#fatal enquiry

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

Brazil has logged 137 flight incidents in 2024 alone

The crash of an ATR-72 passenger plane in Vinhedo, southeastern Brazil, on Friday, which claimed the lives of all 58 passengers and four crew members, shocked the nation and garnered global headlines. 

The investigation into Voepass Flight 2283, which plummeted 4,000 meters in just one minute before crashing, is expected to take at least 30 days as officials analyze data from the plane’s black boxes. On Sunday, crews began removing wreckage from the housing complex where the crash occurred.

Experts from France and Canada are taking part in the investigation, with the French Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety sending agents due to the aircraft’s French origin, and Canadian authorities involved because the engines were manufactured in Canada. 

These officials assisted in removing the engines, which will be stored at a São Paulo airport for further analysis.

This disaster marks Brazil’s worst aviation tragedy since 2009, when a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 228 on board. So far in 2024, Brazil has recorded 137 flight incidents, according to the Aviation Safety Network; 26 of these were fatal, resulting in 110 deaths.

Continue reading.

[scotianostra]

Today we take time out to remember the trasgic events of January 2nd 1971, when 66 supporters were killed and more than 200 injuries.on stairway 13 at Ibrox Stadium Glasgow.

There is still a commonly held myth that many in the home support had left the ground after Celtic had taken the lead and the ensuing disaster unfolded when fans tried to get back in after Rangers had levelled. This was proven to be completely untrue in the accident enquiry that followed, which showed that the victims had all been going in the one direction, out the ground - possibly home to their friends and families, when the crush began.

What was never conclusively established was the trigger although some reports at the time claimed that the crush began when a child who was being carried on his father’s shoulders fell, sparking a fatal chain reaction.

Every modern fan can relate to that moment. Everyone has stood in a crowd, trying to get in or out of a ground and feeling others push and squeeze behind you.

It is difficult, however, to imagine just how those fans would have felt that day when they realised that something was wrong, something was different. That people were trapped and that those angry shouts for space were turning into ones of panic and terror.

When the crowd eventually did disperse, police and ambulance services found bodies piled six feet high.

Soon, injured victims were being carried onto the pitch where medical staff and management from both Celtic and Rangers joined the desperate efforts to try and save them. The youngest victim that day in 1971 was nine-year-old Neil Pickup who had travelled up from Liverpool for the game.

Also listed below the statue to mark the fateful day at Ibrox are the names Peter Easton, Martin Paton, Mason Phillips, Brian Todd and Douglas Morrison, five boys aged between 13 and 15, all from the same village in Fife who never returned home.

[thexgrayxlady]

Worst Books I Read in 2023

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness - This is just adult Twilight that thinks that it's too good to be adult Twilight. It's tedious and unpleasant and drags you through countless pages before remembering that books are supposed to have plots. The main character has every super special awesome once in a generation witch power, but doesn't want or use them. She finds out she's a time traveler in a throw away line. Then the love interest will not have sex with the main character until they are married, which just feels weird. There is vampire yoga. At least Twilight had the decency to use Supermassive Black Hole over the vampire baseball.

Sherlock Holmes vs. Cthulhu: The Adventure of the Deadly Dimensions by Lois H. Gresh - All it had to do was be a pretty okay adventure and I would have been fine with it. Instead, it drags it's feet through every page and then it waterboards you with a fish cult orgy.

Fatal Enquiry by Will Thomas - If you ever wanted to read wish dot com Sherlock Holmes where Holmes is an unlikable asshole, Watson is genuinely a moron, and the mystery is solved off page, this book is for you.

Dark Star Rising by Bennett R. Coles - This book seeks to answer the question, "What if Treasure Planet was boring and had a really annoying love triangle?"

Monstrous Heart by Claire McKenna - This book has such a cool setting and there's so much interesting world building, and it's wasted on a bland romance. This book isn't even that bad, but I hate the wasted potential so much that it's on my worst list.

[novumtimes]

Elderly man dies in house fire on University of Limerick campus as gardaí launch investigation

File image. Gardaí are investigating a fatal house fire at a house, on the campus grounds of the University of Limerick. An elderly man, understood to have been an academic, died in the blaze. The fire broke out at a house at Kilmurry Village shortly before midnight and the man’s body remains at the scene pending further garda and pathology enquiries. Fire Service control received the alert at 11:41pm and dispatched four tender units including a high-rise platform, from Limerick City, and from Cappamore, in the county. Firefighters attached to the Limerick City and County Fire Service spent five hours at the scene, putting out the fire and damping down the scene before returning to their bases after 5am this morning. Gardaí remain at the scene and are investigating all of the circumstances in relation to what caused the fire. A Garda spokesman confirmed Gardaí were alerted “at approximately 11:45pm of a report of a fire at a residence in the Kilmurry Village area of Limerick city” and that “a male was subsequently located deceased in the residence”. “The body remains at the scene. The scene is currently preserved and a technical examination will be conducted today (Friday 21st June 2024),” the Garda spokesman said. “A post-mortem examination will be arranged and the results of this, along with the findings of the technical examination, will determine the course of the Garda investigation.” The University of Limerick has been asked for comment. Source link via The Novum Times

[lalsingh228-blog]

Anti-infective Agents Market Set for Explosive Growth

Advance Market Analytics added research publication document on Worldwide Anti-infective Agents Market breaking major business segments and highlighting wider level geographies to get deep dive analysis on market data. The study is a perfect balance bridging both qualitative and quantitative information of Worldwide Anti-infective Agents market. The study provides valuable market size data for historical (Volume** & Value) from 2018 to 2022 which is estimated and forecasted till 2028*. Some are the key & emerging players that are part of coverage and have being profiled are Pfizer Inc. (United States), Johnson & Johnson (United States), Abbott Laboratories (United States), Gilead Sciences, Inc. (United States), Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (United States), Merck & Co., Inc. (United States), Bayer Healthcare AG (Germany), AstraZeneca Plc. (United Kingdom), Boehringer Ingelheim (Germany), Novartis AG (Switzerland), Astellas Pharma, Inc. (Japan), GlaxoSmithKline Plc. (United Kingdom). Get free access to Sample Report in PDF Version along with Graphs and Figures @ https://www.advancemarketanalytics.com/sample-report/1828-global-anti-infective-agents-market

Anti-infectives are drugs that are used to act on the body against invading foreign organisms, especially those that can cause infection. Anti-infectives act on invading organisms in a number of ways. Over time, invading pathogens develop resistance to anti-infectives. Resistance is the ability to adapt to an anti-infectious drug over time and produce cells that are no longer affected by a particular drug. Anti-infectives like metronidazole, clindamycin, tigecycline, linezolid, and vancomycin work against many types of bacteria that have become resistant to other antibiotics. Keep yourself up-to-date with latest market trends and changing dynamics due to COVID Impact and Economic Slowdown globally. Maintain a competitive edge by sizing up with available business opportunity in Anti-infective Agents Market various segments and emerging territory. Influencing Market Trend

Spreading Awareness amongst People Regarding the Fatal Implications of Infectious Diseases and the Importance of Early Treatment

Increased Prescription and Accessibility of Antibacterial Due To Their Over-The-Counter Status

Development of Combination Dr

Market Drivers

Rising Prevalence of Infectious Diseases Such As HIV, H1N1, and Ebola Virus

Increasing Awareness among Healthcare Professionals and Patients

Increased Potency and Efficacy and the Commercialization of Pipeline Products

Opportunities:

New Product Development and Presence of Strong Product Pipeline

An Increase in Funding From the Government for the Research Activities Pertaining To Discovery of the Drugs

Spread Awareness and To Enhance the Treatment of Communicable Diseases in Develop

Challenges:

Lack of Awareness in Underdeveloped Regions

Have Any Questions Regarding Global Anti-infective Agents Market Report, Ask Our Experts@ https://www.advancemarketanalytics.com/enquiry-before-buy/1828-global-anti-infective-agents-market Analysis by Type (Antibacterial Drugs, Antifungal Drugs, Antiviral Drugs), Application (Hospital Use, Clinic Use, Household, Other), Drug Type (Penicillins, Sulfonamides, Antimycobacterial, Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole, Aminoglycosides, Macrolides, Chloramphenicol, Others), Distribution Channel (Hospital Pharmacies, Retail Pharmacies, Online, Others), End-User (Children, Adults), Side Effects (Kidney Damage, GI Toxicity, Neurotoxicity, Hypersensitivity Reactions, Superinfections)

Competitive landscape highlighting important parameters that players are gaining along with the Market Development/evolution

• % Market Share, Segment Revenue, Swot Analysis for each profiled company [Pfizer Inc. (United States), Johnson & Johnson (United States), Abbott Laboratories (United States), Gilead Sciences, Inc. (United States), Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (United States), Merck & Co., Inc. (United States), Bayer Healthcare AG (Germany), AstraZeneca Plc. (United Kingdom), Boehringer Ingelheim (Germany), Novartis AG (Switzerland), Astellas Pharma, Inc. (Japan), GlaxoSmithKline Plc. (United Kingdom)]

• Business overview and Product/Service classification

• Product/Service Matrix [Players by Product/Service comparative analysis]

• Recent Developments (Technology advancement, Product Launch or Expansion plan, Manufacturing and R&D etc)

• Consumption, Capacity & Production by Players The regional analysis of Global Anti-infective Agents Market is considered for the key regions such as Asia Pacific, North America, Europe, Latin America and Rest of the World. North America is the leading region across the world. Whereas, owing to rising no. of research activities in countries such as China, India, and Japan, Asia Pacific region is also expected to exhibit higher growth rate the forecast period 2023-2028. The World Health Organization has identified antimicrobial resistance as one of the three greatest threats to human health. Unfortunately, many large pharmaceutical companies have discontinued their antibiotic discovery and development programs. With a marked decline in the discovery of new antimicrobials, the world is now facing an enormous and growing threat from the emergence of bacteria that are resistant to almost all available antibiotics. As stated by the Infectious Diseases Society of America in their 'Bad Bugs, No Drugs' paper: "As antibiotic discovery stagnates, a public health crisis brews." There is therefore an urgent need to discover novel antimicrobials and develop innovative strategies for better use of available antibiotics to combat the global antimicrobial resistance crisis. Table of Content Chapter One: Industry Overview Chapter Two: Major Segmentation (Classification, Application and etc.) Analysis Chapter Three: Production Market Analysis Chapter Four: Sales Market Analysis Chapter Five: Consumption Market Analysis Chapter Six: Production, Sales and Consumption Market Comparison Analysis Chapter Seven: Major Manufacturers Production and Sales Market Comparison Analysis Chapter Eight: Competition Analysis by Players Chapter Nine: Marketing Channel Analysis Chapter Ten: New Project Investment Feasibility Analysis Chapter Eleven: Manufacturing Cost Analysis Chapter Twelve: Industrial Chain, Sourcing Strategy and Downstream Buyers Read Executive Summary and Detailed Index of full Research Study @ https://www.advancemarketanalytics.com/reports/1828-global-anti-infective-agents-market Highlights of the Report • The future prospects of the global Anti-infective Agents market during the forecast period 2023-2028 are given in the report. • The major developmental strategies integrated by the leading players to sustain a competitive market position in the market are included in the report. • The emerging technologies that are driving the growth of the market are highlighted in the report. • The market value of the segments that are leading the market and the sub-segments are mentioned in the report. • The report studies the leading manufacturers and other players entering the global Anti-infective Agents market. Thanks for reading this article; you can also get individual chapter wise section or region wise report version like North America, Middle East, Africa, Europe or LATAM, Southeast Asia. Contact US : Craig Francis (PR & Marketing Manager) AMA Research & Media LLP Unit No. 429, Parsonage Road Edison, NJ New Jersey USA – 08837 Phone: +1 201 565 3262, +44 161 818 8166 sales@advancemarketanalytics.com

[oliviadlima]

A Complete Guide to "Road Safety Market"

According to a new report published by Allied Market Research, titled, “Road Safety Market by Offerings (Solutions and Services), Type (Enforcement Solution, ALPR/ANPR, Incident Detection And Response, Railroad Crossing Safety, School Bus Stop -Arm Enforcement and Back Office System): Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2021–2031,” the global road safety market size was $4,658.4 million in 2021, and is projected to reach $14,787.7 million by 2031, registering a CAGR of 12.5% from 2022 to 2031.

Road safety industry is the result of deliberate and methodical efforts on the part of many sectors of society, including both government and non-government organisations, after these sectors have acknowledged it as a significant and valuable public good and have developed policies and programmes to support and maintain it. Everybody should be extremely concerned about the alarmingly high and constant number of traffic fatalities. The number of accidents is rising in tandem with the sharp growth in the number of vehicles, particularly the recent influx of mini buses, sharing autos, omni buses, and minidors.

The rising death toll on roads in low- and middle-income nations, particularly in emerging economies, has played a significant role in the increase in traffic fatalities worldwide. The probability of experiencing a road traffic injury is influenced by a number of societal factors in many middle-income nations, including drinking and driving, excessive speed, traffic flow, and urban and infrastructure development. The rate of progress has been gradual even though the nations of the Region have been adopting and putting into practice several initiatives to lower traffic injuries. Therefore, these several factors have led to growing road safety industry.

According to road safety market analysis, the speed enforcement segment was the highest revenue contributor to the market, with $401.2 million in 2021, and is estimated to reach $1,232.9 million by 2031, with a CAGR of 12.1%. The section enforcement segment is estimated to reach $1,151.8 million by 2031, at a significant CAGR of 13.3% during the forecast period.

The outbreak of the COVID-19 has significantly impacted the growth of the road safety market. Rise in demand for enforcement solution across various sectors has significantly propelled the demand for road safety market during the pandemic. However, the emergence of third wave of COVID-19 across U.S. and UK is anticipated to affect the growth of road safety market in 2022. Moreover, the incident detection and response globally started to deploy road safety solution, and thus is expected to drive the growth of the road safety market analysis post pandemic.

Inquiry Before Buying: https://www.alliedmarketresearch.com/purchase-enquiry/17647

KEY FINDINGS OF THE STUDY

The solution segment was the highest revenue contributor to the road safety market share, with $3,461.7 million in 2021, and is estimated to reach $11,815.0 million by 2031, with a CAGR of 13.3%.

The services segment of road safety market forecast is estimated to reach $2,972.7 million by 2031, at a significant CAGR of 9.8% during the forecast period.

The system integration and deployment segment was the highest revenue contributor to the market, with $526.1 million in 2021, and is estimated to reach $1,364.5 million by 2031, with a CAGR of 10.2%.

The ALPR/ANPR segment is estimated to reach $3,804.8 million by 2031, at a significant CAGR of 13.2% during the forecast period.

The speed enforcement segment was the highest revenue contributor to the market, with $401.2 million in 2021, and is estimated to reach $1,232.9 million by 2031, with a CAGR of 12.1%.

North America was the highest revenue contributor, accounting for $1,649.1 million in 2021, and is estimated to reach $5,560.2 million by 2031, with a CAGR of 13.2%.

The key players profiled in the report include Cubic Corporation, Dahua Technology, Flir Systems, Inc., IDEMIA, Jenoptik, Kapsch TraficCom, Redflex Holdings, Sensys Gatso Group AB, Siemens AG and VITRONIC. Market players have adopted various strategies, such as product launch, collaboration & partnership, joint venture, and acquisition, to expand their foothold in the road safety market.

About Us:

Allied Market Research (AMR) is a full-service market research and business-consulting wing of Allied Analytics LLP based in Portland, Oregon. Allied Market Research provides global enterprises as well as medium and small businesses with unmatched quality of “Market Research Reports Insights” and “Business Intelligence Solutions.” AMR has a targeted view to provide business insights and consulting to assist its clients to make strategic business decisions and achieve sustainable growth in their respective market domain.

[jason-squires]

Learning the Advantages of Using Social Selling Through Jason Squires Review

A plethora of businesses worldwide are bound by limited marketing strategies that fail to provide the desired results for most. Only 10% of all startups survive in the long run, which tells us a lot about the modern business world and its highly competitive environment. 

Common Marketing Pitfalls to Avoid

Startups and mid-sized businesses can commit many mistakes when setting up their marketing campaigns that lead to failure. Some companies think it is better to make an in-house marketing department in the long run. However, they fail to calculate the expenses involved in hiring, onboarding, and replacing a marketing resource. Another fatal mistake that can put all your progress in jeopardy is targeting the wrong audience. Once a business targets the wrong audience, all its marketing efforts are bound to fail because of the increased bounce rate. 

Apart from the aforementioned mistakes, startups starting from scratch also tend to copy the marketing strategy of competitors of industry leaders, presuming they would get similar types of results as well. In reality, what might work for one company can fail to be fruitful for others. Therefore, you’re better off by creating your own marketing strategy rather than using strategies that have already been overused. 

Social Selling: An Impactful Marketing Strategy

Companies searching for marketing strategies that start giving them immediate results should surely try implementing social selling into their marketing methodologies. In this marketing approach, businesses focus on helping their target audience with any niche-related problems on various online platforms. This method yields better results than other marketing strategies because potential customers would prefer to make a purchase from businesses that provide valuable insights and educate users about a specific niche. 

Jason Squires Review Posts and Social Selling

Jason Squires is an experienced social selling trainer in the UK with a clientele of over 33000 businesses worldwide. His knowledge, service, and experience as a social media expert have earned him features in industry-leading magazines like Entrepreneur, Forbes, Social Times, etc. 

Jason Squires review posts tell us the amazing results his clients have obtained using social selling. These clients include small-sized, mid-sized, and large businesses that belong to different industries and are either B2B-focused or B2C-focused. Therefore, we can say that social selling is an effective marketing strategy and benefits all types of businesses. 

The best advantage of learning social selling from Jason Squires is the budget-friendly training which enables businesses to implement result-oriented marketing without spending vastly on resources and premium tools. Once you’re through with the training, all you would have to do is follow Jason Squires’ marketing approach and invest about an hour of your daily time on social media. With his advanced social selling techniques, businesses can easily get 10x enquiries per week and improve their lead conversion rate. 

You would also be surprised to learn that you don’t require any prior experience in managing profiles on any social networking site to start on the social selling training. Both beginners and knowledgeable marketing individuals can profit from Jason Squires’ social selling training. Contact for further details!

[bevaldia]

GLOBAL UNDERWATER SHIP SERVICES

UNDERWATER REMOVAL OF ENTANGLEMENTS & FOREIGN BODIES

Removal of entangled ropes (e.g., mooring ropes), removal of entangled fishing nets or lines which are usually entangled in the propeller (tail-end-shaft) or the bow thruster which are removed by cutting. The entanglement of ropes in the tail-end-shaft is a common problem in the cases during ship-to-ship operations in bad weather condition. This problem, if not treated quickly may be fatal to the tail-end-shaft as the ropes can melt and go inside it.

For any enquiries, please contact us; at: info@bevaldia.com Website: www.bevaldia.com

Tel: (+30) 210 4001120 - (+30)210 4004470 - (+30) 210 9582176

[theprayingteacher]

#Morning #Coffee #God & #Jesus #Devotional

https://www.biblegateway.com/devotionals/morning-and-evening/2023/08/29 MORNING “Have mercy upon me, O God.”Psalm 51:1 When Dr. Carey was suffering from a dangerous illness, the enquiry was made, “If this sickness should prove fatal, what passage would you select as the text for your funeral sermon?” He replied, “Oh, I feel that such a poor sinful creature is unworthy to have anything said…

[hillingdontoday]

Murder investigation launched in Hayes

Murder investigation launched in Hayes   A murder investigation has been launched after a man was fatally stabbed in Hayes.   Police were called yesterday (11 July) at 4:33am to reports of a man acting erratically with a knife at a residential property in Melina Close, Hayes.   Officers attended along with the London Ambulance Service.   A man, aged in his 50s, was found inside the property with a stab wound to his neck.   Despite the efforts of the emergency services, he sadly died at the scene.   A 31-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder.   The arrested man was taken to hospital, where he will be assessed before being taken into custody.   The suspect and the victim were known to one another.   Lead investigator, Detective Inspector Adam Guttridge from the Specialist Crime Command, said: “We are at the very early stages of our investigation and enquiries are underway to establish the full circumstances.   “A man is in custody and no other persons are sought by my team at this time.   “Our thoughts are with the victim’s family.”   Anyone with information who has not yet spoken with police should call 101 quoting 967/11JUL.   Information can be given anonymously by calling the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or visit crimestoppers-uk.org.   #hayes #melinaclose #murderinvestigation #knifecrime #stabbing #policeinvestigation Read the full article

[alliedcreation]

Men Personal Care Market Size is Rise Across the Globe and Witness Huge Growth by Key Players to 2030

Men Personal Care Market by Type, Age Group, Price Point, and Distribution Channel: Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2021–2030,”. The report offers an extensive analysis of changing market trends, key segments, top investment pockets, regional scenario, Porter’s Five Forces, and competitive scenario.

The global men personal care market size was valued at $124.8 billion in 2020, and is projected to reach $276.9 billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of 8.6% from 2021 to 2030.

Changes in corporate lifestyle, product differentiation, and surge in urbanization drive the growth of the global men personal care market. However, surge in ingredient prices and packaging costs and fatal effects of chemicals hinder the market growth. On the other hand, changes in consumer lifestyle and penetration of online shopping present new opportunities in the coming years.

Request The Free Sample@https://www.alliedmarketresearch.com/request-sample/1701

Men personal care products are non-medicinal consumable products designed for men to use for personal care and grooming. The products can be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, sprayed on, or otherwise applied to the body for cleansing, toning, moisturizing, hydrating, conditioning, massaging, coloring/decorating, soothing, deodorizing, perfuming, and styling. The men personal care market provides a wide range of products, including deodorants, shampoos, shaving gels, aftershaves, bar soaps, and moisturizing creams, at varying prices to meet the needs and purchasing power of consumers.

The men personal care market analysis is done according to segmentation on the basis of type, age group, price point, distribution channel, and region. On the basis of type, the men personal care market segment is categorized into hair care, shaving, oral care, personal cleanliness, skin care, and others. As per age group, it is divided into 18-29 years, 30-59 years, and 60 years and above. Based on price point, it is fragmented into low, medium, and high. According to distribution channel, it is divided into hypermarkets & supermarkets, drug stores or pharmacy, mass merchandiser, departmental stores, mono-brand stores, specialty stores, and online sales channel. Region wise, the men personal care market is analyzed across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and LAMEA.

Based on type, the oral care segment accounted for the highest share in 2020, holding more than one-fourth of the global men personal care market, and is projected to continue its lead position during the forecast period. Moreover, this segment is estimated to witness the highest CAGR of 9.5% from 2021 to 2030. This is attributed to its frequent usage and unavailability of suitable substitutes.

Based on distribution channel, the drug stores or pharmacy segment held the highest share in 2020, accounting for nearly one-fourth of the global men personal care market, and is projected to continue its leadership status during the forecast period. This is due to extended store hours, drive-through locations, and availability of wide range of personal care products. However, the mono-brand stores segment is projected to portray the highest CAGR of 9.4% from 2021 to 2030.

Based on region, North America contributed to the largest market share in 2020, accounting for nearly one-third of the global men personal care market, and is estimated to continue its dominance in terms of revenue by 2030. Moreover, this region is expected to manifest the fastest CAGR of 9.4% during the forecast period. This is attributed to increase in the aging population in countries such as the U.S. and Canada and increase in internet penetration.

Purchase Enquiry @https://www.alliedmarketresearch.com/purchase-enquiry/1701

The key players in the global men personal care market include Johnson & Johnson (U.S.), P&G Co. (P&G) (U.S.), L’Oréal S.A. (France), The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (U.S.), Unilever (UK), Avon Products, Inc. (U.S.), Kao Corporation (Japan), Colgate-Palmolive Company (U.S), Beiersdorf Akteingesellschaft (AG) (Germany), and Shiseido Company Ltd. (Japan). Other players in the value chain, even though not profiled in the report, include Combe, Inc., Conaire Corporation, Revlon, Inc., Godrej Industries Ltd., Mary Kay, Inc., and Amway Corporation.

[scotianostra]

Adam Watson, the Scottish biologist, ecologist and mountaineer was born on April 14th 1930 in Turriff, Aberdeenshire.

From an early age, Watson showed considerable academic prowess. He was Dux of Turriff Primary School and of Turriff Senior Secondary School in Latin, English, Higher Latin, English, French, Science, lower History and Mathematics.

His education continued at the University of Aberdeen in the 1950s, gaining a first class honours in zoology and also the department of natural history's MacGillivray Prize. He gained his PhD in 1956 for his thesis on the Annual Cycle of Rock Ptarmigan, and a second doctorate in 1967 for scientific papers on populations and behaviour of northern animals.

The scientist studied and wrote extensively about plants and animal life in the Cairngorms. RSPB Scotland described Dr Watson, who research included studies of various upland birds, as "arguably the most knowledgeable Scottish naturalist and ornithologist of the last century".

Dr Watson was a well-known figure in Scotland's climbing and hillwalking community. He climbed extensively in the Cairngorms and in Scotland's other mountain ranges. He also climbed and skied abroad, including in Norway, Lapland, Canada and Alaska.

A John Muir Trust Lifetime Achievement Award was among other honours given to Dr Watson. The man dubbed Mr Cairngorms also received the Fort William Mountain Festival's Scottish Award for Excellence in Mountain Culture.

Watson’s research centred on grouse, his magnum opus on the subject, co-written with Robert Moss called Grouse, was a runaway bestseller.

A dam, a natural communicator in speech or the written word also appeared extensively on TV and radio in Scotland, his first broadcast was back in 1948 – Dr Watson’s enthusiasm for the sciences was never less than infectious, and he described his work in simple terms without resorting either to jargon or dumbing down. What made him loved by editors was his ability to read standard situations from a different viewpoint.

Watson’s literary output from the age of 14 runs to an astonishing 475 items including 22 books, hundreds of scientific papers and reviews and 175 unpublished technical reports.

In 1971 he was called to represent the Crown as expert witness at the fatal accident enquiry following the Cairngorm disaster in which six schoolchildren died. His quiet evidence drew not only on law, but on science backed by practical experience of the very worst of mountain weather. He surprised the Forestry Commission when he successfully opposed a particular development not merely on the expected ecological argument, but by astute demolition of the business case.

Doctor Adam Watson died after a short illness on January 23rd 2019, aged 88.

There's a great article taken from his journal that you can read at the link here https://www.ibsc.org.uk/thirty-miles-on-ski-adam-watson-april-1951/#

[thexgrayxlady]

What I Read in July and August

Jade City by Fonda Lee - 4.25/5.0 I'm hooked. The characters were complex and fascinating to follow. I genuinely enjoyed that there was so much gray morality and watching the world evolving around the characters and how they react to it is fascinating. And while I was devastated by the scene at the docks, the fall out and the way it impacted everything else was incredible, doubly so because it wasn't supposed to happen that way. Watching Hilo suddenly shoved into a role that he isn't suited to and Shae coming into a role that she is very suited to, but isn't ready for yet, and the mistakes they make in the process, was great. On top of this, the magic system is just so. so cool. I can't wait to read Jade War.

Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty - 4.75/5.0 I love this series so much and I don't know why I waited so long to read this book. I think I just didn't want it to end. Nahri is such an interesting and nuanced character and I really loved reading from her perspective. Her and Ali are so cute and I love them so much. Manizheh is an amazing antagonist. Like, the definition of, "cool motive, still genocide." Dara remains The Worst (derogatory), but he's awful in a way that's very believable. I still couldn't wait for his chapters to be over and I honestly would have liked to learn about what's going on in Daevabad from another perspective just so that I didn't have to read quite so much, "Oh woe is me. I put the leopards eating faces party in power and now they are eating faces I didn't think they'd eat." I think the book was paced very well, with sections that felt very fast and others that moved at an appropriately languid pace, and it did not feel eight hundred pages long. However, I think that the very end of a very long book is the absolute wrong time to bring in the animal sidekick and I wish the Peris came up more in the earlier books. Still, I love it so much.

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi - 4.0/5.0 This book very earnestly just wants to be a good time and it is. It is a very good time. The characters are all likeable, if prone leaning on the fourth wall in a way that sometimes feels a little too marvel for my taste. The plot is not terribly deep, but it's not trying to be. And I can't find it in myself to fault the author for just wanting to write a fun book. The only thing I found myself really wanting more of was more thorough descriptions of the Kaiju. Like, even after spending so much time on page with her, I'm still not sure what Bella looks like and I think that was a missed opportunity.

Fatal Enquiry by Will Thomas - 0.5/5.0 This book is so thoroughly unenjoyable I don't think that I want to send it back to the book box whence it came. If you want an iteration of Holmes and Watson wherein Watson is genuinely stupid and Holmes is an unrepentant jackass, and a deeply stupid mystery that gets solved off page, this is for you. If not for the fact that A Discovery of Witches is so damn long, it would be the worst thing I've read this year.

Shadowblack by Sebastien de Castell - 3.5/5.0 This was a fun little adventure. I like how the main character uses the little magic he has in creative ways. I like that this is mostly self contained, but doesn't waste a lot of time reiterating the world building from the previous book.

Monsterous Heart by Claire McKenna - 2.25/5.0 This book has a fantastic setting with airships and lighthouses and kraken and plesiosaurs and blood magic and it's wasted on a bland romance. There's some really good, well written, atmospheric bits in this book and that just makes the rest of it infuriating in it's mediocrity.

Velocity Weapon by Megan E. O'Keefe - 3.75/5.0 This book is a blast. There was some kind of fun twist in every chapter and it kept me wanting to come back for more. The frequent plot developments that recontextualized the characters we thought we knew and understood, for the most part, felt natural and a part of a greater whole. The characters themselves were enjoyable and while I wasn't sold on the romance at first, it grew on me. I think the fast pace and frequent twists would have been a little frustrating if I hadn't been reading it in half hour increments on my lunch break, but as it was it was a really good time. I really hope I find more of the series at the used book store, but if I don't I'm considering putting an order in at Thrift Books.

Dark Star Rising by Bennet S. Coles - 2.0/5.0 This series has asked the question, "what if treasure planet was kind of boring?" I don't think it takes enough advantage of the sci-fi portion of the setting, which is disappointing because sci-fi sailing ships in space has a lot of potential. Instead, you could replace the names of the different planets with places on earth and it would change nothing. While the characters are serviceable, most of the minor ones blend together in a mush that made me have to go back and reread portions to remember who they were talking to. I could have done without the very quickly resolved love triangle subplot. Or the romance subplot altogether. Like, it's just too bland for me to even properly dislike it.

The Dark Griffin by K.J. Taylor - 2.5/5.0 On the one hand, this was a very generic fantasy read. On the other, you know that scene from Dragon Age Origins where the Warden is pestering Wynne about whether or not a story has griffins? That's pretty much me in every fantasy novel. The griffins are great. The main character doesn't have much, if any character. There are more than a few plot moments that feel like the author panicked trying to figure out how to get the characters from point A to point B. However, the ending was interesting enough that I find the next book in the series at the library or used book super store, I'd probably continue it.

[novumtimes]

Elderly man dies in house fire on University of Limerick campus as gardaí launch investigation

File image. Gardaí are investigating a fatal house fire at a house, on the campus grounds of the University of Limerick. An elderly man, understood to have been an academic, died in the blaze. The fire broke out at a house at Kilmurry Village shortly before midnight and the man’s body remains at the scene pending further garda and pathology enquiries. Fire Service control received the alert at…