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Mitsotakis: I will run for Prime Minister in 2027, I haven’t yet decided on the next President of the RepublicWhen I was a kid, I liked to dig holes in my backyard in Cincinnati. My grandfather joked that if I kept digging, I would end up in China. In fact, if I had been able to dig straight through the planet, I would have come out in the Indian Ocean, about 1,100 miles (1,800 kilometers) west of Australia. That’s the antipode , or opposite point on Earth’s surface, from my town. But I only had a garden spade to move the earth. When I hit rock, less than 3 feet (1 meter) below the surface, I couldn’t go deeper. Now, I’m a geophysicist and know a lot more about Earth’s structure. It has three main layers: The outer skin, called the crust, is a very thin layer of light rock. Its thickness compared to Earth’s diameter is similar to how thick an apple’s skin is to its diameter. When I dug holes as a kid, I was scratching away at the very top of Earth’s crust. The mantle, which lies beneath the crust, is much thicker, like the flesh of the apple. It’s made of strong, heavy rock that flows up to a few inches per year. Hotter rock rises away from Earth’s center, and cooler rock sinks toward it. The core, at Earth’s center, is made of super-hot liquid and solid metal. Temperatures here are 4,500 to 9,300 degrees Fahrenheit (2,500 to 5,200 degrees Celsius). Earth’s outer layers exert pressure on the layers underneath, and these forces increase steadily with depth, just as they do in the ocean – think of how pressure in your ears gets stronger as you dive deeper underwater. That’s relevant for digging through the Earth because when a hole is dug or drilled, the walls along the sides of the hole are under tremendous pressure from the overlying rock and also unstable because there’s empty space next to them. Stronger rocks can support bigger forces, but all rocks can fail if the pressure is great enough. When digging a pit, one way to prevent the walls from collapsing inward under pressure is to make them less steep, so they slant outward like the sides of a cone. A good rule of thumb is to make the hole three times wider than its depth. Unstable Walls The deepest open pit in the Earth is the Bingham Canyon Mine in Utah, which was dug with excavators and explosives in the early 1900s to mine copper ore. The pit of the mine is 0.75 miles (1.2 kilometers) deep and 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) wide. Since the mine is more than three times wider than it is deep and the walls are sloped, the pit’s walls are not too steep or unstable. Still, in 2013, one of the slopes collapsed, causing two huge landslides that released 145 million tons of crushed rock to the bottom of the pit. Luckily, no one was hurt, but the landslides caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage . Suppose you were to try digging through the Earth and that the planet was all solid. (We know that it’s not, but this is the simplest scenario.) The depth of a hole all the way through the planet would be equivalent to Earth’s diameter, which is just a name for a line that passes straight through the center of a circle . So ,your hole would need to be about three times as wide as the diameter of the Earth in order for it to be stable. Clearly, this is an impossible task that would completely alter the planet’s shape. Digging Versus Drilling Drilling can go deeper more quickly than digging because less material needs to be moved, and the smaller surface area of a borehole can be engineered to withstand more force . Energy companies routinely drill as far as 3 miles (5 kilometers) beneath the surface to find oil and gas. The deepest hole in the Earth is the Kola Superdeep Borehole in northwestern Russia, which extends 7.5 miles (12.2 kilometers) deep. Deep boreholes like this one can tell scientists a lot about Earth’s interior. However, the Kola project was eventually abandoned due to drilling challenges, such as temperatures too hot for the equipment to function , equipment failures, and high costs. Drilling is a tedious process. A rotary drill bit at the end of a hollow, mud-filled pipe grinds rock, penetrating just a couple inches per minute for very hard rocks. Assuming steady progress at this rate, it would take hundreds of years to drill through the Earth. As the bit drills deeper, it takes more time to replace broken parts. And the miles of drill pipe can become so heavy that they cannot be twisted or pulled out of the hole. Pressure is also an issue. Borehole walls are under tremendous pressure and prone to failing. The slow movement of Earth’s mantle would eventually cause a borehole to bend and collapse. Magma, gases, and liquid metal deep in the Earth, under tremendous pressure, could explode upward through the borehole toward the surface. Current drilling technologies just aren’t fast enough or durable enough to drill through Earth’s mantle and core. But we can still marvel at accomplishments like the Kola Superdeep Borehole and Bingham Canyon Mine and dream of digging up rocks from even greater depths. Andrew Gase is an Assistant Professor of Geoscience at Boise State University. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license . Read the original article .
WASHINGTON — Veterans in northern Nevada will have an “elevated” healthcare experience, according to U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen. Rosen and fellow Nevada Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto introduced legislation to authorize the construction of a new veterans hospital in Reno through the Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act that was passed in the Senate and was signed by President Joe Biden on Nov. 27. Sen. Jacky Rosen The Reno VA Medical Center serves veterans from Sacramento to Salt Lake City. The new state-of-the-art facility is expected to serve 200,000 veterans, Rosen said. “We have veterans that come from all over.” Rosen said the hospital will be constructed on 40 to 50 acres, and a site is being considered near the University of Nevada, Reno, which could benefit both students and veterans. Rosen told the Elko Daily Free Press about the benefits of the new Reno VA hospital and ongoing efforts to support veterans following their discharge from active service. Speaking about the hospital, Rosen said it would “elevate healthcare overall,” noting programs and training in social work, physical therapy and nursing based out of UNR and Truckee Meadows Community Colleges could benefit from the new VA hospital in the area. Delivering “state-of-the-art healthcare” to servicemen and women is a priority, Rosen said. “Our veterans signed on the dotted line to take an oath to the Constitution to protect and defend us regardless of what happens to them,” she explained. “It’s our sacred responsibility to make sure that we take care of them when they come home.” The current Reno VA hospital required an upgrade that would “cost so much,” but the new bill would provide the funding to construct a new facility, Rosen said. The time frame for its opening is “over the next few years,” she said. Rosen explained the larger hospital with additional staff and new technology would become more “efficient” for veterans, along with increasing jobs and boosting the economy in Reno. “Take radiology, for example,” she said. “X-rays that used to take a half-hour [to process] maybe now take 10 minutes. You get more patients through. If you’re a bigger hospital, higher technology and a bigger workforce, you can take care of more people. “I hope it will give us more access to care in every single way and reduce those wait times,” Rosen added. Rosen said she is a member of a six-person delegation that meets regularly to discuss issues pertaining to Nevada veterans, including Cortez Masto and U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei, a Nevada Republican. As a member of the Services Committee, Rosen said discussions have been aimed at helping veterans transition from service to civilian life. It is “important that we follow veterans so that they can continue to get their VA benefits when they need them, even if they are years later.” Tracking veterans years after their discharge is imperative to help with education, jobs, housing and medical services, she added. “Whatever it is, we’re constantly working on trying to improve the transition process from active-duty military to veteran,” Rosen explained. “What skills do you have as active-duty military [serviceman or servicewoman] to veteran that resonates and transfers into the workforce in the civilian sector?” Rosen’s support for veterans has been ongoing as senator. She recently led colleagues in a bipartisan letter urging the Biden Administration to identify and amend military records of hundreds of women veterans who deployed alongside Special Operations Forces in Afghanistan and Iraq to ensure they accurately reflect their combat service. Rosen also secured authorization for Nevada’s first-ever Veteran Business Outreach Center. Last year, she helped pass the bipartisan PACT Act to extend VA benefits and health care to all veterans suffering from illnesses as a result of exposure to burn pits and other toxins during their service overseas. In the letter, Rosen and her colleagues point out the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, which she helped pass, authorized $60 million for NARA, the National Archives and Records Administration, to address the records backlog by digitizing service records to improve response times for requests from veterans for their military service records. Due to staffing shortages during the pandemic, NARA staff struggled to respond to veterans’ requests for documents and the backlog climbed to 600,000. Rosen was part of a bipartisan delegation that sought answers from NARA about a backlog of requests for veterans’ service records from those seeking government benefits, medical treatment, unemployment assistance and emergency housing. Stay up-to-date on the latest in local and national government and political topics with our newsletter.《TAIPEI TIMES》 Premier reveals plans for economic development
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Emboldened by the view from the top of the NFC North, the Detroit Lions are out to eliminate nightmare holiday gatherings when the Chicago Bears come to town Thursday for a lunchtime division duel. The Lions (10-1) are streaking one direction, the Bears (4-7) the other in the first matchup of the season between teams on opposite ends of the division. Riding a nine-game winning streak, their longest since a 10-game streak during their first season in Detroit in 1934, the Lions are burdened by losses in their traditional Thanksgiving Day game the past seven seasons. Three of the defeats are courtesy of Chicago. The Bears and Lions get together for the 20th time on Thanksgiving -- the Bears have 11 wins -- this week in the first of two meetings between the teams in a 25-day span. Detroit goes to Soldier Field on Dec. 22. "I think there's two things," Campbell said of the Thanksgiving losing streak. "Number one -- Get a W. And it's a division win that's why this huge. Number two is because the players are going to get a couple of days off. So, they have family, friends in, it'd be nice to feel good about it when you're with everybody because it's just not real fun. It's not real fun to be around." Detroit (10-1) owns the best record in the NFC but the Lions aren't even assured of a division title. Minnesota sits one game behind them and Green Bay is two games back. The Bears (4-7) sit in last place and would likely need to run the table to have any chance of making the playoffs. The Lions have been dominant in all phases and haven't allowed a touchdown in the past 10 consecutive quarters. Detroit's offense ranks first in points per game (32.7) and second in total yardage (394.3) The Lions defense has not given up a touchdown in the last 10 quarters. Rookie placekicker Jake Bates has made all 16 of his field goal attempts, including four from 50-plus yards over the past three games. Chicago shows up in a foul mood. The Bears are saddled with a five-game losing streak and Chicago's defense has been destroyed for nearly 2,000 total yards in the last four games. The Bears failed to reach the 20-point mark four times in five outings since they last won a game. In their latest defeat, rookie quarterback Caleb Williams and the offense perked up but they lost to Minnesota in overtime, 30-27. "We have to play complementary football for us to be able to win these games," coach Matt Eberflus said. "The games we have won, we have done that. The games we have been close we've missed the mark a little bit. Over the course of the year, it's been one side or the other, this side or that side. In this league you have to be good on all sides to win. That's what we are searching for." Williams threw for 340 yards and two touchdowns without an interception. The wide receiver trio of DJ Moore, Keenan Allen and Romeo Odunze combined for 21 receptions and two touchdowns while tight end Cole Kmet caught seven passes. "What I've been impressed with is just how he has grown," Campbell said. "He has grown every game but these last two I really feel like he's taken off and what they're doing with him has been really good for him and he just looks very composed. He doesn't get frazzled, plays pretty fast, and he's an accurate passer, big arm, and he's got some guys that can get open for him." Detroit's banged-up secondary could be susceptible against the Bears' veteran receivers in their bid to pull off an upset on Thursday. The Lions put two defensive backs on injured reserve in the past week and top cornerback Carlton Davis isn't expected to play due to knee and thumb injuries. Detroit offensive tackle Taylor Decker (knee) and top returner Kalif Raymond (foot) are also expected to miss the game, though Campbell expressed optimism that running back David Montgomery (shoulder), formerly of the Bears, would play. Bears safety Elijah Hicks was listed as a DNP for Tuesday's walkthrough. --Field Level Media
Our football betting expert Jones Knows is back to provide more Premier League insight and sees more misery for Tottenham at Nottingham Forest. Manchester City vs Everton, Boxing Day, 12.30pm To beat this Manchester City you need to be brave with the ball in transition and show ruthlessness with your finishing. Everton are not that team. Sean Dyche's men are a tough nut to crack but are woefully toothless in attack, failing to score in six of their last seven Premier League matches. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player In that period they have the lowest expected goals return of any team and have created the fewest bigger chances. One goal should be enough for City to win this game - and boy do they need it. Trending The win to nil at 11/8 with Sky Bet is a nice alternative to the outright 1/3 on a home win. SCORE PREDICTION: 1-0 Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace, Boxing Day, 3pm No team have made more tackles in the Premier League than Crystal Palace (709) since February 1 and this encounter could be a tackle frenzy. Also See: Download the Sky Sports app Watch free Premier League highlights Ismaila Sarr is not only contributing from an attacking standpoint, he's getting stuck in off the ball too with his tackle count soaring in recent weeks. He has made at least one tackle in six of his last seven appearances, totalling 10 tackles in all. The fact he plays more centrally than he's done in the past is seeing him encounter tight spaces and turnover opportunities hence why more tackles are being racked up. The 11/4 with Sky Bet for Sarr to register two or more tackles is a price to consider. SCORE PREDICTION: 2-1 Chelsea vs Fulham, Boxing Day, 3pm - PLAY SUPER 6 HERE! Despite these two teams both heading here on the back of 0-0 draws, goals should be on the menu. Chelsea's games this season have averaged 3.67 goals per game and Fulham have scored in every away game this season, including netting twice at Liverpool and Manchester City. The Boxing Day factor should help the goals flow too. In the last 18 Premier League games played on December 26, there have been an average of four goals per game. Perhaps the festive mood inside the stadium in terms of atmosphere helps the game flow to a higher tempo which in turn spikes the goal output. Who knows? Anyway, the 4/5 with Sky Bet on both teams to score and over 2.5 goals should give punters a great run. SCORE PREDICTION: 3-1 | JONES KNOWS' BEST BET: Over 2.5 goals & both teams to score (4/5 with Sky Bet) Newcastle vs Aston Villa, Boxing Day, 3pm - PLAY SUPER 6 HERE! Game of the day material this one, involving two top teams on the back of impressive results. They'll both be hoping to motor towards the top four spots over the next few months as one looks up for grabs with Manchester City's demise, Tottenham's troubles and Manchester United's mediocrity. If Villa play with their same swagger in midfield as they did against Manchester City then the 11/4 with Sky Bet on an away win could turn out to be a cracking bet. The axis of Amadou Onana and Boubacar Kamara with Youri Tielemans playing advanced worked a charm with Tielemans especially flourishing in that role. His output this season has been excellent - he's got six assists already and Bukayo Saka and Cole Palmer have created more chances than him this season (39). It's 4/1 with Sky Bet he grabs another assist. SCORE PREDICTION: 1-2 Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham, Boxing Day, 3pm - PLAY SUPER 6 HERE! The rise of Nuno Espirito Santo's side can be seen through the markets here where Forest are well-backed favourites at 13/10 to beat Tottenham, who are great fun but not a team to take seriously playing in this current style. One area Forest have the edge in this encounter is at centre-back where Nikola Milenkovic and Murillo are an elite partnership. The manager has built a team around their strengths and Murillo, especially, is making his mark - I'm not sure there is a better all-round central defender in the Premier League on current form. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player His threat in the attacking third is also relevant from a betting perspective as his price of 5/2 with Sky Bet for two or more shots looks attractive. He's had at least one shot in 11 of his last 12 games, hitting the two-or-more line four times. With Spurs' vulnerabilities from set-pieces, he's likely to threaten that shots line. SCORE PREDICTION: 2-1 Southampton vs West Ham, Boxing Day, 3pm - PLAY SUPER 6 HERE! The Saints battled their way to a hard-earned and deserved goalless draw at Fulham, restricting Marco Silva's side side to an expected goals figure of 1.04. It was a performance that had Ivan Juric's stamp all over it despite him not being officially in charge. His work at Torino, where they finished ninth last season before leaving for Roma, was built on solid foundations in defence. Only Inter Milan, Juventus and Bologna conceded fewer goals than Torino last season. It's obviously worth treading carefully with any Saints bets in the early stages of the new manager and even though the overall numbers in the Premier League scream profit for over 2.5 goals backers, the under 2.5 line here at 6/5 with Sky Bet is too big to pass up. SCORE PREDICTION: 1-0 Wolves vs Manchester United, Boxing Day, 5:30pm - PLAY SUPER 6 HERE! Analysing the metrics behind both Wolves and Manchester United's last results is why using such data is an important and intriguing part of making decisions regarding outcomes of football matches. Wolves scored three goals from an expected goals figure of 1.11 from just eight shots while United drew a blank in their 3-0 home defeat to Bournemouth despite creating 2.28 expected goals from 28 shots. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player This tells us despite winning 3-0 we can't go too overboard about Wolves turning a corner and perhaps United are moving in the right direction despite just taking seven points from six Premier League games under Ruben Amorim. The market certainly thinks so as they have the away side priced up at odds-on here at 19/20 with Sky Bet. That's too short to back for me but it wouldn't surprise me if United do start to find some consistency in the coming weeks. Keep them on your side would be my advice. SCORE PREDITION: 1-1 Liverpool vs Leicester, Boxing Day, 8pm - PLAY SUPER 6 HERE! Cricket score, incoming? This could be a repeat of what Newcastle did to Leicester a couple of weeks ago where they battered them 4-0 in one of the most one-sided games of the season. Leicester were just camped inside their own half with no confidence or ability to sustain any pressure to get themselves up the pitch. It was wave after wave and ended with Newcastle posting 27 shots, 11 on target and scoring four goals. Trying to find bets in the Liverpool handicap or their total over-goals line is the correct punting strategy but the prices are so tight with the market expecting them to win this by three goals. That makes this game devilishly hard to find any squeak of value. A major thrashing could be on the cards though so Liverpool to defy a -5 goal handicap could be live although ideally I'd want bigger than 7/1 with Sky Bet. SCORE PREDICTION: 6-0 Brighton vs Brentford, Friday, 7.30pm It's the football betting guru derby. Owners Tony Bloom and Matthew Benham both made their fortunes beating the betting markets using ahead-of-their-time models and have now built two of the best-run football empires in the world, especially in Brighton's case and I want to be with them here. Brentford have lost 19 of their last 24 matches away at Premier League teams and are a very one-dimensional and stale team on the road. The market does like them in certain spots which always does make me think they're too short - and I think Brighton have got a great chance of winning this game, especially as Brentford are missing their best player in Ethan Pinnock. In the 19 games without Pinnock in the Premier League since the start of the 22/23 season their win percentage drops from 40 per cent to 15 per cent. I'm very greedy though when it comes to backing outright short prices, and I'm always looking to boost where possible and I think adding both teams to score to the Brighton win is worth it in this case when it takes the price to 7/4 with Sky Bet. Both teams have scored in 14 of Brighton's last 15 games in all competitions. And if you had backed the opposition to beat Brentford and both teams to score in their last eight away games you'd have landed a winner at odds-against prices seven times. SCORE PREDICTION: 2-1 | JONES KNOWS' BEST BET: Brighton to win & both teams to score (7/4 with Sky Bet) Arsenal vs Ipswich, Friday, 8.15pm "It is crystal clear that we are going to have to show a different side of us in these next few games," said Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna after his team were ripped apart by Newcastle. Reading between the lines, this means that Ipswich are going to slip into a deep defensive block, frustrate and try to stay in the game. 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