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City Bars Team From Using Field
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City Hall Moving Some Offices To Nearby Building
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More Women Waiting Until Their 30s To Have Babies
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Shelley Drive, Leesburg...
Czechoslovakia To Remove Border Security Apparatus
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Nova University Plans Open House
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Heart Attack Risk Increases During Cocaine Withdrawal
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Case Against Former Tavares Cop Dropped
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Collis Law Jr., 47 . . . Electrician For Nabisco
All-star Soccer Game Lives Up To Expectations
Teen Charged In Pine Hills Rape, Attempted Murder
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Eagles' Thompson Gets A Good Shooter's Bounce
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Gar, Mudfish Feast On Wild Shiners
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Living Hell: When Son Tries To Kill You 'If Your Child Is Over 18 And Is On Drugs Put Them Out . . . In The Street'
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Parents View Horror Film That Students Saw
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Mustangs Face Another Challenge
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Timberrr! Magic Win Again Orlando Equals Expansion Mark With 7-7 Record
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Seminole's Teams Take On State Powers
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Satellites Make It Easy To Watch Magic On Road
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Seminole At Merritt Island
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Joey Withdraws From Elite Field
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Brown Replaced As Juice Manager
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Washington At Lake Howell
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Group Opposes Regulations On Lawyers' Ads
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Jobless Rate Rises A Bit In October
By Kenneth Michael of The Sentinel Staff
Braniff Inc.
Mca's Parks Plan May Include Japan
By Vicki Vaughan of The Sentinel Staff
Securities Group Looks Into The '90s
By Suzy Hagstrom of The Sentinel Staff
Anheuser-busch Wraps Up Its Purchase Of Hbj Parks
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Golden Gem Growers Inc.
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Nothing-special Dad Is A Distorted Portrait
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Keep Image Clean At The Office Party
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Dan Jenkins Plays Semi-rough In Satire Of Colleague
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Family Ties Of 2 Rising Stars Bound Too Tightly
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By Jay Boyar, Sentinel Movie Critic
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By Scott Joseph Of The Sentinel Staff
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February 26, 2014
Variety is reporting that the TV Series based on the long running French comic anthology Metal Hurlant has been picked up by the SyFy channel to start airing episodes in April. The second season of the series is wrapping up filming now but the deal has both seasons going to air in the U.S.
The series produced by We Productions and directed by Guillaume Lubrano has taken a variety of tales from the like of Alejandro Jodorowsky to Geoff Johns and converted them to 22 minute episodes. Its included the acting talent of James Marsters, Scott Adkins, Michael Jai White, Michelle Ryan, Joe Flanigan and Rutger Hauer.
The magazine that inspired the series was founded by Moebius and Philippe Druillet and published by Humanoids. It came to the U.S. as Heavy Metal.
Source: BleedingCool
December 8, 2013
I tried to find some new info about the second season of this French/Belgian production but it's not that easy, mainly because my French isn't that good. I do however found out, at least if IMDB is correct, that the first episode of the second season will be broadcast on January 4, 2014 in France. I updated the episode guide for the first five episodes of the second season. Like the first season, a lot of familair faces will be seen in the, I think, 6 new episodes of the second season. A few come back for a second guestspot after being there in the first season. Some of those familair faces are: Scott Adkins (returns); James Marsters (returns); Karl E. Landler; John Rhys-Davies; Michelle Lee; Michael Jai White (returns) and many more.
Although personally I was a bit disappointed in this new series, stories and characters where not strong enough, the series is fairly popular which resulted in a second season. Still I am glad they got a second season because I hope season 2 improves because let's face it, there isn't a lot of sci-fi on tv at the moment. If you want to check out the first season and you have a region free or region 2/B player, you can purchase the first season in France of course and also in Germany. The price has dropped significantly on Amazon so perhaps you can indulge yourself. It's been released there on DVD and Blu-Ray.
March 24, 2013
The French science fiction, live-action, erotic TV anthology series "Métal Hurlant Chronicles" ("Heavy Metal Chronicles"), based on the French version of the illustrated magazine "Heavy Metal" has been renewed for another season. The series adapts original stories by erotic comics illustrator Jean 'Moebius' Giraud.
Directed by Guillaume Lubrano, "Métal Hurlant Chronicles" debuted in France with 26-minute episodes focusing on "sexy stories in a sci-fi setting". Different casts have included Scott Adkins, Joe Flanigan, James Marsters, Michael Jai white, Rutger Hauer, Darren Shahlavi, Kelly Brook and Matt Mullins.
Source: Sneakpeek
February 18, 2013
Late last year Metal Hurlant's first season was released in DVD and Blu-Ray in France with quite a pricetag for 6 episodes of 23 minutes. The price has dropped since then but still a too high pricetag if you ask me! This month this series has also been released in Germany, a limited steelbook edition for the blu-ray and a standard DVD release. The Blu-Ray is still high priced but cheaper than the French release, plus Amazon's Germany free shipping at a certain price makes it also more interesting. The German DVD's have German subs and German and English soundtrack and the Blu-Ray does not seem to have any subs, but also has German and English soundtrack.
I have seen the episodes and I have to say, I was a bit disappointed, I expected more, the SFX is more than okay but the stories and the acting is often less than okay. Perhaps I will purchase it myself but certainly not with the current pricetag!
September 14, 2012
Release date [FR] November 2, 2012
Release date [GER] February 7, 2013
My first post about this series was November last year, then I heard nothing for a long while but last few weeks there are some updates. Last week there was a new teaser and apparently the first season, which has been shot in France, will be released there in November on DVD and Blu-Ray! At the moment the first season is being broadcast in France. The first season will contain 2 discs with 12 episodes of each approximately 26 minutes.
It's a mix of sci-fi and Game of Thrones kind of style.You can watch it in English and French language but probably only French subs. At the moment there are negotiations for broadcast with UK and Germany but not yet with North America.
September 14, 2012
The live-action series Metal Hurlant Chronicles has finally solidified a debut date; unfortunately it won't be in the States. Based on the French comics anthology Metal Hurlant (translated directly as "screaming metal" and known in the States as Heavy Metal), Metal Hurlant Chronicles will debut in France with talks to expand into the UK and Germany. Each 26-minute long episode will center on one heroic arc in a world that combines a Game of Thrones-type fantasy setting with sci-fi elements. Directed by Guillaume Lubrano and starring Scott Adkins, Michael Jai white, Rutger Hauer, Darren Shahlavi and Matt Mullins, Metal Hurlant Chronicles is finally seeing the light this month.
The upcoming live action sci-fi television series Métal Hurlant Chronicles (WE Productions / Humanoids / Sony Pictures TV), aka HEAVY METAL, adapted from the French graphic novels by legendary comic book artist Jean 'Moebius' Giraud. Directed by Guillaume Lubrano and starring Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner, Sin City, Batman Begins), Joe Flanigan (Stargate Atlantis, Fringe, Warehouse 13, CSI: Miami), Scott Adkins (The Expendables 2, The Bourne Supremacy, X-Men: Origins), Michael Jai White (Spawn, The Dark Knight), Kelly Brook (Piranha 3D, The Italian Job, Smallville), David Belle (Prince of Persia, Bablyon A.D.), James Marsters (Buffy, Angel, Smallville, Torchwood, Hawaii Five O), Darren Shahlavi (300, Mortal Kombat Legacy, Arrow).
Source: http://collider.com/
November 14, 2011
Actor Joe Flanigan (Stargate Atlantis's John Sheppard) isn't straying too far from science fiction with his new project: an appearance on the new anthology series Metal Hurlant Chronicles, based on the French comic Metal Hurlant (published in the U.S. as Heavy Metal).
The half-hour series is currently filming in Brussels, Belgium, and also stars martial artists Scott Adkins, Michael Jai White, and Darren Shahlavi — plus Rutger Hauer and James Marsters. Each episode will adapt one of the short stories from the comics.
Flanigan will co-star with Kelly Brook (who had a recurring role on Smallville) in the show's sixth episode, titled "Master of Destiny."
Sony Pictures Television has distribution rights in several European territories, but there's no word yet on when and where it might air in the United States, U.K., or elsewhere. The first season of 12, 30-minute episodes will be delivered in April, and the second season of 12 episodes in November 2012.
Source: Gateworld.com

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Assessment for Learning in the Early Years Foundation Stage
SAGE, Feb 17, 2010 - Education - 224 pages
Are you struggling with the complexities of assessment? Demystifying the process of assessment for learning in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), this book explains in straightforward language how to put principles into practice.
Looking at models of assessment, the book draws heavily on examples of real assessments from practice, and the relevant theory is explained in context. Lessons from research are applied to best practice, and issues covered include:
- self-assessment and peer assessment
- collecting evidence as a basis for making judgements
- how to track the child's development in the six areas of learning
- using assessment to inform future planning
- summative assessment in the EYFS
- involving parents and carers in the assessment process
- using assessment to support children with additional needs
- moderation
Throughout the book there are plenty of practical examples from a range of early years settings, with case studies for the Birth to Five age range.
Students, teachers, teaching assistants and those working towards Early Years Professional Status (EYPS) will find this an invaluable guide.
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2 Values and principles of assessment in the Early Years Foundation Stage
3 Enabling environments
looking at children holistically
5 Listening to children and each other
6 Collecting meaningful evidence
7 Summarising learning and development at the end of the early years foundation stage
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Sad. Brown Family Still Has Their Grammatically Incorrect T-Shirts On Display at Thanksgiving
Mike Brown Sr. handed out turkeys last weekend in Ferguson.
With this T-shirt:
"Gone To Soon"
Where's soon?
The shirt included a photo of his son Michael Brown who was shot in August.
On Thanksgiving Day the family still had their "Gone to Soon" T-shirts.
On an empty chair.
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Michael Van Pelt believes that, following a number of false dawns, space tourism is closer than it has ever been. And with ventures like the X-prize and Virgin Galactic, the profile of commercial space travel has certainly never been higher.
Space Tourism embraces a number of themes including the attitude of governments to the evolution of space technology.
Here the reader is presented with a fascinating account of a pre-Cold War example of one-upmanship as British, US and Soviet troops scour the fallen Nazi empire for the best German technology and engineers to capitalise on their ballistics research.
Pioneer astronauts were subjected to numerous phases of punishing physical and psychological testing ranging from isolation chambers and oxygen depletion to the famous G-force reaction test.
But Van Pelt concludes that such extreme procedures are not relevant to the space tourist. In fact, he reckons the average human can comfortably endure space flight, highlighting the case of the Japanese journalist sent up to Mir in 1990 who smoked four packs of cigarettes a day.
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This superyacht was built in 1998 by Baglietto and has just finished a full refit (2016) including a full repaint and full replacement of the navigation & communication equipment. She offers accommodation for up to 12 guests in five beautiful cabins; one Master, two VIP's and two twin guest cabins which have two pullman beds as well. All cabins offer bathrooms ensuite plus one more daily head on the Main deck. Crew accommodation is for up to seven members in separate quarters. Additionally, she presents a full beam saloon with minimal details and a large swimming platform ideal for sunbathing. The Sundeck area presents a bar, a dining table and sunbeds for relaxation. The interior dining area is situated after the Saloon and is ideal for privacy.
The yacht is in excellent condition and she is available for inspection with a 24hrs prior notice.
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2 x MTU 2.250 HP (12V 396 TE94)
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Year refit: 2016
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One Master double bedded cabin (2m x 1.91m)
Two VIP double bedded cabins (1.95m x 1.60m)
Two Guest twin bedded cabins (1.90m x 0.85m), each one with one pullman bed (1.85m x 0.70m)
All cabins with facilities ensuite.
Crew accommodation for seven crew members
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(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) - 8 January 2013 - ARTICLE 19 is pleased to hear the news that Kazakh journalist Tokbergen Abiyev is safe and well after raising concerns about his disappearance on 20 December.
The journalist has claimed that he staged his own disappearance, ahead of a planned press conference about corruption in Kazakhstan, in order to raise awareness about the issue both within the country and internationally.
ARTICLE 19 is concerned that Abiyev unnecessarily caused great alarm among media workers in the country and international human rights campaigners, and that his staged disappearance could undermine future actions on behalf of journalists or activists who are confronting genuine threats on their safety.
Under the current climate in Kazakhstan, the media has come under fierce and politically motivated attacks, intended to silence legitimate criticism of the authorities and restrict the fundamental human right to freedom of expression.
ARTICLE 19 urges the authorities in Kazakhstan to ensure investigations are carried out quickly and thoroughly in all cases where journalists and human rights defenders go missing , are threatened or attacked.
"Crimes against those people, who speak out on issues of public importance, are crimes against freedom of expression – such crimes are a direct threat to the health of a nation. Where these crimes are not investigated, and those responsible are not brought to justice, a dangerous climate of impunity is created. This can fuel further abuses against free speech by those who seek to silence. It also creates a climate of fear and self-censorship among those carrying out vital work to speak truth and raise matters of genuine public importance" said Agnes Callamard, ARTICLE 19's Executive Director.
Missing Kazakh journalist found safe
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) - 8 January 2013 - ARTICLE 19 is pleased to hear the news that Kazakh journalist Tokbergen Abiyev is safe and well after raising concerns about his disappearance on 20 December.


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Nintendo's Scott Moffitt believes the response is proof that Wii U pricing is in a good spot
Wii U Deluxe Set is selling out quickly? How about it is all but sold out. I don't think any retailer has any Deluxe models left for preorder. Not this close to launch anyways. If anyone wants one now, they will be camping out overnight.
Am i the only person in the world getting the Basic model?! lol, i mean all my other consoles are black so i thought it would be nice to have one stand out, plus the extra 50 bucks for nintendo land didn't do it for me, i'd rather put that money towards ZombiU :P
Can't wait to get my hands on it. Time's just ticking away now.
its because retailers are getting way fewer wii u consoles deluze than they should because of nintendos "artificial shortage" marketing strategy. The same thing that happened with wii.


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Next summer, West Virginia's youngest victims of domestic violence will have a new place to find comfort and have fun. We are funding a new playground and gazebo at the YWCA Charleston's domestic violence shelter, Hope House.
Through our HopeLine program, Verizon awarded a $25,000 grant to YWCA Charleston on June 18, 2014. The new playground and gazebo will provide female victims and their children with a secure environment for relaxation, socialization and healing.
"Having a safe place to play is a great coping method for children—they get to just be kids," said Debby Weinstein, executive director of YWCA Charleston. "This is more than a gift of a playground—it's a gift of fresh air and sunshine, and it will bring joy to the children we shelter. We are so grateful to Verizon for this grant."
Nationwide, an estimated 1.3 million women are victims of domestic violence every year, and the problem extends throughout West Virginia. According to the Charleston Daily Mail:
- In West Virginia, nearly 15,000 domestic violence cases were filed in family courts in 2010.
- More than a third of homicides in West Virginia are related to domestic violence.
- More than two-thirds of women murdered in West Virginia are killed by a family or household member.
We made the grant in support of Girls Night Out on August 2, 2014 in Charleston, WV. This annual gathering of more than 1,000 women raises funds to support the YWCA Resolve Family Abuse program and to date has raised more than $1 million for the program. Last year alone, YWCA Resolve served 2,839 individuals and provided approximately 3,000 shelter nights, 6,000 meals to victims and their children and 10,000 hours of case management and advocacy.
In addition to the Hope House domestic violence shelter, YWCA Charleston offers an array of services to local residents facing difficult circumstances. The organization takes a comprehensive approach to helping individuals achieve long-term self-sufficiency. From crisis intervention to case management, counseling, substance abuse treatment and education-readiness and job training programs, YWCA Charleston assists in building productive, independent lives, including:
- YWCA Sojourner's Shelter for Homeless Women and Families, a 75-bed facility, provides emergency shelter and 24/7 services for women, parents with children and families in need.
- YWCA Shanklin Center for Senior Enrichment provides permanent housing for disabled elder abuse victims who become homeless as a result of abuse.
To learn about all of YWCA Charleston's offerings, visit www.ywcacharleston.org.
Since 2001, Verizon's HopeLine program has helped victims of domestic violence through cash grants, phone collections and the HopeLine App, which offers on-the-go help and donation opportunities. To learn more about what you can do to help victims of domestic violence, visit Verizon's HopeLine site.
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Psalm 106:8 says, "Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make known his mighty power."
The psalm is speaking of God saving Israel. But, prophetically, it is speaking of Jesus saving us.
Jesus saves us for God's name's sake.
God's name is his character. And, sake means to the benefit of. In regards to God, we could think of his benefit as his glory.
So, Jesus saves us to glorify God's character (see John 17), to reveal who God really is.
Jesus' salvation of us makes known God's might power, which is his love. I wrote about this in Power Is Steadfast Love is Dying.
Just like Israel, we did not remember the abundance of God's steadfast love (Psalm 108:7). So, Jesus saves us that we might always know God's steadfast love, that we might know that God is love.


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Lots of Opinion (Journalism)
The unfortunate thing is this: The way the semester works out at the moment, readers of Ozarks News Journal have to wait about six weeks into a given semester before our main features and the television show begin showing up on the web. That will change by this time next year (because we've created a new 100-level class to teach basic web/new media/ social media skills so students are up to speed by the time they get to my multimedia journalism class).
But, even better, the site is open for past students to use. And, still better, the site will soon be open for citizen contributors.
The goal: By this time next year ONJ should be a year-round news organization with a steady stream of local content.
Students have been blogging from the first week, and transparency has been job #1. Their first assignment was to post bios that tell readers "where I'm coming from." The comment feature is wide open. We also have a corrections & amplifications form linked on the top menu for citizen feedback. We have a Facebook group for citizen feedback (where we post the reporting group assignments). And you may subscribe by e-mail, Twitter, SMS text, and RSS.
The main features will fall within the parameters of "news" and "features" — i.e. content reported and presented using the best practices (we can muster) of multimedia presentation and journalistic craft. The blog posts are (supposed to be) opinion journalism, and, at the editor's discretion, well-handled blog posts may be placed in the featured position. Neither I nor the editor edit or otherwise supervise these posts (although we may edit if we find glaring errors of fact/usage. ONJ reporters are supposed to approach their blogging by these criteria:
- Does the post pass the grandmother test, i.e. don't shock your grandmother. The point is to keep content appropriate for younger readers. We don't do pornography or violence.
- Does the post demonstrate good opinion journalism? i.e. based on one or more of: reporting, first-hand experience, and/or demonstrated expertise.
So there's plenty of opinion on ONJ. And plenty of opinion about the topics the students are reporting because they are supposed to blog about the news and features they are working on. How is that going to work? You'll find out as we do.
Also of note, the editor of ONJ last semester is doing an independent project in online opinion journalism. Her blog is Blogging and Opinion Journalism. Check it out.


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Again, I come to find nothing to critique
And must relegate myself to something banal.
I only do one sort of writing exercise and it's based only on the availability of a pen in coincidence with a book. I underline a sentence I like then try to figure out why I like it and apply that why to some unsuspecting and obstinate sentence in my work for the day.
I'll share today's:
Walter would never never say "rich"; and indeed the word "wealthy," as he says it, is redolent of a life spiced and sumptuous, a tapestry thick to the touch and shot through with the bright thread of freedom.
This from Walker Percy's "Moviegoer," which has been on my TBR shelf for years and I'm finally getting to because I got through my book-club book so quickly this month.
Humm, to think about why I like this sentence? Part of it may be how it's a simple idea, convoluted with commas and a semicolon and a mixed metaphor. Since this is a first-person piece, this convolution tells me as much about the narrator/character as it does about Walter. The narrator is telling me that he's muddled about this Walter, admires him and yet wishes to scoff at him.
So my take-away here is that the very structure of the sentence, when first person or tight to a character's POV, can tell the reader something beyond what the words only are telling. Here the POV character is constricted in telling the reader about this friend. His convoluted expression and mixed metaphors lets me know he's trapped himself between redolent/thick and bright/freedom. I kinda know that what's written about Walter is probably more about the narrator character.
I've been searching my current scene for a place to apply this idea and will post the before and after when I find where it will fit.
Anyone else got an idea about what makes this sentence work? How to apply that to your WIP?


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BOGIMOVO, June, 1891.
Masha! Make haste and come home, as without you our intensive culture is going to complete ruin. There is nothing to eat, the flies are sickening. The mongoose has broken a jar of jam, and so on, and so on.
All the summer visitors sigh and lament over your absence. There is no news. . . . The spiderman is busy from morning to night with his spiders. He has already described five of the spider's legs, and has only three left to do. When he has finished with spiders he will begin upon fleas, which he will catch on his aunt. The K's sit every evening at the club, and no hints from me will prevail on them to move from the spot.
It is hot, there are no mushrooms. Suvorin has not come yet. . . .
Come soon for it is devilishly dull. We have just caught a frog and given it to the mongoose. It has eaten it.
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I was hoping to find time to do my turns despite my wife having surgery, but it's not going to work out. She just had surgery about 10 hours ago and is expected to be out in another 48 to 72 hours if she recovers well. Once she is out she won't be able to fully take care of everyone so I need to be Mr. Mom for about a week. I'd like to pause until Feb 7th host run.
I wanted to post here to let everyone know what was going on. I have sent Havok and Bitmask an e-mail via email@example.com
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Wish all goes well, see you back soon (in Fedwar)
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I've sent a msg to the players. Take all the time you need and I hope everything is ok.
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Focus on the important stuff Andor. This distraction will be back for you when you're ready for it. I wish your wife a fast and full recovery.
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First ever national meeting on recycled phosphorus in agriculture discusses recycled nutrient products quality, policy, legislation and circular economy.
A first French national meeting on recycled phosphorus in agriculture, supported by the Agriculture Ministry, with participation of the French Environment and Finance Ministries, identified national expertise in organics recycling and secondary materials standards, and a need for policy leadership and regulatory developments.
The one-day conference on "Recycled phosphorus in agriculture: secondary resources, products, quality, regulation", co-organised by COMIFER (French national committee on rational fertilisation) and ESPP, with the patronage of the Ministry for Agriculture Food and Forestry, took place on 11th April 2017, at the prestigious agricultural training centre AgroParisTech, with over 150 participants from farming organisations, regulators and policy makers, fertiliser industry and distributors, science and agronomy, stakeholders and media.
The meeting was opened by Christine Le Souder, Arvalis (French arable crops R&D institute) and President of COMIFER, with the objectives of day: to identify questions and opportunities for recycled phosphorus use in agriculture, as a key component of the circular economy.
Chris Thornton, ESPP (European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform), explained why phosphorus stewardship is important. Phosphate rock is a non-substitutable, limited resource, for which Europe is largely dependent on imports. Prices are linked to global food prices and supplies are geographically concentrated, leading to potential instability. At the same time, phosphorus and nitrogen are identified as key factors exceeding "Planetary Boundaries" (see SCOPE Newsletter n°103) and phosphorus is the most frequent (non morphological) reason why rivers and lakes are failing to achieve EU Water Framework Directive quality objectives. This has led to recent developments in EU policies, in particular inclusion of phosphate rock on the EU list of 20 Critical Raw Materials (see SCOPE Newsletter n°104) and inclusion of nutrients in the EU's Circular Economy policies. The proposed new EU Fertilisers Regulation (currently in the final decision process) will take this forward, by opening the EU market for recycled nutrient products and thus also for nutrient recycling technologies. ESPP showed a selection of success stories where companies are already recycling nutrients, including from manure, sewage, slaughterhouse wastes. He noted that France has in the past been condemned for failure to implement EU legislation on nutrients (Nitrates Directive, Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive) but that the Circular Economy now offers positive opportunities for synergies between environmental improvement, farmers' income, rural jobs and new technology business.
Fertilising residual materials (MAFOR)
Patrick Dabert, IRSTEA, presented the conclusions of the French collective expertise (ESCo) on the use of organic fertilising residual materials (MAFOR) in agriculture and forestry, produced jointly by INRA, CNRS and IRSTEA for the Ministries for Agriculture and for the Environment in 2014 (see SCOPE Newsletter n°109). France produces nearly 400 Mt/year (wet mass) organic wastes (livestock, households, industry, not including on-farm crop by-products). Around 300 Mt are livestock manures/slurries, of which 250 Mt bovine and 50 Mt other livestock. Around half of the manure produced falls directly onto fields, the remaining half is mostly applied to farmland. Overall, nearly 95% of the collected organic wastes are recycled in animal feed or composting or other agricultural land application routes. representing nearly 210 ktP/y (480 kt P2O5), compared to around 230 ktP/y (530 kt P2O5) applied in commercialised organic and mineral fertilisers. He identified as obstacles to effective recycling of organic wastes: geographic concentration of sources, physical parameters making transport difficult (in particular water content), reaction with other elements rendering phosphorus poorly crop available (e.g. iron in sewage sludges using chemical precipitation), economic and environmental costs especially for sites with low amounts of waste.
In discussion, participants noted that spreading of organic residual materials to land (e.g. sewage sludge or manures) is cost effective but does not necessarily mean effective recycling, for example if application rates exceed crop needs for phosphorus, or if cows are drinking in water courses resulting in manure going directly into surface waters so causing pollution rather than fertilising land.
Agronomic value
Christian Morel, INRA, outlined the qualities of organic fertilising residual materials (MAFOR), discussing phosphorus availability, physical form and contaminants. He underlined that their agronomic value is related to the nutrient content (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, other nutrients and micro-nutrients), and also as a soil amendment (organic carbon, liming). The societal value of their application should also take into account: carbon storage in soil (climate change mitigation), substitution of primary mineral fertilisers and upstream bio-energy production (methane). However, they must be safe (contaminants), adapted to farmers' requirements (spreading), must not emit ammonia in storage or use, and face challenges concerning geographical separation of production and use and regulatory obstacles.
He summarised long-term field studies showing that, after 13 years application to crops of different MAFOR (composts of different organic wastes, cow manure sewage sludge), with different phosphorus contents and P/C ratios, had differing impacts on soil phosphorus and soil carbon (Houot et al: Innnovations Agronomiques, 2009, vol. 5, pp. 69-81; Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2016, vol. 216, pp. 23-33 – see http://www6.inra.fr/qualiagro).
Pot trial and field trial data suggest that raw biological phosphorus removal sewage sludge, agricultural digestate, pig manure and poultry litter and struvite show phosphorus availability similar to that of triple super phosphate in acid to neutral soils, and so can substitute to the use of mineral phosphate fertiliser. However, some MAFORs (e.g. certain biochars or sewage sludge incineration ashes) may contain poorly-available forms of phosphorus (such as amorphous calcium phosphates or apatite).
Christian Morel notes that in pot trials there are reactions between MAFOR, phosphate fertilisers and soil phosphorus. Isotopic labelling enables to distinguish between P taken up by the plant from these different sources. He suggests that soil – MAFOR incubation tests (without plants) are also a simple method to assess plant availability of MAFOR phosphorus.
Regulatory obstacles
Loïc Lejay, French Ministry for the Environment, summarised the Ministry's current position on the regulatory status of recycled phosphate products use in agriculture. The Ministry's concern is to ensure that recycled nutrient products are safe for health and for the environment. He indicated that the French Ministry considers that sewage works are "principally for treating waste water" and therefore that sewage sludge and other solids coming out of the works are legally "waste". This classification as "waste" guarantees traceability and waste-producer responsibility. The Ministry indicates that this waste status for struvite is not a barrier for its further reuse, in the case where an authorized fertiliser production unit would use this struvite (still legally considered as waste when shipped from the sewage works) as an input instead of mineral phosphorous in its process. The Environment Ministry suggests that struvite may also be classified as a "by-product" if reused-treated-water itself is considered as a product or if an "End-of-Waste" dossier could be developed, but any of these routes would not exonerate from the obligation in France to prepare and submit a dossier for authorisation for use as fertiliser.
Participants questioned how the Environment Ministry's vision of sewage works as "waste treatment" installations and of all recycled products produced within them as "waste" could become compatible with a circular economy vision where sewage works are operated as energy, water and resource recovery factories.
Bruno Canus, French Ministry for Agriculture, confirmed the French State's objective of ensuring that recycled nutrient products are safe for farmers and for public health, for soil and for the environment. Certain recycled materials product in France (e.g. sewage sludges) can be applied to farmland under authorised "waste" spreading plans, which ensure safety and traceability. In order to not be treated like this (as "waste"), fertiliser products must apply for authorization to be sold in France as a fertiliser product ("AMM" homologation for an individual company's specific product, delivered by the French Health and Risks Agency ANSES) or develop, by derogation, a technical dossier for submission to BN-Ferti (Fertilization standardization office) and so a NFU standard for the category of product. Both of these applications require for risk assessment by ANSES.
The principle of "Mutual Recognition" (by which a product allowed for sale in one EU Member State should generally be accepted in other States) could be applied to a product authorised in another country (e.g. struvite in Denmark), but a formal application with a dossier must nonetheless be submitted to ANSES before acceptance in France. Mr Canus also notes that this only applies to (in this case) struvite produced in countries in which it is legally authorised as a fertiliser category (e.g. Denmark, Netherlands), not to struvite produced in France, which must follow the procedure specified in the paragraph above.
One participant noted that these procedure are time consuming and expensive. Another participant indicated a cost of around 200 000 € for an AMM homologation, inaccessible for small volume products.
It was noted by participants that France's NF U 44-095 and NF U 44-051 standards for composts enable composts respecting specific criteria for input materials (for NF U 44-095 this can include sewage sludges), processing, contaminant levels, etc. to be sold in France as a soil improver. Work is currently underway to develop an NF U standard for manure digestates. The French fertiliser standard NF U 42-001-1 already authorises some ashes, and work is underway to include further types of ash in the standard NF U 44-203 for soil improvers to take into account the alkalinity value of ashes. However, these materials, authorised for sale as fertilisers or soil improvers in France, are not yet today considered to be products and work is still underway to enable End-of-Waste status.
General discussion showed that many participants consider that the time and investment necessary to obtain legal authorisation of recycled nutrient products as a fertiliser or soil amendment in France represent a significant obstacle to development of new products, markets and recycling processes. On the other hand, French NFU standards once established are exemplary, ensure quality for farmers and safety, and provide recognised and reliable market clarity once established.
It was also noted that the situation will change significantly with the new EU Fertilisers Regulation, when this is implemented, hopefully within around two years. Products which have obtained the CE label (e.g. CE composts, CE digestates, recovered struvite if STRUBIAS is implemented) will be then authorised in France, without any additional ANSES opinion or other dossier. France will be able to also have, as national fertiliser (cannot be sold outside France, unless the other country specifically implements 'Mutual Recognition') products which are not CE-label but which are homologated or NFU in France.
The conference included four workshops on bioavailability of phosphorus in recycled nutrient products, secondary phosphorus resources and flows, circular economy policies and contaminants.
Workshop: bioavailability of phosphorus in secondary products
Emmanuel Frossard, ETH Zurich, and Pascal Denoroy, INRA Bordeaux, summarised the discussion which concentrated on the effects of MAFOR (organic fertilising residual materials) on the availability and uptake of phosphorus by crops. The use of MAFOR within the overall application of good agricultural practice was considered a prerequisite in this discussion.
The group made a plea for a structured approach to understand how the addition of MAFOR could affect P availability and uptake by crops due to the complex interactions occurring in MAFOR-soil-plant systems. In a first step, P availability (and forms of P) in MAFOR should be assessed as well as the MAFOR's basic properties, and only then their effects in the overall MAFOR-soil-plant system. Given the diversity of MAFOR, the acquisition of additional references by research was considered essential.
The importance of indirect effects of MAFOR on P availability and uptake was emphasised, related to their effects on e.g. organic carbon and nitrogen inputs, and on soil pH, microbiology or structure. Consequently, the use of standard soil phosphorus tests may often not be meaningful – whereas, on the other hand, studies with radiolabelled P cannot be used in routine testing. Therefore new soil P test methods might be needed to provide appropriate information to farmers to manage fertilisation with MAFOR, e.g. using soil incubation methods. But testing must also be low-cost and rapid for farmers.
A matrix of results comparing standard soil P extraction results (in particular those referenced in regulation) to incubation tests (by region, crop, soil type …) and standardised plant experiments, organized by basic MAFOR characteristics, could provide such a tool.
Phosphorus flows and secondary resource potentials
Thomas Nesme, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, and Sylvain Pellerin, INRA Bordeaux, presented the discussions of this workshop which identified different secondary resources from which phosphorus can be potentially reused or recycled, obstacles to phosphorus recycling and progress needed to enable recycling. It was underlined the considerable differences in phosphorus flows (secondary resources and crop needs) between different regions.
For certain phosphorus waste flows, there is significant potential to increase recycling in France:
- Phosphorus stored in agricultural soils. In some regions, the stock resulting from past fertiliser over-application can be reduced without impacting productivity. At the global scale, around half the P applied as fertilising materials to cropland soils (550 kg P/ha over the period 1965-2007) has accumulated in soils.
- Livestock manures: efficiency of use can be improved: closer connection with crop production, avoid over-application, adapt to crop needs, appropriate timing …
- Municipal solid organic waste: France is behind in separate collection.
Obstacles identified to increasing phosphorus recycling to agriculture included in particular: regulatory complexity and lack of clarity in defining legal responsibilities, lack of farmer confidence in the nutrient value of organic products (less knowledge about phosphorus in secondary materials than about nitrogen), concerns about contaminants, costs and logistics of collection and recycling, including geographical distances and transport.
The workshop proposed a number of areas for possible actions:
- Options for flexibility in regulation
- Clarifying legal responsibilities between producers and regulators
- Data base on characteristics of secondary nutrient materials
- Standards for recycled nutrient products
- Regional nutrient recycling policies
- Re-linking livestock production and arable crops
- Nutrient circular economy investment policy
- Structuring of sectors such as municipal organic/food wastes, digestates
- Reduce phosphorus losses, e.g. soil erosion, improving animal feed efficiency
- Science research: P availability in soil, P-efficient crop strains
- Farmer outreach: revising fertilisation practices "feed the crop not the soil"
- Economic and Life Cycle Assessment of pilot nutrient recycling projects
Nutrient circular economy
Christine Le Souder, Arvalis, and Benjamin Balloy, Permanent Assembly of Chambers of Agriculture, summarised conclusions of this workshop which emphasised the importance of economic, communication – image and regulatory issues for developing the nutrient circular economy.
New policies may be needed to enable nutrient recycling to achieve profitability or to facilitate investments, and these need to be harmonised across European countries. Innovation should be supported, and the idea of inter-country actions to facilitate emergence of a market of innovative products or processes was proposed – the example of the North Sea Resources Roundabout was cited (see SCOPE Newsletter n°120).
One immediate proposal is to integrate recycling, carbon impact and life cycle analysis into Public Procurement criteria.
Communications actions are needed, targeting decision makers, local authorities, users and stakeholders, to develop a positive image of nutrient recycling and ensure acceptance of recycled nutrient products based on "wastes".
A number of regulatory issues were raised:
- In order to facilitate innovation in new recycled nutrient products, dispositions enabling temporary market authorisation should be enlarged to cover not only research/testing but also initial implementation
- Nutrient recycling investments should not be treated as Nitrates Directive 'conformity' costs for manure treatment (this excludes from Water Agency subsidies)
- Manure use plans required under the Nitrates Directive (in Vulnerable Zones) are too complex, inciting farmers to prefer to use mineral fertilisers
Jean-François Gaillaud, Ministry of Finance, noted that the "France Expérimentation" regulatory tool is currently being used to allow testing of re-use of treated water from sewage works. The objective is that the derogatory criteria developed in the full-scale testing will then be transferred into adaptation of regulations. He also cited the 2015 law on Energy and Green Growth (Loi 2015-992 du 17 août 2015) which promotes the circular economy and includes dispositions on reducing food waste, improving separate collection of organic wastes and updating waste regulation.
Contaminants in secondary materials
Florence Catrycke, UNIFA Union des industries de la fertilisation, and Chris Thornton, ESPP, summarised this workshop. The range of participants, including farmers, regulators, industry and environment NGO France Nature Environnement, showed that agricultural application of sewage sludge today is seen as positive, for the environment and for the economy, but that there are concerns about contaminants and a perceived lack of information about these.
Heavy metal contaminants are considered known and increasingly controlled, but a complex variety of other possible contaminants are of concern: pathogens including plant diseases, organic contaminants including pharmaceuticals, nanoparticles, micro-plastics …
Information about contaminants in sewage sludge is considered insufficient concerning:
- Organic contaminants in sludge (more information about these in the water phase)
- Impacts on soil biology
- Antibiotic resistance in soils
- Risk analysis
- Ecotoxicity of combination of contaminants in sludge
- How and what to analyse
- Effectiveness of treatment processes in reducing pharmaceuticals in sludge
The importance of upstream action to reduce contaminant inputs to sewage was emphasised, including reducing use of pharmaceuticals (France consumes high levels of antibiotics, antidepressants), source separation in hospitals, development of less persistent pharmaceutical molecules. However "zero contaminants" is not possible, so it is important to develop, in dialogue with different societal stakeholders, a balance between nutrient recycling – safety and costs.
Mathieu Delahaye, Suez, underlined the importance of assessing contaminants according to application to land (per kg nutrient) in order to reach meaningful conclusions on risk and safety.
Panel discussion
The conference concluded with a panel discussion:
Valérie Maquère, Agriculture Ministry, underlined that the 2015 French law on Energy and Green Growth requires (art. 110-1-2-4) to "increase the quantity of waste which undergoes material valorisation, particularly organic … to 55% in 2020 and 65% in 2025 (by mass)". France's bioeconomy strategy 2017 refers to digestates as a route to reduce dependency on mineral fertilisers. The nutrient circular economy is an important opportunity for agricultural businesses and for the environment. However, ensuring quality and safety must be the priority, to ensure food security and protect soil quality. There is a need for work together between the different concerned French Ministries.
Jean-Philippe Bernard, Charente Maritime Chamber of Agriculture, considered that farmers are positive towards the development of the bio- circular economy. This will require moving beyond the current image difference between "waste" and "fertiliser" by structuring nutrient recycling to ensure professionalism and reliable product quality.
Kees Langeveld, ICL Fertilisers, reminded that phosphorus recycling can be through recovery of high added-value products for industrial applications as well as recycling into fertilisers. ICL is active in both directions, using sewage sludge incineration ash in fertiliser production and testing technology to recover P4 (white phosphorus). He noted that this conference has identified many regulatory obstacles and questions. Cooperation between EU Member States can help find realistic solutions. Contaminant limits, including in the new EU Fertilisers Regulation, must be based on risk assessment and not arbitrarily low, or recycling will be blocked.
Pascal Denoroy, INRA and COMIFER, emphasised the need for dialogue between different stakeholders, as initiated through this conference, including exchange between agronomic scientists and farmers and field tests to better use recycled nutrient products. In particular, long-term field trials are necessary for MAFOR products because of the complexity of interactions between different compounds in MAFOR, soil components and biology and crops.
In discussion, Charlotte Berens, Véolia, regretted the probable disappearance of the public guarantee fund for risks related to sludge application (abolition 2017 of TCA tax funding this). Participants underlined the need to anticipate accidental pollution and the current absence of a financial tool for polluted agricultural soils.
The conference demonstrated a strong interest in France in recycled phosphorus products in agriculture, with participants from a range of organisations and industries.
France today recycles most of its organic residuals (MAFOR) back to agriculture. Priorities today are: to maintain the current 75% of sewage sludge recycled to farmland by addressing concerns about contaminants, and to improve separate collection and valorisation of municipal organic waste, including food waste.
France has strong competence and experience in quality standards for recycled products and a very structured regulatory system (NFU, AMM). This is important in developing the professional, reliable, quality recycled product sector wished by farmers, and also in ensuring safety for health, soil and the environment. However, this structured system also lacks flexibility to facilitate innovation and enable new products, especially in the field of waste valorisation which requires the coordinated action of three Ministries.
Development of the nutrient circular economy will be driven by French policies including the law on Energy and Green Growth, BioEconomy Strategy, as well as by EU policies (Circular Economy package, new Fertilisers Regulation, phosphate rock on EU Critical Raw Materials List …).
- Specific regulatory issues were raised by the conference which should be addressed:
- Guarantee fund for sludge application, MAFOR contamination and polluted agricultural soils
- Derogatory regimes for temporary launch authorisation of new products, niche recycling products
- Flexibility for funding of manure recycling investments
- Clarification of producer responsibility and traceability
Concerning scientific knowledge, key needs identified are a better understanding of how organic recycled nutrient materials interact with soil, matrix of region – soil – crop fertilisation data for different MAFOR, valuation of the positive aspects of organic carbon input to soils, and long-term field trials (ten years plus).
A range of concerns about contaminants in organic residual materials were expressed. Both information and dialogue need to be developed, in particular organic contaminants in sewage sludge (e.g. pharmaceuticals) which are a relatively "new" concern and could pose a threat to France's currently high rate of sewage sludge recycling to farmland (nutrients, organic carbon).
This first French conference on phosphorus recycling in agriculture showed the need for further dialogue between different Ministries, between science, farmers and industry, and with other societal stakeholders, in particular opening discussion with the agri-food industry. This should address the implementation of the nutrient circular economy (regulation, economy, logistics, organisation) and also the societal aspects of acceptance of organic residual use in farming (contaminants, risk assessment, image of secondary products).
Conference, AgroParisTech, 11th April 2017 "Le phosphore recyclé en agriculture: gisements, produits, qualité, réglementation" (Recycled phosphorus in agriculture: secondary resources, products, quality, regulation), co-organised by COMIFER (French national committee for the study and development of rational fertilisation) and ESPP, with the patronage of the Ministry for Agriculture Food and Forestry. This summary will also be available in French at www.comifer.asso.fr
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