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An earlier research article, which received extensive media coverage, argued that divorce leads to a higher use of resources such as domestic energy and water (Yu and Liu 2007). Considering 12 countries around the world they found that divorce leads to an increase in the number of small, less energy efficient households. Those who live alone usually live in housing with more square feet per person than those who live as a couple. This means that two people living alone require more heating than a couple living together. In addition, some consumer durables that require electricity are consumed at the household level, such as refrigerators, freezers, TVs etc. This leads Yu and Liu to conclude that high divorce rates will entail high levels of energy consumption.
However, they fail to take into account that those who experience a divorce end up with fewer children on average than those who are continuously married. In our recent paper Christiansen and Skirbekk (2015), we use household forecasts of the Danish population to consider how domestic energy use is affected by changes in divorce rates in the short- and long-term. We take into account both the increase in the number of smaller households which are less energy efficient and the effect of lower fertility which means fewer energy consumers.
Utilising Danish register data we have detailed information about fertility by the age and household position of the mother (see Figure 1). As women who get divorced during the childbearing years usually spend some time living alone or as a single mother following divorce, and as fertility is lower in these groups than among women living as part of a cohabiting or married couple, on average, they end up with fewer children than those who are continuously married. Although many in higher order unions where there are children from earlier unions choose to have shared children to “cement” their partnership and signal their commitment to each other, a number of studies have found that those who have experienced a divorce end up with fewer children. For example, a recent study of 23 European countries found that having divorced is negatively associated with number of children for both men and women (Van Bavel et al. 2012).
Figure 1: One year birth rates by women’s household position and age, 2002-2006
We look at 5 scenarios for divorce rates: (1) a benchmark where we assume constant divorce and union dissolution rates as observed in recent years, (2) 50% higher divorce and union dissolution rates, (3) 100% higher divorce and union dissolution rates, (4) 50% lower divorce and union dissolution rates and (5) no divorce or union dissolutions.
In our projection model women are exposed to fertility rates that are dependent on age and household position, as shown in Figure 1. This means that in the scenarios with higher divorce rates, where women spend a greater proportion of the childbearing years not living in a couple household, they end up with fewer children on average.
Table 1 shows the proportion of life spent living in different household position in the 5 scenarios. the proportion of life time spent living alone varies between 10% in the no divorce scenario and 25% in the 100% higher rates scenario. On the other hand women spend between 21 and 44 per cent of their lives living with a spouse, and between 1 and 7 per cent living as a single parent. The proportion of time spent cohabiting does not vary much between the scenarios. This is a result of two opposing effects. On the one hand the increase in union dissolution rates leads to an increase in separations. On the other hand the higher proportion of divorced persons, who often choose to cohabit when they re-partner, which cet par leads to a larger proportion of life spent cohabiting.
Table 1: Percentage of life spent in different household positions under five different divorce scenarios- Women
The TFR varies between 1.71 in the 100% higher rates scenario and 2.16 in the No divorce scenario, Table 2.
Table 2: Total Fertility Rate in the different divorce scenarios
In the short run the scenarios with higher divorce rates are where we find the highest domestic energy consumption (see Figure 2). That is to say that in the short run the dominant effect is that of the larger number of smaller households, which are less energy efficient. During this time span higher divorce rates, indeed, lead to higher levels of domestic energy consumption. However, after about 40 years the effect of the smaller population in the scenarios with higher divorce rates dominates and having high divorce rates yields low domestic energy use.
Figure 2: Energy consumption (in million kilowatt hours) under five different divorce scenarios
We conclude that in the short run it is very likely that higher divorce rates would entail higher domestic energy consumption. However, in the long run higher divorce rates may well lead to a reduction in energy consumption by households.
It may be argued that a doubling of divorce rates in countries where divorce is already highly prevalent such as in Denmark is implausible. However, divorce rates are increasing in many countries around the world where divorce so far has been uncommon. In these countries divorce may have a profound impact on domestic energy use in the coming decades. In addition, earlier research has found that moving from strict to more lenient divorce laws depresses the fertility of both those who are currently married and those who are single (Bellido and Marcén 2011), which makes an even larger effect plausible in countries where divorce laws are set to become more permissive. In countries where non-marital fertility is less acceptable an increase in divorce rates may also have a more profound impact on overall fertility.
This post has been jointly written by Solveig Glestad Christiansen and Vegard Skirbekk, Senior Researcher at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health and Professor of Population and Family Health at Columbia Aging Center, Columbia University.
Bellido, H., & Marcén, M. (2013). Divorce laws and fertility decisions, MPRA Paper No. 48309, University Library of Munich, Germany;
Christiansen, S. G., & Skirbekk, V. (2015). Is divorce green? Energy use and marital dissolution. Population and Environment. DOI: 10.1007/s11111-015-0236-5;
Van Bavel, J., Jansen, M., & Wijckmans, B. (2012). Has divorce become a pro-natal force in Europe at the turn of the 21st century?. Population Research and Policy Review, 31(5), 751-775;
Yu, E., & Liu, J. (2007). Environmental impacts of divorce. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104(51), 20629-20634.

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A dedicated Mac version of Metro: Last Light is now available via Steam, with development duties handled in-house by 4A Games.
The studio are also putting the finishing touches to a Linux version, scheduled for release a little later in the year.
Metro: Last Light on Steam supports Steam Play, meaning that owners of any Steam version will automatically find the game has been added to their PC, Mac and (ultimately) Linux Steam libraries.
Metro: Last Light for Mac and Linux will also receive the same DLC packages as the Windows PC and console versions. Mac players can already download Ranger Mode and the RPK, and the first two pieces of DLC from the Season pass - the Faction Pack and the Tower Pack. And of course, purchasing the Season Pass will grant access to the last two DLC's scheduled for release, the Developer Pack and the Chronicles Packs.
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As we settle into summer with one infectious disease less on our minds, expect to see more infestations of another kind. Welcome, invasive pests.
Trees, like people, are under attack from bugs that travel around the world on planes and ships.
“My concern is that Covid kind of put a stop to the spread of these invasive pests, since there was less movement of materials and humans,” said Dr. Julie Urban, a research associate professor at Penn State with a focus in plant hopper biology. “I’m worried this might be a transitional year in terms of population growth.”
Since most of these pests appear in either early July or late August, that’s when we will discover the extent of the spread.
Dr. Kelli Hoover, a professor of entomology at Penn State University, said it’s gotten to the point where the United States can expect to see a new invasive pest every year or two, as global trade rises. Inspectors examine only 5 percent of imports.
Urban talked about a vineyard in Ellenville, N.Y. that showcases the problem perfectly. “It’s this beautiful vineyard which has had some damage with spotted lanternflies,” she said. “But if you look out over the vineyard’s hill, you’ll see this nice reflective surface out in the distance. And it’s actually the roof of an Amazon distribution center,” where imports abound.
Some pests, like gypsy moths, cause scattered outbreaks every few years. Other pests are ready to make their hot new debut this summer.
As with Covid, remedies include quarantine and the regulation of movement. “If you have a quarantine, you cannot move any plant material, logs, anything, without doing an extensive search through the material to make sure it’s not infested,” said Hoover.
“We either have no international trade, or we have international trade where we implement the best standards to prevent movement of invasive species moving between countries,” she said.
When spotted lanternflies broke out in Pennsylvania a couple years back, ornamental nurseries were most affected. They had trouble selling plant materials to other states. The flies have now made their way through most of the Northeast anyway.
Emerald ash borer
The emerald ash borer (EAB) has so far killed more than 100 million ash trees in the United States. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) says the beetle is native to Asia and likely arrived in the United States hidden in wood packing materials. The first U.S. identification was in Michigan in 2002, and EAB has since been detected in 35 other states.
Adult beetles leave distinctive D-shaped holes in the outer bark. Other than that, it’s nearly impossible for the average person to detect signs of infestation. Once those signs are found, it’s usually too late to save the tree.
“It basically wipes the tree out from having any energy,” said Hoover.
As the bark peels back, the damaged tissue underneath is revealed. That tissue is the “sugar” made by photosynthesis. Once the emerald ash borer gets ahold of it, it’s hard to stop what comes next.
Hoover has seen it first-hand: just a few years ago, when the emerald ash borer spread aggressively into Central Pennsylvania, Hoover had to take down 22 ash trees in just one acre of her backyard.
Pete McGrath of Vernon, N.J., told us back in December: “I am going to be forced to take down about 12 large ash trees on my property since they are infested with Emerald Ash Borer beetles. It’s too crazy.”
The borers have destroyed 7 percent of ash trees in New York state, said Jim Wickes, a certified arborist and tree expert based in Rockland and Orange County, N.Y., who loves to nag me, his daughter, about invasive bugs at the dinner table.
“A strength in a forest is in its diversity,” he said. “We’re more susceptible to these kinds of outbreaks because there is less diversity in our forests and landscapes.”
Ash trees make up 8 percent of New York State’s trees, so the effects of pest damage are overwhelmingly visible.
According to a representative of the New Jersey Department of Agriculture, approximately 9 percent of the state’s total forested area, or 24.7 million ash trees, are susceptible to an EAB infestation. “In addition,” the representative said, “ash has been commonly planted as street trees and on private properties in many cities and towns.”
Sparse forests, dead branches, scant leaves — there goes an entire tree species from just one pest.
“A place, like, say, Goosepond Park, or any micro-forest in Orange County, is made up of a majority of ash trees since the environment for ash trees thrives in wetlands, and now they’re all gone,” said Wickes.
While the emerald ash borer has four life stages, the larvae stage is the most damaging since it feeds off the trees’ nutrients and water. An infestation can lead to death in two to four years.
A tree that is about 50 percent infested can still be saved, said Hoover. “Injecting the tree with a systemic insecticide is one of the most common,” she said. “There are many ways to get rid of them, but you really have to keep after them.”
The New York Department of Environmental Conservation determines what chemicals can and cannot be used for pests for New York State. The DEC now allows arborists to use some pesticides they couldn’t use before to “give us more tools in the toolbox,” said Wickes, a certified pesticide applicator.
The USDA says some of those treatments can only control, not cure, the problem.
“The biggest deal about these invasive species is that when they take out a native species, it changes the whole food web,” said Hoover. “It’s like throwing a pebble in a pond, it creates all these ripples. There’s ripple effects from organisms, to the soil, to the top of the tree.”
The thumb-sized spotted lanternfly, distinguished by its red and black spots, are a vintner’s worst nightmare. They’re extremely fast-moving and have an appetite for grapes and, their favorite, the tree-of-heaven, which itself is an invasive species. “We haven’t seen them kill anything consistently except for the tree-of-heaven, which is an invasive weed that we don’t want anyway,” said Hoover.
The spotted lanternfly traveled on a stone shipment from China to Berk’s County, Pa., back in 2014. The eggs, which looked like a smear of mud, weren’t detected until it was too late. The pest has now spread to 34 counties in Pennsylvania and a handful of other states, including New York and New Jersey.
“It is very hard to study and control because it’s moving all the time,” said Hoover. Unlike the emerald ash borer, which spends its whole life cycle on one kind of tree, Hoover said spotted lanternflies lay their eggs everywhere: trees, rocks, grass, even fences.
Spotted lanternflies also move from place to place in large numbers once they sense their food supply is getting low.
“Their primary method of spreading is by hitchhiking on any number of types of transportation,” according to a New Jersey Department of Agriculture public information officer.
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture requires a permit for all vehicles entering quarantined counties like Pike County, which joined the list in April. Agriculture officials said they conduct compliance and enforcement checks in conjunction with the Pennsylvania State Police.
“We don’t know when they move or why they move,” said Hoover. “That in itself makes it so hard to treat because, what are we supposed to treat?”
Ask any vineyard owner how they feel about the pesky suckers. “Basically, this will definitely injure vineyards,” said Dr. Urban.
Urban is an expert in all things spotted lanternfly. She worked on the first case in 2014. “Some of the work we’re doing is trying to figure out physiologically what it is they’re exactly doing that’s damaging to vineyards,” she said.
Spotted lanternflies hamper the ability of grapes to protect themselves in winter. “They’re essentially robbing the plant of the sap that serves as anti-freeze for the grapes,” said Urban.
Northeastern vintners aren’t the only ones panicking. “California is freaking out,” she said. “We have had some experts at Penn State flown out to vineyards with their findings and possible treatment plans.”
In one upstate New York vineyard, contact insecticides were used to kill thousands of spotted lanternflies. “When you have that movement of spotted lanternflies around September, it’s too close to harvest for wineries to apply systemic insecticides, which absorb into the plant cells,” said Urban. “So, instead we have to apply contact insecticides, which makes direct contact with the actual bug.”
The spotted lanternfly is a sap feeder that produces a lot of what Hoover calls “honeydew,” which can be a big nuisance for homeowners.
“Honeydew is produced from their butts,” as Hoover so elegantly put it. “It’s leftover sugars that the bug can’t digest, leaving sticky residue on your cars, outdoor decks, outdoor furniture, everywhere. That substance can also lead to something called ‘black fungus’ which is really difficult to remove.”
According to the USDA, gypsy moths are one of the most destructive pests of trees and shrubs to be introduced into the United States. Gorging on leaves, gypsy moth caterpillars defoliate and weaken, sometimes fatally, more than 300 species of trees.
They first showed up in the States in 1868 and since 1970 have defoliated more than 75 million acres. They’re hard to track down. Gypsy moth populations peak every 10 to 15 years, and then boom for about two or three years until they’re finally struck down by viral and bacterial infections.
Currently, they’re on a cycle in upstate New York and parts of central Pennsylvania. There are heavy infestations in Monroe and Highland Falls in Orange County, N.Y.
“They’re a huge problem in oak-heavy forests, which is the classic Northeastern forest,” said Hoover.
Wickes says gypsy moths are less of a problem in one way. “Gypsy moths are a player that comes and goes, and has cycles which are easier to predict,” he said. “So you can treat in advance to the infestation, and when they show up the tree is protected. But with an insect like EAB, or spotted lanternfly, they’re able to migrate and reach further distances, so it becomes difficult to predict or treat.”
To prevent spread, the USDA requires homeowners remove gypsy moth egg masses from household goods prior to moving from an infested to a non-infested area. Some even may face penalties for failing to do so.
So, what should someone do if they see any of these invasive pests hanging around their backyard?
Wickes has this advice: After you treat your trees, and report them to your local department of agriculture. “Step on them.”
“The biggest deal about these invasive species is that when they take out a native species, it changes the whole food web. It’s like throwing a pebble in a pond, it creates all these ripples. There’s ripple effects from organisms, to the soil, to the top of the tree.” Dr. Julie Urban


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The busiest time for life coaches, as for personal trainers, is right after New Year’s Eve. The hope a turning of the year brings with it is although quite naïve, quite inspirational. The reason I call it naïve is because technically from a scientific stand point there is nothing different about 31.12 and 01.01. Some years ago, some person decided this is how time will be measured and now we actually believe that there is a difference from the sun going down on a specific day and the sun going up on another day compared to all the other times the sun has done it before. Generally speaking, each day, each hour, each moment is an opportunity to start new and set new goals and intentions in life. Nonetheless we choose one day a year. There is nothing magical about December 31st and yet here most of us are drafting New Year’s resolutions.
I like the fact that turn of the New Year marks a moment to take a step back and review your life. It gives us an opportunity to take stock and consider if there is anything we would like to change about our lives. Change is a massive topic. It is currently overwhelming our lives with COVID-19 pandemic. Another major topic that falls under the umbrella of change that is overwhelming our lives is climate change. Neither are positive. Change is wide – from the circumstances of the planet to smaller things like Facebook changing their name to Meta. I divide it into two categories: “Wanted” and “unwanted” change. Now in the examples mentioned before, both fall under the bracket of unwanted. The reason it is unwanted is because a) We didn’t ask for it b) It has little to no positive impact on us. Why would we want a change if there is no benefit for us? On the contrary there is wanted change – a change we would like to see in our lives, preferably just happen to us without any hard work. It’s things like getting richer, having a better job or losing weight. Wouldn’t it be amazing if you could just get these things and not have to put the work into it? I sure wouldn’t mind waking up to an improved version of myself without having put in the effort. And even in the cases where I do put in effort, it is usually towards change that I do want to see.
The thing about life is finding this balance between managing unwanted change and having enough energy to pursue wanted change. Sometimes things like the COVID pandemic take away so much effort from us, we don’t have the will to manage losing weight or finding a new job. Or even New Year’s resolutions. That is ok. You can make your resolutions any time of the year. Change is always combined with effort and discomfort, be it wanted to unwanted. There are times where life does not let us have the mental capacity to change. So this year, be gentle with yourself but also, don’t fully give into unwanted change. Give yourself time to figure out how much energy you have and then spend 40% of it towards something you would like to see improve in your life. For example, if you want to stop drinking coffee, switch to decaf to start or switch to black tea. Or if you want to start working out start with 5min walks. Don’t give up on living a better life. But don’t make change hard on yourself. You are going through enough.

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We let a steel ball fall on a thin liquid layer. Thereby the liquid was squeezed out from between the falling sphere and the solid boundary, which was made of thick glass, allowing for direct high-speed visualisation of the liquid layer at the point of closest approach. Surprisingly, vapour cavities were created during squeeze, with the liquid forced to change phase to vapour as the sphere approached the boundary and the pressure thus increased. This is a direct contradiction to common preconceptions, where classical theory expects the phase transition from liquid to vapour to occur during depressurisation. We believe that our result is the first direct experimental evidence of the shear-induced cavitation model of Joseph (J. Fluid Mech., 366 (1998) 367).
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Anyone Who Disrespects Kuwait To Be Legally Pursued
Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah affirmed on Monday that the Foreign Ministry will not hesitate to legally pursue anyone who disrespects the State of Kuwait and its figures.
Speaking to KUNA regarding the path that Kuwait will take in pursuing those who disrespect the country and its leaders, Al- Jarallah said that the Ministry is looking closely on what has been posted on various social media, through Kuwait’s official missions, abroad. Al-Jarallah stated that the country will continue to take all legal actions to retaliate against anyone who tries to contempt the country, indicating that strict instructions have been given to the Kuwaiti missions abroad, in this respect.
Such instructions have already been implemented in cases where the State of Kuwait has been targeted, he said, noting that legal action in such cases have been observed. The ministry, he pledges, will pursue such an approach resolutely to deter any person who tries to target the country.

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I think positive and feel happy. I think like a winner, like a conqueror, like a person who never gives up. My days are filled with joy and pleasant emotions. My days bring happiness to me. My experiences bring happiness to me. And I feel fine. Daily, I feel happy, fine and in love with my life. I think like a person who knows the value of life, and I pay attention to the things that matter to me. I focus on myself. I focus on the people that I love. I focus on my work and the things I do well. I think positive and feel positive. I think like a success and feel like a success. And daily, I feel happy and fulfilled.
When we think in positive terms, we feel happy and appreciate our lives. The positive affirmations suggested here will help you focus on the best things of your life and also on your best qualities. The daily usage of the affirmations will fill you with inner joy and happiness; and you will start to love your life more and be content with the things you do and results you achieve in your life.


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It will arrive early next month at the Mutsu-Ogawara port in northern Honshu for delivery to Japan Nuclear Fuel’s nearby Rokkasho storage site.
The Pacific Grebe cargo is the second of 11 that will return a total of 900 canisters of waste, each weighing about 400 kilograms.
About 400 kilometers south of the port, thousands of workers are struggling to contain radiation leaks from the meltdown of three reactors at the Tokyo Electric Power Co. plant, which amounts to 300 tons of waste.
Japan won’t have a permanent site operational until the 2040’s, according to Yuichiro Akashi, a spokesman for the Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan.
“It’s a tough situation considering how long it takes to build one,” Akashi said. “A final repository is something we can’t do without so the work will continue.”
Meantime, radioactive waste is piling up and Rokkasho’s storage space for spent nuclear fuel is more than 90 percent full; it has capacity for 3,000 tons and contains 2,834 tons, Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. spokesman Hirotake Tatehana said.
Rokkasho, three kilometers from the Pacific coast in Aomori prefecture, stores two main types of waste: spent fuel from reactors, and what’s left over after spent fuel is processed to extract uranium and plutonium for reuse.
The latter is what’s arriving on the Pacific Grebe.
Japan contracted the U.K. and France to process its fuel in the 1970s and the waste from the procedure is shipped back for storage.
Japan is now building its own spent fuel processing plant at Rokkasho.
For waste from processed spent fuel, Rokkasho can hold 2,880 canisters and has reserve capacity for another 3,000, said Tatehana.
Before Fukushima, Japan’s 54 reactors produced 1,000 tons of spent fuel a year, which after processing would fill Rokkasho’s capacity within four years, according to Bloomberg News calculations.
One ton of spent fuel creates one canister of waste, said Joonhong Ahn, a professor in the nuclear engineering department at the University of California, Berkeley.
Japan’s response to the storage space dilemma for spent fuel is the same as the U.S., which is to keep it in reactor buildings.
“Japan has 1,000 tons of spent fuel coming out of reactors every year, and there are 7 more years before the spent fuel pools are filled,” said Taro Kono, a Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker and opponent of nuclear power.
“Tokyo Electric Power Co. is building a facility that will give us another 5 years, so after 12 years we have no place to put spent fuel,” said Kono.
“At that point nuclear reactors will be shut because there’s no place for the fuel.”
Construction of the Tokyo Electric storage site in Mutsu city, about 40 kilometers north of Rokkasho, has been suspended since the Fukushima disaster.
Japan’s Rokkasho isn’t designated as a permanent storage site for nuclear waste — despite costing almost 3 trillion yen ($39 billion) to build its five facilities on 740 hectares (1,828 acres) and having 2,450 staff on site.
The nuclear reprocessing plant has an annual capacity of 800 tons of uranium or 8 tons of plutonium, and is owned by Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited located in the village of Rokkasho in northeast Aomori Prefecture, Japan approximately 17 miles (27 kilometers) north of the US Air Force‘s Misawa Air Base.
Since 1993 there has been US$ 20 billion invested in the project, nearly triple the original cost estimate.
It is the successor to a smaller reprocessing plant located in Tōkai, Ibaraki.
After the Tōhoku earthquake in March 2011, the plant ran on emergency power provided by backup diesel generators.
The emergency generators were not intended for long-term use.
Reportedly there are about 3,000 tons of highly radioactive used nuclear fuel stored in Rokkasho at current, that could overheat and catch fire if the cooling systems fail.
Japanese radio reported on March 13 that 600 liters of water leaked at the Rokkasho spent fuel pool.
The economy of Rokkasho has traditionally been dependent on agriculture and commercial fishing. From the 1980s onwards, the village has become a center for various energy developments, which now dominate the local economy
Nuclear fuel cycle related facilities:
- Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited headquarters
- The Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant (currently under test operation)
- A uranium enrichment plant and plutonium reprocessing plant.
- A MOX fuel fabrication facility with a 800 ton per year capacity when completed
- A low level nuclear waste storage facility
- A high level nuclear waste temporary storage and monitoring facility
The Japan Atomic Energy Agency also has multiple facilities at the site.
Since the 1970s local opposition to plans to operate Japan’s first large commercial plutonium plant at Rokkasho have focused on the threat of a large-scale release of radioactivity.
During the 1990s anti-nuclear groups in Japan released studies showing the risks of routine operation of the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant.
The facility in full operation is designed to separate as much as 8 tons of plutonium each year from spent reactor fuel from Japan’s domestic nuclear reactors.
As of 2006 Japan owned approximately 45 tons of separated plutonium.
- Spent Fuel in Number 1 Reactor Thought Not As Badly Damaged As Reactor Core (enformable.com)
- Experts warn of dangers from radioactive waste swamps at Japan sewage plants (enformable.com)
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- A Furnace Exploded at French Nuke Processing Facility, 1 Killed, 4 Injured, No Leak (ex-skf.blogspot.com)
- Worrys about Marcoule Plutonium Generator Explosion in France (enformable.com)
- TEPCO to release interim report on Fukushima nuclear accident in November (enformable.com)
- AREVA in secret talks with Japan for spent nuclear fuel from Fukushima Daiichi (enformable.com)
- Nuclear Experts Say Fukushima is turning out to be much worse than Chernobyl and yet US has learned nothing (enformable.com)


Tencent and Alibaba are beginning to compete more aggressively for the favor of mobile consumers throughout China
China has become a battlefield when it comes to mobile commerce competition. Two of the country’s largest companies, Tencent and Alibaba, have a longstanding rivalry with one another when it comes to engaging consumers. Both companies are beginning to focus on the mobile space more heavily as well. While Tencent has held a strong presence in the mobile space for some time, Alibaba is beginning to threaten that position by promoting and supporting mobile commerce throughout China.
Firm predicts the future of the mobile payments market in China
Internet consultancy firm iResearch has released a forecast concerning the mobile commerce market in China. According to the forecast, the market is expected to reach nearly $300 billion by 2017, with more than half of online payments being made from a smartphone or other mobile device. Mobile payments will likely continue growing in popularity as more people gain access to the mobile Internet. The popularity of mobile payments has encouraged companies like Tencent and Alibaba to embrace the mobile commerce sector more aggressively.
Tencent powers ahead with its WeChat application and new services
Tencent recently launched a new service for merchants through its WeChat application. The service allows merchants to accept mobile payments through the application, thereby enabling them to become more engaging for mobile consumers. Alibaba has its own mobile payments platform called Alipay, which has managed to accommodate more online transactions than both eBay and Amazon combined. These applications are poised to compete aggressively with one another, but Chinese consumers have yet to show their favor for one over the other.
Tencent may have what it takes to attract the support of China’s merchants
Tencent is expected to have an edge with merchants that are looking to get involved in the mobile space. WeChat is one of the most popular applications in the world and is quite well known in China. The popularity of this application among consumers may be enough to convince merchants that it is the best platform for their mobile commerce interests.


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Vacations help reduce stress and provide the relaxation needed for good mental and physical health. Know why you shouldn’t give up this rest period.
“The new coronavirus pandemic brought the home office as a routine for many companies. Who can, is working from home. However, the practice also exposed the effects of overwork – it showed that periods of rest, such as vacations, are essential to physical and mental health” says Tamas Boruah.
Vacations should be seen as an opportunity to relax, reduce stress and get back on track. Leaving the company gives you the opportunity to come back with new spirits, more productive and creative.
An escape from routine can be good for business. Companies that have already paid attention to this and are encouraging vacations are reaping the rewards: more willing, productive and happier employees after their rest.
Overwork Can Trigger Illness
The vacation period is for real rest, getting away from work. You have to leave the company. This has been difficult in times of pandemic when many people are already at home working.
A work-life balance is vital for the good health of employees and the company. The stress caused by overwork can trigger some illnesses or disorders, such as Burnout Syndrome, also known as burnout syndrome. She has exhaustion and chronic stress as symptoms and psychological treatment is essential after diagnosis.
Taking A Vacation Contributes To Good Mental Health
It is also common for the work environment to be competitive, making professionals reluctant to take long vacations.
According to data from the International Stress Management Association-Brazil (Isma-BR), the fear of vacations has increased. A survey of 678 professionals showed that 38% admitted to being afraid of long breaks, such as a 30-day vacation.
But research also shows that taking a vacation helps control anxiety and fight depression. It is a necessary period that must be encouraged, always!
The Example Comes From Above
Everyone needs a vacation – and people in more responsible positions are no exception. It is very important that managers and bosses understand that rest days are essential for health and set an example for their teams.
With planning, getting away is perfectly possible. It is enough to understand the company’s flow and define in which periods its presence is less necessary. After that, tasks are delegated to the teams.
The example needs to come from the leaders. When bosses don’t take vacations, employees feel compelled to also work harder and harder, without rest. Rest must be part of the company’s culture. Valuing this is to boost the productivity of the entire team.
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Miles and kilometers ( km ) are both units of length usually used to measure out large traveling distances. The km is an SI unit defined as 1000 meters. A mile is an English unit set to be equal to 5280 feet.
The conversion factor between miles and meters was set to 1 mile = 1609.344 meters. Since there are 1000 meters in a kilometer, we can set the conversion factor to
1 mile = 1.609344 km
The conversion factor most often used in general approximations is
1 mile = 1.609 km
These two example problems will show how to use this conversion factor to convert miles to km and convert km to miles.
Convert miles to km Example Problem
Question: A common U.S. Interstate highway speed between cities is 75 miles per hour (mph). What is this speed in km/hr or kph?
Solution: 75 miles per hour means you will travel 75 miles in one hour. Use the conversion factor to find out how many kilometers are equal to 75 miles.
75 miles = 75 miles · conversion factor
Make sure to put the unit we want in the numerator of the conversion factor. In this case, we want kilometers.
By putting kilometers in the numerator, the miles unit will cancel out
75 miles = 120.701 km
In one hour, a person traveling at 75 mph will travel 120.701 km.
Answer: 75 mph is equal to 120.701 kph.
Convert km to miles Example Problem
Question: A common foot race is a 10k run or 10 km. How far is this in miles?
Solution: Apply the conversion factor to 10 km.
10 km = 10 km · conversion factor
This time, put miles in the numerator to cancel out the km unit.
10 km = 6.2 miles
Answer: A 10k run is a 6.2-mile race.
It’s easy to convert between miles and kilometers as long as you remember the conversion factor. A quick way to check your work is to remember that when you’re finished, you should have a larger number for the kilometers measurement than the miles measurement.
Miles to Kilometers Worksheets
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August 28th 2013
The Hangar Module launch is nearly upon us! Tomorrow, Thursday August 29th, we will make the initial public version of the Hangar Module available for download. The team is very excited to share their hard work with the community. Your pledges have made this new method of game development a reality and we’re thrilled to be able to share the earliest iteration of what you are allowing us to create.
Please keep in mind that this is an extremely early pre-pre-alpha release. It is intended to show our backers the progress which is being made by the Star Citizen team and as a thank you for your support. It is by no means a polished or optimized game! We will continue to make improvements, many based on your feedback, immediately after launch.
In the coming months, the Hangar Module will be greatly enhanced. The live team plans to push out continual updates to address bugs and to increase optimization and stability. New ships and variants will be added as they become available, as will further ship upgrades and hangar decorations. Two major revisions will also be published in the future to add major new features like new Hangar types, as well as the ability for your friends to virtually visit your Hangar that will help prepare the Hangar Module to step into the next portion of Star Citizen.
Because the Hangar Module is a pre-alpha build, it will have some issues! Chief among them is the fact that optimization generally takes place at the end of the game development process. On this initial launch we are missing a lot of the level of detail optimizations from the ships that will greatly help with the performance issues. While the Hangar requires a powerful computer to run smoothly right now, the system requirements and the framerate will get better as development continues. To help us improve the Hangar we have established a special Hangar Module forum where you can report bugs and post other Hangar-related support issues. Please do not contact the CIG support address directly as they are not yet equipped to solve hangar problems. You can visit the Hangar Module support forum here.
To answer some of your common questions, we have launched a Hangar FAQ KB page, available here. We will continue to update the KB as new questions arise. Even though this is a very early build—the earliest we have ever shown anything to an audience—we are extremely proud of the current state of the Hangar Module and the direction it and Star Citizen as a whole are taking. We hope you will enjoy this close up and detailed look at how game development happens!


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Managed to watch both 2nd leg Champions League semi-final matches live over the last two days. Just back from an afternoon in Winberies watching AC Milan destroy Man Utd. Utd were very disappointing. Milan looked immense. As for Liverpool and Chelsea, watched that game in NYC. Can't wait to see if Liverpool can do it again against AC. But Chelsea! I don't know what, but something's not right at Stamford Bridge at the moment. One thing I noticed - Lampard looked lost. That must be a worry for England and Chelsea fans.
In my spare time I'm reading some more about eschatology, including G.E. Ladd's The Blessed Hope, and John McDowell's Hope in Barth's Eschatology.

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Previous work has shown the beneficial effect of yttrium implantation on the oxidation behaviour of chromium oxide forming alloys. Because of the limited applicability of Fe-Cr-Ni alloys in sulphur containing gases the effect of yttrium implantation on the sulphidation of Incoloy 800H was studied. In short time tests a significant improvement was observed upon implantation of about 1016 yttrium ions/cm2 if an oxidizing treatment was applied before exposition to the sulphiding environment. The explanation of this effect is probably similar to that proposed in the literature for the improved oxidation resistance.
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When promises are broken, when dishonesty is uncovered, when harm is caused, relationships are shattered, often seeming irreparable. When this happens within a family, tensions are often amplified and the consequences more pronounced. What experiences do you have with broken relationships? How about within your own family? Are there any lingering grudges or long-ago misdeeds that have kept you apart?
The central character of our story this past week has been Jacob, the scheming twin who participates in deception to further his station and circumstance in life. Understandably, the relationship with his brother Esau is greatly damaged in the process. Jacob, though blessed by Isaac and inheritor of the family fortune, carries the weight of this brokenness as he travels away to find a wife and build his family. Though Isaac’s passing of God’s blessing onto Jacob is confirmed in the dream sequence at Bethel (last Sunday’s text), it’s clear that the guilt and the shame of his past actions continue to keep Jacob from trusting in God’s promise.
Years have passed, the time has come for Jacob to return home. Building his life and his family have continued to include much deception and dishonesty. But the biggest challenge for Jacob remains his broken relationship with his brother Esau. On the eve of a much-anticipated confrontation, Jacob has an encounter with the divine that plays out as a wrestling match, a metaphor for his life to this point and certainly what Jacob expects from the looming conflict with Esau. Yet once again Jacob survives the contest and even extracts another blessing from God: a new name, Israel. The moment marks a significant shift in the narrative and Jacob/Israel is forever changed.
“Israel” in Hebrew means, “the one who strives/wrestles with God.” God’s blessing comes to the one carrying the weight of broken relationships because he was willing to make an effort to make amends. God blesses those who make an effort, regardless of knowing the outcome. In Jacob and Esau’s story, God’s blessing ultimately leads to reconciliation but that still required hearts to be broken open and restored through honest contrition.
How might God be at work in your life this day, helping you find the courage to seek out reconciliation with those with whom your relationships are strained or even severed? Remember Israel’s story, our story, reminds us that God blesses those who make an effort, regardless of knowing the outcome.
May God’s peace find you today. -Pastor Peter
Let us pray,
God of reconciliation, open our hearts and give us courage. Help us to trust in your promises so that we might restore whatever we think might be lost. Bless our efforts and may they be a witness to your faithfulness in us. Amen.

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In clinical trials, Leqembi, formerly known as lecanemab, slowed the progressive cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer’s. It also reduced proteins that accumulate on the brain associated with the disease.
“Alzheimer’s disease immeasurably incapacitates the lives of those who suffer from it and has devastating effects on their loved ones,” Billy Dunn, the director of the Office of Neuroscience in the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said in a statement. “This treatment option is the latest therapy to target and affect the underlying disease process of Alzheimer’s, instead of only treating the symptoms of the disease.”
Eisai and Biogen are also the makers of Aduhelm, the first Alzheimer’s drug targeting proteins in the brain to receive accelerated approval by the FDA. The drug’s approval was contentious: The FDA’s external expert panel recommended against its approval based on conflicting data. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services also ruled that patients needed to be in trials to be reimbursed for the cost of the drug. Sales of the drug were so disappointing Biogen slashed its program for Aduhelm and removed its CEO.
The FDA did not call for an advisory committee meeting before approving Leqembi. An agency spokesperson said the drug is not the first in its class nor did its application raise any new or unexpected safety concerns.
Although both drugs are antibodies that bind with a protein called amyloid, which is thought to be one of the main causes of Alzheimer’s disease, Leqembi binds with amyloid proteins in a slightly different way than Aduhelm does. It is administered via an intravenous infusion every two weeks.
The Alzheimer’s Association has asked CMS to reconsider its coverage determination for this particular class of drugs. Though the agency is considering this request, it is not clear when it will make a decision.
“We will continue to expeditiously review the data on these products as they become available and are committed to timely access to treatments, including drugs, that improve clinically meaningful outcomes,” said CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure in a statement.
Eisai and Biogen asked the FDA to grant Leqembi accelerated approval based on two clinical trials. Under the accelerated approval pathway, the companies would need to conduct a third clinical trial to prove the drug benefits patients.
In the time in between Eisai’s accelerated approval submission to FDA and the agency’s decision Friday, the company released results from a third clinical trial. That data, published late last year, showed that the drug modestly slowed the progression of patients’ symptoms while reducing levels of amyloid in the brain.
Eisai has stated that it doesn’t believe that two of those deaths are related to Leqembi. It is still investigating the third.
On Wednesday, clinicians from Northwestern University published a letter in the New England Journal of Medicine detailing the case of a patient who died after receiving treatment for a stroke after receiving Leqembi. The authors could not conclude that the patient’s death was the result of the drug, but they noted that it would be “unusual” if the patient died from her stroke treatment alone.
On the drug label, FDA indicated that Leqembi should only be taken by patients in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease with confirmed amyloid in their brains. Patients also need to have a screening to look for signs of swelling before beginning treatment, and subsequently after the fifth, seventh and 14th infusions of the drug.
Eisai has said that it plans to ask the FDA to consider Leqembi for a traditional approval pathway using new data from its Phase III trial. In a statement, the FDA said it anticipates receiving that data soon.

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The relationship between Europe and China, and the possible impact on business of the coming COP28 summit were two areas mentioned in a podcast on global business trends recently.
The Macro Memo podcast, hosted by Board Agenda and Mazars, featured Mark Kennedy, partner and member of Mazars’ group executive board, alongside George Lagarias, Mazars’ chief economist. They offered their analysis of global trends to Board Agenda’s Gavin Hinks.
Areas up for discussion included: what does Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement hold for UK business and what will it do for the economy? How is global trade affected by conflict and geopolitical uncertainty? And can companies play a role in making sure artificial intelligence is safe, or is the world heading for a Terminator-style meltdown?
Tune in to Board Agenda’s podcast series ‘The Macro Memo’ the global trends briefing for boards and directors. You can access via Spotify, Apple and other leading platforms.

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Heatherdale Road Community Update – November 2015
01 Nov 2015
The contract to remove the level crossing at Heatherdale Road in Mitcham has been awarded to an alliance including Leighton Contractors, Aurecon and Arcadis. They are partnering with VicRoads, Public Transport Victoria (PTV) Metro Trains Melbourne to construct the project, due to be completed by mid-2017. This includes lowering the train line under Heatherdale Road, building a new Heatherdale Station and car park upgrades.
While most of our project works will be done during the day, overnight works will occur at times so we can be on and near the tracks when trains are not running.
Heatherdale Road at Mitcham will generally remain open but at times there will be closures at the level crossing to relocate services, build the road bridge and join the tracks.
Our works begin
Civil works in November will include:
- Clearing up undergrowth/litter and trimming branches that overhang train power supplies/structures.
- Installing secure fences along the rail corridor for worker safety and asset protection.
- Other works such as soil sampling, boring and excavating for future service relocations.
- Surveying and inspections, works to secure and relocate services on, above and below ground/tracks.
Separate notifications will be provided to and consultation will occur with the local community during early November.
|NOVEMBER 2015||FEBRUARY 2016||JUNE 2016||DECEMBER 2016||JANUARY 2017||MAY 2017|
|Construction preparation works||Construction accelerates, excavation on either side of the tracks where the tracks will be lowered||Station piling (foundation works)||Four-week main closure starts – no trains, Heatherdale Road closed to through crossing||New Heatherdale Station building opens on the Ringwood side of Heatherdale Road||Project complete, including new shared use path, landscaping and upgraded station car parks|
What to expect
While out planning aims to limit disruptions to and impacts on the local community and services, the following unavoidable impacts are currently planned.
We will work around the clock from 9:00pm on Friday 13 November until 4:00am on Monday 16 November 2015, near Heatherdale Station, between EastLink and along the rail corridor towards Cochrane Street in Mitcham.
We will directly contact residents who may be entitled to temporary relocation.
Changes to services
While we complete these works as part of the Heatherdale Road Level Crossing Removal Project, buses will replace all trains between Ringwood and Box Hill on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 November.
Please note that this may increase your journey by up to 35 minutes.
To check the location of the train replacement bus stops and details of the replacement bus services visit ptv.vic.gov.au or call 1800 800 007 (6:00am to midnight daily).
As part of these works, Heatherdale Road will be closed from 9:00pm Friday 13 November until 4:00am Monday 16 November.
Noise, dust and vibration
While we have strict control measures, there may be additional noise, dust and vibrations.


Flood warnings have been issued for the Blanchard River and Eagle Creek in Findlay after we picked up a lot of rain the last few days.
The Flood Warning for the Blanchard River goes from Sunday afternoon through Monday morning.
Flood stage is 11 feet and the river is expected to rise to around 11.3 feet by Sunday night and fall below flood stage Monday morning.
Minor flooding is forecast.
Eagle Creek has been upgraded from minor to moderate flooding as it’s expected to rise to around 10.2 feet Sunday afternoon, more than one foot above flood stage of 9 feet.
There’s also a Flood Warning in effect for the Blanchard River in Ottawa from Monday morning to Wednesday morning with minor flooding forecasted.
1.3 inches of rain was recorded since Friday night at the City of Findlay Water Pollution Control Center on River Road.


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The man law enforcement identify as the now deceased gunman at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. was arrested in Seattle in 2004 for shooting up a car.
It was May of 2004. According to police reports, Aaron Alexis was living with his grandmother in Seattle. A construction crew was building a house next door. One of the workers told police that Alexis stared at them every morning for a month leading up to the incident. The man tells police that, one day, Alexis came outside of the house. He walked over to one of their cars, an ’86 Honda Accord, legally parked at the site. Then, according to the report, Alexis shot out two tires and then fired a shot into the air. He didn’t exchange a word with the workers before he walked back inside his grandmother’s house. Later, police say, Alexis admitted he did shoot at the car. He told police he didn’t remember pulling the trigger until an hour after the incident. And he described the shooting as a ‘blackout,’ one fueled by anger. Later, according to the report, Alexis’ father told police that his son was involved in rescues during the September 11th terrorist attacks. And, his father said, he believed Alexis suffered from PTSD related to that. A few weeks after the incident, Alexis was booked into jail for Malicious Mischief.
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Directed By: Ridley Scott
Written By: Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof
Starring: Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Guy Pearce, Logan Marshall-Green, and Patrick Wilson
Director of Photography: Dariusz Wolski, Editor: Peitro Scalia, Production Designer: Arthur Max, Original Music: Marc Streitenfeld
WARNING: Like my review for Cabin in the Woods, I plan on discussing Prometheus in full, without any consideration for what are considered “spoilers” If you are curious to see the film, just go see it. My opinion of whether I liked it or not shouldn’t be the factor. If you are curious to read on why I think the film functions as it does, without any consideration for hiding the aspects of the narrative, then read on. Also, I’m also going to spoil Lost.
In 2010, the hit ABC series Lost came to an end with what many considered a crashing thud. For six seasons, audiences watched a show about constantly accumulating mysteries on an island. Lost fed its hungry fans with more and more—polar bears in jungles, buttons that saved the universe, alternate timelines—and then abandoned it all for a spiritual sit down with its characters, discarding the main reason that it originally drew viewers. For months before the finale, showrunners Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse warned their fans: “true fans” only care about their characters; the mysteries were irrelevant.
Why this long primer on Lost, when the film of the week, and for many their most anticipated film of the summer, is a prequel to Alien? Because as much as critics will be discussing the craft of director Ridley Scott, Prometheus is assuredly a Damon Lindelof work. His hands are all over this film about a group of scientists traveling to a mysterious planet to find the origins of life. And in many ways, the faults of Prometheus lie in his blame (though Scott shouldn’t escape all the blame).
Prometheus, as its mythical title connotes, is not some average blockbuster, or even simply an entertaining one along the lines of The Avengers. It’s ambitions—both in terms of its goals as a film as well as philosophically—couldn’t be higher. So one must give credit when one swings for the fences, only to strike out. The film begins with a bizarre sequence as an alien humanoid drinks a cup of mysterious liquid, only to die (this sequence goes strangely unexplained, and it is not the last). We’re soon aboard the spaceship Prometheus, a foreboding creature aligned with corridors of green and blue tints, running silently through the galaxy. Scott, shooting in a mixture of practical sets and 3D technology, gives the ship both a sense of comfort as well as menace. But while the crew sleeps, a man walks the corridors, or something pretending to be man.
In the type of role made iconic by Ian Holm and Lance Hendrickson, Michael Fassbender (sporting a blonde head of hair modeled off of Lawrence of Arabia) plays David, the ships resident android. It’s probably not a coincidence that David shares a name with another human android, that of Spielberg’s Artificial Intelligence. Both yearn for something more than this world offers them, something their creators have denied them. But while Spielberg’s David is the protagonist of his tragedy, Scott and Lindelof’s David is merely ancillary, bringing up issues of identity, but never actually exploring them.
Instead, our heroine (this is Alien, after all, even without Sigourney) is the messy haired Elizabeth Shaw, played by former Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Swedish edition) star, Noomi Rapace. Elizabeth, along with her fellow scientist in training Charlie (Logan Marshall-Green), have traveled to the deep corners of space to find the origin of life, funded by a mysterious (and apparently dead) entrepreneur. But with Vickers, a stern and angry captain (Charlize Theron), and Janek, a wise cracking pilot (a very game Idris Elba, playing a variation on Stringer Bell), also on heading to a planet filled with danger, death is an inevitability.
What would, or should, a prequel to Alien look like, or feel like? Each director—Scott, James Cameron, David Fincher, even Jean-Pierre Jeunet—has left a distinct style on their take on the unstoppable creatures. Instead of repeating the vast darkness and claustrophobic nature of Alien, Scott has created a world built on openness, and discovery. Much of Prometheus is supposed to be about the awe factor—expansive helicopter shots revealing the latest in technical wizardry (unlike Michael Bay, Scott at least shows off his effects so we can see them) in 3D, giving the film “spatial depth” (like most 3D films, it never factored in for me). So why does Prometheus never feel like something new and fresh and exciting?
Part is because we’re never sure what to focus on in Prometheus, as Lindenlof’s script (based on his rewrite from one by Jon Spaiths) jumps from plot line to plot line, without any consequence toward each other. David poisons Charlie with an organic ooze, though his motivation for doing so is never once explained. Janek and Vickers have a one-night stand, which only happens in order to set up a death sequence for two others. A character’s reanimation and murderous rampage goes undiscussed. And even the film’s bravura sequences—a machine-aided alien abortion that feels like a scene out of early Cronenberg and had me squirming in my seats—doesn’t even seem to register on anyone’s radar after it’s over.
Characters in Prometheus often repeat lines about the importance of finding the answers to everything, but Lindenlof seems surprisingly stern against answering much of anything. In many ways, the themes and textures of Prometheus feel like a response to Lost fanboyism. The film constantly poses questions and mysteries, but refuses to answer them. And Scott seems helpless to do anything to fight the script. There’s nothing wrong with giving a film having a great whatizit to quote Kiss Me Deadly, but Prometheus seems obsessed with these central mysteries (many of them that, to pay fan service, are Easter eggs for diehard Alien fans). It wouldn’t hurt if we understood more about Elizabeth or Vickers or David (all who have daddy issues, another popular Lost trope the film leans on) and their motivations. But their main motivation is to know, and Lindenlof’s hell bent desire to punish those who would want full answers to why they are watching this film seems misguided.
Such scripting issues could be somewhat overlooked if Scott himself brought a fascination to his visuals, which are at least pretty. But Prometheus’s tone never captures that sense of both fascination and horror that defined Alien so long ago. The whole thing, with its Inception-styled score of bland tones by Marc Steinfeld, seems rushed, constantly moving toward something new without ever slowing down or considering its narrative. Even the film’s final sequence—a somewhat similar showdown to Alien’s iconic “Lucky Star” sequence—is rushed to the point where the film’s tension is only held for a single beat before climaxing. If anything, Prometheus shows how Scott has devolved over the decades (though looking over the last decade—Kingdom of Heaven, Body of Lies, Gladiator, A Good Year—may have been warning signs). The topper is the film’s final beat, in which the special effects team goes nuts as it finally shows the birth of the original film’s titular creature. It makes the Marvel post-credit sequences feel subtle in their execution.
What is most offensive about Prometheus is its potential. An iconic franchise, a cast made up of highly regarded thespians, a bold and visionary premise, and a director who was determined to return to his roots. Where did Prometheus go so wrong? There’s so many great threads running underneath—philosophical, psychosexual, even technical—but none of it seems to register. And Lindenlof, who seems like the truer architect of this film than Scott, doesn’t seem to particularly care. If you don’t like his vision, then you aren’t a true fan. Of course, Prometheus is ultimately about the danger of asking big questions, so I’m done asking where the hell this movie went wrong.

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The Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme and the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs of the American University of Beirut organize on June 20-21-22, 2018, an International Conference (restitution of work) for the International Panel on Exiting Violence.
One year and a half after the IPEV Kick-Off in Paris, the panel will gather at the American University of Beirut to share recommendations for exiting violence. This event is decisive as it precedes the official publication of the report, in November 2018. The ten working groups will highlight the main points of their respective chapters and meet during workshops in order to finalize their works.
In this video, Dr Tarek Mitri, director of the Issam Fares Insitute, answers a few questions about violence in Lebanon, the state of research on violence and exiting violence in the Middle East, and talks about his expectations regarding the International conference that will take place on June, 20-21-22, 2018.


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