesure  de hauteur.

Voir aussi
 Géographie de Maurice
 Mare aux Vacoas
 La Nicolière

Notes et références

Lac de cratère à Maurice
Savanne
Religion à Maurice
Hindouisme à Maurice


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Rohani Says Tehran Will Never Talk To U.S. Under Pressure
Iran will never hold talks with the United States under pressure, President Hassan Rohani said in a news conference in Tehran on February 16, adding that the Islamic republic will one day force its enemy to come to the negotiating table.
"Iran will never negotiate under pressure…. We will never yield to America's pressure and we will not negotiate from a position of weakness," Rohani said.
The U.S. has reimposed crippling economic sanctions on Iran after exiting a major nuclear deal in 2018 that exchanged curbs on Iran's nuclear program for sanctions relief.
U.S. President Donald Trump has argued that the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal were not tough enough to prevent Tehran from developing nuclear weapons, agreeing curbs to its ballistic-missile program, and ending its support for "proxy" groups across the Middle East.
The sanctions have taken a severe toll on the Iranian economy and sent the national currency plunging.
"America's 'maximum pressure' towards Iran is doomed to failure," Rohani said, referring to Trump's Iran strategy.
The Iranian president also said that Tehran's role was essential for security in the region.
"Securing peace and stability in the sensitive region of the Middle East and in the Persian Gulf is impossible without Iran's help," he said.
Based on reporting by ISNA, IRNA, and Reuters
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UK - Big Ben and Liberty Bell maker to close London foundry
The UK's oldest manufacturing business – which cast Big Ben and the Liberty Bell – is on the move for the first time since 1739
Britain's oldest manufacturing business, a London bell foundry that made Big Ben, could be sold after its owner decided to vacate its historic East End premises.
The Whitechapel Bell Foundry began life in 1570 during the reign of Elizabeth I. It moved to its site on Whitechapel Road in 1739 and has traded from the building since.
The Guinness Book of Records lists the foundry, one of only two left in the UK, as Britain's oldest manufacturer – having traded continuously for 446 years.
The foundry has been owned by the Hughes family since 1904. Alan Hughes and his wife Kathryn have sold the grade II-listed building on Whitechapel Road and are considering options for when the foundry leaves in May 2017.
Alan Hughes said: "We have made this decision with a heavy heart, but in response to the changing realities of running a business of this kind. The business has been at its present site over 250 years so it is probably about time it moved once again. We hope that this move will provide an opportunity for the business to move forward in a new direction."
The facade of Whitechapel Bell Foundry on Whitechapel Road. Photograph: Lonely Planet/Getty Images/Lonely Planet Images
Property prices in Whitechapel have soared in recent years because the area, once infamous for the Jack the Ripper murders, is close to the capital's financial district and is a favourite spot for growing technology companies.
The foundry's owners are considering a sale that could keep it operating from new premises.
In 1752, the foundry cast the Liberty Bell for the city of Philadelphia, which became a symbol of US independence. In 1856, it made Big Ben, although the bell cracked while being tested and was recast in 1858.
More recently, the Whitechapel team designed the bell used at the start of the 2012 London Olympics but the 23-tonne structure was too big for its furnaces and was cast in the Netherlands. The foundry cast the bells used on the lead barge for the Queen's Jubilee pageant on the Thames, also in 2012
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iPIPS is the new International Performance Indicators in Primary Schools project looking at what children know and what they can do when they start school and one year later. It is a unique international monitoring system and is being developed by the Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring (CEM), University of Durham, UK. The PIPS assessments on which iPIPS based has been proven to provide highly robust and accurate baseline data over the past 20 years in the UK and a number of other countries.
iPIPS offers research-based data on children's social and cognitive development as they start school and on their progress during their first year, providing accurate benchmarks across countries that will help policymakers evaluate and reform their early education policy and practices. Moreover, the assessment instrument can be used for pedagogical purposes.


So here, Rolf spoils me! I must confess my unconditional love for Japan. This culture of fishing, their crazyness about gear, their obsession with water'. The Japanese angler has fascinated me forever. I dream of setting foot there, if only to squander my money in all the shops I will find on my way.
In this movie, Rolf goes to Japan with Markus and Melinda in a trip through the mountains to fish with a very mysterious band: The Shaku Hunter. Shaku is the local fish. And obviously, he too likes to swallow insects on the surface! So we take the equation: Japanese anglers, a beautiful river, beautifully beautiful fish too, hatch, and especially… Rolf behind the camera. Well, your day will be as perfect as this short film after seeing it. And probably reviewed.


In their own lands, most Anglo-Saxons were farmers. They lived in family groups in villages, not cities. Since they lived close to the sea and big rivers, many Anglo-Saxons were sailors too. They built wooden ships with oars and sails, for trade and to settle in new lands. Raiders in ships attacked Roman Britain. Most people in Roman Britain were Christians. Most Anglo-Saxons were not Christians. They worshipped lots of gods and goddesses. Their beliefs were similar to those of the Celts, who lived in Britain before the Romans invaded.
Anglo-Saxons liked to gather in the lord's great hall, to eat and drink, and to listen to songs and stories. They loved tales about brave warriors and their adventures. A favourite story told how Beowulf, a heroic prince, kills the fierce man-eating monster Grendel, and Grendel's equally horrid mother. The story of Beowulf was first written down in the 8th-9th centuries, but long before that the story was told around the fire. The storyteller played music to accompany the songs and poems, on a small harp or on another stringed instrument called a lyre.
During the workshop you met a Viking. Where did the Vikings come from?
The Vikings came from three countries of Scandinavia: Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The name 'Viking' comes from a language called 'Old Norse' and means 'a pirate raid'. People who went off raiding in ships were said to be 'going Viking'.
The Viking age in European history was about AD 700 to 1100. During this period many Vikings left Scandinavia and travelled to other countries, such as Britain and Ireland. Some went to fight and steal treasure. Others settled in new lands as farmers, craftsmen or traders.
Southern Britain (England) had been settled by the Anglo-Saxons. In AD 787 three Viking Longships landed in southern England. The Vikings fought the local people, then sailed away. This first raid is recorded in the Anglos-Saxon Chronicles. It was the start of a fierce struggle between English and Vikings. The English called the Viking invaders 'Danes' but they came from Norway as well as Denmark.
Norwegian Vikings or 'Norse' sailed to Scotland, where they made settlements in the north and on the Orkney and Shetland islands. Vikings also settled on the Isle of Man. Vikings raided Wales, but few made homes there.
In 793 Vikings attacked the Christian monastery at Lindisfarne in Northumbria. They were pagans not Christians like most people in Britain. A Viking robber did not think twice about robbing a Christian church. Christian monasteries in Britain were easy to attack, because the monks in the monasteries had no weapons. Churches and monasteries kept valuable treasures, such as gold, jewels and books. There were food, drink, cattle, clothes and tools too – tempting for greedy Vikings.
Some Viking ships brought families to Britain looking for land to farm. Good farmland was scarce in the Vikings' own countries. The parts of Britain where most Vikings settled were northern Scotland and eastern England. For 500 years, from about AD 900, Vikings ruled the north of Scotland, the Orkney and Shetland isles and the Hebrides islands off the west coast. In Ireland, Vikings founded the city of Dublin. Viking areas in east and northern England became known as the Danelaw Viking settlements brought new words into the English language, and new ideas about government too. For a short time England had Danish kings (King Cnut and his sons, from 1016 to 1042).Norwegian Vikings sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean to Iceland and Greenland.
About AD 1000, Vikings sailed to North America and started a settlement though it did not last long. Danish Vikings went to France and founded Normandy ('Land of the North-men'). Danish Vikings also sailed south around Spain, and into the Mediterranean Sea.


For eons throughout history, the onset of winter – and specifically the month of December – demoralized otherwise contented folks. To inject some comfort into the short days and long, black nights, people created ways to bring light into the darkness.
Physical light is one way to banish the darkness. Long before electric lights, candles and lamps heartened homes. Nowadays holiday lights illuminate our lives throughout the month.
Activities can also brighten our lives. Our ancestors devised celebrations to inject cheer into otherwise morose days. Holiday preparations - cooking and baking, shopping, decorating, family and friend get-togethers - allow us to pass the time in (what are hopefully) positive pursuits. Rather than feeling depressed, wasting time spending time in couch potato mode, activity helps dispel winter bleakness.
We have an advantage over our ancestors who somehow managed to get through the dark time year after year, for thousands of years, without the conveniences we luxuriate in today. They read books by candlelight, sewed and needlepointed, talked to each other (now there's an old-fashioned activity!). We can waste time indulge for endless hours in electronic gadgets galore.
All is not dreary once the holiday month morphs into the new year. Drape yourself in a blanket, settle in with a mug of hot tea or coffee or perhaps something stronger, open the first of a pile of books sitting on your shelf yearning to be read, and before you know it spring will be (almost) here.
Or binge watch one of the numerous series friends rave about, but you haven't got around to viewing.
Or pack a bag and take an extended trip to a warm locale offering hours of daylight.
Or succumb to the TV and that hot mug of something. Which brings us to one of the banes of modern society – 24/7 news. Viewing can be addictive. There should be a warning when tuning in: Caution:"Watching 24/7 news channels may be hazardous to your health. Specifically your mental health."The onset of winter blues may compel us to wallow in this mindless activity. If you catch yourself watching, immediately cease and resist – if you can.
So grab that hot mug of something along with your favorite comfort food, wrap yourself in a warm hoodie-footie, and allow winter to lull you into semi-hibernation.
There will be plenty of time to work off those extra pounds next spring.


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Emys macrocephala may refer to:

 Big-headed Amazon River turtle, a turtle with the synonym Emys macrocephala
 Malayan snail-eating turtle, a turtle with the synonym Emys macrocephala
 Diamondback terrapin, a turtle with the synonym Emys macrocephala


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Schooler may refer to:

Student, a school pupil
Teacher, someone who schools pupils

People
Aaron Schooler (born 1985), Canadian cyclo-cross cyclist
Brenden Schooler (born 1997), American football player
Carmi Schooler (1933–2018), American psychologist
Colin Schooler (born 1997), American football player
Jonathan Schooler (born 1959), American professor and son of Carmi
Nina Schooler (born 1934), American psychiatrist, widow of Carmi, and mother of Jonathan
Mike Schooler (born 1962), American baseball player

Other uses
Schooler Creek Group, a stratigraphical unit of Ladinian to Norian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.

See also
School (disambiguation)
Scholar (disambiguation)


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Steelers Need To Be On Edge To Find Yet Another OLB This Offseason
Posted on January 26, 2018 at 1:33 pm
After spending a 2017 first-round draft pick on outside linebacker T.J. Watt, the Pittsburgh Steelers probably aren't likely to use their 28th overall selection in the 2018 NFL Draft on another edge-rusher and especially when you consider that they have bigger needs at the inside linebacker and free safety positions. With that noted, the Steelers should be on edge all offseason when it comes to adding a few outside linebackers either through the draft or free agency.
While Watt should now be locked into a starting spot on the right side of the Steelers defense for the next several seasons and more, the future of the starter on the opposite side of him, former first-round draft pick Bud Dupree, is currently up in the air. We'll get a good sense as to what the Steelers really think about Dupree just ahead of this year's draft as that's when they'll need to decide whether or not to pick up his fifth-year option for the 2019 season. Regardless of what they ultimately decide to do with Dupree, the depth chart behind him and Watt needs some serious rebuilding.
After registering 3 sacks in 270 defensive snaps played during the 2017 season, outside linebacker Anthony Chickillo is set to become a restricted free agent this offseason. The Steelers will likely tender him at an original round level and that should be enough to retain him, and he'll likely enter training camp as the primary backup to both Watt and Dupree.
Veteran outside linebacker Arthur Moats, who failed to register a sack in 83 total defensive snaps played during the 2017 regular season, has probably played his last down in Pittsburgh. Moats, who will turn 30 years of age in March, is also set to become an unrestricted free agent that same month. While there's a chance that Moats might ultimately be re-signed to a one-year contract for the veteran minimum this offseason, there's no guarantee that he'd ultimately wind up making the Steelers 2018 53-man roster and especially being that he's no longer the asset on special teams that he once was.
In addition to drafting Watt last year, the Steelers also selected another edge-rusher in the seventh-round in the form of Western Michigan product Keion Adams. Adams, however, spent his rookie season on the Steelers Reserve/Injured list after needing shoulder surgery. Due to his lack offseason practice time last year, it's hard to know what the Steelers have right now in Adams outside of still going off his college tape. In short, while hopeful they have a diamond in the rough in Adams, there's no guarantee the Steelers do, and they certainly won't know if that's the case until after training camp and the preseason are over.
After spending the entire 2017 season on the Steelers practice squad, outside linebacker Farrington Huguenin was signed to the offseason roster via a Reserve/Futures contract a few weeks ago. While Huguenin did flash a little during the 2017 preseason, the Kentucky product still has his work cut out for him this coming offseason when it comes to him potentially making the 2018 53-man roster.
Since the 2017 season ended the Steelers also signed former Dallas Cowboys undrafted free agent edge-rusher Darnell Leslie to a Reserve/Futures contract as well. Leslie, however, like Huguenin, really is a long shot right now to make the Steelers 2018 53-man roster.
In short, here is your current Steelers outside linebacker depth chart for 2018 as January comes to a close: Watt, Dupree, Chickillo, Adams, Huguenin and Leslie.
While the Steelers aren't likely to be very active during the offseason free agent signing period, it doesn't mean that they won't attempt to sign a few budget players. In fact, it won't be surprising if they sign an outside linebacker on the cheap. Denver Broncos outside linebacker Shaquil Barrett would be a perfect target if only he were going to be an unrestricted free agent. Barrett, however, is set to be restricted free agent and it's hard to imagine the Broncos not giving him at least a second-round tender in the coming weeks.
As far as potential under-30 and inexpensive unrestricted outside linebacker free agents this upcoming offseason go, the list is short. However, there are a few edge players worth researching in Will Clarke and Chris Smith, just to name a few.
Even if the Steelers do ultimately wind up addressing the outside linebacker position via free agency, they really should consider spending a mid-round selection in this year's draft on yet another young edge-rusher. Depending on how things play out and how far they ultimately fall on draft day, Oklahoma's Ogbonnia Okoronkwo and Auburn's Jeff Holland could certainly wind up being 2018 selection candidates for the Steelers in late April and that's just a few early names to discuss.
In closing, the outside linebacker position is currently a need for the Steelers this offseason and I fully expect that general manager Kevin Colbert will address it via either free agency or the draft and perhaps even both.
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What to expect from the GOP Iowa caucus
Matthew Reade	on February 1, 2016
The Iowa caucus is widely considered to be one of the most important presidential primary states. It is the first real election of the primary process for both Democrats and Republicans. Turnout expectations are confirmed or refuted. Momentum candidates prove their staying power…or don't. Campaigns are invigorated or finally put to rest.
Yet the result of the Iowa caucus is often unimportant for the ultimate nominee, particularly for Republicans. Of the 2,472 delegates to the Republican National Convention, only thirty delegates—or 1.2 percent of the total—come from Iowa. The Hawkeye State also awards delegates proportionally according to the final statewide vote. In this year's deeply fractured primary competition, it is hard to imagine any candidate winning more than ten electoral votes in the aftermath of caucus day. And though Iowa is the first state in the primary election lineup, it does not have much predictive power for the rest of the race. Evangelical candidates have historically outperformed in Iowa, only to falter later as a more diverse electorate brings its views to bear on the race. In 2008, Iowa caucusgoers selected Mike Huckabee as their candidate of choice, only to see John McCain—who took fourth in the state—win the nomination. Rick Santorum defeated Mitt Romney narrowly in the 2012 Iowa caucus but ultimately took a distant second at the nominating convention.
This year, however, could be different. With the polling success of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump have come predictions of dramatic changes in the caucus electorate. Some pundits have predicted that a victory in Iowa for Mr. Trump could make him "unstoppable." Others have commented that a win by Sen. Sanders in the Democrat Party's Iowa caucus could produce a "nightmare scenario" for Hillary Clinton and imperil what has appeared so far to be a shoo-in for the former secretary of state.
What are the likely outcomes of the GOP Iowa caucus, and what will the broader effects be of the result there?
Likely outcomes
1) Ted Cruz wins Iowa, followed by Donald Trump
The drill-down shows, if anything, stronger alignment with Cruz than Trump, except for the horse race.
J. Ann Selzer, Pollster
In the Des Moines Register's final poll of likely Republican caucusgoers, Donald Trump (28 percent) and Ted Cruz (23 percent) lead the field, with Marco Rubio (15 percent) situated in third place. Though Mr. Trump maintains a five-point lead, Sen. Cruz appears to be much better positioned to win the caucus for several reasons.
First, though Mr. Trump's supporters are the most committed in the race, with 71 percent saying that their minds are made up, they are not very reliable voters, especially in a caucus election where casting a vote is an arduous, time-consuming matter. Unless Mr. Trump manages to generate a vast groundswell of new caucus voters, he will not be able to defeat Sen. Cruz, who draws his support from evangelical conservatives, one of the most reliable voting blocs in the state.
Second, though Donald Trump's supporters are deeply committed to him, he lacks a broader appeal. Only seven percent of likely GOP caucusgoers name him as their second-choice candidate, while 17 percent see Cruz as their best alternative. In other words, Mr. Trump's numbers have nowhere to go but down, since Cruz and Rubio are likely to be the beneficiaries of any last-minute vote switches.
Third, nearly half of Iowa caucusgoers say that they could still be persuaded to change their vote. This also works to the detriment of Mr. Trump, whose favorability and second-choice rankings pale compared to those of Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio.
Fourth, the enthusiasm surrounding the Cruz and Rubio campaigns appears to be much broader and deeper than that which Trump enjoys. Only 44 percent of Republicans say that they would be enthusiastic if Trump became the presidential nominee, while nearly three-fifths of voters would feel enthusiastic about nominating Rubio (58 percent) or Cruz (56 percent) for the general election contest.
It is hard to imagine that with all of these headwinds, Mr. Trump will manage to win Iowa, especially given the historical preference of Iowa caucusgoers for an evangelical conservative. And for evangelicals in Iowa, Ted Cruz fits this preference much better than Donald Trump.
Probability: 50 percent
2) Trump narrowly defeats Cruz
In spite of the aforementioned difficulties, Mr. Trump could still come out of Iowa with a victory. The first and most obvious way for Trump to win is to produce better turnout, since his voters are disproportionately more likely to be new caucusgoers. The more voter turnout exceeds expectations tomorrow night, the more likely a strong finish will be for Mr. Trump. In view of the numbers—and, admittedly, a good amount of intuition—I see a turnout-driven victory for Trump to be a relatively unlikely outcome. I and others have long suspected that Mr. Trump's poll numbers are not reflective of his actual support.
The second and more likely path to a Trump victory is a vote split between a weakening Ted Cruz and a surging Marco Rubio. If Rubio gains enough strength to break through the 20 percent mark, a good portion of his newfound support will likely come from disaffected Cruz backers. In this situation, Trump could significantly underperform his poll numbers but still win if Cruz and Rubio finish in a dead heat.
3) Trump slips to third after a Cruz-Rubio surge
A perfect storm of circumstances—low turnout among new caucusgoers, strong turnout from the evangelical conservative base, and high rates of defection from third-tier candidates—could pull Trump down to third place, leaving Rubio and Cruz to jockey for first and second place. This inversion of the polls is rather improbable, but there are some forces at play in this race which could combine to produce this outcome.
Marco Rubio at a campaign stop in Ames, Iowa. (Mary Altaffer/AP)
First, Marco Rubio is widely seen and portrayed as a compromise candidate. He comes without the perceived extremes of Ted Cruz and Donald Trump but without the establishment bonafides of Jeb Bush and Chris Christie. He is also viewed more favorably than everyone in the field except Ben Carson, who scores only two points higher. This perception of Marco Rubio as a likable and viable candidate has the potential to attract broad support for the Florida senator from those voters who are looking to cast their ballots for someone with a better chance of making an impact in the race than their preferred candidates in the third tier.
It is also unclear what the impact of Ted Cruz's recent ad blitz against Donald Trump will be. A super PAC backing Sen. Cruz struck at Mr. Trump last week for comments he made in 1999 which were supportive of partial-birth abortion. Though social issues are not at the heart of this campaign by any means, the heavily evangelical Republican base in Iowa may take these charges quite seriously and defect from Mr. Trump. Another advertisement showcased Trump's support of the use of eminent domain to confiscate private property for public use or redistribution to private developers, another practice unpopular among Republican caucusgoers. Though these attacks have not been on the air for long, it appears that they have deeply unsettled many voters. According to the Des Moines Register poll, 60 percent of likely GOP caucusgoers say they are bothered by Mr. Trump's defense of eminent domain, while 56 percent express concern about his past views on abortion. If this discomfort with Mr. Trump's policy views manages to manifest itself among his less committed supporters, it could negatively impact his results in Iowa.
Ted Cruz speaks during a November campaign stop at a Pizza Ranch in Newton, Iowa. (Scott Morgan/The New York Times)
Lastly, it cannot be overstated just how much more positively Iowans view Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio than Mr. Trump. A whopping 27 percent of likely GOP caucusgoers view Trump very unfavorably, while only 7 and 13 percent feel the same about Sen. Rubio and Sen. Cruz respectively. Though Trump's support may certainly run deep, it is too narrow for him to survive if enough backers of third-tier candidates abandon ship and throw their weight behind Rubio and Cruz.
Probability: 10 percent (Cruz 1st), 5 percent (Rubio 1st)
What victory would mean for each candidate
The Iowa frontrunners (left to right): Senator Ted Cruz, Senator Marco Rubio, and Donald Trump
Donald Trump: A real (but slim) chance at the nomination
As the Des Moines Register poll indicates, Trump's strength lies in a narrow yet committed slice of the Republican electorate. In an ordinary primary election with two or three candidates, Mr. Trump would be doomed from the start. But in a twelve-man field full of compelling candidates, Donald Trump has a chance to convert his narrow slice of support into a seemingly unstoppable string of primary victories and, before the race can winnow to only two or three candidates, to pressure voters and party elites into resigning themselves to his candidacy.
The media and political pundits have pressed this narrative without abandon over the past several months. "Trump the inevitable?" the Boston Globe asked back in December. Charles Krauthammer, the vaunted columnist and political commentator, remarked recently that a Trump victory in Iowa would leave him only an endorsement away from becoming "inevitable as the nominee." If Trump can manage to create the impression—regardless of how inaccurate it may be—just long enough to earn the support of the Republican establishment, he might have a chance to win the nomination.
Accomplishing this sleight of hand, however, is much easier said than done. Trump will not only need to win Iowa, but will need to do so decisively. A narrow victory will signal the underlying fragility of his hold on the race and will make forcing the party to embrace his nomination a much more difficult task. The more time which Trump spends in limbo, unable to establish himself as the only choice for Republican voters, the more time candidates with a broad appeal will have to organize a coalition to shatter Mr. Trump's invulnerability.
Ted Cruz: Stay alive
The candidate with the most at stake in Iowa is, without a doubt, Senator Ted Cruz. To supporters and detractors alike, Cruz is a divisive figure in the Republican Party, and his presidential hopes have long been dogged by the notion that he will not be able to unite the party after making his name by attacking it. Months into the primary race, not one U.S. Senator has yet thrown his support to Sen. Cruz.
Cruz has spent a tremendous amount of time and resources in Iowa, seeing it as a springboard to the party nomination. He has built the most extensive ground game of all the candidates, tapping a deep well of grassroots support to field a veritable army of campaign volunteers. If Sen. Cruz is unable to take first place in Iowa in spite of his vaunted ground game, he will have to make up the difference in New Hampshire, where he faces an unfriendly moderate Republican electorate.
A decisive Cruz victory in Iowa would likely drive Trump lower in subsequent primary states, but, on account of the demographic difficulties which New Hampshire presents, there's no guarantee that Sen. Cruz would benefit enough from his victory to defeat even a weakened Trump in the Granite State. But well-funded and fresh from an Iowa victory, Cruz would likely survive beyond Nevada into the southern state primaries, where evangelical voters could give him the boost needed to Cruz (sorry, couldn't resist) to the nomination.
Marco Rubio: Win Iowa, win the nomination
A shocking, come-from-behind victory for Marco Rubio would shake the entire Republican presidential race at its foundations and set the stage for a relatively easy path to the nomination.
As I mentioned earlier, Rubio has been long held as the ultimate compromise candidate. Party elites uncomfortable with the prospect of having Ted Cruz or Donald Trump as president can warm up to Rubio, who has broad demographic appeal and a record which signals a willingness to work across party lines. Conservatives frustrated by the Republican establishment's unwillingness or inability to effectively combat President Obama's policies also have a lot to like in Rubio, who is one of the most conservative members of the Senate. Though he has the potential to build a large coalition of conservative and establishment Republicans, his unimpressive poll numbers in the early primary states and across the country raise doubts as to whether he has much of a broad appeal at all.
A victory or a close second-place finish would dispel this question. Not only would an Iowa victory be a striking revelation of Marco Rubio's strength as a primary candidate, it would also be an utterly shocking and unlikely performance. For the first time in months, the media would pull away from the antics of Donald Trump to focus on the Iowa caucus results, wondering how and why a young senator from Florida could exceed expectations so resoundly at a caucus in which he had hardly seemed to be a contender. Riding the wave of the free press and the flood of endorsements which would follow his Iowa victory, Marco Rubio would solidify his position as a top-tier candidate and hasten the decline of Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, and John Kasich, clearing the way for a majority consensus and the party nomination. As with Obama in 2008, an Iowa victory would prove Rubio's viability and legitimacy as a primary election contender and tip the scales heavily in his favor going into the rest of the early primaries.
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