In a harness belay, the stance itself is the belayer's first line of defense, reducing the load the anchor must hold. The anchor in this case serves as little more than a backup (albeit a critical one) to the stance.

It will be seen that light at one phase of the rhythm promoted flowering, and at the other phase inhibited it; thus there was a distinct manifestation of photophil and skotophil phases.

By early afternoon, 11 out of the approximately 20 people buried in the collapse had been pulled from the rubble. Their conditions were not immediately known. The building is in the Changning district of China’s financial hub.

As I backed away, he came at me with a knife.