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Asset sales and litigation responses during chapter 11 can be data intensive:
- Information about company operations relevant to an asset purchase agreement schedule or in response to a 2004 document production response can be massive.
- The amount of time and people needed to review, analyze, summarize and organize materials can quickly consume resources needed for other aspects of the case.
- Deadlines in response to these efforts can be short and the amount of information overwhelming.
- A typical chapter 11 case may exchange hundreds and thousands of procedural and substantive pleadings in pursuit of the reorganization of the company.
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Your 40s and 50s are a pivotal point in your financial life. These decades are full of opportunities to leverage your prime earning years for optimal savings.
They're also when you'll need to strategize how you'll put those savings to use in the future. Here are five ways to help you maximize your prime earning years and make the most of your financial opportunities.
1. Write An Annual Net Worth Statement
"Many women do not understand what their net worth is," says Danielle Tarnowski, Vice President and Wealth Advisor for Regions Private Wealth Management. "At this time of your life, you might have a big house and expensive car, which gives the impression of wealth. But the real measure of wealth is comparing what you own with what you owe."
One easy way to calculate your net worth is to use an online net worth calculator, which allows you to compile your assets (house, retirement, savings accounts, etc.) and subtract your liabilities (mortgage, credit card debt, auto loans, etc.). The remainder is your net worth. "It's important to calculate it annually because it changes from year to year," Tarnowski says. "It's an excellent idea for any woman who wants to identify how she is spending and where she can grow her savings."
2. Eliminate Credit Card Debt
According to the 2017 State of Credit report by Experian, one of the three major credit bureaus, the average American carries a total credit card balance of $6,354. Carrying large balances can lower your credit score, which makes you less attractive to potential lenders. It also siphons money away from your savings and retirement streams.
If you have revolving credit card debt on multiple cards, start by paying off the credit card with the highest interest rate. Also, identify the trigger points that led you to make those charges in the first place. "Once you understand your behavior, it's easier to alter it," Tarnowski says.
3. Maximize Your Retirement Contributions
You're in the stage of life when your child's college tuition might be vying for your spending dollars. But it's crucial not to divert funds from your retirement savings plan. In fact, after age 50, you should kick your retirement contributions into a higher gear.
The IRS permits employees to contribute up to $18,500 yearly into a company's 401(k) plan and $5,500 into an individual retirement account (IRA). After you turn 50, you can contribute additional annual "catch up" payments of an extra $1,000 into an IRA and up to $6,000 extra into a 401(k), depending on your plan. By maximizing your contributions as soon as you're eligible, you'll give those additional funds more time to grow before you retire.
4. Consider Your Long-term Care Insurance Options
Long-term care expenses can drastically cut into retirement savings. According to the 2017 Genworth Cost of Care Survey, the national median cost for a private room in a nursing home is $8,121 a month.
Long-term care insurance can significantly reduce those costs. But, like life insurance, your ability to secure coverage depends on your health. "Around age 50, lots of aspects of our health begin to change," Tarnowski says. "Consider applying for long-term care insurance in your early 50s, to find out if you can obtain coverage." Insurers factor in your age as well, so your premiums will most likely be lower if you start coverage earlier.
5. Proactively Participate in Financial Planning Sessions
"Many women shy away from financial planning because they aren't familiar with the elements or components of it," Tarnowski says. "But whether you're single or married, it is crucial to proactively participate in planning your financial future."
Don't hesitate to engage trusted professionals — such as a financial advisor, tax accountant, and attorney — to answer your questions and help you formulate and regularly re-evaluate your savings and retirement plan. "It's important to have that relationship established before you need it in a crisis such as the passing of a spouse or loss of income," Tarnowski says.
By leveraging the financial know-how you gain during your 40s and 50s, you'll be equipped to launch into the next phase of your life: retirement.


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Three triathletes are set to make their Commonwealth Games debuts for New Zealand on the Gold Coast next year, but the decision could be subject to an appeal.
Rebecca Spence, 29, Nicole van der Kaay, 21, and Tayler Reid, 21, will be joined by veterans Andrea Hewitt, 35, and Ryan Sissons, 29, for April's event.
However, Tony Dodds, who finished 21st at the Rio Olympics, indicated his intention to appeal via his Facebook page.
"Devastated not to be in the Commonwealth games team that was presented today. I was not intending to publicly announce this, but as Tri NZ has presented the team, I want to acknowledge that I am appealing to their decision and am continuing my training for Gold Coast 2018!"
The selection criteria are complicated. Athletes' abilities to secure an individual or team relay medal are prioritised, but include the capacity to cater for domestiques to assist Hewitt and Sissons.
All the athletes will contest the individual events - "sprint" triathlons consisting of a 750m open water swim, 20km cycle and 5km run - and two men and women will contest the mixed team relay.
New Zealand is eligible for five spots because of their results in the qualification period, and the village capacity. The Herald understands that could change if other sports reduce their numbers, or individual triathletes pull out. Tri NZ should know whether they can increase their team by February.
Hewitt is the most experienced of the quintet. The 35-year-old won bronze at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games and finished fourth in Glasgow four years ago. This year she won in Abu Dhabi and, promisingly, on the Gold Coast. Both events were raced over the sprint distance.
She and coach Chris Pilone parted amicably after the Gold Coast race. She has been training in Christchurch since, and will race Commonwealth rivals Flora Duffy of Bermuda and Ashleigh Gentle of Australia next weekend in the Bahamas. They are the top two women's triathletes in the world this year.


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These foundation dogs are first-generation Hokkaido imported to the US for breeding purposes between 2011-2021. Thank you to everyone who has imported a Hokkaido to help establish the breed here in North America!
Yezo was imported from Japan in late 2013 along with Genko, in a joint effort with Brad Anderson, Lindsay Tompkins, and Angela An via Mr. Shigeru Kato.
Yezo currently lives in Canada with his owner, Angela. He was born in 2013 and is a sturdy solid dog all around. Yezo is DOKENHO and AKC registered; and he is the sire to the first litter whelped here in the US.
Kuma was imported from Japan in early 2015 by Alyssa Baribeault.
Kuma was the first red male to be a part of the HANA project. He enjoys spending his days as a house dog and walking partner. He is DOKENHO registered and pending AKC registration.
Ashitaka was imported from Japan in late 2016 by Naomi and Noemi Romero, though he moved to Washington with Lindsay Tompkins in September, 2017.
He is a very social butterfly who enjoys attending shows and meeting new people. Ashi has been an excellent boy in public and quite an agreeable dog at home. He is DOKENHO and AKC registered; and he's also the sire to the second litter whelped here in the US.
Blade was imported in September 2018 from the famous Itadaki kennel in Hungary by Stephanie Abel.
He is the first breeding male with CEA carrier status, making him a wonderful addition to the Foundation Hokkaido. Blade is a silly, playful puppy with a laid back attitude with his family. He is AKC and UKC registered, we look forward to watching this promising boy mature.
Genko was imported from Japan in late 2013 as the first HANA project Hokkaido in a joint effort with Brad Anderson, Lindsay Tompkins, and Angela An via Mr. Shigeru Kato.
Genko is from Mr. Tokachi Morita who stewards the last exclusively hunting-only Hokkaido kennel left, and her parents are proven bear dogs. She is DOKENHO, NIPPO, and AKC (pending) registered; and she is mother to the first litter of Hokkaido whelped here in the US.
Yuki was imported from the Czech Republic in early 2016 by Stephanie Abel, though she now resides with Lex Blanton.
Yuki comes from predominantly show lines, and her pedigree contains several national & world winners. Yuki was the first Hokkaido to earn a championship in the USA, as well as the first to earn several performance titles. She is AKC and UKC registered. Yuki was the mother to the third litter of Hokkaido whelped here in the US.
Minira was born in Japan in 2016, but was imported to America from Hungary in early 2017 by Claire Matthews.
She is the first Sesame Hokkaido outside Japan, and will be the start of sesame lines in the USA. She is also CEA clear, which will be used not only to reduce affected or carrier puppies in the next generation, but to also bring more opportunity to increase diversity and preserve lines that might otherwise be lost due to risk of CEA affected pups. She is DOKENHO registered.
Miko was imported from Japan in late 2016 by Lindsay Tompkins.
She is a littermate sister to Ashitaka. While she has a lot of growing up to do, but we look forward to her contributions to the Hokkaido population here in the US. By all accounts from her family, she is a great house pet. She is DOKENHO and AKC (pending) registered.
Asirpa was imported by Naomi Romero from Japan in early 2017, though she now resides with Stephanie Abel.
She has been tested and is CEA clear; we believe she will be a great asset to the HANA project in hopes that she will produce CEA clear puppies in the future. She is DOKENHO, AKC, & UKC registered.


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It takes a village!
Here are a few community organizations that support early literacy through a variety of resources and programming.
First 5 California - Provides brain development information, activity suggestions, and support resources to help parents of children 5 and under.
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Dr. Adam Burkey, M.D.
Medical Director
Tacoma/Olympia Office:
1628 South Mildred St.
Suite 104
Tacoma, WA 98465
Dr. Burkey was raised outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Williams College and Georgetown University Medical School.
During medical school, Dr. Burkey was awarded a two-year fellowship by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to conduct laboratory research on the neuroscientific mechanisms of pain. Adam completed his medical internship in New York City at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, followed by a three-year residency in Neurology at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Burkey then returned to Philadelphia where he pursued a fellowship in Pain Management at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Burkey simultaneously obtained a master's degree in Epidemiology, measuring pain and neuropathy in cancer patients.
Dr. Burkey spent more than seven years at UPenn and then opened his own private practice in 2011. In 2015, Dr. Burkey moved to the State of Washington and is now the Managing Partner of Pain Care Physicians, PLLC and Medical Director of Anesis Spine & Pain Care. In addition, Dr. Burkey is the Vice-Chair of Pain & Palliative Care Section for the American Academy of Neurology, and on the Education Committee of the North American Neuromodulation Society. Dr. Burkey is a Scientific Advisor to the Mary E. Groff Charitable Trust, a private foundation focused on brain research, science, and education.
Dr. Burkey's focus is to bring a multidisciplinary and collaborative approach to the treatment of chronic pain that limits opioids and improves functional quality of life.
Dr. Ryan Burklund, M.D
Attending Physician
Spokane Office:
1414 N Vercler Road
Bldg 5
Spokane, WA 99216
Dr. Burklund grew up in Gilbert, Arizona and currently resides in Spokane, Washington with his wife and four children. He attended Northern Arizona University for undergraduate studies in Biology and Chemistry and The University of Arizona College of Medicine. He completed his internship in Internal Medicine and residency in Anesthesiology at Banner University Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona.
Dr. Burklund completed a Pain Medicine fellowship at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire where he was trained in the most recent techniques in interventional pain management. He was also trained to utilize a multidisciplinary approach to personalized pain management in patients with a wide variety of pain syndromes. In addition, he is affiliated with American Society of Anesthesiologists, American Society of Regional Anesthesia, Spine Intervention Society, American Academy of Pain Medicine, American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, and North American Neuromodulation Society. He is duel board certified in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine.
In his spare time, Dr. Burklund enjoys fly fishing, fine woodworking, playing sports, camping, and hiking.
Dr. Xi Chen, M.D.
Renton Office:
801 SW 16th St.
Suite 121
Renton, WA 98057
Dr. Xi Chen received her medical degree from Norman Bethune University of Medical Sciences, China with Summa Cum Laude. Later she completed her PhD at the Queen's University UK and post-doctoral training at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston. Dr. Chen focused on stem cell biology and gene therapy.
While working as an Anesthesiology resident at the University of Toledo Medical Center, Ohio, she developed a strong interest for pain management. With this intention, she decided to dedicate her future career to this rapidly-growing field and completed a Pain Medicine Fellowship at the University of Washington, Seattle. Furthermore, she has published 10 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
Amber Hanson, ARNP
Nurse Practitioner
Spokane Office:
1414 N. Vercler Road
Building 5
Spokane, WA 99216
Amber Hanson graduated from Gonzaga with a Masters of Science in Nursing in 2013. Then, she worked as a Nurse Practitioner focusing on Nephrology until moving to Aneisis in July 2017. She is also a member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.
In her free time Amber enjoys biking, camping, skiing, scuba diving, world traveling, and most of all spending time with her rescued Siberian huskies Kenai and Lakota.
Brad Goldworm, PA
Physician Assistant
Olympia Office:
155 Lilly Road NE
Olympia, WA 98506
Brad Goldworm graduated from Campbell University in Buies Creek, NC with a Bachelors in Health Science in December 2000. He entered Western University of Health Sciences in the Physician Assistant Program in July 2001 and graduated in August 2003. Brad has practiced in Washington since 2004 and joined Anesis Spine and Pain in January 2018. He has 5 years experience in contract work for various organizations including the Indian Health Service.
In his free time Brad enjoys fishing, hunting, and spending time with his wife Rhonda. His three boys are grown and living independently.
Karl Sembroski, PA
Physician Assistant
Tacoma Office:
1625 S. Mildred St. Suite 104
Tacoma, WA 98465
Karl Sembroski is a nationally certified physician assistant originally from Kannapolis, North Carolina where he studied Clinical Laboratory Sciences. He earned a Bachelor's degree from Western Carolina University in 2007. He earned an additional Bachelors and his Masters in Physician Assistant Studies from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 2013.
He has served over 15 years in both the United States Marine Corps and the United States Army. He is a combat experienced provider with multiple deployments over the past few years. He is still a member of the United States Army Active Reserves. During his free time he enjoys spending time with his wife Kirsten and their 6 children. He likes playing baseball, golf, pickleball, and any other competitive sport with his family.
Tei Habenicht, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Tacoma Office:
1625 S. Mildred St. Suite 104
Tacoma, WA 98465
Tei Habenicht PA-C, is a graduate of the Physician Associate program at Yale University Medical School in New Haven, Connecticut. She completed her internships in neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital with Dr. Ben Carson and in neuro-oncology at the Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute in Tampa, Florida. Tei also participated as clinical faculty in one of the first neurosurgical residency programs for PAs in the country at Texas A&M, serving as the research co-ordinator for the residents.
Currently, she is actively involved in the Washington Academy of Physician Assistants (WAPA), as an active board member, serving as both as the newsletter editor and Region 6 district representative for PAs on the Peninsula. She has traveled extensively having back packed around the world, collects antique textiles and enjoys cooking, kayaking, camping and spending time with her dog, Monti.
Zachary Kile, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Renton Office:
801 SW 16th St.
Suite 121
Renton, WA 98057
Zachary Kile PA-C comes to us after 25 years of multispecialty surgical and Interventional pain experience as an independent practitioner. He traveled the country for 12 years working and assisting in surgery some of the most respected Surgeons in their fields from Orthopedics, Neuro, Cardiothoracic, General surgery and Trauma.
Zachary understands patient's pain symptoms as he has had an injury that required a major lumbar surgery. He believes that patients can overcome their pain concerns and get back to living a productive and active life with simple interventional therapies.
In his spare time Zachary enjoys traveling, anything outdoors and spending time with friends.


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As you know rum flows through the Caribbean, and when you're in the US Virgin Islands that rum is Cruzan. Want a taste?
Almost a week removed from the Castaway Winter Beach Bash at Bolongo Bay Resort on St. Thomas, I keep finding my mind wandering back. It was a great time and I have a lot of stories I want to share with you Castaways who couldn't make it. One of those stories was the rum tasting they put on for us.
Rum tasting, on the beach, in the Caribbean, with a great group of people…sign me up. The sun was setting, coconut palms towered over us and bottles of Cruzan Rum sit on the table, unopened, taunting us. Luckily we didn't have to take matters into our own hands, Lesley, the Cruzan Rum rep. was there to save the day.
Lesley told us about the history of Cruzan and how important it is to the economy of the USVI. You are actually encouraged to take bottles of Cruzan home with you, customs allows you to take extra bottle of any rum home as long as one of them is Cruzan. Cruzan is made on St. Croix, while we could actually see the island (40 miles to the south of St. Thomas) and were encouraged to visit the distillery by Lesley, our focus was concentrated on the bottles in front of us.
Lesley cracked open the bottles and the rum tasting commenced. We tried Cruzan Strawberry, Vanilla, Coconut, Aged and Rum Cream. There might have been one more flavor, but I can't remember. Haze of the rum.
I'm not really a fan of drinking straight flavored rums, but for the sake of the tasting I endured. To me the flavored rums are meant for mixing and that's about it. I could maybe enjoy a small glass of the Cruzan Coconut, but that's if I was out of dark rums. The flavored rums mix well and create "boat drink" magic with cocktails like the Bolongo Bay VooDoo Juice.
I did enjoy trying the Cruzan Rum Cream for the first time. Almost tastes like chocolate milk, with a kick. I think a bottle of this stuff is needed for some boat drink research. Stay tuned.
After a few hours the rum tasting ended but the party continued. Our group of Castaways doubled in size as the evening turned into the early morning. A few of us closed down Iggies Beach Bar (2am) and then brought our own bottle of rum out to keep the fun alive. Jokes were told, friendships made and there might have even been some singing. I'll save that little gem for another time.
Big thanks to Lesley and Bolongo Bay Resort for setting up the rum tasting for our group. You guys rock!
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November 1, 2008
... or is there?
Today I noticed this sign (click on sign to enlarge it) on Country Club Road just east of the Woodstock Post Office. An eye-catcher, right?
So what's the deal? Doesn't everyone know how bad the roads are in Bull Valley? Even the children in school buses know how bad the roads are.
Lettered at the bottom of the sign is http://www.bullvalley-roadsorlawyers.com/
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text: Post by Brent Millis / Made in DNA (@millis) on Fri, 10 Mar 17 01:22:30 +0000 Reposted by Lead: Tracy Van Santana @tvansantana (@ellowrites) on Mon, 17 Apr 17 05:27:44 +0000 View Original Post View Full Post Screaming Metal (Part 006) ©2017, Made in DNA "Ask it to identify itself, Suen." Deshel interrupted, "Are you kidding? Anyone on the other end is going to tell us exactly what we want to hear." Priyanka shot back, "And what answer would that be, Deshel? Tell me." She cocked her head. "Who knows why we're here except us?" Until this moment, she had doubted any one on this backwater planet knew of Il'on's existence, or of the Alley Cat's true intention here. Registered to supply the several small cities scattered across the planet, they'd been able to get permission to stay several weeks. It had been a simple task to get "legal" and should have raised zero suspicion. So why the hell was everyone so jittery all the sudden? Was Deshel hiding something? Or Suen, perhaps? The job itself and her information on Il'on had come from a source she trusted implicitly. She looked at Suen whose hand hovered over her console, paused in doubt. "We came here looking for a Metal. We've found it…" Priyanka paused, unsure of how to continue. "It found us," Deshel cut in. She challenged them. "Shouldn't matter. Even if that's the case… Even if it's a functioning Metal. A job's a job." The bridge remained still. "I don't know what the hell you want me to tell you. I shouldn't have to convince you to finish. You're getting paid." Suen gave a disdainful look before averting her eyes and nodding slightly. Priyanka turned to Deshel expecting the same. He took a deep breath, struggling to meet her eyes. "Pree… I…" Priyanka cut him off. "Suen, tighten beam your holodar for a while. Make slow sweeps. Let me know the moment any of the locals take a piss behind a bush." "Deshel, scan for communications and data packages." Deshel asked, "What if the transmission isn't meant for us? What if it's meant for someone else?" Priyanka rubbed her temples. "Give me the coordinates our caller gave you, Suen." Suen replied, "85 degrees west, about 300-odd meters." "That's pretty close. We weren't too far off," Priyanka said, noting their accuracy. "Pree, please!" Urgency filled Deshel's plea. "Will you just listen to me? Just for a moment. Before we go digging anything up?" The scornful, tired look on Priyanka's face told Deshel she was listening. His fingers rushed over his console. Once again, noise broke out across the tight confines of the bridge, leaping across aural tones and harmonics. Earsplitting squeals, verbal snatches, white noise, and frequency modulations wrestled, mixed, and then became a continuous throaty croak. It sputtered on for several moments before becoming something almost human… "Come... I am here. Worship me and I shall bestow upon thee, power and protection. Come, and my fall shall be redeemed..." It was breathless, one word flowing into the next in a ceaseless sermon, alternating between near-weeping tones and "righteous" anger. "What insanity is this?" Priyanka muttered. Suen's mouth hung open in shock. The language was Galactic Standard, yet alien in tone. It switched several more times in as many moments. Voices, noise, nothing... Priyanka shivered. "You recorded it?" Suen was visibly upset. Deshel craned his neck to see her, "If that's the Metal… If that's–" He thrust his chin at her console, "whatever's pinging us, yes." A look of concern on her face, Priyanka touched Suen's arm. Suen shook it off violently and glared at Deshel. Unconcerned, Deshel continued, "The machine broadcasts every 109 hours, give or take. "The time it takes for an orbital satellite to reach a position above us, and receive a relay." Deshel pointed out. Priyanka was almost afraid to ask. "A relay of what?" ==== Part 007 ==== #mecha #MetalFic #AI #Berserker #DragonsHeaven #manga #anime #spaceopera #robots #scifi #adventure #freefiction #serialnovel @ellowrites


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Kim Fabricius hits the mark once again with this sermon for Palm Sunday / Holy Week. Here is a paragraph to whet your appetite to go and read the whole thing (and if necessary make some changes to the sermons you are planning to preach over the next few days). Kim refers to Holbein's 'Dead Christ'; this is Mantegna.
This sermon doesn't have three points, it's got three words: Lose your faith! (I warned you I would be sacrilegious.) Yes, lose your faith. Lose your faith in God. For as the French mystic Simone Weil insisted, there is a kind of atheism that is purifying, cleansing us of idols. Lose your faith in the god that the cross exposes as a no-god, a sham god. Lose your faith in the god who is but the product of your projections, fantasies, wishes, and needs, a security blanket or good-luck charm god. Lose your faith in the god who is there to hold your hand, solve your problems, rescue you from your trials and tribulations, the deus ex machina, literally the "machine god", wheeled out onto the stage in ancient Greek drama, introduced to the plot artificially to resolve its complications and secure a happy ending. Lose your faith in the god who confers upon you a privileged status that is safe and secure. Lose your faith in the god who promises you health, wealth, fulfilment, and success, who pulls rabbits out of hats. Lose your faith in the god with whom your conscience can be at ease with itself. Lose your faith in the god who, in Dennis Potter's words, is the bandage, not the wound. Lose your faith in the god who always answers when you pray and comes when you call. Lose your faith in the god who is never hidden, absent, dead, entombed. For the "Father who art in heaven" – this week he is to be found in hell – with his Son.


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'Kogi State has great potentials for growth'
In an exclusive interview with The Guardian, she said incumbent Governor Idris Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has not done enough to deserve a second term.
Finding faults in Wada, Hadiza who is the only female out of the 27 aspirants seeking the APC ticket, promised to tackle the infrastructural deficit in Kogi State if elected governor.
According to her, "I am passionate about my state. I want to see things rightly done. I am passionate for greatness and success and Kogi people are an embodiment of both, all they need is the required leadership to harness their positivity in the right direction. It is my duty as a woman to reinforce a positive direction as to the guiding principle of administration in the state.
"My priorities are geared towards improving education, agriculture, health, social infrastructure and human capital development. I am determined to rewrite the history of my people, and this is why I am in the race for the governorship election in Kogi State.
"At this juncture, I must inform the world that I am capable of performing excellently as my past experience in assisting the government and in being involved in non-governmental organizations had prepared me for this race. Firstly, it has not been easy funding this campaign. We have gathered all our resources to finance this campaign. In fact, we have started to raise funds to help inject finance into the campaign, and I believe that we will soar high."
"Kogi under Wada had to cut workers salary by 40 percent. The state received then sum of N3.7billion from the federal budget in March, and after the decrease in federal allocation it was allocated N2.5 billion. Meanwhile monthly wage bill is N3.2 billion. This shows how heavily the state relies on federal allocations to run its expenditure.
Continuing, she said, "the infrastructure in Kogi are in a sorry state of negligence and disrepair. The city's facilities and infrastructure are grossly inadequate and inequitably spread where available. The problem has been attributed to the inability of the provided infrastructures to meet the needs of the teeming population. There's insufficient or lack of provision of pipe borne or potable drinking water, and over 60 percent of the city dwellers lack access, with some 20 percent drawing water from unhygienic sources.
"Electricity which has been privatised for efficiency is yet to be impressive in performance. From the state of infrastructure in the state, the main constraint in the provision and management is funding and this can be directly linked to over reliance on federal allocation."
On how she intends to move the state forward, she noted: "This is the era of private public partnership; funds must be obtained for investment from the private sector or capital market. The way forward now in finances is for public agencies and parastatals to resort to the financial intermediaries and credit rating agencies.
"At this state, it will not be out of place for the state government to take cue from measures that have been replicated in other countries like India and Brazil, where they have established infrastructure leasing and financial services (ILFS) to finance infrastructure institutions. I am confident that a modification of this sort in Kogi State will be seen as a provider of a new perspective of development in project financing.
"Secondly it is time to take us back to our glory of beyond. Kogi State has resources to be self-reliant and to generate internal revenue. We have cashew, palm plantation and we have the Ajaokuta Steel Mill, which was served by the abundant iron ore deposit, which has now attracted the Dangote cement factory. More reliance in our resources will go a long way to generate revenue and reduce unemployment amongst our able bodied youths who at this point have nothing to rely on. In fact this is my first mission to be accomplished as the state governor, because it is our duty to preserve our cultural heritage by promoting it's inheritance from our ancestors long gone."
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Issue 26 (2009)
Kira Muratova: Melody for a Barrel Organ (Melodiia dlia sharmanki, 2009)
reviewed by Nancy Condee © 2009
"Repent! Raise your eyes to the heavens!"
—Anonymous eccentric, Melody for Barrel Organ
For the first time since (arguably) Among Grey Stones (Sredi serykh kamnei, 1983), [1] Muratova offers us two fully formed, psychologically legible human beings. Muratova's Alena (Olena Kostiuk) and Nikita (Roma Burlaka) are two small runaway step-siblings in search of their respective fathers. Glancing backward at Muratova's work over decades, we cannot help but recall her portrait of the children Vasia, Marusia, and Valek in this earlier film. The similarity is reinforced by the thematics of homelessness, separation through death, and endless journey. In Among Grey Stones, that journey is primarily a symbolic one to the "center of the earth," as its citation of Jules Verne's 1864 science-fiction novel seems to suggest.[2] In Melody, the journey is literal as well as symbolic. Its literal journey—a story of how the children move from place to place to seek Alena's father, then (failing that), Nikita's father—is in fact merely the staging ground for the retrospective unfurling of the film's backstory. In that symbolic journey, we learn how the mother had died, how the children had ended up in a children's home; how the staff had planned to transfer them to separate, distant institutions; how on Christmas Eve the two children bolted so as to avoid their impending separation.
In contrast to the pathos of these vulnerable and wholly intelligible children, Muratova pits the rest of—what we call, out of habit—humanity: thieves, delusional god-seekers, shady salesmen, petty crooks, alcoholics, larcenous mothers, two-bit gangsters, gambling addicts, flimflam artists, grifters, casino barflies, juvenile gang members, cold-hearted civil servants, jaded security guards, indifferent shopkeepers. Cumulatively, they may be recognized as Muratova's "happy and restless marionettes" (Mantsov 9), those fragmented and eccentric clusters that the filmmaker herself has referred to as "my characteristics" (Muratova, "Iskusstvo rodilos'" 94).
In their journey through life, the two children are exposed to cameo appearance of adulthood in all its grotesque perversity, cameo appearances that simultaneously function as cinematic reminders of Muratova's familiar case of magnificent actors, including Natal'ia Buz'ko, Jean-Daniel, Georgii Deliev, Leonid Kushnir, Renata Litvinova, Nina Ruslanova, and Oleg Tabakov.
It is customary in Muratova's work for these "simulated humans," as one scholar has aptly dubbed them (Berry 449), to dominate the screen, leaving the viewer no diegetic respite, no recognizable human coherence. Here, by contrast, the two young siblings hold their own in the center of the film, operating as a sense-making instrument through which to watch the sequential, performative episodes. The young pair organizes the film's structure both as a linear mission (the search for the fathers) and as a comprehensive registry of delusional behavior.
In an inventory of features about runaway or abandoned children—the most familiar Russian pair are Valerka and Galia in Vitalii Kanevskii's Freeze, Die, Come to Life [Zamri, Umri, Voskresni, 1989]—the commonplace resolutions include the reunion with lost family members or the painful separation of the children to facilitate another stage of maturation in the implicit Bildungskino. As ever, Muratova finds her own quirky alternative to these conventions, one that is as heartbreaking as it is virtually imperceptible. The film is long; it is easy toward the end to miss the very resolution—so incipient and so familiar—that Muratova does not permit. It is as if we viewers were in constant danger, through our own inattention, of letting the children slip from us, as even the most well-meaning adults of this film have done: "watching the children" takes on multiple registers of vigilance.
If we hold our attention fast, the film will reward us in ways that belie the apparently improvisational tendencies Muratova has been known to love. Exposed to the relentless cold of Christmas weather, the children wander in to an art auction, its hall filled with lush tropical plants, a jungle of wealth and privilege. There, in this thirteenth episode of the film, the auctioneers are presenting the item (Lot Number 13, as it is identified) that lends its name to the film: a beautiful, antique barrel organ. As the auction models crank the barrel-organ handle, as its melody begins and the children are escorted from the hall, the affinities of the barrel organ and the camera apparatus align themselves in their artistic rendition of a story of separation. The auction excludes the children; the barrel organ's director does not. Indeed, its melody, Separation [Razluka], dominates the remainder of the film ("Why should we part? Why live separate from one another?"). As we watch Nikita inadvertently separated from his beloved sister and just missing a chance encounter with his father, it would seem that the fact of separation—including our separation as a condition of being—is primary among Muratova's conditions of life. Worthy of lament (as the song and the film so eloquently perform), it is a condition in Muratova's cinema that is not available to recovery. Indeed, the film ends on a seemingly random, even haphazard note, as if the barrel-organ handle had stopped turning. The actors, frozen in Gogolian dumbshow, except for the recurrent idiotic hiccupping, hold their places around the tiny figure of Nikita, finally dead of exposure.[3]
The reader may remember Muratova's strong affection for perorating religious eccentrics, their charm enhanced by the knowledge that the filmmaker herself is an entrenched non-believer (Gersova 162; Morozova 4; Dolin; Getmanchuk). And so one particular anonymous orator—of whom the film provides a splendid array—deserves special mention. Gesticulating at the domed ceiling ("Repent! Raise your eyes to the heavens!"), the religious prophet commands us to glance aloft. Muratova's cameraman Vladimir Pankov pans the camera pans upward beyond the chandelier, where we see an absolutely blank space. It is, so to speak, a classic Muratovian sight gag—"…to the heavens… oops! Nothing there: see?"—an understated, amusing moment for those (including this reviewer) who admire the film director's love of desecration for its own sake.
But let us connect this theological sight gag with a second practice of Pankov: the film is replete with recurring aerial shots, downward at her hapless marionettes. At first visually haphazard or aestheticized—for example, the bird's eye view of sleeping travelers, arranged on sofas as a stunning, tessellated shot—these aerial shots become more saturated with significance, culminating in a direct overhead shot of the balloons that obscure the little Nikita, now separated—implicitly forever—from his sister Alena. As viewers, with Pankov, we stand in that place of observation where the deity would have stood; it is we, looking down, to whom the importuning visionary would earlier have us raise our eyes in repentance. What we see here is surely a secular retort to a culture increasingly preoccupied with bogoiskatel'stvo [God-seeking].
While the urge to enumerate Muratova's signature devices is all but irresistible—the three sets of twins, the stumbling blind men with canes, the portrait of homeless dogs, the operatic declamations—a more challenging line of investigation is the way in which this film redefines a theme that has preoccupied Muratova's attention from the earliest films: civilization as feral life. Apparently feral by civilization's norms, the two homeless children, stunningly acted by Kostiuk and Burlaka, undercut the very standards that had thrown such obstacles in Muratova's early professional path, and stand as uncharacteristic figures in the filmmaker's work. Neither simulated humans, nor restless marionettes, nor merely the filmmaker's characteristics, they are given a rare chance to be fully cohesive human beings.
Nancy Condee
University of Pittsburgh
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1]Among the Grey Stones, one of Muratova's least-examined Stagnation-era films, sometimes lists its director as the non-existent Ivan Sidorov. When the film was severely cut, its negatives destroyed, and the director's version lost, Muratova removed her name from the credits; the generic pseudonym Ivan Sidorov was substituted. In subsequent interviews (e.g. Bozhovich, "Rentgenoskopiia" 70), Muratova has not disavowed the work. On this and other films, see Taubman, Condee.
2] In Among Grey Stones, the Judge (Stanislav Govorukhin) suggests that son Vasia's belief that "grey stones suck away life" comes from Jules Verne. In Chapter Fifteen ("Snæfell at Last") of Voyage au centre de la Terre, explorers descend into the Islandic volcano Snæfellsjökull to reach the center of the earth, where they encounter a landscape of grey stones.
3] I am grateful for discussions with Vladimir Padunov concerning the film's concluding choices.
Works Cited
Berry, Ellen E. "Grief and Simulation in Kira Muratova's The Aesthenic Syndrome." Russian Review July 1988: 446-454.
Bozhovich, V. "Rentgenoskopiia dushi." Iskusstvo kino 9 (1987): 51-70.
Condee, Nancy. The Imperial Trace: Recent Russian Cinema. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.
Dolin, A. "Kira Muratova: Obozhaiu klounadu." Gazeta.ru 128 (28 June 2002).
Gersova, L., comp. "Kira Muratova otvechaet zriteliam." Kinovedcheskie zapiski 13 (1992): 157-68.
Getmanchuk, A. "Kira Muratova: Pravda vsegda shokiruet." Komsomol'skaia Pravda 127 (2 June 1990).
Mantsov, I. "Kollektivnoe telo kak romanticheskii geroi-liubovnik." Iskusstvo kino 8 (1994): 7-9.
Morozova, N. "Kira Muratova: Fikus—eto rastenie. I ne bolee togo." Sovetskaia molodezh 24 October 1990: 4-5.
Muratova, Kira. "Iskusstvo rodilos' iz zapretov, styda i strakha." Interview by Pavel Sirkes. Iskusstvo kino 2 (1995): 90-98.
Taubman, Jane A. Kira Muratova. KINOfiles Filmmakers' Companions 4. London: I.B. Tauris, 2005.
Melody for Barrel Organ, Ukraine 2009
Color, 153 minutes
Director: Kira Muratova
Scriptwriters: Vladimir Zuev and Kira Muratova
Cinematography: Vladimir Pankov
Art Director: Evgenii Golubenko
Cast: Olena Kostiuk and Roma Burlaka
Producer: Oleg Kokhan
Production: Sota Cinema Group
Kira Muratova: Melody for a Barrel Organ (Melodiia dlia sharmanki, 2009)
reviewed by Nancy Condee © 2009


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- The estimated 550,000-strong Yazidi community are members of a Kurdish religious minority who have lived primarily in Iraq, Turkey and Syria.
"This year marks a decade since the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1820 (2008), which determined that the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict constitutes both a war crime and a threat to global peace and security".
Denis Mukwege, a gynaecologist in Bukavu city which is a part of Democratic Republic of Congo has been working from two decades to treat women who have been molested during the war.
At 25 years old, Murad is the second youngest person to ever win the Nobel Peace Prize, after Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai. Masrour Barzani, chancellor of the Kurdistan Regional Security Council, tweeted that he congratulated Murad for her work on behalf of Yazidis and victims of human trafficking, giving them a "powerful voice". She escaped with the help of a Sunni Muslim family in Mosul, and became an advocate for the rights of her community around the world.
"Today we must also draw a red line against rape as a weapon of war", he said, describing it as a "cheap and efficient" form of terror which condemns its victims to "a life sentence".
The committee noted that "Denis Mukwege is the helper who has devoted his life to defending these victims".
Her nightmare began when the jihadists stormed her village in northern Iraq in August 2014.
A Congolese OB-GYN and a woman who was once held captive by ISIS are now winners of the Nobel Peace Prize.
She said: "We could hear the commotion downstairs where militants were registering and organising, and when the first man entered the room, all the girls started screaming". "Nadia Murad is the witness who tells of the abuses perpetrated against herself and other", Reiss-Andersen said after announcing the winners.
Both honorees are the first from their countries - Congo and Iraq - to receive a Nobel Prize and will split the award, which is worth 9 million Swedish kronor ($1.01 million).
She recounted her story in The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity and My Fight Against the Islamic State, which came out in 2017.
She was captured alongside her sisters and lost six brothers and her mother.
"We've suffered so much over the past four years and this has been a moment of recognition, the ultimate moment of recognition of our genocide, of our suffering", he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. "To feel they are loved, to feel they can finally find love and affection", he said.
United Nations rights chief Michelle Bachelet said it was "hard to imagine two more worthy winners", describing the prize as "richly-deserved recognition of two extraordinarily courageous, persistent and effective campaigners". Both winners have a unique connection to Canada.


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No ifs, ands, or buts here. "Never sit in the front row unless you've been invited to," says Jennifer Porter, party planner and owner of Satsuma Designs. "Even if it's a casual gathering, abide by tradition and save the front row for family or the wedding party." But of course, there's always an exception to the rule: "If an usher places you in the front, relish your seat and enjoy!"
Surprises during a high stress situation (say, a wedding?) are a no-no. If you said you'd be flying solo, don't show up with your new beau. Or if the couple didn't mention that you could bring a plus one, don't assume that you can. "Every person who attends cost money for the bride and groom or their family," says Brian Worley, director of Bold Catering & Design. "It is also totally awkward when your uninvited guest has no place to sit at the reception."
You should never outshine the bride. Unless she gives you her stamp of approval, don't wear white (the cardinal sin of weddings). "White is for the bride and for the bride only," says Worley. "This is not old-fashioned." Your cute white eyelet dress will have its moment to shine, don't worry.
Think beyond the dress. Brides also want their luscious locks to shine on their special day so try to avoid hair accessories or elegant styles that may take away from them. "Even the lovely flower crown trend should be left to the bride and bridal party," says Porter. So sad, we know.
How would you feel if someone just waltzed into your house for Sunday dinner without notice? You'd probably be shocked, no? Same goes for weddings. "Most couples give guests plenty of time to respond and even provide a stamped envelope," says Lizzie Lumley, coordinator at Hakuna Matata Weddings & Events. "Brides can't make the final arrangements until the RSVPs are in — and it's rude to keep them waiting." It's even worse to show up unannounced.
Whatever you do, don't make the newlyweds schlep a heavy box of kitchenware back home. "Bringing a large gift is a big annoyance for couples," says Alice Fay, Senior Catering Manager & Wedding Expert at Fairmont Copley Plaza. "They likely have a packed car to drive home regardless of any gifts they received at the wedding." That's not to say that you can't buy the couple large presents. "It's more respectful to send bigger gifts to their home." Regardless, don't show up empty-handed to the reception — bring a handwritten card and hint that the actual present is waiting on their doorstep.
No matter how casual the ceremony, you should still show the bride and groom that their big day is a priority to you. "Showing up late is very rude considering the amount of effort the couple went through to plan their special day," says Fay. "Guests should always account for traffic and potential public transportation delays to ensure they are on time." Because you'd feel awful for missing the bride's big entrance, wouldn't you?
We get it: You really want to show off how much you love the newlyweds with their adorable Instagram hashtag but experts say it's best to wait until after they say "I do." "Guests should refrain from taking photos or videos during the ceremony, if the couple asked them to," says Shawna Orwoll from Away We Go Weddings. "Religious or not, a wedding ceremony is a sacred moment for the couple and should be treated accordingly."
Every couple deserves one minute to enjoy the meal they perfectly selected (and paid for!) on their wedding day. "It always amazes me how some guests will go up to the newlyweds and interrupt them for a selfie or to ask them to come visit their table," says Hovik Harutyunyan, owner of Harutyunyan Events. "The couple is there the whole night. They aren't going anywhere so why bother them during their meal?" Exactly.
It's a fact that weddings are insanely expensive but it's not your job to play detective all night and figure out how much it costs. "The venue is spectacular, the flowers to-die-for and the bar top of the line, but to openly speculate on the costs is trés gauche," says Jodi Smith, founder of Mannersmith Etiquette Consulting. "Instead enjoy the fact you have been invited to such a fabulous affair and leave it at that."


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The crystallization of ZSM-5 from a gel comprising n-butylamine as structure directing agent was investigated. The samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction, nitrogen gas adsorption, extreme high-resolution transmission and scanning electron microscopy, and energy dispersive spectroscopy. The gel was found to be composed by a silica-rich matrix embedded in a skeleton of alumina-rich nanoparticles. During growth of the crystals, the silica-rich matrix is consumed first, and an increasing fraction of the alumina-rich nanoparticles are utilized later in the growth process. This leads to a non-uniform consumption of the gel walls during crystal growth. Consequently, the Si/Al ratio of the gel is steadily decreasing, which is accompanied by a corresponding decrease in the Si/Al ratio from the center to the outer surface of the crystals, i.e. Al-zoning of the ZSM-5 crystals.
Butanol, a promising biofuel, can be produced by ABE (acetone, butanol and ethanol) fermentation using e.g. Clostridium acetobutylicum. However, the butanol concentration in the resulting broth is limited to only ca. 20 g/L due to the toxicity for the microorganisms. This low product concentration demands an efficient recovery process for successful commercialization of this process. In this study, a structured adsorbent in the form of steel monolith coated with a silicalite-1 film was prepared using the in situ growth method. The adsorbent was carefully characterized by SEM and XRD. The performance of the adsorbent was evaluated by performing breakthrough experiments at room temperature using model ABE fermentation broths and the performance was compared with that of traditional adsorbents in the form of beads. The structured silicalite-1 adsorbent showed less saturation loading time as compared to commercial binder free silicalite-1 beads, reflecting the different dimensions of the columns used, set by experimental constraints. Studies of the desorption process showed that by operating at appropriate conditions, butanol with high concentration i.e. up to 95.2 wt% for butanol–water model system and 88.5 wt% for ABE fermentation broth can be obtained using the structured silicalite-1 adsorbent. Commercial silicalite-1 beads also showed good selectivity but the concentration of butanol in the desorbed product was limited to 70 % for the butanol–water model system and 69 % for ABE fermentation broth, probably as a result of entrained liquid between the beads.
In this work, high-silica MFI zeolite adsorbent was evaluated for selective recovery of butanol from a real ABE (acetone, butanol, and ethanol) fermentation broth by batch adsorption measurements. The fermentation broth was produced using a hydrolyzate originating from Kraft black liquor, an internal stream in pulp mills, i.e., a low-cost substrate. The adsorbent was very selective towards butanol and butyric acid and became nearly saturated with a mixture of butanol and butyric acid with relative amounts of butanol and butyric acid depending on the pH. The presence of phenolic compounds in significant amounts in the fermentation broths, originating from the black liquor hydrolyzate, did not affect the adsorption of butanol and butyric acid.
Pure silica zeolites are potentially hydrophobic and have therefore been considered to be interesting candidates for separating alcohols, e.g., 1-butanol, from water. Zeolites are traditionally synthesized at high pH, leading to the formation of intracrystalline defects in the form of silanol defects in the framework. These silanol groups introduce polar adsorption sites into the framework, potentially reducing the adsorption selectivity toward alcohols in alcohol/water mixtures. In contrast, zeolites prepared at neutral pH using the fluoride route contain significantly fewer defects. Such crystals should show a much higher butanol/water selectivity than crystals prepared in traditional hydroxide (OH−) media. Moreover, silanol groups are present at the external surface of the zeolite crystals; therefore, minimizing the external surface of the studied adsorbent is important. In this work, we determine adsorption isotherms of 1-butanol and water in silicalite-1 films prepared in a fluoride (F−) medium using in situ attenuated total reflectance−Fourier transform infrared (ATR−FTIR) spectroscopy. This film was composed of well intergrown, plate-shaped b-oriented crystals, resulting in a low external area. Single-component adsorption isotherms of 1-butanol and water were determined in the temperature range of 35− 80 °C. The 1-butanol isotherms were typical for an adsorbate showing a high affinity for a microporous material and a large increase in the amount adsorbed at low partial pressures of 1-butanol. The Langmuir−Freundlich model was successfully fitted to the 1-butanol isotherms, and the heat of adsorption was determined. Water showed a very low affinity for the adsorbent, and the amounts adsorbed were very similar to previous reports for large silicalite-1 crystals prepared in a fluoride medium. The sample also adsorbed much less water than did a reference silicalite-1(OH−) film containing a high density of internal defects.The results show that silicalite-1 films prepared in a F− medium with a low density of defects and external area are very promising for the selective recovery of 1-butanol from aqueous solutions.
Biobutanol produced by, e.g., acetone–butanol–ethanol (ABE) fermentation is a promising alternative to petroleum-based chemicals as, e.g., solvent and fuel. Recovery of butanol from dilute fermentation broths by hydrophobic membranes and adsorbents has been identified as a promising route. In this work, the adsorption of water and butanol vapor in a silicalite-1 film was studied using in situ attenuated total reflectance–Fourier transform infrared (ATR–FTIR) spectroscopy to better understand the adsorption properties of silicalite-1 membranes and adsorbents. Single-component adsorption isotherms were determined in the temperature range of 35–120 °C, and the Langmuir model was successfully fitted to the experimental data. The adsorption of butanol is very favorable compared to that of water. When the silicalite-1 film was exposed to a butanol/water vapor mixture with 15 mol % butanol (which is the vapor composition of an aqueous solution containing 2 wt % butanol, a typical concentration in an ABE fermentation broth, i.e., the composition of the gas obtained from gas stripping of an ABE broth) at 35 °C, the adsorption selectivity toward butanol was as high as 107. These results confirm that silicalite-1 quite selectively adsorbs hydrocarbons from vapor mixtures. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first comprehensive study on the adsorption of water and butanol in silicalite-1 from vapor phase.
This work presents the synthesis of nearly defect-free ZSM-5 nanosized crystals, prepared in fluoride medium by seeding with silicalite-1. This material was carefully characterized and its catalytic performances in the methanol to hydrocarbons (MTH) reaction were assessed. Such fluoride-based material was compared to a reference ZSM-5, produced through a conventional alkaline synthesis but from the same seeding. Despite both the materials show closely identical morphology and they have a comparable acid site population, the catalyst prepared using the fluoride route showed significantly longer lifetime in MTH compared to the catalyst prepared using conventional synthesis at high pH. The slower deactivation for the samples prepared using the fluoride route was ascribed, thanks to a thorough in situ IR spectroscopy study, to its lower density of internal defects. According to the UV-Raman characterization of coke on the spent catalyst, the fluoride-based ZSM-5 catalyst produces less molecular coke species, most probably because of the absence of enlarged cavities/channels as due to the presence of internal defects. On the basis of these observations, the deactivation mechanism in the ZSM-5 synthesized by fluoride medium could be mostly related to the deposition of an external layer of bulk coke, whereas in the alkali-synthesized catalyst an additional effect from molecular coke accumulating within the porous network accelerates the deactivation process.
Separation of CO2 and CO is of great importance for many industrial applications. Today, CO2 is removed from CO mainly by adsorption or physical or chemical absorption systems that are energy-intensive and expensive. Membranes are listed among the most promising sustainable and energy-efficient alternatives for CO2 separation. Here, we study CO2/CO separation by novel sub-micron b-oriented MFI zeolite membranes in a temperature range of 258-303 K and at a feed pressure of 9 bar. Under all experimental conditions studied, the membranes were CO2-selective and displayed high CO2 permeance ranging from 17 000 to 23 000 gpu. With decreasing temperature, the CO2/CO selectivity was increasing, reaching a maximum of 26 at 258 K. We also developed a mathematical model to describe the membrane process, and it indicated that the membrane separation performance was a result of selective adsorption of CO2 on the polar zeolite. The heat of adsorption of CO2 on the zeolite is more negative due to the high quadrupole moment and polarisability of the molecule as compared to CO. At the same time, diffusional coupling (correlation effects) at high adsorbed loadings was found to favour the overall CO2/CO selectivity of the membranes by reducing the diffusivity of the lighter CO molecule in the ca. 0.55 nm pores in the zeolite. The model also indicated that the separation performance was limited by the mass transfer resistance in the support and concentration polarisation on the feed side of the membrane.
ZSM-5 zeolite crystals with carefully controlled thicknesses in the range 20–110 nm, i.e. in the colloidal domain, were synthesized in fluoride and hydroxide media. The crystals were treated in steam at high temperature to evaluate the stability and evaluated by SEM, XRD, NMR and NH3-TPD. The results showed that the framework of crystals synthesized in fluoride media was more stable than the framework of crystals synthesized in hydroxide media. This should be an effect of lower concentration of structural defects and silanol groups in the former zeolites as reported by other groups. However, independently of the synthesis conditions, all crystals dealuminated rapidly when treated with steam at the conditions investigated in the present work.
All-silica CHA nanocrystals, much smaller (20–200 nm) than previously reported, were prepared by an improved method developed in the present work. The nanocrystals are prepared by adding milled crystals to a fluoride synthesis mixture and we observed that much smaller crystals are obtained by adding a much higher fraction of milled crystals. In the next step, CHA membranes with a thickness of ca. 1.3 μm were prepared by hydrothermal treatment of a monolayer of nanocrystals supported on porous graded alumina discs in a fluoride synthesis gel. Finally, the membranes were calcined at 480 °C. The highest measured single gas CO2 permeance was 172 × 10−7 mol m−2 s−1 Pa−1 at room temperature. The highly permeable membranes were evaluated for separation of CO2 from an equimolar mixture with CH4 at varying temperatures. The highest observed CO2 mixture permeance was 84 × 10−7 mol m−2 s−1 Pa−1 at 276 K with a separation selectivity of 47 at 9 bar feed pressure and atmospheric permeate pressure. At room temperature, the CO2 mixture permeance was also as high as 78 × 10−7 mol m−2 s−1 Pa−1 with a separation selectivity of 32. To the best of our knowledge, these CO2 permeances are by far the highest reported for CHA membranes, while the selectivity is similar to that reported previously at comparable test conditions.
The ambient humidity and the nature of substrates are considered coordinately in the assembly of nano-sized crystals. The nanocrystal monolayers show large-area uniformity without any aggregates. Zeolite and hematite monolayers with thicknesses of 20–100 nm and excellent orientations are produced.
Biopolymers are developed as functional intermediate linkers for the assembly of nano and submicron-sized crystals. Mediated by the interlayers, iron oxide and zeolite crystals with varied shapes (cubic, ellipsoidal, and discoidal) are organized into uniformly oriented monolayers on glass plates and macroporous alumina supports. The crystal monolayers can be near-perfect transferred onto the substrate upon calcination, which are suitable for further growth. The assembled crystals display a range of colors, and important mechanisms with direct evidence for explaining this optical appearance are proposed.
We report novel routes for synthesis of defect-free, hydrophobic and monodispersed 10 nm (5 unit cells) thick MFI crystals and 100 nm CHA crystals. The crystals are obtained in high yield and display very high 1-butanol adsorption from aqueous solution. These crystals are assembled in monolayers for the growth of ultra-thin and uniformly oriented films with thicknesses of 36 nm and 330 nm, respectively, using a synthesis gel in the form of a powder. This method is very simple and may open up for industrial preparation of materials with improved performances.
Large-area, void-free monolayers of oriented submicron crystals (silicalite-1, 800 nm and hematite, 400 nm) were fabricated on an air-water interface by dynamic interfacial assembly and were transferred onto solid substrates with different properties (porous, hydrophobic, conductive
Membrane separation of CO2 from natural gas, biogas, synthesis gas, and flu gas is a simple and energy-efficient alternative to other separation techniques. But results for CO2-selective permeance have always been achieved by randomly oriented and thick zeolite membranes. Thin, oriented membranes have great potential to realize high-flux and high-selectivity separation of mixtures at low energy cost. We now report a facile method for preparing silica MFI membranes in fluoride media on a graded alumina support. In the resulting membrane straight channels are uniformly vertically aligned and the membrane has a thickness of 0.5 μm. The membrane showed a separation selectivity of 109 for CO2/H2 mixtures and a CO2 permeance of 51×10−7 mol m−2 s−1 Pa−1 at −35 °C, making it promising for practical CO2 separation from mixtures
Membrane separation of CO2 from natural gas, biogas, synthesis gas, and flu gas is a simple and energy-efficient alternative to other separation techniques. But results for CO2-selective permeance have always been achieved by randomly oriented and thick zeolite membranes. Thin, oriented membranes have great potential to realize high-flux and high-selectivity separation of mixtures at low energy cost. We now report a facile method for preparing silica MFI membranes in fluoride media on a graded alumina support. In the resulting membrane straight channels are uniformly vertically aligned and the membrane has a thickness of 0.5m. The membrane showed a separation selectivity of 109 for CO2/H-2 mixtures and a CO2 permeance of 51x10(-7)molm(-2)s(-1)Pa(-1) at -35 degrees C, making it promising for practical CO2 separation from mixtures
Well-defined ZSM-5 crystals with tablet habit, uniform size, controllable silica/alumina ratio, and high mesoporosity were prepared using conventional hydrothermal treatment under stirring. The key to obtaining high mesoporosity of the crystals was to stir a synthesis mixture containing a relatively high concentration of alumina


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Years ago when I was still a game ranger, we rescued a month old baby rhino from one of the neighbouring game reserves and brought it to the Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre. The poor little thing was extremely dehydrated and required a fair amount of medical attention. On top of which we also had to bottle feed the newly christened Manya with two litres of specially formulated milk every three hours. The little girl grew very fond of people as a result of all the close contact she experienced during her first few weeks at the Centre, and loved to play with anyone that entered her enclosure.
Three years later sweet little Manya had transformed into a massive two ton Sherman tank. The only problem was that our not so little girl still loved playing, and still got just as exited when she heard a vehicle or peoples' voices entering her enclosure. Her love of people and playing eventually became a huge headache (and sometimes even a broken arm or leg) for the HESC staff, as our Manya started overturning vehicles and destroying fences and gates on a daily basis.
Something had to be done. Mrs Lente Roode (HESC founder) and her staff decided to release Manya onto the Kapama Game Reserve, but unfortunately nobody told us about this. And that's where all our problems started.
I was conducting a midmorning walking safari with a colleague and eight guests (on the selfsame reserve where Manya had been reintroduced into the wild) when we stumbled upon a rhino sleeping in the inflow of one of the water holes. The huge animal was about 200m away from us, so we decided to stalk in and see how close we could get. Rhinos have very poor eye sight coupled with an acute sense of hearing, and normally when they hear or smell a human being they will jump up and run off in the opposite direction as quickly as possible.
After a few meters of stalking one of the guests accidentally stepped on a branch, causing the rhino to jump up, ears moving back and forth like two radar dishes. I was pretty disappointed as I thought that the rhino would immediately hightail it out of the area.
Oh how wrong I was. Instead the mammoth beast ran directly at us while making excited panting sounds. I could not believe my eyes when I saw this enormous 2.2 ton monster galloping for us instead of running away.
"Carl, I think it's Manya, there were rumours that she was going to be released onto the reserve," my colleagued muttered under his breath to me.
A very excited Manya was clearly ready to play, and sprinting towards us at a rate of knots. Needless to say our lives were in great danger. I'd never heard of anybody tangoing with something this large (never mind the half meter razor sharp horn she sported) and surviving to tell the tale.
I yelled to my colleague to lead the guests inside a semi-protected drainage line. In the meantime I jumped up and down and waved my arms about, hoping that I'd somehow manage to divert the charging beast's attention towards me and give the others a chance to get away.
My plan worked a little too well and Manya proceeded to zoom in on me a little more quickly than I'd anticipated. I knew I had to run for my life. And run I did, like a man possessed, but for every six of my paces, Manya took one. I was losing ground by the second, and the snorts behind me were coming closer and closer. When I started experiencing splenalgia I realised that it would have been a much better idea if my colleague had acted as the decoy (the last time I attempted anything faster than jog was when I tried to impress a girl by running the 800m at school).
I started feeling a burning pain in my chest and a horn almost poking me from behind. I dug deep into my reserves and with my last bit of energy (and lots of adrenalin) I jumped into a large Marula tree. And let me tell you, I only just made it.
Glad to still be alive, I perched on a branch catching my breath and waited for Manya to leave. She was in no hurry to go anywhere however, and wasn't giving up her new found friendship that easily either.
Sitting in the Marula tree for two hours in temperatures exceeding 40ºC gave me a lot of time to work out what I was going to tell the media about my act of bravery, but after another hour in the tree and still no rescuers in sight, I realised that the paparazzi weren't coming.
Manya eventually left and I climbed out of the tree with great difficulty, stopping at the bottom to marvel at how I got up it in the first place. When I arrived back at camp my thoughtful colleague was enjoying lunch with the guests.
Although there was no media present to offer me a medal (or two) for my bravery I did get a big round of applause.
Until next time,
Carl 😉


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Many children say they do not like vegetables, but usually they have never tasted the vegetable they claim not to like. Research shows that many children have not tasted vegetables because parents have not made them available in the home or have not provided them in a form in which children can easily eat. Let's face it, few children will take the time to wash a head of broccoli or cauliflower, break the pieces apart, serve them up on a plate, and then eat them.
Parents can increase the chances that their children will eat a particular vegetable if it is in a small container or individual plastic bag in the refrigerator.
Then children can choose the vegetable and eat it while watching television or sitting around the home.
Children's food habits are formed at an early age. Research now shows early eating habits may carry over into adulthood. It is important for parents to introduce good eating habits in children when they are young. However, it is never too late to start.
Exploring Ways to Get Children to Eat Vegetables
Be a role model. Offer vegetables to children by eating them yourself. Let children approach them on their own.
Set some rules. Children usually will accept vegetables in an environment where parents set appropriate rules. For example, it is okay to tell your child they need to taste a vegetable before they decide they do not like it.
Stay positive. Using strategies such as punishment, threats, force, or even offering the child a reward have been shown to be unsuccessful ways of teaching children to eat vegetables. Vegetables should be offered in a relaxed environment.
Don't give up. Keep offering the vegetables. It might be helpful to offer the vegetable the child dislikes in different ways or mixing the vegetable with other foods. Many parents tend to throw in the towel after the child refuses a vegetable the first time. Children generally have a fear of new foods. It may take about 8 to 10 tries with a vegetable before your child is ready to taste it. In addition, it may take a lot more tasting before your child gets to the point where he or she likes the vegetable. Be patient as your child experiences new foods.
Be creative. Offer children vegetables in different forms (cooked, raw, and mixed with other foods) before you decide they do not like them.
Be flexible. Children vary in how much they eat and what they like. Each child is an individual. Do not have predetermined ways in which your child should eat or accept vegetables.
Be reasonable.
Keep in mind that vegetable servings for children are smaller than vegetable servings for adults. A general guideline is one tablespoon of vegetable for each year of life. Do not have unrealistic expectations for your child.
Give options.
Offer a variety of vegetables at a particular meal. This allows children to be able to choose a vegetable they like.
Parents here are some tricks of the trade:
- Offer vegetables daily. Children will not eat vegetables if parents do not cook and serve them.
- Let children pick out a vegetable of the week at the grocery store.
- Make vegetables easy for children to get to and eat. Have ready to eat vegetable snacks in small bags in the refrigerator.
- Set out a plate of vegetables and dip before dinner or when children get home from school. It is amazing what children will eat when they are hungry.
- Remember to serve vegetables with a dip children love.
- Prepare vegetables in a way in which they are tender but crisp. Children tend to dislike mushy vegetables and many prefer raw vegetables for this reason.
- Include two vegetables at dinner; a cooked and a raw vegetable are good options. This allows children to have a choice of vegetable they want to eat.
- Add lettuce leaves to sandwiches.
- Add blended vegetables such as spinach to spaghetti sauce, soups and casserole. Children generally do not know they are included and they get the health benefit of the vegetable. It is a good idea to blend or cut up the vegetable finely before adding it to spaghetti sauce.
- Make food fun. Let children create funny faces or animals with cut up vegetables.
- Let children help prepare vegetable recipes, they generally enjoy what they have made.
- Allow kids to make their own salad. Put out small bowls of baby carrots, cherry tomatoes, shredded leaf lettuce, raisins, fruit, and crunch noodles.
- They love the feeling of control that comes from doing it themselves.
- Try heirloom vegetables. Kids get excited about interesting vegetables. Take your children


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What began as a series of peaceful strikes and protests due to perceived disenfranchisment in the Cameroon's English-speaking regions in 2016, has now turned into violence between separatist groups and security forces. The unrest has caused dozens of deaths and prompted at least 15,000 people to flee to neighboring Nigeria.
Earlier this week, Cameroon deployed special forces in Northwest and Southwest Provinces following a series of attacks and kidnappings on government officials.
The decision came as a separatist group, the Ambazonia Defense Forces (ADF), claimed responsibility for a missing government official, the second official to be kidnapped in recent weeks.
The two Anglophone regions have been rocked by months of violence, strikes, mass-arrests and clashes with security forces. Groups have taken to the streets demanding a return to a federal state system, the breakaway of the two provinces and the restoration of Southern Cameroons, also known as the Republic of Ambazonia, which was the southern part of the British Mandate territory of Cameroons during colonization.
«When the opportunity for a meaningful dialogue was supposed to be exploited, the government refused, and deployed military tactics against protesting civilians instead,» security analyst David Otto told Newsweek.
«The retaliation from pro-secessionist local militia groups and the counter-reaction from the government in sending more troops to these two regions have created dire consequences for both security services and civilians in the two regions.»
Violence has further increased after some groups declared the independence of Ambazonia last October, a symbolic gesture in retaliation against the arrest of some pro-independence leaders.
Rights group Amnesty International said in October that more than 500 people had been detained in overcrowded prisons, with witnesses claiming wounded protesters fled hospitals to avoid capture. The organization also claimed at least 20 people were «unlawfully shot dead by security forces» during demonstrations on October 1. The government has denied allegations of excessive force.
In December, in a rare address on the ongoing crisis, Cameroon's President Paul Biya vowed to end attacks by separatists after four soldiers and two policemen had been killed. Attacks have continued, however.
According to Otto, the U.N, African Union and international players including U.S., U.K and France have done «very little to propose any practical steps towards a meaningful dialogue.
«These key stakeholder governments and others will only intervene when there is a direct threat to their national security, their people, and their assets and any other direct interest,» he said.
«For now, this is considered as a 'Cameroonians killing each other' situation. But it will soon be too late to intervene, at the detriment of innocent people.»
The fact that crisis has spilled over into neighboring Nigeria has also sparked a diplomatic standoff between the two countries, which have leveled accusations against each other.
A crackdown on separatists has also led some leaders of pro-independence movements to seek shelter in Nigeria, where the Department for State Service (DSS) has been accused of arresting some leaders, including Sisiku Ayuk Tabe, for engaging in a clandestine meeting «against Cameroonian authorities.» The DSS denied the allegations.
Nigeria and Cameroon officials have met to discuss the ongoing crisis. Both countries engaged in a long diplomatic dispute after Cameroonian troops allegedly crossed into Nigeria to pursue rebels without seeking Nigerian authorization. Cameroon denied the allegations and accused Nigeria of harboring pro-independence leaders.
David Otto Institutional Representative of SECINDEF (Security Intelligence and Defense) Israel-USA International Consulting Counterterrorism in the United Kingdom and collaborating analyst of OCATRY (Observatory against the Terrorist Threat and the Jihadist Radicalization) David Otto is the Director of TGS Intelligence Consultants Ltd and the Preventing Radicalisation and Violent Extremism Programme – Step In Step Out (SISO) – based in the United Kingdom. He is also Senior Counter Terrorism Advisor for Global Risk International.