AI is gradually taking us to an edgeless edge. It is going to make everything artificial? Will humans be deprived of original acumen that helps them enjoy life through all senses? Will it deprive humans of good reads? The answer is unknown. Just a few hours away from now, we are going to witness the end of the first quarter of the 21st century. So, it is the right time to discuss the events that have taken place in the world of literature. There have been many surprises, and one of them was two female writers – Han Kang and Samantha Harvey – winning the Nobel Prize in literature and Samantha Harvey getting the Booker Prize. Both are big honours a writer craves for. Kang’s ‘The Vegetarian’ delineates the political and social condition of South Korea. Booker Prize winner British author Ian McEwan has described the book as “a novel of sexuality and madness that deserves its great success.” The novel is darkly beautiful. It is a classic about rebellion, eroticism, and the female body. It is one of the extraordinary books of this century. It may leave a reader reeling. Similarly, ‘Orbital’ by Samantha Harvey is a science fiction which uplifts a reader’s spirit in every sense. Six astronauts rotate in their spacecraft above the earth and how they look at this blue planet that gives us life. Another novel that requires special mention is Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s ‘Until August.’ It was published in 2023, but the novel hit the Indian markets this year. Irish author Sally Rooney’s ‘Intermezzo’ was launched in September. The novel limns the story of two brothers mourning their father. At the same time, they are talking about the relationships with each other and about the women in their lives. The book portrays love sex and sorrow and the universe of Rooney who has slightly departed from the norm, because Intermezzo has two male protagonists. They are: 32-year-old Peter who is a talented barrister and his 22-year-old brother Ivan, a chess-prodigy. But Peter has a troubled personality. The novel consists of philosophical debates, tangled relationships, and frequent sex. Alan Hollinghurst’s new novel, ‘Our Evenings’, has been another artistic work that paints the changing mores in Britain. The book sees society through the optics of class, race, politics and sex. The novel is a memoir of a half-Burmese actor whose scholarship to public school takes him to a world where the privileged prevail. Each page contains details and evokes gay experience. ‘Choice’ by Neel Mukherjee is another work that shook the world of thinkers. The novel has three separate narratives – worries among urban elites about environmental degradation, poverty in the Indian countryside, globalisation and morality. Who can forget Sarah Perry’s ‘Enlightenment,’ a new work of literary fiction which depicts love and astronomy? The story is told through two protagonists over the course of 20 years. Ghost stories always attract readers of all ages. Evie Wyld’s ‘The Echoes’ confirms that. The story highlights the weight of the past and afterlife. Similarly, Charlotte Wood’s ‘Stone Yard Devotional’ created a buzz by exploring compassion, responsibility, tolerance and despair. It also tells the readers how to triumph over these challenges. Anita Desai’s ‘Rosarita’ has earned critics’ accolades. It is her first novel in a decade, which deals with inheritance and historical trauma. ‘The Proof of My Innocence’ by Jonathan Coe spins an incident of crime. It is a murder mystery. Coe, one of the most beloved novelists in Britain, knows how to give a turn to a story and surprise his readers. Another highlight in the world of literature is Kevin Barry’s ‘The Heart in Winter.’ The novel is written against the backdrop of an 1890 American mining town. Andrew Miller’s ‘The Land in Winter’ traces back to the history of two young marriages. It also highlights the madness of the Second World War. This has been the scene of the literary world-2024. So, on the New Year Day, old papers cannot be thrown away. Nor can old garments be cast aside as the friends of yesterday cannot be forgotten today.‘Makes headline’- Postecoglopu refuses to ‘dismiss the fact’ that Tottenham fail to get their due credit
Quest Partners LLC Makes New $631,000 Investment in Kite Realty Group Trust (NYSE:KRG)SMU is accustomed to road-like environment it’ll face in ACC championship game vs. ClemsonRussia’s Ballistic Missile Attack on Ukraine Is an Alarming FirstChinese researchers have invented a new gel that could better protect wood from historic shipwrecks from the dangers of erosion. The hydrogel , which is made of water and other synthetic substances known as polymers, melts into the artifacts and works to neutralize elements that could harm the waterlogged material, including wood-eating fungi and acid-producing bacteria. Hydrogels are also used in medicine and firefighting . “The gels can be stretched to 20 times their initial length and demonstrate a 99 percent reduction in bacterial presence,” the researchers said . “This innovative hydrogel effectively neutralizes the acid generated by bacteria metabolism and notably possesses self-dissolution behavior that avoids the damage caused by peeling off the hydrogel from the wood surface.” Researchers said the goo’s characteristics “provide a distinct advantage for the timely protection and multipurpose preservation of wooden artifacts and offer potential in other comparable scenarios.” The gel was the result of a collaboration between multiple institutions, including Guangdong’s Sun-Yat Sen university and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Their findings were published recently in the journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering . The Royal Society of Chemistry says that state of a shipwreck depends on several factors, including how long it was underwater its materials, and the conditions where the ship sank. For example, the SS Endurance , the vessel of explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton that had been lost since 1915, was well-preserved 10,000 feet below the surface of the extremely cold Antarctic Weddell Sea when it was found more than a century later. To help keep the history alive, conservators slowly dry marine wooden artifacts to preserve them. They utilize a process that replaces the water with highly pressurized carbon dioxide or a viscous polymer. They can also freeze-dry the artifacts. These efforts take months and can inflict damage, according to the American Chemical Society . The wood can become brittle or warped. Nearly two decades ago, scientists found that the production of sulphuric acid inside the ship wood could be the cause of chemical and physical damage. Scientists said a year later that iron from the Swedish warship Vasa , located at the bottom of Stockholm’s harbor, was causing its degradation. “Upon recovery and exposure to air, waterlogged wood undergoes substantial drying shrinkage and deformation. As a result, marine waterlogged archaeological wood preserved in museums becomes more sensitive to changes in humidity,” researchers from Beijing and Quanzhou said in a separate study published in the Journal of Cultural Heritage earlier this year. While newly-created gel could act like a face mask for the wood, the group noted, removing the substance could still harm its surface. In response to this issue, the authors of the study made a gel that would both provide the wood with compounds to fight bacteria and acid and gradually dissolve. To do it, they mixed two polymers with the acid-neutralizing potassium bicarbonate, alongside silver nitrate: a compound historically used in photography to process prints. To create hydrogels with different staying power, they adjusted the amount of silver nitrate used. Those with more of the compound remained a “gooey solid.” To test those hydrogels, they used 800-year-old pieces of wood from the Nanhai No. 1 shipwreck, discovered off of China’s south coast. The ship’s remains were discovered just over 80 feet below the sea in 1987. It is believed that the vessel was built between 1127 and 1279, during the Southern Song Dynasty. The Nanhai No. 1 was recovered in 2007 and preserved at an aquarium in the Guangdong Maritime Silk Road Museum, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization . “They found that each gel neutralized acid up to a centimeter deep after 10 days, but the dissolving gels that contained less silver did so more quickly, after one day. The team also found that artifacts treated with the liquifying gels better maintained their cellular structure and were less brittle than those treated with the solid gels,” the society said. The study’s authors say their new hydrogel could enhance the world’s ability to untangle its mysteries. There are an estimated 3 million shipwrecks littered across the ocean floor, according to the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History .
Taseko Mines Limited ( NYSE:TGB – Get Free Report ) gapped up prior to trading on Thursday . The stock had previously closed at $1.97, but opened at $2.03. Taseko Mines shares last traded at $1.98, with a volume of 113,387 shares. Analyst Ratings Changes TGB has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. National Bank Financial upgraded shares of Taseko Mines from a “sector perform” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 10th. StockNews.com upgraded Taseko Mines from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 11th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, three have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $3.50. View Our Latest Stock Analysis on Taseko Mines Taseko Mines Trading Up 0.5 % Taseko Mines ( NYSE:TGB – Get Free Report ) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, November 6th. The company reported $0.02 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.04 by ($0.02). Taseko Mines had a return on equity of 15.25% and a net margin of 12.69%. The company had revenue of $114.08 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $112.48 million. Analysts anticipate that Taseko Mines Limited will post 0.14 EPS for the current year. Hedge Funds Weigh In On Taseko Mines Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of TGB. Tidal Investments LLC boosted its stake in Taseko Mines by 82.3% in the third quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 13,693,081 shares of the company’s stock worth $34,507,000 after buying an additional 6,182,981 shares in the last quarter. Bank of Montreal Can lifted its holdings in shares of Taseko Mines by 296.8% in the 3rd quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 3,160,574 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,225,000 after acquiring an additional 2,364,116 shares during the last quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC boosted its stake in shares of Taseko Mines by 14.7% in the 2nd quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 5,904,270 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,465,000 after purchasing an additional 755,192 shares in the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Taseko Mines by 752.2% during the 2nd quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 703,954 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,734,000 after purchasing an additional 621,352 shares during the last quarter. Finally, ClariVest Asset Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Taseko Mines during the second quarter valued at about $1,192,000. 17.94% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors. Taseko Mines Company Profile ( Get Free Report ) Taseko Mines Limited, a mining company, acquires, develops, and operates mineral properties. It explores for copper, molybdenum, gold, niobium, and silver deposits. The company’s principal asset comprises 100% interest owned the Gibraltar mine located in British Columbia. It also holds interest in the Yellowhead copper project, the Aley niobium project, and the New Prosperity gold and copper project located in British Columbia; and the Florence copper project located in Arizona. Further Reading Receive News & Ratings for Taseko Mines Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Taseko Mines and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .
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Through its Smarter Asset Management program, Diversified Energy Company is able to more efficiently produce from its wells and midstream assets, all while ensuring less emissions and improving asset health. Paul Espenan, DEC’s Senior Vice President of Environmental Health, Safety and Regulatory, said that Smarter Asset Management is all about efficient production while reducing emissions, and that’s being done at the company in a variety of ways. For one, he said, the company performs “strategic upgrades” to certain wells, especially those that are under-appreciated, as Diversified does not produce new wells as most producers, but instead acquire and optimize existing energy assets. “What we see a lot of times when we acquire these assets is that others don’t have the appreciation of them that we do in terms of what the opportunity is,” Espenan said. “It’s not necessarily part of their core business, but it is our core business. We have a way of evaluating things that perhaps they overlook or had no intention of even looking at.” DEC Senior Vice President of Upstream Operations and Well Retirement Todd Tetrick said that some operators who owned wells before they were acquired by DEC “lost focus” on operating these wells efficiently, but with the wells now under Diversified Energy’s care, they’re seeing new life. Tetrick continued, “Well pressures and fluid production change throughout the life cycle of the well, and the wells can be very sensitive and require adjustment of the lift mechanisms.” “You can go through the last seven or eight years of Diversified owning these assets and see that we have returned to service literally thousands of wells that our predecessor companies were not producing.” Regardless of if they’re new or mature wells, Tetrick said that a lot goes into efficient oil and gas operations. He said that a key metric in measuring efficient production is “lift cost”, or cost incurred by the company during the production operations of the oil and gas wells. “We can become more efficient by focusing on the expense piece, the production or both,” Tetrick said. “We can decrease our lift costs per unit. That’s the whole goal, to produce our wells efficiently, safely and from an environmentally sustainable perspective.” The environmental impact of oil and gas producing is hugely important to Diversified Energy, and a central tenet of Smarter Asset Management. Espenan said that more than two years ago, the company made what others in the oil and gas industry considered an “odd” decision by equipping every well tender with a handheld device that detects methane leaks. Despite what others thought of the plan, Espenan said it has put DEC ahead of the curve when it comes to detecting and limiting emissions. “In 2023, on a facility basis, we were able to attain a 98% leak-free status,” Espenan said. “We did about 246,000 individual inspections in 2023, and by making those leaks rare, we not only put that gas back in the pipe to sell it, but also reduced our emissions. In 2023, we announced that we hit our emissions goal for 2030 seven years ahead of schedule, and the biggest change was making leaks very rare.” Aside from eliminating emissions at wells, Espenan said that DEC has utilized technology from Bridger Photonics to detect methane emissions from the air by using LiDAR, noting that the company has flown over 22,000 miles of its gathering system and 21,000 miles of production facilities to similarly find and eliminate leaks. Additionally, Espenan said that the company is working with a company called Xplorobot, which is developing an entirely new system to detect methane leaks that, he predicted, will overtake the current common method of finding emissions like DVD overtook VHS. “(Their technology) is going to leapfrog over what has been traditionally called optic gas imaging, which uses a camera, to laser-based imaging,” Espenan said. He added that there are federal regulations about to go into effect that will require oil and gas companies to do things to limit emissions that Diversified Energy has been doing for years voluntarily, and he added that a good deal of what DEC does in the future will still be beyond what’s required by regulators. While environmental impact is a huge part of Smarter Asset Management, so, too, is improving the company’s social impact. Tetrick said that taking into account the hundreds of employees that Diversified Energy Company has across its service area, there is a lot of money going into local economies. Espenan said that whatever DEC can do to improve the communities in which it operates, it wants to do so. “We live, work and participate in the communities around us, and we care what the community has to say about us,” Espenan said. “It’s also, in terms of the outreach we perform, charitable or organizational. We care about our reputation and we want to be that good neighbor, so we’re doing a great deal to reduce our impact and emissions and run our operations in a certain way, because we care about the impact to the public. “Our sustainability report in 2022 won an award mostly because of transparency. We talk in great detail about the things we do in the community. 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CHICAGO — Scotty Pippen Jr. had a career-best 30 points with 10 assists to lead the Memphis Grizzlies past the Chicago Bulls 142-131 on Saturday night. Jaylen Wells added 26 points as Memphis won its second straight. Pippen, playing in the arena where his Hall of Fame father’s retired number hangs, had 26 points in the first three quarters for Memphis, which has won three of its last four. Memphis led 109-98 after three quarters and broke the game open with an 8-3 run in the opening minutes of the final period. Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 23 points, and Santi Aldama added 10 points and 10 rebounds for Memphis, which led 64-60 at halftime and outrebounded the Bulls 49-35. The Bulls fell despite 29 points from Zach LaVine, which included 26 in the second half, and 26 points and eight rebounds from Nikola Vucevic. Takeaways Grizzlies: Memphis improved to 5-3 during Ja Morant’s absence. The two-time All-Star remained out of action with a hip injury. Memphis Grizzlies' Scotty Pippen Jr. posts up on Chicago Bulls' Jalen Smith as Coby White handles the ball during the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024, in Chicago. Credit: AP/Charles Rex Arbogast Bulls: Taking more 3-pointers has been a priority this season, but Chicago wasn't able to earn a win despite shooting 45.2% (19 of 42) from 3. Key moment Up 91-84 midway through the third quarter, Memphis got consecutive 3-pointers from Jay Huff and Luke Kennard that pushed the lead into double digits and forced a Chicago timeout. The hosts got the deficit under 10 points just twice the rest of the night. Key stat The Bulls shot 37% from the floor and managed just 22 points during the first quarter as Memphis took a lead it never lost. Up next The Grizzlies host Portland on Monday night, and Chicago visits Washington on Tuesday.Putin Apologises To Azerbaijan President For ‘Tragic’ Plane Crash‘The smiling one’ Ruben Amorim says he can be ruthless when he needs to beGeorgia's ombudsman accuses police of torturing pro-EU protesters
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