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Yes, Rudeness is Part of the Feminist Package
by africanfeminism
Recently, I saw a tweet from a person who wondered if being rude comes with being a feminist. And if the panel on the conversation on, “End of Politeness: African Feminist Movements and Digital Age” at the Forum for Internet Freedom in Africa in Addis Ababa last month was anything to go by, the answer to that tweep is a big fat YES.
The panel composed of feminists from across the continent leading several movements and campaigns online, Lugain Mahmoud presented on the #50WomenCampaign in Sudan, which is demanding for equal representation of Sudanese women in government structures after the revolution. Beatrice Mateyo the Executive Director Coalition for the Empowerment of Women and Girls (CEWAG) in Malawi brought in first hand personal experiences of how states deploy old colonial laws to suppress women’s expression both on and offline in Malawi.
Naana Akosua Hanson, a writer, actress, activist and director Drama Queens, a non-profit theatre organization captured the current movements within Ghana and West Africa. Selam Mussie a gender and media consultant in Ethiopia took us through the changes that are happening or not happening in the ‘new’ ethiopia under Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
The panel was a great opportunity to engage on women’s online freedom of expression, barriers being broken, communities created and for feminists to share their experiences of using the digital space for activism. The conversation captured the experiences and lessons by African feminists across the continent. It also highlighted the work young Africans are doing and have done to create platforms to be heard online, the advocacy tools they have employed and backlash they have suffered. African Feminism editor Rosebell Kagumire, curated this panel
On rudeness, Kagumire used the story of Dr. Stella Nyanzi, a Ugandan feminist scholar who is currently serving a jail term for the ridiculous charge of cyber harassing President Yoweri Museveni after taking activism to Facebook. Using radical rudeness Nyanzi has criticized the dictatorship and also led a campaign on sanitary towels for under-privileged girls to remain in school, a campaign promise that the government refused to deliver on.
Given the social conditioning of women, rudeness is considered outside the norm to the extent that loud women were labeled witches. “It is annoying that in 2019 we are still talking about gender equality and why women and girls deserve rights. I am happy to be called a witch alongside all the women who dared to stand up for themselves against social norms,” Mateyo declared.
Many women’s movements have started and thrived on and offline because everyday women are forced to exist in a world that treats women’s rights like a suggestion. Lugain Mahmoud spoke about the repressive laws in Sudan giving the example of the Public Order Law under which up to 40 women would be arrested for not being dressed “modestly/decently”.
“In Sudan, women and women rights’ defenders have long been oppressed. We cannot ask nicely for our rights, it is time to speak out loud,”
This is only a glimpse into the long line of women whose freedom of expression is policed by repressive laws on and offline on the African Continent. Mateyo’s place on that list was secured for holding a placard during a protest against gender based violence with words translated to mean, “having a vagina is not a sin”, for which she was arrested and charged under Malawi’s colonial penal law for the offense of insulting the modesty of a woman. She says that until now she doesn’t know the woman whose modesty she insulted.
The long, discriminatory and oppressive arm of the law which seems to disappear when women are seeking for accountability for femicide, rape and other atrocities is the reason why feminists are pushing back with radically rude language. The use of art and theatre to start conversations on “taboo” topics was centred by Naana Akosua. She also spoke about the Ghanaian movement- Pepper Dem Ministries which started as a hashtag in 2017 and does advocacy for women by engaging in issues that in their words are “uncomfortable and unpopular in our social-cultural space”, like consent and sexuality They started out by speaking out for a victim of revenge pornography.
The work feminists do across the continent, on and off line, isn’t without cost. Mateyo shared her own experiences and reflections of what it takes to engage politically with feminism.
“I have lost two husbands to feminism”, Mateyo said to the room to which women across the room responded, “two husbands lost you.” “Society attaches a woman’s value to her ability to find and keep a man, losing two has a social cost,” she added.
Nancy Houston, the young feminist behind the anti femicide campaign in Kenya under #TotalShutDownKE spoke about her love-hate relationship with campaigning online, “As much as the digital space gave us a platform to organise the campaign, I don’t appreciate the abuse I have had to suffer at the hands of the trolls”, she explained
When women in South Africa started naming and shaming men who had raped them or their friends during #AmINext?, Twitter timelines were full of threats of defamation and slander suits. Those threats remained even when an account was created for women to anonymously share because abusers.
Lugain Mahmoud re-echoed the cost to the women of Sudan who dared to be part of the revolution. On 3rd June women were raped and murdered by soldiers. “Online violence is an extension of violence offline. They were raped by soldiers and then blamed as having sought for it by being out at 4 am,” she narrated.
Fresh out of this event, I was sharing with a friend the frustration I feel with how the church protects abusers of women and it got heated. Then I realised how much this feminist gathering had brought to the forefront and began on this piece.
Rape has always been used as a tool of war, to remind the opponent of who holds the power. Patriarchy is not repackaging its oppression. Femicide is not polite, neither is revenge porn that punishes the victim, the adamant lack of representation or any of the many ways patriarchy offends women’s existence.
So while I listened to the panelists answer why “End of Politeness” I thought, “the answer is simple- the fight for our lives is war”. In the words of Zenani Mandela-Dlamini, “I say fight, because the battle for our freedom was not some polite picnic at which you arrived armed with your best behavior.”
Komusana Fionah is a feminist lawyer and blogger. She is a 2018 Tuwezeshe Akina Dada fellow under Akina Mama wa Afrika’s African Women’s Leadership Institute. Find her on Twitter @komusana
Going ‘too far’, ‘too personal’? Insights on Sudanese Women's Organizing and the Revolution
Protests Aren't Tea Parties: Don't Expect Women to Be Civil
africanfeminism October 21, 2019
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Go-Karting with Bowser
Could you really expect The Joker to, well, play by the rules in this game?
"For me, the interesting relationship is the one between Mario and Bowser; I mean on some days they fight to the death in fiery climactic showdowns, while on other days they go go-karting together, play tennis, even team up in some of the RPGs. Sure, he kidnaps the Princess a whole bunch, but no-one seems to begrudge him for that anymore; it's just what he does. It's like begrudging a dog for licking its own balls."
—Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, Zero Punctuation: Super Mario Galaxy.
*Gasp!* The hero and his arch rival are staring each other down! This is it! We're getting the Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny... wait, why are they sitting down and playing a game of checkers?
Not all heroes and villains are actively out for each others' blood, some heroes are reasonable and tolerant, and a few baddies can feign civility. On more extreme ends, enemies who are opposites (ideologically or otherwise) can engage in a peaceful activity to have a bout of diplomacy. But just like a Sympathetic POV can show even the antagonists have a good side, likewise Friendly Enemies can sit down and have a nice chat every so often. In the end, they're not there to engage in fisticuffs, though they may engage in a bout or two of social combat. Rather, they're there just to meet as friendly rivals and maybe, just maybe, win the other person over to their point of view.
Essentially, the heroes join the Villains Out Shopping. Occasionally, it will be a dinner date, and it can happen frequently when the hero is Living with the Villain, especially if they are Punch Clock Hero and Villain. If the bout is meant to emphasize their mutual intelligence, they'll probably play chess.
Now, this all sounds very nice and cheerful, right? Maybe people don't have to hate each other, even if they're opposed? However, this can take an entirely different feel if the villain is a Karma Houdini who has committed horrible crimes and is getting special consideration because he and the Hero share history.
This trope commonly comes up when the cast involves itself as a Universal Adaptor Cast, where they might be bitter enemies in one canon but are neutral or even friendly in another.
The title is a reference to a Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw review showcasing how Mario and Bowser of Super Mario Bros. are apparently on pretty genial terms, even though Bowser keeps kidnapping the princess. "It's practically expected".
Compare Dating Catwoman. Contrast Did Mom Just Have Tea with Cthulhu?. If the enemies happen to be deities as well, it's God Karting with Beelzebub. If, rather than Go Karting With Bowser, you're instead playing Energy Ball Pong with Ganondorf, that's Tennis Boss.
Examples of Go-Karting with Bowser include:
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The Tomaso family is supposed to be big enemies of the Vongolas in Reborn. Longchamp Naito, however, seems perfectly fine with doing just about anything with Tsuna.
Ranma ½: The title hero has this relationship with all his enemies/rivals. One minute they'll be trying to kill Ranma, the next they'll be eating dinner with him. Mostly this is due to their respect for each other as martial artists, and Ranma's casual nature and confidence. Others are generally either plotting against him during dinner, or else just doing it because it gets them close to Akane.
Happens in episode 19 of the original Mobile Suit Gundam, when Zeon lieutenant Ramba Ral and his subordinates buy Amuro a meal despite apparently knowing that he's a Federation soldier.
Later in the series, Amuro is visiting a neutral colony and his electric car bogs down in some mud. Who should happen to stop and help out? The Rival Char Aznable, of course. In this case, they're both in uniform at the time and of course Amuro recognizes Char (it's kind of hard to miss a man in a custom red uniform and large silver mask), but all Char knows is that Amuro is a young Federation soldier and not the pilot of the "White Devil" that's been a thorn in his side for months (though he does later make the connection).
Again in the original series, mixed with a Worthy Opponent moment: after their plan to blow up the Gundam narrowly fails, a group of Zeon soldiers dresses in civilian clothes and comes to say hi. Bright immediately understand they were the guys who planted bombs on the Gundam, but shuts up and lets them go.
A similar version happens in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED when an incognito Andrew Waltfeld has a friendly debate about kebab sauces with Kira and Cagalli, then invites them back to his place to give Cagalli a dress to replace the one that was messed up in a terrorist attack. Of course, at this point, Andy reveals that he's the Desert Tiger of ZAFT, and has known that the kids are with the Earth Alliance the whole time...
Ironically he ends up helping them in the end with little ill will towards Kira for killing his girlfriend.
Happens AGAIN in After War Gundam X in episode 20. While on shore leave at an industrialized island, Bottle Fairy and Dark-Skinned Blond Toniya ends up becoming friends with only recently recovered ex-Yandere Ennil El, who has spent most of the past three arcs trying to kill Garrod. They have a very good time together, neither one aware of the other's identity... and then Ennil finds out. Even after that point, she and Toniya still view each other as friends and Ennil does eventually undergo a Heel Face Turn.
In a lesser example, Gundam Wing gives us Zechs. Viewing your rival as a Worthy Opponent is nothing new to Gundam, but Zechs goes beyond that by rebuilding Heero's self-destructed Gundam so they can have a fair fight.[1] When he finally meets Heero face-to-face, Zechs is about as nice to the boy as he gets with anyone while still maintaining his mask.
Happens, sorta (it smells more like a negotiation and it's actually a trap), in Mahou Sensei Negima!, when Fate and Negi go to a coffee shop. The two of them then get into a heated arguement, with magic and power flying around, over which is better: coffee or tea.
Earlier in the series, Negi is taking care of Evangeline while she is sick, afterwhich she stops skipping classes. Later, the class is holding a fairwell party for Chao in the middle of her diabolical plan to reveal the existance of mages. The girls who'd just fought her have trouble believing she is the enemy when seeing her be light-hearted and friendly. The series rarely has straightforward villains.
The Team Rocket trio in Pokémon occasionally partake in this, perhaps most blatantly in one episode where everyone enters a orienteering contest. James wins.
Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple: Kenichi ends up in this situation when he thinks the very imposing Ethan Stanley is going to challenge him to a fight, and instead they end up discussing non-violent compromises over tea. It ends up he's a combination Anti-Villain / Punch Clock Villain who's only fighting to help his annoying sister.
What makes this situation even funnier is the fact when, just as Ethan is about to tell Kenichi his offer, he suddenly gets summonned by cell-phone to go on a burglaring mission and, as Kenichi is unwilling to suddenly part from Ethan, he accompanies Ethan on this mission as a sideline observer! Immediately after the mission is over, the interrupted conversation continues.
While, unfortunately, the non-violent compromises are not used, they still sit down to tea several more times. You gotta give the guy credit for how hard he tries to kill Kenichi even though he's so much nicer to Kenichi than Kenichi's supposed "best friend" Nijima. Kenichi even brings the entire class to the airport to see Ethan off because he thought just disappearing would be too sad for such a nice guy.
This happens quite a lot in Spiral. Although it often does end up ugly, most of the time the opposite factions tend to just discuss their strategies, taunt each other, and/or sympathize with each other. Examples: After Kanone called Eyes to confirm that he's going to try and kill all of the Blade Children, Eyes goes to fetch him at the airport - Kanone isn't surprised. That one ends up very ugly though. They call each other regularly, even in the middle of life-or-death battles, and have tea once it's over. Before the big fight, Kanone also holds non-violent discussions with his 'schoolmates' Kousuke and Ryouko (although his attempts to do the same with Ayumu and Hiyono always end up threatening or more). Hizumi and Ayumu live together and have lots of fun, despite the fact that destiny says the latter must one day kill the former. In Alive, Amanae lives for some time with Imari, then Kousuke and company.
Busou Renkin has Kazuki, Tokiko and Captain Bravo eating at a burger joint with Papillion.
Despite the fact that Lambdadelta is working specifically to trap her for all eternity and torture her slowly, that doesn't stop Bernkastel from having sleepovers with her in Umineko no Naku Koro ni.
Also, Battler and Beatrice have a really playful relationship from the start, which is a little weird.
In one episode of Zero Zero Nine One, the title Agent 009-1 Mylene Hoffman was being hunted by a highly skilled hitman who only worked during the day, and refused to fight her at night. So for several days they both tried (and failed) to kill each other during the day, and acted civil towards each other at night, even having drinks and going out on at least one dinner date. On the last night, after another long day of trying to kill each other, Mylene even invites him to her room and has sex with him. She is eventually able to kill him in their next fight.
Death Note: May as well call this trope "Tennis with Kira". (Though L does it to test Light and vice versa; the intensity of the match is nothing compared to the mental tennis required to follow the I Know You Know I Know.)
Inverted in the Yu-Gi-Oh!! universe, where the villains usually try to accomplish their goals by competing against the heroes in serious and occasionally deadly Card Games, and even nonthreatening duels are anything but friendly, even if its between characters that normally;are friends.
Hao/Zeke and Yoh Asakura from the Shaman King manga go to a café and talk over a cup of coffee as to why they're doing what they're doing.
The absurdity of this little talk is even lampshaded by Ren and a few others who question Yoh's judgment.
Sonic the Hedgehog The Movie: Sonic's girlfriend Sara plays video games with Dr. Eggman, her kidnapper.
Code Geass does this with great effect, as the protagonist Lelouch and his eventual rival Suzaku were close childhood friends. Upon meeting up seven years later, they start going to school together, hanging out with Lelouch's sister...and then fighting each other in giant robots in an attempt to change Japan, for better or for worse.
In addition to that, another one of their classmates is Kallen, Lelouch's ace pilot and in the second season, Brittanian knights Gino and Anya join the school. Gino represents this trope particularly well. The fact Kallen repeatedly tries to cook his Humongous Mecha from the inside out with him still inside is absolutely no reason for him not to try and have a friendly schoolbuddies relationship with her.
Though there is hints that Gino would much rather be Dating Catwoman.
Axis Powers Hetalia has some comic strips based on the WWII Christmas Truces, as described in the Real Life section. And depending on the time period the strip is set in, nations that were enemies in other strips will be friends/co-operative/tolerant of the other's presence, as in real life.
An Astro City special has the Samaritan (an Expy of Superman) meet with Infidel, a foe he exiled to a pocket dimension to keep him from destroying reality, once a year for dinner. The fact that they meet the occasion with virtually the exact same thoughts and feelings indicates they're really Not So Different. Note also that this was the result of the realization that if they had continued to struggle against one another, neither of them would ever be able to win since they're so evenly matched. Instead, they're fairly content to just use words to try to convince each other to come over to the other side.
In the Black Adam mini-series, he and foe-turned-friend-turned-foe Atom Smasher meet in a restaurant, both in their secret identities. They don't fight, though they almost come to blows. Amazingly, this is actually character development, showing that both (or at least Atom Smasher) have moved past the whole Khandaq affair.
In Teen Titans, Deathstroke and Beast Boy meet in a coffeeshop to discuss the death of Terra. This happens AFTER Beast Boy tried to kill him (and was unable to go through with it).
Marvel Comics' estranged Titan brothers Eros (good) and Thanos (evil) meet on good terms once every year, as a favor to their father Mentor.
The Flash occasionally has such moments with his closest foes, collectively known as "The Rogues Gallery". One afternoon the Trickster and Captain Cold are attempting to freeze the city. Then later, they and Flash go out for drinks.
The Flash does not have this relationship with Gorilla Grodd, Zoom, or Kadabra because It's Personal. Grodd led to the creation of the second Zoom, Zoom caused a Convenient Miscarriage for his wife, although it was Handwaved later, and Kadabra had already tried to erase his wife from existence. The other villains of the city tend to just be trying to make a (dis)honest living or tried to reform and failed.
The current miniseries Rogue's Revenge has tried to Retcon the death of Bart Allen (who was The Flash at the time) by saying that The Rogues didn't know what they were getting into, and had been tricked into it by Inertia; one of their regular rules is, "Never kill a speedster." And now they're going to even the score...
Before that, after Wally West's identity became public, Captain Cold (the "leader" of The Rogues) decreed that no-one was to ever harm a member of his family.
In Justice League Unlimited, this much friendlier relationship is shown when he simply sits down and convinces the Trickster to take his medicine again (after Orion was about ready to administer his form of interrogation).
It also comes up in Batman the Brave And The Bold, when the Rogues flat-out admit they miss the vanished Barry, compare Bats and the other Flashes unfavourably to him, and come close to tears when he returns.
Professor Xavier, leader of the X-Men, and Magneto, their arch-nemesis, were once best of friends. Occasionally, they still find time for a game of chess or a philosophical discussion in between Magneto trying to kill Xavier's students.
In the Ultimate Universe, Xavier visits museums with Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch when they lead the brotherhood of mutants during Magneto's death. Such places are neutral ground. Magneto and Xavier are not as friendly in this universe, unless the former is brainwashed.
At least one story has Bats visiting Arkham Asylum to play chess with Two-Face.
Oddly enough, in a lot of continuities, wanting this sort of relationship with Batman is the Riddler's entire character motivation. He even once gave an interview with reporters where he said he doesn't want to hurt anyone, he just wants to play puzzles with Batman. Batman is always reluctant to give him any attention, though.
In a Fantastic Four one-shot, Reed Richards and Dr. Doom resumed an unfinished chess game from their college days from memory, even as they were fighting each other. And earlier in that one-shot, before they began fighting again, they were quite civil with each other.
In the Flashback Universe, Saturn Knight and Lady Nemo are arch-enemies and ex-lovers still secretly pining for one another; They meet peacefully once every year for reasons unclear even to themselves.
While her rogues are inconsistent at best, she and longtime foe Circe occasionally engage in this, likely a result of that time that Circe brainwashed herself into becoming Diana's best friend. In the only part of the v3 reboot that made any sense at all, she seems to consider her stealing of Diana's powers and job to be doing her a favor, and they confide their respective emo to each other before Circe disappears after the fight.
Another recent issue has her talking about men with Giganta.
The supervillain Angle Man attended Donna Troy's funeral, though at this point he was effectively retired.
In an early issue of Sonic the Hedgehog, Snivley and some Swatbots interrupt a hockey game the Mobians are playing simply because they wanted to play themselves. Robotnik finds out and ups the stakes on the game, but Snively really wanted to play for fun.
Zot has a rather extreme example. 9-Jack-9 is Zot's archnemisis responsible for the death of Zot's parents. He also visits on Zot's birthday on friendly terms and plays in his Uncle Max's band. Even though he killed Zot's parents. It should be noted that neither Zot or Uncle Max were aware of his identiy as a bandmate, and Zot quite openly hates him and is fuming when he shows up at his party. The canoncial explanation for why Zot or Uncle Max never do anything is because they're just that nice.
As shown in the trope image, the superheroes of The DC Universe once faced off against the villains in a "friendly" baseball game. All to settle a bet between the villainous married couple, Sportsmaster and Huntress, over "whether villains can win." Uncle Sam and Amazo handle umpiring duties. It Makes Sense in Context... barely.[2]
An Elliot S! Maggin Superman story has Luthor always escaping on a certain date each year, eventually Superman figures out he's trying to celebrate the birthday of Albert Einstein, one of his heroes. Superman arranges for himself and Luthor to have a private tour of the Einstein section of the Smithsonian. Luthor actually tears up as he sees the statue. As Luthor is taken back to jail he tells Superman, "Thanks for everything!" Definitely a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming.
In Young Justice, Zandia - a country ruled and inhabited mostly by super-villains - was allowed to compete in DC-Earth's version of the 2000 Summer Olympics. Sadly, the readers didn't get to see most of them actually compete, as the story focused solely on the archery event.
Watchmen: The Comedian and Moloch appear to have this relationship. When The Comedian learns about Ozymandias' plan, it seems Moloch is the first person he goes to, drunk and crying. He even refers to Moloch as the closest thing he has to a friend. Later, Moloch is among Comedian's former teammates at his funeral.
Mickey Mouse and Pete seem to have this relationship, especially in the Disney Italia comics. In one issue, Pete will have tried (and failed) to kill Mickey. The next, he'll be at Mickey's, asking if he could come in to watch TV. And Mickey will invite him in, because, well... it's Pete.
The Kim Possible fanfic Best Enemies has Kim and Shego meeting every Friday night to chat over coffee.
Death Note and Lupin III crossover, idiot, has Misa and Fujiko playing tennis. Who wins? The latter.
Films -- Live-Action
It's certainly a James Bond trope. Bond has played cards with villains in the past. The main difference is that this is usually before they start trying to kill each other. There's also the golf game between Bond and Goldfinger.
In the first X-Men movie, Professor X playing Chess with Magneto.
Superthief (DeNiro) and supercop (Pacino) sit down for coffee in Heat.
In the classic film Pepe Le Moko and its American remake Algiers, Inspector Slimane makes a friendly visit to the titular jewel thief daily, all the while developing a Batman Gambit to put him in jail.
God and Satan (both played by George Burns) play poker in Oh, God!, You Devil. Of course, it's not exactly a friendly game, given that the stakes are a person's soul. God wins by bluffing.
In What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?, an Italian village is having a festival. Rather than fight them, (It was set in World War II after all), the Allied forces party with them.
In Renoir's World War One POW film La Grande Illusion, the French and German officers are friendly, with mutual acquaintances. This is quite a common trope in prisoner-of-war movies, but it also has a political subtext.
In Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Scott and Nega Scott talk about maybe getting breakfast sometime.
Being Victorian Gentlemen, Sherlock Holmes and James Moriarty share a friendly game of blitz chess and trade snark while discussing their plans to thwart the other.
In the Renaissance epics of Charlemagne and his Paladins, Orlando Innamorato and Orlando Furioso, the Christians and Saracens are engaged in a long world war that can only end with the extinction of either Islam or Christianity. Rulers on both sides invite enemies into their homes, during which everyone is quite civil.
Older Than Print: In a 12th-century Arthurian romance by Chretien De Troyes, Lancelot is in an epic contest of arms with another knight (possibly in Black). After swinging at one another for quite some time, they take a break, have a chat, get their breath back, and start back up again. They're quite civil. Quite like a certain film.
Aziraphale and Crowley's relationship in Good Omens started out like this and only got closer. By the time the story gets underway they've been actively defying both Heaven and Hell for years, and only participating in the angel/demon feud to keep up appearances. The reason given for their "Arrangement" is that they realised "they have more in common with their immediate opponents than their remote allies" and a certain acceptance of the inevitable, rather than ideological slippage. Aziraphale honestly believes in his cause and Crowley enjoys his work, but neither sees what they do as particularly important in determining the contest between Good and Evil. Both are also scared of the punishment leveled at dissenters by Heaven and Hell. Word of God states that they're now living together in a cottage somewhere.
In The Dresden Files Mother Summer and Mother Winter, the two most powerful queens of their respective fairy court live in the same cabin and get along fine, despite their respective courts being at war.
The whole Big Screwed-Up Family in Chronicles of Amber. The bitter antagonists like nothing better than a good old natter. In effect the opposing, godlike immortal they are facing at swords length is still family, and killing them immediately would foreclose the news on plots, treachery, births, deaths and marriages. More generally the series features an unusual amount of civil interaction between characters in such deadly opposition that normally you would expect just threats and violence.
This is mostly explained by the curse power that all Amberites have enabling them to karmically nuke their adversary if they get pissed enough. Therefore, they need to play everything as "strictly business" to avoid karmic nuclear war that would destroy Amber. And then there are vendettas. And (formerly) King Oberon capable of enforcing his rules.
It's a matter of etiquette in part. Plus, they are all family. After Rinaldo killed Caine avenging Brand, there was a bit of posturing between Julian making it clear that he has intent to avenge Caine in turn and Rinaldo making it clear he doesn't care much. After this, Julian provided him and his friend a nice dinner and they chatted a little about how Brand was before going mad.
There's also deep sample bias. The Amberites we know are the ones who chose to hang out in Amber or at least keep in touch and accepted the implications. Some others got really, really fed up with this atmosphere (we know of at least Delwin and Sand). But they took the only sane choice left: walked far away into the Shadows, never called back and consistently refused invitations (via Trumps) to get involved in Yet Another Family Mess ever after, which removed them from the picture almost completely.
In The Hollows novels despite the fact that Trent Kalamack has tried to kill Rachel Morgan one more than one occasion, killed an acquaintance, tried to get her to kill a personal rival and frame her for the deed and works to corrupt her to work for him they often go out socially together to have drinks and dinner and he has her over to the house on occasion. For her part Rachel will do legitimate work for him, is good friends with his chief bodyguard and was once a bridesmaid for his wedding.
In Going Postal, Reacher Gilt was more than willing to have a little chat and pay the bill for Moist von Lipwig's dinner in Ankh-Morpork's most expensive restaurant, despite being the main villain for the book. Even though he was a tad surprised to see him there because he'd just sent a hired killer to maul Moist and torch the Post Office. Oh dear.
The Harry Potter parody series Barry Trotter did this once in Barry Trotter and the Unnecessary Sequel, when Lord Valumart showed up for Barry's thirty-eighth birthday party as an invited guest.
In Anne Rice's Memnoch the Devil, Lestat overhears God and the Devil chatting in a coffee house.
Magician Roogna and Magician Murphy in Castle Roogna—part of Piers Anthony's Xanth series—are quite civil to each other, and consider their battle for rulership of the humans in Xanth akin to a strategy game or contest. Others might see it differently, especially when Murphy's magic talent lures two opposing forces into having the final apocalyptic battle of their war at Castle Roogna.
In The Hobbit, Bilbo and Gollum tell each other riddles. (Though it's clear there, and made even moreso in Lord of the Rings, that Gollum would've happily killed Bilbo, and the latter was just trying to buy time so he could get out of there.) Riddles are also Serious Business in Middle Earth.
One of the best moments in J P Martin's Uncle series is when Uncle's sworn enemies show up and they all celebrate Christmas together. It's casually mentioned that this is an annual tradition. Of course, the enemies get food, presents, and a chance to observe the house/castle/kingdom that they want to take over. But considering how they usually upset Uncle's refined sensibilities, have attempted many times to rob him, have stabbed him with skewers, and enjoy spreading inaccurate malevolent propaganda about him, you do have to wonder what's in it for him. Perhaps just Rule of Funny?
In Warrior Cats, there are gatherings that are a temporary truce between the four clans that happens once a month. However, there are cases where these gatherings can get broken. Also, clans can refuse to join a gathering in several cases.
Live-Action TV
The relationship between Mike/Joel and the bots and the current villains in Mystery Science Theater 3000.
In Being Human (UK), Mitchell and Herrick have a relatively friendly and jovial relationship when they're not arguing dramatically or fighting.
After Mitchell and Herrick both are dead, we get Tom and Hal. Tom is a werewolf raised by his werewolf daddy to stake all vampires on sight and treat them as threats. Hal struggles to keep from killing people, but has a very bloody past and is one of the Old Ones, essentially vampire royalty. They eventually get to be pretty good friends.
Star Trek: The Next Generation shows that rival houses of Klingons and their allies will often get together at the local tavern and drink a few brewskies with each other, all the while jovially teasing each other about how they'll kill each other next time they're on the battlefield. Klingon warriors want to die in honourable battle; it's the most honourable way to die. If you kill a Klingon warrior in honourable combat you are doing him a favour—no wonder they are on friendly terms when they are not actually fighting. They also point out that, in the crowded bar, no-one can really tell who is on which side. They're all just warriors out for a drink.
Colonel Klink and the prisoners often engage in (seemingly) friendly camaraderie in Hogan's Heroes. As senior POW officer Hogan sometimes gets invited to dinner or parties with visiting guests, and occasionally Klink agrees to participate in prisoner recreational activities. One scene has Hogan peacefully playing chess with Klink—he throws the game, but takes advantage of the kommandant's distraction to steal his dinner and later convinces him that he was so focused on the game that he forgot he was eating.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer has a number of examples of this:
Ethan Rayne taking Giles out for a pint when he finds out Giles was fired from the Watchers Council. And spikes his drink with a potion that turns him into a demon, leading everyone to think that the "demon" killed Giles.
Spike is practically a Go Kart magnet. Nearly every main character, up to and including Buffy's mom, gets a scene where they're chatting amiably with him like he's not evil. And that's before Buffy starts shagging him....
In the 1960s Batman TV series, one of the episodes involves Batman and The Joker facing off in a surfing contest. The Joker doesn't even cheat!
The lions in Pearls Before Swine try to be friends with Zebra, even though they admittedly would eat him should their wives catch and kill him (female lions are the real hunters). To their credit, they warn him about his personality traits that make him look like easy prey - like driving a Prius and subscribing to Oprah's Book Club.
In one arc of Peanuts strips, Peppermint Patty is practicing figure skating, when a group of mean hockey players try to chase her off the ice rink; Marcie tries to run out and help her, only to slip, fall, and wind up with a concussion. In the last strip of the arc, Patty visits Marcy at home, telling her she went to get revenge on the hockey players, only to wind up playing center for their team.
In some depictions, a few of the Archangels and Demon Princes in In Nomine will get together and talk about the old days while at the same time their servants are elsewhere fighting to the death.
In the D&D Planescape setting, you might find a celestial deva and a pit fiend calmly discussing philosophy in a tavern in Sigil, and not think much of it. However, Sigil is under the protection of the Lady of Pain, who can keep out gods and flay virtually anyone (including said gods) with a glance. Making trouble there is not a good idea.
Apparently the denizens of the Warhammer Fantasy Battle world occasionally put down the swords and crossbows to duke it out in a friendly (okay, not that friendly) game of Blood Bowl. It's a very violent sport, sure, but it's still a sport, as opposed to a battle.
It has been stated by Gamesworkshop that the two settings are not the same and the Blood Bowl-verse is actually a alternate universe of the Warhammer world where certain events didn't take place.
One of the many supplements released for Champions, "Neutral Ground", details a private "gentleman's club" called "The Sanctuary" that allows both heroes and villains to join, as long as they agree to not try and pound the snot out of each other while the heroes and villains are both there. One of the most frequent occurrences encountered by players is Doctor Destroyer (The Champions Universe expy of both Doctor Doom and Darkseid) playing chess with an old nemesis.
The canonical example of this trope is Mario Kart.
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"Repeated home invasions and sexual assaults normally lead to restraining orders, not golf invitations."
In Super Mario Galaxy, Bowser even flat-out states that he likes having Mario as an arch-enemy.
He previously stated this in Super Mario 64 DS. Mario is the only character who is allowed to access the final area because "Mario is the only one I [Bowser] can call my rival."
In Mario Party 5, after Bowser is defeated in Story Mode, he reveals his dream: having a strong opponent. He then bids the player a friendly farewell, his dream having just come true.
When you think about it Bowser's been trying to kidnap Peach and beat Mario since they were babies. It's like a routine, if he stopped doing it they'd probably worry that something was wrong. This is implied to be the case in Super Mario RPG, in which the constant kidnappings are mentioned several times and at one point, Bowser even laments being broken out of his routine and reminisces on how the kidnapping attempts usually go.
Mario explains his logic in this interview:
Mario: Well, you know what dey say, keep you friends-a close, and you enemies-a closer. But dey also say, if you enemy is a gigantic spiky creature, who breathes-a da fire, keep him-a super-duper close!
In the Super Smash Bros. Brawl story mode The Subspace Emissary, Peach stops a fight between her partner Sheik and Fox to have tea. Fox instantly becomes their friend.
Kirby and King Dedede should count as well.
Really, the game as a whole is a very "fighting" version of Mario Kart anyway. Even after losing a match to long-time nemesis Link, Ganondorf will still politely (if begrudgingly) stand in the background and applaud.
Jade Empire has two representatives of the Way of the Open Palm and the Way of the Closed Fist (the game's rough way of saying "Good" and "Evil") meet once a year to play a game vaguely reminiscent of go. Without any pieces. Or a BOARD. Once you've chosen one philosophy for your own and learn the corresponding martial art, the two conclude their game and vow to meet up next year... if something bad doesn't happen in the time in-between.
Harman and Kun Lan in Killer7.
In The Sims 2, anyone whom you're furious with or enemies with can be invited to a wedding. And they'll come. And share cake, toast to you and even clap for you when it's over. But next time you see them, they're back to fighting you.
Phoenix has a Spot of t... coffee with Godot, right after the end of their last trial together in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations. Also, Apollo and Trucy went together to Klavier Gavin's concert in Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney.
That said, Trucy is (or had rather become) a huge fan of Gavin's band, and Apollo was never really that hostile towards Klavier anyway—he just doesn't like the loud music. On the other hand, Ema Skye would rather have coated her left arm in Snackoos and eaten it than wind up running security for the gig out of her personal loathing for Gavin, and makes this sentiment loud and clear when she meets up with Apollo backstage.
Truth in Television: Attorneys are often chummy with each other outside of court, even if they represent opposing sides of a case. It's part professional courtesy and part realism: just because your lawyer fights tooth and nail for your case doesn't actually mean he believes in you. It's what they get paid to do.
Oh boy, Phoenix and Edgeworth. They were childhood friends, and Phoenix had sort of centered his law career around an idolized image of Edgeworth as a Protector of the Innocent. They snark at each other a lot, but it's quite clear that they mean a lot to each other, platonically or not, and that they're there for each other when it counts - just look at how Edgeworth charters a private jet to see Phoenix when he hears that Phoenix is in hospital. They count as fairly close friends at the very least, and even though they don't exactly seem to hang out much, this can probably be attributed more to the rather standoffish type of person Edgeworth is than to them not getting along.
In Final Fantasy VI, after having spent half the game chasing Terra, having sentenced Celes (a former General in their army) to death, occupied Edgar and Sabin's kingdom, destroyed Doma, killed countless Espers, and basically waging war against the entire world (a war which he was close to winning), Emperor Gestahl invites the heroes to a nice and civilized diplomatic dinner, just to show he's not a bad guy anymore. (He still is. The whole thing was a ruse.)
It's worth noting he blamed Kefka for almost everything, even going as far as asking the party what should they do with said Ax Crazy/Caligula/NietzscheWannabe/Omnicidal Maniac, trope overdose etc. One of the options is to execute him, though the correct choice is to leave him in jail.
It's also worth mentioning that the cast didn't fall for the ruse and tried to plan for an eventual betrayal. They just didn't realize the actual evil plan in time for it to be prevented.
King Dedede and Kirby have this kind of relationship normally—their adversarial bouts are the exception.
Dedede's generally back to playing as the main villain in spinoffs and other non main game titles. Generally brought on by his hatred of the stars(makes you wonder why he lives on Popstar).
Kirby games do this a lot. For example, Kirby can choose to use his Copy Ability to make a "helper" (for example, Fighter Kirby summons Knuckle Joe), who are friendly versions of the enemies swallowed. Chef Kawasaki is a mini-boss in Kirby Super Star, but in the anime, he gives Kirby a (short-lived) job at his restaurant. In fact, the only characters who are consistently evil seem to be the final bosses.
Judging by the way the original developers handled the franchise, Crash Bandicoot seems to have a bit of this going on with Dr. Neo Cortex, specifically in Crash Team Racing where the good guys and bad guys are all just go-karting along before the plot happens... and then they all go-kart around some more.
Practically every ending of every installment of Touhou Project have the main characters sit down and drink tea with the last boss after they save the world from the said last boss.
To be fair, the characters are mostly friendly to one another, ignoring the complicated mesh of rivalries. Most of the villains are just Youkai who get it into their head to do something destructive. In fact, Go-Karting with Bowser is the entire idea behind Mountain of Faith's Extra stage.
The NES game Eight Eyes shows your character having tea with a boss after defeating him/her.
Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball. Characters that would otherwise be at each other's throats just want to relax at the beach. Even characters like Ayane/Kasumi, Helena/Ayane, and Christie/Helena, who all pretty much have a kill on sight method of greeting each other in canon have only a small grudge. Justified though, as it's All Just a Dream by Zack.
There's an old Namco platforming game for the Sega Genesis called Talmit's Adventure, where the leading character, Talmit, had to beat 3 of the Mole King's underlings to save three fairies and their princess trapped in magical orbs, complete with Smooch of Victory. Nothing wrong with that, until you realize that every single boss battle is a Mini-game with lots of The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard. The minigames, themselves prove to be quite entertaining though, even, surprisingly, the Rock Paper Scissors battle with a twist. After beating the last world, you are pitted against the Mole King who plays a variation of Whack-a-Mole against you. The ridiculousness of this is even taken in account by the Big Bad himself, who after losing attacks you and becomes the first and last real boss of the game.
Done quite literally in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The 'hero', C.J. literally kills his way through Mad Dogg's orginization so a friend, OG Loc, can jumpstart a music career. Then, in order to restart Mad Dogg's career (a movie which greatly benefits C.J.) he and Mad Dogg chase OG Loc through the streets of Los Santos...on go karts. In order to get a valued rhyme book back. Apparently Madd Dog cannot make up new rhymes on his own. M.D. has 'so far' not discovered that C.J. was the one to kill his co-workers and leave his mansion filled with bodies.
In City of Heroes, the heroes and villains can fight over an island in Bloody Bay or Warburg, protect/invade Paragon City in Siren's Call, or fight over the future in Recluse's Victory. Alternatively, they can have a drink and go on a few missions together in the Pocket D dance club, work to protect the past in Cimerora and the Midnighter's Club, and fight aliens in the Rikti War Zone.
Sonic & Sega All Star Racing of course, Sonic is seeing karting with Eggman, Shadow & Knuckles.
Shadow's profile actually reminds you of his Character Development from revenge-driven maniac to The Lancer.
You can also go karting with Eggman in Sonic Drift, and karting (more so airboarding) with Shadow in Sonic Riders.
And in Sonic R it's not just Robotnik but four of his creations: Metal Sonic, Metal Knuckles, Tails Doll, and Egg Robo.
Konami Krazy Racers allows you to play as Dracula himself, Castlevania music and race tracks included. The sequel Kracy Kart Racing added Pyramid Head as a new racer.
In one of the endings of The Bard's Tale, The Bard, rather then side with either the demonic princess or the Druids trying to seal her away, tells them both to "sod off" and heads to the nearest tavern. The ending shows him hanging out in the tavern with the undead Mooks he's been fighting throughout the game, who actually aren't that bad once you get to know them.
The Hoyle's Book of Games series, by Sierra Entertainment, is a video game collection of card and later board games. In the first game, you could choose opponents from the heroes of various Sierra games. The Third game (the second was a collection of solitaire games so...) also allowed you to sit down and board games with various Sierra villains, such as Sludge Vohaul and Mordack. They generally made villainous comments, though.
In Donkey Kong 64, the 100% completion bonus scene shows the characters as actors. Donkey Kong and K. Rool are seen playing patty-cake.
Rayman M (known as Rayman Arena in the US) has Rayman and his friends and enemies engage in a racing competition, although the canonicity thereof is uncertain. (They can still beat each other up in the battle segments, though.)
In Nicktoons MLB, you can play baseball with Zim and The Flying Dutchman!
Heavy Rain has this with a golf match between Scott Shelby and Charles Kramer.
One of Tsukihime side stories, "The Tohno Family Con Game", is about most of the cast playing a game of tag, villains included. Amusingly, the villains are generally more affable toward everybody than much of Shiki's Unwanted Harem. Technically Fanfic but it was included by Type Moon on the fandisc.
In a more canonical example, in the very first scene after branching onto Kohaku's route in the original visual novel, Shiki, the main hero, meets the main antagonist who's been trying to kill him since he was a kid, and is a serial killer/vampire/cannibal, and has coffee with him on a park bench while discussing life and how they both fit into the world, and joking with each other like friends. Granted, the villain had just caught Shiki going berserk and killing some people in a back alley. In the end, the villain does try to start a fight, but Shiki tells him that he's superior in a fight to the death, and the villain puts his weapon away and agrees with him, and decides to give up and leave town for good.
This theme is somewhat continued in another side story, "Drinking, Dreaming Moon", where they drink alcohol together and talk about how nice it might have been had the villain never turned evil to begin with, and reminiscing on how great of friends they could have been. But then Shiki wakes up and finds that it was All Just a Dream}... Or Was It a Dream?
Played straight in Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep, with the Rumble Racing minigame, as well as some of the Command Boards. You play against Gantu, Captain Hook, Maleficent...
Fate/stay night is filled with these.
In Heavens Feel, Shirou shares a table at a Chinese restaurant with Kirei, by all rights his arch-nemesis, who killed his parents and all of his friends and neighbors and then his foster parent, in basically every scenario, who calmly reveals that he was a villain for the first time in this particular scenario (after Shirou already guessed it). And he offers Shirou some of his Mapo Tofu. Twice.
Lancer loves this trope. In Unlimited Blade Works, he is trying to have a friendly chat with the heroes, and Rin complains that they're supposed to be enemies. He remarks how back in his day it was normal for enemies to dine and party together when they weren't in battle. Rin claims that those days have long went out of style. To which Lancer replies, "Really? This age sure is boring."
In the Fate/Zero prequel, Saber, Gilgamesh, and Rider all have a drinking contest against each other, to "prove who's the greatest king." Meanwhile, Saber and Rider's mortal partners are hiding off to the side and amazed at the proceedings.
In Heavens Feel again, Rider has tried to kill Shirou several times already, and saved him once, and just nearly turned all the heroes to stone the previous afternoon, but then she's suddenly eating breakfast with Shirou in his house. He is understandably uncomfortable. Except it's actually because she has no food in front of her at first.
In all three scenarios, Shirou and Rin spend most of the story living together and competing in meal preparation, all the while Rin is constantly reminding Shirou (and you) that they are enemies who will have to kill each other before it's all over. By the way, it never actually happens.
In both Fate and Heavens Feel, after Berserker is defeated, Illyasviel starts living with Shirou for the rest of the story. And even before that, in both cases, she is unusually clingy and likes to play with him in the park. Nevermind that she's been his greatest threat and tried to kill him countless times (and possibly succeeded) up until this point.
Just about the entirety of Fate/hollow ataraxia is built around this trope. It's all done for fan enjoyment, of course.
The Alien vs. Predator arcade game lets you do "alien hunting with the Predators", as two out of four player characters are Predator Warrior and Predator Hunter.
Homestar Runner
In one cartoon, Strong Sad mentions that he and The Cheat play Jenga on Tuesdays. Despite claiming to hate Homestar, it seems that Strong Bad tends to tolerate him more and more as time passes. They even starred in Dangeresque 1: Dangeresque, Too? together. Then again, Strong Bad seems to drag everybody into his Dangeresque movies, whether they want to or not. ** On the "Cheat Commandos", Blue Laser invites the Commandos for a Thanksgiving Dinner. The invitation was for everyone, but the team decided not to tell their leader Gunhaver, since he has a hard time relaxing.
In Red vs. Blue, many of the non-story-related comedy shorts feature the Red and Blue teams hanging out together and discussing various subjects from E3 to zombie apocalypses. They're still somewhat antagonistic towards each other, though.
Garnet and Gure: "Baby Wesker Numbah One!"
Helen and Madblood's date in Narbonic, though in this case it's an Affably Evil Villain Protagonist and a rival Mad Scientist. Their relationship throughout the comic oscillates between awkward flirtation and trying to wipe each other off the map.
Happened in Antihero for Hire, though it was a game of chess between two antagonists, rather than between a hero and a villain. However, considering that they're very much antagonistic towards each other as well, it still seems to count. One basically goes "I'll kill you last", while the other responds with "Not if I find a way to mind-control you first, you won't."
There's a related melee scene in El Goonish Shive. The three members of a Quirky Miniboss Squad confront three main characters. The noble one attacks in order to subdue the protagonists before the Big Bad can arrive to kill them instead. The twisted one attacks in bloodlust. The slow one has no incentive to do either, and is left standing awkwardly with the third main character. After a moment they have a thumb war.
Brawl in the Family
Initially disguised it in this strip.
This one has another take on it, and on how the go-karting is related to the conflict.
Made fun of in this Deviant ART comic.
Lampshaded in this page of Order of the Stick.
Elan: I know that sometimes, the hero has to play baccarat with the enemy, even though logically it would make more sense for them to just be trying to kill each other.
What I don't know is how to play baccarat.
Evil Inc. has the two (arguably) main caharacters, Captain Heroic and Match Girl, being husband and wife in their off hours, but battling each other while "on the job".
The Spoony Experiment: Dr. Insano and Spoony still apparently live together despite the former having killed the latter (he got better). Insano even fixed Spoony's Atari Jaguar so he could play the Highlander game, although that might not have been a completely kind act.
In The Key Of Awesome's parody of The Dark Knight, Alfred arranges a session of this so Batman and the Joker can figure out the plot.
The Joker: Call me insane but I consider us friends
I've brought the DVD so we can watch it again!
Nitro Game Injection: There is an episode of the show named after this trope.
Homestar Runner: The Thanksgiving-themed Cheat Commandos toon "Let Us Give TANKS!", in which Cheat Commandos and Blue Laser put their differences aside and have Thanksgiving dinner together. Hilarity Ensues when Gunhaver didn't get the invitation and launches an attack.
Assist Me: The whole premise is Max teaching Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Characters how to be better at the game ranging from his roomate Doctor Doom to Phoenix.
Mario's numerous roles are evidence of a multiverse in Cracked.com's #15 Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games.
Plankton from SpongeBob SquarePants worked with a bunch of other characters, including Mr. Krabs, on giving SpongeBob a surprise party. Part of his role was to pick spongebob's pockets for his housekey. When he observed that the keyring also had a key to the Krusty Krab, he decided he should seize the opportunity to break in. This scheme was thwarted very quickly.
Tom and Jerry. Especially in the cartoons made in the Seventies.
A good example is "The Truce Hurts", even though it is short-lived, in which Tom and Jerry, as well as Spike, put their differences aside and get along with each, only to once again be mortal enemies by the end of the cartoon.
Most of the Looney Tunes antagonistic relationships are like this, Depending on the Writer.
Bugs and Daffy particularly.
Especially exemplary of this trope is the relationship between Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog. On the job, they take every opportunity to try to beat the other to a pulp, but when the day is done, they talk to each other like old chums.
Pegleg Pete (a.k.a. Black Pete, Big Bad Pete, Perilous Pete, Putrid Pete) has this relationship with the rest of the core Mickey Mouse Funny Animal crew. At times he's a genial but gruff neighbor, at other times he's a gigantic hulking gangster.
The villain version came first. The neighbor role (e.g. the one you see in Goof Troop) seems to have started as an attempt to soften him up, though it ended up simply coexisting with more ruthless roles.
In a Christmas episode of House of Mouse, Minnie is threatened with mistletoe by Mortimer Mouse. Pete shows up, seemingly about to make the situation worse (in the old days his motives mainly revolved around kidnapping her for himself), when suddenly he swoops in and gives Mortimer a big smooch to scare him off. In what is both an entirely bizarre or an entirely awesome moment, Minnie and Pete high-five each other.
Bluto and Popeye get along great—when Olive Oyl isn't around. But when she gets involved...
Unless they get their orange juice. No, really.
Megabyte of ReBoot takes a break from his plotting to rock out in a guitar duel with the protagonist at the resident Bratty Half-Pint's birthday party.
Megabyte: I've always wanted to do that.
In the Disney Channel animated series Phineas and Ferb, the crimefighting platypus Agent P and his archnemesis Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz are often seen as very amiable foes, with their roles as good guy and bad guy often being alluded to as mere jobs they have to do. Dr. Doofenshmirtz even goes so far in certain episodes to have Perry sit in a waiting room so the German doctor can finish a plot, or to exclaim to Perry that he doesn't want to fight, it's his weekend off. In a recent episode, he even says that he considers Perry his best friend... right before Perry uppercuts him out of the spaceship they were on.
The same can be said for episodes where Candace willingly participates in Phineas and Ferb's activities without trying to bust them for it.
This is supposed to be the relationship between the Guild of Calamitous Intent and the good guys they're arching on The Venture Brothers; the Monarch's genuine (if totally irrational) hatred for Dr. Venture is what sets him apart from normal villains. Sergeant Hatred, on the other hand, has no trouble inviting his arch-nemesis to a barbecue. This arguably lead to Hatred's Heel Face Turn. Although Hatred himself admits he was being particularly civil to Dr. Venture just to piss the Monarch off because the Monarch's henchmen had been stealing parts from his hovertank, a fact of which the Monarch believed him to be blissfully unaware.
Mr. Krabs and Plankton in SpongeBob SquarePants play cards together. Which, of course, is part of Plankton's scheme to throw the card games to fool Krabs into putting something valuable, like SpongeBob's contract, on the line. In the episode "Band Geeks", Krabs and Plankton both perform in Squidward's band.
Spongebob frequently partakes in this. Don't be surprised if Plankton is among his guests at one of his parties.
On The Fairly OddParents, an entire episode was based around the fairies, the anti-fairies, and the pixies competing in the Fairy World Games. Also, Juandissimo gets along great with Timmy when Remy's not around.
Kim Possible and Shego seem to mutually respect each other, despite their normal levels of animosity. They've been known to chat in the middle of fights. In the episode "Sick Day" Kim and Shego, who were both suffering from colds, sneezed at the same time and said, "Bless you," before resuming the fight.
In the Freakazoid! episode "In Arms Way", Freakazoid has a flashback to the time that he and several of the show's villains participated in a "Superhero-Villain All-Star Benefit Softball Game".
Johnny Test: Johnny literally has a go-kart race with Brain Freezer and Mister Mittens. They're both members of The Johnny-Hating Evil Force Five.
The Simpsons. Bart Simpson and Principal Skinner on several occasions. In a rather poignant early episode when Skinner was sacked, he and Bart actually become good friends. When Skinner rejoins the military Bart even admits to Lisa that he misses him as a friend but misses him even more as an enemy. After Bart helps Skinner become principal again they both realize their friendship can only continue if Bart becomes a good student—something they both know isn't going to happen.
Optimus Prime and Megatron: playing golf.
In |Toy Story 2, Utility Belt Buzz is actually last seen playing catch with Emperor Zurg after the latter is revealed to have survived a fall into an elevator shaft.
Well, apparently, Zurg is Buzz's father.
Halfway invoked in Xiaolin Showdown after the monks team up with Jack Spicer in order to defeat Wuya. After they succeed Jack calls off the truce but Omi manages to guilt trip him (by using his Puppy Dog Eyes) into offering to take everyone out for ice cream whenever they aren't fighting. The monks gladly accept the offer, but since they never actually stopped fighting, it never comes to fruition.
In Batman: The Animated Series, you have Batman's villains The Joker, Penguin, Two-Face, Killer Croc and Poison Ivy playing cards, having coffee and talking about how they came this close to killing the Bat. When does it all end? When Batman Who was actually disguised as Killer Crocshows up to ruin their game. Who's the real villain here?
InStreet Sharks, the Seaviates aren't above pulling harmless pranks on the Sharks when they're not trying to kick each others' fins.
In Celebrity Deathmatch episode, Deathcon 2001, just before getting his revenge at Nick Diamond for injuring his eye, Zatar the Alien goes do some shopping for Ultraman shirts.
The Christmas truces from the First World War.
Also from the First World War, the early airplane pilots were often pre-war flight pioneers, and knew each other from various contests and meetings and the like. Only after some time they began to greet the other guy with bullets instead of salute.
By the late 1980s it wasn't all that uncommon for former WWII soldiers from all sides to attend each others' reunions, perhaps because they had something in common with their former enemies (the shared experience of combat) that they couldn't share with the people back home.
Ace Japanese fighter pilot Saburo Sakai died of a heart attack as he was reaching over a table to shake the hand of a USAF colonel who had invited Sakai to give a speech. After the war Sakai became a committed pacifist and devoted the remaining nearly 60 years of his life to reconciling himself with the United States in general, and with the families of those pilots he had shot down in combat in particular.
Federal and Confederate soldiers both showed up to commemorate the anniversaries of Civil War battles at least as far as fifty years after war ended. This actually got very ugly on the 50th Anniversary of Gettysburg. Some Confederate survivors mirrored Pickett's charge and Union survivors basically said "They didn't succeed then, they won't succeed now!" and proceeded to have eighty-somethings beating on each other in the July heat in 1913.
That was probably awful to watch, but in simple text, it sounds like a Crowning Moment of Funny.
General Joseph E. Johnston, the Confederate officer who led the troops opposed to Sherman's march, helped to carry Sherman's coffin at his funeral. The funeral was on a cold day and one of Johnston's friends told him to wear a hat, but he refused to out of respect for Sherman saying, "If I were in his place and he standing here in mine, he would not put on his hat." He got a cold that developed into pneumonia and died shortly thereafter (but cold weather doesn't cause colds, germs do, so it's unrelated, but it makes for a good story).
During the Italian campaign of World War II, members of the British Parliament complained when it became known that Montgomery had invited a captured German general to dinner as a courtesy. Churchill, referencing Montgomery's well-known spartan lifestyle and tastes, replied that he had dined with Montgomery, and his sympathies were entirely with the German.
On the other hand, after the German surrender in Tunisia in 1943, some US officers suggested to general Eisenhower that he ought to invite his German counterpart to dinner as a courtesy. Eisenhower refused because he found the idea of nicely chatting with an enemy commander unappealing.
A team of Ku Klux Klansmen vs. a team of Jews at baseball anyone?
The link seems to indicate that the Jewish team was a last-minute substitution, rather than any sort of conscious outreach by either side. It'd be interesting to see how the game actually played out.
Following the sinking of the American Cruiser USS Indianapolis by the Imperial Japanese Submarine I-58, the Captain of the Indianapolis, Captain Charles B. McVay, was court martialed. The Captain of the submarine that sank his his ship, Commander Mochitsura Hashimoto, testified at his court martial that Captain McVay's actions were not responsible for the sinking, and actually spearheaded post-war efforts to clear Captain McVay's name stating in a letter to Senator John W. Warner, then head of the Senate Armed Services Committee. "I have met many of your brave men who survived the sinking of the Indianapolis. I would like to join them in urging that your national legislature clear their captain's name."
Unfortunately for McVay's reputation, even after a joint resolution from Congress, signed by then President Clinton in October 2000, and the US Navy admitting it screwed up, his record still retains the conviction for the loss of the Indianapolis.
The Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1957.
This was unfortunately marred when, on Yuri Gagarin's death, the Soviets refused to grant entry visas to the contingent, including astronauts, NASA sent to the funeral services.
The Cold War in general featured a whole bunch of this, since little actual killing was going on and the United States and Soviet Union technically recognized and were at peace with each other. American and Soviet diplomats were frequently good—if careful—friends with one another, and most famously, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev struck up a friendship in the mid-1980s.
The fact that this was true and not particularly well-hidden led some to speculate as early as the 1970s that a complete rapprochement between the US and USSR was in the offing. They were right—in 1989, Gorbachev officially stated that the United States was no longer a strategic enemy of the Soviet Union, and the USSR backed the US up politically in the Gulf War—but unfortunately for these prognosticators, the Soviet Republics decided to declare independence from the USSR one by one, until the Russian SFSR, the largest SSR, did so, leaving the Soviet Union a mere scrap of paper.
Kenshin Uesugi and Shingen Takeda, during the Warring States period in Japan, though it only happened once, and the rest of the time they only sent letters while trying to outmaneuver one another in combat.
Brian Bendis and Geoff Johns are rivals in work and good friends who like to play video games with each other after that.
Marvel and DC in general are this, since they've made crossover works together.
The Olympic Games are a prime setting for this sort of thing.
1936 Berlin Games showing off Nazi Germany, only for Jesse Owens to show up "Aryan superiority". Which also illustrates how such tension provides opportunities for something to backfire in the more embarrassing ways, while also attracting attention:
Jesse Owens: Hitler didn't snub me — it was our president who snubbed me.
And any match between US and Soviets during the Cold War (especially the infamous hockey match in 1980, a.k.a. the "Miracle on Ice").
Even more so during the ancient Olympic games, when it was customary for city-states at war to declare a truce for the duration of the games. Sadly, a number of modern Olympics have been canceled as a result of war, or otherwise marred by politics.
The World Cup also has some calmative effects at times — see the Côte d'Ivoire truce in 2006.
According to popular history, when Richard the Lionheart came down with the red fever, Saladin sent him a basket of rare fruits as a "get well" present.
Popular history?
Richard the Lionheart and Saladin did seem to respect each other.
Similarly, when Sengoku-era Japanese warlord Uesugi Kenshin sent his rival Takeda Shingen some much-needed salt (a valuable commodity in those days), and after Takeda's passing the two clans became allies against rising power Oda Nobunaga.
The President's Press Secretary vs. the White House Press Corp. As Tony Snow (second press secretary of the second Bush) put it "It's adversarial, not antagonistic" when asked how he could like and respect Helen Thomas (who didn't like the second Bush).
Like the above: lawyers. The legal system (in America) is partly built around the idea that every argument has two sides (at least), and that each side will be represented by a professional bound by a code of conduct. That code recognizes that these professionals may very well know each other and are bound to leave all personal connections (positive or negative) at the door and represent their clients professionally and to the best of their abilities. Then they go to lunch and talk about their kids.
Often, politicians (and others involved in the political process, e.g. aides, staffers, and journalists) who are on opposite sides of the political spectrum, and bitterly oppose each other's policies, are, outside the political arena, good friends. A good example of this is Bill Clinton and George (H.W.) Bush.
This sometimes leads to some really Odd Friendships: Would you believe, for instance, that Hunter S. Thompson and Pat Buchanan accounted each other as friends?
Cal Thomas and Bob Beckel are newspaper columnists on polar opposites of the political spectrum (Thomas the conservative, Beckel the liberal) who wrote a book together titled Common Ground. The book's general premise was about the country's two political sides needing to talk and negotiate with each other in order to fix the country's problems.
Ping Pong diplomacy between the U.S. and People's Republic of China in the 1970's.
Surprisingly common in the Arab-Israeli Conflict. The situation is complex, but here goes:
Since Israel and Egypt signed their peace treaty in 1979, the Egyptian and Israeli peoples have generally viewed each other with suspicion if not outright hostility. That hasn't prevented the Israeli prime ministers from being quite buddy-buddy with Egyptian presidents—senior Israeli officials visited Egypt regularly, and the administration rolled out the red carpet every time. The IDF and Egyptian military are quite close, and the Egyptian intelligence services have proven quite happy to divulge information on Hamas to Aman (Israeli military intelligence), the Mossad, and Shabak (the Israeli FBI).
Similarly, the Palestinian Authority's security forces have been cooperating consistently with their Israeli counterparts since about mid-2007 at the very latest. The PA captures, tries, and punishes terrorists wanted by Israel regularly; as a result, the period since 2007 has seen virtually no deaths either on the Israeli or the Palestinian side from the West Bank (Gaza is of course another matter). Furthermore, the Israeli and Palestinian negotiators have been at it so long that after a long day of negotiating, they usually end up telling jokes and asking about one another's families, and are reported to complain to one another about their political superiors' shortcomings all the damn time.
Somewhat differently, the monarchies of the Gulf have a rather peculiar relationship with Israel; while none officially recognize Israel, several (Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar at least) have entertained Israeli officials, officially or unofficially, and treated them well. Business between them is booming (albeit through third parties), and a few have let Israel open consular offices in their countries.
And finally, Jordan. Of course, Jordan has always seen Israel as a Worthy Opponent rather than the evil enemy of the people, so perhaps it isn't surprising that the Israeli and Jordanian governments get along swimmingly.
Due to the rules of chivalry, this happened fairly often as a knight was obligated to treat captured opponents with respect and even provide food, entertainment and lodgings like a guest. It helped that the captured enemy was often ransomed and the "hospitality" was added to the bill.
↑ Which includes lying to his superiors about destroying it and giving it back to Heero when all is said and done
↑ DC Super Stars #10 (1976)
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Something I’ve done on this blog quite a lot is push back against the narrative that science is social. This doesn’t mean that I think individual scientists can’t be biased, or that we won’t sometimes go down the wrong path when the evidence is weak, but that ultimately we’ll converge towards some kind of reasonable understanding of the system being studied. However, I’ve just finished reading Angela Saini’s book, Superior: the return of race science. Angela Saini also gave a talk yesterday evening as part the Edinburgh Race Lectures. Angela Saini makes a very strong case that there are scientific disciplines where our biases have not only strongly influenced how evidence is interpreted, but have also influenced the assumptions that underpin that discipline.
Reading Superior made me appreciate better why some seem to regard science as being more social than I would normally regard as reasonable. I’ve always been aware that many aspects of science are social, but have been less comfortable with the suggestion that our biases can strongly influence how we interpret evidence. Why would our biases influence our understanding of the origin of the universe, our understanding of orbital dynamics, or how the Earth’s climate will respond to rising atmospheric CO2 levels? One concern I’ve had with the “science is social” argument is that it can potentially undermine the significance of some research if the implications are seen as inconvenient. On the other hand, reading Superior and listening to Angela Saini’s talk yesterday has made me better appreciate that we should be careful of under-estimating how much our biases can influence how we see the world.
I’m not actually sure where I’m going with this. I found Angela Saini’s book very enlightening and it made me more aware of why some might regard science as social. I do still, though, have trouble seeing how this can have a significant influence in the physical sciences. Well-founded conservation laws provide quite strong constraints on how we interpret evidence in the physical sciences. However, everyone probably thinks that their discipline has some way of overcoming these biases, so maybe I’m missing something about how they could influence our understanding of physical systems.
I should also be clear that I’m not suggesting that physical scientists are somehow less biased than other scientists; they clearly are not. I’m also not suggesting that there aren’t reasons for addressing existing biases within the physical sciences; these clearly do exist and we should do much more to address this. I’m also not suggesting that these don’t play a role in how we interpret the significance of some scientific evidence. For example, our views about how we might solve climate change, or the significance of the impacts of climate, are probably quite strongly influenced by these biases. I’m just not sure how these biases influence our understanding of physical systems, especially in the presence of conservation laws.
Of course, I’m probably missing something and I’m certainly uncomfortable with suggesting that our understanding of physical systems can’t be influenced by societal biases. I’m just not sure how, or why, they would do so, at least in a substantive sense. Maybe someone can present some kind of argument in the comments.
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I should probably point out that Reiner Grundmann did once make the argument that:
There is an eerie similarity between race science and climate science in that both see their services as essential for solving pressing social problems.
Given that this was then followed by a discussion of the use of race science by the Nazis, I find the association quite objectionable. This may, of course, influence my interpretation of his argument. To my mind, to make this association you would need to illustrate how climate science emerged from some desire to solve some pressing social problem. What is this pressing social problem that led to the emergence of climate science? It seems much more likely that our sense of there being a pressing social problem emerged from an understanding of climate science (dumping GHGs into the atmosphere is changing the climate).
To me, the fundamental problem with Grundmann’s association illustrates my concern with some of the science is social arguments. Clearly there are examples where some sense of a pressing social problem strongly influenced some scientific discipline. This doesn’t mean, though, that the causality always runs in this direction. There must be scenarios where our scientific understanding has illustrated that there might be some pressing social problem.
Sou says:
I like this. Always good to have a challenge. It sounds like Superior might be a good book to add to the reading list 🙂
To play devil’s advocate, a couple of thoughts about our understanding of physical systems. It depends on the time frame. If you go back in time, a lot of knowledge went down certain paths for years, maybe even centuries, shaped by prevailing views of the world and the place of humans. Paths that we now regard as “wrong”. It’s taken a long time to get to where we are today. Things have moved quickly over the past century as the population, and the number of people doing science, has grown so much.
Even recently I’ve seen it in science e.g. where until recently (and probably still today), some people trained in animal science were firmly of the view that humans are so different to other animals that observations of any similarities in behaviour/thought, even pain, must be anthropomorphising – when in fact there would much behaviour/emotional/brain function &c that is shared. That’s probably because people are most comfortable with a human-centric view of the world. (Religion probably plays a part here, too.)
Another point is that the direction science takes, priorities for research, what is funded, is determined by people making decisions on what is useful for society. Scientists usually have to play along with that or they won’t get funding. That means delays, maybe of decades (maybe of centuries, who knows?) in pursuing some areas of what technocrats used to call blue sky research.
Not just blue sky research either. I’m thinking of all the areas of women’s health that’s been neglected over decades, or wrong assumptions made. That’s been shaped by the shape of society itself.
I know that’s taking a different tack to your article. I agree that fields that are well studied stand on a strong and growing foundation of knowledge – physics, climate, biology, astronomy etc. That doesn’t mean that all that we take as solid science-based “fact” is as solid as we might think. Some fields where there has been very little research can be presented as if they are as solid as fields that are way more studied. (Maybe or maybe not by the scientific specialists, but by the general public, lobby groups and political leaders.)
PS Sorry for the too-long comment. I’m out of practice 🙂
Just saw your comment, ATTP. It looks as if I missed the point of the article, or the context. Sorry about that. Any comparison between “race science” (if I understand what’s meant there correctly) and climate science is preposterous.
I’ll pull my head back in now 😦
Sou,
Thanks for the comment. Superior is well worth reading. I also want to read Inferior.
You may be right that some of our understanding of physical systems has evolved over quite a long time and, in some sense, some of the basics (conservation laws) have become pretty robust. This doesn’t mean that we won’t still get things wrong, but it does constrain things to a certain extent.
Another point is that the direction science takes, priorities for research, what is funded, is determined by people making decisions on what is useful for society.
Yes, this is certainly where biases can play a big role. What we choose to fund, and who gets funded, can certainly be influenced by societal biases. Some of this is good (we do want to fund research that is of societal interest) but it can also be bad (there are strong indications that certain groups are preferentially funded relative to others, and we can have situations where inconvenient research receives pressure from funders).
I’m thinking of all the areas of women’s health that’s been neglected over decades, or wrong assumptions made. That’s been shaped by the shape of society itself.
Yes, a good point.
No, I don’t think you missed the point at all. I was just using that comment to give an example where someone had tried to make an association between race science and climate science and why I thought such an association wasn’t well founded.
I should add that the point you make about funding in your earlier comment is a good one. It’s probably something I should have acknowledged in my post.
Seems like sophistry to me. Climate science pre-dates climate change as a pressing social problem by many decades. IIRC Arrhenius thought it would be a good thing. As it became clear that climate change would pose a pressing social problem much later, it would be an odd state of affairs indeed if climate science didn’t see itself as an essential part of a pressing social problem caused by climate!
I suspect there are plenty of climate scientists that are are interested in the science for its own sake, and would be studying it anyway even if climate change didn’t present a pressing social problem. This is also true of e.g. blog readers (I am rather more interested in dinosaurs than climate, and they can’t really be described as presenting a pressing social problem [other than in Japan]).
Naturally social biases would also affect STS researchers, who may for instance oppose some forms of science communication because of their view on free market economics or government.
Tom Dayton says:
I strongly recommend Naomi Oreskes’s book “Why Trust Science?” She addresses the social aspects of science from philosophical, historical, anthropological, and sociological perspectives, with many real examples. Here is a half hour interview of her: https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/naomi-oreskes-why-trust-science/
Thanks. I had been meaning to read that.
Jon Kirwan says:
Writing this is premature. I’ve not read Angela Saini’s book yet and I’m not sure when/if I will. But that doesn’t mean your (ATTP) writing doesn’t stimulate some resonances (like striking a bell?) I wish I had time to do more, but right now I don’t have the time. So I’ll just apologize for that and write a few notes that come to mind right now. What follows is free-form and will not benefit from editing because of that lack of time. It could have been much shorter or longer, but I simply don’t have the time for either. Again, my apologies for just exposing you to ruminations that poorly respect the time of others.
(I’m also glad, Tom, that you included that reference. I will listen to it, soon.)
(1) I’ve worked as an engineer using theory and the body of experimental result to craft commercial instrumentation that has never been successfully made before. For example, I worked with the team that created the first commercially successful re-writable CD ROM. I worked with the team making the first single-point temperature sensor capable of measuring from -200 C through +1850 C (used as a part in the US Space Shuttle.) I worked with a team making a device that could both target and heat up a single in-vivo axon as well as simultaneously measuring its temperature using a 2 micron fiber (getting very close to subwavelength diameter, but not quite.) In all these cases, I depended heavily upon the collected understanding of many scientists, existing physical theory, and the mathematics I developed from rigorously deducing that theory into the specific circumstances at hand. If the interwoven and highly unified work product of these scientists had lead me astray, I’m sure none of what I’d achieved could have been possible in my lifetime.
(2) Money guides where scientists choose to apply themselves. For example, decades ago there was a LOT of money going into research on schizophrenia. My daughter had just been diagnosed with profound autism (something at the time almost no one had ever even heard of) and when I examined the existing basic research available in the late 1980s, it was horrible. Their papers were poorly written, the conclusions they arrived at were on their face at odds or else didn’t clearly follow from the earlier presentations. Etc. I confronted one of the smarter researchers I knew at the time, who was working on a specific project (some syndrome I can’t recall anymore, related to schizophrenia), and asked why he hadn’t pursued something in autism he just laughed at me and said that he’d starve if he did that. Quite quickly, I understood. He chose to work where he did because there was money and many chances at low-hanging fruits due to new instrumentation becoming available at the time. The money meant assistants and tools and, together with a relatively unexplored but obviously available now array of research topics, he had a much better chance to discover something positive results (published in top tier publications) as opposed to negative ones, which only get published in 5th and 6th tier publications. Today, governments are pouring almost unlimited dollars into cov2 research. If you were a researcher with appropriate background and skills to move into this research, would you avoid it? Or would you grasp after some of it to garner a much better and more well equipped laboratory and better staff, as well?
(3) I absolutely do *trust* the individual work (this means, I don’t question a single paper’s conclusions as much as I should) of those working in the physical sciences. I do so in part because I’ve depended upon them, at times, and been successful in following those pointers when creating something truly new commercially. I do so in part for the reasons ATTP mentions — that there are some serious constraints, born of centuries of work product and experimental result, placed on anyone performing work in their fields. I do so in part because of the highly unified nature of the physical sciences, where each piece is supported by while also supporting other work product. This unity in the physical sciences is almost unique, in my mind. And I don’t find that level of highly interwoven and tightly knit “theoretical meaning,” which works at so many different levels — where emergent ideas that exist at one level can be rigorously shown to derive from large number statistics from phenomena at lower levels where the emergent idea doesn’t exist, at all. Temperature and entropy emerge at a large scale quite readily from the application of statistics to smaller scales where those concepts really have little or no meaning. It’s things like this and so much else which makes me “feel” better about trusting what I read (if it is consistent) in a physical science paper than when I’m reading something from a researcher working at a pharmaceutical company, for example. (I treat the latter with a huge dose of skepticism — despite the fact that the work product may be quite good.)
Physical science processes are human and in that sense as subject to human foibles as other such endevours. But there is a system in place, too, that helps deal with human failings more consistently than most other human activities in my opinion. The requirement to deal with informed objections and not just ignore them; the allowances for time to permit an informed consensus to arrive and not to just jump at the first tidbit; the tethering of our imagination to experimental result, which keeps our wandering ideas close to the ground, so to speak, allowed to drift away for a time but then re-stitched back down tightly against reality (from time to time); the requirement that the work be unified with the existing body of science and not just create totally isolated and unrelated ideas, so that the work is supported by while also supporting other work (this unity is probably one of the more important ideas in physical sciences); the requirement for sufficient descriptions that allow others similarly trained to equally rigorously derive the ideas to similar circumstances with similar results; the requirement for sound reasoning that must both start with appropriate and broadly accepted axioms and then applies valid logical steps to reach towards conclusions that others would similarly reach under the same circumstances; the severe punishments that result from being caught lying or seriously fudging data to achieve a personal and selfish goal, etc. It’s not any one of these, or any two. But it is the path being walked itself (admittedly grossly imperfectly and not always in the right direction, but self-correcting over long spans of time) that I think produces such a remarkably consistent result moving broadly speaking in the right direction from humans who are just as subject to their own vagaries as any and all of us are.
I hope none of this suggests that I think scientists themselves working in these areas aren’t human and don’t have worldviews that color their perceptions or that they don’t live in denial about many things. In fact, I’d probably go so far as to say that most of what an individual scientist believes about the world around them is probably wrong. But we don’t read from our betters for their conclusions. We read from them for the WAY they think ABOUT the world. It’s how they process, not their conclusions, from which I try to understand and learn and pull into my own mind for later use. I try to reach my own conclusions where I have the time for it.
Well, the above certainly exposes my biases. I guess after writing this I will have to go read Angela Saini’s book. As my due payment for imagining that any of what I wrote above was worth wasting the time of others reading. So I’ll order it from Amazon today. Oh, well.
Thanks for the comment. Some really interesting points. Almost a blog post in itself 🙂
smallbluemike says:
Let’s take a quick look at how you recently framed the need for action on global warming. Your position was that we should avoid panic and should not turn everything off. This position is based in your social experience as a white man of some privilege. If you were a brown or black person with no economic advantages, you would be much more likely to experience deleterious impacts from climate change and environmental degradation and I think your sense of urgency regarding changes in the way we live might be different because the early and heavy impacts are going to hit those populations. btw, I am also a white man of significant privilege, but my eyes are open to the racist and classist impacts of global warming and environmental degradation and I do what I can to balance the scales in what is known in some of my circles as “right sharing of the world’s resources.
https://e360.yale.edu/features/unequal-impact-the-deep-links-between-inequality-and-climate-change
so, is science social. I think the answer is clearly yes in a number of ways, including how it is evaluated internally and re-presented to others, but reasonable folks may come to a different opinion.
You may have missed the biggest area of science, so-called military research. You ain’t ever been on that side of the so-called fence. But just about all we have, had its origins in militarily research. Weapons of mass destruction, rockets ,,, DARPA … basically everything. And if that isn’t biased then I don’t know what is, as it is very clearly meant to be biased, so as to gain a military advantage. D’oh! :(.
FWIW, many if not most or almost all philosophical papers written in the United States have been written using military grants, including Chomsky’s:
The military were no less forthright in explaining why they funded Chomsky’s linguistics research. In 1971, having described how the Air Force needed to enhance its systems of computerised command and control, Colonel Edmund Gaines explained:
Defense of the continental United States against air and missile attack is possible in part because of the use of such computer systems. And of course, such systems support our forces in Vietnam. … Command and control systems would be easier to use [if artificial computer languages] were not necessary. We sponsored linguistic research in order to learn how to build command and control systems that could understand English queries directly.
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/chomsky-s-choice-how-noam-chomsky-s-early-military-work-led-to-life-of-campaigning-agai/
Indeed, our interpretation of how we should solve climate change, or the significance of the impacts are certainly influenced by our biases.
One thing I will say is that one reason why I’m reluctant to get too worked up is that I’m not convinced it will be all that effective and may even be counter-productive. I do try to do this, though.
We don’t need to panic or get worked up about this, but we might want to recognize the predicament we have created and speak clearly and with appropriate urgency about how to change our trajectory.
EFS,
Indeed, but that would fall under the societal biases that influence what we choose to fund.
ATTP, I share your (implied) concern that we should not give up on ‘objective knowledge’ (nod to Popper).
You, like me, would not support the more extreme forms of relativism characterised by Feyerabend. We do believe that there is objective truth – the universal gas laws, thermodynamics, the Navier-Stokes equation – all playing a role in many applied domains, such as climate science.
But … the issue is the choice of questions we ask in those applied areas which are the overwhelming body of scientific output (truly fundamental changes are very rare; few opportunities for latter day Galilieos or Einsteins).
So does a drug company invest in treatments that only affect poor people in Africa or prefer life-style drugs for rich westerners? We know the answer. The science may be done well, but if the questions being answered are narrow, the basis is baked into the research.
And work on Ebola vaccination was accelerated … when Ebola threatened the west.
And when there is lack of diversity in who is coming up with the questions, then guess what, the answers are biased.
On decarbonising transport, do we want 30m non ICE cars in UK to replace the 30m ICE cars today, or a different vision? Science can help resolve the technical feasibility of this vision versus that one, but it doesn’t provide the value judgements required to make the final decision.
If a gas network body offers money to a research-fund-strapped university to research how to use (not-so-green) hydrogen in heating homes (their motive being as way of extending the life of the natural gas and the network), someone will take the money, even though it’s a daft idea. Truth is rarely pure and never simple.
In summary: We don’t have to be relativists to believe there is a social dimension, because in our overwhlemingly applied science world it starts with what questions we choose to ask and get funded, even while integrity of the researchers executing the research is beyond reproach.
Yes, those are good points. I often think we should distinguish between the fundamentals that have been developed over quite a long time (which are less likely to be influenced by societal biases) and more applied research (the implications of which, or decisions about what to do, probably are influenced by societal biases).
interesting piece in the Guardian that discusses science and subjectivity: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/30/as-a-covid-19-survivor-i-dont-have-blind-faith-in-health-experts-heres-why
At ATTP: I am not suggesting you get worked up. I am suggesting that it would be beneficial if you spoke clearly about climate change in the manner that Fauci speaks about the pandemic.
I don’t think I have ever seen Fauci speak on camera when he has spoken in an unclear manner about how we can be most safe in this pandemic. He has not slipped into conversational sloppiness and talked about not getting in a panic because he knows he is seen as an expert and he chooses his words carefully.
I am suggesting that you are seen as an expert on the physics of global warming and that you might want to be as careful as Fauci when discussing the situation that we face with ghg emissions.
We may agree to disagree that it could be counter-productive for a person who carries “expert” status to speak clearly about the need to present information in a clear and concise manner. It certainly brings personal risks as cases like Fauci or Mann make clear because entrenched interests and political opponents who are fast and loose with the facts don’t appreciate a steady and clear presentation of facts. The safest personal approach is to couch cautions in very soft and slippery language. I get that. Almost nobody gets too worked up or catches too much grief with that approach.
This horse is dead.
Interesting piece from the Sac Bee about race and perspectives on environmental degradation: https://www.sacbee.com/article244577292.html
Ahh, I see. Well, that is what I’m trying to do. I may be failing.
jacksmith4tx says:
aTTP,
While this comment is not directed at you specifically I hope anyone reading this blog takes a moment to consider their options.
Is there one thing you have done to be carbon negative?
I did 9 years ago when I installed a solar array (exported over 34MWh to the grid so far).
I did 4 years ago when I bought a Volt (90% of my mileage has been electric provided by aforementioned solar panels).
When not carbon negative I strive to be at a minimum to be environmentally neutral.
100% composted organic waste & recycled plastic/glass/metal.
Zero pesticide use, zero lawn fertilizer and I use a electric lawn mower.
I always squeeze every last gram/watt/liter from everything I buy. Be it food, clothing, furniture, tools I live by the motto ‘waste not, want not’ second only to the golden rule.
I am in similar position. Solar panels installed in 2013. 80 gallon solar hot water array that is primary source of hot water 7 to 9 months per year. A lot of insulation, high quality window installed on a house that was built over a century ago to improve heat management. A lot of grape and kiwi vines on trellis work attached to house to create shade and reduce heat buildup. Thought about a volt, but bought generation 1 honda hybrids and have been keeping them running by collecting and rebuilding the hybrid battery packs. Our daily driver is a 2007 Zenn vehicle – electric, top speed about 40 mph, range about 20 miles.
No pesticides, no lawn, no lawn mower, everything on small property converted to permaculture. We have rocket mass heater in basement where we can burn the prunings in the winter and create a little heat in the bottom of the house.
In addition to the improvements and modifications to shelter and transport, we took in 6 African son refugees from Sudan in 2001 and helped them get on their feet in the US. That meant free housing, food, teaching them to drive, helping them enroll in college etc. In addition to that direct connection to the third world as right sharing of the world’s resources, these young men linked us to families in refugee camps and tending cattle in villages in rural Sudan. That has been quite an education for all of us and I think we were the biggest beneficiary. Youngest son David finished college, did grad work and is now back teaching at Univ of Juba in South Sudan. Oldest son Deng Kuol has 16 years as a corrections officer in youth incarceration system in WA State where his African blackness and relentless optimism must be a revelation to young men of color caught up in that system. Other sons and wives doing well, lots of African grandkids who love time with grandma and grandpa. Still working on immigration process for another son’s wife and child to come to US from Uganda. Covid really messed up that process because the embassy in Kampala just stopped all appointments. We hoped they would be here no later than June when we started paperwork back in Nov 2019, now all of that is jammed up. But everybody is well so far and being patient.
If not now, when? Yesterday would be good. There are few good reasons to justify delay.
My $.02
David B Benson says:
smallbluemike, I am impressed.
“The military were no less forthright in explaining why they funded Chomsky’s linguistics research. In 1971, having described how the Air Force needed to enhance its systems of computerised command and control, ”
there was a lot of cool stuff DARPA funded us to do make better killing machines.
when I first came into ops research I basically came with the code I had been writing
to do natural language generation and applying it to analysis of engagement level combat.
think of a chomsky grammar tree ( without the recursion) as a template for generating outcomes in a battle or as a template for classifying and understanding typical “sequences” or sentences you
might see in a scenario. You could also get funding to study chess programs using the same
“cover” One of the early AIs I worked on to create “killer logic” for a unmanned vehicles was just
application of chess engine type logic with a different cost function
My how time flies. Here’s some of what applied AI and Climate Change are working on today.
ATTP: since you quoted Grundmann, it might be worth revisiting his 2012 piece:
“The legacy of climategate: revitalizing or undermining climate science and policy?”
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wcc.166
Instead of discussing these problems with critics, climate scientists became defensive.
[Grundmann article]
This is bias as it doesn’t recognise the hostility of the critics, who clearly did not want dialog and were hostile to those on the side of mainstream science visiting their blogs.
Ironic, huh?
This was just after a discussion of the “Mike’s nature trick” and, as usual, is trying to suggest that splicing datasets is misleading. But it isn’t, of course. IIRC they were discussing cover art of a WMO report. Cover art. The sources of the data are clearly labelled, and the whole point of reconstructions is that it is splicing datasets together (and that if you have reason to think that some of the data is unreliable you leave it out of the reconstruction)!
We need STSS to investigate the social biases in STS research. ;o)
FWIW, this is apparently Prof. Jones responding to questions about “Mike’s Nature Trick” (via WUWT)
“No, that’s completely wrong. In the sense that they’re talking about two different things here. They’re talking about the instrumental data which is unaltered – but they’re talking about proxy data going further back in time, a thousand years, and it’s just about how you add on the last few years, because when you get proxy data you sample things like tree rings and ice cores, and they don’t always have the last few years. So one way is to add on the instrumental data for the last few years.”
That doesn’t seem defensive to me. That sounds to me like Prof. Jones calmly explaining why the criticism is not correct and explaining the purpose of the splicing.
Full disclosure: I’ve worked with Prof. Jones and he was always generous with his time with me and very open in discussions, and this response looks to me just like Phil directly responding to the question as he often does, even when they are loaded questions.
Grundmann repeating the whole “hide the decline” conspiracy is bizarre (but not all that surprising). As Dikran says, it was for the cover of a report. It was well known that one particular tree ring series diverged from the instrumental temperatures (which more indicated a problem with that tree ring series than some suggestion that temperatures haven’t risen since the 1960s). If you’re putting an image onto the cover of a report, you probably want it to properly represent what it is you’re trying to show. Including some part of a time series that you know is wrong might be scientificially pure, but would probably end up confusing those who see the image without knowing the context. I suspect that’s the preference of those who complain about climategate and hide the decline.
Another point is that the cover diagram is summarising the reconstructions from the papers and (AFAICS) the tree rings are only one component of the reconstructions. The point of summaries is to show the key ideas, so it is unreasonable to expect a detail (that has been explored openly in the literature) to feature prominently in a summary.
Adversarial auditing is probably more susceptible to biases than the physical sciences being audited.
‘Superior, The Return of Race Science’ looks like it might be a useful update of Stephen J Gould’s ‘The Mismeasure of Man’.
Reiner Grundmann gets another thing wrong with the comparison of Nazi ‘science’ with climate change science than just the order in which it raised social issues.
Nazi race theories were explicitly intended to defend a status quo and BAU or at least an idealised version of the cohesive social order with the wealth and power held by the ancient aristocratic families and the lumpen proletariat knowing their place rather than getting all these ideas of economic reform and social mobility.
The most common objection to climate science is that it invokes a need for a significant change in the status quo and BAU.
The main social influence on science has always been to try and ‘prove’ that the current social, economic and political order is determined by innate biology and inherent physical laws in the material world. Part of this is because science and scientists may start off with the unquestioned assumption that the ‘way things are’ is a consequence of chemistry, physics and biology. Part of it is that the money for research often comes from those parts of society that have a vested interested in the status quo and BAU.
And research that inadvertently reveals that the current setup of society is not an inevitable consequence of ‘Natural Law’ will tend to be opposed.
And science that explicitly reveals that the traditional ideas, the status quo and BAU is neither optimal nor beneficial will be especially unpopular.
Grundmann wrote:
” I will focus on the so‐called hockey stick controversy which arose after Michael Mann and colleagues had published a graph showing an essentially flat temperature curve from AD 1000 until the late 20th century when temperatures shoot up (the ‘blade’ on the flat ‘handle’, hence the name ‘hockey stick’15, 16).This was taken up by the IPCC in its Third Assessment Report published in 2001. Prior to that a so‐called Medieval Warm Period was assumed to have existed at least in the Northern Hemisphere from ca AD 1000–1200.17 This view was still expressed in the First Assessment Report of the IPCC published in 1990. Mann’s temperature reconstruction revised this assumption, claiming ‘unrivalled warming’ in the late 20th century. ”
a) IPCC(1990) Fig. 7.1(c), aka Lamb(1965) spliced modern temperatures with Lamb’s (wrong) guesswork about pre-1600s Central England temperatures and surrounded that Fig with caveats.
It only got used because there was little else.
b) By 1993, it was strongly disavowed by experts. (Houghon et al = IPCC(1990))
Click to access hughes_was%20the%20a%20mwp_1994.pdf
“In particular, the simplified representations of the course of global temperature variation over the last thousand years reproduced in various technical and popular publications (for example, Eddy et al., 1991; Firor, 1990; Houghton et al., 1990; Mayewski et al., 1993) should be disregarded, since they are based on inadequate data that have, in many cases, been superseded. ”
That was the overview article for a whole early-1994 issue (i.e., 1993 research):
https://link.springer.com/journal/10584/26/2
c) IPCC(1995) spliced modern temperatures with Bradley&Jones(1993) reconstruction.
d) Jones et al(1998) preceded MBH99, had a similar curve for NH and was included in IPCC(2001). MBH99 used more proxies, included confidence interval and spliced in modern temperatures.
Had it never been written, IPCC surely would have done the same thing as in 1995, i.e., used Jones et al & spliced in modern temperatures … and denier fury would have fallen on that instead.
Grundmann seemed *totally unaware* of the origin of IPCC(1990)’s figure, the caveats around it, progress in paleoclimate research 1990-1998. He repeats the same totally-false meme (that hockeystick suddenly overturned a consensus) pioneered by John Daly in 2000 and repeated by Steve McIntyre in 2005, although without the 1990/1995 fabrications.
For images & annotated IPCC(1990) section, see:
https://www.desmogblog.com/2015/01/26/medievaldeception-2015-inhofe-drags-senate-dark-ages
” If you’re putting an image onto the cover of a report, you probably want it to properly represent what it is you’re trying to show. Including some part of a time series that you know is wrong might be scientificially pure, but would probably end up confusing those who see the image without knowing the context. I suspect that’s the preference of those who complain about climategate and hide the decline.”
this is the “dont dilute the message defense” the reasoning is that you are communicating to non specialists in a document few will read, you don’t have to disclose everything to them, especially since
A) it might confuse them and dilute your message
B) Non specialists already know the truth published in literature that the non specialist will never read
Both Muir russel and gavin schmidt acknowledge that the chart was misleading and should have
had a more complete description. meh.
Fix the nits and carry on. One way you demonstrate that something is a nit is by fixing it
and moving on.
so just own it
A) ya we created a potentially misleading chart for non specialists to keep it simple for them.
B) we should have described/ noted/ explained in the caption or footnote, what we did.
C) Sorry, here is an updated chart in case you want to republish a report than nobody will read.
OR you could have just not hidden the decline and explained it a note, knowing that
the report was “obscure” to use skeptical science’s argument, and not widely distributed.
cover design might best be left to graphics artists.
Re-litigating the ‘Hockey Stick’ might seem an odd diversion when the subject of the thread is the influence and bias that social factors have upon scientific research.
But perhaps it illustrates the opposition that science faces when it conflicts with the desire within society to see the current status quo as an optimum. The socially preferred view can be found in the objections raised in the comments section of any tabloid newspaper when they have an article about AGW.
“The Climate always changes” “It is just part of a cycle” “CO2 only has a small effect, it is mainly the Sun” and the classic, ” Its a hoax by leftists to tax us more and establish a NWO”
The ‘Hockey Stick’ was the first widely disseminated scientific research that showed unequivocally that BAU was not compatible with the ‘Natural’ functioning of opur environment. For a couple of decades there had been an environmental movement claiming that the status quo in our economic consumer society was not benign, that it was damaging the biosphere we lived in. But it had been easy for those who desired the status quo to dismiss this as the rantings of radicals, people with a political agenda to force change and abandonment of the ‘Natural’ system of resource exploitation that had provided all the Goods and wealth over the last century.
The hockey stick undermined this position. It clearly revealed that the current socio-economic system had an impact on the Natural world that was exceptional, and not benign. It was science that not only failed to support the dominate beliefs about the ‘Natural’ order of how society was structured, and what impacts it had on our environment, but demonstrated the damaging consequences of BAU.
So it should not be surprising that then, and now, it attracts such vicious opposition when it poses an existential threat to the deeply held social belief that the exploitation of fossil fuels has been a Natural and inevitable public good.
Sure, could have chosen to do something different. It’s not, though, a scientific paper in which you’ve explicitly failed to mention a key thing about the data that you’re actually analysing. The key issue here (as far as I’m aware) is that some portion of one tree series diverges after 1960. It’s clear that this does not represent a change in temperature. So, either there’s a problem with using tree rings to approximate temperature changes, or there’s a problem with this specific tree ring series, or something happens after 1960 with this tree ring series. Given that there’s lots of other evidence to suggest a hockey-stick-like shape for millenial temperatures, the cover art wasn’t really misleading. What was the purpose of the cover art? Was it to present millenial temperatures, or was it to present details about how millenial temperatures are reconstructed?
Actually, I’ve found a comment by Gavin Schmidt:
You have gone significantly over the line with this post. Accusations of dishonesty are way beyond a difference of opinion on how a graph should be displayed.
If you thought that a single, smoothed graph of estimates of paleo-temperature told the whole story of paleo-climate reconstructions is far more a failing at your end than it is the authors involved. How can a single graph say everything that can possibly be said?
Summary graphs are by their very nature, summaries. The graphs you pick out were summaries of various estimates of what paleo-temperature estimates from the literature were. It is therefore not surprising that they show only the reconstructions where the authors had confidence that the reconstructions were actually of the temperatures.
This exchange was fun:
[NG] Judith, please be more specific when you say “any defenders of these global paleotemperature analyses by Mann et al.” If Mann et al. thought that their original hockey stick analysis was a sufficiently accurate temperature reconstruction, they would not have spent the following decade trying to come up with better reconstructions.
[JUDY] John, the more recent reconstructions still suffer from the same problems: uncalibrated proxies, and statistical models that make no sense in terms of calculating hemispheric or global average temperature anomalies.
[GAVIN] You betray complete ignorance of any of this literature. “Statistical models that make no sense in terms of calculating hemispheric or global average temperature anomalies” – got a cite for that?
[JUDY] My detailed justification of this statement will be forthcoming at another time, in fact I will make it the subject of a thread at Climate Etc. sometime in the near future.
[GAVIN] Of course it will.
[JUDY] I’m delighted to hear that you are looking forward to it.
[PETER] I have no real argument about using various proxy data to reconstruct things but I think that one has to take it on the chin and look carefully at what errors andre and what endless defense of questionable data and statistics has done to the field. It 2 a.m. in Bangkok and I am going to bed. I think your appeal to motive, statements about crossing a line are out of place and have done and continue to do immense harm. That is not a legacy I would like to have.
NG has other comments elsewhere. Judy has an exchange with Fred and Bart. Mosh appears later, outing DC based on some sleuthing by Tony and the Auditor.
Another interesting exchange is between Judy and Grypo. Then DC himself appears:
[DC] The particular accusation against Mann is unequivocally false. It never happened. The version that was delivered on Oct 5 was not used in the First Order Draft, which in fact used an earlier “low frequency” version of Briffa (similar to the Briffa and Osborn in Science 1999). At Mann’s later request, Tim Osborn resent the newer data set in time for the Second Order Draft, where it first appeared. But that version of the data set only went up to 1960. So once again nothing was deleted by the IPCC.
[JUDY] So does this mean the graphs in the TAR and AR4 and the WMO Report aren’t misleading? What a relief.
[NG] Judith, at the end of your blog post you issued the following challenge: “If there is a problem, lets get to the bottom of it and fix it. ” I, and apparently DeepClimate, thought by this that you cared not just about whether they were misleading but how they came to be misleading. Otherwise, how do you intend to fix or prevent whatever errors were made?
Then the Auditor makes a comment that tries to correct the record in the most obscure fashion, as is his wont when he gets caught. And of course he also tries to out DC. Which goes on to show that principled talk is cheap.
And we’re not even past the first half of the ClimateBall comment thread.
Bob Loblaw says:
Oh, my. Steven says:
…this is the “dont dilute the message defense” the reasoning is that you are communicating to non specialists in a document few will read, you don’t have to disclose everything to them…
Yet just less than three weeks ago, we have Steven saying, in response to having been accused of cherry-picking:
https://andthentheresphysics.wordpress.com/2020/07/09/cancel-culture/#comment-178864
[The text Steven is responding to] “Instead of cherry picking one essay, here is the link to all eight essays …Introducing Free Speech Futures”
[Steven’s response] err linking to something I call my preferred solution is now cherry picking?
personally I always thought cherry picking was picking some evidence while suppressing
other evidence, and specifically picking evidence that supports your case.
1. an essay is not evidence. I dont present it as evidence, I present it as my preferred solution.
2. of course there are other solutions, you are free to point to them, oh look you did.
Once again, I detect that Steven is pretty selective in terms of what principles he applies to what people. It’s OK for him to be selective in his narrative, but for other people… do as I say, not as I do. Once again, there is a word for that.
I suspect that Steven will probably try to argue that there is a difference between a blog comment and a report cover (well, Duh!), but will he try to claim that the report cover is “evidence’?
Ah, a “hockey stick” discussion…
Not that I’m immune to the tendency, but I don’t think that anything of value might come from another discussion of this. Particularly since it is largely among the same set of discussants.
What is the force that generates these discussions?
The context was bias, and how that might influences one’s interpretation of scientific evidence.
thomaswfuller2 says:
Funny how a graph presented as the display of scientific findings morphs so quickly into ‘cover art.’ Is that what that graph was designed to be?
Anders –
> The context was bias, and how that might influences one’s interpretation of scientific evidence.
No doubt. It’s an excellent example.
And by extension it’s an excellent window into the interaction between “social” and science.
True of course, for Grundmann not in the least – which as you often point out is strikingly ironic.
I think I’ve mentioned here before that I interacted a bit at Jr.’s crib with Grundmann regarding his linkage between climate scientists and Nazis…my recollection is that his response was something on the order of… he wasn’t aware that “skeptics” compare climate scientists to Nazis as a tactic in tribal warfare.
@-TF
” a graph presented as the display of scientific findings morphs so quickly into ‘cover art.’ Is that what that graph was designed to be?”
The two roles are not mutually exclusive.
Remember to steal this title …
for the cover of your book …
and use barbwire as data points on your lines.
“If you take the highest temperature of a day (Tmax) and add the lowest temperature of that day (Tmin), you get a number. Divide that number by two and you get an average for the day. If you add up the numbers for a month and plot them on a chart and compare it to the previous year, you get a better idea. If you add up all the numbers for a year and compare it to previous years, you get the chart below:”
Hmm, err, no you don’t.
‘[JUDY] My detailed justification of this statement will be forthcoming at another time, in fact I will make it the subject of a thread at Climate Etc. sometime in the near future.‘
ISTR prof. Curry was going to write about Salby’s hypothesis, but it never happened (except as a reason not to give an opinion at the time)
SM “ gavin schmidt acknowledge that the chart was misleading and should have
Please can I have a verifiable citation for that?
There is a more complete description, the original sources are clearly given. Do you disagree that the diagram reasonably represents the conclusions of the three reconstructions?
Joshua “ What is the force that generates these discussions?”
A desire for people to be treated fairly and reasonably. Hanlon’s razor. Also some of us know, respect and like some of those not being treated fairly or reasonably.
Err no.
My good friend.
1. I note the defense that people made at the time
A) The report was obscure
B) The Cover did not have to be explicit about removing the divergence, because
The divergence was covered in the literature.
That’s just a history of the defense people made.
I agree with Muir Russell and Gavin Schmidt. The caption or text should have been better.
So whether it was a blog post or cover art for a report to the WMO, I’m pretty happy
with gavin’s Schmidt’s assessment. It could have been done better.
Why is it so hard for people to agree with the independent assessment of Muir Russell and gavin?
Next. yes I pointed you to a resource that had multiple choices– I said
I prefer X, and you went there and easily found other choices. No specialist knowledge required
None used. My suggestion for the wmo report is essentially the same. make it easy for a reader
to see that other options are extant. I choose an option I preferred because it told my message effectively and I didn’t hide other options from you. They cited Briffa but changed the graph from what he had published
here is the report
https://library.wmo.int/doc_num.php?explnum_id=3460
1. Note the report has next to nothing to do with the cover art. it’s not even a report on paleo.
Its a report on 1999 with a gratuitous mention of paleo work.
2. They cite briffa 1999 but don’t actually use data as he published it
here is Briffa’s actual paper and plot
Click to access 6eae72b814d48adbe0e0662cb0a8c308de1e.pdf
which is also in the PAGES publication they cite.
So. my suggestion is they should have made it as easy as I did for you
or they should have used briffa’s data as published. Or dropped it entirely.
All in all it was inferior chartmanship. I think I called it that sometime back in 2009 when writing about it. bad chartmanship
A) they picked cover art that’s almost totally unrelated to the
detailed content of the report :what was 1999 like? is the topic. ( the graphic on page 10 would have been better as a cover, cleaned up a bit of course.)
B) by changing the data without noting it.
A typical thing you do when you remake a chart is say “After briffa 1999”
Here is what they wrote:
“Northern Hemisphere temperatures were reconstructed for the past 1000 years (up to 1999) using
palaeoclimatic records (tree rings, corals, ice cores, lake sediments, etc.), along with historical and long
instrumental records. The data are shown as 50-year smoothed differences from the 1961–1990 normal.
Uncertainties are greater in the early part of the millennium (see page 4 for further information). For more
details, readers are referred to the PAGES newsletter (Vol. 7, No. 1: March 1999, also available at
http://www.pages.unibe.ch) and the National Geophysical Data Center (http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov).
(Sources of data: P.D. Jones, K.R. Briffa and T.J. Osborn, University of East Anglia, UK; M.E. Mann,
University of Virginia, USA; R.S. Bradley, University of Massachusetts, USA; M.K. Hughes, University of
Arizona, USA; and the Hadley Centre, The Met. Office).”
So, here are my three suggested options
1. After “The data are shown as 50-year smoothed differences from the 1961–1990 normal. ”
add “Data from Briffa 1999 is processed to remove post 1960 divergence”
2. Show the line as briffa published it.
3. Pick a better cover to convey the message about the state of the climate in 1999, the actual
subject of the report.
I am happy with all 3. The science doesnt change at all. I suppose reasonable people could disagree. Me? I agree with gavin ” a better caption would be good” But if you want to attack both me and them for leaving details out I am also happy!!. or suggest your own remedies that would also be cool
Is comparing some group with Nazis in a discussion ever anything other than a tactic in tribal warfare?
There were other linkages that could have been made that were more apposite and less offensive (e.g. I suspect those working on the Manhattan project would feel that they were essential in solving a pressing social problem, likewise those working on COVID vaccine now, or economists when there is a depression). So why choose Nazis?
You would view Gavin Schmidt as being independent?
“suggest your own remedies that would also be cool”
Apply Hanlon’s razor/the Golden rule/a bit of common sense?
SM: “I agree with Muir Russell and Gavin Schmidt. The caption or text should have been better.”
Dave_Geologist says:
bad chartmanship
Climategate: The Crutape Letters
The Climategate scandal covered from beginning to end–from ‘Hide the Decline’ to the current day. Written by two authors who were on the scene–Steven Mosher and Tom Fuller–Climategate takes you behind that scene and shows what happened and why. For those who have heard that the emails were taken out of context–we provide that context and show it is worse when context is provided. For those who have heard that this is a tempest in a teacup–we show why it will swamp the conventional wisdom on climate change. And for those who have heard that this scandal is just ‘boys being boys’–well, boy. It’s as seamy as what happened on Wall Street.
Bad titlemanship? Bad blurbmanship?
And please, please, please don’t insult us and demean yourself by claiming that it’s a true and honest representation of reality.
Then: “we provide that context and show it is worse when context is provided.”
Now: “I agree with Muir Russell and Gavin Schmidt. The caption or text should have been better.”
Social bias in action (along with the self-correcting nature of science)?
@-DC
On the contrary, it is very effective in communicating that this book is something that can justify the rejection of the inconvenient truth that the use of fossil fuels is toxic and damaging instead of just a benign benefit to to our way of life. It promises a defence of the ‘BAU is okay’ beliefs and a refutation of the claims that AGW poses a serious risk that requires political and economic changes that are an existential threat to the status quo.
Consistent multidecadal variability in global temperature reconstructions and simulations over the Common Era
Published: 24 July 2019 PAGES 2k Consortium
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo-search/study/26872
No evidence for globally coherent warm and cold periods over the preindustrial Common Era
Last phase of the Little Ice Age forced by volcanic eruptions
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-019-0402-y
A global database of Holocene paleotemperature records
Fascinating. Steven responds to a comment of mine (regarding the difference between what he expects of others and how he acts himself) with a long diatribe about his opinion of the work of others.
Lets’ get a couple of things straight:
1) I am not your friend, let along a “good” one. I know little of you other than by your comments here and how you interact with others that respond to you on this blog.
2) I have been trained in media relations, so I recognize a good deflection when I see one. It seems you have such a bad case of dislike against certain aspects of climate science that you just can’t resist the temptation to take any opportunity to to renew your attacks on part of that climate science, regardless of how tangential your talking points are.
You close with the challenge: “But if you want to attack both me and them for leaving details out I am also happy!!.”
I am not attacking you for leaving things out, and I have not commented on the behavior of others. You have created a strawman. Let me reiterate what I am attacking you about:
1) You attack others using some principle that you hold regarding how you think others should behave (especially, leaving things out, it seems).
2) You do not apply that same principle to yourself. You feel justified in doing things that you abhor in others.
SM: “Both Muir russel and gavin schmidt acknowledge that the chart was misleading and should have had a more complete description. meh.”
Then they were much to generous. I guess as the general complaint is that we need better quality climate “skeptics”, they were a bit to happy to concede something, not to sound contrarian all the time in the face of such a flood of nonsense.
The second quote/reply by Gavin, which ATTP reproduced, makes much more sense. Did I miss MS given a source for his quoted claim?
Now, to try to return to the topic at hand – bias, science as a social activity, etc.
My background is Geography. Physical Geography – climatology in particular. But a scholastic and academic background in Geography also exposed me to a lot of “Human” Geography – i.e., the social sciences. It also exposed me to a least a little “philosophy of science” – which I think a lot of people trained solely in the “hard” sciences lack.
I’ve seen a lot of “social science” that deserves the name science – evidence-based, experimental design (even though much of it can’t be done as controlled experiments), analytical, testable hypotheses, etc.
I’ve seen a lot of “social science” that is pretty much just-so stories and fairly clueless about scientific methodology. I was aware of the the fashion of “constructivism”, which at its worst seems to feel that there is no such thing as “objective reality”. Although I agree that we can never possibly have a complete picture of “objective reality”, I have the hubris to accept that there is a “real world” out there that is going to behave the way it does, whether I believe it behaves that way or not.
I also have enough experience to know that the pursuit of scientific knowledge is not the same thing as the pursuit of an academic (or any other) career. Academia has its own expectations of behaviour, and the reward system has a lot more to it that the pure pursuit of knowledge. And science done in academia vs. government institutes, vs. private industry, etc. all have different drivers.
“Pure” or “basic” science is largely the result of people being curious about the world, but it still depends on funding. It doesn’t need an immediate application, though – as long as someone feels that the curiosity is worth pursuing (and will pay for it), it can go ahead. Maybe some day an application will arise but it doesn’t need to (and it often won’t).
“Applied” science shifts towards “show me something now”, and becomes much more dependent on sources of funding with short-term goals. Quoting from The Right Stuff: “You know what makes this bird [rocket] go up? FUNDING makes this bird go up.” Lots of money makes it much easier to get things done, and the U.S. space program got lots of money because certain people wanted certain things in a hurry. Applied science still needs to come up with something that works, though.
Both “basic” and “applied” science can be performed with respect to social systems.
And then you get the people that just want some sciencey-stuff to support other causes. The cause is the issue, not any genuine understanding of the physical or social world. This is a lot easier the more “social” the discipline is, and the less physically-based. That doesn’t stop people with particular motivations from arguing that science has evolution/vaccination/the age of the universe/climate science/the ozone hole all wrong. And people can have quite successful academic careers without doing much science.
…but the idea that “climate science … see[s] their services as essential for solving pressing social problems. ” is pretty telling in terms of bias. I can’t imagine that work done in the 1800s was designed to solve some pressing social problem from the late 20th century.
Enough for now.
ATTP: “I should also be clear that I’m not suggesting that physical scientists are somehow less biased than other scientists; they clearly are not.”
Even if the scientists are not, the fields can show differences. In physics as an experimental science it is easier to get robust results than in astronomy (or climatology) as an observational science. Studying matter is easier than life, than animals, than humans, than society. My impression is that the scientists working in these more difficult fields would be happy to acknowledge this and not claim their field is the most rigorous of all fields.
Studies of climate change can be on this entire range from matter to society.
I have seen people argue on Twitter that “science is science” to defend stuff that is hard to study. That is not a good defence, there are differences.
Reiner Grundmann: “There is an eerie similarity between race science and climate science in that both see their services as essential for solving pressing social problems.”
It is probably a complete coincidence that climate “skeptics” often claim climatologists are Nazis.
Karl Rove strategy #3: Accuse your opponent of your own weakness
> I have the hubris to accept that there is a “real world” out there that is going to behave the way it does, whether I believe it behaves that way or not.
Even Bruno shares that hubris:
thanks to the archive, we can put that other one to resthttps://t.co/aSWCwjsUJC pic.twitter.com/ohcdd4Ympw
— Willard (@nevaudit) August 2, 2020
Dikran –
> Is comparing some group with Nazis in a discussion ever anything other than a tactic in tribal warfare?
No. Obviously not. Grundmann’s claims, that he was simply seeking an analogy to characterize a key feature of climate science, doesn’t hold up
@-W
But apparently lacks the insight that a simple extrapolation of the concept that science discovers socially constrained ‘Truth’ is the conclusion that ‘society’ performs the epistemological role of Descartes’ evil demon.
“Latour had never seen himself…”
Is this STSS in operation? Given STS seems keen on assigning implied/hidden motivations on the part of scientists (e.g. Einsteins “obsessions”), I don’t think I would take Latour’s view of himself at face value. I would have thought, for consistency, it would require analysis of what he said/wrote about that particular question (which is beyond me)?
[visits Google translate to see if there is a good Latin translation of “who will sudy the studiers”…]
quis studere ipsos alumni? ;o)
> I would have thought, for consistency, it would require analysis of what he said/wrote about that particular question (which is beyond me)?
That presumes you analyzed what people said about Bruno, Dikran.
Show me your homework, and I’ll show you mine.
No, as I said, I don’t have the expertise to do the analysis, so I asked a question (“Is this STSS in operation?”) and explained my interest. I am willing to listen and change my opinions.
> I am willing to listen and change my opinions.
You spoke of consistency. Consistency implies you should not have that opinion in the first place, unless you can justify why you would not take Bruno at face value.
Why would you trust people who did an analysis you can’t judge instead of Bruno himself?
Which analysis?
“Consistency implies you should not have that opinion in the first place,”
no it doesn’t. All I suggested was that if we are to be consistent, we shouldn’t take STS researchers self-judgements at face value as they evidently don’t take their subjects at face value. STS is a more difficult subject than science, and likely to be at least as subject to societal biases.
“unless you can justify why you would not take Bruno at face value.”
Does Bruno take Einstein at face value? No.
I didn’t say trust, I said I’d listen.
> no it doesn’t.
Yes it does.
> All I suggested was that if we are to be consistent, we shouldn’t take STS researchers self-judgements at face value as they evidently don’t take their subjects at face value.
Yes, and that’s wrong.
> Does Bruno take Einstein at face value? No.
Actually he does.
> I didn’t say trust, I said I’d listen.
Your last comments show otherwise.
Well that went to Monty Python sketch pretty quickly. Sorry, have better things to do than pointless argument, never mind mere contradiction.
> Sorry, have better things to do than pointless argument, never mind mere contradiction.
Here’s a refutation of that claim:
Given STS seems keen on assigning implied/hidden motivations on the part of scientists (e.g. Einsteins “obsessions”), I don’t think I would take Latour’s view of himself at face value.
Using bogus reasons to ask people to work for you instead of asking directly ticks me off, Dikran.
” “[Einsteins] obsession with transporting information through transformation without deformation; his passion for the precise superimposition of readings; his panic at the idea that observers sent away might betray, might retain privileges, and send reports that could not be used to expand our knowledge; his desire to discipline the delegated observers and to turn them into dependent pieces of apparatus that do nothing but watch the coincidence of hands and notches…” ”
is not taking Einstein at face value. At face value it is a thought experiment, nothing more.
“Some of the critique was indeed ridiculous, and I was associated with that postmodern relativist stuff, I was put into that crowd by others. I certainly was not antiscience, although I must admit it felt good to put scientists down a little. There was some juvenile enthusiasm in my style. ”
As I said, there is no reason to think that STS is any less subject to biases than science. This is only a problem if you expect it to be.
“Given STS seems keen on assigning implied/hidden motivations on the part of scientists (e.g. Einsteins “obsessions”), I don’t think I would take Latour’s view of himself at face value. That would be inconsistent”
implication made explicit
> Given STS seems keen on assigning implied/hidden motivations on the part of scientists (e.g. Einsteins “obsessions”), I don’t think I would take Latour’s view of himself at face value. That would be inconsistent.
Emphasis on the utterer, who’s not an STS guy. The utterer’s own sealioning is justified by a “by your logic” move that has no real referent in the current exchange as there is no STS guy around. At best it’s a performative “if there was an STS guy here, I’d ask him for receipts,” which does not cohere with the “I have better things to do.”
Also note how Bruno’s mere mention of the word “obsessions” has been inflated to STS in general.
You really should ask me directly, Dikran. Try it.
Willard, what I wrote in no way implies or requires that I am an “STS guy”. Someone from outside STS (or science) could reasonably want to see consistency in the way that science and STS were treated. I am happy to accept that both science and STS are subject to societal biases. Thus we should not take the statements of STS people at face value either (especially if they come close to admitting to those biases as Latour did in the quote I gave).
I did (this is the second time I have pointed that out): “Is this STSS in operation?”
“Also note how Bruno’s mere mention of the word “obsessions” has been inflated to STS in general”
No it hasn’t. I made the point that STS is likely subject to the same sort of social biases in my second post on the tread. Bruno perhaps provides an example of that, nothing more.
oarobin says:
i have been waiting for you to return to this topic to get your thoughts on a blog post by Simon Whitten addressing this very topic
Has Stephen Jay Gould’s The Mismeasure of Man really been discredited?.
in this very long post he argues for a number of example of how bias can actually influence science results
1. Event Horizon Telescope team and their de-biasing procedures to produce the first ever image of a black hole.
2. under the bandwagon effect section – the history of measurements of the electron charge shows a slow, decades long drift towards our
current best value where each preceding value was with the margin of error of previous measurement even though the initial measurement was quite off.
he cites other examples including the Hubble constant, speed of light and the muon g-2 experiments
i would love your opinions on these examples and a view as to whether or not technological limitation played any substantial role in the obtaining the values
The rest of the issue is interesting as it deals with the same topics of the OP.
oarobin,
I’m not that familiar with the details of those examples. The EHT example seems to be a good example of how one tries to eliminate bias. I do think that there is a tendency to be biased towards an existing result. We might tend to think that the “true” result is somewhere within the uncertainties of previous, less-precise estimates. Despite this, we do seem to eventually work out if there is some problem with these early estimates. We should do our best to avoid this (i.e., find ways to eliminate these biases) and it does seem that there is more of an awareness about this now and that many researchers are trying to think of ways to overcome this.
@oarobin
I started reading that article, but it didn’t take long to find cause for caution. The first link to some actual evidence leads to a paper in a journal from a publisher that was on Beale’s list MDPI and has only three actual citations, two of which are self-citations. I don’t think that is a solid basis to be writing Quilette articles. I don’t think it is unduly surprising for scientists to be susceptible to bias on such emotive topics, but it has to be argued on the basis of evidence, not suggestions of bias (and publishing it in an MDPI journal is not a good way of subjecting your work to close scrutiny). I’ve been meaning to read “The mismeasure of man” for a while, having read the controversial sections of “The Bell Curve” (including the all-important footnotes).
I’d be very interested in a discussion of the black hole image though, as far as I understand it, there is quite a lot of “prior” that has gone into analysis of the data.
The Medium article was critical of the MDPI paper.
Yes, I’m reading the rest at the moment, got diverted onto the Quilette article. I think the checking your sources applies more there!
I agree with Gould – I was biased against the “The Bell Curve” as well, fortunately the statistical analysis it used was clearly so unfit for purpose that I don’t think that mattered too much.
> what I wrote in no way implies or requires that I am an “STS guy”.
What you wrote posits an imaginary STS guy who could give you receipts right now. That’s the opposite of constructiveness. Where’s the witness?
> Someone from outside STS (or science) could reasonably want to see consistency in the way that science and STS were treated.
That has nothing to do with “obsessions” or with consistency within one field, and everything to do with consistency in general.
Anyone could reasonably want to see that those who claim to want to see try to look by themselves or ask directly and stop appealing to hypothetical STS guys who could appear here to produce receipts.
> I did (this is the second time I have pointed that out): “Is this STSS in operation?”
C’mon.
You want receipts? Ask. I have them. They’re not far from the last tweet I posted.
“What you wrote posits an imaginary STS guy who could give you receipts right now. ”
no it doesn’t, that is just a blatant straw man.
I suspect there isn’t much value in continuing this STS discussion.
Indeed, I was right to try to disengage the first time. Time for a vacation.
mdpi? Some of their articles are in the Scientific Reports class …
How Much Human-Caused Global Warming Should We Expect with Business-As-Usual (BAU) Climate Policies? A Semi-Empirical Assessment
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/6/1365
Was the last one I tripped over, just yesterday. Usual suspects, one dead, father-to-son and soon.
“If the climate sensitivity to greenhouse gases implies a Transient Climate Response (TCR) of ≥ 2.5 °C or an Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity (ECS) of ≥ 5.0 °C then the 2015 Paris Agreement’s target of keeping human-caused global warming below 2.0 °C will have been broken by the middle of the century under BAU. However, for a TCR < 1.5 °C or ECS < 2.0 °C, the target would not be broken under BAU until the 22nd century or later. Therefore, the current Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) “likely” range estimates for TCR of 1.0 to 2.5 °C and ECS of 1.5 to 4.5 °C have not yet established if human-caused global warming is a 21st century problem."
Which I consider a form of non sequitur. Goldilocks's Syndrome.
Yes izen, it did occur to me that a defence might be that the title and blurb were indeed an accurate reflection of the content, and that it was the content that failed to meet a true-and-honest-representation test.
Dave the Geologist, you write, “And please, please, please don’t insult us and demean yourself by claiming that it’s a true and honest representation of reality.”
I don’t mean to insult you. I don’t mean to demean myself (or my co-author). But ten years on I still think we provided in that book a true and honest representation of reality.
“But ten years on I still think we provided in that book a true and honest representation of reality.”
I will assume that it was your co-author (with his Eng Lit background), who chose a as a title, a strained pun on a book that is about how devils can mislead and deceive people.
To indicate that it was a true and honest representation of reality.
(/sarc)
izen, we both agreed on the title. Steven actually was leaning towards Noble Cause Corruption as a title, while I was actually musing on something more related to Mr. Lewis’ college friend. However even with a mere high school diploma backing my name, it was clear that the Middle Earth that comprises the blog domain did not need references to orcs, elves and… well… trolls.
oarobin, –
Thanks for that link. I look forward to reading it when I get the chance.
Wow, they did things really fast back last century, circa 1999. Who knew they had paleo- dendro- data through to the year 2000. And then put that dendro- paleo- data, all by itself, mind you, on the cover of a WMO newsletter. Now that is some turnaround, the paper it was published on was the paleo- dendro- samples themselves, freshly sampled, pulped and pressed.
Take that, fellow citizen scientists and interwebs Homer Simpson sleuths! The irony has killed me again. /:
ATTP: “I do think that there is a tendency to be biased towards an existing result. We might tend to think that the “true” result is somewhere within the uncertainties of previous, less-precise estimates. Despite this, we do seem to eventually work out if there is some problem with these early estimates.”
The tendency shouldn’t be a problem for anyone. It’s not rational to expect a researcher to have no opinions at all. Years ago, a young researcher who was a member of a weekly “get-together” on science topics, had started a new research project on an idea that fell out of an observation that there were markings on some spiders that we could see when examining them under ultraviolet light. They proposed the idea that spiders might be able to see these markings and respond to them in some way related to selecting mates. After three years of research, and that many years of her life spent on this work, she’d mentioned that her work was over and they had a result. I asked about it and she said it was “negative.” Turns out, they couldn’t demonstrate any effect with the species of spiders they researched. I was duly apologetic and asked her where her work was published (I was hoping she’d get some recognition by having it published in a better-read periodical.) She told me and it wasn’t as I’d hoped. It was in a “sixth tier” publication that pretty much no one would read. 🙂 That was three years of hard work out of her life. But that’s how science often works. We hear of the positive results and the lucky scientists who get to publish it. But for every one of those, there are probably hundreds more of the negative result variety. Fundamental science research is like that.
There are several take-aways in the above. But the one that goes to your point is that she did have a preconceived notion (or perhaps a “hope?”) that they would find something. And I don’t think there’s anything at all wrong with that. It motivates and pushes for still better work product, in my opinion. It doesn’t have to be a bad thing. (I suppose, in some, it could be and might lead to “fudging data” to get a positive result. But luckily there are systems in place to help catch and then punish such behavior — imperfect, but “good enough” and very good given enough time to allow things to settle.)
Your example of “expecting” a refined result that is within the “estimated error bounds” of earlier work is also reasonable. But as we have been lately finding with the Hubble Constant, researchers are still perfectly capable of coming up with new, novel and interesting results which do not necessarily conform that way. Science continues along, anyway.
So there’s nothing at all wrong anywhere here. People have reasoned expectations. But these do not get in the way of good work. And in the hands of good people who can and do excellent work every day, a little motivation isn’t a problem but is instead a goad for hard, serious work-efforts navigating a host of constraints to reach towards the better work product possible under their limited circumstances.
Yes, this is a good point. Some of my colleagues are quite involved in some of the research that is producing results that are slightly inconsistent with other recent results.
I guess it just bothers me when someone comes in with a sledgehammer to break up and reduces the excellent built-up successes from the accumulated knowledge built from modern science activities and work product (experimental result) into nothing more than the mud of total ignorance.
We’ve only just learned, these last few centuries, more of the details about how to move beyond mere charismatic argumentation and philosophizing from rocking chairs, so to speak, to win arguments in the minds of others. We now know that there is a kind of evolutionary process that is required — one that includes mutation (our imagination’s ability to modify and/or to create new concepts out of whole cloth), harsh selection (the process of death to those ideas that fail to succeed in the scientific environment), and “copy exact” (books, training, etc. which place very similar ideas into different people living in different places, times, and cultures.) That’s the big picture.
The actual processes underneath that, the “scientific environment” I just mentioned, for example, is a collection of accepted practices and requirements. These include things such as taking some care in logical consistency, quantitative prediction, the requirement to test ideas via experimental result, a requirement that ideas possess “falsifiability,” the recognition that science “truth” is always tentative to what the future may yet bring and the willingness to change when new evidence requires that change, the push for replicability (which includes concepts such as quantitative estimation), the desire for comprehensiveness of view, sufficiency, honesty, a requirement of dealing with the objections of others similarly informed, allowing enough time for a sufficient for consensus to develop, openness about methods, scope, and data, and more. None of these things are guarantees of anything. But they do help with coping with real humans doing real work. And they form a part of that harsh selection process that is required to help demolish ideas that cannot be well-supported (given sufficient time anyway.)
The sum of this is far, far more than just its parts would otherwise imply. It allows us to apply our imaginations and yet skim closely to the surface of a deeper reality. And modern science has made very rapid progress in a very short period of recent human history as a result.
Yet there are those who would pull down science into the same ignorant mire they themselves live within, so that their own ignorant views might be seen as no worse. To do that, they must say things like “scientists are biased” (which if you accept that scientists aren’t inhuman machines no one can argue with, but is a strawman just the same) or that “scientists disprove themselves, so what scientists say today is no better now than then” (which is just another way of suggesting that there is nothing to be known at all and that all opinions are equal so why should we bother listening to science, at all.)
And some argue that we all have a right to our opinions.
Well, I made up a saying for that: “An equal right to an opinion isn’t a right to an equal opinion.”
Anyway, it’s a pathetic strawman. To suggest that science knowledge is no better than common knowledge. To debase the highly unified nature of what’s been so rapidly accumulated within science in recent centuries (and its abundant applied successes), with everything so tightly linked and supporting while also supported by other science knowledge. To then suggest that we can’t really know anything at all because scientists doing science are human beings and they have opinions, thoughts, or worldviews like everyone else is to fail to understand the distinctions. (Which, being otherwise ignorant, is easily argued.)
We all have internal states of mind about the world around us that aren’t solely the product of abundant affirming externally sharable evidence (and the lack of disconfirming evidence.) We all need such worldviews just to get by in life. But this individual nature should not be conflated with the unified body of science theories and experimental results into a mush that has no discernment left to it.
There is a distinction to be made. And it’s a crime of sorts when we allow others to imply that scientists being human and having opinions is proof that unified science consensus is no better than ignorance. Science takes time. That’s its problem. But it is also its strength.
Science isn’t about Truth with a capital-T. Absolute knowledge that is true forever and immune to future evidence. Instead it’s about truth of the small-t variety. That which is merely tentative, ever aware that the future may bring better ideas to the table to better explain past results and make better future predictions or else that may be demolished by what new evidence arrives in the future. Many appear to expect science brings Absolute Truth and with that expection dashed by reality, are skeptical of science. But that’s their failing in understanding what science is about. Not a failing of science.
Sorry about my annoyances today. Yeah, I’m human, too.
Ah err no.
So lets see.
After reading all the mails and related blog posts what I started out to write was a dry history
That happened
But it needed some narrative structure at least for me to write. hmm think Tom Wolfe and
new journalism..
So, I tried to write it as a Mystery.. Who is the hacker?
At that point i realized that it didn’t matter who the hacker was and this obsession was just a diversion.. hack/leak? as if that changed any mail.
At that point I realized. hey, mails dont change science and cant change science.
So, what became an organizing principle for me was the Briffa jones story and the closest
narrative I could find was screwtape. ( you can review the plot of that I wont here)
Anyway, I tried that angle on mcintrye and he disagreed with my analogy. In my view briffa was a good guy. Any way, steve thought I was wrong and said “its more like noble cause corruption”
so I looked at that line of organization.
In the end I could not make anything work to my satisfaction, dry history didn’t work, mystery didn’t work, and the screwtape structure was too clever by half and poorly executed.
So I gave up and dumped what I had to Tom who went through and did his best to edit my bad text, add missing connective tissue, write introductions for each chapter and a conclusion.
I could not bring myself to write any more it was like 30 days from start to finish: binge on reading every mail, purge on getting it out.
There are some mistakes, gavin caught 1, arthur smith caught another. Lots of copy editing errors.
I would probably do it differently, but that is true of everything
i dont know how I can be more clear.
1. The mails the wmo cover, NOTHING in Climategate changes the science.
NOTHING. I said as much in the book. mails do not and cannot change science.
2. The WMO incident is a case of bad chartmanship. period.
Now you get to disagree. you get to disagree with me, you get to disagree with the Muir russel inquiry, you get to disagree with gavin schmidt.
what you dont get to do is characterize it as an attack on climate science.
well you can try.
some how I stumbled on this guy.
I have watched a lot of his stuff.
if you click your head the right way you can see how his argument could be framed as an example
of how certain social pressures and decisions have shaped the path of physics
Willard will enjoy the parallels with some contrarian tropes.
of course Sir popper makes an appearance, as does consensus
very interesting History of how truth was constructed.
he has a lot of odd stuff on particle physics and an interesting view on physical constants
my interest is just in the style of argument not so much the substance which is beyond me
Steven Mosher: “you get to disagree with gavin schmidt.”
The thread is getting long, but I did not see any source for your claim that Gavin supports you. ATTP provided a direct quote that suggests otherwise.
gavin and mike mann
“One example of this was the cover art on a WMO 1999 report which, until last November, was completely obscure (we are not aware of any mention of this report or this figure before November in any blogospheric discussion, ever). Nonetheless, in the way of these things, this figure is now described as ‘an icon’ in the Muir Russell report (one of their very few mistakes, how can something be an icon if no-one has ever seen it?). In retrospect (and as we stated last year) we agree with the Muir Russell report that the caption and description of the figure could indeed have been clearer, particularly with regard to the way proxy and instrumental data sources were spliced into a single curve, without indicating which was which. The WMO cover figure appears (at least to our knowledge) to be the only instance where that was done. Moving forward, nonetheless, it is advisable that scientists be as clear as possible about what sorts of procedures have gone into the preparation of a figure. But retrospective applications of evolving standards are neither fair nor useful.”
referring to
“[Response: Ok, last word on this before I turn in. This 10 year old graph is irrelevant to any current readings of the science. The caption describing what was done is unclear and should have been more complete. I have no personal knowledge of how smoothing was done in any of a hundred different variations of this particular theme. The rule should be that what ever is done, and for what ever reason, the description should match. The latest version of this kind of figure in IPCC AR4 is very clear about what is done, and it does not merge the two kinds of data. However, if you have two kinds of data showing similar things I am not surprised that people want to plot them together and I don’t see why that is – in principle – problematic. I’d be much more interested if this actually mattered. – gavin]
So 3 options
A better caption : Mike Mann, gavin Schimdt, Muir russel steven mosher
B. Show the divergence: Steve Mcintyre, Steve mosher
C. Pick a better a Graphic: Mosher
So I am ok with all three options.
This is pretty simple: Got a bad piece of cover art. i’d be much more interested if this actually
mattered, but as it stands what is More interesting ( thin green line) is the unwillingness of
some to say
1. The graphic doesn’t matter, the report doesnt matter
2. Any of the 3 options above should be acceptable to reasonable folks.
that is , since it doesnt change the science and could never change the science and since it
doesn’t really matter in any material way, one should fix the nit and move on. Like gavin said.
Like Mike said. Like I said.
Folks dont like the cover art of Our book. Cool. When we did it we kinda figured the
book would piss off both sides.
the cover would piss off one side and the last chapter would piss off the other side.
we quite literally discussed this, basically how to throw some red meat to the skeptics and
keep them reading until the last chapter.
an_older_code says:
I have just finished reading “What is Real” by Adam Becker
It charts the history of Quantum Mechanics, specifically the travails of the Copenhagen “sceptics / heretics”
I must admit I had some clue as to the issues around the measurement problem and the fact that this was not addressed (and actively discouraged) in academia in any meaningful way until quite recently
But I had no idea just how vitriolic it was and how the Copenhagen Interpretation became wedded to certain strains of philosophy and an almost religious devotion to Niels Bohr
I thought the book is very good btw
“But retrospective applications of evolving standards are neither fair nor useful.” is a rather important bit of context there.
Things could always be done better when viewed through the retrospectoscope.
It is still a mountain being made of a molehill. I rather doubt Briffa would have disagreed that the line plotted was a reasonable summary of what the paper as a whole would conclude about global temperatures.
“the caption could have been better” is a bit of a damp squib, given the hyperbole of the book and the blog-bluster.
It’s more than that I don’t like it, it is that it is misleading, much more misleading than the cover of the WMO report, for the reasons we have discussed here. “Mike’s nature trick” – the very first quote on the cover – has no implications of dishonesty or malpractice whatsoever, and yet it is given maximal prominance.
you deliberately played to their social biases? … how very scientific.
It is ironic that people that make criticisms are often themselves resistant to criticism. Even more ironic when it is for the very same thing (misleading* cover art)
* as I said, I don’t think the WMO cover art is really misleading, what it shows is pretty much what the Briffa paper concludes about global temperatures. There is more to a paper than the data. “the caption could be better” implicitly concedes that what is shown is reasonable.
I should have stayed on vacation…
Paul Pukite 🌏 (@WHUT) says:
The question to Mosher is how long did it take to write that book? From the timeline, it appears to have been written in less than a month. As I recall, the emails were hacked late November and the book was out by January?
Paul Pukite, yes. We gave ourselves a 30-day deadline. The topic was newsworthy and both skeptics and alarmists were spreading copious amounts of misinformation about the subject almost from the day the emails were discovered.
The book suffers in some aspects because of it. As Steve notes above, three factual errors crept in. The proofing and editing was rushed. I’m not entirely certain that either of us used spell check on the final version.
I like the cover as art. That’s kinda the difference between it and the Hockey Stick graph. Art, you know–as opposed to science.
Once again, you try to deflect away from my main point, which is:
You can keep shouting “Look squirrel!”, but I”ll keep coming back to point.
Mr. Loblaw, I think your criticism suffers from not having read the book. Had you done so you would have seen Steven’s very generous attempts to credit those we criticized and our attempts to place their mistaken actions in a context that led readers to see them as humans rather than evile bad guys in lab coats.
climategate – this sums it up
Tom, you can demean yourself unwittingly. And insult others unwittingly.
Particularly if you’re so blind you will not see. The “corruption” working title is a stonking example of that!
Amusing link to Lewis (or at least to that vein of writing and the religious background). Jonathan Swift apparently, although probably paraphrasing the Bible.
Thomaswfuller The “Mike’s Nature Trick” is a nothingburger as this discussion demonstrates. In retrospect, people could say the caption could be better. Does that really justify the prominent place on the front cover and the cover blurb that says “For those who have heard that the emails were taken out of context–we provide that context and show it is worse when context is provided.” In this case, the context shows that there there is nothing untoward in that quote.
The cover of your book is deeply misleading, and neither you nor Steven appear to be able to accept that your cover is misleading. How ironic.
dikran, I suppose there’s no reason for you to be aware of this, but Steven and I were among the first and most ardent explainers of the innocent nature of Mike’s Nature Trick. Breitbart News basically cut off a TV interview with me after I told them it was a nothing burger and that the emails did nothing to undercut the published science. For some reason they were not interested in things like ethics and best practice, good governance of institutions, etc.
They literally said thanks, good-bye. I guess I wasn’t telegenic enough.
Thomas Fuller:: “Mr. Loblaw, I think your criticism suffers from not having read the book.”
My criticism is not of the book. My criticism is not of the questions of how much it is appropriate to summarize or “leave things out” when presenting information to an audience.
My criticism is of Mr. Mosher’s behavior here. Repeatedly, I have seem him criticize the behavior or actions of others, while justifying his own performance of the same behaviors or actions. The extent to which he or you bring in information from the book notwithstanding, it is the behavior presented here that I criticize.
Thomas, you are evading the point. If you *knew* it was a nothingburger at the time, why is it the first quote prominently placed on the cover under the title, with the promise that “For those who have heard that the emails were taken out of context–we provide that context and show it is worse when context is provided.”
That is dishonest IMHO.
SM: ““we quite literally discussed this, basically how to throw some red meat to the skeptics and
TWF: “Breitbart News basically cut off a TV interview with me after I told them it was a nothing burger and that the emails did nothing to undercut the published science”
mystery, complete mystery to me as well! ;o)
I resolved not to bother with folks who appear to be fundamentally dishonest. It’s a waste of time. Just call them out occasionally and remind everyone that their work has not been honest and above-board. Who cares what a person has to say if that person has a reputation and track record that suggests dishonesty?
“dikran, I suppose there’s no reason for you to be aware of this, but Steven and I were among the first and most ardent explainers of the innocent nature of Mike’s Nature Trick. Breitbart News basically cut off a TV interview with me after I told them it was a nothing burger and that the emails did nothing to undercut the published science.”
Parallels my experience must have been 5 or so on camera interviews that never saw the light of
day because I refused to question the science or entertain and of the fraud shit
\”1) You attack others using some principle that you hold regarding how you think others should behave (especially, leaving things out, it seems).
Oh I would not doubt it.
if you can point out a place where I fucked up , and suggest 3 ways to remedy it
I will gladly choose any remedy you suggest.
On nov 19th or so I passed what I knew to Andrew revkin and told him to follow the foia.
Tom and I went to a movie and I said I was done.
Tom wanted to write a book and my opinion was that revkin would do a proper job and I’m no journalist.
At that point our view was this.
One side said : boys behaving badly (literally)
One side said : fraud. literally
Our view? neither of those captures some of the nuance we saw.
Around Nov 26th ( I can look up the exact mail, maybe the 29th) Tom asked me if I was happy with my
“leave it to journalists”
I said no, because it was still being treated as Nothing or everything.
So I sat down to write.
I wrote from that day until sometime after xmas, and passed my stuff to tom to add his stuff
we set a deadline of 30 days or so. I went final to tom on an 7th
Bishop hill was working on something
( he was focused on the HS and I could care less about that)
Anyway it might be instructive to look at the titles and art we rejected.
I have all those discussions
Yup that’s why we dont discuss it
I certainly hope we mislead some skeptics into buying it!
The cover was a struggle what we rejected ( the cover artwork was outsourced) was more problematic
So here is the deal. you get a bunch of mails. after plowing through all of them you discover
that the story everyone else comes away with is
the HS is a hoax,
There is nothing here move along.
and you think it’s not a hoax, but there are some important issues about data sharing
and FOIA that everyone is missing. you think there is something here ( data sharing and FOIA) that
is WORTH talking about. Turns out so does the ICO. who knew?
How do you tell that story? what picture do you use? So make 3 suggestions. Since it was self published maybe we can publish it again with your title and art work. there are the 3 mistakes
that we need to do errata on as well. I cant remember the 3rd, I think Tom has it.
So I think figure 10 from the WMO report would have been better.
What artwork can you suggest to me to replace our misleading cover.
As a Democrat I always have a laugh at my Republican friends. I tell them, “What were the odds? All the liberal politicians in the world and we kept picking Satan’s Spawn to run for president time after time. What an amazing coincidence.
Equally amazing–everyone who opposes you is always on Big Oil’s payroll, completely ignorant of science, callously indifferent to the environment. I mean–what were the odds that we would all be this evil?
It is difficult to express how deeply uninteresting I find a re-litigation of the legitimacy of the MBH paleoclimate reconstruction and the ‘hockey stick’ graph thjat derived from it.
Its irrelevance is only exceeded by an argument over the rsignificance of the ‘climategate’ emails and the SM/TF opportunistic exploitation of that event.
The succeeding decades have provided confirmation of the handle of the hockey stick, and lengthened the blade. While relegating the CRU emails to a footnote of no significance to the understanding of the climate.
The only interest either issue hold in respect of the subject of this thread is WHY the hockey stick and the emails were so enthusiastically embraced as evidence of scientific bias by certain segments of society.
Despite the paucity of real evidence that either provided that climate science had any significant bias.
Those that still claim the recent exceptional warming is a hoax, or that climate scientists are part of a shadow cabal intent on perpetuating fraud have been relegated to a few fringe websites and the comment sections of tabloid media where they compete with the anti-vaxxers and flat-earthers for attention.
The real question is WHY the idea that the results emerging from climate science, and the scientists involved were targeted. What element of the science motivated individuals and organisations to become dogmatically devoted to the belief that there was such a bias in the science and the scientists that the whole field of knowledge could be denigrated and dismissed with such vigour.
‘ Yup that’s why we dont discuss it’
This is just more disappointing evasion. The cover of your book is wilfully misleading, yet you can’t appear to see the irony/hypocrisy of criticising the WMO report (that isn’t misleading, certainly not wilfully, just could be better captioned). This seems to me to be a clear example of what Izen was talking about
“ if you can point out a place where I fucked up , and suggest 3 ways to remedy it
I will gladly choose any remedy you suggest.‘
Take the book off the market?
Sorry bob rather than izen
‘ It is difficult to express how deeply uninteresting I find a re-litigation of the legitimacy of the MBH paleoclimate reconstruction and the ‘hockey stick’ graph thjat derived from it.’
It’s interesting here as an example of the effect of societal/cognitive bias.
‘ So here is the deal. you get a bunch of mails. after plowing through all of them you discover
So why did you put “mikes nature trick” quote in the most prominent position under the title, given you know there was nothing to it? This is a direct question and a straight answer would be appreciated.
To give a direct answer to your question:
Anything that accurately represents the contents of the book and doesn’t mislead potential readers. For instance you could add a note to the front saying “there is actually nothing untoward about these quotes” and have arrows pointing to the “mikes nature trick”, “redefine peer review”, “hide the decline” and “can’t account for the lack of warming” quotes, and perhaps others.
I look forward to the new cover.
TWF “I like the cover as art. That’s kinda the difference between it and the Hockey Stick graph. Art, you know–as opposed to science.”
So it is fine for cover art be willfully misleading on a supposedly factual book? Or is it just O.K. when it is your book?
Oh, I know! I know! Pick me! Pick me!
Sit down, think about the core principles of behavior that you expect from others, and then follow those principles in your own behavior.
Steve will have to fight through me before we change the cover or the content, other than fixing the mistakes that were pointed out to us.
The self-anointed Hockey Team erred badly and sometimes were quite conscious of the wrongness of their actions. Pointing this out was a public service.
A greater public service was communicating to the skeptic community, the mainstream media and the British Parliament that although the Hockey Team erred badly, the basic thrust of climate science was not affected by their behavior.
If you don’t want to relitigate Climategate, quit bringing it up. If you insist on bringing it up, at least find something interesting to b.s. about.
I still find the reasons that SM/TF picked the cover art and quotes for the book much less interesting than WHY it was an economically vaible project.
As with ‘The Bell Curve’ and similar articles dealing with Climate Science or Race, why is there a market for these spurious claims that mainstream science is biased.
(these are rhetorical questions, my answer is contained in posts I made previously in this thread.)
I have no interest in re-litigating Climategate. I think it’s a non-issue. I do, though, find it somewhat ironic that you ignore criticism of your choice of cover, despite the choice of cover of a report being a significant Climategate issue. I realise that you probably won’t think about this all that much, but the point is that there can valid disagreements about choices that are made, without this implying that anything dishonest/underhanded took place.
izen, if you are claiming that mainstream science is biased, where is your evidence?
Likewise, if you are claiming that we claimed that mainstream science is biased, where is your evidence?
“The self-anointed Hockey Team erred badly and sometimes were quite conscious of the wrongness of their actions.”
You mean like highlighting a quote prominently under the title and promising that the context would reveal that it was worse than it appeared, when you knew perfectly well that there was nothing whatsoever dubious about it? Utter hypocrisy.
In the recent CRU documentary that featured SM, they mentioned that Prof. Jones was initially very helpful and forthcoming with data. I suspect this discussion amply illustrates how this relationship soured, and the fault probably didn’t lie with Prof. Jones, but the behaviour of his critics. I have lost a lot of respect for Steven on this thread by his evasion and unwillingness to accept the double standard being applied.
I know it is a rhetorical question, but Mrs Marsupial has a small publishing company. The major costs of writing a book appear to be in the writing/production, especially now there are print on demand services. If you look at Amazon, there are plenty of books published that way which will not make anybody rich.
Bit of a return to the days of political pamphleteering (but not quite at the Thomas Paine level ;o)?
“f you don’t want to relitigate Climategate”
I’m not, I’m pointing out your hypocrisy. You have already agreed that “Mikes Nature Trick” is a nothingburger, so there is nothing to relitigate there – we agree. The question is why is it promenantly highlighted on the cover of your book (with the promise that the context shows the quotes to be worse than they seem) when you knew all along that there was nothing to it?
Of course if you were going to give a straight answer to that, you would have done so already, you have had plenty of opportunity.
“In the recent CRU documentary that featured SM, they mentioned that Prof. Jones was initially very helpful and forthcoming with data. I suspect this discussion amply illustrates how this relationship soured, and the fault probably didn’t lie with Prof. Jones, but the behaviour of his critics.”
yes it was clear from the doc he suspected bad faith……….
broadly speaking there are two types of flatearthers – those that sell the T-shirts and those that buy the T-shirts
I don’t think Climategate is a topic worth all that much further discussion. I’m also not that keen to have comments discussing individuals who have probably suffered enough because of the furore over a fake scandal.
” if you are claiming that mainstream science is biased, where is your evidence?”
If I was claiming that I would have stated the claim explicitly.
I struggle to understand how you arrived at the conclusion I may be doing so from the observation that there is a viable market for books and articles claiming that certain areas of scientific knowledge are biased, or outright fraudulent.
Why do you think there was a market for your work on climategate while a comparable book about another subject in science, say disputing exo-planet discoveries, would not have the same appeal ?
@-“if you are claiming that we claimed that mainstream science is biased…”
I have no idea what it claims as I have never read it. I am only aware of its reputation, and the genre of books it is grouped with.
If perhaps you find the company you keep an unjust association I suspect a certain lack of insight into the larger context of this issue.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3787818/#app1-0002764213477096
Thomas, please, please, pretty please make that clear to your co-author, Steven. I sincerely hope that you will apply the same principles of conduct to him that you expect from others.
[ESTR] As with ‘The Bell Curve’ and similar articles dealing with Climate Science or Race, why is there a market for these spurious claims that mainstream science is biased.
[VLAD] If you are claiming that mainstream science is biased, where is your evidence?
“[ESTR]… [VLAD]…”
Ah, thanks, now I understand, only the last four words in any sentence are processed.
The [ESTR} and [VLAD] acronyms are lost on me, but…
izen, it not a simple “last four words” algorithm, if we see a similarity between Thomas and Steven. Earlier in this thread, I had stated to Steven:
It seems you have such a bad case of dislike against certain aspects of climate science that you just can’t resist the temptation to take any opportunity to to renew your attacks on part of that climate science,
and Steven responded with
Somehow, the context of “…certain aspects of…” and “…part of that…” was discarded, to transform it into all of climate science.
Sloppy reading skills? Sloppy writing skills? Selective retention? Bias? Lots of possibilities come to mind.
If you ever wish to argue that our dynamic duo claims that mainstream science is biased, you might recall the lukewarm playbook. To bet under 3 in effect presumes that mainstream science is too high. In fact, any bet under the mainstream science’s spread also presumes such bias:
After four years of work by 25 researchers, we've been able to narrow the range of future climate change. We find that equilibrium climate sensitivity is likely between 2.6C and 4.1C per doubling of CO2, compared to 1.5C to 4.5C in the last IPCC report https://t.co/lpG02X9IT0 1/ pic.twitter.com/OTuIYb4Pzt
— Zeke Hausfather (@hausfath) July 22, 2020
There’s a reason why Eli calls that betting scheme luckwarm.
That being said, it’s hard to know exactly what’s the luckwarm position. Here is one definition, and here’s my reading of its function:
Basically, the strategy is this one:
1. Portray your opponents as alarmists.
2. Present yourself as the rationally optimistic middle ground.
In politics, this is the Overton window:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window
Marketing gurus know this.
INTEGRITY ™ – It’s what we sell
http://judithcurry.com/2012/09/18/skeptics-make-your-best-case-part-ii/#comment-241688
https://andthentheresphysics.wordpress.com/2015/05/19/lukewarmers-a-follow-up/#comment-56497
Vintage 2015. Or vintage 2012. Time flies.
> The [ESTR} and [VLAD] acronyms are lost on me
They represent the main characters of Waiting for Godot.
I find them useful for informal dialogs:
https://andthentheresphysics.wordpress.com/2019/06/06/estragon-and-the-expert/
Bob –
> Sloppy reading skills? Sloppy writing skills? Selective retention? Bias? Lots of possibilities come to mind.
That’s how Steven rolls
well, Bob, since I gave folks 3 options for the WMO cover I would expect others to do likewise.
in short, I expect folks to amend cover art selection when
A) an independent investigation found it to be misleading
B) options for corrections are offered.
Not that hard
‘you deliberately played to their social biases? … how very scientific.”
last I looked we didn’t set out to write a science paper.
Ah nope. you have the chronology all wrong and reasons (behavior of critics) all wrong
as the mails show. not gunna correct you which would require posting mails.
bottom line Jones shared data with Mc when Mc was an unknown, but after MM 2003 was
published he got an earful from other people and changed his behavior.
Maybe I can ask that we avoid discussing individuals. I’m not that interested in another discussion about the supposed motives of people who’ve probably suffered enough for something that was a non-event in the first place.
ah it was not an economically viable project. That’s why we choose a self publishing route.
Granted it sold more than most books because most books dont sell, but in the end I would hazard that Tom and I each earned about 25 bucks an hour.
As for the bias???
At the time The median value for ECS was ~3C.
I have always characterized my position as this:
Given an Under/Over bet of 3C I will take the under bet.
Why? Not because I think the science is “biased”
but rather
1. Gavin’s model E was 2.7C and I respect his work. I probably said this on Lucia’s a few times
2. James annaan was at 2.5 C and I respect his work
https://climateaudit.org/2008/01/02/james-annan-on-25-deg-c/
some of the models at the high end of ECS had positive drift/oscillations in the control runs
Miroc5 and hadgsm2_es — making me think models at the high end were probably less correct.
So its essentially a 50/50 bet and given a choice I agreed with gavins model and James annan’s
work. And there were some oddities in the models at the high end.
Nothing strong enough to claim a “Bias”, but enough to tip a 50/50 bet.
what would I base policy on? 3C of course.
so it is O.K. to be misleading when presenting a history of science? Sophistry.
A) is a classic example of an impossible expectation as a means of denial,
and obvious sophistry as SM has already agreed that the “Mikes Nature Trick” is a nothingburger and hence it is misleading to prominently place it on the cover with the promise that the context of the emails make the quotes worse than they appear.
B) has already been offered. Add a label to the quotes on the cover that are actually nothing untoward.
More evasion from SM.
SM “what would I base policy on? 3C of course.”
that would be a bias as the loss function is likely to be super-linear.
SM I will respect ATTP’s request. All I will say is that I have experiences of discussion with all parties involved (including this thread) and I am a big fan of Rashomon and know better than to believe any individual account. I know who I trust more and it isn’t people that employ sophistry to avoid criticism of their work.
Steven responding to me:
So, a core principle of Steven Mosher, covering his general behavior as a human being, is wanting to discuss the WMO report cover via three options?
You’re avoiding the question, and using sophistry to return to a specific subject you want to talk about. It’s “Look, Squirrel!” yet again. Deflection.
Or maybe you are just incapable of generalizing your behavior past a specific example? You compartmentalize each case, and they only exist in isolation? That would explain why you apply different principles to others than you do to yourself. Compartmentalization is a very useful technique to avoid seeing yourself as you really are.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compartmentalization_(psychology)
Maybe I can ask that we avoid discussing individuals.
Mosher: “Parallels my experience must have been 5 or so on camera interviews that never saw the light of day because I refused to question the science or entertain and of the fraud shit”
How is it possible that all those producers invested in these interviews and were surprised that they did not get the expected attacks? Maybe because they were interviewing the authors of such a disgusting booklet destroying a person by publishing their private emails.
[Enough. -W]
My interest in further analysis of the misbehaviour of SM is unmeasurable.
I have encountered media reports of both of these new scientific papers recently purveyed as –
“It’s WORSE than we thought” type news.
Is this an example of how social factors distort neutral science into catastrophism, or might it be justified by the actuality of the science ?
shorturl.at/dhwEW
Interannual variations in meltwater input to the Southern Ocean from Antarctic ice shelves.
“Here, we combine surface height data from satellite radar altimeters with satellite-derived ice velocities and a new model of firn-layer evolution to generate a high-resolution map of time-averaged (2010–2018) basal melt rates and time series (1994–2018) of meltwater fluxes for most ice shelves. Total basal meltwater flux in 1994 (1,090 ± 150 Gt yr–1) was similar to the steady-state value (1,100 ± 60 Gt yr–1), but increased to 1,570 ± 140 Gt yr–1 in 2009, followed by a decline to 1,160 ± 150 Gt yr–1 in 2018. For the four largest ‘cold-water’ ice shelves, we partition meltwater fluxes into deep and shallow sources to reveal distinct signatures of temporal variability, providing insights into climate forcing of basal melting and the impact of this melting on the Southern Ocean.”
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2020AV000163
Rapid Net Carbon Loss From a Whole‐Ecosystem Warmed Peatland
“We experimentally warmed and added CO2 to a series of bog plots in northern Minnesota to investigate whether warming and drying would lead to the increased decomposition and loss of carbon from bogs to the atmosphere, where it would contribute further to warming. We found that warming changed the nature of these bogs from carbon accumulators to carbon emitters—where carbon was increasingly lost to the atmosphere in the form of greenhouse gases CO2 and CH4 as the level of warming increased. This carbon loss was faster than historical rates of carbon accumulation, demonstrating the significant impact of global warming on naturally stored carbon.”
Hotter is superior?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/12/hottest-decade-climate-crisis-2019
Do ‘Tipping Points’ cease to be a socially framed alarmist meme when one is detected ?
Dynamic ice loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet driven by sustained glacier retreat.
“We show that widespread retreat between 2000 and 2005 resulted in a step-increase in discharge and a switch to a new dynamic state of sustained mass loss that would persist even under a decline in surface melt.”
And if you think that Arctic ice loss has not been characterised as an alarmist meme, try this;-
https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6180723767001
Off topic… but I think that sharing this video is actually pretty important:
More on the topic – in non-video form.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/08/how-to-test-every-american-for-covid-19-every-day/615217/
ya joshua been sharing it for a while.
very interesting mistake that people made WRT to testing sensitivity.
Steven –
It is interesting. Common sense seems to say that we should want the most accurate tests possible to be used, and that it’s important for the FDA to regulate the use of less accurate tests.
But MIna’s discussion of contagion control/public health vs. diagnoses/individual health makes a whole lot of sense. It’s not really a frame that I’ve considered before and I’ve been convinced.
At first I found seeing his argument to be very hopeful. Seems like the first realistic plan for addressing that pandemic that I’ve seen. We could get the economy back up and running and get people back to a baseline in terms of safety.
But the more I’ve been thinking about it, the more it seems unrealistic to expect. We have to deal with the existing diagnostic/individual health mindset of the regulatory agencies. We have their risk aversion to shifting gears into a whole new paradigm. It could happen with real leadership – but the chances of seeing that from a Trump administration seems nil to me, and a Biden administration only very, very slightly more likely. So crazy because it should be a no-brainer – employ a bold new strategy and then take credit if it works. Kind of like an real infrastructure plan or a “public health peace corps” approach. No-brainers (seem to me). Who are these people who are advising these politicians?
I’m certainly willing to consider that there are implications I haven’t thought of. What would it really be like to roll out the rapid tests on a scale unlike anything we’ve really seen? What logistical obstacles might develop? Would people really do the tests at home, isolate if they test positive positive, report to officials if they test positive?
All unknowns, But even if there are problems in each of those aspects, it seems to me it would be far better than the near complete lack of plan that is unfolding now. And in the very least, allowing the tests to be made available would enable individual businesses and schools to use the rapid tests within their own cohorts, and allow individuals to test at home on their own.
Maybe there are really strong counter-arguments out there but I can’t think of any and I haven’t seen any yet. That Atlantic article over-promised in terms of providing solid counter-arguments.
I’m still hopeful that a groundswell of support might make a difference…but I”m highly doubtful.
Mid-Miocene already:
https://bravenewclimate.proboards.com/thread/561/back-future?page=1
See today’s entry at the end of the page.
Yes, in the beginning I had a vague feeling that less accurate tests done more frequently
might be a solution, but Mina’s argument put real teeth into that “feeling” and made it
an actual argument that is very hard to deny. I got to read all about CT values and it
is very clear why what he says is vitally important. I am kinda shocked that it hasn’t gotten the attention from policy makers that I would expect. This is the kind of thing I would expect policy makers to call the FDA in and grill them.
Yes. I just took a PCR test to fly from Korea to UAE. Now I am thinking, wouldn’t it be easier
to take the paper strip test before getting on the plane and after getting off.
yes yes yes.
I tried to think through the logistics and then I realized that DK could be kicking in.
Lets see with home testing you are going to have the issue of people who test positive,
dont feel sick, dont trust the test, and ignore the results. Or they trust the results and
try to hide their illness and go to work anyway!.
1. You probably have to roll it out in a controlled manner ( NBA used a similar test)
A) Student testing (Minna is working with Boston schools )
B) Employee Testing
C) Traveler testing
2. It would be cool to pass them out at voting locations
3. Don’t make the perfect the enemy of the good. Some fraction of people will not trust, not report their positive results. 100% sure of this. Perhaps there can be incentives for self reporting.
Early on in Korea you were paid a wage when you reported to quarantine.
I think it would actually save money to do this, but obviously cant prove it
Yep. same with contact tracing. we cant do it perfectly, but we have to try something.
When I first saw Minna I expected it to go viral
crickets.
I expect someone in power to seize the idea and move. get into action, take a chance.
try something different. shake shit up.
The science on this seems crystal clear and compelling. WTF?
> Yes. I just took a PCR test to fly from Korea to UAE. Now I am thinking, wouldn’t it be easier
Hmm. As for testing when you get on and when you get off: it it takes a few days between exposure to infection and the point where you’ll test positive, even on a rapid test. Except that taking the test twice does make a difference in terms of mitigating the possibility for false negatives.
> I got to read all about CT values and it
The mathematical argument about the advantages to multiple rapid tests, especially given the CT values, is very compelling. I doubt that there’s any reasonable counterargument at that level.
> WTF?
Seems to me that cultural attitudes are a huge barrier. In the US, the general attitude is a focus on individual health and a distrust of policies directed for the collective good. But why hasn’t this been taken up in any Nordic countries yet, or a place like South Korea, where collectivist-oriented policies are much more palatable? I heard the head epidemiological dude in Sweden talking about the need for testing at this point…why aren’t they taking this up? They could adopt these policies and use them to mute criticism for their “herd immunity” policies.
Have you talked to any of your libertarian buds about this?
So, are you a socialist-libertarian now?
SM says: “When I first saw Minna I expected it to go viral crickets. WTF?
try something different. shake shit up. crickets.
I felt the same way about greenhouse gas emissions. I thought everyone would look at the science, the predictions and say, Wow, we have to stop burning fossil fuels. But, WTF? It didn’t happen.
It is clear to me in revealing/proposing some scientific issue is not sufficient to create change. That is especially the case if opportunistic propagandists seize the moment to make a fast buck and muddy the waters by casting doubt on the science that is abundantly clear. It is hard to know why people do some things. It is hard to know why people don’t do other things. I feel your pain, Mr. Mosher.
Notice all the misinformation being spread about “T-cell immunity.”
I would point to similar misinformation frequently promoted about climate change, but I don’t want do to that. 🙂
1/ There are various tweets misinterpreting COVID-19 “pre-existing immunity” and making dangerous claims about herd immunity. Since many of those claims refer to our scientific papers, we will reiterate the facts. @SetteLab @ljiresearch @ScienceMagazine @CellCellPress pic.twitter.com/gCZwFMW1iU
— Shane Crotty (@profshanecrotty) August 12, 2020
Joshua, the problem with the herd immunity model is the one I pointed out months ago. The death rate did not flatten off at similar value per 100k across countries or between regions of countries.
So either you had vastly different infection fatality rates in populations with very similar demographics and healthcare; or in some countries more than 100% of the population had to be infected to generate a large enough denominator and so had asymptomatic people infected multiple times over; or neighbouring countries and even provinces within a country had very different prevalence of T-cell reactivity (note that the author does not claim immunity) from previous common-cold coronaviruses. The first I think can be easily discounted, barring the overwhelmed ICUs we know about; the second means that those T-cells confer protection but don’t prevent infection and there’s no reason to believe they prevent transmission; or that those past common-cold outbreaks did not cross the border from Germany into France, Belgium, the Netherlands or Luxembourg (all in Schengen, and Luxembourg has hundreds of thousands of daily cross-border commuters), or from Norway and Finland into Sweden, or between provinces in Spain.
Alternatively, and I think William of Ockham would be with me on this one, the differences between countries reflect the strength and especially the timing of lockdown: the number of cases that had already escaped into the wild before the curve was flattened. With the infection rate doubling once or twice a week, a week or two earlier or later into lockdown makes a huge difference to the final death toll.
See this admirably succinct paper: Have deaths from COVID-19 in Europe
plateaued due to herd immunity? (Figures are in the supplementary material).
Under herd immunity, the cumulative mortality rate due to COVID-19 per million of the population would be expected to plateau at roughly the same level in different countries (assuming similar basic reproduction numbers). This is not what the data show. For example, in Germany, the Netherlands, and Italy, all countries with good quality health care and testing capacity, the difference in mortality is several fold, with Germany at 95 deaths per million population, the Netherlands at 332 deaths per million population, and Italy at 525 deaths per million population (as of May 17, 2020). Although no data are perfect, it is highly unlikely that differences in mortality reporting across countries could explain this scale of variation. …
Second, countries that went into lockdown early experienced fewer deaths in subsequent weeks. Focusing on countries that applied strict suppression measures, we compared the per-capita deaths at the time of lockdown with the per-capita deaths in the following 6 week period (appendix). If herd immunity had already been reached, we would expect no correlation, or even a negative correlation, as lockdown would not alter the herd immunity threshold in the population or the ultimate death rate per capita. A strong linear trend suggests that countries that went into lockdown earlier experienced fewer deaths in the following 6 week period. …
Third, and finally, a strong and consistent relationship exists between the prevalence of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 and mortality from COVID-19 in European populations, consistent with an IFR of 0·5–1·0%. Using data from serology studies (appendix), we compared the proportion of the population that has evidence of previous infection, as measured by antibodies (seroprevalence) at a given timepoint, with the proportion of the population that died from COVID-19 up to the same timepoint (appendix). A strong linear relationship between seroprevalence and mortality indicates that disparate regions have experienced a similar mortality per infection.
If you don’t believe the Covid-19 mortality statistics you can cross-check with the Euromomo excess deaths. A quick glance at the countries with spikes should ring bells if you’ve been following the pandemic in Europe. Or check with worldometers.
The IFR from the study above is consistent with the 0.65% in this recent analysis Estimating COVID-19 under-reporting across 86 nations: implications for projections and control, and with the WHO estimate.
The UK may be an exception on their third point, since our peak deaths were mostly from strains which had been brought back by mid-term holidaymakers returning from infected parts of Europe, not from Chinese strains. Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 spread in Scotland highlights the role of European travel in COVID-19 emergence, and Preliminary analysis of SARS-CoV-2 importation & establishment of UK transmission lineages). Neil Ferguson suggested we could have avoided 20k deaths by locking down a couple of weeks earlier, which is what I was saying at the time, thinking that the doubling rate was faster than government sources were saying. I now think that may have been the right answer for the wrong reason. R looked to have spiked (based on death count) because a bunch of new cases had arrived on flights and spread all over the country to seed new outbreaks, giving a false impression that the original outbreak had accelerated. An earlier lockdown would have nipped those imported outbreaks in the bud; but the same effect might have been achieved by quarantining arrivals from Europe during February. Deaths surged three or four weeks after the mid-term holiday, just enough time for a generation or two of spread and a 19-day median infection-to-death interval.
Although even then their basic point still applies: what mattered was how many cases were in circulation at the time of lockdown, not how they got into circulation. Had we stopped the surge in imported cases, the same decision-making process would probably have led to us congratulating ourselves and locking down a few weeks later, and suffering just as many deaths in the end.
@DtheG: I like your review of the outbreak and spread and I think it is accurate. The big takeaway for me is a measure of our species true ability to lockdown to handle pandemics. I think of our true ability as taking into account our lack of will to lockdown if it costs jobs and/or interrupts the economy. I think it will always take us many months to determine how deadly a new disease is and I think that the death per case rate will fall with a novel infection as we come up with ways to minimize first exposure (which often will correlate with mortality rates for airborne infections) and our medical system gathers enough data to have at least a few treatment regimens developed to reduce the severity of the disease on a case by case basis.
Covid is not the last pandemic we will ever see. The 1918 flu pandemic can repeat if/when we see a particularly virulent strain of influenza and like Covid, the next deadly flu pandemic will be airborne and quite disruptive to our lives and economies. It appears to me from watching the Covid response that the “deciders” will choose to split the impact between lives lost and economic disruption. That’s a pragmatic decision that may look good in retrospect if you and all your loved ones survive.
All that said, grounding of all commercial airflights and quarantine practices for any remaining fliers quickly upon identification of an outbreak would save a lot of lives and disrupt a lot of vacations. Hard stops on other forms of cross border travel (rail, pov, etc.) would need to happen quickly as well to maximize any nation’s effectiveness at stopping an outbreak within its borders (the New Zealand model).
Clearly, this will all proceed on an ad hoc basis with the next pandemic and the countries with the bad luck to have leaders like Bolsonaro or Trump will pay a high price for their leader’s incompetence. Bolsonaro and Trump make Boris Johnson look good in this pandemic. That’s not an easy task, but these two pulled it off.
@-Joshua
“Seems to me that cultural attitudes are a huge barrier. !
I suspect there are also logistical barriers.
How many other products of a similar technical/chemical complexity are manufactured, distributed and made available on the frequency and wide scale to the population that would make this sort of testing viable ?
Posting a piece of paper to more than 80% of the population seems to be beyond most governments.
But the cultural barrier is the novelty. There is no tradition of the widespread use of a health test by a majority of the population. So inertia, reluctance and resistance are likely when faced with a unfamiliar procedure, of ambiguous accuracy that the ‘authorities’ are promoting EVERYONE to use.
I dont know if the decision maps neatly on to individualist/ collectivist divide.
As an individualist I want to manage my own risk. which to me means a rapid test every day
seriously, if its 2 bucks a day, send me tests in the mail instead of a stupid check for 600 bucks.
Korea has a rapid test but they dont use it that I can see. its weird.
Seriously weird. Every day ~1000 people land at Inchon and are put through a test
Foreigners are put in Quarantine. You get tested ONCE the day after you arrive and are then
watched for a fever. It’s a perfect opportunity to test a rapid test. I fully expected to get
rapid tested at the airport, but nope. I fully expected to get tested multiple times during my
14 days in Q. Nope. Once.
Nope. they are all anti mask
Nope. basically I would opt for solutions that maximize individual freedom, except where
that solution manifestly fails to work. This bothers a lot of my libertarian friends.
wait until they discover that this disease has TINY age adjusted IFR in Africa and nobody can explain it.
“wait until they discover that this disease has TINY age adjusted IFR in Africa and nobody can explain it”
Wait until they discover that Africa has very low age demographics above say 65 years old so to speak, has no health care so to speak, no pharmacies so to speak, no artificial life extending operations or drugs so to speak, no old folks homes so to speak, no enclosed social spaces for people to get drunk or whatever so to speak and no fart (sic frat) houses so to speak
Super-spreaders vs hermits-spreaders suggests highly heterogeneous spreading demographics that don’t lent themselves to mean/median/mode and gaussian distribution assumptions, same goes for heterogeneous age distributions, same goes for heterogeneous socitial environments.
But about Africa, please explain most of north Africa (i. e. Egypt, Algeria, Morocco and Sudan) and South Africa.
If all you had were numbers of deaths and confirmed but not locations/cultures/practices/demographics/income, no one, and I do mean no one, would ever figure this thing out. The 86 country paper has more modeling assumptions than deaths! Heck there are more daft (sic draft) COVID-19 papers then their are confirmed/unconfirmed cases combined.
All I know is that the US sucks big time and that it deserves to suck big time given our current feckless leader aka dipshit POTUS aka Small Hands.
@-sbm
“All that said, grounding of all commercial airflights and quarantine practices for any remaining fliers quickly upon identification of an outbreak would save a lot of lives and disrupt a lot of vacations.”
Try looking at the flights arriving from your nearest international airport at present. or flight radar to see how many flights are still operating.
https://www.flightradar24.com/
Before or after they discover porcine flight, Steven?
And what would that say for us in a world of airborne pork? That we don’t need those nasty restrictive measures? All we need to do is knock twenty years off our age, infect ourselves with a bunch of other viruses we’ve not been exposed to, and swap out our DNA for someone else’s. If you have a potion for that, share it with the WHO.
Everett, the basics really are very simple, no need for fancy modelling. Death curves are consistently flattened about three weeks after strict lockdown and social distancing rules are imposed. First-wave death toll per head varies by more than an order of magnitude between adjacent countries, and between states or provinces in federal countries where rules varied between them. Using measures designed to stop droplet transmission, personal contact and touching of droplet-infected surfaces. When lockdowns are released cases rise again, in some cases just as steeply as the first time. “Dark matter” immunity has not been demonstrated and if it existed it would have to magically fail to cross national and state boundaries. Herd immunity due to infection with an order of magnitude lower IFR than the consensus value requires some countries or regions to have more than 100% infection rates. But antibody testing shows 20% so either infection is not generating antibodies or some people are getting infected several times over in a matter of months and not noticing. Age-stratified IFR is consistent wherever there has been widespread testing, going all the way back to Wuhan and the Diamond Princess six months ago. Like ECS, it stubbornly refuses to move no matter how much new data comes in.
As with AGW and evolution, the basics are simple and can be presented in one paragraph. The rest is just detail. What these three have in common is that the consensus view has consilience. That’s why it’s the consensus. If you ignore 90% of the evidence or 90% of the geography, you can always come up with multiple possible explanations for one isolated, limited study. What they all have in common is that they lack consilience. As soon as you lift your eyes from your one isolated, limited study, you realise that it makes a bunch of predictions about other datasets which have already been falsified by hard data. So even if you do have the right answer for your one isolated study, for some unusual reason specific to that study, its out-of-sample usefulness is zero.
I wish the IFR was lower, herd immunity could be achieved at low cost and the virus would rapidly evolve to a less lethal form. Just as I wish AGW wasn’t happening, that it’s not our fault and if it is it’s happening slower than we think or that a natural feedback will kick in and stop it, and that it won’t be harmful anyway. And that all I need to do to have smart, athletic children is to exercise and read a lot before conceiving them. Sadly, wishes aren’t fishes.
“Wait until they discover that Africa has very low age demographics above say 65 years old so to speak,”
That is why I said AGE ADJUSTED
science.
For those who dont like reading
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/08/pandemic-appears-have-spared-africa-so-far-scientists-are-struggling-explain-why
“. Age-stratified IFR is consistent wherever there has been widespread testing, going all the way back to Wuhan and the Diamond Princess six months ago. Like ECS, it stubbornly refuses to move no matter how much new data comes in.”
Not really, Korean data ( figuring in the latest seroprevalence) shows a HIGHER IFR.
Some African data shows substantially lower.
One missing piece ( for proper adjustments) is the cross tabulation of
AGE with Co Morbidity.
So, you’ll find higher and lower IFRs , even age adjusted IFRs, until you adjust for heterogeneous
co morbidities across populations.
Further, Since some of the early clinical decisions ( over intubating and refusing to treat
with steroids — both of which have changed 180 degrees ) led to higher deaths, you’ll perhaps see the IFR ( age adjusted and co morbidity adjusted ) come down.
or people will calculate it without the confounding factors of changed clinical practice over the
course of the pandemic.
None of this is policy relevant in my mind, but there are folks who will think it is
Of course there’s a range Steven. That’s why I’ve usually quoted 0.5% to 2% IFR. Depends on treatment and co-morbidities as well as age. But most of the countries with high death numbers have very similar demographics and co-morbidities. And most of our discussion has been about those countries.
I would expect the crude IFR to be lower in African countries with few old people. But that doesn’t make a tens of percent IFR among those non-numerous old people any less palatable for their relatives. Indeed one might argue that the West has a surplus of old people and developing countries are less able to cope with the loss of knowledge and expertise. Like an elephant or meercat or orca group losing its matriarch. Although there are some old people, like Mugabe, that countries could have well done without…
It would only be policy-relevant if it changed by an order of magnitude. I’ve seen no evidence that it has and lots that it hasn’t. Certainly not from 4 days less in ICU but no demonstrated change in clinical outcome; a bit more from a 30% reduction in ICU fatalities. OTOH the growing evidence of long-term impairments among survivors, and about blood clotting which probably means some heart attacks and strokes should have been attributed to Covid-19 but weren’t, moves the dial the other way.
Dave –
I need you to unpack your comment a bit:
> Joshua, the problem with the herd immunity model is the one I pointed out months ago. The death rate did not flatten off at similar value per 100k across countries or between regions of countries.
I don’t get what you’re saying there. Do you mean that the HIT is likely to be at different levels in different communities? If so, I agree – just as the IFR is likely to differ in association with many moderators/mediators/interaction effects (age stratification, population density, mask wearing, co-morbidities, attendance to large events where super-spreaders might be lurking, etc.), so would the HIT, as it seems the HIT is to some extent a function of heterogeneity and heterogeneity is affected by all those behavioral and structural factors.
> So either you had vastly different infection fatality rates in populations with very similar demographics and healthcare;
I’m not sure what specifics comparisons you’re making there. Many confounding variables to account for. Particularly since there’s the whole issue of “viral load”/threshold cycle value, as it might affect both transmissibility/susceptibility to infection AND severity of infection
> or in some countries more than 100% of the population had to be infected to generate a large enough denominator and so had asymptomatic people infected multiple times over; or neighbouring countries and even provinces within a country had very different prevalence of T-cell reactivity (note that the author does not claim immunity) from previous common-cold coronaviruses.
I think that the distinction between T-cell activity in terms of severity of infection, and T-cell activity in terms of prevention of infection is relevant here.
> Alternatively, and I think William of Ockham would be with me on this one, the differences between countries reflect the strength and especially the timing of lockdown: the number of cases that had already escaped into the wild before the curve was flattened. With the infection rate doubling once or twice a week, a week or two earlier or later into lockdown makes a huge difference to the final death toll.
So I guess that despite the other parts above where I didn’t quite get what you were saying, that paragraph is your basic thesis?
It certainly seems to me that the timing of the NPIs/shelter in place orders relative to the amount of spread prior is certainly significantly explanatory. As are factors that are directly related – such as amount of travel from hotspots and/or proximity to hotspots. But I do think that there other factors that are certainly relevant as well – such as the propensity of a given population to social distance or wear masks, or important demographics such as race/ethnicity and SES, the degree to which people changed behaviors prior to official interventions being initiated, the % of the population who could work from home/the % of the population who are “essential workers,” the % of the population who live in multi-generational households, etc. Seems to me that those factors would not only affect the fatality rate, but also the infection rate, and accordingly, the HIT.
Is there something that I said there that I’m mistaken about?
izen –
> I suspect there are also logistical barriers.
>> Posting a piece of paper to more than 80% of the population seems to be beyond most governments.
>>>But the cultural barrier is the novelty. There is no tradition of the widespread use of a health test by a majority of the population. So inertia, reluctance and resistance are likely when faced with a unfamiliar procedure, of ambiguous accuracy that the ‘authorities’ are promoting EVERYONE to use.
I’m sure there are logistical barriers, foreseeable and un-foreseeable. And again, follow-through is a huge unknown. But it isn’t a binary situation. It can work imperfectly and still have a huge impact despite logistical and mind-set barriers.
Tump is making a “huge” announcement tonight regarding a “breakthough” on therapeutics. Perhaps he’s gotten the FDA to approve the “less accurate” rapid saliva tests people can do at home/companies and schools can do on their own? I hope so. Let him take the credit. I’d even be happy in the end if he pushes this along, as even though I’d be unhappy about the bounce he’d get, it would be worth the return in many lives saved and many fewer illnesses contracted. I think that these rapid test might be able to push a HIT lower????
An interesting note – I saw that Mina was questioning the characterization of the rapid at home tests as “less accurate.” As in a sense they are more accurate – because they are actually better at capturing whether people are infectious (and as a result, eliminate wasting resources on having people who aren’t infectious isolating) – even if they are less “sensitive” in a more technical sense.
Maybe you’re online? I have a comment in mod….
Speaking of difference in approach across different countries…
> Researchers in the German city of Leipzig staged a 1,500-person experimental indoor concert on Saturday to better understand how Covid-19 spreads at big, busy events, and how to prevent it.
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/germany-coronavirus-tim-bendzko-concert-wellness-scn-grm-intl/index.html
Unfortunately, you can’t adjust for something that isn’t there in the 1st place, small numbers means bigly yuge multipliers with even biglier yugher uncertainty limits.
While you are at it, explain Pakistan.
“Tump is making a “huge” announcement tonight regarding a “breakthough” on therapeutics. Perhaps he’s gotten the FDA to approve the “less accurate” rapid saliva tests people can do at home/companies and schools can do on their own?”
No, after all Trump doesn’t believe in testing, on his thinking(sic) if there were less pregnancy tests less babies would be born….
What he announced was the emergency use authorisation of plasma from convalescent/recovered COVID19 patients on the basis that it may contain enough antibodies to reduce the severity of the infection in serious cases.
This has problems. It appears likely antibody levels fall quite rapidly after infection so you need patients to donate soon after recovery. Measuring the level of antibodies in any sample is not a high accuracy procedure at present, so different donors may have very different levels of antibody contributions. It may be difficult given the inherent limited supply of antibody containing plasma to identify which cases are serious enough to justify its use.
This is one of the reasons why there is no solid evidence it is actually of benefit. because different places have used it according to different criteria as an experimental option, it is impossible to separate the success they claim from the variation, or noise, in the survival/death rate.
But it allows him to boast that he has made a ‘cure’ available.
@-SM
The largest single society data set on IFR indicates a significantly higher death rate among people of African descent. While this is confounded by co-morbidity, access to health care and poverty in this data, this would only be different on the African continent if those co-morbidity and poverty levels were significantly better in the highly populated regions of Africa than in the US.
Unless you are prepared to look for a varied genetic susceptibility, the key factor appears to be the degree to which people can effectively social distance.
https://www.bcg.com/en-gb/publications/2020/bridging-the-covid-19-racial-divide
It occurs to me that there would be a certain irony if further research revealed that plasma antibody treatment was most effective when used to reduce the case fatality rate in African Americans….
izen — The population of Sub-Saharan Africa is quite young. Some opine that one cannot distinguish from the common cold in youth.
@-D E B
“The population of Sub-Saharan Africa is quite young. Some opine that one cannot distinguish from the common cold in youth.”
I agree that the age profile of sub-Saharan Africa skews young, while N Europe skews old by comparison. But SM seems to be suggesting that the fatality rate will be TINY in Africa with adjustment for the age related factor.
If that IS what he is suggesting, I remain doubtful. As DG suggested the IFR seems to tend towards a common figure as case numbers and data increase and become more accurate. I would suspect that the prevalence of multi-generational large households and communal work environments will speed the spread in many African societies and I fail to see on what basis SM predicts a significantly different IFR.
Joshua, I meant that the HIT is unlikely to be substantially different between countries, at least those discussed in the reference and others I’ve looked at as my amateur self. Yes there will be some variation in R because of social factors but Sweden vs. Norway or Finland: really? You’d need R to vary from barely over 1 to above 3 in adjacent countries or regions with very similar populations and societies. Yes France vs. South Korea or the USA vs. India. No Northern Ireland vs. England. In any case for most European countries the argument is now moot because there’s been a resurgence in cases as lockdown was eased. Ergo, no herd immunity. Or immunity only lasts three months, which in practice amounts to the same thing.
If those cases don’t lead to hospitalisations and deaths because of T cell protection (I expect they will, but two or three transmissions down the line because it’s mostly young people catching it at the moment with a very low IFR), why was there such a strong age preponderance? Old people don’t have T cells? Their T cells don’t work? Then we’re in exactly the same position because the “dark matter” T-cell explanation was introduced for Germany, where the age distribution of deaths is just the same as everywhere else. The people who don’t need to worry about catching it already know that regardless of T cells, just from the age-stratified IFR. And the people who do need to worry still need to worry, whether it’s because they lack effective T cells or for some other age-related reason.
izen — DBB, if you please.
Thanks for the follow up.
> Yes there will be some variation in R because of social factors but Sweden vs. Norway or Finland: really?
Like IFR on a broad scale, I think that the “herd immunity” status on a broad scale isn’t particularly useful. Too much would vary by context. Even within a country comparing Stockholm to more rural regions seems pretty useless. Even Stockholm to Oslo is probably not terribly useful.
And even evaluating whether a locality has the cut-off status of “herd immunity” seems somewhat of limited utility to me, as what seems more relevant are the different stages localities are in heading in that direction. I don’t think it’s likely that the relatively high rate of infection in NYC is irrelevant to the current low rate of spread, for example, irrespective of whether the cut-off for “herd immunity” has been reached. And even beyond that, the status of NYC overall isn’t terribly relevant as there is such huge variance in different communities within NYC.
>If those cases don’t lead to hospitalisations and deaths because of T cell protection (I expect they will, but two or three transmissions down the line because it’s mostly young people catching it at the moment with a very low IFR), why was there such a strong age preponderance?
Seems to me that there’s still much about this that we simply don’t understand. I was just looking at what’s going on in France. The spike in infections is pretty striking – but as of yet not much spike in deaths at all – I think I read something about a slight increase in hospitalizations and ICU admissions. Seems to me the lag between infections and hospitalizations is longer than what people were thinking…and in the US many were suckered in to the arguments that the spike in infections here was only due to more testing (more positive findings with asymptomatic and younger people)…but it still seems odd to me that there is such a pronounced spike in infections with so little movement in deaths.
gator says:
Steven Mosher “I dont know if the decision maps neatly on to individualist/ collectivist divide.
But taking a rapid test doesn’t manage YOUR risk — you are taking this test so that you hopefully will not go out and infect others if you get a positive result. You are taking this test entirely to benefit other people.
Joshua “The spike in infections is pretty striking – but as of yet not much spike in deaths at all – I think I read something about a slight increase in hospitalizations and ICU admissions. …”
Anecdote — I have a friend who manages a floor in a major CA hospital dealing with Covid. Knowledge of the disease and treatment has changed with experience. He described successful recent treatment of a young women with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) for example; he is sure she is alive today because of that, and that treatment was not being used for covid back in April. I dunno if this accounts for all of the apparent change in mortality, but surely better treatment accounts for some of it.
Not necessarily. As a totally selfish person, someone could want to get tested often so that they catch the illness as early as possible, in the hopes that early treatment reduces the severity. Someone could have this viewpoint even if there is no legitimate early treatment that reduces severity – something doesn’t have to exist for someone to believe in it.
There is no necessity that someone give a rat’s @$$ about anyone else.
Of course, someone could be selfish and still care about others.
@-DBB
used to deal a lot with a D.E.B, old habits…..
@-Bob
Altruism is rooted in self-interest.
Life is better for the individual if it is also better for otters.
Society is not optimal if it is a zero sum game.
Bob Loblaw “There is no necessity that someone give a rat’s @$$ about anyone else.”
You just invented the hook to get those people to comply with frequent testing. Thumbs up! Now think of a way to get them to wear a mask.
” Now think of a way to get them to wear a mask.”
The same way we get them to wear pants in public.
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Home » Sports » Basketball
Late Paul shot gives Hornets dramatic win
Source: Agencies | January 21, 2009, Wednesday | Print Edition
ON a night Kobe Bryant and LeBron James faced off, Chris Paul and Danny Granger put on a better show.
Hours before the Cavaliers and Lakers tipped off in Los Angeles, Paul and Granger both made clutch shots with time winding down.
Only Paul's stood as a winner.
Paul capped a 27-point performance with a fadeaway three-pointer as time expired - after Granger hit a three with 2.5 seconds left - and the hobbled New Orleans Hornets escaped with a 103-100 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Monday night.
"As we walked out on the court, I saw Danny was guarding me and I told him, 'Tough shot'," Paul said. "The shot he hit was just as good. I wanted to try to get to the basket but they sort of cut that off, so I threw up a fadeaway and it went in."
It was the second time in a week that Granger had a sterling performance trumped by a late 3. On January 12 at Golden State, he scored 15 of his career high-tying 42 points in a wild fourth quarter, including a 3-pointer that put the Pacers up 117-116 with 23.8 seconds left. But Jamal Crawford hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 11.3 seconds left to help lift the Warriors.
Bryant and James tussled to a draw in Los Angeles, but Bryant's supporting cast helped lift the Lakers to a 105-88 win.
"It's always great when you go against the best," James said. "It brings out the best in you. He's (Bryant) one of the ultimate competitors that we have in our game today, and I enjoy going against him.
In other National Basketball Association games on Monday, it was: Rockets 115, Nuggets 113; Pistons 87, Grizzlies 79; Celtics 104, Suns 87; Trail Blazers 102, Bucks 85; Knicks 102, Bulls 98; Mavericks 95, 76ers 93; Hawks 87, Raptors 84; Spurs 86, Bobcats 84; Timberwolves 94, Clippers 86; and Warriors 119, Wizards 98.
Granger scored 30 points in his homecoming to his native New Orleans. His game-tying 3 set off a brief celebration by the Pacers, but moments later Granger was slumped over, hands on his knees, head hanging, as the Hornets mobbed Paul.
"I wanted no part of overtime," Paul said. "That's a great team we played over there. I don't care what their record says. They gave us two tough games and we hit two big shots to beat them."
In Los Angeles, Bryant had 20 points and 12 assists and Pau Gasol had 22 points and 12 rebounds for the Lakers, whose 32-8 record leads the Western Conference.
James had 23 points and nine rebounds, but shot just 9-of-25. Mo Williams added 16 points, six rebounds and five assists and Sasha Pavlovic scored 12 for the Cavaliers (31-8), who absorbed their most one-sided loss of the season.
In Houston, Yao Ming scored 31 points and Rafer Alston added 18 points and 11 assists as Houston edged Denver.
Denver's Kenyon Martin missed two foul shots with 2.6 seconds left, and Yao rebounded to clinch the win.
Von Wafer had 18 and Luis Scola 16 for the Rockets.
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If Folk Intuitions Vary, Then What?
Edouard Machery, Ron Mallon, Shaun Nichols, Stephen P. Stich
We have recently presented evidence for cross-cultural variation in semantic intuitions and explored the implications of such variation for philosophical arguments that appeal to some theory of reference as a premise. Devitt (2011) and Ichikawa and colleagues (forthcoming) offer critical discussions of the experiment and the conclusions that can be drawn from it. In this response, we reiterate and clarify what we are really arguing for, and we show that most of Devitt's and Ichikawa and colleagues' criticisms fail to address our concerns.
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Martin Keown and Steve Bould – Where are they now: Part 3
On June 19, 2009 September 23, 2012 By jamesgillespIn Arsenal
We have come to the last part of our ‘Where are they now’ feature and today we will be focusing on two of Arsenal’s greatest ever central defenders Martin Keown and Steve Bould. What did they achieve at Arsenal? What type of players were they? What have they done since leaving? What does the future hold for them?
It is fair to say that Keown was one of the most solid centre backs of his generation. Often taking the ‘no-nonsense’ approach, Keown would use his pace and tremendously powerful tackling to be a thorn in the side of every attacking player in the country.
The former England international signed off his Arsenal career in style as well as his last season was the ‘invincible’ campaign when he and his team went unbeaten throughout their 46 Premier League games. It was a fitting end to a tremendous career where Keown won six major honours.
As for what he is up to now, well we occasionally see him working as a pundit on BBC Sport. Often alongside Lee Dixon on MOTD2, Keown offers his views on all things football and normally talks a great deal of sense.
There is the possibility that Keown will move into coaching eventually, but after he reportedly turned down the chance to join Tony Adams at Portsmouth, it seems that he is happy on the BBC Sport sofa for now.
As for Steve Bould, the one time Stoke City defender was an integral part of the ‘famous four’ that helped George Graham’s Arsenal keep so many clean sheets in their time. Bould’s excellent defensive ability and cool head helped him make over 300 appearances for Arsenal, winning seven major honours along the way.
The final of these was the FA Cup in 1998 when Arsene Wenger’s men completed the double. Age wasn’t on Bould’s side at this point, but he still played his part. In fact, his chip that set Tony Adams on his way during the victory that secured the Premier League title will be remembered forever by Arsenal fans.
After leaving the club, Bould had a brief spell at Sunderland where he was made club captain by Peter Reid. He helped the Black Cats finish 7th in the Premier League before injury forced him to retire from the game.
These days though, he is back where he belongs, with the Arsenal. Bould returned to the club in 2001 in a coaching role and is now the coach for the Youth Team. In this role, his reputation as a coach has grown rapidly and there is a distinct possibility he could become a manager himself one day.
This completes the look at David Seaman, Lee Dixon, Nigel Winterburn, Tony Adams, Martin Keown and Steve Bould. All of these players made a huge impact at Arsenal and it seems a safe bet that they will remain part of the club for years to come.
By Thomas Rooney
Read more: Kaba Diawara: Wenger’s Bargain Buy that Never Made it // Tony Adams: Where is he now? // The Famous Back Four: Where are they now?
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2 thoughts on “Martin Keown and Steve Bould – Where are they now: Part 3”
billybigballs
I didn’t really think anyone would need telling where Steve Bould is now as most Gooners know he’s at the club.
Seeing as you did mention him though, I would’ve thought you’d at least mention that he’s just led the boys to a league and FA cup double?
king gooner
p.s. i’m sure it was a slight oversight but “the invincibles” went on a 49 match unbeaten run(not46 as stated)until they were robbed blind by a blatant dive by wayne”shrek”rooney & old mother riley the ref who couldn’t wait to give them another dodgy penalty at manure in the 50th match!!!
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Museum of Human Evolution
Burgos, Spain
This remarkable museum sprung from one of the most important prehistoric archaeological sites in the world.
The brain. Dr Alan P Newman (Atlas Obscura User)
Reconstruction of Homo rhodesiensis by Elisabeth Daynes. JUAN RAMON RODRIGUEZ SOSA (cc by-sa 2.0)
Cross section of Darwin's ship HMS Beagle. Dr Alan P Newman (Atlas Obscura User)
Exterior of the museum. Jardoz (cc by-sa 3.0)
Display on brain evolution. Dr Alan P Newman (Atlas Obscura User)
archaeological sites where early homo sapiens remains have been found AAlcazar (Atlas Obscura User)
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Interior from the ticket desk. Dr Alan P Newman (Atlas Obscura User)
The approach to the museum. Dr Alan P Newman (Atlas Obscura User)
Mock up of an archaeological excavation. Dr Alan P Newman (Atlas Obscura User)
The top floor deals with the evolution of ideas. Dr Alan P Newman (Atlas Obscura User)
Exterior Museo de la Evolución Humana sanprica (Atlas Obscura User)
Top Places in Burgos
Arco de Santa María
Fadrique de Basilea Book Museum
Cartuja de Miraflores
About 10 miles east of the Spanish city of Burgos is the Sierra de Atapuerca, one of the world’s most important and extensive archaeological sites for the study of human evolution. There, skeletal remains were discovered that are believed to be the earliest evidence of humans in Western Europe.
In 2010, a museum, research center, and convention center were built on the site of a former military barracks to form the Complex of Human Evolution (Complejo de la Evolución Humana). While the museum building is a great example of modern architecture, particularly the interior, it is the contents and the way they are displayed that leaves visitors in admiration of the curatorial team.
A major attraction is the section on the evolution of the human brain, which includes a huge model of a brain consisting of interconnected neurons. Visitors can enter the massive organ and see an amazing display of neurons firing during as they process information.
There is also a display of 10 amazing sculptures of our prehistoric ancestors before the Homo sapiens. Another display covers the work of Darwin, including a life-size cross section through HMS Beagle.
The top floor diverts away from prehistory and deals with social and intellectual evolution. There are displays relating to Galileo, Newton, Einstein, and Steven Hawking. The caricatures of these famous scientists are quite amusing.
No photographs are allowed on floor -1 but anywhere else it is allowed without flash. It is also possible to visit the excavations at Atapuerca. After visiting the museum there is a nice terrace bar/cafe outside the convention center which overlooks the river, the statue of El Cid and the old town.
The Kingdoms of Andalucía: Secret Gardens and Haunted Palaces
darwin brain prehistoric archaeology museums
sanprica, AAlcazar
74 Paseo Sierra de Atapuerca
A delightful museum devoted to the history of books.
The most elaborate of 12 medieval arched doorways to the old city of Burgos.
This Gothic church houses ornate royal tombs and a magnificent gilded altarpiece.
Sasamón, Spain
Museo Salaguti
Salaguti's live-in museum: a fortress against criticism and consumer art.
Acolman, Mexico
Museum of Tepexpan
A museum built around the site where the most controversial human remains in the country were found.
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
Frieze of Lions
This pair of running lions engraved on animal bone is one of the earliest artistic depictions of big cats.
The Venus of Brassempouy
This prehistoric figurine is the oldest known realistic depiction of a human face.
Wulumuqi Shi, China
Tarim Mummies
These excavated burials from the Tarim Basin are wrapped in mystery.
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Opportunity to use science to establish radiation standards
July 10, 2014 By Rod Adams
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) to solicit comments from the general public and affected stakeholders about 40 CFR 190, Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Nuclear Power Operations.
The comment period closes on August 3, 2014. The ANPR page includes links to summary webinars provided to the public during the spring of 2014, including presentation slides, presentation audio, questions and answers. This is an important opportunity for members of the public, nuclear energy professionals, nuclear technical societies, and companies involved in various aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle to provide comments about the current regulations and recommendations for improvements.
The existing version of 40 CFR 190 — issued on January 13, 1977 during the last week of the Ford Administration — established a limit of 0.25 mSv/year whole body dose and 0.75 mSv/year to the thyroid for any member of the general public from radiation coming from any part of the nuclear fuel cycle with the exception of uranium mining and long term waste disposal. Those two activities are covered under different regulations. Naturally occurring radioactive material is not covered by 40 CFR 190, nor are exposures from medical procedures.
40 CFR 190 also specifies annual emissions limits for the entire fuel cycle for three specific radionuclides for each gigawatt-year of nuclear generated electricity – krypton-85 (50,000 curies), iodine-129 (5 millicuries), Pu-239 and other alpha emitters > 1 year half-life (0.5 millicuries)
It is important to clarify of the way that the US federal government assigns responsibilities for radiation protection standards. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has the responsibility for regulating individual facilities and for establishing radiation protection standards for workers, but the EPA has a role and an office of radiation protection as well.
The Atomic Energy Act of 1954 initially assigned all regulation relating to nuclear energy and radiation to the Atomic Energy Commission. However, as part of the President’s Reorganization Plan No. 3 of October 1970, President Nixon transferred responsibility for establishing generally applicable environmental radiation protection standards from the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) to the newly formed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
…to the extent that such functions of the Commission consist of establishing generally applicable environmental standards for the protection of the general environment from radioactive material. As used herein, standards mean limits on radiation exposures or levels or concentrations or quantities of radioactive material, in the general environment outside the boundaries of locations under the control of persons possessing or using radioactive material.
(Final Environmental Impact Statement, Environmental Radiation Protection Requirements for Normal Operations of Activities in the Uranium Fuel Cycle, p. 18)
Before the transfer of environmental radiation responsibilities from the AEC to the EPA and until the EPA issued the new rule in 1977, the annual radiation dose limit for a member of the general public from nuclear fuel cycle operations was 5 mSv – 20 times higher than the EPA’s limit.
The AEC had conservatively assigned a limit of 1/10th of the 50 mSv/year applied to occupational radiation workers, which it had, in turn, conservatively chosen to provide a high level of worker protection from the potential negative health effects of atomic radiation.
The AEC’s occupational limit of 50 mSv was less than 1/10th of the previously applied “tolerance dose” of 2mSv/day, which worked out to an annual limit of approximately 700 mSv/year.
Aside: After more than 100 years of human experience working with radiation and radioactive materials, there is still no data that prove negative health effects for people whose exposures have been maintained within the above tolerance dose, which was initially established for radiology workers in 1934. End Aside.
From the 1934 tolerance dose to the EPA limit specified in 1977 and still in effect, requirements were tightened by a factor of 2800. The claimed basis for that large conservatism was the lack of data at low doses, leading to uncertainty about radiation health effects on humans.
The only measured human health effects were determined from the acute doses greater than 100 mSv received by the lowest exposed portion of the population of atomic bomb survivors. Based on data from the Life Span Study of atomic bomb victims, which supported a linear relationship between dose and effect, the National Academy of Sciences committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR) recommended a conservative assumption that the linear relationship continued to exist all the way down to a zero dose, zero effect origin.
For the radionuclide emissions limits, the EPA chose numbers that stretch the linear no-threshold dose assumption by applying it to extremely small doses spread to a very large population.
The Kr-85 standard is illustrative of this stretching. It took several hours of digging through the 240 page final environmental impact statement and the nearly 400 page long collection of comments and responses to determine exactly what dose the EPA was seeking to limit and how much it thought the industry should spend to achieve that protection.
The EPA determined that allowing the industry to continue its established practice of venting Kr-85 and allowing that inert gas to disperse posed an unacceptable risk to the world’s population.
It calculated that if no effort was made to contain Kr-85, and the US industry grew to its projected 1000 GW of electricity production by 2000, an industry with full recycling would release enough radioactive Kr-85 gas to cause about 100 cases of cancer/year.
The EPA’s calculation was based on a world population of 5 billion people exposed to an average of 0.0004 mSv/year per individual.
At the time that the analysis was performed, the Barnwell nuclear fuel reprocessing facility was under construction and nearly complete. It had not been designed to contain Kr-85. The facility owners provided an estimate to the EPA that retrofitting a cryogenic capture and storage capability for krypton-84 would cost $44.6 million.
The EPA finessed the exceedingly large cost for tiny benefit by saying that the estimated cost for the Barnwell facility was not representative of what it would cost other facilities that were designed to optimize the cost of Kr-85 capture. It based that assertion on the fact that Exxon Nuclear Fuels was in a conceptual design phase for a reprocessing facility and had determined that it might be able to include Kr-85 capture for less than half of the Barnwell estimate.
GE, the company that built the Midwest Fuel Recovery Plant in Morris, Illinois provided several comments to the EPA, including one about the low cost benefit of attempting to impose controls on Kr-85.
Comment: The model used to determine the total population dose should have a cutoff point (generally considered to be less than 0.01 mSv/year) below which the radiation dose to individuals is small enough to be ignored.
In particular, holdup of krypton-85 is not justified since the average total body dose rate by the year 2000 is expected to be only 0.0004 mSv/year.
Response: Radiation doses caused by man’s activities are additive to the natural radiation background of about 0.8-1.0 mSv/year [note: the actual level at that time, as indicated by other parts of the documents was 0.6 – 3.0 mSv/yr] whole-body dose to which everyone is exposed. It is extremely unlikely that there is an abrupt discontinuity in the dose-effect relationship, whatever its shape or slope. at the dose level represented by the natural background that would be required to justify a conclusion that some small additional radiation dose caused by man’s activities can be considered harmless and may be reasonably ignored.
For this reason, it is appropriate to sum small doses delivered to large population groups to determine the integrated population dose. The integrated population dose ay then be used to calculate potential health effects to assist in making judgements on the risk resulting from radioactive effluent releases from uranium fuel cycle facilities, and the reasonableness of costs that would be incurred to mitigate this risk.
Existing Kr-85 rules are thus based on collective doses and a calculation of risks that is now specifically discouraged by both national (NCRP) and international (ICRP) radiation protection bodies. It is also based on the assumption of a full recycle fuel system and ten times as much nuclear power generating capacity as exists in the US today.
There are many more facets of the existing rule that are worthy of comment, but one more worth mentioning today is concluding paragraph from the underlying policy for radiation protection, which is found on the last page of the final environmental impact statement.
The linear hypothesis by itself precludes the development of acceptable levels of risk based solely on health considerations. Therefore, in establishing radiation protection positions, the Agency will weigh not only the health impact, but also social, economic, and other considerations associated with the activities addressed.
In 1977, there was no consideration given to the fact that any power that was not generated using a uranium or thorium fuel cycle had a good chance of being generated by a power source producing a much higher level of carbon dioxide. In fact, the EPA in 1977 had not even begun to consider that CO2 was a problem. That “other consideration” must play a role in any future decision making about radiation limits or emission limits for radioactive noble gases.
Note: Dose rates from the original documents have been converted into SI units.
Filed Under: Atomic history, Atomic politics, Health Effects, LNT, Nuclear regulations
Good work. I think that you omitted the word ‘no’ before the word ‘data’ in your aside, above.
Jeff S says
Bump. That sentence doesn’t make much sense unless you meant “still no data”.
@Jeff & Jeff – Thank you both for the correction. How does it look now?
Joffan says
The EPA should take follow the conclusions of the ICRP regarding collective dose:
“The aggregation of very low individual doses over extended time periods is inappropriate, and in particular, the calculation of the number of cancer deaths based on collective effective doses from trivial individual doses should be avoided.” (ICRP Publications 103 in the Executive summary)
@ Rod,
As a lay person I am not sure how to comment on this in a way that will help make standard’s more reasonable. For sure, the statement that
Is exactly opposite of what I understand to be good science in measuring effects. But do I need to support my comments with links or references?
Frankly, all radiation standards should never fall below the highest normal background radiation found around the world. Regulating below that level is simply a political means of increasing costs.
I like you guys but Im getting past the point where Im beyond disenfranchised and done with this.
But really here is a incredible opportunity to bring radiation guidelines; with respect to related technological diagnostics and treatments, real, proven clean energy generation, and the entire future of space program (mankind’s ONLY long term, expansive future) into some kind of responsible, science based, cohesive policy.
But no, I have a feeing its going to be another mealymouthed, petty, fear based, misinformed disaster Rod. Sorry for the pessimism.
God knows, if anything, I hope to be made to look totally stupid and proved wrong in this.
I understand the feelings but I see the overall argument moving in favor of Nuclear Energy. Most of the people I talk with are in favor of it. Many are willing to be persuaded. I was very discouraged at one point with the politics of an organization. I had a friend tell me that I needed to hang in there because if I quit I lost my chance to have a voice.
You are only disenfranchised if you stop voting. We have a voice – let’s use it.
In most of the environmental forum’s I visit people dont care/wont discus it or are anti nuclear and will not listen to any reasonable argument. I doubt though I will really give up.
@John T Tucker
Changing minds and politics may be slow and often frustrating, but it is a task worth pursuing. Besides, it has a far better chance of success than trying to change the laws of physics, chemistry, or meteorology.
Lots of depressing news out there now even without the radiophobia constantly weighing in. Nasa recently quit on the Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generator – this blog explains it pretty well ( http://futureplanets.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-asrg-cancellation-in-context.html ). Considering the incredible success of the Curiosity rover (that also just had its one martin year birthday) I was hoping they would build on the tech.
turnages says
What are the radon emissions from burning natural gas? If they are at all comparable to current regulatory limits for nuclear power station emissions, then the environmental double standards should be trumpeted loud and clear.
@turnages
There are no federal limits on radon emissions from natural gas, but there are also not any federal limits on radon emissions from uranium fuel cycle facilities. There is a fairly lengthy discussion in the Final EIS for 40 CFR 190 about the difficulty of measuring and separating those emissions from the naturally occurring emanations from the earth’s crust.
As David points out, there really is no logical reason to regulate radiation exposures that are within the variation of natural background and there is no logic in trying to regulate radioactive isotope emissions from nuclear energy to prevent doses that are several orders of magnitude lower than doses from naturally occurring isotopes. Living creatures have no way to distinguish natural from man-made radiation.
OT: Rod, I mailed you yesterday. Maybe check your spam folder?
Since living creatures have no way to distinguish between natural from man-made radiation and because radiation is accumulative wouldn’t regulating radioactive isotope emissions from nuclear energy make a lot of sense? Has science totally given way to Corporate manipulation?
@michele
I see it differently. Since living creatures have no way to distinguish between natural and man-made radiation and since we have all evolved on a planet that has always been radioactive, it seems eminently logical to recognize that we have natural defense mechanisms that protect us from significant harm from radiation that is within the normal variations in natural background exposure.
That implies it is absurd to attempt to limit radiation from beneficial activities like emission free electricity production to levels that are small fractions of the natural variations found around the world. That is not to imply that there should not be some limits; it is a statement that the limited quantity is far too small under current regulations. It can be met with a great deal of cost, but that extra cost provides no additional health benefits compared to a less costly solution that results in moderate releases to be safely dispersed.
Additionally, the best evidence indicates that radiation doses are not accumulative except in the rare case of a limited number of isotopes that can be absorbed into living tissue and can give continuous doses until they are eliminated. Kr-85 is an inert gas and is not one of those isotopes. Neither is Cs-137; its biological half life is about 60 days.
There is nothing corporate on this site. I am an independent researcher and writer, not a corporate employee.
Indeed there is no logical reason to regulate radiation exposures, whether from radon or from other radioactive substances, that are within the variation of natural background.
My point was whether there was any mileage in arguing “you don’t regulate natural gas power stations for radioactive emissions at all, and they routinely emit x Bq per year because of NG radon content, so why should you regulate the heck out of NPPs, and adopt a sinking-lid ALARA policy, when they only emit y Bq per year???
Assuming y << x here, of course. That's why the NG emissions from radon might be interesting. But then, I guess people get themselves panicky about NG radon too.
Some disagree with me, but I believe focusing attention on the radioactive releases from both natural gas and coal is a losing strategy for nuclear. All it does is to reinforce the excessive fear of radiation and distract from the very real damage and risk factors associated with hydrocarbon extraction, refining, transportation, distribution and consumption.
Hydrocarbons are wonderful tools, but in many applications they are no longer the “best available” technology.
Atomikrabbit says
Interesting side angle – if EPA requires “best available technology” in abating warm water plumes and fish entrapment from power plant cooling water intakes/discharges, why couldn’t it be argued that the Feds also should be mandating “best available technology” in baseload electricity generation itself?
There are powerful arguments to be made that next-generation nuclear wins that completion hands-down.
“Best available technology?” Who decides? Big Brother is not your friend. Be careful what you pray for.
Correct me if I am wrong……
Weren’t the “limits” raised subsequent to the Fukushima event? If there is this concerted effort to exaggerate the dangers of radiation exposure by the regulatory agencies, (in the hopes of impeding the use of NE), wouldn’t it have behooved these agencies to have maintained the pre Fukushima limits, and fostered the impression that we all were receiving dangerous exposures?
POA – as far as I know, there were no changes in limits after Fukushima.
There were some articles about Japan’s government being confused about which limits to apply.
Agencies and international radiation protection committees have not made it easy for the public to understand. Part of the communication problem is a stubborn insistence by practitioners to keep using the measuring system they were taught during their training.
I guess they expect the public to adapt to the confusing results instead of the pros making the simple conversions and speaking a consistent language.
Asteroid Miner says
ZERO PEOPLE DIED from radiation from Fukushima. One got a sunburn on his ankle. 1600 people have died from the stress of the completely unnecessary evacuation. The fault is with the Japanese law that is 1000 times too strict.
Chernobyl is not a ghost town. There are still people operating the remaining reactors. The Chernobyl accident killed fewer than 100 people.
Just FYI, radon exposure in the UK from the use of natural gas in homes has been estimated at 4 microsieverts (per year, presumably), in:
Dixon, D. W. “Radon exposures from the use of natural gas in buildings.” Radiation protection dosimetry 97.3 (2001): 259-264.
This is about 10 times the amount from the hypothetical 1000 GW of US reactors emitting Krypton-85 to the world population.
One other important question: do US nuclear reactors currently capture Kr-85 in order to be within this regulation? Anyone know?
I believe Kr-85 is generally trapped inside the cladding of intact fuel rods. It’s only in reprocessing that the gaseous fission products are freed.
Since it has a half-life of about 11 years, sitting on spent fuel for a couple decades would eliminate the bulk of it.
E-P is right.
Here is the publicly available 2012 NRC radioactive effluents report for the entire Indian Point site, units 1, 2, and 3 (as an example): http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML1315/ML13157A132.pdf
On page 12, we can see that no Kr-85 was released. The majority of the tiny noble gas (monitored and permitted) releases were in the form of Xe-133.
Smiling Joe Fission says
Do you work at PNGS?
Andrew Benson says
Thanks for sharing this, Rod. I had read elsewhere that the comment period had already closed but it looks like it has been extended. I made sure to put in my two cents to the EPA!
One important note on commenting on ANPRs, with the caveat that this is my impression based on my watching a few proceed through rule making. Reg experts or lawyers can weigh in if I’m wrong. If you don’t comment at the ANPR point, you have no “standing” to comment/challenge at the regulation point. Is some logic to this; if you didn’t complain when asked for comments, bug off after the reg is final.
If you think you might have a need to comment on the final reg, better comment on the ANPR. Or your reg comment can be discarded as “no standing to comment or challenge” on the reg. I have seen examples where that was used to not consider reg challenges.
OT, but Nikkei is reporting eminent NRC approval of GEH 1.55 GW ESBWR — perhaps as soon as September.
Rod…….
Are you sure? It was my understanding that Obama signed on, in April, to an EPA proposal to raise limits. And immediately after Fukushima was damaged, I would swear that the limits were raised. Seems to me I remember the anti sites having their panties all bunched up about it.
Short search found…….(have not figured out how to post links with this phone. It is, unfortunately, smarter than I am.)
For Immediate Release: Apr 08, 2013
WHITE HOUSE APPROVES RADICAL RADIATION CLEANUP ROLLBACK
Civilian Cancer Deaths Expected to Skyrocket Following Radiological Incidents
Posted on Apr 08, 2013 | Tags: EPA
Washington, DC — The White House has given final approval for dramatically raising permissible radioactive levels in drinking water and soil following “radiological incidents,” such as nuclear power-plant accidents and dirty bombs. The final version, slated for Federal Register publication as soon as today, is a win for the nuclear industry which seeks what its proponents call a “new normal” for radiation exposure among the U.S population, according Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).
Issued by the Environmental Protection Agency, the radiation guides (called Protective Action Guides or PAGs) allow cleanup many times more lax than anything EPA has ever before accepted. These guides govern evacuations, shelter-in-place orders, food restrictions and other actions following a wide range of “radiological emergencies.” The Obama administration blocked a version of these PAGs from going into effect during its first days in office. The version given approval late last Friday is substantially similar to those proposed under Bush but duck some of the most controversial aspects…
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Thanks poa. The PEER link is here. The new nominal exposure limit after “radiological emergency” is to be 2,000 millirem or 20 mSv, in line with what Japan finally accepted for Fukushima repopulation: 20 mSv/yr.
Glad to see we’re reading from the same page.
In emergency situations it cedes exposure guidelines to expert organizations. It was never a lowering of general guidelines. That was more misinformation. FUD fuel.
I can’t find any evidence of revisions to the regulations in the past couple of decades. If you can find a link or two, I can do some more looking.
Cyril r. says
It makes me sad and even sick to see the EPA responses. There’s no indication whatsoever that 0.0004 mSv per day has negative health effects. The EPA and NRC are basing themselves on atomic bomb survivor studies where people were exposed to over 1000 mSv per second and that showed a fairly poor but more or less linear correlation with bad health effects like cancer. Ok, so 1000 mSv per second is very likely not good for you. Does that mean we can say that it is extremely likely that 0.000000076 mSv per second (average background radiation in the world) is bad for you?
The whole idea of a collective dose with low dose rates is ridiculous.
LNT says every 20000 mSv kills one person. At an average of 2.4 mSv/year natural background radiation, and 7 billion people, this means that EPA is saying that 840000 people per year will be killed from natural background radiation. Can someone at EPA confirm this figure? Do they really believe this? Because they must, clearly, if they plan to make regs on Kr85 more stringent.
So if the EPA is worried about 0.0004 mSv, what are they going to do about granite and the soil in your garden? What are they going to do about Denver? Maybe evactuate Denver?
What we do know is that natural background radiation varies from 0.5 to over 300 mSv, though these are extreme values. There is not the slightest indication of bad health effects at the higher end of the range, such as in Ramsar or the Brazil beach sands.
It would help a lot if EPA would stop being so deliberately obtuse with utterly unscientific concepts such as “collective doses” (the idea of inferring effects in a population without knowing individual dose nor dose rate is patently absurd and as unscientific as it gets). We might as well divide the number of aspirin pills being sold worldwide with the lethal dose of aspirin and then argue that hundreds of millions are being killed by aspirin a year!
It would also help greatly if a relevant timeframe is given. Dose per year is silly. How much food, or alcohol do you take in a year? Heck anything sounds scary on that amount of time. The EPA is saying that one glass of beer a day is the same as drinking 365 glasses one one day of the year.
We should be angry. This is an organisation that is supposed to protect us. In stead they fiddle with the margin of the margin of the margin, wasting people and resources, while doing very little to curb particulate matter pollution from fossil fuel and biomass burning (some 7 million premature deaths a year worldwide, over 30000 in the USA alone).
gmax137 says
Thanks for this post, Rod. I really encourage AtomicInsights readers to follow the link to the ANPR and submit comments. It is easy! The previous comments are visible and reading through them is disturbing (“…it is a scientific fact that any radiation is harmful”). If knowlegeable people don’t take just a few minutes to comment then we have no one to blame but ourselves. Even Bas from the Netherlands took the time to add his 2 cents.
@gmax137
Even Bas from the Netherlands took the time to add his 2 cents.
And that should be motivation enough for Atomic Insights readers to make their own comments. Remember, be logical, use good reference material, and limit your responses to the topics discussed in the ANPR.
Re: ” The previous comments are visible and reading through them is disturbing (“…it is a scientific fact that any radiation is harmful”). I
The anti-nuke eco hypocrisy is speechless. Yet they get away with murder bamboozling the eagerly agreeing public. One of the main problems with our side is this seductive tendency to go TOO scientific to explain nuclear things to the public! If the public gets glassy-eyed and cowering at rads Bq per year and severits then the pro-nuker has failed at getting in the groove with the layperson’s mentality! I’m in NYC where people cough at smoky bus stops and subways breezing by stations whip up gutter and platform particles of God knows what into tens of thousands of lungs daily — and it’s largely accepted as a way of life — at what cost is just the price of living. They are being injured daily by fossil effects (as well as toxic chemicals and asbestos dust, etc) yet we have Chicken Littles squawking a panic about how the max radiation we receive should fit on the head of a pin — and the public gets that! Why? Because no one’s explained in simple language just what X amount harm X amount radiation does to a regular person in real life! I always felt that the way to get the public in tune with how harmful radiation is is to use a kind of Health Equivalency Impact Measurement; i.e. one second-hand of passersby cigarette smoke/inhalation of bleach at home/being caught behind a belching diesel truck/ is equivalent in bad health effects to X milli-rems of radiation, etc. Sweet and simple equivalence comparisons even Bonzo could understand. Why this isn’t done and used as forefront 1st ammo info in any nuclear debates gets me! It de-fangs the FUD dragon 50% at the get-go. What I’d LOVE to see is someone making a real legal case to shutdown Grand Central Station and the Empire State Bldg and lots of such locales based their granite and rock emissions! (Hey, lawyers come out of the walls to protect some desert insect!) You talking about making a point to sensibly raise min rad levels or appear a hypocrite by leaving GCS open for commuters to get zapped every day? Even local media TV reporters might understand this!
Rich says
James has provided a method that has been exploited by the ECO-zealots to advance their cause. They sue the EPA for not applying an EPA rule/Reg to some endangered plant, animal, habitat, whatever that the law was not aimed at or written for and win their case (I think the EPA gives in, primarily to increase their power) and then this case sets precedence for the EPA to go after all the “violators.”
I posted the following comment on the website:
The EPA is concerned about a Kr-85 dose level of 0.0004 mSv per year. According to Dr. Jerry Cuttler, there is no indication of bad health effects for chronic radiation doses up to approximately 700 mSv/year and prompt doses of up to approximately 150 mSv per year.
http://www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca/eng/pdfs/Presentations/Guest-Speakers/2013/20130625-Cuttler-CNSC-Fukushima-and-beneficial-effects-low-radiation.pdf
Thus, the EPA is concerned over dose rates more than a million times less than what is demonstrated to be harmful to humans.
Dr. Cuttler further mentions that natural DNA damage (from food, etc.) is more than 1000 times the damage caused by natural background radiation. Natural background radiation in turn is over 1000 times higher than the Kr-85 dose the EPA is worried about.
Organisms have powerful protection mechanisms against all cell and tissue damage, regardless of being caused by food or radiation or other sources. Low levels of radiation up-regulates protections, resulting in a net beneficial effect up to around 2 mSv per day (some 700 mSv per year).
Furthermore, the use of collective dose to estimate risks in a large population exposed to very small radiation doses, is explicitly argued againsts by both the NRCP and ICRP recommendations. The EPA is not correctly following NRCP and ICRP recommendations in using very low chronic doses in population risk estimates and follow up cost-effectiveness calculations.
EdP says
I’m hoping this 40 CFR 190 and the changes on when to evacuate during an incident will result in a reduction in the sizes of Emergency Planning Zones and thus costs. This is particularly beneficial for SMRs, that would like to take the EPZ down to the plant boundary.
1. Look up “hormesis.” Low doses LOWER your risk of cancer. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2663584/
“The Linear No-Threshold Relationship Is Inconsistent with Radiation Biologic and Experimental Data”
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2664640/#b81-drp-07-052
”Nuclear Energy and Health: And the Benefits of Low-Dose Radiation Hormesis”
Search “Hormesis”
2. Coal contains: URANIUM and all of the decay products of uranium, ARSENIC, LEAD, MERCURY, Antimony, Cobalt, Nickel, Copper, Selenium, Barium, Fluorine, Silver, Beryllium, Iron, Sulfur, Boron, Titanium, Cadmium, Magnesium, THORIUM, Calcium, Manganese, Vanadium, Chlorine, Aluminum, Chromium, Molybdenum and Zinc. There is so much of these elements in coal that cinders and coal smoke are actually valuable ores. We should be able to get ALL THE URANIUM AND THORIUM WE NEED TO FUEL NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS FOR CENTURIES BY USING COAL CINDERS AND SMOKE AS ORE. Unburned Coal and crude oil also contain
BENZENE, THE CANCER CAUSER. We could get all of our uranium and thorium from coal ashes and cinders. The carbon content of coal ranges from 96% down to 25%, the remainder being rock of various kinds.
If you are an underground coal miner, you may be in violation of the rules for radiation workers. The uranium decay chain includes the radioactive gas RADON, which you are breathing. Radon decays in about a day into polonium, the super-poison.
Chinese industrial grade coal is sometimes stolen by peasants for cooking. The result is that the whole family dies of arsenic poisoning in days, not years because Chinese industrial grade coal contains large amounts of arsenic.
Yes, that ARSENIC is getting into the air you breathe, the water you drink and the soil your food grows in. So are all of those other heavy metal poisons. Your health would be a lot better without coal. Benzene is also found in petroleum. If you have cancer, check for benzene in your past.
See: http://www.ornl.gov/ORNLReview/rev26-34/text/coalmain.html
http://www.ornl.gov/info/ornlreview/rev26-34/text/colmain.html
http://clearnuclear.blogspot.com
in case the ORNL site does not work.
Make coal fired power plants meet the same requirements on radiation release that nuclear power plants have to meet.
Coal contains: URANIUM and all of the decay products of uranium, ARSENIC, LEAD, MERCURY, Antimony, Cobalt, Nickel, Copper, Selenium, Barium, Fluorine, Silver, Beryllium, Iron, Sulfur, Boron, Titanium, Cadmium, Magnesium, Thorium, Calcium, Manganese, Vanadium, Chlorine, Aluminum, Chromium, Molybdenum and Zinc. We chould get all the uranium we need to fuel nuclear power plants for centuries by using coal cinders and ash as ore.
So treat coal fired power plants equally with nuclear.
@Asteroid Miner
Though I agree with the fundamental concept of equal protection under the law, I’d prefer to move the regulatory bar closer to the permissible health impacts that we have accepted for coal and natural gas rather than those we have imposed on nuclear.
Equal protection can cut both ways. The nuclear industry could sue for the same protection that coal gets. Since coal puts 100 to 400 times as much radiation out and nobody says anything, nuclear should have the same privilege.
As for John P. Holdren, write emails to the president.
Keep this book on prominent display: “Radiation and Reason, The impact of Science on a culture of fear” by Wade Allison. 2009. [The Wade Allison in England, not the other Wade Allison at Harvard.]
http://www.radiationandreason.com/
Professor Allison says we can take up to 10 REMs per month, a little more than 1000 times the present “legal” limit. The old limit was 5 REMs/lifetime. A single dose of 800 REMs could kill you, but if you have time to recover between doses of 10 REMs, no problem. It is like donating blood: You see “4 gallon donor” stickers on cars. You know they didn’t give 4 gallons all at once. There is a threshold just over 10 REMs/month [100 millisieverts/month]. You are getting .35 rems/year NATURAL background radiation right where you are right now if you are where I am.
Radiation workers were allowed 5 REMs /lifetime. Divide 5 REMs by your present Natural Background Radiation. For Americans, Natural Background Radiation is at least .35 REMs/year. Our Natural Background Radiation uses up our 5 REMs/lifetime when we are 14 years old. That old regulation is nonsense.
The occupational worker limit was 5 REM/year. That is 1/24 or 4% of a realistic limit. Allowing for some leeway, the limit is still too strict.
Natural Background Radiation is radiation that was always there, 1000 years ago, a million years ago, etc. Natural Background Radiation comes from the rocks in the ground and from exploding stars thousands of light years away. All rocks contain uranium. Radon gas is a decay product of uranium.
1rem = .01 sievert = 10 millisievert
milli means .001
I think you are missing a “non” in front of “radiation workers” in this phrase. “Radiation workers were allowed 5 REMs/lifetime.”
Aaron Rizzio says
Rod:
Per your observation that “In fact, the EPA in 1977 had not even begun to consider that CO2 was a problem,” recall the dominant scientific climatic paradigm at the time was global *cooling* perhaps ominously the onset of a reversion to the prevailing ice age temperatures of the past couple million years (i.e. Pleistocene Epoch); global surface temp records showed a distinct negative slope between the years 1940-1978. As Asteroid Miner suggests the imposition of the uniquely burdensome fission industry radionuclide emission standard (limits on weakly interacting radioactive noble gases) on natural gas or coal power would result in their immediate curtailment.
My ANPR comment:
“Since the EPA’s original regulations on industry radionuclide emissions were issued in the mid-1970s the burning of billions of tons of coal has been directly implicated by, among others, Abt Associates (an EPA contractor), the National Academy of Sciences, and the Harvard School of Public Health in the mortality of over half a million residents of the US. Research published decades ago by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory observes that the combustion of coal with typical quantities of 1-4 ppm radon, thorium, and uranium inexorably release directly to the biosphere approximately twice the mass of radionuclides as the entire US nuclear energy sector generates as isolated stockpiles of used fuel annually, Simple extrapolation of even the conservative LNT theory of radiocarcinogenesis would indicate that a regulatory regime even a thousand times more liberal than EPA’s current limits on radiological emissions could not approach fossil fuels’ current allowable annual impact on US and world mortality and morbidity.”
Just a historical aside, the gas industry didn’t think the lead in their fuel was significant either. Over time, we realized differently. Keep this in mind. The process repeats in other industries as well.. for example, the ozone depletion by CFCs.
You do need to exercise a certain skepticism with regards to beliefs you are predisposed to accept. In my case, I believe in better safe than sorry. So, I have to ask myself, how could I prove my belief wrong. In part, reading material like your article is one way to do that. In particular, the cost of weighing this radioactive gas against CO2 and climate change.
This said, I’m going to emphasize that in North St. Louis County, we have reports of cancer from people who lived near or around Cold Water Creek. The people responsible for the radioactive contamination of that water probably weren’t too terribly afraid of the exposure to civilians either. It is something to keep in mind.
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Discrete device manufacturers are affected by regional green agenda, servitization, and regional legislation. The influence of these activities has prompted manufacturing companies to transform their current operations. Such transformations include the use of de-carbonized energy, collaboration for the greater good, and research for efficient applications of bio-plastics.
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Green manufacturing is relevant to a low-carbon future. A low-carbon future is possible if the energy systems used across the globe are de-carbonized.
After several years of plainly talking about change, significant progress has recently occurred in the transition from high-carbon systems to systems that have low-carbon energy.
The extensive deployment of clean-energy systems has grown beyond a limited number of developed countries. Breakthroughs have been pioneered in Silicon Valley and Berlin, as innovations and large-scale implementations are equally happening in Shanghai and Mumbai. In the year 2017, renewable energy accounted for over 60% of power generation investments across the world.
Processed regulations have been put in place to regulate current and future greenhouse gas emissions. The United States Supreme Court decision titled Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently clarified issues on the regulation of the Clean Air Act.
Laptop and other electronic device manufacturers, such as Apple, have responded by convincing more of their suppliers to run their production processes on 100% de-carbonized energy systems.
Each time one of Apple's suppliers joins its efforts to "address climate change, the move is closer to a better future" for upcoming generations, Apple's vice president of environment, policy, and social initiatives recently stated.
Apple is headquartered in San Francisco, the "greenest city in North America." However, some companies producing laptops for Apple are in China.
Large-scale deployments of de-carbonized energy systems in Shanghai and Mumbai are essential to the future of discrete manufacturing in terms of the green agenda. Shanghai is one of the four municipalities in China which produced a total of over three trillion discrete electronic components in 2016.
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The United States Geological Survey's (USGS) believes that collaboration to understand the system of resource flow is essential. Managing resources from extraction to the ultimate end product can help in managing the use of natural resources as well as protect the environment.
Recent laws in the United States require certain public companies to collaborate with their supply chains to address human rights, supply chain risks, and sustainability concerns. Companies operating in America are required to identify, assess, and report how they implement due diligence in screening their suppliers. They also must report actions taken to prevent and address all potential negative impacts of their supply chain.
CPA Journal reports that navigating the future of sustainability is difficult. This difficulty emanates from complex and continually changing sources used by international suppliers and inadequate transparency in sourcing information, primarily when related to smaller and faraway suppliers.
Several market leaders operating in the gold and diamond segment recently partnered with IBM for a blockchain network solution, which will trace the origin of discrete pieces of finished jewelry. IBM announced this partnership in 2019.
The TrustChain Initiative promoted by IBM is a partnership between Asahi (a metals refining company), Helzberg Diamonds (a jewelry retailer), LeachGarner (a precious metals supplier), The Richline Group (a jewelry manufacturer), and the independent verification service UL. The partnership aims to improve transparency across the supply chain leading to discrete pieces of jewelry.
Gemvara is a member of the Richline Group and produces customized, discrete, identifiable pieces, of jewelry and gemstone Jewelry. Richline Group has its headquarters in North America.
Richline Group is a Berkshire Hathaway company, which is headquartered in New York City.
Blockchain utilizes a database to record supply chain transactions. Usually, a bar code, digital tag, or serial number, is assigned to each physical piece. Such identification tags make items traceable throughout its supply chain.
Major automakers recently collaborated to use blockchain to track components used in the manufacture of vehicles. The partnership seeks to make the automobile industry greener by improving traceability. Companies in the partnership include Ford, GM, BMW, and Groupe Renault, as well as blockchain technology companies like IBM, Context Labs, and Accenture.
Several thousands of discrete components and pieces are manufactured, tested, packaged, and shipped to vehicle assembly plants, which put these components together. Each vehicle is given a Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) when assembled.
Various automakers intend to use blockchain to transfer data using an encrypted ledger is distributed to every member of the chain. Each member keeps a copy of the ledger.
Before any transaction takes place, it passes verification from all members of the chain. This verification requirement provides an added layer to automate their transactions through smart contracts.
BIO-BASED PLASTICS
The utilization of bio-based plastics instead of heavy metals and plastic components is promoting the green agenda, servitization, and changes in regional legislation. In turn, this is driving manufacturing companies to transform their current operations.
Thermoplastics and its composites are produced partially or wholly from plant feedstock using emerging chemical and nanotechnologies. They are used in various vehicle systems, power-train applications, and can make cars lightweight and more fuel-efficient.
Synthetic biological materials of organic origin, such as bacteria and microbes, can help meet the rising demand for smaller and more powerful devices. Currently used to manufacture wires, transistors, and capacitors, bio-materials can cost-efficiently reduce the dependence on non-renewable materials and toxic components in digital electronics devices.
The European Union is committed to a transition from a linear to a circular economic model. It has accelerated the pace of growth of its bio-plastic industry. Bio-plastics are playing a pivotal role in the transition as they intend to replace fossil (carbon-containing fuels) with renewable resources.
Representatives of the bio-plastics industry are working closely with institutions in the European Union and relevant policy-makers to produce a legislative framework for bio-plastics to thrive.
Japan has an objective to increase its bio-plastics production to 20% of its overall plastics market by the year 2020. Statistics indicate that Japan has produced over 19.9 million units of cars from 2010 until 2018.
There is no legislation available at the moment, but there are indications that California may become the premiere state to pass a bio-plastic law or regulation in the United States. According to industry experts, California is known to be ahead of other states in terms of environmental legislation.
Some companies in the electronics component industry are proactive. They are researching developments in substrate processing to enable them to use photonics in laser patterning and flash curing of flexible substrates.
Brewer Science, in partnership with NovaCentrix and Atotech, is working on the development of new polymers. The new polymers will be quickly and neatly etched with mid-length ultraviolet waves usually used for laser drilling as well as etching on PCB's (printed circuit boards). The process improves the performance of printed-electronic-circuit boards which are discrete components in the manufacture of digital devices.
Brewer Science intends to process polymers at less than 200°C and use them in many electronics devices.
Research only includes trends that appear across multiple resources. Resources show some manufacturers of discrete components like NovaCentrix and Atotech are proactive. They are planning ahead of the future. Also included are laws and regulations that seek to promote a green agenda.
Two future trends in discrete manufacturing in terms of the green agenda, servitization, and regional legislation changes are the implementation of lean manufacturing processes and the use of cloud manufacturing processes. These two trends present a promising paradigm for future-generation manufacturing system.
LEAN MANUFACTURING PROCESSES & DDMRP
There is a growing interest in demand-driven material requirements planning (DDMRP) in the process of manufacturing, supply chain management as well as logistics of discrete devices. Manufacturers of distinct devices are trying to use lean manufacturing procedures as much as possible to survive in an unpredictable economic climate. DDMRP is reshaping the fundamentals of lean manufacturing as it allows industrial manufacturers to react more effectively to changes in the market and shifts in consumer demand.
Demand-driven planning Is reshaping the manufacturing process of discrete components.
Lean manufacturing is a device production model that emphasizes the elimination of non-value added activities (waste). It aims to deliver quality products on time, at minimum cost, but higher efficiency.
In the United States, lean implementation is expanding rapidly throughout various manufacturing and service sectors, including aerospace, electronics, automotive, furniture production. This is used as a core business procedure to give manufacturers a competitive advantage.
The main aim of lean manufacturing is to rapidly improve the cost, quality, and service delivery by eliminating wastes. The process also results in significant environmental benefits. A reduction in waste (such as raw materials needed to produce a component) directly reduces the energy required to process the part.
According to the United States Department of Agriculture, the environmental benefits of lean, green and resilient supply chain management as seen in the case of the aerospace sector is better and higher than that of resilient supply chains (SC).
There is no legislation enforcing the use of lean technology in the United States. The laws of demand drive the lean procedure.
Some companies already implementing lean manufacturing processes for discrete item manufacture include Nike, Caterpillar Inc., Intel, Textron, Parker Hannifin, John Deere, Ford, and Toyota.
Lean system of manufacturing is also known as the Toyota philosophy. The philosophy helped Toyota to become one of the world's top three car companies. Consequently, the "Lean" concept is replicated all over the worldwide.
Lean as a manufacturing process is a management philosophy mostly derived from the Toyota Production System (TPS). TIPS is an integrated socio-technical production system which combines management philosophy and practices. Often called the Toyota Way, the TPS’ objectives include design to eliminate overburden, inconsistency, and waste. Waste in the lean concept does not only refer to materials but includes time, like time spent by a consumer while waiting for a product or assistance and waste of movement.
Lean philosophy relies on the flexibility of a system. The system has to be as flexible as possible to minimize stress, which is an element of overburden and produces waste.
Using the lean process of manufacture, Nike, a super-cool clothing company, recently worked with some NGOs and co-manufacturers on sustainability projects. Together with the Fair Labor Association, they created performance indicators for sustainable sourcing. They also launched a sustainable apparel coalition with the support of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and some other manufacturers to save money on energy as well as waste materials.
The United States machinery manufacturer Caterpillar Production System has modeled its production system after elements used by Toyota. One key thing Caterpillar recognized is that pace remains a critical aspect with lean integration. If projects run for too long before completion, they will fail. Therefore, projects are quickly implemented, and are far-reaching, to be successful.
Intel, the world’s largest computer chip manufacturer, also implements lean. About "five years ago," it took the company 14 weeks to introduce any new chip to its factory. Today, it takes ten days. Intel in Leixlip, Ireland is the first Intel factory to implement such lean principles.
CLOUD MANUFACTURING PROCESSES
For several years, "discrete and process-oriented manufacturing" organizations have hesitated to move their operations and core applications into the cloud. Unfortunately, this implies that they have been missing out in terms of visibility, flexibility, and automation. They need these services to overcome certain operational realities typical to physical plants, IT systems, as well as business processes.
The United States recently passed the Cloud Act. This act is in tune with international norms as well as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It defines the terms through which third parties access and utilize data relevant to organizations or individuals in the United States.
Today, some manufacturing companies are no longer hesitant but are moving to the cloud. Manufacturing, just like every other industry, is experiencing a series of dynamic and worldwide changes that can shift the market in unexpected ways. From the appearance of inter-industry competitors to technology-based, economic, political, or social disruption. An example of a cloud-based platform for "discrete and process-oriented manufacturing" include Global Shop Solutions ERP Software.
Sage offers cloud-based enterprise resource planning applications for manufacturers supply chain, as well as business intelligence.
The efforts needed to satisfy highly variable customer expectations for next-generation service experiences and individual products have become a high-stakes endeavor.
The cloud opens doors to seamless unified utilization of intelligent technologies like the next-generation ERP, the IoT (Internet of Things), blockchain, digital twins, machine learning, and mixed reality.
The cloud gives discrete component manufacturers access to cyber-physical discrete manufacturing networks.
Cyber-physical systems (CPS) can facilitate unprecedented communication relationships between product manufacturers and designers. The effective use of CPS technologies enables and requires new paradigm, methods, and models. These models identify the best and most "profitable and environmentally friendly" manufacturing plans for discrete component manufacturing networks.
The CPS model was recently applied to the case study of some cloud-based manufacturers within Wisconsin and Illinois. The results obtained from the proposed model revealed that designers and manufacturers could take complete advantage of CPS to raise their profits and minimize environmental impacts.
Global Shop Solutions is a cloud-based ERP software with offices in the United States, Mexico, Indonesia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. The company gives support to thousands of discrete device manufacturers in about 25 countries and 30 industries.
Global Shop Solutions support companies in various industries like PCB (printed circuit board) manufacturing, plastics manufacturing, truck & trailer manufacturing, automotive manufacturing, electronics manufacturing, etc.
A company using cloud-based or on-premise ERP solutions to deliver quality parts on time, and ensure quality control is Compac Furniture (based in New Zealand). Another example is Adek (a manufacturer of knives and saws in Mexico).
Global Shop Solutions ERP gives Adek visibility throughout its company. This helps Adek in creating "new products faster." The cloud-based ERP software has helped ADEK work more efficiently with two subsidiaries, Paneltec Industries and Enhance Furniture.
Computrol Inc. is an electronics manufacturing services of high-mix products and serves the military, medical, aerospace, broadcast, and general industry sectors. Computrol provides quick turnaround and superior-quality on lot size assembly and has manufacturing facilities in Boise and Post Falls, Idaho and Orem, Utah.
Using abas ERP software, Computrol, Inc. easily handles enterprise resource management and can share data with customers worldwide. Within one day Computrol, Inc. can alter any process of manufacture when the need arises according to Ray Pettengill, the IT manager of Computrol, Inc.
The research included discrete device manufacturing technology trends published by Datix Inc, Industrial Internet Consortium, Fierce Electronics, etc. We studied for trends related to discrete manufacturing, green agenda, servitization, and regional legislation changes that are driving manufacturing companies to transform their current operations. Datix Inc, Industrial Internet Consortium, and Fierce Electronics, among other resources. Published trends in discrete manufacturing gave insights that relate to the future, sustainable green agenda, servitization, and manufacturing companies. We included only trends that appear across a plethora of resources and have included laws/legislation that seeks to regulate these trends.
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Father’s Day in the 88th Assembly District
Father’s Day is this weekend and there is a great deal going on in the 88th Assembly District to help dad celebrate his special day.
The White Plains Noon Day Concert Series is back at Renaissance Plaza (Main Street and Mamaroneck Avenue) from noon- 2 p.m. The Saints will perform this week. Visit cityofwhiteplains.com for more information.
Magician David Calamari will present “Nothing Up My Sleeves: Live on Stage” at Scarsdale High School (1057 Post Road, Scarsdale) at 7:30 p.m. This event, which will benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation, will feature magicians from around the country. Visit tinyurl.com/numsshow for more information.
The George Coleman, Jr. Quartet will perform at Alvin & Friends Restaurant (14 Memorial Highway, New Rochelle) from 7-9:30 p.m. Visit alvinandfriendsrestaurant.com for more information.
The Junior League of Central Westchester will be holding its annual dinner at The Sunningdale Country Club (300
Underhill Road, Scarsdale) at 6:30 p.m. Visit jlcw.org for more information.
The Bronxville Library (201 Pondfield Road, Bronxville) will host author Martin Keefe at 7 p.m. as he discusses his book, “Taking the Measure”. Visit bronxvillelibrary.org for more information.
Pelham resident Gerry Marzorati will be at the Pelham Library (530 Colonial Avenue, Pelham) from7:30-8:45 p.m. to discuss his book, “Late To The Ball”. Visit pelhamlibrary.org for more information.
The Westchester Italian Cultural Center (One Generoso Pope Place, Tuckahoe) will present “Mario Lanza: The Man and his Music” from 7-9 p.m. Visit wiccny.org for more information.
The Alliance Francaise of Westchester (31 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains) will host a wine tasting from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Visit afwestchesterny.org for more information.
The third annual Ecuadorian Film Festival in New York will conclude at The Picture House (175 Wolfs Lane, Pelham) with a 7:30 p.m. presentation of “In Competition”, the story of man with terminal pancreatic cancer and how he has chosen to live out the remaining few months of his life. Visit thepicturehouse.org for more information.
The Scarsdale Library (54 Olmstead Road, Scarsdale) will continue its Foreign Film Series with a 1:45 p.m. presentation of “Survival in Shanghai”, a documentary about Jewish refugees who went to Shanghai to escape the Holocaust during WWII. Visit scarsdalelibrary.org for more information.
New Rochelle-based It Takes a Village To Educate A Child will host its Pre-Summer Fling at 4 p.m. at Patsy’s Pizzeria (2 Pelham Road, New Rochelle). Visit takesavillagetoeducate.org for more information.
The Manor Club (1023 Esplanade, Pelham Manor) will present “Sunset on the Manor” from 7-10 p.m. There will be music, food, drinks and more. Visit themanorclubofpelham.org for more information.
The Bronxville Women’s Club (135 Midland Avenue, Bronxville) will host the BWC Coffeehouse Music Series from 8-10:30 p.m. with scheduled performances by Zana and Al Hemberger. Visit bronxvillewomensclub.org for more information.
The Jared Pauley Quartet will perform at Alvin & Friends Restaurant (14 Memorial Highway, New Rochelle) from 7:30-10 p.m. Visit alvinandfriendsrestaurant.com for more information.
The Eastchester Public Library (11 Oakridge Place, Eastchester) will continue its EPL Film Series with a 1:30 p.m. presentation of “Bitter Harvest”, the story of life in the Ukraine under Stalin. Visit eastchesterlibrary.org for more information.
The Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum will also host “Bats!, Brats! And Beer!” at 1 p.m. as part of its Father’s Day weekend celebration. Watch the New York Mutuals play a baseball game with 1864 rules, uniforms etc. Visit bartowpellmansionmuseum.org for more information.
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Celebrate Grandparents Day at The Scarsdale Pool (311 Mamaroneck Road, Scarsdale) from noon-4 p.m. There will be music, food, bingo and more. Grandchildren who are members of the pool can bring their grandparents at no cost.
The Scarsdale Library (54 Olmstead Road, Scarsdale) Adult Book Club will meet at 11 a.m. to discuss “The Imposter” by Damon Galgut. Visit scarsdalelibrary.org for more information.
The Pelham Little League will host its Home Run Derby, sponsored by Major League Baseball, at 6 p.m. at Glover Field (East Sandford Boulevard, Pelham). All boys and girls under the age of 14 are eligible. Two winners will go to the Regional Competition in New Jersey on June 25. Visit pelhamlittleleague.org for more information.
The Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum (895 Shore Road, Pelham Bay Park) will host “Bartow’s Literary Elevenses” at 10 a.m. Museum guides Laura DeRiggi and Caitlyn Sellar will lead a historical fiction book club. Visit bartowpellmansionmuseum.org for more information.
GirlAgain (4 Martine Avenue, White Plains) will host a Dad’s Day Painting Workshop at 11 a.m. Girls can come in and make a special gift for dad. Visit girlagain.com for more information.
Beth-El Synagogue Center (North Avenue, New Rochelle) will host Shabbat Afternoon Tisch: A Singing and Study Program beginning at 7:45 p.m. Visit bethelenr.org for more information.
The Pelham Art Center (155 Fifth Avenue, Pelham ) will host Animating Artwork for Kids from 2-4 p.m. Visit pelhamartcenter.org for more information.
The Scarsdale Recreation Department, Chamber of Commerce and Police Department will co-host a night of bicycling and skating in the downtown streets of the village. Head over to Chase Park (32 Chase Road, Scarsdale) where the festivities will kick off at 6 p.m. Visit scarsdale.com for more information.
The Hoff-Barthelson Music School (25 School Lane, Scarsdale) will host pianists Elena Belli and Delana Thomsen at 1:30 p.m. as part of the HB Artist Series. Visit hbms.org for more information.
The Race for the Cure Gala will take place at Mulino’s at Lake Isle (660 White Plains Road, Eastchester) at 7:30 p.m. The Christopher Reeve Foundation is the beneficiary of the event. Visit chrisopherreeve.org for more information.
Alvin & Friends Restaurant (14 Memorial Highway, New Rochelle) will host a “Father’s Day Fish Fry” from 11:30 a.m.- 9 p.m. Visit alvinandfriendsrestaurant.com for more information.
The City of White Plains will host a Father’s Day Concert in Turnure Park (South Lake Street, White Plains) featuring guitarist Gil Parris at 7 p.m. Visit cityofwhiteplains.org for more information.
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Peanuts, The Big Show and Much, Much More
It doesn’t appear as if the wonderful spring weather we’ve experienced recently will carry over to the weekend. Don’t let some clouds dampen your spirits, though. There are plenty of things in the cities, towns and villages of the 88th Assembly District to enjoy this weekend, from music and movies to plays and holiday celebrations.
Here’s a closer look at some of the events that are taking place in the 88th. Have a good weekend and remember that if you have an event you’d like me to include in the coming weeks, send the information to Paulina@Assembly.State.NY.US.
The Bronxville Women’s Club (135 Midland Avenue, Bronxville) will present the latest installment of their Coffeehouse Music Series when singer/songwriter Pete Donovan and singer Peter Calo perform from 8-10:30 p.m. Visit bronxvillewomensclub.org for more information.
The Bronxville Public Library (201 Pondfield Road, Bronxville) will continue its free-movie series with a 3:30 showing of “The Peanuts Movie”. Visit bronxvillelibrary.org for more information.
The White Plains Performing Arts Center will present “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change” at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. Visit wppac.com for more information.
The League of Women Voters of New Rochelle will host their “Coffee and Conversation” event at the New Rochelle Library from 9:30-11 a.m. Visit nrpl.org for more information.
The Eastchester Public Library Film Series presents “Alice’s Ordinary People” at 1:30 p.m. The film centers on the life of the civil rights activist Alice Tregay. Visit eastchesterlibrary.org for more information.
Speak with Pelham Weekly/Pelham Plus editor Maggie Klein during her Talk with Maggie Sessions in Pelham. Klein will be at Renaissance Bagel (309 Fifth Avenue) at 8:15 a.m.; at JM Café (129 Wolfs Lane) at 9:30; and Bakery at Four Corners (4668 Boston Post Road) at 10:45. Visit pelhamplus.com for more information.
The Westchester Italian Cultural Center (One Generoso Pope Place, Tuckahoe) will present “Embroidered Stories”, a spoken word event. “Embroidered Stories” is an anthology collection that includes essays from Argentina, Australia, Canada, and the United States. Visit wiccny.org for more information.
Adrian East (122 Kraft Avenue, Bronxville) will host a Spring Fashion Preview Party from noon-2 p.m. There will be champagne, snacks and more. Visit bronxvillechamber.com/events for more information.
The “Road to WrestleMania” goes through the Westchester County Center in White Plains. See all the WWE stars, including The Big Show and the Dudley Boyz. The program begins at 7:30 p.m. and doors open at 6:30. Visit countycenter.biz for more information.
The Italian Song/Folk Art Event will take place at the Pelham Arts Center (155 Fifth Avenue, Pelham) from 2-4 p.m. Renowned singer Alessandra Tamerin will perform. Visit pelhamartcenter.org for more information.
The Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum (895 Shore Road, Pelham Bay Park) will host an Easter egg hunt from 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. for children ages 2-12. Participants must bring their own basket. Visit bartowpellmansionmuseum.org for more information.
The Hugh Doyle Center in New Rochelle (94 Davis Avenue) will host “Egg”-Stravaganza from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. for children in pre-K through second grade. There will be crafts, storytelling, egg gathering and more. Registration is required. Call 914-654-2116 for more information.
The New Rochelle Library will host a Friends Mini-Book Sale from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Visit nrpl.org for more information.
The Town of Pelham and the Pelham Business Club will host the Annual Easter Egg Hunt and Easter Bunny Boulevard at 10 a.m. at The Town Gazebo. Visit townofpelham.com for more information.
Acclaimed soprano Audrey Dubois Harris will perform at the New Rochelle Library’s Ossie Davis Theater as part of a 4 p.m. tribute concert to Ellabelle Davis. Excerpts from the opera “The Gentle Lark of New Rochelle” will be also be performed. Visit nrpl.org for more information.
Singers from the Hoff-Barthelson Music School in Scarsdale will perform at the Scarsdale Public Library at 2 p.m. The group will be performing under the tutelage of three-time Tony Award nominee Marin Mazzie. Visit scarsdalelibrary.org for more information.
The Eastchester Public Library Film Series presents “The Big Short” at 1:30 p.m. The film tells the story of the mortgage crisis in the early part of the 21st Visit www.eastchesterlibrary.org for more information.
The Scarsdale-based Hoff-Barthelson Music School will present The Oracle Trio as part of its HB Artist Series at 5 p.m. at the Greenville Community Church (270 Ardsley Road, Scarsdale). Visit hbms.org for more information.
Job, The Oratorio by Dan Montez
The Taconic Opera will premiere the oratorio “Job”, a performance based on the biblical prophet, at the White Plains Presbyterian Church (39 North Broadway, White Plains) at 3 p.m. Visit taconicopera.org for more information.
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Home Projects and opportunities Town of Innisfil requesting an MZO to jumpstart massive development
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Town of Innisfil requesting an MZO to jumpstart massive development
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First phase of the Orbit could add 7,000 housing units and 20,000 people to Barrie’s southern neighbour
With pressure from a developer hoping to build high-density housing in the south part of Innisfil, the town has requested a Ministerial Zoning Order (MZO) to speed up the planning process.
If approved by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, the MZO would fast-track the Orbit, a plan to build around a new GO Station. It would include 200 housing units per hectare close a new GO Transit station – densities common now in cities like Mississauga.
If the request is rejected by the province, developers would have to request an Official Plan amendment and zoning-bylaw changes.
Council says the MZO is needed to give the developer, Cortel Group, assurances that higher densities will be allowed. Cortel Group has agreed to upfront the cost of a proposed GO train station that will be built at the centre of the Orbit development.
Innisfil Mayor Lynn Dollin says without an MZO, an OP amendment that would “always” be appealed … possibly more than once.
“It ends up with cases and settlements. The people who appeal it are not, for the most part, residents. It is developers who want their land to be the most valuable.
The result? According to the mayor, it would mean a lengthy process, compromises and “patchy” development, Dollin said.
Mayor Lynn Dollin says without an MZO, an OP amendment that would “always” be appealed … more than once.
The result? A lengthy process, compromises and “patchy” development, Dollin said.
Councillor Alex Waters says the massive Orbit development “is the way of development for the future. “We are light years ahead of what Bradford is doing and what Barrie is doing.
“They may not see this as necessary in Innisfil, but I think it sets a trend for other municipalities to show that we are thinking light years ahead in terms of the importance of sustainability, the importance of climate change because this de elopement addresses all those.
With reports suggesting the town will double its population over the next two decades, The Orbit will be built with an additional 30,000 people in mind, with the potential for five-times that amount.
The proposed development was designed by the Cortel Group with the notion of futuristic meets Rural Ontario and officials say it provides the best of both worlds.
“Primarily it’s designed to save the agricultural lands, and the green space so that we don’t keep just building subdivision after subdivision,” explains Innisfil CAO Jason Reynar.
The town’s first priority is building the new $20 million GO Station.
Officials say the final design for the train station should be ready next year, with shovels in the ground by 2021. They hope to have it fully operational by 2022.
The Orbit will include various retailers, pop-up shops, and more. The town is hoping for input from the public as to what services would be best suited for the community hub.
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Comedic Live-Action Dating Simulator ‘Super Seducer’ Receives a Woman’s Touch
On Aug 01, 2018 12:25 pm, by reactor303
As Bachelor or Bachelorette, Learn from the Experts How to Boost Your Charisma and Gain the Knowledge Needed to Up Your Dating Game
Best-selling author and renowned dating coach Richard La Ruina today announced that his surprise hit dating sim Super Seducer, the humorous full-motion-video (FMV) game where you learn the artistry of attraction, is making a comeback with Super Seducer 2— headed to Steam on September 12, 2018. Bigger, better and more conscientious than its predecessor, Super Seducer 2 re-enters the dating and seduction simulation scene with more meaningful content, adding women’s dating perspectives, improved scenario feedback and more diverse situations!
Learn from the dating masters — Richard La Ruina and Charlotte Jones — on how to become irresistible and make the right flirtatious choices. Follow Super Seducer 2’s invaluable strategies and tips that delve into the psychology of attraction and the many subtle dating secrets that separate the dating pros from everyone else, and you may soon find yourself in the arms of your soulmate!
Super Seducer 2 is a mature, non-nudity FMV game and true-to-life dating simulator that teaches men and women alike how to take their skills (or lack thereof) with a love interest to the next level. Super Seducer 2 features branching dialogue options that allow players to learn and experience proper seduction tactics, ranging from showing genuine interest and self-assurance, to acknowledging personal boundaries. Players that make the wrong moves in their flirtatious conquests face a variety of awkward outcomes that range from simple rejection to a thoroughly deserved slap in the face. From cringeworthy to awe-inducing, Super Seducer 2 is sure to leave a lasting impression and give you the tools needed to find that special someone once thought to be out of your league!
“My team and I are proud of what we accomplished with the original Super Seducer; the game has sold 80,000 units to-date and received 85% positive reviews on Steam. That being said, we knew we could do a lot better. We never intended to offend anyone and took a lot of the feedback to heart, making a more inclusive experience.” said Richard La Ruina, creator of Super Seducer 2.
He continued, “We learned from our shortcomings with Super Seducer. We listened to our audience about what to steer clear from this time around we enforce stricter feedback. We’ve added a diverse cast and a wider variety of dating scenarios — and we also put together hilarious new blunders based on ill-advised dating tactics myself and the team have experienced first-hand. Regardless of your gender or orientation, our goal is to entertain and educate, and hopefully teach players how to make the right moves to advance their love lives!”
Key Features of Super Seducer 2 Include:
Bigger, Better, Stronger: A production budget ten times greater than the original and 50% more playtime — players can count on realistic encounters, practical settings and much more to love.
Two Sides of the Coin: Two dating scenarios played completely from a woman’s perspective.
Dating is Everyone’s Game: A larger, racially and gender diverse cast of characters — bringing the total to a whopping 50 versus the original game’s 15.
Seeing the Whole Picture: All scenarios feature comprehensive and sensible feedback from both Richard and his knowledgeable female colleague.
Decide How Your Night Ends: 35 different endings, all based on how players interact with both male and female characters.
Realism is Key: More in-depth gameplay featuring flashbacks, multiple locations and realistic transitions from scenario to scenario.
Super Seducer 2 releases on Steam for Windows PC on September 12, 2018, for $12.99 USD. Add the game to your Steam wishlist here: https://uberstrategist.link/SuperSeducer2-Steam.
About Super Seducer 2
Super Seducer 2 is the latest release in the popular (over 80,000 copies sold) dating and relationship series. Featuring over 11 hours of full-motion-video (FMV) content, the game aims to teach players the ins, outs, tips and tricks, to successfully flirt, introduce themselves and move beyond “Hi.” Directed by and featuring Richard La Ruina, world-renowned men’s dating coach and best-selling author, Super Seducer 2 expands upon the original game by adding more comedic elements, along with expanded gameplay focusing on a woman’s perspective and a diversity of characters from different ethnic and racial backgrounds. The game teaches proven flirting techniques and rewards players for being genuine and charming, while docking points for being sleazy or offensive. For more information, please visit www.puatraining.com/superseducer.
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The Smartest Nations in the World
By admin / April 22, 2016
Although it is quite controversial to judge and rank a country for its intelligence, humankind has always had a desire to compare and list even such abstract concepts as intelligence.
Naturally, any research method you apply to analyze someone’s mental capacity will undoubtedly raise a few eyebrows. The point being that no matter how scientifically reliable the approach, measuring intelligence will always be a debatable issue.
there are various ways to test the average intelligence of a country. Some countdowns are compiled after surveys which inquire about proficiency in literacy, numeracy and problem solving, quick and sharp thoughts, spontaneity, time management, technological advancement and even wealth. Nevertheless, all these parameters do not take into account the intelligence of individual people within that country.
This has to do with the theory of multiple intelligences, which rejects the idea of intelligence as a single general ability, but instead considers it a myriad of different modalities including musical, linguistic, spatial, logical, kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal and naturalistic. This theory is great to apply at a personal level, but the problem arises when we want to analyze this at the country level to determine which are the smartest countries in the world.
Hence, the parameters we chose for this countdown are the most mathematical that exists thus far to rate intelligence: the intelligence quotient, or better known as IQ. The IQ score is derived from a series of standardized tests that intend to rate human intelligence. The IQ scale classifies the different IQ scores as follows:
Over 140: Genius or almost genius
120 – 140: Very superior intelligence
110 – 119: Superior intelligence
90 – 109: Average or normal intelligence
80 – 89: Dullness
70 – 79: Borderline deficiency in intelligence
Under 70: Feeble-mindedness
The IQ data we used for this countdown was compiled and studied by a British psychologist, Richard Lynn, and a Finnish political scientist, Tatu Vanhanen, with the subsequent work of a Dutch psychologist, Jelte Wicherts. The original study was published in 2002 in a book called IQ and the Wealth of Nations, where the experts showed that the differences in income (GNP) of each country were closely related to their average IQ scores.
T31. Ukraine, Russia, Malta, Belarus – Average IQ of the country: 97
T22. USA, Spain, Latvia, Hungary, France, Denmark, Czech Republic, Australia, Andorra – 98
T14: Sweden, Poland, New Zealand, Germany, Finland, Estonia, Canada, Belgium – 99
T8: UK, Norway, Netherlands, Luxembourg, China, Austria – 100
T5: Switzerland, Mongolia, Iceland – 101
4: Italy – 102
3: Japan – 105
2. South Korea – 106
1. Singapore – 108
0. (over all) – You – 160
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Depression risk if mood disorders during pregnancy
By BioScholar Staff on January 19, 2015
A study has found that women who experienced mood disorders during pregnancy may be at risk for more severe postpartum depression (PPD) than those whose symptoms begin after birth.
Also called postnatal depression, PPD is a type of clinical depression which can affect women after childbirth.
“Clinicians should be aware of the diverse presentation of women with postpartum depression,” said Samantha Meltzer-Brody, director of the perinatal psychiatry programme at the University of North Carolina’s centre for women’s mood disorders.
In the study, data from more than 10,000 women collected in previous studies were analysed using a statistical technique called latent class analysis widely used in psychiatry.
The clinical characteristics found to be most relevant in defining the three subtypes were the timing of symptom onset (beginning during pregnancy or after birth), the severity of symptoms (including thoughts of suicide), a history of a previous mood disorder and whether or not a woman had medical complications during pregnancy or childbirth.
Women with postpartum depression may experience any of three distinct subtypes of clinical presentation, the researchers found.
“A thorough assessment of a women’s history is necessary to guide appropriate clinical and treatment decisions,” Meltzer-Brody said.
We now understand that postpartum depression can have onset of symptoms that may begin in pregnancy, she added.
The study was published in the journal The Lancet Psychiatry
Heterogeneity of postpartum depression: a latent class analysis. The Lancet Psychiatry , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , 59 – 67 DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(14)00055-8
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Lily stopped me with a nervous and tearful smile and said she needed to talk to me. I knew immediately then what she was about to say, but couldn’t quite believe it. The first thing that went through my mind when she sat my down on the couch and said “I’m pregnant” was fear. “Am I ready? God I can’t even look after myself. Life as we know it will cease.” I think in real terms that thinking only lasted for 4-5 seconds, but it was powerful enough for me to remember it vividly. It was immediately overtaken by a tidal wave of pride and joy that crashed in over the top as we held each other and cried.
The day Lily told me she was pregnant I remember so well. At Lily’s suggestion, I’d just been to see a Keneisiologist in St Kilda that morning to try and feel a little bit better in my health – she consulted her tables and told me that at age 37 an incredibly exciting change will come about in my life – she asked me how old I was – I told he I had just turned 37 and she let out an excited gasp. I didn’t really care much for the science belying her prediction, but it felt nice to fantasise that a big good change was possible. One hour later, the biggest and best change of my entire life was to hit me.
I arrived home and Lily and I were rushing to get out the door to a 40th birthday lunch down at Red Hill on the Mornington peninsula. We were customarily late and I was getting in my slightly grumpy “let’s get out of here” mode. As we were walking towards the door, Lily stopped me with a nervous and tearful smile and said she needed to talk to me. I knew immediately then what she was about to say, but couldn’t quite believe it. The first thing that went through my mind when she sat my down on the couch and said “I’m pregnant” was fear. “Am I ready? God I can’t even look after myself. Life as we know it will cease.” I think in real terms that thinking only lasted for 4-5 seconds, but it was powerful enough for me to remember it vividly. It was immediately overtaken by a tidal wave of pride and joy that crashed in over the top as we held each other and cried.
As we drove to the lunch, a new instinct unlocked in me – one of unquestionable responsibility and protection for my family. I drove far more sensibly than I would have usually for a couple who were now some 45 minutes late for a surprise party. Again I remember this feeling so well. That I would die in a heartbeat for my child and her mother without hesitation or question. I’d never been willing to die for anything – probably at least try and negotiate my way out. It was very hard for any of my initial reaction of fear to survive in the face of this. The fear never really came back in the same way. It couldn’t survive in the face of paternal love.
Telling our families was the most exciting news I have ever relayed to anyone. I couldn’t wait for Christmas to arrive so we let them in on our glorious secret. By then we’d be two months – close enough! We sat in the sun with a cup of tea and told them we wanted to give them an early Christmas gift, but that it was unwrapped. Mum shot off her seat to get a bag for the present to go into, which Lily played to our advantage – she simply stepped inside the bag. Dad got it immediately. But it took a while for the penny to drop for Mum – when it sunk in that she was going to be a grandmother, she gasped with wide eyes and excitement abounded. I remember Mum saying “Oh Claytee’s going to be a Dad” which brought me as close back to my original fearfulness as possible. Carlton, you see, is an 8 year old who cries if he get’s left out of games and doesn’t like Marmite. Living up to Mum and Dad’s level of love and care for their children is also fear-inducing. A gold standard that exhausted me thinking about. But again this feeling was fleeting. Telling Lucy’s family the next day was equally delightful.
That summer, we took an ultrasound in Christchurch, on New Years’ Eve, just before our wedding party. When I saw our little pea’s heart racing away at 160 bpm, my heart raced with the same pace. An extra injection of paternal love washed into my system, which was to happen again two months later when we found out we were having a daughter. Over the course of he pregnancy I admired my wife’s courage and tenacity so much. She was in a great deal of discomfort with consistent nausea for the first 4 and a half months, and then increasing weigh and discomfort as our baby grew on her tall slim frame. But she was resilient and didn’t complain.
As 40 weeks fell due I packed up my desk at work and put on my out of office ready for baby to come on schedule the following day. Looking back no I laugh at that – a male’s approach to birth giving no bout – “let’s diarise it and get it done”. As the following week passed without anything more than a kick, I realised I may have peaked to soon and went back to work. Next week was the same, but I just didn’t have my head in the day job. I decided to take a few days off anyway to just be present and ready. Those were lovely days, walking in the winter sun, trying everything from acupuncture to spicy food to bring the little stinklet along. Towards the end of the second week we were required to up our visits to the hospital for monitoring from every two days to every day. We were now 42 weeks and counting and time was running out for bambina to make the first move. We had consciously rejected an obstetrician’s recommendation for an induction and the trade off was daily monitoring. Yet her little heartbeat was perfect, the placenta strong and mother well.
That was until Friday the 14th of August. This time we were called into the doctor’s office, rather than the usual routine of being let go and told to come back the next day. The doctor told us that the amniotic fluid was falling and we needed to be induced now – in fact she didn’t want us to leave the hospital. Lily burst into deep flow of tears. For her it was a multitude of emotions coming to a head, but the overwhelming one was that her dream of a natural birth of non-intervention was over. I really understood Lucy’s pain – originally I wouldn’t have (although would have respected it), and instead would have applied my Dad’s trademark insurance risk-based lens over the whole process. But Lily had shown me just how meaningful the dream of a natural birth was to her in such a way that I felt upset too when we realised it couldn’t happen.
Lily has always been her own woman, and although she relented to the doctor’s advice for an induction, she wasn’t going to stick around waiting in hospital for hours. There was no bed yet ready and we had none of our gear. We struck a deal with the staff that we would go and get our things and come back when a bed was ready – they’d ring us on the mobile. We only lived 25 minutes away. We pottered home and stopped for tea and cake at one of our favourite cafes in Albert Park. It was there that calm and happiness began to restore as we found peace outside the hospital and we could rationalise it all that much better. In fact I think it was there that we became excited again.
Once home we called our Doula Erika to allow her to plan her trip in. We also decided we wouldn’t drive back to hospital until we got the call. We’d rather wait for a hospital bed to free up on the couch at home watching tele than in a waiting room. The only thing though was that time was passing. 8pm. 9pm. I rang the hospital to check they hadn’t forgotten us – they hadn’t, but a bed just simply wasn’t ready. Finally around 10:30pm we got the call up and were off. We were so glad we’d had that time to regroup just together at home, and had the courage to ask for that to be allowed. It set the scene for the 24 hours that was to follow and gave us such a calm and steady base for upcoming calamity to spring from.
The Labour It was now he middle of the night and to be frank we were a bit tired and bored. Lucy was floating around in a hospital night gown while I slumped in the bedroom seat reading a magazine. Again, Lily had very clear ideas about how the induction should go – she wanted to try as much as possible to bring on the labour with as little intervention as possible which meant breaking the waters first to see if that alone would do the trick. That happened about 3am, and we waited. And waited. I fell asleep actually. Eventually at 10am we had to throw in the towel on that idea. The midwife smiled when we moved to plan B in a gentle way – she’d told us that that was unlikely to do anything but had indulged us anyway. Now came the oxytocin. A drip was applied to Lucy’s arm and she floated around the room as before, but now with a trolley. I set about readying the environment for labour in a way that we had so thoroughly planned. This included illuminating our battery-powered IKEA candles and putting on our “Le Baby is Coming” playlist on the Bose speaker. For that I needed power and found a powerpoint within the cabinet the speaker was sitting on. It took a good ten minutes to jack that up because I tripped and fell whilst head buried in the cabinet and my mouth got stuck around the brass stub dispensing the Nitris Oxide. In panic I took three deep breaths from the self-releasing valve. I tripped and fell in the same way three or four times as I tried to set up that playlist I should add, and would have lodged an incident report with the ward had my eyes been able to focus. The oxytocin wasn’t really doing much for Lily either to be frank and we wondered if the baby would ever come at all. I thought I’d get some lunch so whipped down to the hospital café, not really rushing given the circumstances. When I came back – IT WAS ALL ON.
Lily had begun to labour hard. Intense heavy waves that knocked her off her feet and intensified with every pulse. The midwife maintained a constant presence at this point as did her assistant. I was on the phone immediately to Erika to get her on the way. Just after 2:30pm Lily was pronounced to be in “hospital labour” which basically meant the game was on. Lucy began to make sounds now – loud bellowing sounds as the contractions came through. They weren’t panicked or agonising sounds, but deep controlled exhalations of energy. At one point I swear I saw her oesophagus shake at the back of her throat like a Warner Brother’s cartoon character – a long constant siren wail that roused the entire ward from their cups of tea.
The main reason why Lily was so vocal is that she had refused any form of painkillers, despite being offered an epidural (and my selfless attempts to test and ready the nitris). It was clear from the body language of the health professionals in the room the Lily’s choice was an atypical one in the face of a fast-paced oxytocin induced labour, but they respected her decision. As the labour intensified, so did Lily’s need for me. I’d emotionally readied myself for the irrational wrath of a dilated wife that I’d read about (“You put this in me!! I’ll kill you!”) but this never came. Rather Lily needed me with her, holding hands with our foreheads together as the contractions came. Our Doula Erika was here by now which gave me so much more reassurance and confidence – I could really focus on giving Lily my undivided attention knowing that Erika was there if we needed any advice about the birth. My admiration for Lily increased as I saw her take full control over her labour, without complaint or panic. Deep yoga-like breaths, calm but forceful instruction to us all, and ownership of the pain. At our wedding seven months earlier I had told her I’d fallen in love with her a number of times as our relationship had advanced – this was the next.
The Birth Darkness descended outside and the room fell into candlelight as Lily’s birthplan had absolutely no scope for neons. It was 5pm now and the registrar came in to measure Lily’s dilation. Lily was in the bathroom with Erika at the time and flatly refused the inspection – when the doctor questioned rather curtly “Why not?” she bellowed “BECAUSE I’M ABOUT TO GIVE BIRTH!!” – and she was right. Our darling’s crown was pushing through into the birth canal now and contractions were coming deep, hard and fast. The next 40 minutes went very quickly. I stayed up forehead to forehead with Lily holding her hands while the midwife and her team facilitated the miracle. With our baby’s head now out, we hit a snag and I became very fearful. She wasn’t coming out easily despite her head fully in the world and time was limited until her little lungs would need to start breathing. Lily was trying her best, but was a slave to the rhythm of the contractions. The midwife implored Lily very forcefully to push, but Lily screamed “I can’t!” – nature then kicked in and a fierce final torrent of contraction pushed through Lucy’s body and at 5:51pm our baby was in the world. Lying now on the floor, Lucy held her in her arms – I clambered over drips, cords and chairs to lie on the floor with them too. Breathless and dumbfounded.
I couldn’t fathom what I was seeing or feeling. I’d imagined the moment for so long but was completely unprepared for that emotion. She looked like me! Brown hair and narrow eyes, with my ears. Stage two instincts and powers unlocked immediately, and adrenaline released. I wept with my hand over my mouth in awe. Our darling suckled on her mama in her arms. I had no fear whatsoever – just love and unrelenting fearless determination to do anything that was needed at any time.
We couldn’t linger though – Lily was called into emergency surgery immediately as the quick and hard labour hard left its mark on her body, and she had lost a lot of blood. As she wheeled off, I took all 3.5 kilograms of Maeve Jeannie Elizabeth Carrick-Leslie in my arms and didn’t stop looking at her until Lily returned to her room. The midwife on duty in the recovery room asked Lily if she was “the one who refused painkillers following an induction”, and it became clear to us that Lucy’s legend had already begun to circulate through the wards. That’s my wife. I felt so pround of both my girls.
As I write this exactly 14 months later, I remember every nuance, smell and emotion of the birth with crisp precision. And every day I love my girl more and more. She just took her first steps in the weekend. I should let the Kinesiologist know what happened at age 37 as I’ve never seen her since.
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The charitable arm of Nashville-based Gibson Brands, Gibson Gives, says it will provide a guitar to any musician whose instrument was damaged or destroyed in the storm. They are not limiting their replacement efforts to Gibson-brand instruments, either—it can be any brand of instrument that was lost to the disaster.
“Our goal is to get a guitar back into the hands of anyone who has had their guitar damaged or destroyed in the recent Tennessee storm,” Dendy Jarrett, Executive Director of Gibson Gives, said in a release. “As a Nashville, Tennessee based company, we are also engaging with our artists and other partners to provide support across many areas.”
Musicians affected can contact Gibson Gives and let them know of their individual situation. Guitars disbursed will be at the discretion of the company and may be “demo models, prototypes, or shop-worn across Gibson’s family of guitar brands,” according to a release.
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee has activated the Middle Tennessee Emergency Response Fund for those who wish to donate money toward recovery efforts. President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit the city on Friday (March 6) to assess the damage.
Find out how you can help the Nashville tornado relief efforts here.
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Source: Gibson Guitars Donating Instruments to Nashville Musicians Impacted by Tornadoes
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Anaplan Fuels Aggressive Growth With Automated Recruiting
January 22, 2018 at 12:00 PM William Clarke
As one of the fastest growing and most innovative companies in the Bay Area, Anaplan is a leading platform provider connecting data, people, and plans across businesses. The company aims to empower its customers to plan, collaborate and act in real time with easy-to-use applications to solve complex planning challenges. Innovative technologies require innovative technologists to build them, and Anaplan meets this challenge for companies all over the world. To keep them all running smoothly, Anaplan must scale aggressively and that requires rapidly expanding headcount in key departments. In order to make hires efficiently, recruiters at Anaplan leverage a sophisticated array of technologies to maximize their productivity and deliver impactful hiring results.
But like many technology companies based in the Bay Area, finding qualified and interested talent is highly competitive. To fill the roles required for Anaplan to meet its goals and continue to grow, the talent team needs to generate healthy candidate pipeline in a reasonable amount of time to make hires. As Anaplan full-cycle technical recruiter Drew Angers explains, “My number one biggest challenge is finding the time to source. Sourcing is fundamental for success, but with so many competing initiatives and priorities, there just aren’t enough hours in the day.”
Like many talent professionals, Anaplan’s team of recruiters needed more time but were finding it hard to come by. And with senior architect and software engineering roles to fill, they were targeting some of the most sought after skillsets in the area. It’s a common problem, and with demand skyrocketing for many key technical roles, they needed a solution that could work faster and more comprehensively than the competition.
In early August, Anaplan began using Entelo Envoy to automate the job of talent sourcing. It was clear almost immediately after setting up their first role that Envoy's recruiting automation tools would deliver exceptional results and save a significant amount of time for the team. “With Envoy, Entelo has created a way to completely automate the pain of sourcing away,” says Angers. “I couldn’t have dreamt up a more perfect solution for sourcing and engaging with candidates.”
Breaking through the noise in today’s recruiting talent market is no small feat, but Envoy has helped Anaplan enjoy some eye-popping results, including increased email open rates, now at 53%. And with interested candidates showing up directly in the inbox of Anaplan recruiters, “Around half of my pipeline now comes from Envoy sourced candidates. I can’t believe how quickly it works and how much time it saves me everyday,” states Angers.
Not only has Envoy helped Anaplan automate its sourcing workflows, it has delivered a higher volume of candidates than they ever could have found manually while dramatically reducing the amount of time they need to spend on candidate outreach.
“I put one of my tougher roles on Envoy – a Principal Java Engineer,” says Angers. “I was surprised by how great the candidates Envoy returned were. More than 90 percent were a perfect match for my role. And after the email messages to candidates went out, we saw an open rate higher than 50 percent, which is unheard of for engineers.”
Whether you’re a Fortune 100 company or a cutting-edge startup, San Francisco is one of the toughest recruiting markets in the world. Now, with Entelo Envoy, Anaplan is enjoying the kind of recruiting success that eludes many companies with an efficient and effective candidate outreach process.
As Anaplan goes into 2018, the recruiting team is confident that their business goals are in sight. No wonder Angers says: “Entelo is ahead of the curve. We are going to keep using Envoy forever!”
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Australian Carrier Qantas Orders Another Four Boeing 737-800s
Australian flag-carrier Qantas Airways has ordered four additional Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 airplanes to join its initial 737-800 fleet of 15. The four new twinjets, due for delivery between May and July of next year, are worth approximately $US240 million at list prices.
Since January, Qantas has introduced the 15 winglet-equipped Next-Generation 737-800s to Australian domestic routes alongside its existing fleet of 38 Classic 737s.
First deliveries of the Qantas 737-800s were achieved only 100 days after contract signature. These early airplanes already were in production as part of an order placed by Qantas oneworld alliance partner American Airlines. At the time, Qantas also took purchase rights on another 60 Boeing 737s of unspecified models.
"We have been very pleased with the integration of the Boeing 737-800 into our fleet," said David Forsythe, Qantas executive general manager -- Aircraft Operations. "It has been one of the smoothest introductions of a new type, undoubtedly helped by high levels of commonality with our existing Boeing 737s."
The four new airplanes will be fitted with 2.5-meter high winglets built in Melbourne by component manufacturer Hawker de Havilland, which also is the sole source of Boeing 737 ailerons and Krueger flaps.
"Qantas set us some tough targets with the introduction of the Next-Generation 737, and this new order is a good indication of how we went," said Rick Westmoreland, Sydney-based vice president, Sales, Australia & Pacific Islands for Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "It is great to see Qantas move ahead with this 737, and great to see the very positive Australian public reaction to the Next-Generation 737."
The digitally redesigned Next-Generation 737 is the newest and most technologically advanced commercial airliner in the single-aisle market. With a new wing and more powerful engines, the new 737s can fly higher, faster and farther than previous models, and the competition.
In addition, the Next-Generation 737 flight deck features the latest liquid-crystal flat-panel displays and is designed to accommodate new communications and flight management capabilities.
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Bonesville: The Authoritative Independent Voice of East Carolina
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ECU FOOTBALL RECRUITING CLASS OF 2021 • ECU HOOPS RECRUITING CLASS OF 2021-22
New staff held its ground in early signing effort
December 24, 2018 By Sammy Batten Leave a Comment
Mike Houston had very little time to make up ground recruiting after becoming East Carolina’s head coach just 16 days before college football’s early signing period for the Class of 2019.
But with an aggressive approach that had Houston and his staff traveling from Florida to Pennsylvania for face-to-face meetings with prospects, the Pirates didn’t lose any ground either.
Eighteen players signed a national letter of intent with ECU on Wednesday, all but one of whose recruitment was handled in large part by the previous staff headed by Scottie Montgomery. Houston, in a classy move, praised Montgomery and his staff on signing day for their role in securing a class that so far is rated fifth-best among American Athletic Conference programs by 247sports.com and sixth by Rivals.com.
“Scottie Montgomery and his staff did a real good job with these young men,” Houston said. “A lot of them were committed to his staff, and it’s only right to give them credit for the hard work they put in to get these guys acclimated to East Carolina University.”
As is usually the case with coaching changes, the Pirates did wind up losing several players previously committed to the school. Athlete D.J. Chisolm and receiver Devontez Walker backed off verbal pledges to the Pirates soon after the school announced Montgomery wouldn’t be retained. Offensive lineman Jeff Woods also opted out of the class after the new staff asked him to delay his enrollment at ECU by a semester, according to his high school coach.
The staff also cut ties for the time being with two other previously committed players, running backs Shemar Thompson and Taron Beauford.
But Houston did manage to reel back in offensive lineman Nathan Strother, junior college offensive lineman Bailey Malovic, and athlete Juan Powell back to the class, while also adding in-state running back Demetrius Mauney.
“We did have some very aggressive work to do,” Houston said. “But I said to our staff earlier today that even if we had been here two years and signed this class today, I’d still be ecstatic about this class. It’s a quality group of young men. They are talented. They’re going to be players, a lot of them, with immediate impact on our program.”
Houston will be able to put more of his stamp on the 2019 recruiting class between now and the final signing period that starts February 6th. With scholarships remaining to offer, he hopes to add another defensive lineman and an additional skill player on offense to the class.
That’s when we’ll return with our annual report card on the complete class. Until then, here’s some tidbits and personal evaluations based on film study and conversations with other analysts and coaches about each ECU prospect signed during the early period. The asterisk beside a player’s name indicates he’ll enroll for the spring semester and will participate in spring practice with the Pirates.
*ALEX ANGUS, Defensive back (6-2, 190) Page HS, Greensboro, NC
In the ratings: (247Sports.com) 3 stars, No. 162 safety nationally, No. 77 in North Carolina
(Rivals.com) 2 stars. unranked.
Also offered by: Appalachian State, Charlotte, Old Dominion.
Recruiting tale: Appalachian State was the first to offer Angus in December 2017 and he wound up committing to the Mountaineers on Feb. 22, 2018. But after making an unofficial visit to ECU in early November, he backed off that pledge on Nov. 7 and to join the Pirates.
Senior stats/honors: Angus made 37 tackles, eight tackles for loss and eight sacks in just nine games. Earned first-team All-Metro 4-A Conference honors and played for North Carolina squad in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas all-star game.
Fast fact: As a sophomore, Angus started on a Page team featuring future FBS recruits in running back Javon Leake (Maryland) and linebacker Alan Tisdale (Virginia Tech). The squad finished 14-2 overall and reached the state 4-AA finals.
My thoughts: Angus is a hybrid safety-outside linebacker who displayed the skill to dominate games at times during his prep career. He’s a sure tackler in the open field and isn’t afraid to stick his nose into a pile at the line of scrimmage to make a hit. It’s impressive to watch him back-pedal in pass coverage, then seamlessly shift gears and close ground rapidly on the receiver. Because of his versatility, size and speed, I could see Angus contributing on special teams as a true freshman for the Pirates.
KEZIAH EVERETT, Defensive line (6-1, 325) Farmville Central HS, Farmville, NC
In the ratings: (247Sports.com) 3 stars, No. 121 defensive tackle nationally, No. 75 in North Carolina
Also offered by: Appalachian State, Campbell, Duke, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia.
Recruiting tale: The Pirates were the first to offer Everett a scholarship in April 2017. Although he attended a Junior Day event at North Carolina in March 2018 and was aggressively recruited by the Tar Heels late in the process, Everett never wavered after making a verbal commitment to ECU on June 28.
Senior stats/honors: Everett produced 81 tackles, 18 tackles for loss and seven sacks in 2018. Played for the North Carolina squad in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas all-star game, making one tackle.
Fast fact: One of the state’s top high school performers in the shot put, Everett set the state 2-A record in May 2018 with a toss of 53 feet, 8.5 inches.
My thoughts: If he was two inches taller, Everett would have had every program in the country pursuing him. He is a truly unique athlete for a man of his size. Fast (timed at 4.91 seconds in the 40-yard dash), powerful (41 repetitions of 185 pounds on bench press) and agile (31-inch vertical jump), Everett can be one of the immediate contributors from this class at ECU. And if the Pirates ever need a jumbo back to block or carry the ball around the goal line, Everett could be that guy.
MALIK FLEMING, Defensive back (5-9, 180) Hapeville Charter Academy, Fairburn, GA
In the ratings: (247Sports.com) 3 stars, No. 178 cornerback nationally, No. 154 in Georgia
Also offered by: Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Boston College, Eastern Kentucky, Georgia Southern, Louisville, Middle Tennessee State, South Alabama, Southern Miss, Syracuse, Troy, Tulane.
Recruiting tale: Tulane, Troy and Louisville all got out ahead of ECU with offers to Fleming. The Pirates jumped into the recruiting war for him in December 2017 and he eventually became on of the first players committed to the recruiting Class of 2019 on March 31, 2018.
Senior stats/honors: Collected 14 tackles, four tackles for loss, a quarterback sack and an interception in just seven games as a senior. Fleming returned the interception 38 yards for a touchdown. Named defensive player of the year by coaches for Georgia’s Region 6-AA.
Fast fact: Fleming’s cousin is Kansas City Chiefs’ safety, Eric Berry.
My thoughts: A “one-of-a-kind athlete and talent” is how Hapeville Charter coach Winston Gordon describes Fleming. Speedy with long arms, Fleming excels in man-to-man coverage and has big-play ability as a cornerback. But he’s also an excellent kick returner and special teams performer. Fleming’s work ethic and football instincts could earn him a role early at ECU in the latter capacity.
ALEX FLINN, Quarterback (6-1, 210) A.C. Reynolds HS, Fletcher, NC
In the ratings: (247Sports.com) 3 stars, No. 77 pro-style quarterback nationally, No. 77 in North Carolina
Also offered by: ECU was his only offer.
Recruiting tale: Flinn had quietly picked up a scholarship offer from ECU in May, but his name didn’t really pop up on the recruiting radar until he took an unofficial visit to campus June 19th. Four days later he made a verbal commitment to the Pirates.
Senior stats/honors: Completed 210 of 343 yards passing for 3,113 yards and 34 touchdowns. Was intercepted just eight times. Also rushed 148 times for 673 yards and three more scores. Named offensive player of the year in the Western Mountain 3-A Conference. Earned invitation to the Hawai’i Tiki All-Star Bowl.
Fast fact: Flinn was an All-Western N.C. pick in baseball as a junior after batting .340 with four homer and 35 RBIs.
My thoughts: Under the tutelage former college and NFL offensive coordinator John Shoop, Flinn blossomed in his final two seasons at Reynolds. He’s an extremely accurate passer, and even though he’s not a great runner, Flinn is mobile enough to move the pocket to create space for himself when needed. Flinn also has a fearless attitude, which allows him to stand in a pocket a split second longer or get that five or six yards on the run to keep the chains moving. Could be the “sleeper” of this recruiting class.
TRAVEON FRESHWATER, Defensive end (6-1, 230) Northeastern HS, Elizabeth City, NC
Big play defensive end Traveon Freshwater, the centerpiece of ECU’s recruiting class, fielded offers from SEC, Big Ten and ACC schools. (The Daily Advance photo by Malcolm Shields)
In the ratings: (247Sports.com) 3 stars, No. 44 inside linebacker nationally, No. 48 in North Carolina
(Rivals.com) 3 stars, No. 28 weakside defensive end nationally, No. 21 in North Carolina
Also offered by: Appalachian State, Duke, Michigan State, N.C. State, North Carolina, Old Dominion, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest.
Recruiting tale: N.C. State emerged as an early leader for Freshwater late in 2017, while the Pirates were back in the pack. But ECU’s former staff wouldn’t take no for an answer and continued to aggressively pursue Freshwater and gradually moved up his list of options. After an unofficial visit to ECU in late July 2018, he offered his commitment to the Pirates on August 6th.
Senior stats/honors: Freshwater made 119 tackles and 19 sacks on defense as a senior, while also rushing for 1,263 yards and 16 touchdowns on offense. Selected to play for the North Carolina squad in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas all-star game, but couldn’t participate due to Northeastern playing in the state 2-A finals.
Fast fact: Freshwater sacked future ECU teammate Holton Ahlers twice in the opening game of his junior season.
My thoughts: The centerpiece of the ECU recruiting class, Freshwater is a cross between former UNC great Julius Peppers and this year’s defensive star for the Pirates, Nate Harvey. He’s not quite Peppers’ size, but is bigger than Harvey. What he shares with both is his ability to make big plays and disrupt offenses. Freshwater made an incredible 80 career sacks at Northeastern while playing both ways for four straight years. He’s quick off the line, relentless and has tremendous upper-body strength. Don’t be surprised if someday soon he’s challenging Harvey’s ECU tackles for loss and sack records.
*BRYAN GAGG, Quarterback (6-3, 200) Braden River HS, Bradenton, FL
In the ratings: (247Sports.com) 3 stars, No. 42 pro-style quarterback nationally, No. 158 in Florida
(Rivals.com) 3 stars, unranked.
Also offered by: Northern Iowa.
Recruiting tale: Gagg emerged on ECU’s recruiting radar when former receivers coach Keith Gaither saw him during spring practice at Braden River, soon after he transferred there from Sarasota High. After turning in a stellar junior year at Braden River, Gaither returned with a scholarship offer from the Pirates. After consulting with family friend and former ECU running back Ernest Byner, Gagg pulled the trigger on a commitment to the Pirates on March 24, 2018.
Senior stats/honors: Led Braden River to a 9-3 record after completing 142 of 227 passes for 2,220 yards and 21 touchdowns. Gagg was intercepted just six times. Also rushed 51 times for 157 yards.
Fast fact: Gagg’s father Michael, a former baseball pitcher, is a member of the athletic hall of fame at NCAA Division III William Paterson University.
My thoughts: The first thing you notice about Gagg is arm strength and the way he really steps into every throw. He exhibits nice touch on the deep balls and can zip it into tight spaces on slant routes or passes to the sideline. Gagg is also a big, physical quarterback who runs with authority. As a January enrolee, it’ll be interesting to follow Gagg’s progress in the spring and see where he winds up on the quarterback depth chart heading into 2019.
*HOZEY HAJI-BADRI, Defensive tackle (6-3, 270) Chantilly HS/Virginia Prep Sports Academy/ASA College, Chantilly, VA
In the ratings: (247Sports.com) 3 stars, No. 17 junior college strongside defensive end nationally
(Rivals.com) Unranked.
Also offered by: Buffalo, Georgia State, New Mexico, Old Dominion, UAB, Western Kentucky
Recruiting tale: It was a long, winding road for Haji-Badri to reach Greenville. He received numerous FBS scholarship offers as a senior at Chantilly High and wound up accepting an offer from Temple in 2015. But those plans altered in May 2016 when Haji-Badri re-opened his recruitment and announced he was reclassifying academically. The latter allowed him to spent another year growing physically and improving his academics at the Virginia Prep Sports Academy. West Virginia recruited him as a preferred walk-on out of Virginia Prep, but those plans derailed when he came up shy of a qualifying score on the SAT just weeks before he was scheduled to enroll. A newspaper article about him failing to qualify was seen by the staff at ASA College in Brooklyn, who contacted Haji-Badri and offered a scholarship there. ECU jumped into the picture in October when then-defensive line coach Rodrique Wright made contact. An offer followed on Nov. 1 and Haji-Badri accepted on Nov. 19.
Sophomore stats/honors: Earned All-Northeastern Conference honors after making 16 tackles, eight tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks.
Fast fact: Haji-Badri has four younger siblings, all of whom are sisters.
My thoughts: Athleticism and versatility are the two things that jump out at you about Haji-Badri. He’s extremely agile and quick out of his stance. Those abilities make him a candidate to play anywhere from a three-technique to a defensive end position. Getting him into ECU’s strength and conditioning program during the spring will help better prepare him for what could be a prominent role on next year’s defensive front.
*JSI HATFIELD, Wide receiver (5-9, 175) Southern Alamance HS, Graham, NC
In the ratings: (247Sports.com) 3 stars, No. 76 athlete nationally, No. 44 in North Carolina
Also offered by: Appalachian State, Campbell, Charleston Southern, Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, Elon, Gardner-Webb, Georgia State, Hampton, James Madison, Kent State, Liberty, Marshall, Miami (Ohio), Old Dominion, The Citadel, Western Carolina, Wofford.
Recruiting tale: Appalachian State was Hatfield’s second offer and the early favorite to land him. But after visiting ECU for a Junior Day event on March 17, the Pirates extended an offer the following month. He took unofficial visits to Appalachian State and Old Dominion before accepting ECU’s offer on June 24.
Senior stats/honors: Playing mostly at quarterback as a senior, Hatfield completed 38 of 57 passes for 714 yards and five touchdowns, while also rushing 184 times for 1,551 yards and 14 scores. He also made 10 tackles and three interceptions on defense.
Fast fact: Hatfield averaged 13.7 points as a guard on the Southern Alamance basketball team as a junior.
My thoughts: One of the fastest athletes in ECU’s recruiting class, Hatfield is a triple threat who can run, catch and pass the football. Because he hasn’t gotten much experience at receiver as a prep player, it will take some time for him to develop into a contributor in the Pirates’ passing game. But once Hatfield learns the finer points of the position, his ability to make yards after the catch will be a valuable asset.
TRENT HOLLER, Offensive line (6-2, 285) Greater Latrobe HS, Latrobe, PA
In the ratings: (247Sports.com) 3 stars, No. 13 center nationally, No. 29 in Pennsylvania
Also offered by: Albany, Ball State, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Delaware, Duquesne, Elon, Fordham, Lehigh, Maine, Notre Dame College, Ohio, Pittsburgh, Robert Morris, West Virginia, Youngstown State.
Recruiting tale: The Pirates were tipped off about Holler from the brother of former offensive line coach Don Mahoney, who also coaches in the Latrobe area. ECU reached out to Holler and offered him a scholarship in June 2018. By August, Holler had narrowed his options to the Pirates, Pittsburgh and West Virginia. After pondering those options for a month, Holler announced for ECU in September.
Senior stats/honors: Earned All-Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League 5-A honors as a defensive lineman in helping Greater Latrobe end an eight-year playoff drought. He made 34 tackles, seven sacks and nine tackles for loss.
Fast fact: Father, Dick Holler, attended Elon University in North Carolina.
My thoughts: Holler is a true center prospect whose ability to snap the ball, then maneuver himself into blocking position is advanced for a prep player. He has the quickness and foot speed to pull on run plays and doesn’t stop after making the initial block. It’s common on film to see Holler continuing down field to take on a safety or cornerback after completing his primary assignment.
C.J. JOHNSON, Wide receiver (6-2, 220) D.H. Conley HS, Greenville, NC
In the ratings: (247Sports.com) 3 stars, No. 198 wide receiver nationally, No. 66 in North Carolina
Also offered by: Duke, N.C. State, North Carolina, Virginia Tech
Recruiting tale: There was really never much doubt Johnson would land at ECU, even though North Carolina was among his early favorites. The opportunity to play for his hometown school and reconnect with his former prep quarterback, Holton Ahlers, led Johnson to make his pledge to the Pirates on May 17, 2018.
Senior stats/honors: Johnson did everything but sell popcorn at Conley this season. He completed seven of 12 passing attempts for 42 yards and two touchdowns, had 77 receptions for 1,701 yards and 23 scores, made 16 tackles and two picks on defense, returned a fumble and an interception for touchdowns and averaged 38.1 on punts.
Fast fact: Johnson played quarterback in middle school, but moved to receiver once he reached the Conley varsity because Ahlers was firmly entrenched as the program’s starter.
My thoughts: The next record-breaking receiver at East Carolina? Johnson certainly has the goods to join ECU’s receiving elite. He has big hands and is a natural pass catcher. Because of his body type, Johnson is a great target in the red zone and is also a mismatch for many corners when running deep routes. Throw in Johnson’s work ethic and mental toughness, and the sky is the limit for what he might achieve at ECU.
JEREMY LEWIS, Tight end (6-3, 215) South Central HS, Greenville, NC
In the ratings: (247Sports.com) 3 stars, No. 78 weakside defensive end nationally, No. 58 in North Carolina
Also offered by: Charlotte, Duke, Georgia State, North Carolina, Old Dominion, Tennessee, Virginia, Wake Forest
Recruiting tale: Another local prospect who was practically a slam dunk for the Pirates, Lewis did camp and attend Junior Day activities at North Carolina. But ECU was always foremost in his heart, which prompted his commitment on June 28.
Senior stats/honors: Lewis was an impact player on both sides of the football as a senior. He made 95 tackles, 14 tackles for loss and four sacks on defense at end, highlighted by a nine-tackle, four tackle-for-loss game against West Craven. At tight end on offense, Lewis caught 36 passes for 802 yards and 11 touchdowns.
Fast fact: Lewis’ older brother, Kiante Anderson, lettered for the Pirates in 2016 and 2017 at defensive end.
My thoughts: I don’t believe I was the only person surprised when Lewis showed up on ECU’s signing list as a tight end. The fact is he has the potential to be a big-play, disruptive pass-rushing force on defense once he adds some more size to his frame. But Houston envisions Lewis evolving into a hybrid player who can line up in the backfield as a fullback, attach himself to the line like a traditional tight end, or split out wide for a physical mismatch against a safety or linebacker. I can see that, too, because Lewis is that gifted.
*BAILEY MALOVIC, Offensive line (6-6, 260) Dutch Fork HS/Highland CC, Irmo, SC
In the ratings: (247Sports.com) 3 stars, No. 11 junior college offensive tackle nationally
(Rivals.com) 3 stars, No. 97 junior college prospect overall nationally.
Also offered by: Arkansas State, Chattanooga, Coastal Carolina, Florida Atlantic, New Mexico State, Old Dominion, Southern Miss, Tennessee State, Tennessee-Martin, UAB.
Recruiting tale: Malovic received light recruiting interest after helping Dutch Fork to the state AAAAA title as a senior in 2016. So off he went to Highland Community College, where the Pirates arrived late on the scene in early November 2018. Malovic visited Greenville on Nov. 16 and committed Nov. 20. But he backed off that pledge briefly for three days in December after the coaching change before re-joining the class on Dec. 15.
Senior stats/honors: Malovic played in nine games as a sophomore at Highland, helping the Scotties average 395.4 yards of total offense per game.
Fast fact: Played high school football for Tom Knotts, who won nine state titles while coaching Charlotte-area programs.
My thoughts: A spring arrival in Greenville will be good for ECU and Malovic. The Pirates desperately need starting help and depth on the offensive line, so the opportunity to make an early impact is there for Malovic. Under normal circumstances, Malovic could use a redshirt year to beef up and get stronger, but at ECU he may not have that luxury next season.
DEMETRIUS MAUNEY, Running back (6-0-195) East Rutherford HS, Forest City, NC
Also offered by: Appalachian State, Campbell, Charlotte, Colorado State, Eastern Kentucky, Georgia Southern, James Madison, Old Dominion, Purdue, Temple, Wofford.
Recruiting tale: Originally Mauney gave his verbal commitment to Big Ten Conference member Purdue on June 16. But the distance from home to West Lafayette, IN, caused Mauney to have second thoughts, so he decommitted on Aug. 14. Houston’s staff had been recruiting Mauney for James Madison, so when they arrived at ECU in December they continued their pursuit. It paid off with a verbal commitment on Dec. 6.
Senior stats/honors: A two-way star at East Rutherford, Mauney racked up 1,375 yards rushing and 16 touchdowns on 152 carries as a senior. Defensively, he piled up 83 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, two sacks and an interception. Played for the North Carolina squad in the annual Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas all-star game.
Fast fact: Amassed 5,074 career all-purpose yards at East Rutherford – 4,427 rushing, 14 receiving, 559 in kickoff returns and 74 on interception returns.
My thoughts: Mauney is a chain mover. He rarely gets dropped in the backfield because he’s always moving forward with a powerful leg drive. Deceptively fast, Mauney has the skills to be an every-down back who doesn’t have to be removed on passing plays. Barring another running back signee between now and February, ECU will be just an injury away from needing Mauney’s contribution at running back next fall.
*JA’QUAN MCMILLIAN, Cornerback (5-9, 165) West Forsyth HS, Winston-Salem, NC
In the ratings: (247Sports.com) 3 stars, No. 158 cornerback nationally, No. 63 in North Carolina
(Rivals.com) 3 stars, unranked nationally, No. 40 in North Carolina.
Also offered by: Appalachian State, Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, Duke, Louisville, North Carolina, South Carolina, Syracuse, Tennessee, Wake Forest, West Virginia.
Recruiting tale: McMillian received offers from a variety of Power Five conference schools, but once ECU offered in October 2017 none of those seemed relevant. He committed to the Pirates on July 12, 2018.
Senior stats/honors: Chosen for the Winston-Salem Journal’s All-Northwest team and All-Central Piedmont 4-A Conference squad as a senior. Made five tackles and a tackle for loss for the North Carolina squad in the annual Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas all-star game.
Fast fact: Older brother, Jayshawn, was West Forsyth’s starting quarterback when Ja’Quan was a varsity freshman.
My thoughts: McMillian has that combination of great football instincts and athletic ability that allows him to make big plays on defense. He understands the cornerback position and West Forsyth coach Adrian Snow calls him “the best defensive back we’ve ever had.” That’s saying something considering the talent West has produced in recent years. Picking up a few pounds of muscle will be necessary before McMillian is ready to make an impact in Greenville. But there’s plenty of time between now and next fall for that to happen.
*PATRICK NATIONS, Placekicker (6-0, 190) Walhalla HS, Tamassee, SC
In the ratings: (247Sports.com) 2 stars, No. 15 placekicker nationally, No. 73 in South Carolina
Also offered by: North Greenville.
Recruiting tale: East Carolina arrived on the scene to offer Nations in April 2018. A month later, during an unofficial visit to campus, he made a verbal commitment to play for the Pirates.
Senior stats/honors: The left-footed kicker was named Class 4-A Specialist of the Year as a senior by the South Carolina Coaches Association. He was selected to play in the 2018 Touchstone Energy Bowl all-star game.
Fast fact: Nations has also earned all-league honors as a receiver and defensive back for Walhalla.
My thoughts: This guy isn’t just a kicker. Nations is a true athlete was also a highly regarded safety at the high school level. But the Pirates like him for the high lift he gets on his place kicks and the leg strength that regularly saw him send kickoffs into the end zone as a prep player. With Jake Verity around for one more year, ECU can probably redshirt Nations in 2019. But he is the clear heir apparent to Verity.
*JUAN POWELL, Athlete (5-11, 170) Douglass HS, Atlanta, GA
Also offered by: Cincinnati, Florida A&M, Florida Atlantic, Georgia Southern, Kennesaw State, Massachusetts, South Florida, Syracuse, Troy, Tulane.
Recruiting tale: Powell was among the first players to commit to the Class of 2019 back in March 2018. But as more offers came his way and the coaching change occurred at East Carolina, Powell decided to back off that pledge on Dec. 1 to re-evaluate his situation. But after a face-to-face meeting with Houston during an official visit Dec. 7, he began to turn his attention back to ECU. He made a late visit to Troy, which set up the only real drama for ECU on signing day. But Powell put his signature on a letter of intent to play for the Pirates.
Senior stats/honors: Powell rushed for 1,432 yards and 19 touchdowns on 130 carries to earn Georgia Region 6-AA Athlete of the Year honors.
Fast fact: Completed 17 passes in high school, eight of which went for touchdowns.
My thoughts: Enticing Powell back to the ECU recruiting class might have been Houston’s best effort. Powell is a speed athlete with game-breaking potential on offense or defense. He put together an impressive high school career competing against some of the best in Georgia, so he’ll come to Greenville battle tested. One of the highlights of spring practice for the Pirates will be to see who among the offense and defense coaches wins the battle to have Powell on their side of the ball.
CHAD STEPHENS, Linebacker (6-0, 225) Southeast Guilford HS, Greensboro, NC
In the ratings: (247Sports.com) 2 stars, No. 151 outside linebacker nationally, No. 76 in North Carolina
Also offered by: Air Force, Army, Campbell, Charleston Southern, Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, Eastern Kentucky, Furman, Hampton, James Madison, Liberty, Navy, Richmond, The Citadel, Western Carolina.
Recruiting tale: A close relationship with former prep teammate Trey Love, a freshman defensive lineman at ECU, helped the Pirates close the deal with Stephens. He committed to ECU on June 21, 2018, but did take an unofficial trip to North Carolina in November to cause a few nervous moments before signing day.
Senior stats/honors: Stephens rushed 58 times for 268 yards and eight touchdowns on offense, while also catching 14 passes for 164 yards. He also made three interceptions on defense.
Fast fact: Stephens’ father, Cameron, works for the Guilford County Sheriff’s Department.
My thoughts: A sideline-to-sideline defender, Stephens plays physical and with great instincts. He has the flexibility to play inside or outside at linebacker, but may need some time to develop his technique after spending much of his prep career focused on offense.
NISHAD STROTHER, Offensive line (6-3, 290) Havelock HS, Havelock, NC
In the ratings: (247Sports.com) 2 stars, No. 187 offensive nationally, No. 112 in North Carolina
Also offered by: Charlotte, Georgia State, N.C. Central, Western Carolina.
Recruiting tale: Havelock has long been an ECU stronghold when it comes to football recruiting. So it was no surprise when Strother added his name to the Pirates’ class on June 25, 2018. But it was a surprise two months later when he decided to withdraw his pledge. Strother consequently committed to Charlotte on Oct. 15 and seemed destined to play elsewhere besides ECU. But the new staff wouldn’t take no for an answer and finally convinced Strother to come back aboard on Dec. 16.
Senior stats/honors: A two-way starter at state powerhouse Havelock, Strother helped the Rams average 476.8 yards of total offense a game and paved the way for two 1,000-yard rushers as a senior.
Fast fact: Strother earned MVP honors at East Carolina’s Big Man Camp in June.
My thoughts: Strother has great footwork for a big man and plays with great effort every down. He improved his strength by leaps and bounds between his junior and senior prep seasons. Havelock coach Caleb King compares Strother to another Rams’ great, Corey Robinson, who spent three seasons as a starter at South Carolina and is now with the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars.
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With the discovery of Chiron, a new dimension was opened in our understanding of how astrology reflects the soul’s journey of awakening.
This book is an indispensable reference for those who seek to understand Chiron’s meaning in the horoscope, and is considered as a classic text on the subject. Melanie Reinhart’s work demonstrates a rare combination of careful research, innovative thinking, thoughtful cultural commentary and inspired interpretation, as she explores the archetype of the Wounded Healer or Shaman.
"Suffering is present in everyone’s life, but relating with wisdom and compassion to our own experience turns ‘poison into medicine’. Thus we develop the awareness which both accompanies and also initiates new stages of our spiritual journey."
This book has accompanied the healing journey of thousands of people all over the world, and has been translated into seven languages. Considered by many working astrologers as the definitive text on the subject, this book gives detailed, thoroughly researched information on Chiron's astronomy and mythology, its placement through the houses and signs, as well as aspects to the major planets. New material which features in this edition includes discussion of the process of the 'Chiron Return' which occurs at age 50, an expanded review of Chiron as representing our current 'Zeitgeist', and extensive material on the astronomical picture.
Chiron, once a celestial anomaly, is now in a class of its own. In the 1990s, exciting astronomical discoveries yielded a new category of objects - 'The Centaurs'. Chiron is considered the prototype of this group which comprises the short-orbit comet-like objects that cross the paths of the planets from Saturn through to Neptune. They are said to have originated in the Kuiper Belt, which surrounds the Solar System and which has been called 'the newest frontier of planetary science'. The symbolism is perfect, as Chiron is that luminous thread of consciousness which links different levels of the inner and outer dimensions of our human experience, helping us make sense of our suffering in a deeply personal way, and thus to release our attachment to it.
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Best Mirror Apps for Android & iOS
Bryson Mitchell
With a large number of spaces and fast internet we have made it easy to entertain ourselves with just our cellphones, we can watch videos, make videos and do much more with it. But it is tiring holding and somewhat insulting watching a classic thriller move on our phone when it demands a large screen. Here comes the role of mirror screening application that allows the user to connect their phone with the smart devices like TV or PC screens so you can control the media by your phone, connect over Wi-Fi, and enjoy the seamless connection. These applications come handy when you want to display a presentation or a document file on a big screen and control it from your phone. Experience playing games like PUBG or Fortnite on a big screen just by connecting your device to a smart TV. You can also stream the video live from the TV to any big site like Twitch or YouTube. These applications allow you to record the video, share files, share media, and play games, without going through some hectic wire entanglement and setting up significant devices. These apps are full of features and various options that let you have a pleasant experience with screen mirroring. Here is a list of best screen mirroring apps that work on cross-platform devices and provide a satisfying user-experience.
1. Google Home
2. Microsoft Remote Desktop
3. TeamViewer
4. ApowerMirror–Mirror&Control
5. Mirroring360
6. Reflector Director
7. Mirroring Assist
8. VNC Viewer
9. AirServer Connect
10. Screen Stream Mirroring
11. Screen Mirroring
12. Miracast Screen Sharing App
13. Screen Mirror – Screen sharing by Smart Dato vGmbH
14. AnyDesk
15. Samsung Smart View
Google Home is a cross-platform application that allows the user to mirror their screen no TV for fun or technical support. The app is smart and contains features that do not make the set up hectic for the user. The app allows you to set up, manage, and control your devices like natural home products, lights, cameras, thermostats, and more with just syncing this app with the Chromecast devices. It consists of remote control with hundreds of smart devices for your favorite brands. It consists of exciting features like an intelligent interface, easy to set up, interactive GU structure, secure control module, scree mirroring, set up routines for your daily chores, and much more. Google Home is free to use; the only drawback this application has is that some of its functions are not available in all regions. It is ad-free and requires an upgraded, compatible device.
Microsoft Remote Desktop is a screen mirroring application that works for both Android and iOS users. The tool is designed and supported by Microsoft Inc. They primarily made the system compatible with windows only, but then as they made improvements, they made it available for multiple platforms. The primary function of the application is to provide a sophisticated environment to connect your smartphone with the TV or any other device and control it from your smartphone or mirror the phone’s screen for entertainment purposes. It includes many fantastic features, access to remote resources through remote control, multi-touch experience, secure connection to your data and application, simple management of all remote connection from the connection center, seamless audio and video streaming, reliable connection to external monitors or various devices, and many more. The interface of this application is easy to understand and compatible with the new and expert users as it guides every step. Microsoft Remote Desktop is smart, free, and does not contain any ads or purchases.
TeamViewer is a multi-platform smart application that uses various syncing features which include, screen mirroring, remote control, file transferring, and more. It is not limited to a single user; more than one user can sync with a single device. It uses 256-bit encryption, which other apps of screen mirroring category do not include. The application is full of features like screen reflecting, file transfer, remote controlling, VPN alternative, mobile device access, remote printing, time-saving shortcuts, and various more. The interface has a simple but interactive layout, and the tool doesn’t take too long to set up and offer a beautiful theme that guides how to operate the application and provide a different screen for a different kind of connection. TeamViewer is free to use, do not contain ads but comes with the purchase if you need to extend its functionality to a commercial level.
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ApowerMirror–Mirror&Control is a remote controlling and screen mirroring application that works with both Android and iOS devices. The core function of the app is to reflect the phone screen in one to two-step configuration. So, users face no issue in setting up the application, and the connection made is secure and long-lasting. It includes many functions, but the best part of the application is the setup feature of the app, which allows the user to configure the tool in a few steps. The key feature of the app includes mirror and screen control, record and capture phone screen, send a message using a keyboard, allow android notification on PC, connect via USB or Wi-Fi. ApowerMirror–Mirror&Control has a smart and intuitive interface that has a particular interacting theme that attracts the user and provides ease of access. ApowerMirror–Mirror&Control is free to use and do not contain any ads or purchasing module.
Mirroring360 is a sophisticated application that offers capabilities of a screen mirroring function. It is available on cross-platform applications. It is one of the most trusted apps in the screen mirroring category because of the demo presentation of the app, which is under construction to let users know the features and functions they will be getting in this app. The slightly different module of Mirroring360 changes the compatibility with an iOS application, which comes with two separate modules because the setting doesn’t sync with Mirroring360, so it requires a mirror assist in working with Mirroring360. The core feature of this app includes presentation, education, technical support, demo apps, game sharing and recording, audio and video screening, and much more. Mirroring360 has a smart and beautiful theme, interactive design, easy to use interface, and constructive GUI design. It is free to use but ad-supported.
Reflector Director provides a screen mirroring feature that allows a user to access their phone on the TV or PC screen. It is fun to use and will enable you to control many aspects of the devices connected to the application. It is a cross-platform application and easy to setup. The interface is simple and provides control of screen mirroring, remote control, multiple devices connectivity, and much more. Without using any cables or wires, it sets up with your smart device, it syncs with the help of Wi-Fi and transmits your data or content. The core features include an intelligent interface, constructive GUI structure, add narration while mirroring, can stream mobile devices simultaneously. It also offers multiple device connectivity, smart algorithms, allows you to highlight the screen, will enable you to live stream on YouTube, and many exciting features. Reflector Director is easy to use and provides guidance in setup and in navigating the tool. It is not a free app and costs about $7 and does not contain ads.
Mirroring Assist allows your smartphone to display on the TV or a PC screen. It is a cross-platform application that detects and connects with devices that have Mirroring 360 installed. It syncs with a different method that uses Mirroring QR or Mirroring ID before utilizing its features. If you are an iPhone user, this app is made for you. It has tons of features like syncing with multiple devices at once, comfortable configuration setting, smart compatibility, remote control, media display, access all files, screen recording, and many other exciting features. Mirroring Assist has an intelligent interface and provides a cunning theme to hook the user, and it is easy to use and deliver user guide at the start-up of the app. Mirroring Assist is intuitive to provide ads but to use its core features, and you will need to purchase this application software for $10.
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VNC Viewer is a bright screen mirroring application that turns your device into a remote control for controlling the phone screen on the PC or TV screen. It effortlessly connects with any smart TV and PC screen; it supports both Android and iOS devices. The app is a password protected screen mirroring tool that allows you to access your system remotely anytime anywhere in the world. The security feature of VNC Viewer includes a smart login module that is protected with a password and provides an end to end encryption techniques. It secures your media transfer, remote control connection, and other connectivity aspects of the app. VNC Viewer has a smart interface that contains features like a connection to a cloud server, compatibility with third-party apps, create a backup, and sync your link between al devices. It also supports Bluetooth keyboard and devices, contains advanced keys like Command/Windows, and much more. VNC Viewer is free with limited features and offers a subscribed version to unlock more functions.
AirServer Connect is a smart multiple platform screen mirroring application software. The primary purpose of the app is to provide a broader vision of your phone to a smart TV or PC screen. It connects with the help of a Wi-Fi connection or even a USB cable. AirServer Connect has an extended fan base. That’s why it is trendy among the apps of its category. The connectivity over Wi-Fi requires the QR code on the screen to sync with the device. Once connected, click the scan button to link all your device media to top the TV or PC screen. The app consists of elements like remote control, connect with multiple devices, screen mirroring, fast connection, and much more. AirServer Connect provides high-quality pictures, better performance, the project to various AirPlay receivers, and so on. It has a smart interface, interactive layout, beautiful theme. It is free to use but consist of ads and in-app purchase.
Screen Stream Mirroring is a 2019 screen mirroring application that contains many options to control your phone through network syncing. It connects with any smart TV and PC screen so you can have technical support, or you can use it for entertainment purposes. It broadcast your android screen and sound in real-time. The critical feature of Screen Stream Mirroring consist of no rooting, mirroring of the screen with media player, screen mirroring with the web browser, broadcasting to twitch and YouTube, screen mirroring with UPnP/ DLNA videos, Chromecast support, camera overly, recording, screen drawing, and much more. The interface of Screen Stream Mirroring is full of features and provides a constructive layout to present these options easily. Screen Stream Mirroring consists of ads and offers in-app purchases.
Screen Mirroring is to the point application which provides a smart module of screen mirroring. It has not additional features like changing the view of the app, recording, or other. The focused part of the app is to provide a simple function of screen mirroring that includes showing your smartphone on the TV or PC screen. The core and essential features of this app include mirror screen, mirror TV, screen mirroring Samsung TV, mirror cast, cast screen android, and a few others. The interface is simple straight forward and has a standard structural layout. It requires a phone version of 4.2 and above and contains a secure Wi-Fi connection. It is free to use but ad-supported.
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Miracast Screen Sharing App is a single click setting app which includes a feature of screen mirroring and allow you to connect tour phone with the smart TV or PC screen. The function of this app is pretty clear to understand as it provides a quick guide to the user on how to operate the app. The focused feature of the app has a smart working layout that consists of functions like, instant connectivity, one-click launch, user guidance, remote control, data transferring, media displaying, broadcasting, and much more. The interface has a cunning theme which has a simple design and attractive color contrast. It also turns on the Wi-Fi if it’s turned off to make the connection. You have to be sure about your TV that it’s paired with the Mircast device. Miracast Screen Sharing App is free to use, provide a user-friendly experience, support ads, and include an in-app purchase feature.
Screen Mirror is a smart interface screen mirroring application that works on Android devices. The app connectivity requires the methods to connect to the same Wi-Fi connection, so the relation establishes quickly. The core function of the app is to maintain a secure connection between devices. IO by scanning a QR code on the TV screen. The core feature of Screen Mirror contains secure connection, easy customization, remote control, multiple device connection, and much more. The interface is straightforward to configure and provide a user-friendly experience, no additional software required, you can also broadcast the stream to Twitch, YouTube, Gaming, Facebook, and many other sites. Screen Mirror is free to use, ad-supported, and contain in-app purchase module to provide more options.
AnyDesk is a multi-platform application that allows a user to share their phone screen with smart TV or PC screens. The app has an intelligent launch interface that asks you to enter the AnyDesk ID display on the remote side and confirm the session. It can mirror the screen on any smartphone too. The main aspects of the app involve fast, secure and lightweight connection, intuitive, and easy to use interface, seamless connectivity, performance-oriented, and much more. Secure collaboration, relaxed remote maintenance, high frame rate, low latency, efficient streaming are some of the core features of AnyDesk. It has a smart layout that guides the user on every step and has a beautiful theme that has an intelligent design, so the user has ease of access. AnyDesk is free to use but contain ads and offer in-app purchase to unlock additional features.
Samsung Smart View is a really god application when it comes to screen mirroring function. The app is available for both Android and iOS devices. It is the design and managed by Samsung Inc. the interface of the app is integrated explicitly for Samsung TVs. They work fast give better performance with them. It syncs with your phone and not only stream music and videos but also browse apps on a big screen. Its core feature includes constructive layout, smart interface, screen mirroring, secure connectivity, customizable menu, remote control, multiple device handling, and much more. Samsung Smart View can turn on the TV standby mode, include a game controller, an art mode navigation, and set menu for The Frame TV users to customize Arts and Photos. Samsung Smart View does not contain ads but offers a purchase module to access additional features.
Bryson is a tech enthusiast and a full-time blogger who specialized in new technologies and gadgets. He is a Computer Engineer by qualification and loves to write about software, hardware, news, reviews, how-tos, and more.
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In recent years, we’ve all heard the term ‘Big Data’ being banded around in the media. Alongside terms like ‘Artificial Intelligence’, ‘Blockchain’ and ‘Internet of Things’, Big Data is claimed to be having a significant impact on our daily lives, predicting our actions and helping businesses influence our decisions.
According to an article published by Forbes, data is growing faster than ever before and by the year 2020, about 1.7 megabytes of new information will be created every second for every human being on the planet. If there’s one thing that’s clear, it’s that big data’s role in the world is just getting started and it’s growing at a phenomenal pace.
But, how much do you really know about big data. Could you explain it in one sentence? Do you know how it could improve your business? Do you understand how it is being used in the events industry?
Companies have always collected and used data, but due to a huge increase in opportunities to collect data brought about by mobile usage, digital tracking, and recording devices, there is now so much more data available.
In 2010, Eric Schmidt, then CEO of Google said, “There were five exabytes of information created between the dawn of civilization through 2003, but that much information is now created every two days.”
Each of those searches is an opportunity to collect a lot of data on you, me and everyone.
So, what does Big Data really mean?
The term ‘Big Data’ refers to ‘datasets’ (collections of data) that are too large or too complex to be processed using traditional methods, so we need advanced analytical methods supplied by powerful computers and artificial intelligence.
Just to be clear, simply having a lot of data is not big data, the term also includes the analytical methods. Masses of data only becomes big data when processed using predictive analytics or other analytical methods of extracting value from the data.
Here’s an interesting big data fact: the analytical power of big data is used to advance machine learning capabilities. This in turn improves the value we derive from the data by improving our analytical capabilities.
In essence, better data drives machine learning advances, which drives better data, which drives machine learning advances. Big data is like chicken and egg.
You see big data at work just about every time you use social media and browse the web. Know that way products you have searched for seem to follow you around by popping-up all over website banner ads and on your social media feeds? That’s big data in action.
The major providers of big data services include global names such as IBM, Splunk, Dell, Oracle, and Accenture. According to an Accenture study, 79% of enterprise executives agree that companies that do not embrace big data will lose their competitive position and could face extinction. Indeed, the study found that 83% have pursued big data projects to seize a competitive edge.
Using Big Data to improve events
Clearly, big data is offering huge benefits across the full scope of business functions, from reducing costs, to attracting customers, to devising more effective strategies; but, what of events and the events industry? What is big data doing to increase the success of events for all involved?
At a trade show or exhibition, the exhibitors expect to meet attendees that want to buy from. Attendees expect to efficiently find and meet people from businesses whose products can help them – big data is improving these connections. Data analysis is being used to far more accurately connect buyers and sellers, based on their precise needs.
Matchmaking of this kind is achieved by segment profiling. To create profiles of exhibitors and attendees, information is collected that enables big data systems to create highly accurate audience segments. The event organiser collects data such as audience business’ size, location, objectives and product categories before the event, through the registration process.
Reed Exhibitions for one, is an event organiser that uses tracking of customers across multiple platforms to build bespoke reports that offer valuable insights into exhibitor and attendee behaviours. These behaviours are then built into personas which inform the tailored communications that customer segments receive.
It’s not at all surprising to that Reed Exhibition’s event team have taken to big data with great enthusiasm. The company has seen 72% of customers noting that the recommendations they received resulted in them having higher quality meetings, and 73% said the solution resulted in more meetings than they anticipated.
By working together, data analysis and event teams can use big data to deliver exceptional results for exhibitors and attendees alike. Surely, we can all agree, that’s a big deal.
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Zehra’s story: "Her smile can light up the entire hospital"
Orthopaedic surgeon Mukul Singhal recently returned from Jordan, where MSF provides medical and psychological care to war-wounded patients from Syria. He tells the story of an inspiring young patient and her family...
19 Jan 2018 / 3 minute read
I heard hundreds of stories – stories both beautiful and barbaric – while treating war-wounded patients from Syria during my first assignment with MSF in Jordan. This story ought to be told. It is about Zehra,* an 8-year-old girl who told me her story with crayons and sketch pens because it was too painful to narrate.
The first picture she drew was a sun that has turned red, about to be snuffed out by darkness.
Photo: Mukul Singhal / MSF
Zehra lived in a village in Homs, Syria, in a small house with her father, mother and three siblings. It was surrounded by picturesque mountains, green valleys, with a stream flowing nearby. The sunrise brought life to the valley and the sunsets were magical.
Zehra and her elder sister, Dania, used to play outside their house by the stream every day. But every now and then they would hear airstrikes and rush inside for safety.
On an otherwise normal day in June last year, Zehra and her sister were playing when the airstrikes started. Scared, she asked her sister to go inside with her. But when her sister refused, Zehra said, “go die, I am going inside”. As she was going inside, two bombs fell near the house.
Zehra was thrown inside by the impact and lost consciousness
Zehra was thrown inside by the impact and lost consciousness. The next thing she remembers is being covered in blood. Her right leg was crushed. Her mother, eight months pregnant, was lying unconscious on the other side of the house. She had to crawl outside the door to see her sister. She tried to wake Dania, but she didn’t stir. Battling excruciating pain, she dragged herself to her brother, Ashraf. He too was covered in blood. She then crawled to her father who was still breathing, but had injured his chest and spine and couldn’t move.
The second picture showed what she remembers seeing after regaining consciousness again. She was in an ambulance, being brought to MSF’s facility in Jordan with her mother. Unfortunately, neither Zehra’s father nor her siblings Ashraf and Dania survived the airstrike. Her last words to Dania haunt her to this day.
Zehra had to undergo a below-knee amputation and multiple surgeries to remove the shrapnel that had pierced her face, chest and leg. She got her artificial leg a week before I left. Her mother delivered a healthy boy, who is now two-months old.
On days when Zehra is happy, her smile can light up the entire hospital. She can talk for hours and hours, and play with total abandon. But there are also days when she suddenly goes quiet, or starts crying inconsolably. She talks to you as if she is a mature 20-year-old. It’s during moments like this that I realise the war didn’t just take away her home and family; it robbed her of her childhood.
Through surgery and counselling, MSF tries to give something back to Zehra and others like her, and I feel proud to have been a part of it in a small way. I’ve finished my posting in Jordan now. It was my first time treating war injuries, but managing complicated wounds proved much easier than saying goodbye.
*Name changed to preserve anonymity
Photo: MSF
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Brazil lowers murder rate, but racial disparity remains massive
José Roberto Castro . Aug 28, 2020
Anti-racist march in Rio de Janeiro. Photo: Jorge Hely Veiga/Shutterstock
Almost 60,000 people were murdered in Brazil in 2018, according to the latest Violence Atlas study released this week, one of the broadest and most reputable public security surveys in the country. While a shocking absolute total, this points to a 12 percent fall in homicides between 2017 and 2018 — the sharpest drop in at least ten years. Once again, however, the study exposed the huge racial bias in Brazilian violence: 628,595 people have been murdered in the country between 2008 and 2018 — the vast majority of murder victims were black or multiracial.
</p> <p>In 2018, for instance, three out of four Brazilians killed were black or multiracial, a rate that was lower in 2008. These populations are now more likely to be murdered than they were 12 years ago, with the opposite trend seen for the rest of society.</p> <div class="flourish-embed flourish-map" data-src="visualisation/3599270"><script src="https://public.flourish.studio/resources/embed.js"></script></div> <p>“This reduction [in murders] is related to three factors: demographic changes and an aging population help reduce the homicide rate, the disarmament statute, and the dissemination of public security policies in the states”, said Daniel Cerqueira, one of the Violence Atlas researchers.</p> <p>Mr. Cerqueira mentions the north-eastern state of Paraíba as a positive example, having seen falling <a href="https://forumseguranca.org.br/">murder rates</a> for nine consecutive years. Meanwhile, he showed concerns about border states Roraima and Amapá, and is skeptical about the very low numbers declared by the state of São Paulo.</p> <div class="flourish-embed flourish-map" data-src="visualisation/3599272"><script src="https://public.flourish.studio/resources/embed.js"></script></div> <h2>Murder rate divided by racial lines</h2> <p>As explained above, black and multiracial Brazilians are far more likely to be murdered than the rest of the population — 2.7 times more likely, in fact. However, in some violence hotspots, this risk grows much higher. In the state of Alagoas, homicide victims are 17 times more likely to be black or multiracial. </p> <p>“The numbers are a good reflection of Brazil’s everyday racism. We also notice that violence prevention policies have only managed to reduce the death of non-black people. When segmented between black and non-black people, the data is as if they are from different countries, such is the disparity,” says researcher Samira Bueno.</p> <div class="flourish-embed flourish-chart" data-src="visualisation/3599273"><script src="https://public.flourish.studio/resources/embed.js"></script></div> <h2>Gun policies shoulder blame</h2> <p>According to the Violence Atlas, the most common age for murder victims is 21, with over half of homicides involving people between 15 and 29 years old. Most deaths occur between 6pm and midnight, while 71 percent of murders are caused by firearms. </p> <p>The latter is of particular concern for researchers from the Brazilian Public Security Forum and Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea), the institutions that collaborate to produce the Violence Atlas. The tendency is that <a href="https://brazilian.report/society/2017/11/03/brazils-gun-control-debate-like-americas/">Brazil’s firearm legislation</a> will be loosened further under President Jair Bolsonaro, who has eased rules for obtaining permits and purchasing ammunition.</p> <p>“The federal government’s arms policy will cost many lives. Throughout academia, there is practically a consensus that more guns mean more crime. Since 2019, there has been an incentive to increase firearms and ammunition, which will have a very negative impact on homicide rates,” says Mr. Cerqueira.
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José Roberto covers politics and economics and is finishing a Master's Degree in Media and Globalization. Previously, he worked at Nexo Jornal and O Estado de S. Paulo.
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Justin Bieber goes horseback riding shirtless with former flame Chantel Jeffries
Justin Bieber couldn’t resist showing off his trim figure while enjoying a horseback ride with his former flame, Chantel Jeffries, on Monday.
While trotting around the Hollywood hills on his horse, the Canadian singer whipped off his long-sleeved top to reveal his tattooed and toned torso as he straddled his steed.
Justin Bieber enjoyed a horseback ride in the Hollywood Hills
“Pure bred stallion,” Justin captioned an Instagram snap of himself looking quite the cowboy in a brown fedora and reflective aviator sunglasses.
Justin also wore a pair of pale baggy jeans and a casual pair of black boots for the horse ride.
Just the day before, the Baby singer spent quality time with his mom for Mother’s Day, taking her for a special dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel.
“My mom has taught me how to love, forgive and believe. She is my everything ♛” he wrote on Twitter.
Justin Bieber’s ex-girlfriend Chantel joined him and friends for a horse ride on Monday
The Canadian singer appears unfazed at his recent brushes with the law.
He is understood to have caused more than $20,000 worth of damage to his neighbour’s property during an alleged egg attack on the Calabasas residence in January, for which a chief investigating officer has said he “deserves a felony”.
And he was held for four hours by customs officials after touching down in LA at the end of April.
Justin was arriving back in the US from Tokyo with his entourage, but was temporarily detained at LAX for “routine secondary questioning”.
“It’s standard, especially after he has had other legal issues in the US in the past,” a source told US Weekly.
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Super-Sized CEO Pay Fuels Income Inequality That Hollows Out Middle Class
The next time you order a burger at the drive-thru, think about this: The CEO of the fast-food joint makes more than 543 times the worker serving your food. Put another way, for an eight-hour shift, the single mom who is working the fryer is bringing home about $72. The CEO of that company, profiting off her back, gets about $14,000 for sitting in his cushy corner office barking orders at an unfortunate assistant.
The total compensation ratio, including benefits, is even more obscene. Fast-food CEOs receive on average more than 1,000 times the compensation of their workers.
This disparity isn’t the exception in the fast-food world; it’s the rule according to a new report Demos.
Among the report’s key findings:
In 2012, the compensation of fast food CEOs was more than 1,200 times the earnings of the average fast food worker. Proxy disclosures recently released fast food companies reveal that the ratio remained above 1,000-to-1 in 2013.
Pay disparity in the fast food industry is a result of two factors: escalating payments to corporate CEOs and stagnant poverty-level wages received typical workers in the industry.
Fast-food CEOs are some of the highest paid in America. The average CEO at fast-food companies earned $23.8 million in 2013, more than quadruple the average from 2000 in real terms.
Fast food workers are the lowest paid in the economy. The average hourly wage of fast food employees is $9.09, or less than $19,000 per year for a full-time worker, though most fast food workers do not get full-time hours. Their wages have increased just 0.3 percent in real dollars since 2000.
A new report the AFL-CIO confirms fast-food isn’t the only industry in which the CEO-to-worker pay ratio has gone haywire. According to the AFL-CIO’s Executive PayWatch, it’s 331 times better to be a CEO than a worker based on 2013 pay statistics. Walmart’s CEO Michael Duke received $20,693,545 in total compensation last year. PayWatch points out that a minimum wage worker at Walmart would have had to work 1,372 hours just to earn what Duke made in an hour.
And what’s the cost to taxpayers when CEOs take the whole pie and leave workers to fight over the crumbs? Huge. Taxpayers like us are subsidizing outrageous CEO pay to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars every year because profits are all going to the top, leaving workers no other choice but to rely on public assistance just to meet basic needs like keeping food on the table. When CEOs cut retirement and health care to pad their own pockets, workers live in a constant state of insecurity, which affects everything from consumer spending to productivity.
It’s time to rein-out-of-control CEO pay and put some balance back in the economy. As usual, California is leading the way. The California Labor Federation is partnering with former Labor Secretary Robert Reich and other advocates for a fair economy to support SB 1372, which sets corporate tax rates to the CEO-to-worker pay ratio.
According to Reich, SB 1372, authored State senators Mark DeSaulnier and Loni Hancock, is a simple, common-sense solution: Corporations with low pay ratios get a tax break. Those with high ratios get a tax increase.
Reich:
For example, if the CEO makes 100 times the median worker in the company, the company’s tax rate drops from the current 8.8 percent down to 8 percent. If the CEO makes 25 times the pay of the typical worker, the tax rate goes down to 7 percent.
On the other hand, corporations with big disparities face higher taxes. If the CEO makes 200 times the typical employee, the tax rate goes to 9.5 percent; 400 times, to 13 percent.
We’ll be blogging more on SB 1372 in coming days. Stay tuned to Labor’s Edge for the latest on out-of-whack CEO pay and the labor movement’s efforts to rein it in.
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Call Break (कॉल ब्रेक गेम) is a variant of trick-taking spade games. This tas game is popular in Nepal, India, Bangladesh, and Bhutan. Like other spade card games, a spade card always trumps all other cards.
Four players bid for points and compete against each other in a call break game. It is a strategy game that requires tricks, card tracking, coordination, and strategic bidding.
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Callbreak tas game is normally played with four players with a standard 52-card pack.
It is usually played for 5 rounds. The player that gets the highest points after 5 rounds is declared the winner.
Game starts with one of the players distributing the cards one at a time. When all the players receive 13 cards each, players call their game point (1-12). The game is played in an anti-clockwise direction till no one has any card left on their hand.
After a round finishes, the players receive the points based on their initial call.
If they scored less than their call, they get a negative point worth their call. If they score more points than their initial bet, the extra points are added as decimal points.
We have explained the full rules and gameplay details in another post — how to play call break. Please go through it if you want to be an expert.
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Call break is a simple game to play. However, there are a few rules that you should know in advance. Once you get habituated, the rules are pretty straightforward.
The cards are distributed in a clockwise direction. However, in Nepal and few regions of India, the game is played counter clockwise.
The first call should be done by the player on the left-hand side of the dealer. The dealer gets an advantage of calling at last.
Each player must call at least 1 point. The cards are redistributed if the total call is less than 8. Also, in some regions, if anyone doesn’t receive any face card, the cards should be redealt.
After everyone makes their call, the player sitting right to the dealer places the first bet by throwing any card of his choice. The corresponding players must throw the highest card, of the same suit, than the previous player. If you don’t have a higher card, you can throw a smaller card . If someone doesn’t have the card of the same suit, they can throw any trump cards. A spade card of any value wins the trick against cards of any other suits. If one doesn’t have trump cards either, they can throw a card of any suit. A set is won by the highest value card.
If the player scores less than his call, they receive a negative score. If they score more than their call, the extra point is added as a decimal point — an extra point receives a 0.1 score.
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If you don’t want to download it, you can play call break for pc on your browser as well.
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To enjoy the full features, we recommend you to download it on your mobile phone.
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Which Android version do I need to download Call Break Multiplayer?
The game requires at least Android Jelly Bean (4.1). So, even your old phone can run the android card game smoothly. However, you will get the best experience with Android 5 and up.
How much phone memory do I need?
You only need 28MB of free space on your phone to run this free card game.
How do I play the multiplayer mode?
To play the multiplayer mode, you need to connect your game to your Facebook account. Once connected, you will be able to play with your Facebook friends. You can also create your own server room to play with your friends.
Do I need an Internet connection to play the game?
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What happens if I don’t update the game?
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We will be soon introducing new card sets, Bluetooth mode, new table, and completely new AI bots in our future version. Our AI is getting smarter every day so tune in for updates and a revolutionary call break play.
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Call break is also called Call Bridge in some countries. Since it is a variation of trick-taking Spade Card Game, in western countries, it can also be referred as Asian Spade Game. In certain parts of India, the game goes with names like Lakdi, Lakadi, or Locha.
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From the West: Take U.S. Rt. 50/301 East across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge ($2.50 toll). Continue on Rt. 301 North after Rts. 50 and 301 split. Exit Rt. 301 onto Rt. 213 North towards Chestertown. In Chestertown, turn left from Rt. 213 onto Rt. 291. At the end of this short bypass, turn right onto Rt. 20. Follow Rt. 20 South for 12 miles into Rock Hall. At the caution light, turn left onto Rt. 445. Follow Rt. 445 approximately 7 miles from Rock Hall to the refuge entrance bridge.
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Book Launch and Review – Platter’s 40th Vintage is Aged to Perfection
Peter / 9th November 2019
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Platter’s by Diners Club International 2020 South African Wine Guide – John Platter SA Wine Guide (Pty) Ltd, 2020 – R295
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Dr Peter Rating – Experience: 4.5/5
Dr Peter Rating – Book: 5/5
I use Platter’s – or, in full, the Platter’s by Diners Club International 2020 South African Wine Guide – a great deal. Almost every day. I use it to plan where to go for my wine tasting visits. I use it to contact the vineyards. I use it when writing my reviews. I use every section of the book: information on the award winners; the individual winery entries, their summary information, wines and ratings; the summary year’s ratings; the industry details of South Africa’s wine regions, districts and wards; the cultivar summaries; the accommodation listings (less so); and the maps at the back. It is my wine bible.
It was with much excitement that I ventured to the Table View Hotel in the V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, to the launch of the 40th Anniversary Edition. The invite was 6.00pm for 6.30pm and I was there in good time. The dress code was ‘Smart/Casual’ which, among winemakers, left much open to interpretation. Friendships re-acquainted, business completed, some excellent networking opportunities, and tasty canapés consumed with a glass of MCC, it was not until 6.45pm that the Ballroom doors opened. Casual was the order of the day. I should have known it was ‘Africa time’. The room was full and full of expectation. The launch of any Platter’s Guide is rightly secret, from who the major award winners are, to the 5* wines, and even to the cover colour.
Publisher Jean-Pierre ‘JP’ Roussow took to the stage to welcome all, including Esh Naidoo, the Managing Director of Diners Club South Africa. The anticipation was tangible as JP thanked the many Guide contributors before saying a few words about the Guide and its history. The wine landscape was for a very different South Africa 40 years ago when the first Platter’s Guide was launched. The Guide was aimed at the “average, aspiring, enthusiast and the confused” drinker. It cost a mere R6.95 and listed some 1,250 wines that included only 1 Chardonnay. John Platter proclaimed that the “reds lagged only marginally behind the world’s best” and that “the average wines were the highest quality in the world and at the lowest average prices”. I wondered how true that statement remains today. Value for money is certainly a hallmark of South African wine.
Ten years later, in 1990, the number of wines rated in the Guide had swelled to 4,000 – with 40 entries for Chardonnay – with Sauvignon Blanc overshadowing Chardonnay. By 2000, the Guide was bigger still with the commentary that there was a lack of iconic wines being made in volume, at least to reach around the world in sufficient quantity to make Top 10 or Top 20 listings. Four thousand wines became 6,000 wines in 2010. There were 40 5* wines and Sadie Family Wines was the Winery of the Year. Only the numbers have changed since then perhaps. JP later commented on the current lack of volume of iconic wines. He mentioned too that the 125 x 5* wines for 2020 were testament to the improving quality and understanding of what happens in the vineyard by the viticulturalists and a more outward approach by the travelling winemakers.
The first closely guarded secret was revealed as JP proudly showed the new Guide to the room, describing the new colour as ‘Karoo Night Sky’. The silver lettering shimmered on the cover beneath the ballroom chandeliers. It looked weighty and classy as befits middle age and, in my opinion, a much better colour than the rather insipid salmon pink of the 2019 Edition. It was time then for JP to handover to Editor Philip van Zyl to announce the 125 5* wines. He explained the 2-step rating method for the 9,000 wines: first, ‘label-sighted’ for the context of site, climate and style (Platter’s is a wine guide and not a competition) and then ‘blind’ for all wines scoring 93/100 and above. The handing out of the certificates – from AA Badenhorst to Warwick – with obligatory winemaker photographs – was done with efficiency and due magnitude. I felt a growing mutual pride and celebration in the room. The Wines of the Year awards followed in some 26 cultivar/blend/style categories that included sparkling, dessert and fortified wines with the top award shared in many tasting categories. The awards included only the second one for a Viognier in 40 years. Many winners of course returned to the stage multiple times.
All that remained before tasting all the 5* winners were the ‘Big 3’ awards. The first, for Newcomer Winery of the Year 2020, was awarded to Peter Ferreira Cap Classique. Like Platter’s itself, I sensed a reassuring stability since Peter Ferreira is no newcomer. He is South Africa’s ‘bubbly king’ as Cellar Master at Graham Beck and renowned for his generosity for sharing knowledge. The award is for his new business venture with wife Ann. The 2012 long-matured Blanc de Blancs MCC was not only the MCC of the Year but also gained the highest score ever awarded by the Guide for a sparkling wine. The Editor’s Award of the Year 2020 was won by Franschhoek winery Boekenhoutskloof. It recognises, as JP and Philip alluded to earlier, the making of iconic wines in large volume and wines made at several price and quality levels. Over 100,000 cases of the high scoring Chocolate Block, for example, are produced to give worldwide reach.
The prestigious and most anticipated award for Top Performing Winery of the Year 2020 was tightly contested. I did wonder who the eventual winner might be as a small number of estates picked up multiple awards during the evening. The margin was extremely close with Mullineux (joint venture Leeu Passant included) just pipping Sadie Family Wines, another multiple winner of the top prize, by virtue of generally slightly higher scores. It was another celebration for the Swartland as well as for Mullineux who not only are the award holders from last year but also won in 2014 and 2016. It was only a week ago that I tasted their wines at the Swartland Producers Street Party in Riebeek Kasteel and watched the Springboks win the World Cup with Andrea and Chris Mullineux (and a few hundred other wine loving supporters). The formalities over it was time to taste many of the top wines.
As for the Guide, it is never easy to keep going for 40 years. Markets and customers change over the years, nay decades, and it is a challenge to keep the connection. Change too fast and wine readers will want more of the old. Stand still and risk that the competition will overtake you. Platter’s has well navigated that middle vine row path. The traditional and reassuringly familiar 0-5 Star rating remains but does so alongside the ‘Parker System’ 100-point metric that is the global standard. Overall, the Guide covers nearly 9,000 wines from 900 producers in just shy of 700 pages. This, intriguingly, is a few pages shorter than the 2019 Edition though I cannot yet see where. Platter’s can be pre-ordered now via their website. The R295 price remains reassuringly stable too and outstanding value for money – given the incredibly detailed information and obvious mammoth judging and editorial effort – and only a modest increase from 2019 (R270). This compares favourably with 2 issues of Decanter Magazine and a cup of Seattle coffee at Exclusive Books. Digital subscription via the Platter’s App – another example where the Guide had moved with the times – is an option (R175) for those who prefer not to carry the weighty tome around with them while wine tasting or shopping. The two can be bought together as the ‘Platter’s Bundle’ for R395, a 20% saving.
I always enjoy reading the opening 2 sections: Trends in South African Wine and the Editor’s Note. This is where the Guide brings extra value. The topics obviously change each year. I recently read a US report by Beverage Dynamics that predicted alcoholic trends to watch for in 2019-2020. These included inter alia: cans; whiskey sales booming; continuing expansion of rosé (they can make it in 3 weeks!); the slowdown of craft beer; premiumisation; tequila on the rise; explosion in ready-to-drink (mostly cocktail) sales; private label production; single barrel picks (mostly spirits); and low/’healthy’ alcohol beverages. The comparison is interesting with parallels as well as differences. Platter trends in common for 2020 include the move from bulk to premium winemaking as several vineyards have withdrawn from bulk-production to make more profitable wines. Packaging gets a mention too, with a watching stance on wine-in-a-can as well as bottle closure methods. I mentioned above the impact of improved vineyard expertise and more attention in the cellar on wine quality. These 2 trends are covered in the well titled paragraphs of ‘Maximalist work in the vineyards’ and ‘Minimalist work in the cellar’. I won’t expand on more as the Guide far better explains. The last trend poses a question about the developing secondary market. Having been to a few fine wine auctions, many of which had several unsold lots, I share the scepticism but agree the cautious optimism. The modern South African wine industry and its quality improvements remains young. Moreover, there is a culture in drinking young wines – enabled by cash flow conscious wineries – rather than laying wines down to keep. Try asking for a 2017 or even 2004 Sauvignon Blanc or Chardonnay! Climatic conditions too, unlike in much of the Old World, are not conducive to long-term storage whilst temperature and humidity-controlled cellaring is prohibitively expensive to all but the very few. Private label production is a trend here that could easily have also been listed as I see an increasing number of winemakers making their own wines while still tied to the extant wineries. Turning to the Editor’s Note, Philip van Zyl outlines many of the editorial changes and continuations – icon and cellar icons, for instance – from previous editions.
The bulk – or perhaps, the body – of the Platter’s Guide of course remains structurally the same. This is not to devalue the substantial work undertaken to compile the information. This is against a tight annual publication deadline that does not change as the number of wines ever increases. Each vineyard entry gives a brief producer introduction at the top together with a host of detail for winery location and whereabouts, tasting opening times and facilities, contact information, owner/viticulturalist/winemaker names, vineyard area and main cultivars planted, production quantity and the balance between red, rosé, white wines, and much more besides. In between, the wines are listed according to their name, vintage, colour and style, together with their rating and mini-tasting description. Wines gaining 4½ stars and 5 stars are highlighted in red text for easy identification. The remaining sections that make up the final 80-90 pages – the finish – are updated from the 2019 Guide.
How to improve? The Platter’s Guide is such a well-established brand – worthy of an Editor’s Award for its iconic status itself – that it is difficult to know. It is one of the few wine guides in the world that aims to taste and rate every wine from every vintage. The detailed content for each winery and its wines is as self-defining as it is essential and so I cannot see any opportunity there. I don’t personally use the Touring Wine Country section that covers Wine Routes, Wineland Tourism Offices, Specialist Wine Tours, Restaurants and Accommodation a great deal but then I live in Cape Town and so have less need, preferring to search using the internet for restaurant menus or accommodation rather than the Guide. This leaves format and layout. The A5 format is a trusted one for any travel or like guide and, whilst bulky at 700 pages, does not really lend itself to a different size or shape. I have suggested before that a ribbon and/or bookmark – as included in many previous editions – would aid page-keeping for a book of such thickness and number of pages. It is something I have discussed with the publisher and accept the reality that manual attachment would adversely impact on price and printing deadlines.
More radical would be to change scope of the Guide and its awards. Sustainability is not only vital for the future of our planet, but it can make good business sense too. A new award for, say, Organic Winery of the Year, to include the biodynamic producers, would give a useful stimulus to the style and sector. Mindful of the Wine and Spirits Education Trust decision last year to separate wine from spirits learning, there must be a business opportunity for a Platter’s South African Spirits Guide. This could include the gin, rum, brandy, grappa and other distilled beverages that are being made for an increasing number of brands, many produced by South African wineries. There is in my mind a need for such a guide and Platter’s has the editorial and operational experience to deliver as well as the brand trust and recognition to make a success of such a new initiative.
In sum, the 2020 Platter’s Guide is as excellent as ever. The quality in both content and production remains. There is no other wine guide to match it for the comprehensive and trusted content – as reliable as Mullineux winning the Top Performing Winery Award. The Guide remains excellent value for money and is indispensable for any wine lover whether, in the words of the very first Edition 40 years ago, you are an “average, aspiring, enthusiast or confused” drinker. Buy it now to get the most use from it. The new Guide, with its sublime Karoo night sky colour, will certainly give me 2020 vision for the wine year ahead.
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Johan 12th November 2019 at 8:01 pm
Good report. Thanks. Look out for the smallest producer in the guide!
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As ahead of schedule as 1995 British Aerospace and the German aviation and safeguard organization DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (DASA) were supposed to be quick to make a transnational aviation and protection company.[23] The two organizations imagined including Aérospatiale, the other significant European aviation organization, yet simply after its privatisation.[24] The primary phase of this mix was viewed as the change of Airbus from a consortium of British Aerospace, DASA, Aérospatiale and Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA into a coordinated organization; in this point British Aerospace and DASA were joined against the different complaints of Aérospatiale.[25] As well as Airbus, British Aerospace and DASA were accomplices in the Panavia Tornado and Eurofighter Typhoon airplane projects. Consolidation conversations started between British Aerospace and DASA in July 1998, similarly as French interest turned out to be more probable with the declaration that Aérospatiale was to converge with Matra and arise with a weakened French government shareholding.[26] A consolidation was concurred between British Aerospace executive Richard Evans and DASA CEO Jürgen Schrempp.[27]
In the interim, GEC was likewise compelled to partake in safeguard industry combination. Revealing the arrangement of George Simpson as GEC overseeing chief in 1996, The Independent said “a few investigators accept that Mr Simpson’s inside information on BAe, a since quite a while ago reputed GEC offer objective, was a key to his arrangement. GEC favors producing a public ‘champion’ protection bunch with BAe to rival the monster US organisations.”[28] When GEC put MES available to be purchased on 22 December 1998, British Aerospace surrendered the DASA consolidation for buying its British adversary. The consolidation of British Aerospace and MES was reported on 19 January 1999.[29] Evans expressed that in 2004 that his dread was that an American safeguard contractual worker would gain MES and challenge both British Aerospace and DASA.[27] The consolidation made a vertically coordinated organization which The Scotsman depicted as “[a mix of British Aerospace’s] contracting and stage building aptitudes with Marconi’s pined for gadgets frameworks capability”,[30] for instance joining the producer of the Eurofighter with the organization that gave a considerable lot of the airplane’s electronic frameworks; British Aerospace was MES’ biggest customer.[31] conversely, DASA’s reaction to the breakdown of the consolidation conversation was to converge with Aérospatiale to make the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EADS), an even integration.[32]
Seventeen endeavors were given by BAE Systems to the Department of Trade and Industry which forestalled a reference of the consolidation to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission. These were generally to guarantee that the incorporated organization would delicate sub-agreements to outside organizations on an equivalent premise with its auxiliaries. Another condition was the “firewalling” of previous British Aerospace and MES groups on guard undertakings, for example, the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). In 2007 the public authority declared it had consented to deliver BAE Systems from ten of the endeavors because of “a change in circumstances”.[33] business articles
BAE Systems acquired the UK government possessed “brilliant” share that was set up when British Aerospace was privatized. This interesting offer forestalls alterations of specific pieces of the organization’s Articles of Association without the consent of the Secretary of State.[12] These Articles necessitate that no unfamiliar individual or people acting together may hold over 15% of the organization’s shares.[34]
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Social Communication Interaction & Learning (SCIL) Team
What is the Social Communication Interaction & Learning (SCIL) Team?
We are a team of Specialist Teachers, Practitioners, Access & Inclusion Officers and a Project Support Officer for Early Years Inclusion Funding.
Our aim is:
“To offer a flexible and responsive service, supporting schools and private, voluntary and independent (PVI) (birth-5 years) settings to better understand and meet the needs of children and young people across Bradford in order to improve outcomes and life chances”.
We offer specialisms in four key areas:
We are a service for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) across the Bradford district aged 0-25. We offer support to maintained mainstream schools, free schools, academies and early years / PVI settings. In addition, statutory advice can be sought from the team for a child or young person who has an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) and lives in Bradford but is educated out of the Bradford District.
Our team of Specialist Teachers, Practitioners and Access & Inclusion Officers are able to work alongside key staff in schools and PVI settings to:
Help to better understand the needs of pupils with SEND
Support to plan provision which better meets pupils needs
Advise on strategies and, where appropriate, model within the setting
Provide training and coaching for staff at all levels to build capacity within schools and settings
Offer guidance on next steps, in line with the graduated response to need
A graduated response to need
The SCIL team works in partnership with schools and settings to remove barriers to learning and enable pupils to achieve their full potential. We aim to support schools and settings to increase their capacity to meet their children and young people’s needs and support a graduated response as described in the Code of Practice and Bradford's Matrix of Need.
We are aligned with the SEND Code of Practice which states that settings should consider involving appropriate specialists who may be able to identify effective strategies, equipment, programmes or other interventions to enable the child or young person to make progress towards their desired learning and development outcomes.
Central contact: SCILTeam@bradford.gov.uk
Contact: Lucy.Stead@bradford.gov.uk - SCIL Team Service Manager
Learning Support Team (Cognition and Learning)
Contact: Fiona.Whitaker@bradford.gov.uk Team Lead – Learning Support
The Learning Support (Cognition and Learning) team provide support for staff in schools teaching pupils with specific and general learning difficulties. We offer training, coaching and individual pupil assessments (both cognitive and diagnostic), to help staff tailor provision to ensure best outcomes for pupils.
Communication and Interaction (Autism) Team
Contact: ruth.pecher@bradford.gov.uk Team Lead – Communication & Interaction
The Communication and Interaction team provides specialist advisory support and training for staff in schools and settings who work with children and young people with autism or identified communication and interaction difficulties.
Social Emotional & Mental Health Team
Contact: Sara.Burgess@bradford.gov.uk – Team Lead – SEMH
The Social, Emotional and Mental Health Team is a service which provides specialist advisory support for schools and settings to increase their capacity in meeting the needs of children and young people presenting with SEMH needs. We can offer :
Training on a variety of topics to support the inclusion of children and young people presenting with SEMH needs
Advice on strategies which support the inclusion of children with additional support needs
Involvement in meetings, to contribute to a multi-agency approach
Assessment, planning and review, in line with the SEN Code of Practice and Bradford's Matrix of Need
Support with transitions between settings and key stages
Early Years Team
Contact: Lucy.stead@bradford.gov.uk – Team Lead – Early Years
The Early Years team provides an advisory, assessment and teaching service for children from birth to 5 years. The child will have an identified additional support need in at least one area of learning within the Early Years Foundation Stage.
The Early Years team provides:
Information and support to parents and carers
Partnership working with parents and carers
Home, setting and/or school based work with an individual child including observation, monitoring and assessment
Liaison and joint working with other agencies involved with the child
Involvement in meetings, assessment, planning and review, in line with the SEN Code of Practice
Support with transitions
Support for PVI settings – Early Years
Contact: Kath.tate@bradford.gov.uk – Team Leader – Access and Inclusion Officers, Specialist Practitioners and Project Support Officer for Early Years Inclusion Funding.
The Access and Inclusion Officers work in partnership with SENCOs, parents/carers and other professionals to provide support and advice to early years settings in the Private, Voluntary and Independent sector for children from birth to 5 years. The child will have an identified additional support need in at least one area of learning within the Early Years Foundation Stage. Settings can access an Early Years offer of support for children with SEND in their setting via a SCIL Team referral or via an Education Advice 1 (EA1) notification from a paediatrician.
The Access and Inclusion Officers provide:
Support and advice to a range of settings to enable them to understand their statutory duties and responsibilities in meeting the needs of children with SEND.
Setting based support around individual children including observation, assessment of developmental levels and recommendations.
Partnership working with parents/ carers and other professionals to improve outcomes for children with SEND.
Opportunities for capacity building and developing the skillset of practitioners in settings across the locality through training, SENCO forums and advice hubs.
Signposting to sources of SEND funding e.g. Early Years Inclusion Funding, Disability Access Funding.
Support around transition planning for children with SEND into schools and/or specialist provision.
Contributions to the Education, Health and Care Assessment process, as appropriate.
Further information about the SCIL team and the service offer for the Private, Voluntary and Independent early years settings can be found here Introduction to the SCIL team for PVI settings powerpoint
How can I refer to the SCIL Team?
Referrals and training requests are made directly by schools and settings, with parent / carer permission. All details can be found on http://www.skills4bradford.co.uk/Services/5179
Schools and settings each have a link team lead who is their contact. Team leads will meet with schools on a termly basis to prioritise and plan support.
Families with concerns about their child should discuss this with the Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCo) at their child’s school or setting.
The Early Years Team also receives referrals from Education Advice 1 (EA1 notifications) which is a statutory notification from health informing education that a child may have an additional support need.
Further information around Early Years Inclusion Funding can be found here: https://localoffer.bradford.gov.uk/service/1272-early-years-inclusion-funding-
Is there a cost to this service?
Some of our service is subsidised and is available at no cost to schools and settings. This includes:
Support for pupils identified through the Educational Advice 1 (EA1) notification process in early years.
A half termly advice hub where you can access a specialist teacher and / or practitioner for 1-1 advice and support
Individual pupil support which may include observation, assessment or advice, for any pupils with Cognition & Learning, Social Emotional & Mental Health ~ or Communication & Interaction (Autism) needs as part of the graduated approach, linked to the matrix of need.
Individual support for pupils on a pathway for a statutory assessment for an EHCP or with an EHCP – specifically work directed by the Local Authority SEN Services
“SENCO Essentials” training focussed on the graduated approach and what we expect schools to have in place
Other parts of our service are traded and have costs attached. These include:
Whole school consultancy work:
Whole school learning walks / audits
Consultancy in behaviour systems / policy
Improving behaviour at lunchtimes
Consultancy in development work e.g. Setting up Nurture Groups / Specialist Classrooms
Whole school training from any of the specialist areas:
Cognition & Learning
SEMH
Exam Access Assessments
We are no longer asking schools to buy packages from our service; all traded support will be invoiced on a “Pay As You Go” basis. Further details of how to purchase support can be found on http://www.skills4bradford.co.uk/Services/5179
For courses please visit https://www.skills4bradford.co.uk/Page/14311
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The Urban Regeneration Experience of the United Kingdom: Lessons for Turkey
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by Dr. Fatih EREN
The United Kingdom (UK) is the most experienced country regarding the theories, policies, strategies and practices of urban regenerations in the world. This study firstly outlines UK’s urban regeneration experience and then discusses how Turkey can benefit from this experience in the best way. The global financial crisis emerged in 2008 forced the UK to go a change in its national urban regeneration policy. Therefore, this paper has been divided into two parts as UK’s urban regeneration policy before and after 2010.
UK’s Urban Regeneration Policy Before 2010
Urban regenerations were largely dependent on public sector and so public finance. The central government, following a top-down approach, published national strategy papers which include general targets and policies. The government considered that these targets and policies might suit everywhere and everybody in the country. Housing policy and regeneration policy were considered and conducted together. This means that regenerations progressed based on the destruction of old houses, on the rehabilitation of decrepit houses and on the development of new social houses. Regenerations aimed to fill the growing gap between good-conditioned and bad-conditioned neighbourhoods.
The government used three tools in this process:
The Single Regeneration Budget (1994): This tool was the product of a belief that regenerations could be steered through public funds by the central government. This program was partly able to decrease bureaucracy through the simplification of the application process of local governments to public funds, which were created specifically for the realisation of urban regenerations.
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Target Environments and Applications
About Target Environments
Types of Target Environments
Applications of Supported Target Environments
The code generator produces make or project files to build an executable program for a specific target environment. The generated make or project files are optional. If you prefer, you can build an executable program for the generated source files by using an existing target build environment, such as a third-party integrated development environment (IDE). Applications of generated code range from calling a few exported C or C++ functions on a development computer to generating a complete executable program that uses a custom build process for custom hardware, in an environment completely separate from the development computer running MATLAB® and Simulink®.
The code generator provides built-in system target files that generate, build, and execute code for specific target environments. These system target files offer varying degrees of support for interacting with the generated code to log data, tune parameters, and experiment with or without Simulink as the external interface to your generated code.
Before you select a system target file, identify the target environment on which you expect to execute your generated code. The most common target environments include environments listed in this table.
Target Environment
Development computer
The computer that runs MATLAB and Simulink. A development computer is a PC or UNIX®[a] environment that uses a non-real-time operating system, such as Microsoft® Windows® or Linux®[b]. Non-real-time (general purpose) operating systems are nondeterministic. For example, those operating systems might suspend code execution to run an operating system service and then, after providing the service, continue code execution. Therefore, the executable for your generated code might run faster or slower than the sample rates that you specified in your model.
Real-time simulator
A different computer from the development computer. A real-time simulator can be a PC or UNIX environment that uses a real-time operating system (RTOS), such as:
Simulink Real-Time system
A real-time Linux system
A Versa Module Eurocard (VME) chassis with PowerPC® processors running a commercial RTOS
The generated code runs in real time. The exact nature of execution varies based on the particular behavior of the system hardware and RTOS.
A real-time simulator connects to a development computer for data logging, interactive parameter tuning, and Monte Carlo batch execution studies.
Embedded microprocessor
A computer that you eventually disconnect from a development computer and run as a standalone computer as part of an electronics-based product. Embedded microprocessors range in price and performance, from high-end digital signal processors (DSPs) to process communication signals to inexpensive 8-bit fixed-point microcontrollers in mass production (for example, electronic parts produced in the millions of units). Embedded microprocessors can:
Use a full-featured RTOS
Be driven by basic interrupts
Use rate monotonic scheduling provided with code generation
[a] UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries.
[b] Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
A target environment can:
Have single- or multiple-core CPUs
Be a standalone computer or communicate as part of a computer network
You can deploy different parts of a Simulink model on different target environments. For example, it is common to separate the component (algorithm or controller) portion of a model from the environment (or plant). Using Simulink to model an entire system (plant and controller) is often referred to as closed-loop simulation and can provide many benefits, such as early verification of a component.
The following figure shows example target environments for code generated for a model.
This table lists ways that you can apply code generation technology in the context of the different target environments.
Acceleration Techniques to speed up the execution of model simulation in the context of the MATLAB and Simulink environments. Accelerated simulations are especially useful when run time is long compared to the time associated with compilation and checking whether the target is up to date.
Rapid Simulation Execute code generated for a model in non-real-time on the development computer, but outside the context of the MATLAB and Simulink environments.
Shared Object Libraries Integrate components into a larger system. You provide generated source code and related dependencies for building a system in another environment or in a shared library to which other code can dynamically link.
Protect Models to Conceal Contents Generate a protected model for use by a third-party vendor in another Simulink simulation environment.
Real-Time Rapid Prototyping Generate, deploy, and tune code on a real-time simulator connected to the system hardware, for example, physical plant or vehicle. being controlled. Crucial for validating whether a component can control the physical system.
Shared Object Libraries Integrate generated source code and dependencies for components into a larger system that is built in another environment. You can use shared library files for intellectual property protection.
Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Simulation Run a simulation that pairs physical hardware, such as a controller, with a virtual real-time implementation of physical components on a real-time target computer, including a plant, sensors, actuators, and the environment. Use HIL simulations to test and validate physical hardware and a controller algorithm by including the effects of component response in real time to realistic stimuli. Testing commonly compares the HIL simulation results to system requirements. Validation compares HIL simulation results to user requirements. Often HIL simulations are referred to as closed-loop simulations due to the component response to the physical environment stimuli.
Code Generation From a model, generate code that is optimized for speed, memory usage, simplicity, and compliance with industry standards and guidelines.
Software-in-the-Loop Simulation Compile generated or external source code intended for production and execute the code as a separate process from the rest of the Simulink model on your development computer. Goals include initial source code testing and verification by comparing SIL and model simulation results or comparing SIL results to requirements by using back-to-back testing. Commonly used with external code integration, bit-accurate fixed-point math, and coverage analysis.
Processor-in-the-Loop Simulation Cross-compile generated or external source code intended for production on a development computer, and then download and run the object code on a target processor or an equivalent instruction set simulator. Goals include verification by comparing PIL simulation results against model or SIL simulation results and collecting execution time profiling data. Commonly used with external code integration, bit-accurate fixed-point math, and coverage analysis.
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Woman's Hilarious Explanation For Selling Engagement Ring After Fiancé Cheated
A woman's attempt to sell her engagement ring has gone viral after her hilarious explanation for selling it. Although the reason she is selling it — because her disgusting fiancé slept with a prostitute, tried strangling her, and stole from his dementia-stricken father — wasn't the funny part, the way she told the story was. Lisa J Sconey posted her engagement ring on the Facebook group 'Rotherham Swap, Sell or Buy,' asking for £500, which equates to around $665. A fellow member of the group, Pam, asked her why she was selling it, which is when Lisa launched into the long-winded horror story of her repulsive ex-fiancé. Her blunt, heartbreaking, but hilarious way with words spoke to people's hearts, especially to Pam's. Pam launched a fundraiser titled: Raising £500 for the Lisa J Sconey. It has so far raised even more than that, and it's still going. Below is Lisa's crazy explanation.
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However, in this case, the two woman who were cheated on work together to out him, and that's sort of beautiful.
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One voice alone can’t paint the picture of the tireless work legal aid attorneys are doing to ensure that all Oregonians have their most critical legal needs met. Today we highlight the work of Debra Lee, the Executive Director of the Center for Nonprofit Legal Services in Medford, Oregon.
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“I am an immigrant. My family came to the U.S. from China in 1956 when I was 7 years old. We didn’t know any English.
As a young person, I saw a lot of discrimination towards people of color. I thought that if I had the legal skills, I could help people, and that's why I went to law school.
I earned my law degree in 1978. In 1985, I was appointed by Governor Vic Atiyeh to be on the State Welfare Advisory Board. I was able to help with welfare reform to make sure that vulnerable families would not be cut off unfairly. That felt right to me.
In our work with the Center for Nonprofit Legal Services in Medford, we pride ourselves on being innovative, collaborative, and able to provide comprehensive civil legal assistance. We really try to be responsive to emerging community needs and we have many families that we help. However, the immigrant communities that we work with are the most vulnerable, especially now, during the pandemic.
If it was pre-pandemic, my office would be filled with people, but we have been closed to the public since March 15th. However, we are still making sure we are there for people. Folks know that they can still get assistance from us. Even with an empty office, we are still doing the work to make sure justice endures.
Access to justice is fundamental to our democracy and I am committed to resolving poverty issues, supporting diversity, and increasing access to justice locally and statewide.
This is my life’s work. Please support the Campaign for Equal Justice.
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One voice alone can’t paint the picture of the tireless work legal aid attorneys are doing to ensure that all Oregonians have their most critical legal needs met. Today we highlight the work of Patrick Chaney, a staff attorney at Legal Aid Services of Oregon in Roseburg,Oregon.
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Meet Patrick.
“When I was in law school, I volunteered at a Legal Aid office. I knew then what I wanted to do. Once I passed the bar, I joined Legal Aid Services of Oregon in Roseburg and I never looked back.
Legal aid serves Oregon from 17 regional offices staffed by 108 attorneys and I am now one of those attorneys. We are the final step of recourse for a low-income Oregonian. If a tenant shouldn’t be evicted and there is a process in place trying to evict them, I show up to make the argument. I am that final step. I feel a great deal of responsibility in that.
Our work has become even more important now during this pandemic. Low-income workers, domestic violence survivors, homeless people, and farmworker communities are already under a great deal of stress, and these current circumstances don’t help. Although physical offices are closed, the 108 attorneys in this state are still working hard, and thanks to technology and perseverance, we are reaching more people than ever before.
Unfortunately for many of our clients--especially in rural areas--access to the internet is limited. So I meet them where they are. For some, that means mailing the form they need or leaving useful information in a dropbox outside my office. If it becomes necessary, I meet with my clients, masked and six feet apart, in a public park. I do all of this to make sure that justice endures.
I am lucky to work with a small, cohesive staff. Daily virtual staff meetings keep us connected, which helps me to know that the folks in my area will still have help when they need it, especially now. With the moratorium on no-cause and non-payment of rent evictions, working to make sure landlords honor the moratorium has become a large part of the work I do.
Some of our clients have lost work and are now many months behind on their rent. Sadly, there are cases where landlords are trying to get people out of their homes by turning off the utilities. This is of course illegal, so that’s where legal aid steps in to help. .
There is so much to be done and legal aid needs your support now more than ever. Knowing that we have organizations like the CEJ supporting us allows us to keep pushing into new areas of impact work that we might not have had the resources to be able to address otherwise. Work like criminal expungement that helps clean up the criminal records of people who have worked to turn over a new leaf. It feels good to help.
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Piling on the Affordable Care Act while giving private insurers a free pass
Remaking Health Care
By Gary Schwitzer
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Right off the top, let me be clear that I’m no apologist for the Affordable Care Act. Its imperfections are quite clear to me. However, when I see a news story or newspaper column pile on out of bounds, I’m going to throw a flag for unnecessary roughness.
And so, the flag is thrown for a (Minneapolis) Star Tribune column under the headline: “Looking death (and ACA) in the face.”
That’s the kind of headline that will draw me in any time. And, if that’s what headlines are supposed to do, it worked in my case. I wonder how many other readers were drawn in by it.
I know that at least one other reader — bioethicist Steve Miles, MD — had much the same reaction to the piece that followed as I did.
“This has zero to do with the ACA,” Miles told me.
Why was ACA – the Affordable Care Act – in the headline?
The heart of the story seemed to be that a woman with stage four cancer who was being treated at the Mayo Clinic recently learned that:
“Mayo will soon be considered outside the network of their provider, Blue Cross Blue Shield. To continue to get the care at Mayo that they believe is keeping Anne alive, the Bartas would have to re-enroll in a plan that has no cap on out-of-pocket expenses. The coinsurance would be 50 percent after the deductible is met. John has estimated his wife’s care could be $300,000 next year, meaning he would have to come up with $150,000 a year.
The Bartas seem to have done everything right. They always bought the best health care plan while working, and did so again when John lost his job. The industry has changed on him, and now the Bartas may have to decide whether to continue treatment at the risk of quickly depleting the family retirement savings.”
The only mention of the ACA in the entire piece was this:
“Eileen Smith, director of communications for the Minnesota Council of Health Plans, said that before passage of the ACA, the Bartas would have been able to buy a policy through the Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association. The state’s high-risk pool, where people with preexisting conditions who were turned down by insurance companies could buy a policy, allowed patients to go to the hospital of their choice.”
Dr. Miles told me there were options that the column didn’t explore:
“If Mayo’s price is too high for insurance, they should ask for a concierge option in the ACA where elite or highly sought high-charge providers can be covered out of network. This could be done two ways: 1) an out of network fee within Blue Cross Blue Shield or 2) Having Blue pay Mayo the same rate it pays other providers and then having Mayo bill the patient the rest. A third option would be government price controls on Mayo.”
Instead of the ACA in the Star Tribune’s headline, why not Blue Cross Blue Shield? Or Mayo?
Lynn Blewett, PhD, Mayo Professor of Health Policy and Management at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health also responded to my request for analysis:
“The ACA has made it possible for this family to get coverage without being turned down by private insurance – there are no longer pre-existing conditions and no under-writing–that is doing assessments to figure out who is sick and then sending them to the Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association. But most plans now are no longer offering Mayo because of its higher costs.”
Blewett also wrote that this sentence in the column was inaccurate unless you add the bold italics she added – “To continue to get the care at Mayo that they believe is keeping Anne alive, the Bartas would have to re-enroll in a plan that has no cap on out-of-pocket expenses for non-network providers.” She wrote: “All individual market plans are required to have caps on out-of-pocket spending – they do not have to have caps on the spending for “out-of-network.”
Why not more headlines and stories like this one by Salon.com?
“Making a killing under Obamacare: The ACA gets blamed for rising premiums, while insurance companies are reaping massive profits“
“While Americans continue to be hammered by rising health care costs, and while congressional lawmakers (with their taxpayer-subsidized health care) do nothing to lower cost of pharmaceuticals and medical care, one group is reaping a windfall in profit: health insurance companies and their investors.
A Salon analysis of regulatory filings found that the top five health insurers — UnitedHealth, Anthem, Aetna, Humana and Cigna — have doled out nearly $30 billion in stock buybacks and dividends from 2013 to 2015. (The Supreme Court ruled in factor of the Affordable Care Act in 2012.)
Meanwhile, the increase in customers that these health insurers received under ACA has helped raise the stock prices of the top five insurers — some 80 percent for Anthem and 165 percent for Aetna since the high court ruled on June 28, 2012 that Obamacare was constitutional.
…Aetna’s earnings report ($734 million in profit on $15.8 billion in revenue for the three months that ended Sept. 30) came a week after UnitedHealth reported a 12 percent jump in revenue to $46.3 billion for the three months that ended Sept. 30 compared with the same period the previous year. (Anthem, Cigna and Humana will report their latest quarterly earnings next week.)”
Somebody needs to be the referee on some of the cheap shots flying around on an uneven playing field. Single anecdote “let’s blame the ACA for something else” stories fail to reflect the big picture of people helped by the legislation. It’s ironic that the next day, the same Star Tribune published a story, “Uncompensated care costs at Minnesota hospitals plunge since health law.” Money quotes:
“…with the health law apparently helping more Minnesotans cover their medical bills. …. A reduction in uncompensated care is important… because ‘it’s likely that fewer people are rationing their own health care or experiencing fragmentation in care.’ “
Not quite the picture we got in a headline that framed one person’s story as “Looking death (and the ACA) in the face.”
This article was originally posted on HealthNewsReview.org and is republished here with permission. Gary Schwitzer is HealthNewsReview.org's publisher. He tweets at @garyschwitzer.
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The company can make your distribution in stock, cash, or both.
Many ESOP participants leave with an account that has both stock and cash in it.
The cash will be paid out in cash.
The share portion may be cashed in, so you will get cash for the shares as well..
The Internal Revenue Code provides that ESOP distributions to participants that terminate as a result of death, disability, or retirement must begin no later than 1 year after the end of the plan year of the termination date.
An Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) refers to an employee benefit plan that gives the employees an ownership stakeStockholders EquityStockholders Equity (also known as Shareholders Equity) is an account on a company’s balance sheet that consists of share capital plus in the company.
Research by the Department of Labor shows that ESOPs not only have higher rates of return than 401(k) plans and are also less volatile. ESOPs lay people off less often than non-ESOP companies. ESOPs cover more employees, especially younger and lower income employees, than 401(k) plans.
An ESOP is actually a tax-exempt trust set up for the benefit of employees. … Just like with a 401(k), the employee will pay taxes when they eventually cash out their shares of the ESOP—which can grow to impressive numbers.
Cash Withdrawal If a portion, or all, of your ESOP distribution is in cash, you have the option to take taxable withdrawals. Keep in mind the entire amount withdrawn is subject to ordinary income tax, and if you are under age 59½ there is an additional 10% early withdrawal tax penalty by the IRS.
The employees don’t have the funds to buy the company: Employees in an ESOP do not use their own funds to buy the company. … Employees do not pay for the stock in the ESOP, so they only risk potential gains. In long-term ESOPs, employees can start to diversify within the plan.
The portion of a company owned by an S Corporation ESOP is not subject to federal or state income taxation, increasing cash flow and providing the company with a competitive advantage.
(1) ESOP. … It includes a direct loan of cash, a purchase-money transaction, and an assumption of the obligation of an ESOP. “Guarantee” includes an unsecured guarantee and the use of assets of a party in interest as collateral for a loan, even though the use of assets may not be a guarantee under applicable state law.
In an ESOP, a company sets up a trust fund, into which it contributes new shares of its own stock or cash to buy existing shares. Alternatively, the ESOP can borrow money to buy new or existing shares, with the company making cash contributions to the plan to enable it to repay the loan.
Employees pay no tax on stock allocated to their ESOP accounts until they receive distributions, at which time they are taxed on the distributions. … If the money is rolled over into an IRA or successor plan, the employee pays no tax until the money is withdrawn, at which point it is taxed as ordinary income.
An employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) is a retirement plan in which an employer contributes its stock to the plan for the benefit of the company’s employees.
Courts have accepted deductibility of ESOP expenses on the basis of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Employee Stock Options Scheme and Employee Stock Purchase Scheme) Guidelines, 1999. This may be considered as basis for allowing deduction of ESOP expenses.
In most cases, vesting stops when you terminate. For stock options, under most plan rules, you will have no more than 3 months to exercise any vested stock options when you terminate. … Contact HR for details on your stock grants before you leave your employer, or if your company merges with another company.
In the event of a bankruptcy by an ESOP company, outside shareholders (if the company is not a 100-percent ESOP) stand to lose everything, just as they would in the bankruptcy of a non-ESOP firm. The shareholders are not creditors. By contrast, the vested ESOP participants could have a claim as creditors.
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1809-1846 – Joshua Williamson (removed from office for failure to pay collected taxes). In 1846 Williamson took tax books and went to Florida. Collection of what he owed in tax collections finally settled about 1850. Williamson was elected annually by ruling Justices of the Peace.
Aug. 1846-1862 – Lewis Williamson (Joshua’s son) elected annually until his bond refused on Aug. 7, 1862, and ruling Justices of Peace appointed John W. Gore.
Aug. 1862-1864 – John W. Gore
Aug. 1864-July 1865 Van Valentine Richardson
July 1865 – John William Gore, elected by 10-7 over Van Valentine Richardson in vote of Justices of Peace when county government reorganized. (Gore was first man to become sheriff a second time)
Nov. 1865-1873 – Van Valentine Richardson, first sheriff elected by county citizens. (Second man to become sheriff second time).
1873-1875 – William Quincy Maultsby – Closest race for sheriff in county history. Won by 2 votes – Maultsby had 718 votes in 1872 to 716 for John C. Powell and 257 for Burrell Smith. In 1875 Maultsby relieved of tax collecting duties for failure to pay in amount collected – Meeting with commissioners resolved amount to be paid, without penalty.
1875 – 1879 – Kenneth Haynes defeated first black candidate J.W. Spaulding 1,332 to 711. W.Q. Maultsby, the incumbent, drew just 48 votes. (Haynes removed as tax collector for failure to pay collected taxes; Neill McPhaul, future sheriff, appointed tax collector summer 1875, and D.P. High appointed Aug. 7, 1878. Haynes finished term as sheriff)
1879 – 1882 – Archibald McCallum (died in office after being re-elected for second term in 1882 – Died between Dec. 1882 and Jan. 1,1883, because Van Valentine Richardson appointed by commissioners Jan. 1, 1883 to fill vacant office. (Tombstone for McCallum says death was June 12, 1889; however entry in Commissioner Minutes from Feb. 5, 1883 meeting shows Neill Phaul, administrator of McCallum’s estate and sheriff himself in 1887, appeared before the board and presented bills to be paid by the county to McCallum’s estate).
Jan. 1, 1883-Dec. 24, 1885 – Van Valentine Richardson (third time). Richardson resigned Dec. 24, 1885 to become Federal Marshal (Oct. 1886 – County commissioners rented office to Richardson in courthouse for marshal duties)
Jan. 4, 1886-1887 – Albert Fentress Toon, Richardson’s brother-in-law, appointed to fill unexpired term
1887 -1895 – Neill McPhaul
1895-1899 – Matthew J. Ward
1899-1907 – John G. Butler
1907-1913 – Alfred Smith “A.S.” Richardson (son of Van Valentine Richardson), paid $125 a month in 1909 1913-1916 – John Thomas Best (appointed county’s first Tax Collector in Jan. 1909 – “experiment” lasted until October 1912 when county commissioners’ tax books delivered to sheriff). 1915 records show salary at $200 a month (died at age 75 in Beaumont, Texas, on March 26, 1951, buried Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington)
1916-1924 – John O’Neal Ammons
1924-1926 – Clyde M. Gore defeated Ammons in runoff (see footnote)
1926-1928 – John O’Neal Ammons (third person to become sheriff second time)
1928-1936 – John W. Hall (defeated Ammons in runoff in 1928)
1936-1950 – Herman D. Stanley Stanley was elected to two-year term in 1936, and was first sheriff elected to a four-year term in 1938, winning easily in a three-man race. He was re-elected to two more four-year terms and served 14 years. Interestingly, Stanley won runoff with Chester A. Farley on July 4, 1936 by more than 500 votes. In the 1936 Democrat primary, Farley was first with 1,763 votes, followed by Stanley with 1,625 votes, and two former sheriffs – John O. Ammons 1,552 and Clyde W. Gore 1,320.
1950-1954 – H. Hugh Nance
1954-1958 – John R. Pridgen
1958-1974 – Ben A. Duke
Dec. 2, 1974-Oct. 3, 1977 – John Coleman, defeated Ben Duke in 11-man race.
Oct. 5, 1977-1982 – Clayton “Son” Norton, native of Scotland County. Norton won commissioners’ vote, 4-1, after nearly three hours of trying to decide between Norton, a member of the rival County Police force, and Sheriff ’s Deputy Stuart Sasser. Norton was named at 8:15 p.m., and was sworn in at 8:20 p.m. in front of commissioners by District Court Judge Wilton Hunt.
Dec. 1982–April 28, 1988 – William “Bill” Rhodes. Rhodes resigned because of improper conduct, including notifying Whiteville and Riegelwood Country Clubs liquor raid was to take place.
April 28, 1988-Dec. 4, 1989 – Coroner Henry S. Rowan appointed by county commissioners. Rowan resigned, commissioners appointed Harold L. Rains.
Dec. 4, 1989-Dec. 5, 1994 – Harold L. Rains, American Indian and first minority race sheriff.
Dec. 5, 1994-Dec. 2, 2002 – Jimmy L. Ferguson (won runoff from Rains)
Dec. 2, 2002-Jan. 7, 2014 – Christopher L. Batten (defeated Ferguson by six votes). Batten resigned effective Jan. 7, 2014 to take a job with N.C. Dept. of Justice’s Training and Standards Division. Batten was the first Democrat in more than 100 years to face no opposition in re-election runs in 2006 and 2010.
Jan. 7, 2014 – Dec. 2, 2018 – Lewis L. Hatcher, 59, Batten’s chief deputy, wasappointed on Jan. 6, 2014 by county commissioners and sworn in the next morning. Hatcher joined Batten’s staff in 2006 as Lt. in charge of courthouse security and bailiffs, and later moved to Lt. in Patrol Division. In August 2007 Hatcher became chief deputy when John Ingram resigned. Hatcher served the balance of Batten’s term that ended Dec. 1, 2014. He then went on to win reelection by a landslide in 2014. Hatcher is the first black sheriff, and second minority sheriff.
Dec. 3, 2018 – present – S. Jody Greene defeated Hatcher by 34 votes. Hatcher and the Democratic Party filed protest against Greene based on residency. Greene lost in the District hearing but won in the State appeals hearing. In a 4-1 decision, the North Carolina State Board of Elections voted to overrule the call made by the Columbus County Board of Elections in the matter of Greene’s residency.
Two died in office
The county was without a sheriff for a week in 1882 after Archibald McCallum died in office in late December. Van Valentine Richardson was appointed by the county commissioners to succeed McCallum.
John Coleman, elected in 1974, died while sheriff on Oct. 3, 1977. He was succeeded by Clayton “Son” Norton, appointed two days later and sworn in immediately.
Longest terms
Joshua Williamson, the county’s first sheriff, served for 35 years, until he was forced to resign after moving to Florida and taking the tax collection records with him.
Lewis Williamson, Joshua’s son, served 16 years, from 1846 to 1862. He left office when his bond was refused for an unrecorded reason.
The longest term of a sheriff elected by popular vote was that of Ben A. Duke, who served four full terms for a total of 16 years, and lost a bid in 1974 for a fifth term.
Herman D. Stanley served 14 years, followed by recent Sheriff Chris Batten’s 11 years.
At least four sheriffs had problems with paying the county the amount of taxes they collected as the county’s official tax collector.
Joshua Williamson, the county’s first sheriff, moved to Florida in 1846 and took the tax books with him. The collection by the county for the amount he owed was settled about 1850.
The next sheriff with such problems was William Quincy Maultsby in 1875, the last year of his two-year term. A meeting with county commissioners resolved the problem, and there’s no report of the amount in question.
Kenneth Haynes, elected in 1875, over the first black candidate, J.W. Spaulding, when Maultsby drew just 48 votes, also had his tax problems.
Neill McPhaul, who was to become sheriff in 1887, was appointed by the commissioners to be the tax collector for three years, and then D.P. High was appointed in 1878, toward the end of McPhaul’s second term.
The last sheriff with tax problems was Clyde M. Gore who was the victim of a bank failure near Christmas 1925. Gore’s account with the Bank of Columbus amounted to $17,576.48. There’s no record of how much the county managed to recover when the bank’s financial problems were finally resolved.
Sheriff Clyde M. Gore, who was also tax collector as all prior sheriffs, was held liable for $17,576.48 in his account “Clyde M. Gore, Sheriff ” in the Bank of Columbus when bank failed in December 1925. County commissioners appointed Clyde’s brother, Lennox, as tax collector until courts cleared the problem.
Sheriff more than once
Three men served as sheriff at different times – Van Valentine Richardson, John William Gore and John O’Neal Ammons.
Gore was the first to sheriff for the second time. He was appointed by the county’s ruling Justices of the Peace in 1862 to serve a two-year term, and replaced by Richardson in 1864.
When the county reorganized its government in 1865, following the Confederates’ defeat in the War Between the States, Gore was selected by the Justices of the Peace over Richardson in a 10-7 vote.
Richardson, however, went back into office in 1865 after winning the county’s first popular vote for sheriff, and he served until 1873, when he decided to not seek re-election.
Richardson is the only man to be sheriff three times. After Archibald McCallum died in office in late December 1883, Richardson was appointed to be sheriff again. He served until December 1885 when he resigned to become a federal marshal.
Ammons was elected in 1916 and served until 1924, when he lost in the second Democrat primary to Clyde M. Gore.
Ammons managed to win the position a second time in 1926, but lost a re-election bid in 1928 in another runoff.
First four-year term
Herman D. Stanley was the first sheriff to be elected to a present-day four-year term. He won the job in 1936 when the term was two years, and was re-elected in 1938, the year the four-year term of office began.
The county’s ruling Justices of the Peace – who managed county government until the commissioner form of government was installed in 1865 – selected the sheriff for one-year terms until 1865.
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2017 KARL GABRIEL SCHOLARSHIPS
JUNE 6, 2017 The Karl Gabriel Scholarship, named for our beloved “Treasurer for Life,” bestowed annually through the Community Chest of the Commonwealth Club, was awarded to Samantha Rego and Nathan Farrell, seniors at Montclair High. Samantha is going to attend Georgetown University, while Nathan is staying closer to home…
By Cameron Barrett
In: Community Service
Club Supports Lamp for Haiti Fund-Raiser
On Nov. 7, the club was honored to host the Second Annual Lamp for Haiti Reception. Under the direction of Lamp for Haiti founder Dr. James Morgan of Montclair, the Lamp for Haiti Health Center has provided health care, education and nutrition assistance in Cite Soleil, a congested urban area with more than 200,000 residents that’s among the most impoverished communities in the Western Hemisphere. “We were delighted by the turnout, and just as important, the chance to deliver the message of the Lamp’s mission to many friends, new and old alike,” Dr. Morgan said. “And we thank the Commonwealth Club for their generous hospitality.”
By Sandra Finnegan
MHS Students Receive Annual Commonwealth Club Scholarships – 2014
During ceremonies at the end of the school year, the Commonwealth Club’s annual Karl Gabriel Memorial Scholarship grants were presented to two outstanding Montclair High School 2014 graduates, Fiona Mulroe, now a first-year student at Catholic University, and Gerard Brown, a freshman at Ursinus College. “We are thrilled to recognize…
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Coastal Elites
A socially distanced comedic satire that spotlights five characters breaking down and breaking through as they grapple with politics, culture, and the pandemic.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, TV Movie
Director: Jay Roach
Actors: Bette Midler, Dan Levy, Issa Rae, Kaitlyn Dever, Sarah Paulson
Keywords:Coastal Elites
It’s 1968, and four young, talented Australian Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship and war when they entertain the US troops in Vietnam as singing group The Sapphires.
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A comedy of life’s temptations – lust, greed and power. The city in question is Sydney and the colour green signifies greed and envy in David Williamsons amusing satire on…
Lucky is tricked into missing his wedding to Margaret by the other members of Pop’s magic and dance act, and has to make $25,000 to be allowed to marry her….
Detention of the Dead
A group of oddball high school students find themselves trapped in detention with their classmates having turned into a horde of Zombies.
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Charles McCarter and his wife Helen are about to celebrate their 18th-wedding anniversary when Helen comes home to find her clothes packed up in a U-Haul van parked in the…
Hannibal Buress: Comedy Camisado
He’s a kamikaze gambler. A one-arm cuddler. And if his fly is down, so be it. A night of sly riffs and slow burns.
The Fiddling Horse
A dark comedy about a woman named Leslie Heart who inherits a horse and, in an attempt to elevate her failing status within her high society circle, trains it to…
Cockneys vs Zombies
A gang of bank robbers team up with the residents of an old people’s home to try to survive a zombie outbreak.
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After thirty years of marriage, a middle-aged couple attends an intense, week-long counseling session to work on their relationship.
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 min
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The Taint
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Joe Donnelly on Health Care
Senate Challenger; Democratic Represenative (IN-2)
Protect Medicare for future generations
Q: How would you put Medicare on stronger financial ground?
A: On this day 47 years ago, President Lyndon Johnson signed into law a promise--that Americans who work hard and play by the rules can retire with dignity. Today, over one million Hoosiers rely on Medicare benefits for security, stability, and health. I am here to highlight what this program does for seniors like those here at Miller's Merry Manor. I choose to protect Medicare so it will be strong for future generations. Source: 2012 Senate campaign website in AARP Senate Voter Guide , Aug 24, 2012
Expand the availability of health insurance
Every American should have access to quality, affordable healthcare. I will stand up to the big pharmaceutical and insurance companies to bring health care costs back to normal. This begins with an HMO Patient’s Bill of Rights that allows patients and doctors, not insurance companies, to make medical decisions.
We must also expand the availability of health insurance. Indiana has over 860,000 uninsured citizens--we can do better. We must demand healthcare as a basic American value. Source: 2006 House campaign website, donnellyforuscongress.com , Nov 7, 2006
Medicare Part D plan is huge giveaway to drug companies
Today’s Medicare Part D plan was a huge giveaway to the drug companies--which is no surprise, since drug industry lobbyists wrote the original legislation. I will work to reform Medicare Part D and advocate the following plan: Eliminate the sign-up period to allow seniors to continuously enroll Give Medicare the power to negotiate lower drug prices Allow re-importation of safe, FDA-approved drugs from Canada Eliminate the “Donut Hole” gap in coverage Source: 2006 House campaign website, donnellyforuscongress.com , Nov 7, 2006
[Sen. Merkley, D-OR]: The Republicans chose to end Medicare as we know it. The Republican plan reopens the doughnut hole. That is the hole into which seniors fall when, after they have some assistance with the first drugs they need, they get no assistance until they reach a catastrophic level. It is in that hole that seniors have had their finances devastated. We fixed it. Republicans want to unfix it and throw seniors back into the abyss. Then, instead of guaranteeing Medicare coverage for a fixed set of benefits for every senior--as Medicare does now--the Republican plan gives seniors a coupon and says: Good luck. Go buy your insurance. If the insurance goes up, too bad. Reference: Ryan Budget Plan; Bill HCR34&SCR21 ; vote number 11-HV277 on Apr 15, 2011
Voted NO on repealing the "Prevention and Public Health" slush fund.
Congressional Summary:Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to repeal provisions establishing and appropriating funds to the Prevention and Public Health Fund (a Fund to provide for expanded and sustained national investment in prevention and public health programs to improve health and help restrain the rate of growth in private and public sector health care costs). Rescinds any unobligated balanced appropriated to such Fund.
Proponent's Argument for voting Yes:
[Rep. Pitts, R-PA]: Section 4002 of PPACA establishes a Prevention and Public Health Fund, which my bill, H.R. 1217, would repeal. The PPACA section authorizes the appropriation of and appropriates to the fund from the Treasury the following amounts:
$500 million for FY 2010
$750 million for FY11
$1 billion for FY12
$1.25 billion for FY13
$1.5 billion for FY14
and for FY15 and every fiscal year thereafter, $2 billion.
We have created a slush fund from which the Secretary of HHS can spend without any congressional oversight or approval. I would suggest to my colleagues that, if you wanted more funding to go towards smoking cessation or to any other program, the health care law should have contained an explicit authorization. By eliminating this fund, we are not cutting any specific program. This is about reclaiming our oversight role of how Federal tax dollars should be used.
Opponent's Argument for voting No:
[Rep. Waxman, D-CA]: This bill represents the Republicans' newest line of attack to disrupt, dismantle, and to ultimately destroy the Affordable Care Act. For many years, Republicans have joined with Democrats in supporting programs to prevent disease, to promote health and, in turn, to cut health care costs. But today, the House will vote to end funding for the first and only Federal program with dedicated, ongoing resources designed to make us a healthier Nation. Reference: To repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund; Bill H.1217 ; vote number 11-HV264 on Apr 13, 2011
Sen. HARRY REID (D, NV): Yesterday, 3,500 children who had never smoked before tried their first cigarette. For some, it will also be their last cigarette but certainly not all. If you think 3,500 is a scary number, how about 3.5 million. That is a pretty scary number. That is how many American high school kids smoke--3.5 million. Nearly all of them aren't old enough to buy cigarettes. It means we have as many boys and girls smoking as are participating in athletics in high schools. We have as many as are playing football, basketball, track and field, and baseball combined. Reference: Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act; Bill HR1256&S982 ; vote number 2009-H187 on Apr 2, 2009
Opponent's argument to vote No:Rep. ROY BLUNT (R, MI-7): This bill doesn't require the States to meet any kind of threshold standard that would ensure that States were doing everything they could to find kids who needed insurance before they begin to spend money to find kids who may not have the same need. Under the bill several thousands of American families would be poor enough to qualify for SCHIP and have the government pay for their health care, but they'd be rich enough to still be required to pay the alternative minimum tax. The bill changes welfare participation laws by eliminating the 5-year waiting period for legal immigrants to lawfully reside in the country before they can participate in this program. In the final bill, we assume that 65% of the children receiving the benefit wouldn't get the benefit anymore. It seems to me this bill needs more work, would have benefited from a committee hearing. It doesn't prioritize poor kids to ensure that they get health care first. Reference: SCHIP Reauthorization Act; Bill H.R.2 ; vote number 2009-H016 on Jan 14, 2009
Proponent's argument to vote Yes: Sen. PATTY MURRAY (D, WA): President Bush vetoed a bill that would make vital improvements to the program that has helped ensure that millions of seniors and the disabled can get the care they need. This bill puts an emphasis on preventive care that will help our seniors stay healthy, and it will help to keep costs down by enabling those patients to get care before they get seriously ill. This bill will improve coverage for low-income seniors who need expert help to afford basic care. It will help make sure our seniors get mental health care. Reference: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act; Bill HR.6331 ; vote number 2008-H491 on Jul 15, 2008
Voted YES on giving mental health full equity with physical health.
Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2008: Requires group health plans to apply the same treatment limits on mental health or substance-related disorder benefits as they do for medical and surgical benefits (parity requirement).
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008: Prohibits a group health plan from adjusting premium or contribution amounts for a group on the basis of genetic information.
SUPPORTER'S ARGUMENT FOR VOTING YES:Rep. PALLONE. This is a comprehensive bill which will establish full mental health and addiction care parity. The Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 authorized for 5 years partial parity by mandating that the annual and lifetime dollar limit for mental health treatment under group health plans offering mental health coverage be no less than that for physical illnesses. This bill requires full parity and also protects against discrimination by diagnosis.
OPPONENT'S ARGUMENT FOR VOTING NO:Rep. DEAL of Georgia: I am a supporter of the concept of mental health parity, but this bill before us today is not the correct approach. This path will raise the price of health insurance, and would cause some to lose their health insurance benefits and some employers to terminate mental health benefits altogether.
The bill's focus is also overly broad. Our legislation should focus on serious biologically-based mental disorders like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, not on jet lag and caffeine addiction, as this bill would include. There are no criteria for judicial review, required notice and comment, or congressional review of future decisions.
I would ask my colleagues to vote "no" today so that we can take up the Senate bill and avoid a possible stalemate in a House-Senate conference on an issue that should be signed into law this Congress.
LEGISLATIVE OUTCOME:Bill passed House, 268-148 Reference: Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act; Bill H.R.1424 ; vote number 08-HR1424 on Mar 5, 2008
Voted YES on Veto override: Extend SCHIP to cover 6M more kids.
OnTheIssues Explanation: This vote is a veto override of the SCHIP extension (State Children's Health Insurance Program). The bill passed the House 265-142 on 10/25/07, and was vetoed by Pres. Bush on 12/12/07.
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY: This Act would enroll all 6 million uninsured children who are eligible, but not enrolled, for coverage under existing programs.
PRESIDENT'S VETO MESSAGE: Our goal should be to move children who have no health insurance to private coverage--not to move children who already have private health insurance to government coverage. My Administration strongly supports reauthorization of SCHIP. [But this bill, even with changes, does not meet the requirements I outlined].
It would still shift SCHIP away from its original purpose by covering adults. It would still include coverage of many individuals with incomes higher than the median income. It would still result in government health care for approximately 2 million children who already have private health care coverage.
SUPPORTER'S ARGUMENT FOR VOTING YES:Rep. DINGELL: This is not a perfect bill, but it is an excellent bipartisan compromise. The bill protects health insurance coverage for some 6 million children who now depend on SCHIP. It provides health coverage for 3.9 million children who are eligible, yet remain uninsured. Together, this is a total of better than 10 million young Americans who, without this legislation, would not have health insurance.
The bill makes changes to accommodate the President's stated concerns.
It terminates the coverage of childless adults in 1 year.
It prohibits States from covering children in families with incomes above $51,000.
It encourages securing health insurance provided through private employer.
LEGISLATIVE OUTCOME:Veto override failed, 260-152 (2/3rds required) Reference: SCHIP Extension; Bill Veto override on H.R.3963 ; vote number 08-HR3963 on Jan 23, 2008
Like its predecessor, HR976, this bill does not put poor children first and it moves our country's health care system in the wrong direction. Ultimately, our goal should be to move children who have no health insurance to private coverage--not to move children who already have private health insurance to government coverage. As a result, I cannot sign this legislation. Reference: Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act; Bill H.R. 3963 ; vote number 2007-1009 on Oct 25, 2007
Under the guise of negotiation, this bill proposes to enact draconian price controls on pharmaceutical products. Competition has brought significant cost savings to the program. The current system trusts the marketplace, with some guidance, to be the most efficient arbiter of distribution. Reference: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act; Bill HR 4 ("First 100 hours") ; vote number 2007-023 on Jan 12, 2007
Better and immediate funding for Medicare & Medicaid.
Donnelly adopted the Blue Dog Coalition letter to Congressional leadership:
We are writing on behalf of the House Blue Dog Caucus to request that bipartisan legislation be crafted for passage before the end of this Congress that adequately addresses the funding of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP programs. As you know, over 39 million seniors and the disabled rely on the Medicare program for their health care. A further 43 million Americans rely on the Medicaid and SCHIP programs. The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 has produced cuts in spending far beyond what Congress and the Congressional Budget Office anticipated when the legislation was enacted. These greater-than- expected cuts threaten to jeopardize the health care of seniors and the disabled all across the country. While the Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 did provide some relief, it is clear that we need to do more. As we approach the end of the 106 Congress, it is impossible to th overstate the need for us to work on a bipartisan basis to write meaningful legislation that can be signed by the President.
We strongly believe there is a need to separate the provisions of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protections Act from H.R. 2614 and that bipartisan negotiations should be undertaken to improve this package so that it better provides for the critical needs of vulnerable patients. We respectfully submit that by working in a bipartisan basis, the 106 Congress can take th significant actions to help alleviate the current problems being faced by health care providers and patients that must be addressed. Waiting until next year to address this problem may be too late. Source: Blue Dog Coalition press release 00-BDC1 on Dec 5, 2000
Prescription drug benefit within Medicare.
Donnelly adopted the Blue Dog Coalition press release:
We strongly believe that Congress should enact a Medicare prescription drug benefit that is available, affordable, dependable and voluntary for all seniors. The Blue Dog Coalition supports proposals to provide prescription drug coverage through a defined Medicare benefit that is available to all Medicare beneficiaries. Given the shortcomings of existing private plans, we believe that relying on private sector insurance plans will leave many beneficiaries without adequate coverage.
An effective prescription drug benefit must:
provide a benefit which is available to all seniors, including those in rural areas;
provide equal treatment for all seniors, without disparities in coverage between rural, urban and suburban regions;
use market power of seniors to reduce costs through competition;
help low and middle-income seniors afford prescription medicine costs;
allow participation by local pharmacists, not just mail order pharmacies; and
be consistent with Medicare modernization.
Providing prescription drug coverage as a Medicare defined benefit ensures that all seniors, regardless of where they live, will have access to the same benefit plan. The Coalition opposes H.R. 4680, unless it is modified to provide all seniors with the option of prescription drug coverage.
Relying on private sector plans to deliver prescription drug coverage will not achieve the goals outlined above. It will not be cost effective for private plans to offer coverage in rural areas, which will result in expensive government subsidies to attract plans to rural areas. Rural seniors should not be forced to pay higher premiums or have less generous benefits, simply because they live in areas that are not financially attractive to private insurance companies.” Source: Blue Dog Coalition press release 00-BDC2 on Jun 28, 2000
Require insurers to cover breast cancer treatment.
Donnelly co-sponsored Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act
Congressional Summary: Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to require coverage and radiation therapy for breast cancer treatment.
Prohibits restricting benefits for any hospital length of stay to less than 48 hours in connection with a mastectomy or breast conserving surgery or 24 hours in connection with a lymph node dissection; or
Prohibits requiring that a provider obtain authorization from the plan for prescribing any such length of stay.
Congressional Findings:
According to the American Cancer Society, excluding cancers of the skin, breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women.
An estimated 40,480 women and 450 men died from breast cancer in 2008, and an estimated 182,460 new cases of invasive breast cancer were diagnosed in women, plus 1,990 cases in men.
Most breast cancer patients undergo some type of surgical treatment.
Treatment for breast cancer varies according to type of insurance coverage and State of residence.
Currently, 20 States mandate minimum inpatient coverage after a patient undergoes a mastectomy.
Breast cancer patients have reported adverse outcomes, including infection and inadequately controlled pain, resulting from premature hospital discharge following breast cancer surgery.
Source: H.R.111 11-HR111 on Jan 5, 2011
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Sometimes it’s best not to run, but to take on the chaos and see where it leads.
Chaos is an inevitable part of existence. Whether it is good or bad depends on our reaction to it. If we learn to exist with and even embrace the chaos, we may find that it can teach and transform us into something wonderful.
Adam Hayes was born in the Finger Lakes region of New York State. He received his B.F.A in Drama from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts where he studied at the Strasberg Institute in New York City as well as both the St. Petersburg Theatre Arts Academy and The Meyerhold Center in Russia. Since obtaining that degree his life has been a series of adventures from off-Broadway and television, to living and working in Moscow, to law school, to Atlanta, and (most recently) to Buffalo. Adam is currently Associate Counsel for Aleron Shared Resources, Inc., formerly known as Superior Group, during the day. In the evening he performs in several of Buffalo’s theatres in the evening. Every free hour in between he spends volunteering. This year he has the distinct honor of serving once again as the Chairman for Curtain Up!, Buffalo’s opening night celebration, as well as a steering committee member for Buffalo Startup Weekend.
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The hard truths about Seattle's new homeless fix
David Kroman
Tammi Lynn, a landlord, rents her apartments to those on the verge of homelessness.
For Tammi Lynn, property management is a family business. Her mom, her dad, her stepdad, her daughter, her niece — all of them, over the course of 30 years, have bought and sold properties, gutted interiors, smoked out cockroaches and termites, cleared away garbage, weathered the occasional shooting, and, to hear Lynn tell it, built relationships with the tenants who come and go.
“We got it cleaned up and now everyone in the neighborhood loves us,” says Lynn, sitting cross-legged in a remodeled apartment building on the east side of Tacoma, beneath paintings of a New England bay.
It’s been hard work, but the four once run-down buildings Lynn and her family own around the south end of Puget Sound — now done up with new interiors and colorful trim — are profitable now. They’re likely to get more so as the region’s runaway real estate market, centered in the tech boom town of Seattle, drives people farther to the fringes in search of affordable places to live.
But as that same real estate explosion sends more people to the streets, local governments are putting a lot of hope in private landlords like Lynn to be a major part of the solution to a growing regional homeless crisis — a problem so pervasive, and so stubborn, that Seattle and its surrounding King County have been in an official state of emergency for more than a year and a half.
Last summer, a massive audit of the region’s homeless response dragged the city and county across hot coals for their continued support of what auditors saw as an ineffective and expensive system, one based less on results and more on tradition, the authors said.
Tammi Lynn sits in a remodeled apartment building in Tacoma, Washington. Credit: Matt M. McKnight/Cascade Public Media
If Seattle has failed to put roofs over people’s heads, it hasn’t been for lack of trying. Since 1981, Seattle has approved five tax hikes to build affordable housing. The biggest came last summer, when voters signed off on a $290 million property tax bump. The city brags that this money has created about the 13,000 affordable units.
But for every person who moves into a freshly minted affordable apartment, another one or two fall out. The latest count of King County’s homeless population found 11,643 people living on the streets. Of those, around 5,000 were newly homeless, meaning that they landed on the street in the past year.
In other words, despite the large investments, publicly subsidized affordable housing has not kept up. Which is where Tammi Lynn and other private-market landlords come into the picture.
In an attempt to achieve results for less, the county is turning toward “rapid re-housing,” an approach that short-circuits emergency shelters and “transitional housing” programs and moves people directly into the private market with financial help from local governments and nonprofits. The help comes with a timeline — anywhere from one to 18 months. At the end of the period, the tenant is expected to figure out how to pay the entire rent.
The model, which was rolled out in force with bailout money after the financial crisis, has been wildly successful for some populations. The State of Michigan reported that, of 2,000 rapid re-housing clients, only 6.5 percent returned to homelessness. Hennepin County, Minnesota, reported similar success. In a year-long pilot project in Seattle run by the Downtown Emergency Services Center, 96 percent of its rapid re-housing clients did not return to homelessness, according to staff.
Some question how well the program can scale up to address the needs of people who have been homeless for a long time, or who struggle with mental health issues or addiction, especially in a hot housing market. One provider described rapid rehousing as “skimming the cream,” or tackling the simpler cases. A report out of Washington D.C., which similarly battles high housing costs, declared the strategy a failure, mostly because families with little or no income couldn’t get on their feet fast enough.
And there is another major concern: In a scorching real estate market like Seattle’s, how do you get landlords to rent to people who they may see as high-risk?
Credit: Matt M. McKnight/Cascade Public Media
“We have ... a very competitive retail market, extremely low vacancies and rapidly rising rent,” says Mark Ellerbrook, King County’s regional housing and community development manager. Landlords often have the pick of several prospective renters, he says. “When you have an environment like that … it makes it very competitive.”
But when a landlord considers housing the homeless, there are a number of perceived risks, the most obvious being: Will that person be able to pay rent when the support vanishes? In addition, landlords often want to see good credit, a consistent rental history and steady income. Most applications include background checks. It is often some combination of those flags that lead someone to homelessness in the first place.
So what’s the motivation for a landlord to buck the normal routines and agree to house someone who would not otherwise be able to find a home?
On the east side of Tacoma, historically the cheaper side of the blue-collar manufacturing and port city, Lynn can now comfortably charge $995 per month for a two-bedroom apartment. She doesn’t need to worry much about filling her apartments, nor does she need to take on much risk: When there are multiple applications for every apartment, why not accept the person who, at least on paper, looks like the surest thing to pay rent on time and stick around?
Yet Lynn happily rents her apartments to people either coming out of homelessness or right on the verge.
For Lynn, there’s a backstory. One day, back when her mother was the primary manager of the family’s buildings, there was a knock on the door. It was a man struggling with homelessness. He didn’t have much, but a nonprofit had agreed to help him with the upfront costs and, temporarily, with the monthly rent. As the man got on his feet, the nonprofit would pull back the safety net and he would eventually pay his own rent.
When the man came knocking, Lynn’s mother thought of her own daughter, Tammi, who had been through some hard years.
“I’ve not been a total angel my whole life,” Lynn says, sitting beneath portraits of horses and scenes of pastures in one of her vacant apartments. “My mom saw that people can have things on their records and still turn their lives around.”
So she agreed to house the man.
More than 20 years later, Lynn and her family maintain a partnership with Solid Ground, a housing resource nonprofit. Currently, only two of Lynn’s apartments are dedicated to rapid re-housing, but that number fluctuates.
Asked why she continues to participate in the program, Lynn frames it as charity: “It is a business,” she says, “but you’ve got to have a conscience.”
King County began experimenting more broadly with rapid re-housing in 2010, thanks in part to money received through the bailout package passed after the housing crisis. To recruit landlords, the county developed a menu of assurances: There’s a mitigation fund in case a client abuses an apartment; the county and nonprofits also have liaisons to go between the tenant and the landlords to handle any issues.
As a result, says the county's Ellerbrook, the county has kept landlords at the table. Currently, he says, 200 property owners participate in the program.
To attract and educate more landlords, Seattle and the county are rolling out a new Housing Resource Center.
Robin Koskey, a strategic advisor for Seattle's Office of Housing, told the Seattle City Council recently that they've been conducting listening sessions with landlords to find out what would help. To the surprise of government officials, said Koskey, landlords were not necessarily looking for financial bonuses, but instead guarantees of quickly filled vacancies and reimbursement for any damages or unpaid rents, Koskey said. "They were very clear that they wanted to help," Koskey said.
But there is another uncomfortable reality of rapid re-housing that is not always acknowledged: For local government and nonprofits with limited resources, the best options for private landlords are outside of Seattle. Rents inside city limits are just too damn high.
Lynn’s properties are scattered in Tacoma and Algona, 30 miles from downtown Seattle, and even there, the real estate market is catching up.
Ellerbrook acknowledges this concern. But for officials desperate to make progress on the housing emergency, geography is secondary to housing.
Down the road from Lynn’s east side Tacoma apartment building, new condos have blocked the view of the city. The developer made an offer on her building as well, but she refused. Since then, she estimates she gets about two offers a year. “We could make a big profit,” she says, “but this is a family business.”
She’s still got energy to do the work now, but says some weeks it is tempting to sell. If her nieces and grandkids don’t want to take it over, she can imagine that temptation growing.
Ellerbrook says the county has been able to strike up relationships with owners of newer buildings and is optimistic they can recruit more. Still, he says, “It’s critically important to us that we work to preserve that housing that we have. When you knock that down … it’s more challenging for us to support a homeless household.”
This series made possible with support from Northwest Harvest. The views and opinions expressed in the media, articles, or comments on this article are those of the authors and do not reflect or represent the views and opinions held by Northwest Harvest.
David Kroman is a staff reporter at Crosscut focused on local politics. Find him on Twitter at @KromanDavid or email at david.kroman@crosscut.com.
COVID-19, tax reform and police accountability top lawmakers’ agenda, but the threat of armed protesters hangs over their work.
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Couple kicked off cruise for making love too loudly. And they are not alone…
Getting booted off a cruise ship happens far more often than many passengers imagine. The recent case of a couple who were thrown off a cruise ship for making love too loudly is a case in point.
Making love too loudly
The couple is suing a cruise line, claiming to have been removed from the ship because they were a bit too loud while making love in their stateroom with the balcony door open.
Renate F. and her husband, Volker, had boarded the TUI Cruises ship Mein Schiff 5 intending to enjoy a two-week voyage to the Caribbean.
But shortly after their departure earlier this year, the couple made love with their balcony door open, and they claim the fact their frisky frolic got a bit loud is why they were asked to disembark.
Noisy hanky panky is an offence
Post hanky panky, Volker reportedly went to take a shower while Renate stepped outside to have a cigarette. Soon, members of the crew knocked on the door and, after a brief discussion, the couple was asked to leave the ship. With their suitcases in hand, the pair were left in Barbados and had to find their own way home.
While some have questioned whether perhaps smoking on the balcony was the reason the pair was removed from the ship, that is not actually against the rules on Mein Schiff 5, unlike most ships sailing out of the United States.
Climbing over your railing to take a selfie
A reckless woman was kicked off a cruise for climbing out over the balcony of her room to take a selfie. The passenger, who has not been identified, was spotted on the edge of the Royal Caribbean Allure of the Seas ship as it approached Labadee, Haiti last week. She has now been banned from travelling with the cruise line again for life. Fellow passenger, Peter Blosic, spotted the woman and snapped a photo of her in a blue swimsuit with her hands above her head while posing on the railing. He then alerted crew members.
the daring selfie pose
Blosic told CNN: “While on my balcony, I saw the woman climb on her railing. It happened so quickly. Not knowing what her intentions were, I alerted the crew. If I said nothing, and she was going to jump, that would be horrible.” The woman was located by employees aboard the ship. She and her partner were removed from the cruise when it docked in Falmouth, Jamaica.
“Security was notified and the guests were later debarked in Falmouth, Jamaica as a result of their actions and are now banned for life from sailing with Royal Caribbean.”
Get in a punch up
WITH great anticipation, Elaine Chan and her husband hopped on-board Holland America’s Zuiderdam ship for a 24-day holiday.
At first, it seemed like a dream come true. But on day five, things went terribly wrong.
The couple was thrown off the vessel in Helsinki after the captain accused Ms Chan’s 65-year-old husband — who does not want his name disclosed — of pushing a crew member two days earlier during a brawl in St Petersburg, Russia.
Ms Chan says it was around 8am in the morning on day five of their cruise when the captain called them into his office to discuss an incident where several passengers had been verbally abusive towards the crew.
One had pushed an employee, and Ms Chan’s husband had been identified as the offender.
Mr Chan was accused of being in a punch-up
Despite their denials, the duo was told to get their belongings together and were handed tickets back to San Francisco. Ms Chan said they were blindsided and had no time to argue their case properly.
“We did not expect our highly anticipated vacation to end as a nightmare in complete humiliation,” Ms Chan said.
“We were kicked off the cruise by the Holland America captain in Helsinki. He forced us to leave the cruise by 10am to catch our flight. If we did not leave on time, he said we would miss our flight.”
Call the crew idiots
Robert and Esther Gaines were kicked off a seven-night Norwegian Cruise Lines trip in May through the US and British Virgin Islands and the Bahamas after a disagreement Mr Gaines had with a crew member regarding reservations to one of the ship’s shows.
Mr Gaines admits things did get heated. He claims he made reservations for the show, but his name wasn’t on the list.
Who are you calling an idiot?
When the worker refused to let him in, Mr Gaines wasn’t happy. “I said, ‘Listen you idiot, I’m telling you right now that my family is in the show. Why are you keeping me out of the show?’”
While the incident ended without any physical altercation, Mr Gaines provided a statement to security.
The next morning, however, he claims a security officer showed up at his cabin. He was informed the captain decided Mr Gaines would have to disembark on the island of Tortola, one of the British Virgin Islands.
Have your passport stolen
Chris Crook, 70, said he and his wife Sarah, 63, felt like “pieces of meat” when they were herded off the ship and back onto dry land, after Mr Crook’s passport went missing.
The couple spent the best part of $12,500 on what they hoped would be a dream vacation: a 12-day voyage from Barcelona to Venice on the Regent Seven Seas Explorer back in April.
In reality, they missed part of the trip and racked up more than $1,250 in out-of-pocket expenses after Chris Cook’s passport went walk-about.
Keep a close eye on your passport
Chris Crook said he took his passport with him on an April 23 land excursion to Rome. At lunch, he left a bag with the passport in it under a chair while he visited a bathroom. The Crooks said they took turns to use the facilities so the bag wasn’t left alone.
But when Chris Crook returned, it was missing. The couple raced to report the lost passport to police, before catching a coach back to the ship.
Expecting assistance back on board, Chris Crook told staff his passport was gone. But, as he now had no form of identification, they told him to leave the vessel.
Flicking your ciggie overboard
A Perth man was kicked off his P&O cruise ship after he flicked a cigarette overboard.
Mark O’Keefe, 57 and his wife Debra were on a 10-day cruise when he was severely reprimanded after a P&O security guard saw him flick a cigarette overboard.
His daughter, Courtney O’Keefe says her sick father had to make his own way home from Bali.
“He had maybe two drags because the weather was horrendous – he butted it out, and without thinking, he flicked it,” she said.
Bye Bye Bali
Mr O’Keefe apologised and was told if he returned to his cabin, he would face no consequences. However, the following day, Courtney received a call from her mother saying that Mr O’Keefe had been removed from the ship.
“The captain said ‘you’re off’ – no letting my dad apologise, no option of cutting him off at the bar, no giving him a fine. Nothing.”
Her mother was unable to leave with him, as they had saved their money for the trip to Bali and couldn’t afford two tickets home.
Being too pregnant
Emily Jackson, 22, had just boarded a Disney cruise with her husband, two kids, parents and siblings and was waiting for her room key when Disney staff approached her.
According to Disney’s policy, women who are 24 weeks pregnant during the cruise will be refused passage.
Jackson was 25 weeks pregnant.
Bumped off for the bump
When the family complained, Jackson alleges a security guard with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle escorted her from the ship.
Jackson says the cruise line offered her a refund for the cost of the cruise but not the plane tickets for the party of 10.
Jumping ship
Nick Naydev, jumped from the 11th storey of the Symphony of the Seas cruise ship in a viral Instagram stunt.
As a result, Royal Caribbean, which operates the mega cruise liner, banned him and his friends from cruising with the company again.
“I’m pretty lucky to be alive,” he said.
The 27-year-old American says he did the “stupid and reckless” stunt, which his friends filmed, for Instagram.
Leaping into shark infested waters
When he landed in the water, he was picked up by a small boat and taken back to the dock where the ship was. Mr Naydev was then led away by staff, who told him that he had to leave the ship “immediately”, alongside his companions, who were also asked to leave.
After the jump, Naydev admitted he was in a lot of pain.
“When I sobered up my back started hurting pretty bad. Could barely walk for three days.”
Perhaps the ultimate twist to this tale is that Nassau locals later told Mr Naydev that “nobody dared swim” in the water he jumped into because the waters were shark-infested.
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3 Nov 2019 Debbie
The only unfair “kick off” is the 25 weeks pregnant woman. It seems a bit over the top unless it is stated in the rules and regulations that you must not cruise with Disney when you are over a certain number of weeks pregnant.
3 Nov 2019 James
It is Disembark or Disembarked, not debarked
2 Nov 2019 Jenni
I did the cruise bit once. Not for me. All that money spent to be packed into a floating container beside a mob of self-serving guests, no manners, push you out the road, hog the views and never consider others. Give me a quiet beachfront island escape in a luxury resort for half the price. No sympathy for the booted passengers, I saw too many of that sort on my trip that seemed to get off scott free, regardless of their uncoth manners.
2 Nov 2019 Melon
I don’t see any problem those who were kicked off was kicked off for the right reason. Lost passport is very sad and stressful thing but again your identification is gone how can the cruise take you around anymore.
2 Nov 2019 Tiger
Sounds like these things happen in an alternate universe. But the money and monopoly of cruise owners and Staff, means it will continue unchallenged until a class action is taken. Why are any of you tolerating this? If the rules clearly state your inftactions then fine but for those tiny and everyday spats, surely some conduct intervention and warnings can be put in place??? ANSWER UNTIL THEN: Vote by not cruising. Seriously? Oh the problems of the too-rich at play. Ha Ha!
1 Nov 2019 John Lewis
All those kicked off the ships deserved what they got ,the staff on cruise ships do a great job looking after all types a very hard job so treat them with the respect they deserve.
1 Nov 2019 Bruce Tango
1. Woman on one of our cruises was incensed when she returned to the laundry to find someone had taken her washing out of the dryer (it was perfectly dry) and put her own in. She went back to her cabin, took a couple of the turn-down chocolates and threw them, opened, into the dryer where her clothes had been, then restarted the machine. Booted.
2. Man on our cruise was served his meal in the MDR. He looked at it, said, “That’s not what I ordered”, and threw it facedown on the floor. Booted. (He had been rude to the wait staff before this.)
3. Two wives and two husbands got into a laundry punch-up — all had been drinking. Booted.
4. Couple busted having sex in the main pool at 1.30 a.m. Booted. (Considering the average age of people on that cruise, we thought they should been commended!)
1 Nov 2019 Sammy sparrow
You missed hiding in your room during life boat drill.used to get away with it years ago.but don’t try it now.that’s a booted offer.I was chastised for throwing a piece of cake overboard.I thought I was feeding the fish.the table cleaner didn’t see it that way.I have seen a few drunks and drug addled types.not worth the risk cost to go troppo
1 Nov 2019 John Winter
Re Allure of the Seas. Yes, the event happened. Yes, RCL did the right thing. But the photo? Hmm . . . Can anyone identify the area on the ship? Note the yellow area indicating a tender or emergency equipment. So that restricts it to a small area low down. I can’t match up the solid white balcony , white posts and loud speakers to the Allure. Anyone else?
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by Tamara Bračič Vidmar
Jérôme Bel: The Show Must Go On
Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal
20 performers, 19 songs and one DJ. By use of a simple action/reaction mechanism in between the hits and moving bodies, Jérôme Bel has devised a piece which brings together affection and concept, collective subconscious and exhibition of uniqueness. The show must go on, originally a song by Queen, is also the name of one of choreographer Jérôme Bel’s most prolific works. The simplicity of its effects endows it with the value of a conceptual manifesto. However, the performance, with its double covering of referential layers which almost conceals its meaning, is also a statement: “the show must go on”. It becomes an affirmation of the persistence of the moving bodies and of dance. Songs, bodies and statements are what the show is about. It resembles a sort of choreographic karaoke in which the performers do exactly as they are told to do in the words of the songs, thereby shifting the relationship between what we see and what we hear, what we await and what we receive, what we feel and what we perceive. Since its first performance in 2001, The show must go on has never stopped going on (wards).
More at: www.culturgest.pt/en/whats-on/the-show-must-go-on/
Photo: Mussachio Laniello
Performance Days Tbilisi 2020: IT’S UP TO US
December 25th – 27th 2020Public Art Platform Tbilisi, Georgia In the times of a pandemic, when both touch and closeness become risky and even frightening, we decided to celebrate an artistic approach - performance - without the real presence of the
The Show Must Go ON/OFF-line 4: “Uncompressability”
December 17, 2020 3.00 - 5.00 CET, ONLINE
The Winter is Locking Down
December 5, 2020 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., ZOOM To join the Zoom streaming, please send an e-mail indicating your name and surname to:segreteriaorganizzativa@santarcangelofestival.com Currently facing a state of crisis and emergency which seems to be radicalising, we decided to train
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Call 202.224.5175 or send a fax to 202.224.5619 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, or send an e-mail to info@small-bus.senate.gov. For a list of Senators on the Committee, please click here. For a list Committee staff, please click here.
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VENUS Ion Source
VENUS (Versatile ECR ion source for NUclear Science) is a next generation superconducting ECR ion source, designed to produce high current, high charge state ions for the 88-Inch Cyclotron at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. VENUS also serves as the prototype ion source for the RIA (Rare Isotope Accelerator) front end.
The goal of the VENUS ECR ion source project as the RIA R&D injector is the production of high current medium charge state uranium beams (U30-34+). As an injector ion source for the 88-Inch Cyclotron, the design objective is the production of very high charge state beam (U48+, Xe44+). To achieve these ambitious goals, the VENUS ECR ion source has been designed for optimum operation at 28 GHz. Since then, it has produced world record ion beam intensities, some of which are listed in the table below.
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Mechanical layout of the VENUS Ion Source
The magnetic confinement configuration consists of three superconducting axial coils and six superconducting radial coils in a sextupole configuration. The nominal design fields of the axial magnets are 4T at injection and 3T at extraction; the nominal radial design field strength at the plasma chamber wall is 2.2T, making VENUS the world's most powerful ECR plasma confinement structure.
The plasma chamber is made out of a double-walled aluminum tube with water cooling-channels in between. Three or more off-axis microwave feeds as well as ovens and a biased disk are inserted from the injection spool. The end walls of the iron shielding-yoke are designed to reduce the magnetic stray-field outside of the yoke to <50 Gauss.
Cutout drawing of the VENUS superconducting coil configuration
The superconducting coil configuration of the 3rd generation ECR ion source is designed to generate magnetic fields considerably greater than those of any existing ECR ion source. The two outermost solenoids produce an axial magnetic mirror field, whose center strength can be lowered by a third, oppositely polarized solenoid. The sextupole field is generated by the six racetrack coils wound around a pole piece made of iron and aluminum.
Design characteristics of the VENUS magnet structure
Characteristic field data - as calculated by the three-dimensional code TOSCA - are summarized above. The design and fabrication of the magnet structure is based on a collaborative effort between the 88-Inch Cyclotron of the Nuclear Science Division and the Supercon Group in the Accelerator and Fusion Research Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
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Festivals in Brief: Sasquatch!, Voodoo Experience, South by Southwest
by Michael Zonenashvili
Wanna know how I know this week was huge when it came to festivals news? Because we can now say the Red Hot Chili Peppers won’t be at Bonnaroo (but they will be at Summer Sonic), Portishead will return to curate ATP’s I’ll Be Your Mirror UK, the Foo Fighters are confirmed to headline Sasquatch!, and the Chemical Brothers have been tapped to play Ultra Music Festival. Plus, many more heavyweights are confirmed to headline Europe’s many music extravaganzas, and the Bonnaroo and Coachella lineup rumors keep coming in. And all that’s without mentioning all the festivals which announced their 2011 dates — Nateva, Voodoo, Hangout, Mountain Jam, Wakarusa, Gathering of the Vibes, and Telluride Bluegrass included.
Enjoy all the latest news and rumors below. Also, don’t forget to bookmark Festival Outlook and/or follow us on Twitter. That way you won’t have to wait until Wednesday before getting your festival fix.
— Foo Fighters will headline the newly expanded Sasquatch! Music Festival.
— Lollapalooza has expanded into Chile. Perry Farrell is bringing his massive music festival to a new continent, with the lineup to be announced in December.
— Ultra Music Festival and Winter Music Conference are in a bit of an argument when it comes to booking dates and artists, though that hasn’t stopped the former from booking The Chemical Brothers as their headliner.
— The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith debunked rumors of an appearance at Bonnaroo 2011, but did confirm the band’s appearance at Japan’s Summer Sonic festival.
— Portishead will make their return at ATP’s I’ll Be Your Mirror.
— We exclusively revealed the 2011 dates for the Nateva Music & Camping Festival 2011.
Lineup Additions:
— Sasquatch: Foo Fighters confirmed as first headliner; 2011 dates announced
— Bonnaroo: Florence and the Machine (Rumored)
— Coachella: Robyn (Expected)
— Ultra Music Festival: Chemical Brothers and Green Velvet (Expected)
— South By Southwest: Added Alberta Cross, City and Colour, Devotchka, J. Mascis, Jeff the Brotherhood, Morning Teleportation, Noah and the Whale, and Prince Rama, amongst others
— Lollapalooza Chile: 2011 dates announced
— Voodoo Experience: 2011 dates announced
— Rock Am Ring (Germany): Coldplay confirmed as second headliner
— Summer Sonic Festival (Japan): Red Hot Chili Peppers confirmed as first headliner
— Benicà ssim Festival (Spain): The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys, and Primal Screen confirmed as headliners.
— ATP I’ll Be Your Mirror (UK): Official lineup announced, including Portishead, Swans, DOOM, Beach House, Liars, and The Books
— Isle of Wight (UK): Kasabian confirmed as third headliner
— Download Festival (UK): Foo Fighters, Ozzy Osbourne (Rumored)
— Glastonbury (UK): Rush (Rumored)
— Reading and Leeds (UK): The Strokes (Rumored)
— BLOC Weekend (UK): Official lineup announced, including Aphex Twin, Beardyman, LFO
— Rock Werchter (Belgium): Added Chemical Brothers
— Big Day Out (Australia): Added Matt and Kim, Sia, The Greenhornes, and The Vines
— Soundwave Festival (Australia): Added Murderdolls, Polar Bear Club
— Noise Pop: 2011 dates announced
— Nateva Festival: 2011 dates announced
— Gathering of the Vibes: 2011 dates announced
— Hangout Festival: 2011 dates announced
— The Big Chill (UK): 2011 dates announced.
— Lattitude Festival (UK): 2011 dates announced
— Telluride Bluegrass Festival: 2011 dates announced
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Will Stephanie Davis’s Boyfriend Enter The ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ House? | TV News
19 Jan 2016 — Filed Under: TV, TV News
They’re hardly ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ but the pair of star-crossed lovers that is Stephanie Davis and Jeremy McConnell could soon face a big shake-up: rampant rumours abound that Davis’s real-life boyfriend Sam Reece is about to enter the Celebrity Big Brother house. The powers that be at C.B.B. are obviously hoping to put “the cat amongst the pigeons” by enlisting Reece for the show, who will surely confront his girlfriend over her very public flirtations with McConnell?
Former Hollyoaks star Davis must have “a thing” for male models, as Reece, like McConnell, is also one. Reece recently publically withdrew his support for Davis, via Twitter, before changing his mind again to declare that the pair are still an item. Nevertheless, a close friend of Reece’s has been telling the press that he’s “devastated” by the antics of his girlfriend the C.B.B. house.
I recognise Reece from his appearance on First Dates. If I remember rightly, he didn’t have a lot to say for himself – so I wonder if that’s changed now? One thing that seems certain, though, is that this is one love story that probably will not having a happy ending.
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Coronavirus Crisis Is Your Opportunity
News On The Coronavirus: Top 10 Sources (And Why They Are The Best)
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The global health emergency- Coronavirus, has affected millions of people worldwide and is still spreading. The past couple of months have brought a change of pace to how this world was working. In this time of distress, we do not want you to be misinformed regarding the coronavirus. This article will guide you on where to get news on the coronavirus.
News channels are continually beeping with the latest on the situation. And thousands of pandemic-related information updates are flooding the internet every hour. You can not trust whatever you watch or read.
In a crisis like this, it is to detangle fact and fiction. Therefore, you need to turn to the most reliable and transparent sources of news only.
Given below is a list of what should be your go-to resources for the latest information and stats on COVID-19.
1. The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): the best source of news on the coronavirus
This prime national public health institute of the United States provides the most reliable information about the coronavirus pandemic.
With an exclusive website for COVID-19, the CDC provides prevention measures and guidance for self-check for symptoms of this disease.
Their live announcements include alerts of gatherings and updated stats. A plus point is that this website is available in multiple languages for better understanding.
2. World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO is a specialist branch of the United Nations, that declared COVID-19 as a pandemic on 11th March 2020.
Viruses are not bound to specific borders, so the responsibility of coordinating the global news and information is taken by the WHO.
Along with its regular daily press briefings, their website also offers travel advice and patient management records. Providing updates by the healthcare leaders, WHO also informs you about the typical findings. and the development of the vaccine.
Being the agency of the UN, the WHO is an authentic source.
3. Centre for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP)
Associated with the University of Minnesota,in fact the CIDRAP focuses on emerging infectious diseases and viruses.
With previous expertise in ebola, CIDRAP provides articles written by health experts concerning the new studies and conclusions about the spread and precations of this virus.
Consequently, affiliated with a research university and several newspapers, it serves as a legitimate source for news.
4. National Institute of Health: a renowned source of news on the coronavirus
For local news and stats, refer to your country’s national health institute. They work diligently with the WHO and provide reliable communication.
It can be your go-to source for red zones and SOPs regarding your local area.
5. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH)
They provide a range of information for every age group relating to hand-washing practices or for the front-line workers.
As a result, the compelling infographics and information-packed videos in different languages prove to help prepare for fighting the virus.
6. The Guardian: another remarkable source of news on the coronavirus
Topping the UK rankings, Guardian’s newspaper, and the website is also globally recognized for factual reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic.
The USA’s most well-known newspaper is actively reporting on how the coronavirus is affecting people globally. Additionally, it is concentrating on the roots of this disease.
8. The Washington Post: must-read news on the coronavirus
It provides easy-to-understand infographics to explain the science of this virus to a broader group of people. Undoubtedly, this is one of the top sources of news on the coronavirus.
9. Worldometer
The most efficient stats about active cases recovered cases, deaths worldwide, and per country, along with reliable graphs, can be obtained from this website.
10. Dr. Aaron E. Carrol (health expert)
Dr. Aaron is an expert in pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine and the Regenstrief Institute. He writes for the New York Times, blogs at The Incidental Economist, and makes videos at Healthcare Triage.
Hence, these sources, whether newspapers, websites, organizations, or health experts, are some of the most reliable sources of news on the coronavirus. Therefore, these will help you to stay up to date to the global pandemic situation.
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Australian crop report: February 2016 No.177
No.177 February 2016
The report is a quarterly report with a consistent and regular assessment of crop prospects for major field crops, forecasts of area, yield and production and a summary of seasonal conditions on a state by state basis. 2015-16 summer crop production * Widespread rainfall across cropping regions in Queensland and northern New South Wales in late January improved the outlook for dryland summer crops. * Total area planted to summer crops is forecast to increase by 5 per cent in 2015-16 to around 1.2 million hectares. * Total summer crop production is forecast to fall by 6 per cent to 3.9 million tonnes, largely as a result of a forecast fall in rice production. * Grain sorghum production is forecast to rise by 3 per cent in 2015-16 to 2.2 million tonnes. * Australian cotton production is forecast to increase by 6 per cent in 2015-16 to 546 000 tonnes of cotton lint and around 772 000 tonnes of cottonseed. * Rice production is forecast to fall by 58 per cent in 2015-16 to 305 000 tonnes. 2015-16 winter crop production * Australian winter crop production is estimated to have increased by 4 per cent in 2015-16 to 39.5 million tonnes. * Winter crop production is estimated to have increased in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia. However, production is estimated to have fallen in Victoria because of poor seasonal conditions. * For the major winter crops, wheat production is estimated to have risen by 5 per cent in 2015-16 to 24.2 million tonnes and barley production by 4 per cent to 8.5 million tonnes. In contrast, canola production is estimated to have fallen by 15 per cent to 2.9 million tonnes. * Chickpea production is estimated to have increased significantly in 2015-16, reflecting a 56 per cent increase in planted area.
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Productivity remains 'a priority'
UK growth to slow but remain robust, says CBI
Terry Murden, Editor | February 11, 2016
The CBI has downgraded its forecast for UK economic growth although it expects it to remain among the fastest growing advanced economies.
The group’s latest quarterly forecast has revised its GDP growth forecast for this year from 2.6% in November to 2.3%, and for 2017 from 2.4% to 2.1%.
These adjustments are driven chiefly by revisions to historical data, which show that momentum in the economy over 2015 was slightly less than previously thought. Weak productivity and wage growth, leading to a slower rise household spending, is also a factor.
But while the global economic outlook is weaker, particularly given concerns over China and its effect on emerging markets, it believes the UK’s direct exposure is limited.
Carolyn Fairbairn, CBI director-general, said: “The UK is likely to remain among the fastest growing advanced economies with strong fundamentals, though our forecast recognises growing overseas risks.
“While there’s little current evidence of uncertainty negatively affecting business investment ahead of the EU referendum, this is a potential risk to the UK’s solid economic outlook, along with concerns over China and emerging markets.
“And despite domestic demand remaining healthy, it’s clear that increasing productivity remains a priority as a means of achieving sustainable wage growth.
“Overall, the UK economy is expected to see decent growth this year and in the next. It’s important to keep global economic challenges, such as recent stock market volatility, in perspective.”
It says that while the UK’s labour market has been growing strongly, pay and productivity growth have been disappointing. Both factors have led to a slight downward revision to household spending growth in 2016 (from 2.9% to 2.7%).
A downgrade to household spending growth over 2017 (from 2.2% to 1.8%) is also driving lower GDP growth.
The outlook for investment is also marginally weaker in 2017, as lower household incomes weigh on housing investment and slower GDP growth bears down on business investment (rising by 5% in 2017, against 5.4% in the last forecast).
Rain Newton-Smith, CBI director for economics, said: “It’s important to remember that the UK has largely remained resilient amid recent global turbulence. We have a sound economic footing at home, driven by strong job creation and business investment coupled with low inflation supporting household spending.
“But with softer GDP growth and slower wage growth tempering inflationary pressures, UK interest rates are likely to remain unchanged until the end of this year.
“Our view on the global economy remains largely unchanged: India is a beacon among emerging markets, with growth likely to remain around 7% in 2016 and 2017, outpacing China (5.7% in both 2016 and 2017).
“Both the elephant and the dragon will make a large contribution to global growth in the years ahead. However, some emerging markets remain vulnerable to low commodity prices, large debt overhangs and capital outflows.”
Growth in advanced economies will remain solid, with the US on a firm trajectory (with growth at 2.3% for 2016 and 2017) and the Eurozone’s recovery continuing to move in the right direction (predicted growth of 1.7% in 2016 rising to 1.9% in 2017).
Meanwhile, the CBI expects inflation to gradually rise towards the Bank of England’s 2% target by mid-2017, although the further fall in commodity prices mean it will remain lower in the near-term for longer. For these reasons it does not expect interest rates to move before the end of the year.
Finally, the CBI expects house price inflation to slow as interest rates increase, with house prices rising by 6.4% in 2016, slowing to 2.8% in 2017.
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Radiohead Hacked Minidiscs
Via HuffPo:
Radiohead has announced that they’re releasing 18 hours’ worth of unheard music, after hackers got their hands on Thom Yorke’s private files.
Thom says the content is “not v interesting” on the Radiohead Bandcamp page. This might be a bit disingenuous, but as an artist and designer I get why he feels this way. These aren’t fully-produced, album-ready tracks. They’re sketches, but as a Radiohead fan I think these sketches are very cool.
we’ve been hacked
my archived mini discs from 1995-1998(?)
it’s not v interesting
there’s a lot of it
if you want it, you can buy the whole lot here
18 minidisks for £18
the proceeds will go to Extinction Rebellion
as it’s out there
it may as well be out there
until we all get bored
and move on
Thmx
MINIDISCS [HACKED]
Update: On Twitter, Austin Kleon had a thought that popped into my head as well: Radiohead made this up to raise money.
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Justia Dockets & Filings Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit USA v. Thomas Melvin Filing 1109378191 Attachment 1
USA v. Thomas Melvin
Opinion issued by court as to Appellant Thomas D. Melvin. Decision: Affirmed. Opinion type: Published. Opinion method: Per Curiam. The opinion is also available through the Court's Opinions page at this link http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions.
Case: 16-12061 Date Filed: 02/03/2017 Page: 1 of 1 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ELBERT PARR TUTTLE COURT OF APPEALS BUILDING 56 Forsyth Street, N.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 David J. Smith Clerk of Court For rules and forms visit www.ca11.uscourts.gov February 03, 2017 MEMORANDUM TO COUNSEL OR PARTIES Appeal Number: 16-12061-DD Case Style: USA v. Thomas Melvin District Court Docket No: 3:14-cr-00022-TCB-RGV-1 This Court requires all counsel to file documents electronically using the Electronic Case Files ("ECF") system, unless exempted for good cause. Enclosed is a copy of the court's decision filed today in this appeal. Judgment has this day been entered pursuant to FRAP 36. The court's mandate will issue at a later date in accordance with FRAP 41(b). The time for filing a petition for rehearing is governed by 11th Cir. R. 40-3, and the time for filing a petition for rehearing en banc is governed by 11th Cir. R. 35-2. Except as otherwise provided by FRAP 25(a) for inmate filings, a petition for rehearing or for rehearing en banc is timely only if received in the clerk's office within the time specified in the rules. Costs are governed by FRAP 39 and 11th Cir.R. 39-1. The timing, format, and content of a motion for attorney's fees and an objection thereto is governed by 11th Cir. R. 39-2 and 39-3. Please note that a petition for rehearing en banc must include in the Certificate of Interested Persons a complete list of all persons and entities listed on all certificates previously filed by any party in the appeal. See 11th Cir. R. 26.1-1. In addition, a copy of the opinion sought to be reheard must be included in any petition for rehearing or petition for rehearing en banc. See 11th Cir. R. 35-5(k) and 40-1 . Counsel appointed under the Criminal Justice Act (CJA) must submit a voucher claiming compensation for time spent on the appeal no later than 60 days after either issuance of mandate or filing with the U.S. Supreme Court of a petition for writ of certiorari (whichever is later) via the eVoucher system. Please contact the CJA Team at (404) 335-6167 or cja_evoucher@ca11.uscourts.gov for questions regarding CJA vouchers or the eVoucher system. For questions concerning the issuance of the decision of this court, please call the number referenced in the signature block below. For all other questions, please call Sandra Brasselmon, DD at (404) 335-6181. Sincerely, DAVID J. SMITH, Clerk of Court Reply to: Jeff R. Patch Phone #: 404-335-6161 OPIN-1 Ntc of Issuance of Opinion
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Family and Financial Security First, Ellen Pompeo Says — Does She Have a Point?
Sep 10, 2020 Celebrity News
Ellen Pompeo, who has portrayed Meredith Grey in the ”Grey’s Anatomy” TV series, admitted she chose money and security over ”creative acting roles.”
In an interview with the ”Jemele Hill Is Unbothered” podcast on Spotify, the actress opened up about her life and career choices, saying she has no regrets.
The 51-year-old actress revealed that she had a complicated childhood, and her priority in life was to raise a healthy family of her own. She stated that her decision to stay on the medical drama for the last 15 years was motivated by financial security.
Having a happy family of her own, three kids, and a loving husband was something she said she needed to ”close the hole” in her heart. In the name of her family, she opted for financial stability and decided not to pursue a career outside of the TV series.
Ellen Pompeo married the music producer Chris Ivery in 2007 in New York. They share three kids – Stella, ten, Sienna, five, and the three-year-old Eli. In her previous interviews, the actress noted she has always wanted to be actively present in her children’s lives.
She also admitted she never felt comfortable to chase something in her life. Acting involved lots of chasing, she acknowledged, noting that actors should always beg for roles and convince people of their qualities.
She emphasized that her current job as a producer also involves chasing, but as she is financially stable now, she does not look desperate, and she can afford to say ”no.”
Pompeo also showed understanding towards her colleagues that are trying to escape their most famous roles. However, she admitted she was not trying to run away from Meredith Grey. She noted that at her age, she is just trying to lean into it.
The actress said that Grey’s Anatomy opened her eyes to the systematic racism in the healthcare industry, and that is something she aims to fight.
The 17th season of Grey’s Anatomy will tackle the coronavirus pandemic, the executive producer Krista Vernoff said. The scriptwriters are now having video conversations with the medical professionals consulting the show to record their experiences with the novel virus, the producer added.
According to Vernoff, Owen’s character could be among the doctors taking charge of the situation due to his previous training as a US Army trauma surgeon.
Do you think that Hollywood needs more actors like Ellen Pompeo to choose family and financial security over acting?
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World Fantasy Convention – Panels and Reading
The World Fantasy Convention is the great ‘Business Convention’ of the SF/F/H Literary World. It’s not a Comic-Con, it’s not a fan con. There’s dealers, but they’re just one room. Mostly, it’s Writers, Agents, Editors, Publishers and Artists, people in the trade, and people trying to get in the trade, hanging out, hobnobbing, socializing, enjoying each other’s company, and sometimes wheeling and dealing.
Go there, and odds are you’ll meet all your favourite writers. You can walk down a hallway, and see the writers you grew up with, the writers that helped form your identity, the people you passed time with, the writers who were guilty pleasures, and the ones you’re reading now. You can just go up and talk to them. It’s a business Con, the panels are about writing, serious writing, genres, where the industry is going, insider views.
It’s the place to be if you’re dedicated to the craft. This year, it’s in Salt Lake City, and due to Covid-19, it’s online.
I’m doing two panels and a reading! Wow! I feel like Pinochio when he turns into a real boy!
Check out the panels I’m on….
Categories biography, Current events, Fiction, Non-Fiction, writing
Semi-Finals!
Word came in today, my novel, The Princess of Asylum, has breached the Quarter Finals, and has made it into the Semi-Finals!
That makes it one of the top five entries in the Sci Fi/Fantasy/Horror category!
Finalist will be the top entry in the category.
Grand Prize winner will be the best of all the categories.
I feel like I’m in Glen Garry Glen Ross, man oh man, one more win and those steak knives are almost in reach!
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Booklife Contest: Update – The Luck
The review came in finally, with The Luck, my second entry into the Booklife Contest. Just to recap, it’s a legit contest. All the entries get a professional review, which you can use, or bury forever in a lead lined vault, depending on how the review turns out. Some of them are pretty scathing, I gather, looking at previous comments (complaints). After the initial round there’s the quarterly finals, the semi-finals, the finals and then a First prize of $5000.00. My first entry, The Princess of Asylum, has made it into the quarter finals.
Plot: Valdron’s The Luck is a sequel/prequel to The Mermaid’s Tale, but it succeeds as a stand-alone title. Valdron’s complex, well-woven work of fantasy immediately thrusts readers into a detailed world occupied by a menagerie of beings living at odds with, and in suspicion of, one another.
Prose: Valdron’s writing is immersive and colorful, providing a a fine blend of descriptive worldbuilding, exposition, and dialogue that lifts the storytelling.
Originality: The world of The Luck is filled by familiar beings, but provides freshness in the dynamics between these occupants and communities in conflict, as well as its mystery element. The journey of an orc and her unlikely gnome companion, is a rich and enjoyable one.
Character/Execution: Valdron’s protagonist is immensely intriguing. Her identity is slow to emerge and readers expecting a quick moving fantasy may grow frustrated. Those willing to invest in her and other creaturely characters’ story arcs, will be deeply rewarded.
Plot/Idea: 8
Character/Execution: 9
Overall: 8.25
You are welcome to use this Critic’s Report as promotional copy or as a blurb to promote your book. Please note: When attributing quotes from this Critic’s Report, you must credit The BookLife Prize.
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I’m officially a Quarter Finalist!
My unpublished novel, The Princess of Asylum, has officially made it into the Quarter Finals, for the Booklife Prize. Yay!!!
https://booklife.com/prize/5/category/6
The BookLife Prize is an annual writing Contest sponsored by BookLife and Publishers Weekly. The Prize seeks to support independent authors and discover great written works in nine categories across the two Sections. The categories in the Fiction Contest are: Romance/Erotica; Mystery/Thriller; Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror; General Fiction; and Middle-Grade & YA Fiction.
It’s a multi stage process.
Quarter Finals: All novels submitted to the BookLife Prize will be initially judged by the professional book reviewers of Publishers Weekly. Each submission will receive an evaluation called a Critic’s Report. Each Critic’s Report consists of a brief written critical assessment of the novel, as well as a rating–on a one to 10 scale–of the book’s strengths and weaknesses in the following categories: Characterization, Plot, Prose/Style, Originality, and Overall Strength. The submissions with the 10 highest scores in each genre will move to the quarter-finals. THAT’S WHERE I AM.
Semi Finals: All submissions advancing to the quarter-finals will be critically assessed by the editorial staffs of Publishers Weekly and BookLife. Of the ten quarter-finalists in each category, five will be selected based on merit by PW and BookLife’s editors to advance to the semifinals in their categories. The semi-finalists will be announced on BookLife on October 22, 2020. TOMORROW
Finals: All semi-finalist submissions will be critically assessed by a guest judge–professional book editor or bestselling/award-winning author–in each of the five categories. The guest judges will select one submission from each category to advance to the finals round. These five submissions will be the winners in each of their respective categories. The finalists will be announced on November 15, 2020.
The Prize From the five finalists, the panel of guest judges will select one grand prize winner for the Fiction Contest with a grand cash prize of $5,000 going to the most outstanding finalist in each Contest.
So…. Today, I ride high. Tomorrow, I may end up as just another nobody. A has been, a second place contender. But right now, I’m a quarter finalist, with a shot at advancing to the Semi-Finals, and perhaps further.
Who knows? But it’s exciting, right?
Meanwhile, here’s the review, once again….
I might as well make hay while the sun shines.
Plot/Idea: 9 out of 10
Originality: 10 out of 10
Prose: 9 out of 10
Character/Execution: 9 out of 10
Overall: 9.25 out of 10
Plot: D.G. Valdron’s bold, funny, fast-moving fantasy The Princess of Asylum follows quick-witted actress Dae Zea Lors after the destruction of her city. Dae survives in the wasteland by improvising a series of increasingly outlandish lies and personae, convincing bandits and orgus and more that she’s, variably, a princess, or an expert in jewel magic, and eventually a priestess. The story’s scope is epic, with airships and military sieges galore, but its tone is light and its perspective intimate, always tied to Dae. Inevitably, the hero’s lies make her a leader, and she’s surprised to discover herself caring about people beyond herself. The novel opens as a picaresque, with Dae bumbling from encounter to encounter, but by the end, as the plot takes shape, readers will actually care for Dae’s world and companions. The sense of urgency that powers the novel’s final third, though, is sometimes missing in the book’s middle, especially in the occasional cases when the balance between comedy and fantasy storytelling proves uncertain.
Prose/Style: Valdron excels at both the narrative perspective of his protagonist, a savvy actress who finds being on a fantasy adventure something of a comic imposition, and at the demands of epic fantasy storytelling. His worldbuilding is memorable and unique but communicated to readers in Dae’s offhand observations; his descriptions of the fantastic or terrifying are quick and powerful. Much of the novel is driven by dialogue, as Dae improvises new selves and lies to stay alive; at times, the characters she’s hoodwinking, such are written as if they’re willing participants in a comedy routine, such as the tyrant who apologizes for scheduling conflicts with her upcoming execution. The novel’s pleasures and occasional problems rise from the same source: the tricky balance between the comedy of Dae’s improvisations and the threatening reality around her. For the most part, though, Valdron aces that balance.
Originality: It is rare for a fantasy novel to center on such an exciting new character and idea. Besides the strength of the premise and Dae’s general delightfulness, the world of The Princess of Asylum is itself original, wrought with care, and revealed in tantalizing glimpses.
Character Development: There’s no doubt about it: Dae is a character readers will love, and her wit and sensibility drive the book. She faces hard choices, makes surprising sacrifices, and movingly comes to care about more than her own life. At times, especially in the novel’s middle, the complaints and patter of Dae’s inner monologue cut against the narrative urgency, especially when she’s joking or crabbing about the book’s cast as if they’re all in a play together rather than continually facing their own deaths. At such moments, she seems not to have grown during her adventures, reverting to being a comic type rather than a fully-shaped protagonist. That makes the novel feel long, even as it’s entertaining: If she’s not taking the situations seriously, readers will be tempted to join her. The saps, villains, monsters, and occasional upstanding folks she encounter also prove memorable, driven by their own coherent but interesting motivations.
Blurb: A fast-talking actress makes her scrappy way across the wasteland, surviving by her wits — and shaping empires with her lies. Imagine a vivid high fantasy, full of beasts and sieges and cults, narrated with the wit of Anita Loos.
Date Submitted: August 14, 2020
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Local Heroes: Daniel McMillan, Lost Temples and Deceptive Visions
The one and only time, so far, that I met Daniel McMillan was last year in Brandon. I was giving a workshop on Copyright for the Brandon Public Library and he was one of the participants. Even in that brief session, Daniel distinguished himself with his focused, relentless approach. He wasn’t just there to learn, he was there to write, and he was voraciously interested in everything about the craft. Since then, I’ve been impressed by his dedication to his craft, and to his prodigious output. Now, on the eve of Daniel’s latest novel, the exotic and intriguing The Lost Temple of Phoketh, I’m happy to showcase him and his work…
I honestly don’t believe that not expressing one’s self creatively is even an option. Nor is it self-indulgent, and it is certainly not a luxury meant to be attempted by the creative elite. We all owe it to ourselves to unearth our passions and chase after them or, rather, allow them to come to us without being shoved away by irrational fears or feelings of ineptitude.
Writing, for me, has become like a disease for which there is no known cure. Not that I would want to be cured. I love my illness, and will never relinquish it to anyone under any circumstances. It has set a long-dormant part of me free.
I wasn’t always a writer, but at the same time, I was always a writer. I published my first book in 2017—a non-fiction book that I may someday dust off and polish, but until then will remain mine and mine alone. It doesn’t live up to my standards. Even though it would take some effort to make it into something that I would share now, the point is that I completed it and loved doing it. At the time, it didn’t matter if it was good or not. The goal was just to get it done.
Convention Appearances!
Go figure. Despite Covid-19, I will be making appearances at a couple of conventions, thanks to the magic of Zoom and the intertubes.
San Diego Who Con 2020
http://www.sdwhocon.com/
A Virtual Con starting today, October 9, 2020
Dr Who Fan films and other fan related creations panel –Join David Dawson from IntelleXual Entertainment, Anna Livingston, Raymond Montemayor and Den Valdron, as they talk about their work and other artistic endeavors each is involved with.
Sunday at 4 PM PDT – 11:59 PM PDT, Public · Hosted by SD Who Con
Online Event – https://youtu.be/CScZUqvMYJg
Local Heroes: Joan Havelange and the Mystery Tour
My genre is speculative fiction. Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Surrealism, Magic Realism etc. But there are other genre’s. Mystery is the kissing cousin to speculative fiction. Both mystery and horror were founded by Edgar Allen Poe, and the genres cross back and forth.
Today, I want to showcase Joan Havelange, a Manitoba mystery writer, and absolutely gracious lady, following in the footstapes of Agatha Christie. Her sleuth, Mabel Havelock, has featured in two novels with a third upcoming, and hopefully many more. I hope that you enjoy this brief glimpse and that you search out Mabel’s adventures…
I directed a theatre for 15 years. I find writing is a lot like directing; only my characters show up on time and always know their lines. Although sometimes they do go off in a direction that surprises me. All fictional stories, I think, start out as ‘what if?’ What if you were golfing and your wayward shot ends up in the middle of a dead man’s forehead?
Demon Hotel, Based on a True Story
The Demon Hotel is a real thing. Or it was. Demon Hotel used to be an abandoned three story apartment block at 44 Hargrave in downtown Winnipeg. It was a formidable brick structure dating from around 1910, with a red brick facade and old fashioned bay windows which loomed ominously. The stone stairs that fronted it had been slowly worn by thousands of feet going back and forth over decades. The front lobby was covered with mosaic tiles, and featured a long broken pay phone.
Inside the building was a maze of resident staircases going up and down, emergency stairs, and service stairs which concealed the ancient wiring and plumbing. I’d actually visited it decades ago, passing by the broken pay phone, its casing cracked, and hanging out with street kids in the basement, as they hot knifed hash and talked music and gossip.
I’m not sure why the building closed down. Perhaps settling or subsidence of the soil following the great Winnipeg flood a decade or so ago, you could see visible cracks running up from the foundation, crawling the length of the building, and skewing the window frames, giving the front of the building a wicked twisted smile, as if it knew something you didn’t, something dark and disturbing.
But close down it did. The last tenants moved out, died or were evicted. Desultory efforts at renovation were begun and then abandoned. The windows on the lower floors were boarded up, but now and then, lights seemed to shine from the unboarded upper windows. Shapes were sometimes glimpsed in those upper windows, the fleeting impressions of windows looking down.
Categories Current events, Fiction, Non-Fiction, writing
The New Doctor – How Very Peculiar
A few years ago, I did a novel length piece of work called The New Doctor.
Basically, what happened was back in 1991, there was a local actor named David Burton. He was a semi-big deal in a small town, he had a radio show, a column, did theatre. Anyway, he was trying to get the local dealership to give him a car, for promotional purpose. To help persuade them, he embellished his resume a little bit. Doctor Who was off the air, he figured what harm was there in attaching his name to a defunct children’s show. So he claimed that he was going to be ‘The New Doctor Who.’ It looked good, and when it failed to materialize, he could just say the project fell through, as these things often did.
Unfortunately, Doctor Who was kind of a cult thing, with legions of crazed fans, so he got a lot more attention than he intended. So much so, that he had to make up a more detailed story. A mysterious company, a hush hush pilot project called ‘Monsters of Ness’; shooting at caves, in a small town, a warehouse; even a location shoot in Austria; a red phone booth instead of the blue Tardis; twin girls called Heart and Diamond as companions. None of it was ever verified, and people did try. Eventually, the whole thing faded away.
Okay, that’s the ‘true part’ of the story. The consensus is that it was all a hoax, and personally, I don’t fault Burton at all. He told an innocent little white lie to polish up his resume, and it kind of exploded on him. If anything, I’m sympathetic.
So, I got the idea, what if Burton’s story was true.
Categories biography, Doctor Who, fan film, Fiction, Guests, Short Stories, writing
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The Nazification of the Republican Party
LEXX Unauthorized – Reviews
LEXX Unauthorized, Series Three: It’s Hot and It’s Cold
Local Heroes: David Perlmutter’s ORTHICON
After the WFC, Reflections and Musings.
Super 8 and the Mystery in Dracula’s Castle
And the winner is not….
The Past is a Horrible Country
Booklife Contest: Princess of Asylum, Update
Local Heroes: Casia and the Rose Princesses
Covers are a Pain in the Ass
Local Heroes: R. J. Hore
Standing at the Foot of a Mountain
Rethinking: King Kong Meets Dracula
Death on a Lonely Road, the First
Review: Fear the Walking Dead, an Apocalyptic Rant
The Last Time I Almost Got Shot
Review: James Batman, I’m not Kidding
There Are No Doors in Dark Places
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Immunohistochemistry stains
Author: Brian Wu PhD. MD Candidate, Keck School of Medicine; Chief Editor: Dr Amanda Oakley, Dermatologist, Hamilton, New Zealand, July 2015.
Immunohistochemistry stains — codes and concepts
IHC markers, Immunoperoxidase stains, Immunofluorescence stains
Table of immunohistochemistry stains and their uses
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What is immunohistochemistry?
Immunohistochemistry (IHC) is considered to be an advanced form of histopathology. Immunohistochemistry is not usually used initially but is added when routine/regular histological testing is insufficient to form a diagnosis.
IHC uses primary antibodies to label a protein, then uses a secondary antibody which is bound to the primary one. In immunoperoxidase staining, an antibody is joined to an enzyme, peroxidase, that catalyses a reaction in which the protein is specifically stained brown. IHC can also involve fluorescently labelled antibody so that when viewed under a light microscope a certain pattern will be observed from the emitted fluorescence.
The IHC pattern is considered diagnostic, demonstrating nuclear, membranous or cytoplasmic patterns. IHC is often used in situations where a presence or absence of certain proteins can form a basis for a diagnosis. It can also be used to distinguish between two different disease processes that may otherwise appear similar to the pathologist.
How is immunohistochemistry performed?
The most common process of preparing immunohistochemical slides is as follows:
Fixation of the tissue (in general, IHC stains are fixed with formalin)
Embedding of the tissue (in paraffin)
Sectioning of the tissues
Retrieval (done with the application of heat or proteolytic enzymes)
Mounting and dehydration
Clearing and observation of the slides.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of immunohistochemistry?
The advantages of IHC include:
It is possible to use fresh or frozen tissue samples for IHC.
IHC is well-established and readily available.
The cost of IHC is relatively low
It has a fast turn-around time.
Because no live infectious agents are involved, the risk to human health is minimal.
The disadvantages of IHC are as follows:
IHC stains are not standardised worldwide.
While the cost of the procedure is relatively inexpensive, the equipment needed to perform IHC is costly.
Quantifying results is difficult.
IHC is subject to human error. Well-trained personnel are paramount.
What are some examples of immunohistochemistry stains?
Hundreds of immunohistochemical stains are used to identify different tumours and other neoplasms. Just a few of the IHC stains used in dermatology are listed below.
IHC Stain
Uses/Image caption
BCL2 Used to distinguish between basal cell carcinomas and trichoepitheliomas
CD3 T-cell marker; strongly positive in mycosis fungoides
CD4 Helper T-cell marker
CD8 Suppressor T-cell marker
CD20 B-cell marker
CD30 Can be used in the diagnosis of Hodgkin lymphoma and anaplastic lymphomas. Large cells: Golgi apparatus and membranous staining
CD31 Helps to identify endothelial tumour
CD34 Distinguishes different endothelial tumours and is positive in dermatofibrosarcoma
CD56 Used in the diagnosis of non-Hodgkin lymphomas, leukaemias and small cell carcinomas
CD117 Marker for KIT receptor and positive in various tumours including mastocytosis
CDKN2A (p16) Tumour suppressor marker positive in HPV-associated tumours, actinic keratoses and squamous cell carcinoma
CK (various) Cytokeratins can be used to help distinguish benign from malignant adnexal tumours
CK 20 Specific for Merkel cell carcinoma. Can help identify adenocarcinomas of the gastrointestinal and reproductive system as well as gastrointestinal epithelial tumours
Cytokeratin High Molecular Weight Used to detect ductal carcinomas, squamous cell carcinomas and other epithelial neoplasms
Desmin Muscle marker
EMA Used to identify eccrine neoplasms, Paget disease and sebaceous carcinomas
Factor 13 Can help clinicians distinguish between dermatofibrosarcoma and dermatofibroma
HHV8 Human herpesvirus 8
HMB 45 Used to detect melanocytes, especially in melanoma but negative in desmoplastic melanoma
Melan-a Can help identify melanocytic naevus cells and melanomas
PDL1 Programmed death-ligand 1
S-100 Used to mark tumours of the melanocytes, both naevi and melanoma
SMA Smooth muscle antigen
SOX-10 Nuclear marker for melanocytic tumours
Treponema pallidum Demonstrates organisms in secondary syphilis
CDKN2A-P16
Desmin
Factor 13a
HHV8
HMB45
Melan A
PDL1
SOX10
Grkovic, I. Immunohistochemistry. Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, University of Split. 2007
IHC and ISH advanced staining. Leica Biosystems. 2014
Immunohistochemical stains. Stanford University. 2013.
Kiupel, M. Diagnostic molecular pathology. Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, 2010.
Peckham, A. Immunohistochemistry. Faculty of Biological Sciences, Leeds University, 2003.
Special stains and immunohistochemistry. Central Coast Pathology Laboratory. 2015.
Histology stains
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Original Title : The Purge Season 2 Episode 7 — Should I Stay or Should I Go
Genre : Drama
Air Date : 2019-11-26
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Overview : Marcus’ family makes a tough decision. Esme and Ryan risk it all. Ben destroys someone he loves.
Set in a dystopian America ruled by a totalitarian political party, the series follows several seemingly unrelated characters living in a small city. Tying them all together is a mysterious savior who’s impeccably equipped for everything the night throws at them. As the clock winds down with their fates hanging in the balance, each character is forced to reckon with their pasts as they discover how far they will go to survive the night.
What happened in this episode?I have a summary for you.
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Should I Stay or Should I Go (S02E07) is the seventh episode of season two of “The Purge” airs on Tue Nov 26, 2019. The Purge stars Gabriel Chavarria as Miguel Guerrero, Amanda Warren as Jane Barbour and Hannah Emily Anderson as Jenna Betancourt.
When is the The Purge Season 2 Episode 7 release date?
The Purge Recap: Remember, Remember
The fun wrinkle of Purge mythology added by “Grief Box” is the idea of a Remembrance Day, during which survivors of the annual Purge are sent ashy mementos of their loved ones and celebrate their passing for the betterment of America; it’s the kind of cynical worldbuilding flourish that none of the films had time for but that the series is better positioned to explore, and it’s exactly the kind of thing I want.
he Purge Season 2, Episode 4 picks up three months after the previous installment, with Esme (Paola Nuñez) receiving a visit from Darren (Denzel Whitaker), who has found something archived in the university’s library — a secret study that contradicts the NFFA’s official party line that the Purge substantially decreases violent crime. What’s that, the dictatorial surveillance state isn’t to be trusted? You kid!
Of course, there’s a very strong likelihood that the Purge just produces nutcases like Ben (Joel Allen), who arrives in “Grief Box” clattering a training dummy with punches — a lot of them look more like stabbing motions than strikes, in fairness, and his technique is otherwise appalling — while having filtered flashbacks to shanking and stoving in that poor farmer last week. But the flagrantly corrupt NFFA strikes again when the news reports that the farmer apparently died of heatstroke. Is the government covering up the fact that their annual free-for-all is having the opposite effect than is being advertised, or is Ben getting special treatment for some reason?
It’s easy to imagine that a lingering after-effect of Purging would be paranoia, especially for someone like Marcus (Derek Luke), who discovered himself to be enough of an enemy to someone that they’re willing to pony up major money to see him dealt with during the next Purge. In The Purge Season 2, Episode 4 he discovers that the culprit might be much closer to home than he thought, which only makes him more unstable. “Grief Box” spares a ton of time for Marcus, both in the present-day and during flashbacks to 14 years prior, when he and his first wife, Tonya (Devyn A. Tyler), were beset by young Purgers. At a good old neighborhood cookout, Marcus lashes out at Andre (Damien D. Smith), also present in the flashbacks, because he drives a similar truck to the one that almost ran him over last week. He’s losing it, clearly, but Tonya feeds his paranoia by telling him that in the summer of the previous year someone had come around looking for him. Desperate for answers, he turns to Ivory Road, the dark web forum, begging anyone who knows anything to come forward.
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There is a special joy that can only be found in the powerful blending of voices united in song. Through the centuries, music has helped capture the spirit and essence of great moments.
Encouraging the future generation of musical talent is essential to preserving this tradition. A special fund has been established in the name of Detroit Concert Choir’s Founding Director, Gordon Nelson. The Fund was designed to:
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To support this funding opportunity, please designate Nelson Scholarship Fund in the memo line of your donation to the Detroit Concert Choir.
Meet the recipients of the Gordon Nelson Scholarship 2019-2020 Season
NOAH CHERRY, Bass, holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education from Oakland University. He has served as a church musician and music substitute teacher throughout the metro Detroit area. Noah is honored (and excited!) for the opportunity to sing with the Detroit Concert Choir this season.
KAYVON KASHANI-GHARAVI, Assistant Conductor and Tenor, holds a Bachelor’s degree in Vocal Performance from Oakland University where he had the opportunity to be a student conductor of both the Oakland Chorale and University Chorus and perform in the 2017 Oakland Chorale European Tour. He holds a Master’s in Choral Conducting from Westminster Choir College, and was the Chorus Master for the Westminster Opera theater productions of Die Fledermaus and Die Zauberflöte.
ABIGAIL MCKAY, Soprano, is a 2019 graduate of Oakland University with a Bachelor of Music degree in Voice Performance. While attending Oakland, Abigail sang principal roles in student productions of Weill’s Street Scene and von Flotow’s Martha. She has extensive experience singing in ensemble settings, and currently holds a staff position at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Detroit. She is grateful for the opportunity to be a part of the Detroit Concert Choir.
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Mercedes-Benz Viano Marco Polo: Tuscany Tour 2011 – another star in a perfect setting
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Stars are a familiar sight in Tuscany – be it art and culture, wine and cuisine, or towns and landscape, the Italian connoisseur region has a host of stars to its name. Anyone travelling through this classic touring region in a Mercedes-Benz Viano Marco Polo brings yet another star to this perfect setting.
And thanks to the manoeuvrability of the Viano Marco Polo is ideally placed to discover hidden gems off the normal tourist track. The journey is an end in itself courtesy of the comfortable, safe suspension and the powerful yet economical drive system. Thanks to the ingenious, high-grade fittings and furnishings every stay is a bonus. And you can also relax and enjoy spending the night – ideally under a starlit sky – in a Viano Marco Polo.
Viano Marco Polo: big shot among the compact camper vans
The figures alone are testimony to its success: while new registrations of camper vans in Germany increased overall by 18.1 percent in the first six months of 2011, registrations of Mercedes-Benz camper vans rose 24.5 percent. And growth internationally has been equally solid: in the first half of 2011, new camper-van registrations in Europe increased by 10.4 percent to 49,624 units. The compact Mercedes-Benz Viano Marco Polo camper van even managed to comfortably better these excellent figures: sales in the first half of the year rose by 82 percent to some 900 units.
Comfortable and practical: Mercedes-Benz Viano Marco Polo
The concept of the Viano Marco Polo is just right: its dimensions are compact and perfectly suited to everyday use for a camper van, measuring exactly 5.0 m long and 1.9 m wide. With the roof closed it remains under the two-metre height restriction which is important for everyday usage. Cockpit, drive system and suspension are entirely on a par with high-end passenger car standards. The interior with its fully fitted kitchen and cupboards on the left-hand side, the moveable individual-style seats and the rotated front seats have been purpose-designed and honed down to the very last detail. Mercedes-Benz and its experienced conversion partner Westfalia have also come up with numerous refinements, which are only available in a Viano Marco Polo.
Minimal scope for improving the hallmark features
The tried-and-trusted arrangement of the living area in the Viano Marco Polo is a classic, with its spacious fully fitted kitchen and cupboards on the left-hand side, as well as the unique movable seat design with electrically adjustable individual seats and electropneumatically inflatable seat cushion bolsters, leaving minimal scope for improvement.
The fully equipped living accommodation for the Viano Marco Polo is a compelling proposition: pop-up roof (as an option with electrohydraulic EASY UP function), comfort roof bed resting on special flexible spring elements, seat that converts into a bed with electric adjustment and bed extension, wardrobe and roof stowage cupboard along with a drawer in the seat base, kitchen with dual-burner gas stove, compressor-type coolbox and sink as well as stowage compartments, external power socket and charger for the separate on-board battery, hot-air auxiliary heating with timer and temperature control, table, all-round privacy curtains and a valuables compartment – the Viano Marco Polo is ideal as a compact camper van, for impromptu overnight stays as well as for weekend excursions and long holidays.
Viano Marco Polo in detail: well-thought-out fittings and furnishings
You just need to open the easy-glide sliding door to appreciate the special qualities of the Viano Marco Polo as you catch your first glimpse of the living accommodation. The fronts of the furniture sport silver surfaces; the integral decor strip with its burr walnut-look finish takes its cue from the strip in the cockpit. In this camper van, the basic vehicle and the living accommodation, the Viano and the Marco Polo fittings and furnishings form a harmonious whole in terms of style and materials. The surfaces and decor strips with their high-quality look and feel convey the hallmark quality of a Mercedes-Benz.
The seating consists of the two-seater bench with individual seats in the rear, the attachable table and the swivelling front seats. Thanks to the space-saving foot-operated parking brake and joystick-style shift lever in the instrument panel, the seats can be effortlessly swivelled, providing unimpeded access from the cab to the rear. The seat base on the co-passenger seat features a lockable valuables compartment, with a stowage net on the side of the base – just two of the many practical details on the Viano Marco Polo.
The high-quality, homely fittings and furnishings on the Viano Marco Polo rest on a hard-wearing, easy-to-clean foam-backed floor covering. As an option, the floor is available in a wood-look finish, similar to the decking on a luxury yacht. It looks homely yet at the same time exquisite. Additional everyday flexibility comes courtesy of the option of an additional individual seat.
Fully fitted kitchen and cupboards: practical and spacious
The fully fitted kitchen and cupboards do not just provide a visual highlight: in the Viano Marco Polo, the stowage and cutlery drawer can be accessed at any time. Thanks to the roller fronts, the contents of the spacious stowage compartments are conveniently to hand. With a compact camper van like the Viano Marco Polo with its versatile uses it is these kinds of clever details that make all the difference. For instance, plastic clips secure the removable shelves in the cupboard while on the move. One of the many examples of why the sturdy fixtures and fittings do not produce lots of noise even on poorly appointed roads.
The kitchen in the Viano Marco Polo is fully equipped with a dual-burner gas stove, a compressor-type coolbox with insert, and a sink. The 40-litre capacity of the coolbox is sufficient to store more than enough Tuscan delicacies as food for the journey, such as the typical exquisite sausage products. A gas-operated strut lifts the cover on the coolbox and on the stove/sink unit.
The know-how of the experienced camper van manufacturer is reflected in the detail: the raised cover for the cooker/sink unit not only serves as a splash guard; it also includes a fold-down draining board for dishes. And the designers have even thought about a waste bin. A 12 V power socket as well as a clothes hook are fitted in the trim on the roof frame in front of the cupboard. Insect screens on the sliding windows help keep unwelcome guests at bay.
Bench seat: electrically adjustable, electropneumatically inflatable bolsters
The unique bench seat on the Viano Marco Polo is mounted on rails so it can be moved. The two electrically adjustable individual seats in the bench come with electropneumatically inflatable seat cushion bolsters. They improve seating comfort noticeably, provide lateral support while on the move and a comfortable flat surface at the destination once deflated. ISOFIX anchorage points can be used to secure child seats. A large drawer under the bench seat as well as the roof stowage compartment in the rear can be used to stow luggage – every last centimetre in the Viano Marco Polo is used for the benefit of those on-board.
This also applies to the table, which is stowed away in the sliding door trim while on the move. Once the vehicle has been parked, the tabletop can be slotted into a rail on the front of the kitchen, the foot into a bench seat rail – and away you go.
The bench seat converts into a bed at the push of a button
As soon as it is time to turn in for the night, an electric motor effortlessly transforms the two individual seats into a double bed at the push of a button – an unrivalled feature. Deflating the seat cushion bolsters creates a comfortable, perfectly flat bed that is two metres long. Here too is another clever feature: the bench seat is raised automatically a few centimetres as it is being folded out, preventing the belt buckles from uncomfortably poking out into the bed in the Viano Marco Polo.
Comfort is a priority with any Mercedes-Benz, and for a camper van in particular: the bed extension which forms the head section above the luggage compartment on the Viano Marco Polo can be raised in stages using a loop and a support. This feature further improves the already high level of comfort.
Additional luggage can be stowed under the bed extension – or those little souvenirs from Tuscany. Whether it is two cases of good Chianti or even a fine Brunello di Montalcino, maybe a few terracotta objects from Impruneta, there is more than enough room in the Viano Marco Polo. If you need to transport bulky items during everyday use, the users can simply position the bed extension vertically. The cargo section can simply be enlarged by moving the bench seat forward. Removing the bench seat transforms the camper van into a fully fledged van. Load securing lugs are testimony to the vehicle’s credentials as a cargo carrier.
Open stowage compartments in the roof-mounted cupboard and the laundry cupboard can be used to stow small items of luggage in the rear. Other practical features include the connection for an outside shower, the power socket in the luggage compartment as well as a collapsible shopping crate together with bracket – ideal for shopping in the market.
Roof bed: no different from your bed at home
The pop-up roof on the Viano Marco Polo fits seamlessly onto the body. When closed it is securely fastened using two locks on the left and right. It opens manually using a gas-strut mechanism or optionally at the push of a button using the highly convenient electropneumatic feature. Integrated guide rails keep the roof bellows section taut and automatically retract the bellows section as the roof closes.
There is another bed under the roof, also around two metres long. A look under the foam mattress reveals a combination of slatted base and a flexible spring system, making for the sort of night’s sleep you get at home. A positive ventilation outlet at the front and two other outlets at the side let air and light into the upper deck. A protective net prevents children or objects from falling out.
On-board systems: high-quality, efficient and fully complete
The efficiency of the Viano Marco Polo is typical of the brand down to the very last detail: the two LED lights, each with five individual bulbs inside, in the rear provide a bright light as soon as they are switched on, illuminate the interior fully and only consume minimal power – an important factor when venturing off the beaten track where facilities such as mains power are not available. Additional reading lights in the rear make reading a pleasure. Two reading lights above the bed extension as well as two lights near to the roof bed round off the lighting.
In any case, the Viano Marco Polo comes with extremely reliable on-board systems, just as you would expect. A powerful auxiliary gel battery powers the vehicle’s electrical system. The camper van also comes with a 230 V external power socket and a battery charger. The fresh-water tank has a capacity of 36 litres, the waste-water tank 32 litres. Both tanks are mounted in the interior of the vehicle to protect them against frost. Standard equipment also includes a fuel-powered auxiliary heater including timer and temperature control. The powerful heating capacity of 2.5 kW maintains the living area pleasantly warm even on cold days.
The camper van’s gas supply is limited to a gas bottle for the stove. When it needs replacing, the bottle can be accessed by swinging out the laundry compartment – one of the many clever ideas in the Viano Marco Polo. Other ingenious touches include the standard-fit power socket at the rear for a repeater lamp on the optional bicycle rack.
Passengers control and manage all the key functions on the clearly laid out control panel in the centre console on the Viano Marco Polo. The panel displays the interior and exterior temperature, battery capacity, operating status of the coolbox and the level of the water tanks. The control unit for the auxiliary heating is also integrated.
Fresh look emphasises the character of the Viano Marco Polo
Seen purely from the outside, the current generation of the Mercedes-Benz Viano Marco Polo can be recognised with its striking headlamps – picking up on the style of the current Mercedes-Benz passenger cars – featuring powerful reflector headlamps, integrated daytime running lamps, and a radiator grille with three silver painted louvres with chrome surrounds. Bi-xenon headlamps with LED daytime running lamps, Add-Light System and headlamp washer system are also available as an option. Single-piece lamps with black glass-look mouldings and the deep-set bumper catch the eye at the rear.
The exterior mirrors with integral indicator lamps provide a large field of vision. Wide-angle sections are integrated in the mirrors on both sides – a major improvement to safety not just while manoeuvring in Italian old towns where space is tight.
For the 2012 model year, Mercedes-Benz is freshening up the looks with the new “hibiscus red” and “dolomite brown metallic” paint finishes.
The cockpit: comfortable and user-friendly
From the driver’s and co-driver’s view from the cockpit, the Viano Marco Polo instantly appeals to the senses as a camper van. The rim of the multifunction steering wheel and the shift lever knob are trimmed in nappa leather which is pleasant to the touch. The driver operates the standard-fit trip computer via the buttons on the steering wheel. The trip computer provides information on parameters such as average fuel consumption and range. The instrument cluster with its white scale illumination is a new feature for the 2012 model year. The precise, easy-to-read instruments resemble a chronometer. All the pushbuttons are arranged clearly at the top of the centre console.
The cockpit boasts high-grade Softtouch surfaces. A decor strip emphasises the masterfully crafted character of the Viano Marco Polo. As standard, the decor strip is finished in a brown burr-walnut-wood look and is optionally available in a black burr-walnut-wood look. The comfort seats come as standard with seat angle and armrest adjustment. A host of stowage facilities and drinks holders are ideal for storing snacks and refreshments for the journey.
Thanks to extensive insulation measures, passengers enjoy low noise levels. Amenities such as air-conditioning, electrically adjustable heated exterior mirrors, electric power windows, height and angle-adjustable steering column, fog lamps and remote-control central locking all come as standard.
Clean and economical with BlueEFFICIENCY technology
A holiday close to nature without harming the environment in a camper van need not be a contradiction with Mercedes-Benz. Supreme efficiency for low emissions and fuel consumption lie at the heart of the current generation of the Viano Marco Polo. All model versions meet the EU 5 emissions standard. The drive system is not only outstandingly environmentally friendly and fuel-efficient: it also accelerates with consummate ease and boasts outstanding refinement.
The four-cylinder diesel engines with a displacement of 2.15 litres and the V6 with its 3.0 litres are at the heart of the line-up. CO2 emissions and fuel consumption achieve record-breaking low figures. Behind these figures is not just the advanced engine technology in the Mercedes-Benz four and six-cylinder engines including particulate filter, but also the BlueEFFICIENCY technology, which comes as standard on all Viano models. BlueEFFICIENCY includes on-demand ancillary units, an ECO start/stop function, gearshift display, ECO power-steering pump, low-rolling resistance tyres and – a new feature – generator management. The generator is designed to charge during braking and is governed during acceleration.
A badge below the A-pillar is testimony to BlueEFFICIENCY. Mercedes-Benz is setting new standards with this technology: no other manufacturer adopts so many measures to reduce fuel consumption as part of its standard specification. Just what you are looking for when touring through the kind of unspoilt landscapes you find in Tuscany.
Powerful, smooth-running diesel engines with four and six cylinders
The smooth-running four-cylinder diesel engines in the Viano Marco Polo cover output ranges from 100 kW (136 hp) to 120 kW (163 hp). In addition to output, torque of 310 Nm and 360 Nm respectively is also formidable. Maximum torque is already available at very low engine speeds of 1400 rpm or 1600 rpm respectively. All of which ensures good performance, smooth running and low fuel consumption. NEDC fuel consumption in the two output classes Viano CDI 2.0 and 2.2 Marco Polo is just 7.2-7.4 l/100 km.
The unique V6 CDI in the Viano CDI 3.0 Marco Polo with four overhead camshafts and aluminium crankcase delivers effortlessly superior performance coupled with superb refinement thanks to output of 165 kW (224 hp) and impressive torque of 440 Nm. The standard-fit automatic transmission teams up seamlessly with this powerplant for those who appreciate the finer things in life. The result is surprisingly low NEDC fuel consumption of 8.5-8.6 l/100 km. All four and six-cylinder diesel engines come with balancer shafts, which together with the dual-mass flywheel, guarantee superb smooth running.
The Viano 3.5 Marco Polo is available for customers who want even more, a 3.5-litre petrol engine developing 190 kW (258 hp) of output. This unit is also fitted with an automatic transmission as standard.
ECO Gear manual transmission reduces engine speed, fuel consumption and emissions
The six-speed ECO Gear manual transmission plays a large part in the good acceleration and low fuel consumption of the Viano Marco Polo. Fitted as standard with the four-cylinder diesel engines, its large gear-ratio spread reduces emissions and fuel consumption. The transmission guarantees acceleration when moving off as well as nonchalant coasting with low engine speeds and low emissions, not to mention low fuel consumption at high cruising speed.
Suspension: ride comfort, driving pleasure and handling safety
The combination of ride comfort, driving pleasure and handling safety is the hallmark of the agile suspension with rear-wheel drive on the Viano Marco Polo. It not only handles extremely safely and is manoeuvrable, but is also very comfortable. Suspension, damping and road and tyre vibration are compelling even when venturing off the beaten track.
Precise, sensitive steering comes into its own on the winding side roads of Tuscany. Overall the compact camper van always handles precisely, predictably and safely. At the same time it sets the benchmark for comfort, road and tyre vibration, and noise levels.
Whether on gravel or snow: the Viano Marco Polo with the all-wheel drive system 4MATIC is available to meet the most discerning requirements. The electronic traction system 4ETS automatically brakes the spinning wheels individually, increasing the drive torque at the wheels with sufficient traction. The all-wheel drive system 4MATIC is always combined with an automatic transmission. The result is extremely comfortable all-wheel drive even when the going gets tough: accelerate, steer and brake is all you need to do at the wheel of a Viano 4MATIC Marco Polo, the technology will look after everything else.
The exemplary safety features on the Viano Marco Polo
The Mercedes-Benz Viano Marco Polo boasts an unrivalled range of safety and assistance systems as standard. The Electronic Stability Program ADAPTIVE ESP with anti-lock braking system ABS, acceleration skid control system ASR and Brake Assist BAS features detection of load and weight distribution. It is compulsory for all models. The brake lights automatically start flashing during emergency braking; the hazard warning lamps automatically come on once the vehicle has come to a stop.
As an option, start-off assist AAS, an automatic tyre pressure monitoring system, the parking and manoeuvring aid PARKTRONIC as well as a reversing camera enhance the extensive comfort and safety features on the Viano Marco Polo.
Versatility itself: the Mercedes-Benz Viano Fun
When flexibility is the name of the game, the Viano Fun truly comes into its own. This vehicle provides an ideal combination of everyday and leisure characteristics – a family or business vehicle that can instantly be turned into a weekend home on wheels. The outstanding versatility of the Viano Fun is presaged in the availability of both compact and long variants. The compact version comfortably houses five occupants. The front has swivelling comfort seats for the driver and front-seat passenger, with a fold-out table and seat bench for three passengers in the rear, which can be slid along, removed or used as a highly comfortable bunk. A cushioned bed extension provides valuable added sleeping space.
The long version of the Viano Fun has an additional bench seat in the middle, and is also fitted with one additional individual seat as standard equipment, or two as an option. The individual seats can be slid along a rail system, either in or against the direction of travel, and can also be removed using the convenient grips provided for this purpose.
The optional pop-up roof, in the Easy-Up electrohydraulic version if desired, makes the Viano Fun more like a mobile home. This option offers generous standing space, and a comfortable roof bed can also be added for further sleeping accommodation if required.
The “Comfort Fun” equipment package makes the Viano Fun even more comfortable to drive. Ambient lighting, cockpit with soft-touch interface and a multifunction steering wheel with trip computer, electrically operated pop-out windows for the second rear seat row, fabric cushioning in the side wall panelling, an additional heat exchanger in the rear plus a raft of other detailed features help to create a convivial on-board atmosphere.
Service that knows no limits: Europe-wide service package at no extra charge
Anyone taking a Mercedes-Benz camper van on holiday is never alone: with over 2600 service centres throughout Europe, Mercedes-Benz offers a close-knit network of workshops for vans. In an emergency the free Service 24h hotline will arrange assistance in no time at all, 365 days a year, 24 hours a day. Should your Viano Marco Polo actually break down, Mercedes-Benz MobilityGo will keep you mobile: the free guaranteed mobility package includes rapid on-the-spot breakdown assistance as well as the reimbursement of taxi fares, and the provision of a replacement vehicle if the repair is likely to take more than two hours. MobilityGo is valid for all Viano models for the first two years following initial registration with no limit on mileage.
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Syria Speaks: an evening of resistance and celebration at the 2014 Edinburgh International Book Festival
David Pollock
Photo: Pablo Monteagudo
Syrian voices at Jura Unbound including Samar Yazbek and Golan Haji, with music from the Raast Collective
‘Uprising literature’ is the term being used to encompass works which have followed on from the revolt and subsequent civil war in Syria, and this special late-night event will showcase many of its exponents, all of whom are featured in Saqi Books’ anthology Syria Speaks: Art and Culture from the Frontline.
‘The book is an excellent introduction to the situation in Syria,’ says co-curator Dan Gorman of Reel Festivals, ‘providing space for Syrian voices, something we see little of in mainstream media. The artistic community in Syria operated under extremely tight restrictions prior to 2011, and the revolution brought with it freedom of expression. This is a challenging time, but many Syrian artists pay homage to this with very critical work and discussion taking place on a daily basis.’
The range of writers appearing will be wide. ‘Samar Yazbek’s Pinter Prize-winning war diaries provide a stomach churning account of the first hundred days of the conflict,’ details co-curator Ryan Van Winkle. ‘Golan Haji will also be joining us. He's an acclaimed poet who worked as a doctor in the early days of the uprising. Syrian/Scottish novelist Robin Yassin-Kassab will discuss his forthcoming novel on the revolution and, on a lighter note, Malu Halasa will share excerpts from her book The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie.’
The Raast collective will also be playing traditional Syrian music. ‘We hope this event won’t just be about tragedy but will highlight the resilience, humour and strength of Syrian art, even in these most challenging times,’ says Van Winkle. ‘There’s no uniform style of “uprising literature”. All those presenting work have reacted and responded to events in different ways, and whilst there are huge amounts of suffering taking place in Syria right now, the people and families experiencing this are expressing themselves in various ways. We hope this will be a celebration of people.’
Charlotte Square Gardens, 0845 373 5888, 12 Aug, 9pm, free.
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A playful, powerful literary experience to launch our special Spoken Word programme, Babble On. This year's line-up includes Stanley Odd, Nasty Little Press, the Bookshop Band and more.
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Porter Robinson's Secret Sky of Connectivity to Japanese Culture
With his momentous "Secret Sky" performance, Porter Robinson bridged the gap between the American and Japanese EDM scenes.
Jenny Walker
It's been six magical years since Porter Robinson’s Worlds album debuted in August of 2014. Ever since, Robinson’s unique sound, which is inspired by electro house and synth-pop, has captivated millions of fans from around the world—especially from the country of Japan.
In May 2020, Robinson’s virtual "Secret Sky" music festival aired to four million fans worldwide, all spewing with excitement for his debut virtual set. Robinson himself is a huge anime fan and has always been in love with Japanese culture, consistently integrating some sort of related symbol into his songs, visuals, album covers, and live performances. His love for Japanese culture stemmed from Nintendo and Pokémon, but he also grew up watching anime and listening to Japanese music. His respect and admiration of the culture directly reflect his own artisanship, leading him to compose pieces that bolster his fanbase tremendously in Japan.
Robinson’s appreciation and love for Japanese culture was and still is manifested through his virtual performance from "Secret Sky." His one-of-a-kind set brought Japanese music fans closer not only to Robinson and his music, but also the EDM community at large.
Screenshot from Robinson's premiere of the "Shelter" music video in Tokyo.
Rae Iwabuchi
Every visual component throughout Robinson’s performance glimmered with anime influences, all while being accompanied by Japanese lyrics that Robinson constructed to fit within his performance. Projected images of anime flickered on the wall behind Robinson, syncing in perfect harmony with his hit song "Sad Machine." Suddenly, fans caught sight of aesthetics that have appeared in the popular anime show Chobits, a Japanese television show that has been around for more than fifteen years. The anime visuals are paired with Robinson’s remix of "Let Me Be with You," a single by the J-Pop band Round Table.
This is where Robinson really began exploring and experimenting with Japanese culture within his sound. Instantly, the comment section blew up with users writing in the Japanese language. The entire song goes superbly with Robinson's set. The translation of its lyrics hearken to the desire to be with someone so badly but being stifled due to external circumstances beyond their control. The entirety of Robinson’s set that played out afterwards really embodied that lovelorn feeling as well as that of trying to find oneself again after experiencing challenging times. Round Table’s song fit perfectly in this manner.
Robinson then conjured a familiar rhythm as his seminal collaboration with French DJ Madeon, "Shelter," began buzzing through the screens of delighted viewers from all around the world. "Shelter" has a literal anime music video, of course, which was projected behind Robinson.
Screenshot from Porter Robinson and Madeon's "Shelter" music video.
Right after he performed "Shelter," an upbeat and colorful melody came into focus as a singer started to croon in Japanese, acapella style. Robinson joined the singer in unison, performing the song “Hikari” by Pasocom Music Club, a Japanese electronic music group. Robinson seems to know all of the lyrics, proving him a fan of their work and a staunch supporter considering the addition to such a momentous performance. He also went on to drop another J-Pop track in Kero Kero Bonito’s “Trampoline." While the song's lyrical content is in English, it derives its sound from the popular sonics of contemporary J-Pop.
Throughout the rest of the performance, anime and Japanese cultural symbols dazzled on the screen behind Robinson in a bold showcase of his appreciation of Japanese culture.
While Robinson was displaying his creative power through his visuals and mixing prowess, the stream's comment section was erupting with rhapsody from avid fans, who noted the different styles of music as well as how much Robinson’s music really meant to them. Many of the notes were in English, but there was also a barrage of comments that came across in the Japanese language.
Every translated comment seemed to dive deeper into the connectivity that Robinson and his music had to Japan. "I always feel listening to Porter’s music. The melody is beautiful and thin, and it is a bit painful... Do you like anime? Thank you for your interest in Japan!" one Japanese fan wrote. "Thank you for delivering the best live performance while it’s difficult to get out. I was so happy, sad, and cried. Thank you for your love of anime and video games," wrote another.
Screenshot of Porter Robinson's "Secret Sky" livestream.
The dichotomy between Robinson and Japanese culture also transcended the stream itself, actualizing in external areas such as Twitter. "It makes me so happy when @porterrobinson uses Japanese tracks in his Secret Sky performance – it reminds me of growing up in Japan," one Twitter user exulted. "Ugh @porterrobinson incorporating Japanese songs into his set is a whole mood and so beautiful for Japanese culture," wrote another.
These sentiments represent much more than just Japanese fans commenting on Robinson's performance, though. They represent the connectivity his fans feel when watching him perform because he expresses their culture in a respectable and appreciative way. With myriad fans thanking Robinson for his incorporation of Japanese artists, he bridged the gap between the American and Japanese EDM scenes.
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Twitter: twitter.com/porterrobinson
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EXPLANATION OF TEST REPORT GENERAL CONDITIONS East tractor is a production model equipped for common usage. Power consuming accessories can be disconnected only when it is convenient for the operator to do so in practice. Additional weight can be added as ballast if the manufacturer regularly supplies it for sale. The static tire loads and the inflation pressures muse conform to recommendations in the Tire Standards published by the Society of Automotive Engineers. PREPARATION FOR PERFORMANCE RUNS The engine crank case is drained and refilled with a measured amount of new oil conforming to specifications in the operator’s manual. The fuel used and the maintenance operations must also conform to the published information delivered with the tractor. The tractor is then limbered-up for 1 hour on drawbar work in accordance with the manufacturers published recommendations. The manufacturer’s representative is present to make appropriate decisions regarding mechanical adjustments. The tractor is equipped with approximately the amount of added ballast that is used during maximum drawbar tests. The tire tread-bar height must be at least 65% of new tread height prior to the maximum power run. BELT OR POWER TAKE-OFF PERFORMANCE Maximum Power and Fuel Consumption. The manufacturer’s representative makes carburetor, fuel pump, ignition and governor control settings which remain unchanged throughout tall subsequent runs. The governor and the manually operated governor control lever is set to provide the high-idle speed specified by the manufacturer for maximum power. Maximum power is measured by connecting the belt pulley or the power take-off to a dynamometer. The dynamometer load is then gradually increased until the engine is operating at the rated speed specified by the manufacturer for maximum power. The corresponding fuel consumption is measured. Varying Power and Fuel Consumption. Six different horsepower levels are used to show corresponding fuel consumption rates and how the governor causes the engine to react to the following changes in dynamometer load: 85% of the dynamometer torque at maximum power; minimum dynamometer torque, ½ the 85% torque; maximum power; ¼ and ¾ of the 85% torque. Since at tractor is generally subjected to varying loads the average of the results in this test serve well for predicting the fuel consumption of a tractor in general usage. DRAWBAR PERFORMANCE All engine adjustments are the same as those used in the belt or power take-off tests. If the manufacturer specifies a different rated crankshaft speed for drawbar operations, then the position of the manually operated governor control is changed to provide the high-idle speed specified by the manufacturer in the operating instructions. Varying Power and Fuel Consumption With Ballast. The varying power runs are made to show the effect of speed-control devices (engine governor, automatic transmissions, etc.) on horsepower, speed and fuel consumption. These runs are made around the entire test course with has two 180 degree turns with a minimum radius of 50 feet. The drawbar pull is set at 3 different levels as follows: (1) as near to the pull a maximum power as possible and still have the tractor maintain the travel speed at maximum horsepower on the straight sections of the test course; (2) 75% of the pull at maximum power; and (3) 50% of the pull at maximum power. Prior to 1958, fuel consumption data (10 hour test) were shown only for the pull obtained at maximum power for tractors having torque converters and at 75% of the pull obtained at maximum power for gear-type tractors. Maximum Power With Ballast. Maximum power is measured on straight level sections of the test course. Data are shown for not more that 12 different gears or travel speeds. Some gears or travel speeds may be omitted because of high slippage of the traction members or because the travel speed may exceed the safe-limit for the test course. The maximum safe speed for the Nebraska Test course has been set at 15 miles per hour. The slippage limits have been set at 15% and 7% for pneumatic tires and steel tracks or lugs, respectively. Higher slippage gives widely varying results. Maximum Power Without Ballast. All added ballast is removed from the tractor. The maximum drawbar power of the tractor is determined by the same procedure used for getting maximum power with ballast. The gear (or travel speed) is the same as that used in the 10-hours test. Varying Power and Travel Speed With Ballast. Travel speeds corresponding to drawbar pulls beyond the maximum power range are obtained to show the “lugging ability” of the tractor. The run starts with the pull at maximum power; then additional drawbar pull is applied to cause decreasing speeds. The run is ended by one of three conditions; (1) maximum pull is obtained, (2) the maximum slippage limit is reached, or (3) some other operating limit is reached.
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Hypernatural: Architecture Evolves
Hypernatural / Princeton Architectural Press
All living creatures employ technologies to gain evolutionary advantage. For example, bats have evolved the use of echolocation to find their way as well as things to eat. A tortoise has evolved a shell to protect itself. There are countless examples. These technologies are tools for survival. Humans are equally a part of nature and now harness new “hypernatural” tools to “amplify, extend, or exceed natural capabilities.” Novel approaches are resulting in advances in the most essential technologies: shelter, or, in its cultural form, architecture. These new hypernatural forms be the “very aim of evolution itself,” write University of Minnesota architecture professors Blaine Brownell and Marc Swackhamer, in Hypernatural: Architecture’s New Relationship with Nature, their brilliant new book.
Although, they add that “evolution is a complex, messy process.” Hypernatural architecture, with all its technological advancements, is then subject to the same evolutionary development processes facing all new tools: these technologies will duke it out with others in a long-term struggle to see which is the most resource-efficient and cost-effective, which give individuals and communities the most advantages, and perhaps which benefit humanity the most. Furthermore, climate change, the loss of biodiversity, and reduced freshwater resources, among other environmental challenges, create a new set of conditions that will further shape the evolution of these human tools. New environmental conditions will evolve technologies, just as they will evolve new environments. But the whole goal of designing with nature — instead of wrecking havoc on nature in pursuit of profit — is to create a relationship between the environment and our tools that is more sustainable.
Perhaps the primary value of Hypernatural is that it organizes all the projects that relate to “nature-focused movements,” like geo-design, bio-engineering, and bio-mimicry, creating a clearer understanding of how architects, interior designers, artists, and others are “designing with biology.” They delve into all the ways projects incorporate biology, explaining the difference between behavioral, genetic, and epigenetic (environmental) projects. And they organize the array of new projects — some of which are truly mind-boggling — into broad groups that follow the founding domains of life: the geosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere. There are also examples that relate to the microbial, botanical, and zoological biospheres, as well as a final chapter on the “noosphere,” the domain of purely human thought, which Brownell and Swackhamer argue is also a legitimate “natural sphere.” (Another plus of this book is will serve as a useful refresher of all that introductory biology that has been forgotten; there are also tons of interesting factoids about the earth and its natural systems).
Here are just a few examples from the book:
In the geosphere section, which focuses on how humans can better harness the rock cycle, which works like the water cycle but just on a much slower scale, we learn about Radiolaria, created by Shiro Studio in 2009. This project learns from the “slow system of deposition found in the geological process of sedimentary rock formation,” but speeds it up with the use of 3-D printing technology. Radiolaria is actually the “first successful use of architectural-scale printing with natural rock dust.” A 953-cubic-foot “freestanding pavilion” was constructed out of sandstone and inorganic binder. “It effectively transforms marble dust, sand, or rock particles into a solid mineral with micro-crystalline characteristics that are chemically neutral and easily recyclable.”
Radiolaria / Shiro Studio
For an example of a project that highlights the atmosphere, Brownell and Swackhamer show us Windswept, a project by artist Charles Sowers, which was created for the Randall Museum in San Francisco in 2012. Windswept features a field of “vertical wind instruments to map not just the general wind direction but the intricate movements of air across a building facade.” The pieces makes visible the invisible movement of a natural force. Some museum visitors described it as reminiscent of a “field of undulating wheat or a rippling school of fish.”
Windswept / Bruce Damonte
The hydrosphere section has many intriguing projects, but one that particularly leaped out was Bubble Building by DUS Architects, which was created in the Netherlands in 2012. In a pavilion in Rotterdam, the architects composed 16 hexagonal, shallow pools filled with a thin layer of soap and water. “By lifting metal rings that circumscribe these hexagons, membranes of glassy, rainbow-colored film stretch to form temporary pavilion walls.” While architect Frei Otto and others have long been inspired by bubbles, this project actually uses them to build something, albeit temporary. It disappears when unoccupied.
Bubble Building / DUS Architects
In the microbial section, we come across a wondrous yet also disturbing project called Radiant Soil created by Canadian architect and professor Phillip Beesley in 2013. Radiant Soil is a “suspended, responsive ceiling system that behaves like biology.” The piece responds in real-time to the “movement and proximity of people by lighting itself along LED-lined arteries, moving its biochemical fronds to generate air currents and releasing unique odors into the air through scent-emitting glands.” Brownell and Swackhamer say it has “profound implications for a new dialogue between humans and their built environment.”
Radiant Soil / Philip Beesley Architect Inc.
While the focus is on buildings in Hypernatural, there are enough great ideas to interest any designer focused on the future of design and biology. If there are any criticisms, it’s some of the botanical examples fail to impress: it seems natural botanical forms are still far more interesting than hypernatural ones. And too many of the projects are one-off artistic or architectural experiments that don’t seem particularly scalable or accessible, unless they have been explained to you. But, then again, didn’t so many innovations we take advantage of and so many aesthetic movements we appreciate today start out the same way, misunderstood in some lab or studio? Fast forward a hundred years into the future and it will be fascinating to see what small glimpses of the future displayed here will be mainstream.
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MUMBAI, INDIA: Ujjwala Raut's divorce: Do the courts of Mumbai have jurisdiction over a Manhattan marriage?
An Indian super model Ujjwala Raut’s and her British husband, Craig Maxwell Sterry who married in Manhattan in the mid 1990’s are reportedly in divorce court in Mumbai. This according to the Times of India. Says the Indian Times:
The Mumbai Family Court has rejected a plea by supermodel Ujjwala Raut’s British husband, Craig Maxwell Sterry, that Indian courts have no jurisdiction to entertain a divorce petition under the Foreign Marriages Act as the two had exchanged marriage vows in Manhattan.
The bride is an Indian national and they are domiciled in the country. It seems the husband is staying at her Goa beach house and she is staying in Mumbai. He wants the case thrown out because he feels the Indian courts are incompetent to handle this international divorce pretty much. But the Mumbai court, according to the Times of India article, basically said, “hogwash. If one of the two people are Indian citizens and they are domiciled in India at the time the divorce is filed, of course we have jurisdiction, Mr. Sterry. You’re just trying to be slick.”
The bride is alleging mental cruelty and other wrongs. Which makes me think that India is basically a “fault” jurisdiction like New York. Which makes sense, I guess, for such a conservative country.
CALIFORNIA: With Prop 8 upheld will same sex couples who want out of their marriage, remain in divorce limbo?
Divorce, kids and the summer vacation
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How Obama Could Beat the Debt Ceiling and Go Out a Hero
Posted on October 27, 2015 by Ellen Brown
Until the control of the issue of currency and credit is restored to government and recognized as its most conspicuous and sacred responsibility, all talk of the sovereignty of Parliament and of democracy is idle and futile.
— Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, 1935
On November 3rd, the US government will again run out of money due to a debt ceiling artificially imposed by Congress. This is the third time in four years that a radical faction has taken the country to the brink of default to extort concessions that are at best only marginally related to the budget.
The debt ceiling is an unconstitutional gimmick that violates the 14th amendment, which says the validity of the government’s debt shall not be questioned. The debt was incurred by Congress when it passed the budget, and the money has been borrowed and spent. Congress cannot now refuse to pay.
One good gimmick deserves another. The debt ceiling could be eliminated for good, by restoring to the government its constitutional authority to create money. Article 1, Section 8, provides: “The Congress shall have the power to coin money [and] regulate the value thereof . . . .” The president could pay the government’s bills by issuing some large denomination coins by executive order.
When the Constitution was ratified, coins were the only officially recognized legal tender. By 1850, coins made up only about half the currency. Today, they make up less than one-half of one percent of the money supply – about 50 billion out of a $12 trillion circulating money supply (M2). These coins, along with about $25 million in US Notes or Greenbacks originally issued during the Civil War, are all that is left of the Treasury’s money-creating power.
As the Bank of England recently acknowledged, the vast majority of the money supply is now created privately by banks as deposits when they make loans. The power to issue the national money supply needs to be returned to the people from whom it has been deceptively usurped. As Thomas Edison observed in the 1920s:
It is absurd to say our Country can issue bonds and cannot issue currency. Both are promises to pay, but one fattens the usurer and the other helps the People.
In Lincoln’s Footsteps
In the early days of his presidency, Barack Obama claimed Abraham Lincoln as his role model. One of Lincoln’s less well known achievements was to avoid a massive debt to private banks at usurious interest rates by restoring an earlier form of government-issued money, the paper scrip of the American colonists. In the 1860s, these US Notes or Greenbacks constituted 40% of the national currency. Today, 40% of the circulating money supply would be $5 trillion.
This massive money-printing during the Civil War did not lead to hyperinflation. US Notes suffered a drop in value as against gold, but according to Milton Friedman and Anna Schwarz in A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960, this was not due to “just printing money” but was caused by trade imbalances with foreign trading partners on the gold standard.
The Greenbacks aided the Union not only in winning the war but in funding a period of unprecedented economic expansion. Lincoln’s government created the greatest industrial giant the world had yet seen. The steel industry was launched, a continental railroad system was created, a new era of farm machinery and cheap tools was promoted, free higher education was established, government support was provided to all branches of science, the Bureau of Mines was organized, and labor productivity was increased by 50 to 75 percent.
President Obama could follow the lead of his mentor and beat the debt ceiling by calling for a new issue of debt-free US Notes. The problem with that alternative is that it would require legislation, an impossibility before the looming November 3rd debt ceiling deadline.
Another way to solve the crisis with government-issued money was proposed by Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul and endorsed by Democratic Representative Alan Grayson during the last debt ceiling crisis: the Federal Reserve could be ordered to transfer to the Treasury the federal securities it has purchased with accounting entries through “quantitative easing.” The Treasury could then just void out this part of the debt, which currently tallies in at $2.7 trillion. That alternative too would be legal, but it would require persuading the Federal Reserve to act.
A third alternative, which could be done very quickly by executive order, would be for the federal government to exercise its constitutional power to “coin money and regulate the value thereof” by minting one or more trillion dollar platinum coins.
A Treasury Issue of Special Coins
The idea of minting large denomination coins to solve economic problems was first suggested in the early 1980s by a chairman of the Coinage Subcommittee of the House of Representatives. He observed that the Constitution gives Congress the power to coin money and regulate its value, and that no limit is put on the value of the coins it creates. He said the government could pay off its entire debt with some billion dollar coins. I wrote about this in Web of Debt in 2007 and said it would have to be a trillion dollar coin today.
In 1982, however, Congress chose to choke off this remaining vestige of its money-creating power by imposing limits on the amounts and denominations of most coins. The one exception was the platinum coin, which a special provision allows to be minted in any amount for commemorative purposes. (31 U.S. Code § 5112.)
In 2013, Carlos Mucha, an attorney blogging under the pseudonym Beowulf, proposed issuing a platinum coin to capitalize on this loophole. With the endless gridlock in Congress over the debt ceiling, the proposal got picked up by Paul Krugman and some other economists as a way to move forward.
Philip Diehl, former head of the US Mint and co-author of the platinum coin law, confirmed that the coin would be legal tender. He said:
In minting the $1 trillion platinum coin, the Treasury Secretary would be exercising authority which Congress has granted routinely for more than 220 years . . . under power expressly granted to Congress in the Constitution (Article 1, Section 8).
Prof. Randall Wray explained that the coin would not circulate but would be deposited in the government’s account at the Fed, so it would not inflate the circulating money supply. The budget would still need Congressional approval. To keep a lid on spending, Congress would just need to abide by some basic rules of economics. It could spend on goods and services up to full employment without creating price inflation (since supply and demand would rise together). After that, it would need to tax — not to fund the budget, but to shrink the circulating money supply and avoid driving up prices with excess demand.
Why Not Pay Off the Whole Federal Debt?
As the chairman of the Coinage Subcommittee observed in the 1980s, the entire federal debt could actually be paid in this way. The Federal Reserve has already established that it can issue $4.5 trillion in accounting-entry QE without triggering hyperinflation. In fact, it has not succeeded in triggering the modest inflation the exercise was designed for. As with QE, paying the federal debt in this way would just be an asset swap, replacing an interest-bearing obligation with a non-interest-bearing one. The market for goods and services would not be flooded with “new” money that would inflate the prices of consumer goods, because the bond holders would not consider themselves any richer than before. They presumably had their money in bonds in the first place because they wanted to save it rather than spend it. They would no doubt continue to save it, either as cash or by investing it in some other interest-generating securities.
The ease with which the government’s debt could be paid in this way was demonstrated in January 2004, when the US Treasury called a 30-year bond issue before its due date. The bonds were redeemed “at par” to avoid a 9-1/8% interest rate, which was then well above market rates. The Treasury’s January 15, 2004 announcement said that payment would be made “in book entry form,” meaning numbers were simply entered into the Treasury’s online money market fund (Treasury Direct). In effect, the money just moved from an online savings account to an online depository account, converting interest-bearing bonds into non-interest-bearing cash.
Where did the Treasury get the money to refinance this $3 billion bond issue at a lower interest rate? Whether it came from the private banking system or from the Federal Reserve, it was no doubt created out of thin air. As Federal Reserve Board Chairman Marriner Eccles testified before the House Banking and Currency Committee in 1935:
When the banks buy a billion dollars of Government bonds as they are offered . . . they actually create, by a bookkeeping entry, a billion dollars.
The US government can just as easily create this money by a bookkeeping entry itself. It can and it should, to avoid the interest charges that compound the national debt and make it unrepayable. Quoting Thomas Edison again:
If the Nation can issue a dollar bond it can issue a dollar bill. The element that makes the bond good makes the bill good also. The difference between the bond and the bill is that the bond lets the money broker collect twice the amount of the bond and an additional 20%. Whereas the currency, the honest sort provided by the Constitution pays nobody but those who contribute in some useful way.
Ellen Brown is an attorney, founder of the Public Banking Institute, and author of twelve books including the best-selling Web of Debt. Her latest book, The Public Bank Solution, explores successful public banking models historically and globally. Her 300+ blog articles are at EllenBrown.com. Listen to “It’s Our Money with Ellen Brown” on PRN.FM.
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ernesthuber, on October 27, 2015 at 10:42 am said:
Close, but no cigar. There is no national debt because there was no contract to incur debt, e.g., there is no lawful subject matter (defrauding the public), and no consideration (providing worthless thin-air cyber currency is no detriment to the Federal Reserve’s made men). Any national debt transactions between between the Federal Reserve’s made men and their accomplices in Treasury and the House Ways and Means Committee, are consequently illegal, void ab initio, and unenforceable. So any attempts to “raise the debt ceiling” are acts in the furtherance of criminal racketeering, and violative of RICO laws, and probably the law of war since the resulting bogus debt damage is destroying our national security.
pm, on October 28, 2015 at 5:59 am said:
Federal Reserve Act made it legal for the government to go into debt to private usurious banks. If you don’t like this, change this law or opt out of this system via public banking.
The Government does have the right to issue credit/currency and not borrow from private banks per the Constitution, as Ellen has pointed out. Hence, they also have the right to create needed credit beyond the debt ceiling when necessary for the economic good of the nation. What authority beyond the constitution are you appealing when you state the Government does not have this right?
gnomecoder0, on October 27, 2015 at 10:44 am said:
Both Lincoln buffs and public money advocates should be interested to know that, even during the civil war, it took a full veto by Lincoln to force the issuance of real US notes of, for, and by the people, in lieu of borrowing bank notes. See Lincoln’s Buried Bank Note Veto Applies Today at http://www.opednews.com/articles/Lincoln-s-buried-bank-note-by-Clifford-Johnson-130520-898.html.
Today’s invidious and pervasive resistance to Treasury-issued currency is manifest even re the seemingly insignificant proposal to replace $1 Federal Reserve notes with $1 coins. A 25-year series of GAO reports on the benefits of such a change to the government always failed to include the $1 face-value gain that the government realizes when a new $1 coin is issued. See How The One Dollar Coin Can Cure The Economy at http://www.opednews.com/articles/How-The-One-Dollar-Coin-Ca-by-Clifford-Johnson-130515-443.html.
There is no national debt because there was no contract to incur debt, e.g., there is no lawful subject matter (defrauding the public), and no consideration (providing worthless thin-air cyber currency is no detriment to the Federal Reserve’s made men). Any national debt transactions between the Federal Reserve’s made men and their accomplices in Treasury and the House Ways and Means Committee, are consequently illegal, void ab initio, and unenforceable. So any attempts to “raise the debt ceiling” are acts in the furtherance of criminal racketeering, and violative of RICO laws, and probably the law of war since the resulting bogus debt damage is destroying our national security.
Contracts are indeed only possible between corporations. The United States of American became incorporated in 1871 via the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 http://www.teamlaw.org/DCOA-1871.pdf So since then the government has been able to legally contract with the Fed.
If you have been registered as collateral for the national debt, more commonly known as having a birth Certificate, then you too have been issued a corporation. ERNEST HUBER is a corporation. Ernest Huber is a man. We have been born into a slavery only because we haven’t been told the rules of the game regarding civil (admiralty) and common law.
Arlen Williams, on October 27, 2015 at 11:06 am said:
I hope the author’s consideration that globalist, bankocrat, neo-Marxist saboteur, Barack Hussein Obama would make moves in the direction of restoring sovereignty to America’s monetary system is purely academic and not suffering gullibility.
Further, while Congress and America’s federal government overall, must regain control of our monetary system, it also must gain self-control over it’s perverse, Keynesian-Galbraithian, indentured collectivism, or it will continue to abuse our People and defy our foundational, natural rights.
joanie, on October 27, 2015 at 11:21 am said:
The debt is not the peoples’ debt…
They don’t follow the constitution because the US gooberment was incorporated back in 1871. Surprise~ it’s a corporation running on fiat (fake money) debt based upon our birth certificates. Each people is titled (in legal terms not common law) a “person”. A person is a corporation. No wonder people are confused about the fake debt. The whole system is a fraud upon we the people. They make it up as they go along.
Anita Whitney can help you out with any confusion. She’ll set you straight about those BAR cards too. Cities, schools, counties and states are corporations too.
http://anticorruptionsociety.com/
Here is her latest interview. 10.22.2015
“YOU Are A Share Of Stock In The Corporation”
Sending the very best,
Arlen Williams, on October 27, 2015 at 12:43 pm said:
I’ve heard “government is a corporation” stuff for a long time, over and over again. Yet, I don’t recall seeing any clear and convincing proof, nor any necessity of impact by such obviously unconstitutional actions/decisions.
pm, on October 27, 2015 at 1:18 pm said:
District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 http://www.teamlaw.org/DCOA-1871.pdf
If this isn’t proof, then nothing is.
Jeff, on October 27, 2015 at 2:00 pm said:
How do you go into a commercial court and argue that you are not a chattel (person) of the state when you used exactly what identifies you as a chattel to get there ?
Your justice as a sovereign human being is completely divorced from the state. You cannot involve the state. Your freedom has to be self evident. If it is not, then it’s faith that has to be enhanced or worked on. This is where your faith really gets tested.
The consciousness of secular reality and spiritual reality has a place here. They know the difference and that’s what we’re learning. There are necessary evils written into the script. They’re there for a reason.
Arlen Williams, on October 27, 2015 at 3:08 pm said:
It depends on what you mean by “sovereign” and “freedom.” The USA never recognized freedom from government, nor sovereignty except that it is under God and the constraints of a just social contract.
Jack Foster, on October 27, 2015 at 12:54 pm said:
If you recall, once the Mint the Coin movement reached mainstream media, there was a budget deal within like 2 days!!!!!!!!!!! That’s why they have settle the budget nonsense easily since then too. The banker crowd must have freaked out and pulled all their strings to put congress back in line. Since then, “mint the coin” has disappeared from MSM.
I’ve held to my opinion that minting the coin was always meant to be the doomsday revival mechanism to restart the economy after a disaster, cyber attack, or something. Once the msm caught on, it had to be squashed asap…..that’s why the budget deal came within 2 days of it reaching a critical mass. Although on another blog, Phil assured me he wasn’t that calculated when he authored the language while at u.s. mint……I still don’t believe him….lol!
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justaluckyfool, on October 27, 2015 at 1:41 pm said:
Kudos again, great article that needs sharing.
Most interesting is the way to handle “the single highest cost entitlement”, one that has in fact increased at an unsustainable rate; “debt service” (they whisper when they say it).
Yes, Ellen shout it from the rooftops,
” Why Not Pay Off the Whole Federal Debt? ”
But Frederick Soddy (The Role Of Money, 1932) says it will not happen
because we have defaulted our right to govern – “It was recognized in Athens and Sparta ten centuries before the birth of Christ that one
of the most vital prerogatives of the State was the sole right to issue money. How curious that
the unique quality of this prerogative is only now being re-discovered. The” money-power ” which
has been able to overshadow ostensibly responsible government, is not the power of the merely ultrarich, but is nothing more nor less than a new technique designed to create and destroy money
by adding and withdrawing figures in bank ledgers, without the slightest concern for the interests of
the community or the real role that money ought to perform therein.
It is concerned less with the details of particular schemes
of monetary reform that have been advocated than with the general principles to which, in the
author’s opinion, every monetary system must at long last conform, if it is to fulfil its proper role
as the distributive mechanism of society. To allow it to become a source of revenue to private issuers is to create, first, a secret and illicit arm of the government and, last, a rival power strong enough ultimately to overthrow all other forms of government.”
WHY WOULD YOU NOT WANT PROSPERITY FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR CHILDREN ?
Adam Eran, on October 27, 2015 at 3:30 pm said:
Nice article. And for all the commenters who believe their fiat money is worthless, please send me all of yours. I’ll relieve you of the burden.
“Paying off the debt” is a canard since government “debt” is not like household debt. Besides, threaten–as the Aussies did–to zero out the T-bonds and T-bills, and Wall St. would have a hissie fit. Where would they park the hot money between speculative deals.
The last time we did that was the Clinton surplus, which led Wall St. to invent derivatives.
Better would be to deposit $100 trillion in coins in the Fed, and publish the net asset/liability balance, keeping the “debt.”
Please note how quickly they agreed to “raise the limit” this time.
They do not want it to be a campaign issue.
ErnieM, on October 27, 2015 at 5:28 pm said:
“And for all the commenters who believe their fiat money is worthless, please send me all of yours. I’ll relieve you of the burden.” Excellent comment!
Carl Herman, on October 27, 2015 at 4:55 pm said:
Awesome, Ellen; thank you 🙂
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AWB, on October 28, 2015 at 2:50 am said:
I’ve heard as high as a quadrillion dollars given for the actual US debt. That’s why the ~ $18T debt listed at the fed can’t be paid off. What would be done with the other $200T in outstanding federal obligation?
The feds are unable and unwilling to balance the budget, and have become fascists. They will resist any attempt to reign them in. Carter was the last POTUS to even attempt it. The 4th and 5th generations of federal bureaucrats will fight to preserve their way of life at any cost. Fascism is the path of least resistance for them. They are the shadow government of lore.
I’m a fan of Ellen’s ever since I read the article on helicopter money. Those in control will refuse to relinquish control, and I for one, will refuse to acquiesce as long as there is strength in my body to draw breath.
There is a day of reckoning on the horizon, this super cycle of human events, and it can’t come soon enough.
David Horace, on October 28, 2015 at 5:50 am said:
“What would be done with the other $200T in outstanding federal obligation?”
Easy. Mint more $Trillion coins.
Whee!!
Acsjr222, on October 28, 2015 at 3:58 am said:
There is internet meme afoot that the Federal Raeserve internet domain was changed from .org to .gov, and this demonstrates a change in control of the Federal Reserve. Would you comment. I reposted your excellent article to a Facebook Group themed, real money and world affairs.
gnomecoder0, on October 28, 2015 at 9:29 am said:
It’s federalreserve.gov because the Federal Reserve BOARD is a government agency, at law.
However, all the Fed BANKS (which actually issue bank notes) are private organizations, e.g. newyorkfed.org
On the Internet, getting the difference right (or wrong) can be damaging .
When, on the Naked Capitalism blog, I pointed out that the Fed banks, as opposed to the Board, were privately owned, and gave a legal citation for the difference, the blog owner Yves Smith responded that my posting was “batshit talk,” and henceforth blocked me from participating. See Naked Naked Capitalism at http://tompainetoo.com/docs/Naked%20Naked%20Capitalism.pdf
When I tried to visit federalreserve.org (as opposed to .gov), I got the message:
“Your attempt to authenticate failed. A valid Federal Reserve credential is required.
WARNING! If you are not authorized to use this private network, please disconnect immediately…”
Snowball1025, on October 28, 2015 at 6:03 am said:
The only reason the US issues debt is to drain reserves from the banking system. This debt is not needed to fund government spending. Why drain reserves? Because there is a limited thing banks can do with excess reserves but one of the things is to loan them to other banks that may need reserves. But the competition to loan the reserves drives the overnight interest rate to near zero, which destroys the ability of the Fed to maintain a positive interest rate target. However, in October 2008, Treasury started paying interest on excess reserves, which eliminated the need of banks to loan reserves. Therefore, there is no further operational need to issue debt, although it is still the law. The bonds issues as debt are an asset to the private sector. Foreign countries with a trade surplus with the US deposit all of the dollars in their savings account at the fed in the form of bonds. The US government then redistributes this money (in the form of more reserves0 back into the economy. If we did no issue US denominated debt, foreign central banks would have no place to out the dollars from trade to get a return. You say the “spend them.” that is true, but in the end someone ends up with the dollars and needs a place to put them earning some positive return. There is absolutely no reason to pay off the debt. there was never any intention to pay off the debt. The bonds will simply be rolled over for ever when they mature. The debt necessarily must continue to grow forever and the economy expands.
patty brey, on October 28, 2015 at 2:06 pm said:
he won’t do this in a million years…he’s too much of an asshole
charlie, on October 29, 2015 at 2:30 am said:
Kennedy was the last guy to try to take on the FED, and look what it got him.
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ascoty, on October 29, 2015 at 9:39 pm said:
Obama is under orders from Rome to imbalance the books, and to cook them. He works with evil. America will die, and decrease, as Russia will increase, depending if she can dig out the mountain of gold she currently has. Scenarios are linked to the good book, not a cooked, crooked book Obama operates. So, when America flips over, so will the World. And then the third woe. America has become Fascist in principle with American correctness. Under the guise of freedom.
Javy Dreamer, on October 30, 2015 at 9:31 am said:
Reblogged this on Dreams of Liberty and commented:
Listening to her in the radio was just refreshing. Discussing why government can’t print the money without paying interest instead of borrowing from the FED and paying interest and using it to build infrastructure. Getting the money injected into economy from the bottom up not only to the top.
A bank by the people for the people, what a concept!
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Jack Foster, on November 1, 2015 at 8:01 am said:
The sad part here is that, in my estimation, about 50% of the national debt, (50%= to ~$9Trillion) was issued just to pay the interest to the rentiers. Now, just imagine if that $9T was issued into circulation to build things, provide better service, support healthcare, and improve the American way of life. How much better off would we all be?
But instead, it was issued to super rich people who just sit on it and look to accumulate more to sit on and more of it.
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967. Jan. 17, It’s Our Money, 3 pm est–listen here.
966. Jan. 17, interview with Valerie Kirkgaard, http://www.wakingupinamerica.com, 2 pm PST
965. Jan. 2, Interview withJeff Rense, rense.com, 9 pm PST
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Russia and the US: Will the Kremlin go beyond election interference?
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Once the Kremlin is persuaded that Joe Biden will become the US’s next president, it may go for the jugular. But it is triggering civil conflict, not interfering in the election, that could be the main aim of Moscow’s mingling in American domestic...
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Current events in Belarus could be leading to an outcome similar to that of the 2018 Velvet Revolution in Armenia rather than the 2013-14 Revolution of Dignity in...
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The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed, and to a certain extent, amplified, the political, economic and social vulnerabilities of our societies. For a country that has for...
Comeback king Mikheil Saakashvili set to become deputy PM of Ukraine
Mikheil Saakashvili, the exiled former president of Georgia, is set to return to frontline politics in Ukraine having been nominated by the country’s president...
Why soccer bets in Belarus should cease
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Recent news that Covid-19’s mass cancellation of sports fixtures has led gambling companies to offer bets on some of the only soccer matches still being played (in...
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Freezing the military conflict, improving the humanitarian situation and reconnecting the east of Ukraine with the rest of the country are president Volodymyr Zelensky's...
Viktor Yushchenko refuses to testify in Yanukovych-linked corruption case
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Former Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko (pictured above) has said that he will refuse to testify in a major corruption case involving the illegal privatisation of a...
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EU extends sanctions against former Ukrainian officials
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Former Ukrainian president Yanukovych guilty of treason
A court in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv has found the country’s former president, Viktor Yanukovych, guilty of treason. The court ruled that in March 2014 Mr...
Yulia Tymoshenko launches new bid for Ukrainian presidency
Currently leading in all opinion polls, Yulia Tymoshenko officially launched her campaign to become Ukraine’s president on January 22, with a rally in the...
Ukraine-Russia bond dispute heading for UK trial
A dispute over three billion US dollars in unpaid Ukrainian bonds is set to go to a full trial in the English courts, appeal judges ruled on September 14. The trial is...
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As far as drunk celebrity videos go, Emily Blunt singing “Total Eclipse of the Heart” with Alison Brie is pretty fantastic. But is it any indication of how Blunt will fare as the Baker’s Wife in the movie version of Into the Woods? Of course not; it was karaoke, people. “It’s horrible!” Blunt told us at a gala hosted by the American Institute for Stuttering this week. “People are like, ‘Well, if you want to hear her sing, this is how she sounds.’ And I’m just going, ‘Yikes!’ I hope people will not give me a hard time about it when the film comes out. I’m not the greatest singer in the room by any means, but I’ll have fun trying.” Blunt stars alongside Jake Gyllenhaal, Johnny Depp, and, of course, Meryl Streep. “I can’t believe I’m playing in two movies with Meryl where she’s playing someone who’s horrible to me,” Blunt says. “I’m so excited.” Us, too! Now let’s rewatch her “Total Eclipse” performance.
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The NFL, Sandy Hook Connection; Possible Lawsuit Pending
Posted by IamShado On March 25, 2014 1 Comment
The conspiracy over the Sandy Hook school shooting seems to only get bigger as the years go by. A lawsuit maybe filed by Wolfgang Halbig for the release of information concerning the Sandy Hook children who sang at the 2012 Superbowl. The lawsuit in question is very simple. Why weren’t the names of the students listed in the Superbowl program guide? Why is the NFL not releasing the names? Why won’t the NFL release any financial information concerning these children,how much they were paid, lodging,food,etc.
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“Mr. Halbig isn’t your average “conspiracy theorist.” He’s worked in public education as a teacher, dean, assistant principal, principal of an alternative school and as the Director for School Safety and Security for the Seminole County Public Schools, a school district of approximately 65,000 students.”
“A former Florida State Trooper and United States Customs Inspector, Mr. Halbig was invited by the U.S. Department of Justice to train over 3,500 school police officers, school superintendents and school principals. He travels the country providing presentations and keynotes to a variety of school board associations and conferences and is a nationally-recognized school safety and security expert and consultant, who has provided safety training and school assessments for more than 4,000 school districts nationwide.”
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To those of you not in the conspiracy loop, the children are believed to actually be the ones who were killed. Grown up versions of the ones shown on TV. This is not what Mr. Halbig is trying to find though, he just wants to know why it is such a secret.
Something interesting to note, It took only 72 hours for the Columbine report to be released. Sandy Hook took 11 mouths and is still the only school shooting that remains partially classified in the history of the United States.
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Failing to ‘Make the Case,’ JFNA’s Big Gamble is Closed Down
November 9, 2015 By Dan Brown
Earlier this summer, JFNA’s leadership quietly killed the Global Planning Table (GPT).
You remember the Global Planning Table? Passed in the closing hours of the 2011 Denver GA, with zero public discussion, this federation attempt to build another hierarchical monstrosity was doomed from day one. It was embraced by JFNA’s then board chair, Kathy Manning, as a new power base for herself and JFNA Israel against JDC and The Jewish Agency; backed – for some publicly unexplained reason – by the politburo of large city execs whose hands are camouflaged, yet in reality control, everything JFNA does; and touted by JFNA’s senior professional leadership (Silverman and Caspi) as the system’s savior for overseas work.
Four years, and millions of dollars later, what is there to show for launching JFNA’s Titanic?
Rather than put words in their mouth, we decided to ask JFNA directly and to see how they would respond. So, without further commentary, here is some of what we asked and the unedited version of JFNA’s response. (It’s also JFNA’s only public statement on the demise of the GPT.)
What is the total amount spent by JFNA on planning, and executing the GPT from the consultant’s work in 2010 through the end of the most recent fiscal year (June 2015)?
What has been the ROI of this total GPT expenditure to the federation owners of JFNA? Please provide specifics. (Emphasis was provided in original request.)
JFNA’s written response:
Four years ago, JFNA launched the Global Planning Table (GPT). Its primary goals were to:
1) provide a forum for an intensive examination of how to most effectively increase and utilize Federation dollars to address challenges and opportunities facing global Jewry; 2) develop new initiatives to inspire more interest in Israel and overseas giving; 3) create a platform for Federations to evaluate and prioritize allocation recommendations of core, unrestricted dollars to our key overseas partners; and 4) improve information sharing regarding the impact of our overseas investments throughout the system.
The effort did yield important results. However, there were challenges. To that end JFNA has decided to retire the work of the GPT and is working to integrate some of the initiatives that the GPT inspired into existing programs and endeavors.
The GPT process has given more shape to Federation efforts that encourage religious pluralism in Israel. A new initiative – iRep – provides participating Federations, foundations and individual philanthropists with the opportunity to invest in Israeli programs working in this arena. iRep complements our ongoing dialogue with Israeli officials to ensure that all Jews have a place to express their Jewishness in Israel.
A part of JQuest, another GPT program, will be integrated into the work of JFNA’s new Jewish Education and Engagement Office. The new office will identify and share best practices to expand the number of Federations, communities and/or campuses that offer robust opportunities for Jewish young adults. One key aspect of this work will focus on follow through opportunities for returnees from Jewish immersive experiences (e.g., Onward Israel, Entwine, Birthright, etc.).
Lastly, JFNA will work with the Jewish Agency’s Partnership2Gether to advocate for the adoption of a scaled-down version of the GPT-developed Israel Children’s Zone that has been piloted by the Chicago Federation, also called The Israel Children’s Zone. This strategy will allow interested Federations to invest in Israeli communities with which they already have established relationships and will allow for a more organic expansion of programmatic assets already in place.
The significance of the Global Planning Table itself should not be underestimated. Through the GPT, more than 40 Federation lay and professional leaders committed to a multi-year project that required enormous time and effort and engaged in in-depth learning, discussion and debate about the world beyond our borders. There has not been a time in recent Federation history in which a representative group of communities of all sizes sat in one room with the leadership of our overseas partner agencies, together and at the same time.
The GPT discussions inspired new ways to think about how we impact global Jewry, as well as lessons about how to execute similar planning initiatives in the future. We take both results seriously.
As to the first question, as you can see JFNA chose not to provide a written answer. However, the figure of $1.9 million was officially passed to me as the total cost for over four years work! We know JFNA’s senior professional leadership has little use for their lay leadership (a fact helped by the lay leadership themselves who have abdicated pretty much all governance responsibilities), but let’s look at official documents from JFNA’s own board:
2012-2013 – the Budget allocated $2,783,000 to the GPT
2014-2015 – the Budget was revised burying certain expenses in generalities – e.g., “Program expenses” of the IAN, SCN, GPT, Next Gen lumped together at $2,471,000 and FTE similarly lumped in with those other programs with no breakout of the specific GPT expenses
Just 2012-2014 comes in at $5.27 million. That leaves out 2010-2012; 2015-2016; and the obfuscation with 2014-2015. In reality, probably something north of $7 million was spent. Yet, according to JFNA, they only spent $1.9 million, total!?! One can’t help but think JFNA’s leadership acts pretty loose with donor money!
Four years ago I wrote, “While the current method of funding overseas projects may well be broken, the Global Planning Table is not the solution, but rather a ticking time bomb that will negatively effect Jewish giving going forward.”
The Titanic has sunk. And, the “method” of funding overseas projects is still largely broken today. But has JFNA – which has declined to admit they made any mistakes with the GPT, or anything else for that matter – really learned anything? Only time will tell.
P.S. Kudos go to JFNA’s communications professionals who tried to put the best possible spin on yet another JFNA failure by the organization’s own senior leadership.
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Dave Neil says
Bold article!
Kudos to Dan Brown for bringing this to light.
Stephen Donshik says
I am sorry that my piece http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/revisiting-the-global-planning-table/ from June 17, 2013, was poven to be correct. It is a sad day for the federated Jewish community when one initiative after another is proven to be a dismal failure. The continuing weakening of the umbrella organization of the organized local Jewish communities will just strengthen the questions of the relevance of the system we seem to see from so many different quarters. As a believer in the mission, purpose and roles of the organized federation community I hope something can be done to get the system back on track.
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Scientists Prove Those Vaccinated for Shingles Can Infect Others with Chicken Pox
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Study – Varicella Zoster Virus DNA at Inoculation Sites and in Saliva After Zostavax Immunization
Duane L. Pierson,1 Satish K. Mehta,2 Don Gilden,corresponding author4,5 Randall J. Cohrs,4 Maria A. Nagel,4 D. Scott Schmid,6 and Stephen K. Tyring3
1 Space Life Sciences, NASA, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
2 Enterprise Advisory Services, Inc
3 University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas
4 Department of Neurology
5 Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora
6 National VZV Laboratory, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Correspondence: Don Gilden, MD, Department of Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 12700 E 19th Ave, Box B182, Aurora, CO 80045 (ude.revnedcu@nedlig.nod).
Analysis of 36 individuals over age 60 years who were immunized with Zostavax revealed varicella zoster virus (VZV) DNA in swabs of skin inoculation sites obtained immediately after immunization in 18 (50%) of 36 subjects (copy number per nanogram of total DNA, 28 to 2.1 × 106) and in saliva collected over 28 days in 21 (58%) of 36 subjects (copy number, 20 to 248). Genotypic analysis of DNA extracted from 9 random saliva samples identified vaccine virus in all instances. In some immunized individuals over age 60, vaccine virus DNA is shed in saliva up to 4 weeks.
Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is a neurotropic alphaherpesvirus. Primary infection usually causes varicella (chicken pox) in children. Airborne VZV enters the nasopharynx and replicates in tonsillar T cells followed by viremia and skin lesions [1, 2]. After primary infection, VZV becomes latent in neurons of cranial nerve ganglia, dorsal root ganglia, and autonomic ganglia along the entire neuraxis. Decades later, VZV reactivates in elderly and immunocompromised individuals to produce zoster (shingles), a syndrome characterized by pain and a vesicular rash on an erythematous base in 1–3 dermatomes. Zoster is common, with ∼1,000,000 cases annually in the United States. Importantly, zoster is often followed by chronic pain (postherpetic neuralgia [PHN]) as well as by meningoencephalitis, cerebellitis, cranial nerve palsies, vasculopathy, myelopathy, and multiple inflammatory diseases of the eye [3].
To prevent zoster and its attendant neurological complications, Zostavax vaccine (Merck) was approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in individuals at least 60 years of age. Over a 3-year period, Zostavax effectively reduced the risk of zoster by 51% and PHN by 66% in nearly 20,000 healthy adults age 60 years or older [4]. Zostavax contains live attenuated VZV, and the package insert warns newly vaccinated individuals to avoid contact for an unspecified time with newborn infants, immunosuppressed individuals, and pregnant women who have not had chicken pox or have not been immunized for chicken pox. Because VZV DNA is present in saliva of zoster patients for at least 2 weeks [5] and VZV in saliva can also be infectious [6], we examined the inoculation site and saliva of Zostavax-vaccinated subjects for the presence of VZV DNA for 4 weeks after immunization.
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Study – Contact vaccinia from recently vaccinated British soldiers
SIR,-The recommendations and medicolegal implications of smallpox vaccination have been discussed in these columns on several occasions
(11 October 1980, p 1004; 25 October, pp 1141 and 1142).
Although vaccination for the public is no longer necessary it is worth noting, as Minerva pointed out (4 April, p 1163), that it continues to be offered to the British Army (both regular and reserve). The risk of transmission of vaccinia by recently vaccinated soldiers to their close and immediate susceptible contacts therefore is likely to increase. This has been illustrated in the following case. A 23-year-old Scottish housewife was referred to the gynaecology department of this hospital on 17 December from the local family planning clinic for confirmation of diagnosis of presumed genital herpes simplex infection. The patient had developed painful itchy lesions on the vulva one week previously and she had also noticed similar lesions on her left loin and ear lobe. On examination she had large moist umbilicated vesicles on the vulva as well as on her left hip and left ear lobe. A clinical diagnosis of vaccinia was confirmed at the regional virus laboratory, Ruchill Hospital, by electron microscopy, and vaccinia virus was isolated in cell culture. These lesions rapidly regress,.d and healed with local application of betadine paint. The history of contact with a vaccinated person was not volunteered; but on close questioning it was revealed that the patient’s husband, who had joined the Royal Air Force, had been vaccinated three weeks previously and had been home at weekends. The patient herself had not been vaccinated in the past. In 1980, of six reported incidents of contact vaccinia received by the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre,1 one was almost identical to our own case: a young woman whose soldier husband had been vaccinated three weeks previously developed genital vaccinia. Another case was in a soldier who had taken part in a boxing match and may have been infected by a colleague. The immediate and obvious question that arises is whether vaccination in the armed Forces is justifiable when there is no valid medical reason for it, and it is no longer necessary for international travel (except to Chad and democratic Kampuchea). The policy of smallpox vaccination has been discussed in a recent editorial of the Jrournal of the Royal Army Medical Corps2 and the main argument for vaccination seems to be to protect the Forces against the possible use of smallpox virus by an enemy as an agent of biological warfare. If the vaccination of the army personnel should continue because of this unlikely but perfectly feasible threat of germ warfare, one can only endorse the view that “Continued education of service personnel and their contacts about the risk and its prevention is now, therefore, even more essential than before.”3 Otherwise we might see more cases of genital vaccinia in women transmitted from recently vaccinated young, healthy, virile British soldiers.
National Institutes of Health – Feb 2012
Study – Contact transmission of vaccinia virus from smallpox vaccinees in the United States, 2003-2011.
Wertheimer ER, Olive DS, Brundage JF, Clark LL.
Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center, 11800 Tech Road, Suite 220, Silver Spring, MD 20904, USA. ellen.wertheimer@us.army.mil
Since 2002, approximately 40,000 US civilians and 2.1 million military personnel have been vaccinated against smallpox. The vaccine contains live vaccinia virus that can be transferred through physical contact. This report summarizes numbers, rates, and characteristics of contact vaccinia cases that presented between December 2002 and March 2011. Cases were identified from reports in adverse event reporting systems and peer-reviewed literature. One hundred fifteen cases of vaccinia transmission through contact were identified (5.4 per 100,000 vaccinees); 52 reports (45%) noted laboratory confirmation. Three-quarters of vaccinees, but fewer than 8% of contact vaccinia cases, were described as military members. Most cases were household or intimate contacts (n=86, 75%) or wrestling partners (n=18, 16%) of vaccinees. Nearly all cases manifested mild, local skin reactions; of 14 hospitalized cases, one was life-threatening. Vaccinia transmission from vaccinees is relatively infrequent. Continued attention to both vaccinee education and screening for contraindications to vaccination is appropriate.
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Isaiah 53 – Old testament Prophecy about Jesus
1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant,and as a root out of a dry ground:he hath no form nor comeliness;and when we shall see him,there is no beauty that we should desire him.
3 He is despised and rejected of men;a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief:and we hid as it were our faces from him;he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs,and carried our sorrows:yet we did esteem him stricken,smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions,he was bruised for our iniquities:the chastisement of our peace was upon him;and with his stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray;we have turned every one to his own way;and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,yet he opened not his mouth:he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter,and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb,so he openeth not his mouth.
8 He was taken from prison and from judgment:and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living:for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
9 And he made his grave with the wicked,and with the rich in his death;because he had done no violence,neither was any deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him;he hath put him to grief:when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin,he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days,and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied:by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many;for he shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great,and he shall divide the spoil with the strong;because he hath poured out his soul unto death:and he was numbered with the transgressors;and he bare the sin of many,and made intercession for the transgressors.
The Only Sin That Leads To Hell – Kenneth E Hagin
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Vaccine News – Study – Varicella Zoster Virus DNA at Inoculation Sites and in Saliva After Zostavax Immunization & VAXXED TV – IT’S NOT JUST THE MMR
National Institutes of Health – Aug 1977
Study – Chronic progressive poliomyelitis secondary to vaccination of an immunodeficient child.
Davis LE, Bodian D, Price D, Butler IJ, Vickers JH.
We investigated an immunodeficient child in whom chronic progressive poliomyelitis developed after she had received live oral poliovirus vaccine. Poliovirus, Type II, was isolated from throat and stool during life and from several sites within the brain at autopsy. The brain isolate was classified as vaccine-like on the basis of temperature sensitivity and antigenic markers. However, in the monkey neurovirulence test, the brain isolate produced moderately severe lesions throughout the spinal cord and brainstem and appeared nonvaccine-like. Thus, the brain isolate demonstrated a dissociation between the antigenic and neurovirulence markers. Our observations suggest that, under unusual circumstances, such as immunodeficiency, attenuated poliovirus can produce a chronic progressive neurologic disease. This case also emphasizes the need to diagnose immunodeficiency as early as possible, so that live-virus vaccines will not be administered.
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IT’S NOT JUST THE MMR
Gardasil killed my 16 year old daughter
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Vaccine News – You Can Say NO, To Mandatory Vaccination And Suffer No Penalty
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Study – Relevance of Neuroinflammation and Encephalitis in Autism
Published online 2016 Jan 19
In recent years, many studies indicate that children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis have brain pathology suggestive of ongoing neuroinflammation or encephalitis in different regions of their brains. Evidence of neuroinflammation or encephalitis in ASD includes: microglial and astrocytic activation, a unique and elevated proinflammatory profile of cytokines, and aberrant expression of nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells. A conservative estimate based on the research suggests that at least 69% of individuals with an ASD diagnosis have microglial activation or neuroinflammation. Encephalitis, which is defined as inflammation of the brain, is medical diagnosis code G04.90 in the International Classification of Disease, 10th revision; however, children with an ASD diagnosis are not generally assessed for a possible medical diagnosis of encephalitis. This is unfortunate because if a child with ASD has neuroinflammation, then treating the underlying brain inflammation could lead to improved outcomes. The purpose of this review of the literature is to examine the evidence of neuroinflammation/encephalitis in those with an ASD diagnosis and to address how a medical diagnosis of encephalitis, when appropriate, could benefit these children by driving more immediate and targeted treatments.
Flu shots with side-effects on offer again
Natasha Bita, Consumer Editor
TheAustralian – 12:00AM February 16, 2012
Perth mother Kirsten Button, whose toddler Saba suffered brain damage after her Fluvax shot in 2010, said yesterday she was “shocked” the government would award the contract to CSL when it did not know why Fluvax had caused so many febrile convulsions. “What assurance does the public have, when they have not explained to us what happened with Fluvax in the first place?” Ms Button said.
She said Saba had been in perfect health before her flu shot, but 16 hours later was on life support, with brain injury and organ damage.
Now two months shy of her third birthday, Saba has epilepsy and is fed through a tube.
“She doesn’t talk, she doesn’t walk, she doesn’t eat and she can’t see properly,” Ms Button said. However, the little girl does occasionally reward her parents with a smile.
CSL was awarded the $117m contract in December, and the information was published on the federal government’s tender database last Friday.
Sanofi-Aventis was awarded a $69.5m contract while GlaxoSmithKline received a $14.7m contract – both to supply seasonal and pandemic flu vaccines for five years.
The contracts coincide with a new TGA review that reveals the risk of side-effects in adults from Fluvax in 2010 was “modestly higher” than for two rival brands.
Fluvax was 14.5 times more likely to cause a headache and nine times more likely to cause fatigue than Vaxigrip.
The data – based on an analysis of “adverse events” in adults vaccinated during the 2010 flu season – reveals Fluvax was 4.4 times more likely to cause vomiting and 10.7 times more likely to cause injection site pain than Influvac, made in The Netherlands for Abbott Australasia.
Lessons learnt in Japan from adverse reactions to the HPV vaccine: a medical ethics perspective
The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has been linked to a number of serious adverse reactions. The range of symptoms is diverse and they develop in a multi-layered manner over an extended period of time. The argument for the safety and effectiveness of the HPV vaccine overlooks the following flaws: (i) no consideration is given to the genetic basis of autoimmune diseases, and arguments that do not take this into account cannot assure the safety of the vaccine; (ii) the immune evasion mechanisms of HPV, which require the HPV vaccine to maintain an extraordinarily high antibody level for a long period of time for it to be effective, are disregarded; and (iii) the limitations of effectiveness of the vaccine. We also discuss various issues that came up in the course of developing, promoting and distributing the vaccine, as well as the pitfalls encountered in monitoring adverse events and epidemiological verification.
VaxXed Stories: Jena in Seattle
Jena shares the story of her two boys vaccine injuries with the VaxXed team in Seattle, Washington. Camera and editing by Joshua Coleman
Study – Autism Occurrence by MMR Vaccine Status Among US Children With Older Siblings With and Without Autism
Importance Despite research showing no link between the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism spectrum disorders (ASD), beliefs that the vaccine causes autism persist, leading to lower vaccination levels. Parents who already have a child with ASD may be especially wary of vaccinations.
Objective To report ASD occurrence by MMR vaccine status in a large sample of US children who have older siblings with and without ASD.
Design, Setting, and Participants A retrospective cohort study using an administrative claims database associated with a large commercial health plan. Participants included children continuously enrolled in the health plan from birth to at least 5 years of age during 2001-2012 who also had an older sibling continuously enrolled for at least 6 months between 1997 and 2012.
Exposures MMR vaccine receipt (0, 1, 2 doses) after 1 year of age.
Main Outcomes and Measures ASD status defined as 2 claims with a diagnosis code in any position for autistic disorder or other specified pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) including Asperger syndrome, or unspecified PDD (International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification 299.0x, 299.8x, 299.9x).
Results Of 95 727 children with older siblings, 994 (1.04%) were diagnosed with ASD and 1929 (2.02%) had an older sibling with ASD. Of those with older siblings with ASD, 134 (6.9%) had ASD, vs 860 (0.9%) children with unaffected siblings (P < .001). MMR vaccination rates (≥1 dose) were 84% (n = 78 549) at age 2 years and 92% (n = 86 063) at age 5 years for children with unaffected older siblings, vs 73% (n = 1409) at age 2 years and 86% (n = 1660) at age 5 years for children with affected siblings. MMR vaccine receipt was not associated with an increased risk of ASD at any age. For children with older siblings with ASD, at age 2, the adjusted relative risk (RR) of ASD for 1 dose of MMR vaccine vs no vaccine was 0.76 (95% CI, 0.48-1.22; P = .25), and at age 5, the RR of ASD for 2 doses compared with no vaccine was 0.56 (95% CI, 0.30-1.04; P = .07). For children whose older siblings did not have ASD, at age 2, the adjusted RR of ASD for 1 dose was 0.91 (95% CI, 0.68-1.20; P = .50) and at age 5, the RR of ASD for 2 doses was 1.09 (95% CI, 0.76-1.54; P = .65).
Conclusions and Relevance In this large sample of privately insured children with older siblings, receipt of the MMR vaccine was not associated with increased risk of ASD, regardless of whether older siblings had ASD. These findings indicate no harmful association between MMR vaccine receipt and ASD even among children already at higher risk for ASD.
Says 1 in 45 Children Now Have Autism. Don’t Worry, Nothing To See Here
A total of 2.24% of U.S. children (1 in 45 children) aged 3 to 17 years have autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to new statistics released by the 2014 National Health Interview Survey. The new figure is up from 1.25% reported from 2011 to 2013. The prevalence of developmental delay fell to 3.57% from 4.84%, while the rate of intellectual disability remained virtually unchanged at 1.1%.1
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) attributes the significant jump in autism rates on the new format of the survey, which asked parents about autism before asking them if their child had an “other developmental delay.”1 In other words, the change in the order of the questions in the survey may have influenced parents to more likely report autism.
Regardless of the revised question ordering, the rates of autism have continued to increase dramatically during the past three decades:
1980’s: Two studies (1987 & 1989) found 1 in 2500-3000 U.S. children had autism2 3
2000: American Academy of Neurology and Child Neurology Society estimate 1 in 500 US children had autism. 2003-2004: Study (2006) revealed 1 in 188 U.S. children had autism5
2007: CDC states 1 in 150 U.S. children had autism6
2012: CDC states 1 in 88 U.S. children had autism8
2014: CDC states 1 in 68 U.S. children aged eight had autism9
Even though in 2014, the CDC “officially” admitted that 1 in 68 US children eight years old were found to have autism, in 2013 a CDC national health survey found that 1 in 50 children between the ages of 6 and 17 were diagnosed with ASD in 2011-2012.10 The authors of that 2013 federal health survey stated that:
The reported prevalence of ASD has increased in recent decades. For example, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) revealed a nearly fourfold increase in parent-reported ASD between the 1997–1999 and 2006–2008 surveillance periods, and CDC’s Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network revealed a 78% increase in ASD prevalence between 2002 and 2008.
MARC J. BERN & PARTNERS LLP Files Lawsuits For A Hundred Individuals Against Merck Alleging Shingles/Zostavax Vaccine Is Defective*
MARC J. BERN & PARTNERS LLP, the attorneys who last month filed their first complaint in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas on behalf of Jorja Bently, today have filed complaints for another 100 plaintiffs against Merck regarding its Shingles vaccine, Zostavax. The assertions are wide ranging and include plaintiffs claiming to have suffered various side effects which include contracting shingles, chickenpox, high blood pressure, intense neuropathic pain, eye injuries, headaches, dizziness amongst others.
It is alleged by Marc J. Bern & Partners LLP that “Merck knew and had reason to know that its Zostavax vaccine was inherently defective and unreasonably dangerous as designed” that “Merck downplayed the serious and dangerous side effects of its product to encourage sales of the product; consequently, Merck placed its profits above its customers’ safety.” According to founding Partner Marc J Bern, the firm is currently representing nearly 5000 claimants and has thousands more filings to follow. “We have been investigating this drug for quite some time. We steadfastly believe in the merits of this litigation. This vaccination is at best 50 percent effective. Either it is not effective or it causes shingles or a host of other side effects. What is most troubling is that Merck had a better alternative on hand when this product was released.” says Bern.
Thousands Sue Merck for Shingles Vaccine “Causing What It’s Supposed to Prevent”
By Annabelle Bamforth – April 22, 2017
Merck has explicitly stated that those who receive the Zostavax vaccine “may still get shingles.” However, Bouk argued that some people may be contracting shingles as a side effect of the vaccine itself due to the live virus strain in the vaccine, not because people are experiencing shingles despite the vaccine.
Bouk went on to say that “there is a study out there that shows that in 50% of the patients that actually get the vaccine, that sometimes they don’t get shingles — the virus goes straight to manifesting in the central nervous system. It’s possible that you could get the vaccine and get meningitis or encephalitis without ever actually exhibiting shingles.” Bouk advises that patients weigh the risks of Zostavax before receiving the vaccine.
While GSK seeks approval of Shingrix, which could lead to their product edging out Zostavax, a large number of claims have been filed against Merck. The Mark J. Bern Partners law firm “is currently representing nearly 5000 claimants and has thousands more filings to follow.”
Shingles Vaccine Zostavax Is Causing What It’s Designed To Prevent
By now I think most people have seen the commercials on television telling us that if we’ve ever had the chicken pox at any point in our lives, then the shingles virus is already inside of us. As it stands right now, there is a vaccine for shingles called Zostavax, but what we’re finding out now about this vaccine makes it seem like it might be pretty dangerous or at least cause some side effects that are actually the same as what we’d see from shingles. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins talks with Attorney Troy Bouk about the dangers associated with Zostavax.
London UK vaccine injuries #vaxxed #praybig #truth #science
You Can Say NO, To Mandatory Vaccination And Suffer No Penalty
INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW STATES – IT IS ILLEGAL TO TAKE AWAY ANYONES RIGHT OF INFORMED CONSENT! THAT LAW STILL STANDS!
Informed Consent!
The Supreme Court has spoken: even a “…diminished expectation of privacy does not diminish [your] privacy interest in preventing a government agent from piercing [your] skin…. this Court has never retreated from its recognition that any compelled intrusion into the human body implicates significant, constitutionally protected privacy interests…” (Missouri v McNeely, 2013
members of the public have the right to make informed consent decisions, even if a decision may be considered a “bad” decision by the Government. The Supreme Court indicated, in Thompson v Western States 2016
Significantly, there is also the UN Declaration on BioEthics, negotiated in Geneva, using language similar to the Nuremberg Code and clearly applies to both treatment and experiment:
Article 6 – “Consent – 1. Any preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic medical intervention is only to be carried out with the prior, free and informed consent of the person concerned, based on adequate information. The consent should, where appropriate, be express and may be withdrawn by the person concerned at any time and for any reason without disadvantage or prejudice. 2. Scientific research should only be carried out with the prior, free, express and informed consent of the person concerned. The information should be adequate, provided in a comprehensible form and should include modalities for withdrawal of consent. Consent may be withdrawn by the person concerned at any time and for any reason without any disadvantage or prejudice.
You Can Say NO, To Forced Vaccination And Suffer No Penalty. But, You Have To make A Statement In A Legal Way, In A Specific Way,
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Vaccine News – “It took me 7 years to teach him how to chew”
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Study – Clinical clues for autoimmunity and neuroinflammation in patients with autistic regression.
The charts of 206 children with ASD and 33 diagnosed with autistic regression variant were reviewed. The incidence of febrile illness in the 6 months prior to initial parental concern was significantly higher in the children with autistic regression compared with those with ASD (30% vs 0%; p<0.001). The overall prevalence of familial autoimmunity was also higher in children with autistic regression compared with those with ASD (33% vs 12%; p<0.001). Type 1 diabetes and autoimmune thyroiditis were both more common in families with children with autistic regression. Other non-immune risk factors did not differ between the two groups.
INTERPRETATION:
Our findings suggest that predisposition to autoimmunity, and immune/inflammatory activation, may be associated with autistic regression.
The Vaccine Science Contradiction
The modern human race has been thriving and evolving for at least the last 200,000 years according to Anthropologists. Vaccines have only been around for less than 200 years. So how did humans survive for the 199,800 years before that. The answer is that you are born with a fully functioning immune system, capable of self-immunization. Vaccines are not required for immunization. Your body does it automatically. Just like 10,000 generations of your ancestors who also survived without vaccines. If your immune system didn’t work automatically to keep you alive then you would have never been born.
The Amazing Dr. Franz from Orlando.
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Episode 7 of The Truth About Vaccines is NOW PLAYING. Tonight’s episode is all about Vaccine alternatives and Freedom of Choice. Super important for you to see.
Aluminium Adjuvants Have Never Been Approved For Use In Vaccination
In a press release, describing Professor Exley’s latest paper, the founder of the Dwoskin Family Foundation, Mrs. Claire Dwoskin wrote:
“Research at Keele University led by Professor Christopher Exley aims to understand the toxicity of aluminum adjuvants in vaccinations and their latest findings are now published in Nature’s ‘Scientific Reports.
In a project funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the Dwoskin Foundation the group at Keele investigated the relationship between the physicochemical properties of aluminum adjuvants and the immune response. Specifically, they show that the reaction of the aluminum adjuvant at the injection site will determine its subsequent fate and therefore its activity both at the injection site and away from the injection site.
One form of aluminum adjuvant which is most commonly used in vaccines is an aluminum hydroxyphosphate salt and is more toxic at the injection site than the second form of aluminum adjuvant, also commonly used in vaccines, aluminum oxyhydroxide salt. However, the latter is more easily loaded into immune reactive cells with the possibility to be transported throughout the body. It is suggested by the Keele research that this loading of aluminum into viable cells offers a mechanism whereby significant amounts of aluminum, a known neurotoxin, might be translocated throughout the body and even across the blood brain barrier and into the central nervous system.” [2, 3, 4]
Countless Childhood Vaccinations Contain Aluminum
By now I think most people have seen the commercials on television telling us that if we’ve ever had the chicken pox at any point in our lives, then the shingles virus is already inside of us. As it stands right now, there is a vaccine for shingles called Zostavax, but what we’re finding out now about this vaccine makes it seem like it might be pretty dangerous or at least cause some side effects that are actually the same as what we’d see from shingles. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins talks with Attorney Troy Bouk about the dangers associated with Zostavax
Dying 13 Year Old Diagnoses Her Own HPV Vaccine Injury that Stumped Doctors
Health Impact News Editor Comments
One of the true tragedies in modern medicine is the refusal to consider vaccine injuries when diagnosing or treating disease. The U.S. government acknowledges that people die and are injured by vaccines, as is evidenced from the Department of Justice’s quarterly reports on settlements in vaccine court: http://vaccineimpact.com/vaccine-injuries-and-deaths-compensated-through-vaccine-court/
However, medical students are given no training in recognizing or treating vaccine injuries, and no studies are ever conducted to find out why some children suffer from vaccines while others do not.
In this story out of the U.K., a 13 year old girl accomplishes something her doctors could not do, and that was diagnose her own life-threatening disease by researching all of the possibilities, without excluding vaccine injuries, something that apparently handicapped her doctors. She discovered that she suffered from an autoimmune disease after receiving the HPV vaccine.
Professor Hamamoto talks about the persecution he faces at UC Davis after speaking the truth to his students. #Vaxxed #DarrylHamamoto #SenatorPan #SB277 #OperationPaperClip
Camera, editing and sound by Joshua Coleman.
“It took me 7 years to teach him how to chew”
Nancy Kirkman’s son was severely injured by vaccines at 3 months of age. The family has been subjected to immense heartache and cruelty.
Interview recorded on February 2, 2017 in San Diego, California.
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Baby’s Health Rapidly Declines After Receiving 13 Vaccines at One Time – Mom Accused of Abuse for Disagreeing with Doctors
Durenda and her son KJ on his 1st birthday, before he had 8 shots in one day.
by Health Impact News/MedicalKidnap.com Staff
A young Georgia mother had no idea that a routine trip to the pediatrician’s office for her son’s 1 year check-up would change her son’s life forever, and leave her fighting the state for custody of her own son. When the nurse-practitioner told her that her son was a little behind on his shots and they would need to catch up, Durenda Whitehead didn’t question the need for the vaccines. She did, however, question the safety of giving 13 vaccines at once.
Durenda’s pediatrician assured her that it was fine:
I can give up to 20 at one time.
Durenda was unaware of a research study published in the summer 2016 edition of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons by Neil Z. Miller entitled, “Combining Childhood Vaccines at One Visit Is Not Safe.” In a press release, Miller wrote:
Our study showed that infants who receive several vaccines concurrently…are significantly more likely to be hospitalized or die when compared with infants who receive fewer vaccines simultaneously.
Baby’s Health Declines After 13 Vaccines in One Day
During his first year of life, little KJ had a few bouts with respiratory illness, but on January 16, 2017, he was healthy, happy, and active.
Study – Combining Childhood Vaccines at One Visit Is Not Safe
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Skip that Newborn Vitamin K Shot
How much synthetic vitamin K is in the shot? Shockingly, the national standard mandated by most states for US hospitals to administer is over 100 times the infant’s RDA of this nutrient. Since studies have linked large doses of vitamin K with childhood cancers and leukemia, this large dose of synthetic K administered within minutes of birth seems questionable at best.
The fact is that medical science still does not know that much about the metabolic fate of vitamin K. Little to no unmetabolized vitamin K shows up in urine or bile. This is disturbing given the fact that vitamin K is a fat soluble vitamin and therefore has the potential to accumulate in body tissues. More disturbing is that the liver of a newborn does not begin to function until 3 or 4 days after birth. As a result, this little being has very limited to no ability to detoxify the large dose of synthetic vitamin K and all other the dangerous ingredients in the injection cocktail including:
– Phenol (carbolic acid – a poisonous substance derived from coal tar)
– Benzyl alcohol (preservative)
– Propylene glycol (better known as “edible” antifreeze)
– Acetic acid (astringent, antimicrobial agent)
– Hydrochloric acid
– Lecithin
– Castor oil
The manufacturer’s insert included with the shot includes the following warning:
Severe reactions, including fatalities, have occurred during and immediately after intravenous injection of phytonadione [synthetic Vitamin K] even when precautions have been taken to dilute the vitamin and avoid rapid infusion ….
The manufacturer’s insert is no exaggeration of the risks. On October 17, 2013, a case of anaphylactic shock in a newborn from the synthetic vitamin K shot was reported making the possibility of death from this shot a a very real side effect
Anaphylactic shock due to vitamin K in a newborn and review of literature
Newborn infants are born with an immature innate immunity. They are less likely to develop anaphylaxis since their immune system is weaker than older infants and children. There are only a few reports of side effects after vitamin K injection in neonates although prophylaxis against hemorrhagic disease of the newborn with this drug has been in routine practice in all over the world for many years. We herein report a case of anaphylactic shock developing after the intramuscular administration of vitamin K1 in a newborn. To our knowledge, this patient is the first case of neonatal anaphylactic shock developing due to intramuscular administration of vitamin K1. We suggest the clinicians should be aware of this possibility of potentially fatal adverse effect occurring with intramuscular administration of vitamin K1.
Does this make any sense to you? It makes absolutely no sense to me. How could anyone say that this shot is safe and effective for newborns?
Is There Vaccine Cause-And-Correlation Regarding The Dramatic Rise In Children’s Chronic Diseases?
Since the introduction of CDC’s hyper-vaccine schedule, which saw children’s vaccines schedules increase from 10 to 69 vaccines after the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act was passed into law, very young children are contracting chronic “old age type” diseases early in life—an anomaly heretofore not experienced demographically.
First off, obesity rates (2013-2014) for U.S. children between the ages of 6 and 11 years was 17.4% [1] Three leading causes of death in children between 1 and 4 years of age were congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. [1] Mandatory pregnancy vaccines have impact upon growing fetuses. For children 5 to 14 years of age, it’s cancer! [1] However, according to Contemporary Pediatrics [2] 2014 published data, cancer was the second leading cause of death for children between 1 and 9 years of age (11.8% of deaths). For infants, the third leading cause of death was sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS, 8.4%)—something that seemingly appeared in pediatric medicine context concomitantly with the increase in mandated vaccines, specifically with multi-valent vaccines, i.e., numerous vaccines given at one time. However, the CDC’s information about SIDS claims vaccines do not cause SIDS. Try telling that to many parents.
According to Focus for Health, 27% of U.S. children live with chronic diseases! [3] That website asks the question, “Why are today’s children sicker than ever before?” The answer: “While genes may play a role in obesity, asthma and ADHD, environmental and social changes are behind the surge, researchers said.”5 [Children Sicker Now Than in Past, Harvard Report Says] [4] That Harvard Report found a fourfold increase in childhood obesity; twice the asthma rate since the 1980s; and regarding diabetes: White children’s rate was 26.1 per 100,000; black children, 25.4 per 100,000; American Indian youth, 25 per 100,000 including the highest rate of type-2 diabetes. [4] According to the CDC, one in six children in the USA has a developmental disability, which represents a 17% rise between 1997 and 2008. [7]
Furthermore, are you aware the cost of fully vaccinating a child has increased by 2,700% during the last decade? Vaccines are extremely profitable for manufacturers, but very costly in terms of adverse health effects, medical bills for parents, and social issues (day care, school, jobs, welfare benefits, etc.) for infants, toddlers, teens and adults.
The Dangers Of Vaccines and Vaccination
Vaccines Are Unavoidably Unsafe
According to the US Food and Drug Administration, safety assessments for vaccines have not often included toxicity studies because vaccines have not been viewed as inherently toxic. Yet vaccines are legally defined as unavoidably unsafe.
It is not just childhood vaccines that come with substantial risk. Influenza vaccines, vaccines for sexually transmitted diseases, and others contain similar risks for adverse events. Also troubling is that vaccination is recommended now for pregnant women, even though vaccine package inserts clearly state they have not been tested on pregnant women, so the effects on the fetus can’t be known.
In the 1960s only a handful of childhood vaccines were given. The current CDC recommended vaccine schedule for children now has over 30 vaccines by the time a child turns 6 and an additional potential for up to 30 more by the time they reach 18. Could this increase be linked to our declining health? For example, currently:
One in six children in the US has a learning disability
Over 50% suffer from some type of chronic illness.
Cancer is the leading cause of death in our children
Autism rates have soared from 1 in 10,000 in 1990 to 1 in 68 today
Since genetic mutations change slowly over generations, we must look to environmental causes for these changes. While other environmental toxins certainly are at play in these statistics, disregarding the potential role to the amounts of toxin injected into children through vaccines is not only bad public policy, it is bad science. By disregarding the role of vaccines in our statistics for infant mortality and chronic diseases, we could be doing more harm than good in mandating, or even advising, them.
Vaccine Adverse Effects: Known Risks
The list of adverse side effects for vaccines is long and troubling. A quick scan of the Vaccine Injury Table kept by the Health Resource Center for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reveals that compensation for injury is possible from a variety of the most common vaccines given to children.
Adverse events are the reason the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program has paid out over 3 billion dollars from 1988 – 2016 despite the fact that only 1 in 5 claims receives any compensation at all. Studies reveal that a small fraction of those injured by vaccines ever file any claim at all since most doctors reject the notion that a problem was caused by a vaccine despite the reality that such problems are listed on the manufacturers product insert. You can learn more by reading this fficial document: National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.
Vaccines: Adverse Effects List
Various vaccines are linked to the following serious adverse reactions:
Anaphylactic shock
Aseptic meningitis, meningitis
Bell’s palsy, facial palsy, isolated cranial nerve palsy
Blood disorders such as thrombocytopenic purpura (a disease that destroys platelets need for clotting)
Cerebrovascular accident (stroke)
Chronic rheumatoid arthritis
Convulsions, seizures, febrile seizure
Encephalopathy and encephalitis (brain swelling)
Lymphatic system disorders
Myocarditis
Neurological syndromes including autism
Paralysis and myelitis including transverse myelitis
Pneumonia and lower respiratory infections
Skin and tissue disorders including eczema
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
Tinnitus (ringing in the ears)
Vaccine-strain versions of chicken pox, measles, mumps, polio, influenza, meningitis, yellow fever, and pertussis
Vasculitis (inflammation of blood vessels)
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Vaccine News – Infant Dies shortly after 6 Month Check Up at Daycare
The corrupt vaccine industry has the means and motive to stage a massive false flag “outbreak” to demand nationwide vaccine mandates
Sunday, April 02, 2017 by: Mike Adams
Vaccine companies have the means, the motive and the lack of ethics to wage false flag attacks against children
In this podcast, I explain how and why vaccine companies have the means, the motive and the lack of medical ethics to pull off “vaccine false flag” attacks that target children with live infectious agents (essentially biological weapons).
Even more, I predict that because the vaccine industry is losing the public relations war due to accelerating efforts of public education — such as The Truth About Vaccines documentary series that’s about to go public — the vaccine industry is unquestionably plotting to carry out a vaccine false flag “outbreak” and then blame the so-called “anti-vaxxers” for the medical mayhem that follows. This outbreak, in turn, will be used to demand nationwide vaccine mandates that criminalize “anti-vaxxers” and seek to place the government is a position of absolute control over your body.
Zika virus vaccine will genetically re-engineer your DNA
Saturday, April 01, 2017 by: Tracey Watson
(Natural News) Touted as “the next great epidemic,” just the words “Zika virus” are enough to strike fear into the hearts of millions. With every pregnant woman on high alert and female athletes bailing out of the Rio Olympics in terror last year, the mainstream media created an epidemic of hysteria far greater than the danger posed by the disease itself. With conditions like microcephaly (babies born with abnormally small heads) and Guillain-Barré syndrome (an autoimmune disorder in which the body attacks its own peripheral nervous system) being blamed on Zika, fear spread like a contagious disease – quickly and without reason.
But, stop and think: When was the last time you saw a Zika headline? How many babies actually ended up being born with microcephaly? How many people have you heard of that contracted Guillain-Barré after being infected with Zika?
Jon Rappaport, an award-winning investigative journalist, makes the point that with a vaccine like this, the sky would be the limit for the government. Under the guise of “vaccination,” DNA could be altered to make people more obedient or passive, intelligent and talented, subservient, etc.
Knowing as we do that the Zika hysteria was essentially a storm in a teacup, it really does make you wonder what the ulterior motive might be for developing such a vaccine, doesn’t it?
https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2017/03/24/zika-vaccine-watch-out-it-will-alter-your-dna/
Triplets Regress into Autism ALL ON THE SAME DAY — Genetics Could Not Do This! (VaxXed Story)
“We are living proof that they are all lying!”
“We were told it was genetic.”
“VACCINE INJURY IS REAL.”
They were told by Geneticists there’s no possible way that 3 children would shut off on the same day. That is absolutely STATISTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE – especially being 2 boys and 1 girl.
Studies show: Natural Mumps, Measles, Chicken Pox & Influenza viruses protect against cancer
VLA Comment: VACCINE POLICY IS HARMFUL TO THE POPULATION:
Getting this infectious disease “naturally” (as listed in the studies below) apparently prevents the disease. Clearly the above protocol (creating a genetically engineered virus strain) was advanced by researchers because they realized that “naturally gained” wild viruses protect against cancer. Hence, they thought, lets genetically engineer the virus in our labs to cure cancer that people are getting because vaccination does not impart the same complex protective quality as in nature. And besides we can patent it and make money on the vaccines, then make money on the disease it provokes and then make money on an artificial cure to an artificial vaccine.
Editor: So why don’t we get the natural diseases, like before we had the cancer epidemic that is the leading cause of death for children, and prevent cancer in the first place? The money make’s purpose is to design expensive pharmacuetical lab made genetic viruses that mimick natural virus in order to fix the cancer that we got by being artificially stimulating our immune system by be vaccinated.
VLA Comment: The above protocol uses genetically modified virus. But as Doctor Palevsky writes…”The assumption among these people is that the genetic information of the micro-organisms that cause these diseases does not already exist inside the human body before the injection occurs. This assumption is one of the deepest flaws in current scientific ‘thinking.’ Any attempt to protect against diseases by injecting them into the body, especially since so much of what comprises human DNA is reportedly of viral genetic origin, is a set-up to destroy the human species. It’s possible, and even likely, that the genetic material of these wide ranges of diseases, may already be a part of the human genome, even if the diseases are not present, and even if the people have never been exposed to anyone with the diseases”
MUMPS: Researchers investigated whether mumps might engender immunity to ovarian cancer through antibodies against the cancer-associated antigen MUC1 abnormally expressed in the inflamed parotid gland. Read more….
MEASLES: Albonico et al found that adults are significantly protected against non-breast cancers — genital, prostate, gastrointestinal, skin, lung, ear-nose-throat, and others — if they contracted measles (odds ratio, OR = 0.45), rubella (OR = 0.38) or chickenpox (OR = 0.62) earlier in life. [Med Hypotheses 1998; 51(4): 315-20].
MEASLES: Montella et al found that contracting measles in childhood reduces the risk of developing lymphatic cancer in adulthood [Leuk Res 2006; 30(8): 917-22].
MEASLES: Alexander et al found that infection with measles during childhood is significantly protective — it cuts the risk in half — against developing Hodgkin’s disease (OR = 0.53) [Br J Cancer 2000; 82(5): 1117-21].
MEASLES: Glaser et al also found that lymph cancer is significantly more likely in adults who were not infected with measles, mumps or rubella in childhood [In J Cancer 2005; 115(4): 599-605].
COMMON INFECTIONS: Gilham et al found that infants with the least exposure to common infections have the greatest risk of developing childhood leukemia [BMJ 2005; 330: 1294].
EARLY EXPOSURE TO INFECTIONS:Urayama et al also found that early exposure to infections is protective against leukemia [Int J Cancer 2011; 128(7): 1632-43]. Read more….
CHICKEN POX (VARICELLA Canniff J., Donson A.M., Foreman N.K., Weinberg A. Cytotoxicity of glioblastoma cells mediated ex vivo by varicella-zoster virus-specific T cells. J Neurovirol. 2011;17(October (5)):448–454. [PubMed] Canniff et al. reported an association between those individuals with clinical or laboratory evidence of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection and lower risk of glioma.A glioma is a type of tumor that starts in the brain or spine. It is called a glioma because it arises from glial cells.
CHICKEN POX IN CHILDHOOD: Silverberg J.I., Kleiman E., Silverberg N.B., Durkin H.G., Joks R., Smith-Norowitz T.A. Chickenpox in childhood is associated with decreased atopic disorders, IgE, allergic sensitization, and leukocyte subsets. Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2012;23(February (1):50–58. [PubMed Silverberg et al. also reported that wild-type VZV infection up to 8 years of age was found to be protective against atopic disorders that are thought to be “mediated by suppression of IgE production and allergic sensitization, as well as altered leukocyte distributions.
Dr Tony Bark rocks her interview with the truth. #thetruthaboutvaccines
You want Autism Awareness? Here it is. You tell me how we are supposed to leave our houses. Tell me how we are supposed to live in the community. I’m all ears. Because parents of kids with disabilities feel completely isoloated. And it’s not by our kid’s disabilities. It’s by the people in the world that refuse to acknowledge that our kids are part of this world. #autism #autismawareness
How Much Money Do Pediatricians Really Make From Vaccines?
If you want to be sure your pediatrician has your child’s best interest, this is mandatory reading. Pediatricians around the country have begun refusing to accept families who opt out of some or all vaccines. Thanks to a tip sent to Wellness & Equality by a reader, now we know why.
When my friend’s child suffered a life-threatening reaction to a vaccine a week after her first birthday, my friend assumed her pediatrician would write her a medical exemption from future vaccines. Shortly after receiving a routine set of vaccines, the happy, vibrant one-year-old spiked a 106 degree fever, began having seizures, and was hospitalized. When the unexplained “illness” passed after a week in the hospital, the little girl had lost her ability to walk. My friend describes how her daughter, who had learned to walk several months earlier at 9 months, suddenly “stumbled around like a drunk person” for weeks following the vaccines. My friend met with a team of pediatricians, neurologists, and naturopathic doctors, and they agreed: Her daughter had suffered a brain injury caused by a reaction to one of the vaccines. Hoping the injury would be temporary and that she might recover and ease her brain inflammation if they could help her small body quickly eliminate the vaccine additives that caused the reaction, my friend’s daughter underwent an intensive detoxification program overseen by a nutritionalist. Slowly, her daughter relearned to walk.
My friend is a practicing attorney who graduated from a Top 10 college. The evidence was overwhelming that her daughter’s reaction had been caused by vaccines, she told me.
But a few months later, when she took her daughter back into the pediatrician for a visit, he wanted to vaccinate her daughter again. She was baffled. Why?
Size and age-sex distribution of pediatric practice: a study from Pediatric Research in Office Settings.
Study participants cared for 529513 active patients (50.7% male). Each practitioner cared for an average of 1546 patients. The number of patients per practitioner was significantly higher in less-populated areas and in solo practices. Children aged 12 years and younger comprised 81% of the patients seen by Pediatric Research in Office Settings practitioners, and more than half of the children were aged 6 years or younger. Before age 5 years, boys accounted for a slightly, but significantly, higher number of patients, whereas after age 14 years, girls comprised a significantly larger proportion of patients.
The average number of 1546 patients per practitioner derived from these private practice data is in line with health maintenance organization-based estimates. Pediatric practitioners predominantly serve younger children. These data provide the only current national estimates of the size and age-sex distribution of independent pediatric practices, and can help pediatricians and health service researchers plan for the future provision of health care to children.
Infant Dies shortly after 6 Month Check Up at Daycare
April 4, 2017 By: Meg Kelley
An investigation was sparked after an infant died at a daycare facility in Riverside County on Monday, according to officials.
Kristin Watkins said she dropped off her 3-year-old son and 7-month-old daughter, Addison Watkins, at Worman Family Daycare at about 7 a.m. on Monday.
An hour later, she received a devastating call that her daughter was in full cardiac arrest. Crews with the Fire Department responded to the home in the 1200 block of Stepstone Court in Hemet and tried to save baby Addison Watkins. Kristen and Steve Watkins rushed to the hospital but by the time the couple arrived Addison was already pronounced dead, family friend Darnisha Tossell stated.
Kristin Watkins said her little girl had just received a clean bill of health from her doctor less than a week prior to her daughter’s passing.
Addison showed no obvious signs of trauma, police said in a press release. “I just want to know what happened to my baby. I just want answers,” Kristin Watkins told Eyewitness News in an interview.
These are the recommended shots that an infant receives at a 6-month check-up:
Hepatitis B (Hep B)
Rotavirus (RV)
DTaP (Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis)
Pneumococcal (PCV)
Polio (IPV)
Flu (Influenza) – Yearly starting 6 months
It was also noted that Kristin Watkins had recently pased down outgrown clothes of Addison’s on a swap group prior to her passing. Kristin had posted to retrieve them for keepsakes. It was noted Addison’s clothes were returned to the family. The families GoFund Me page can be found here: https://www.gofundme.com/3ki9lsw
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Merck’s Zostavax, the lucrative shingles vaccine, can allegedly cause shingles, serious injuries and even death. ClassAction.com attorneys are now investigating lawsuits on behalf of patients who have suffered life-threatening injuries after receiving this vaccine.
To learn more, visit: https://www.zostavaxhelp.com
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Vaccine News – Scientists Prove Those Vaccinated for Shingles Can Infect Others with Chicken Pox
Vaccines and autism: a new scientific review
By Sharyl Attkisson CBS News April 1, 2011, 7:55 AM
For all those who’ve declared the autism-vaccine debate over – a new scientific review begs to differ. It considers a host of peer-reviewed, published theories that show possible connections between vaccines and autism.
The article in the Journal of Immunotoxicology is entitled “Theoretical aspects of autism: Causes–A review.” The author is Helen Ratajczak, surprisingly herself a former senior scientist at a pharmaceutical firm. Ratajczak did what nobody else apparently has bothered to do: she reviewed the body of published science since autism was first described in 1943. Not just one theory suggested by research such as the role of MMR shots, or the mercury preservative thimerosal; but all of them.
Ratajczak’s article states, in part, that “Documented causes of autism include genetic mutations and/or deletions, viral infections, and encephalitis [brain damage] following vaccination [emphasis added]. Therefore, autism is the result of genetic defects and/or inflammation of the brain.”
The article goes on to discuss many potential vaccine-related culprits, including the increasing number of vaccines given in a short period of time. “What I have published is highly concentrated on hypersensitivity, Ratajczak told us in an interview, “the body’s immune system being thrown out of balance.”
University of Pennsylvania’s Dr. Brian Strom, who has served on Institute of Medicine panels advising the government on vaccine safety says the prevailing medical opinion is that vaccines are scientifically linked to encephalopathy (brain damage), but not scientifically linked to autism. As for Ratajczak’s review, he told us he doesn’t find it remarkable. “This is a review of theories. Science is based on facts. To draw conclusions on effects of an exposure on people, you need data on people. The data on people do not support that there is a relationship. As such, any speculation about an explanation for a (non-existing) relationship is irrelevant.”
Ratajczak also looks at a factor that hasn’t been widely discussed: human DNA contained in vaccines. That’s right, human DNA. Ratajczak reports that about the same time vaccine makers took most thimerosal out of most vaccines (with the exception of flu shots which still widely contain thimerosal), they began making some vaccines using human tissue. Ratajczak says human tissue is currently used in 23 vaccines. She discusses the increase in autism incidences corresponding with the introduction of human DNA to MMR vaccine, and suggests the two could be linked. Ratajczak also says an additional increased spike in autism occurred in 1995 when chicken pox vaccine was grown in human fetal tissue.
Study – Theoretical aspects of autism: causes–a review.
Autism, a member of the pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs), has been increasing dramatically since its description by Leo Kanner in 1943. First estimated to occur in 4 to 5 per 10,000 children, the incidence of autism is now 1 per 110 in the United States, and 1 per 64 in the United Kingdom, with similar incidences throughout the world. Searching information from 1943 to the present in PubMed and Ovid Medline databases, this review summarizes results that correlate the timing of changes in incidence with environmental changes. Autism could result from more than one cause, with different manifestations in different individuals that share common symptoms. Documented causes of autism include genetic mutations and/or deletions, viral infections, and encephalitis following vaccination. Therefore, autism is the result of genetic defects and/or inflammation of the brain. The inflammation could be caused by a defective placenta, immature blood-brain barrier, the immune response of the mother to infection while pregnant, a premature birth, encephalitis in the child after birth, or a toxic environment.
Study – The history of vaccinations in the light of the autism epidemic
Autism has been characterized as a behavioral disorder since it was first described by Leo Kanner in 1943. The number of autistic children has increased over the last decade. The incidence of autism was 1 in 10000 before the 1970s and has steadily increased to 1 in 150 in 2008 with a male:female predominance of 4:1. The cause of this epidemic has remained unknown, but several hypotheses have been studied. Many of these suggest an environmental trigger, such as the ethyl mercury contained in the preservative thimerosal, which has been used in vaccines since 1931. Other possible triggers associated with vaccinations are chemical toxins and live viruses. James has published studies suggesting a genetic predisposition in the families of autistic children, exposing them to a deficiency in glutathione and an inability to detoxify heavy metals. Vargas has shown autism to encompass ongoing inflammation in the brains of autistic children. The Hannah Poling vaccine decision was a landmark case. Poling’s family was awarded funds for ongoing medical care of an autistic child who was found to have mitochondrial dysfunction exacerbated by vaccines that left her with autistic behavior and seizures. Several studies have emerged supporting the fact that a significant number of autistic children do have mitochondrial dysfunction. The impact that the Poling case will have on the ability of parents of autistic children to gain access to funds to enable them to properly care for their children remains to be seen.
Nurse Whistleblower Confirms NICU Pre-term Babies Being Injured by Vaccines
Another Nurse Whistleblower Confirms: Routine NICU Vaccine Injury Happening
by Jefferey Jaxen
There is a quickening happening within the establishment medical community. An awakening that is challenging an unthinking, business as usual atmosphere.
Many within mainstream US medicine are arriving at the painful realization that their job is often to follow unethical orders and push the products of a monopolistic pharmaceutical industry.
If vaccines are safe, why has the US gov. paid out $3 BILLION to vaccine-injured families?
Sunday, March 01, 2015 by: L.J. Devon, Staff Writer
(NaturalNews) Vaccines are a very imperfect science, despite the good intentions of healthcare providers and parents seeking to protect their children from disease. Adverse, life-changing and deadly effects of vaccines are more common than ever. In fact, the US government has had to pay out over $3 billion to vaccine-injured families since 1986. Still think vaccines are safe?
The Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) lists several negative outcomes of vaccines. Many of these side effects are worse than the diseases these vaccines are for! VAERS reports that the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine is “linked to febrile seizures, which are a type of seizure that occurs in infants and young children in association with fever.” While these seizures hold no long-term consequences, they can be a frightening experience.
Worse yet, VAERS reports that a whole slew of vaccines, including MMR, varicella zoster, influenza, hepatitis B, meningococcal and tetanus “are linked to anaphylaxis.” Anaphylaxis shock can lead to sudden death. Many of these cases are under-reported, filed as SIDS, or sudden infant death syndrome.
Injection, regardless of vaccine type, is associated with loss of shoulder motion and fainting
Shingles Vaccine Side Effects
More Shingles Vaccine Side Effects
Here is a list of side effects the manufacturer claims:
allergic reactions, which may be serious and may include difficulty in breathing or swallowing
hives at the injection site
rash at the injection site
swollen glands near the injection site (that may last a few days to a few weeks)
Before taking any vaccine, know and understand the potential for side effects. Read the labels and do the research. Treat vaccines the same as any medicine you might be prescribed.
Posted by Claire Dwoskin on Sep 17, 2015 3:30:00 PM
For many years, the US government and mainstream media have continued to blame the unvaccinated community for the spread of infectious disease. We are constantly being bombarded with statements like the one written by Philip Ross and published in the International Business Times, which stated:
“The American classroom has become a battleground for parents who are threatened by the growing number of children not vaccinated against measles, one of the most highly contagious viruses in the world. The ongoing measles outbreak in the U.S. that started at Disneyland and has spread to 14 states has raised concerns over the country’s rising anti-vaccination movement, including whether the decision to vaccinate against such a dangerous disease should be left to parents, and what constitutes responsible childrearing. Should a child whose parents chose not to vaccinate be allowed to share the same pencils and playground as children whose parents did?”
Although the International Business Times had attempted to present the public with a balanced review of the situation facing parents, it is questionable as to whether they presented any real evidence to support their claims and they left many readers with unanswered questions.
Shingles Vaccines Cause Chicken Pox in the Unvaccinated
In 2011, a team of scientists headed by Duane L. Pierson published the paper Varicella Zoster Virus DNA at Inoculation Sites and in Saliva After Zostavax Immunization.
Their paper discusses whether or not individuals vaccinated with the shingles vaccine can remain infectious with the chicken pox virus after they had been vaccinated. To investigate this concern in more detail, the team studied 36 individuals over the age of 60 who had recently been vaccinated with the shingles vaccine, Zostavax. The scientists discovered that although the vaccine was efficient in reducing the incidence of shingles in the elderly, many of the skin and saliva samples tested positive for the varicella zoster virus (VZV) DNA for up to 28 days after vaccination.
Note: Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is a neurotropic alphaherpesvirus. Primary infection usually causes varicella (chicken pox) in children.
Inoculation site samples taken within 10 minutes after vaccination were positive for Zostavax VZV DNA in 18 (50%) of 36 subjects. The VZV DNA copy number per nanogram of total DNA ranged from 28 to 2.1 × 106 (Table 1), possibly reflecting the presence of infectious virus since no alcohol or other agent was used to wipe the skin after inoculation.
No saliva specimen collected immediately before immunization contained VZV DNA. During the first week after immunization, VZV DNA was detected in saliva of 21 (58%) of 36 subjects (13 men and 8 women). During the 28-day study period, VZV DNA was found in 11 (31%) of 36 subjects (5 men and 6 women) at day 14, in 10 (28%) of 36 subjects (6 men and 4 women) at day 21, and in 2 (6%) of 36 subjects (1 man and 1 woman) at day 28. Figure 1 shows the percent of immunized subjects who shed VZV DNA during the 28-day study period. VZV DNA copy numbers per nanogram of total DNA ranged from 20 to 248 (Table 1). Genotypic analysis of DNA from 9 random saliva samples revealed vaccine virus DNA in all instances (Table 1, bold); wild-type VZV DNA was not detected. In 15 (42%) of 36 vaccine recipients (6 men, 9 women), VZV DNA was not detected in saliva at any time during the 28-day study period.
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Merck Admits Shingles Vaccine Can Cause Eye Damage…and Shingles
Two important FDA approved changes to the warning label of Merck Pharmaceutical’s shingles vaccine, Zostavax, have been made since the controversial drug was introduced in 2006. The first was in August 2014, when, in addition to potentially causing chickenpox, another side effect was added: shingles! That’s right. The vaccine that had been – and continues to be — aggressively marketed to prevent seniors from contracting this excruciating condition was found to actually cause shingles in some individuals.
In February of this year, the FDA approved a label change to warn those who prescribe the Zostavax vaccine of another potential side effect: “Eye Disorders: necrotizing retinitis.”
Shingles Vaccine Eye Damage
The shinglesZostovax vaccine Merck Pharmaceuticals has been marketing since 2006 now comes with a warning that it could cause eye damage. February 17, 2016, the FDA approved a label change to Merck’s Zostamax vaccine prescribing information. The change to the label added “Eye Disorders: necrotizing retinitis.” Merck consequently faces Shingles Vaccine Lawsuits over this dubious vaccine.
Keratitis Vision Damage from Vaccines
WebMD reported that researchers found 20 cases of keratitis in children and adults that occurred within a month of receiving a chickenpox or shingles vaccine. Keratitis symptoms for adults developed within 24 days of vaccination, while symptoms in children began within 14 days of vaccination. Researchers concluded there is a probable relationship between the vaccine and the eye inflammation, though the study wasn’t designed to prove the vaccine actually caused the condition. (Of course it wasn’t.)
Keratitis causes inflammation and scarring of the eye tissue. If one fails to get treated fast, it can lead to permanent vision loss.
Health Sciences Institute (HSI) points out in a Jan 21, 2016 piece that the researchers say they don’t know why the shingles shot may cause keratitis, but we do know that keratitis has been linked to autoimmune disorders, and that shots like the shingles vaccine can profoundly short circuit the immune system.
The mainstream media didn’t miss a beat, of course, telling us that despite these little “side effects” (hardly worth a mention, really), it’s still a good idea to get the shingles vaccine, and never mind the fact that it barely works at all, or perhaps causes more cases of shingles than it prevents.
Shingles Vaccine causes Shingles
The mainstream failszostovax to tell us that the shingles vaccine causes shingles. Funny they leave that out, because even the FDA is aware now that the shingles vaccine features an absurd problem. In August 2014, FDA approved a change to the shingles vaccine warnings label to include that the shingles vaccine causes – wait for it – shingles! Yes, you read that right.
Shingles Vaccine Fails to Work as Advertised
HSI further points out that “UCLA researchers found that only one in 175 people who get the vaccine will be able to dodge a shingles flare-up. And if you’re over 70, you’d be lucky to get those odds.”
So these people from WebMD and other mainstream media outlets who take endless money in advertising from Big Pharma and never see a drug or vaccine campaign they don’t like, are now telling you it’s worth risking eye damage, maybe up to blindness, to take a shingles shot that fails more than 99 percent of the time, and uh, just happens to also give you shingles? That’s a chance worth taking? You take it, friend. We shall pass on the shingles vaccine.
Duane Pierson stated that:
No saliva specimen collected immediately before immunization contained VZV DNA. During the first week after immunization, VZV DNA was detected in saliva of 21 (58%) of 36 subjects (13 men and 8 women). During the 28-day study period, VZV DNA was found in 11 (31%) of 36 subjects (5 men and 6 women) at day 14, in 10 (28%) of 36 subjects (6 men and 4 women) at day 21, and in 2 (6%) of 36 subjects (1 man and 1 woman) at day 28.”
The authors concluded:
“Finally, that while transmission of vaccine virus has not been found among vaccine recipients, the detection of VZV DNA in saliva of Zostavax recipients for up to 28 days suggests that contact with saliva of recently immunized individuals represents a potential source of transmission.”
Study: Varicella Zoster Virus DNA at Inoculation Sites and in Saliva After Zostavax Immunization
Study: Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine Enhances Colonization of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus in Mice
Community interactions at mucosal surfaces between viruses, like influenza virus, and respiratory bacterial pathogens are important contributors toward pathogenesis of bacterial disease. What has not been considered is the natural extension of these interactions to live attenuated immunizations, and in particular, live attenuated influenza vaccines (LAIVs). Using a mouse-adapted LAIV against influenza A (H3N2) virus carrying the same mutations as the human FluMist vaccine, we find that LAIV vaccination reverses normal bacterial clearance from the nasopharynx and significantly increases bacterial carriage densities of the clinically important bacterial pathogens Streptococcus pneumoniae (serotypes 19F and 7F) and Staphylococcus aureus (strains Newman and Wright) within the upper respiratory tract of mice. Vaccination with LAIV also resulted in 2- to 5-fold increases in mean durations of bacterial carriage. Furthermore, we show that the increases in carriage density and duration were nearly identical in all aspects to changes in bacterial colonizing dynamics following infection with wild-type (WT) influenza virus. Importantly, LAIV, unlike WT influenza viruses, had no effect on severe bacterial disease or mortality within the lower respiratory tract. Our findings are, to the best of our knowledge, the first to demonstrate that vaccination with a live attenuated viral vaccine can directly modulate colonizing dynamics of important and unrelated human bacterial pathogens, and does so in a manner highly analogous to that seen following wild-type virus infection.
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Another Evacuation as Smoke Rises from Another Japanese Nuke Plant, Japanese Protest
Smoke was spotted at another nuclear plant in northeastern Japan on Wednesday, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said.
The company said smoke was detected in the turbine building of reactor No. 1 at the Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant around 6 p.m. (5 a.m. ET).
Smoke could no longer be seen by around 7 p.m. (6 a.m. ET), a company spokesman told reporters.
The Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant is about 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, where workers have been scrambling to stave off a meltdown since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami knocked out cooling systems there.
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'Wait-and-see' before assessing cold damage
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Crops, Lawn and Garden
Ms. Linda M. Breazeale
MISSISSIPPI STATE -- Homeowners and growers should not overreact to potential damage to plants in home landscapes caused by extreme cold snaps, such as the one that hit Mississippi the last week of February.
"Although our temperatures dipped into the teens, plants that are hardy to zone 7 and 8 should not be affected by those temperatures," said Sonja Skelly, ornamental horticulture specialist with Mississippi State University's Extension Service. "Plants that are hardy in zone 7 can withstand temperatures of zero to 10 degrees, and those hardy for zone 8 can withstand temperatures as low as 10 to 20 degrees."
Skelly said plants still may have suffered some damage because factors other than temperature also influence plant survival. Some of those factors include plant characteristics, plant health, soil, water availability and microclimates.
"Waiting and watching is the key to assessing the damage, especially since damage may not show up immediately," she said. "Examine plants over the next few days for leaves or flowers becoming brown, black and/or mushy. Remove these as soon as you notice them to help prevent diseases from attacking the plant."
Assessing the damage to wood on trees and shrubs is a little more involved.
"Watch the plant during the spring. If leaves are not sprouting and the wood appears dead, check the layer of wood directly under the bark for discoloration. If that layer is black or brown, prune back behind the discoloration, but wait until late spring for any pruning," Skelly said. "The median date for the last freeze ranges from March 1 to 11 for the coast to April 1 to 10 in north Mississippi. Since pruning stimulates new growth, that growth would be more susceptible to cold in the next few weeks."
Fruits and roots are the least tolerant of cold injury because they have little ability to adjust or build up tolerance to colder temperatures. The horticulturist said special efforts could protect some plants from similar cold snaps in the coming weeks.
Skelly said windbreaks, such as temporary coverings, can help protect plants from injury when sudden cold fronts pass through an area. Covers that reach the ground and do not come in contact with foliage help reduce the amount of radiant heat loss.
When extremely cold temperatures are eminent, place a light bulb or other heat source (60 watts is sufficient) under the cover to provide heat. Be extremely careful when doing this as it create is a potential fire hazard. Do not let the bulb or heat source come in contact with the plant or cover. Remove the covers and/or provide ventilation during the day to allow for the release of heat trapped by solar radiation.
Soil that is well-watered will absorb more heat and will then radiate heat again from the ground helping to increase the elevated temperature around the plants. However, poorly drained soils will result in weak and shallow root systems, which are more susceptible to cold injury.
"Mulching the soil is very important. Mulch helps reduce heat loss, thus minimizing temperature fluctuations and protecting the roots of plants," Skelly said.
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Build Static or Dynamic Blocks With the WP Block Builder Script
Today, Jeffrey Carandang released WP Block Builder, an npm script for developers to begin building WordPress blocks. It is just one of many such scripts in a sea of block scaffolding tools, but Carandang may just have the experience and clout to rise above the rest. Thus far, developers have downloaded his custom setup over 500 times.
Developers wanting to take a peek under the hood can also check out the project on GitHub.
It is almost impossible to dive into building blocks for WordPress without coming across some of Carandang’s work in the WordPress block space. He launched the ShareABlock community late last year. He has paved the way for other developers by experimenting with ideas in EditorsKit. He co-founded CoBlocks, which GoDaddy acquired in 2019. And, that’s just the tip of the Iceberg — yeah, he is involved in that too.
Now, he has decided to launch a block-building script in a field that is becoming increasingly crowded. Core WordPress has its own script. WebDevStudios recently launched a custom fork of that, and several others are floating around the WordPress ecosystem, each with slightly different takes on jump-starting the block-building process. However, when one of the experts in the world of WordPress blocks releases his own spin on getting developers set up, it is at least worth looking into.
“I initially created this tool for myself because I kept repeating similar processes when creating Gutenberg blocks plugins,” said Carandang. “Then upon building it out, I thought it would be helpful to others if I release this to the public since, with minimal configuration, it would be easier to just focus on building blocks. Based on my experience, setting up the webpack config takes time and is sometimes frustrating.”
Carandang has a plethora of experience in building blocks, so I am certain he has added all the small extras that help speed the development process along.
Unlike many similar scripts, WP Block Builder provides two example blocks by default. One is for handling the typical static content that is common with such scripts. However, the second is a dynamic, server-side block. This gives developers a taste of building two different block types with two sets of requirements to run. Other scripts also tend to be hyper-focused on launching a single-block plugin, which would be typical for releasing to the WordPress block directory. WP Block Builder provides a path to launching a plugin with multiple blocks if desired.
“My goal is to make it easy for first-time block developers to create a block, but I’ve also created a sample dynamic block for advanced users,” said Carandang. “This will provide a good playground for experimenting and familiarizing with each section of the block.”
Carandang wants developers to be able to dive directly into building blocks. He wants to bring some of the fun back to experimenting without the technology getting in the way, which often means hours wasted just getting the build tools in place.
“I’m gearing towards that feeling I had when I first started creating a WordPress theme,” he said. “Those times when I was changing codes to know how they work and confident enough that I could just install it freshly again if I ended messing it up.”
Carandang said he has not received any reported issues yet, so launch day is going off without a hitch. He is looking forward to seeing what blocks developers build in the future based on his setup.
“It’s aimed to be general enough to help developers to get started on creating block plugins immediately,” he said. “I’m still waiting for some feedback to help improve the process, but so far it seems to be doing good.”
Setting Up a Block Plugin
Dynamic block code from WP Block Builder.
WP Block Builder is a fork of the core WordPress Create Block script. It includes a few extra npm packages, but it is also heavy on installing several PHP packages via Composer. These are primarily for making sure developers are following coding standards.
Setup is simple. Developers merely need to run the npx wp-block-builder command to kick start the process. Upon running the command, WP Block Builder takes developers through a series of questions, which sets up the following fields:
Block slug
Plugin license
After installation, the plugin will have two blocks ready for experimentation. The first block is a basic container with text and background color settings. It also supports wide and full alignment. It works similarly to the core WordPress Group block. I prefer this starting point over the standard paragraph block.
The second block is a dynamic posts list. It offers enough complexity to see how dynamic blocks work while using a concept familiar enough for most WordPress developers to grasp: querying and looping through posts. The block has a single custom option for changing the number of posts.
The goal for making these two blocks available is to get plugin developers jumping head first into the code. Break things. Experiment. Study the code.
Long term, Carandang is hopeful the process will become even better for developers. “I’m in touch with Grzegorz Ziółkowski and Fabian Kägy from the Gutenberg team,” he said,” and they are creating a better way to support external npm packages directly with @wordpress/create-block. This would be helpful in both Block Builder and Gutenberg, and would help in improving the Gutenberg plugin development ecosystem.”
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Is There a Future for EM Research?
“I am not sure that any research should be performed in emergency department settings, and I suspect that many grant review study sections feel the same way. Patients come to the ED with an acute problem and they need clinical care, not research protocols and consent forms.”
Debunking the reigning myths that hinder emergency medicine research
These words of caution came recently from one of my non-emergency medicine research advisors, and they shocked me. I have long realized that within the eyes of federal funding agencies, emergency medicine is still the new kid on the block, without an organ system to call our own or a representative body at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). However, before I received this warning I had believed that EM had carved out a niche in the medical world that included overlapping and complementary roles in clinical care, research, and policy-making to ensure that our patients receive the best care possible – “Anyone, Anything, Anytime.” This essay will explore the roots of my advisor’s viewpoint and suggest counter arguments that I hope will generate additional discussion within the clinical, research, and policy-making communities of emergency medicine.
The Roots of Bias Against Emergency Medicine Research
Three core arguments contest promoting EM as an esteemed medical science alongside our professional colleagues who happen to be represented by institutes at federal agencies:
Vulnerable populations. By definition, EM provides care for individuals whose health concerns are acute, potentially life threatening, and often frightening. Within this time-deprived, emotional and chaotic milieu, how can EM investigators realistically obtain consent from subjects for complicated research? Is randomization possible in this environment? In addition, EM is a single-episode clinical care model without the ability to establish longitudinal rapport with our patients to gauge or communicate the potential risk or benefits of research participation. With this constellation of concerns, can meaningful and minimally biased research hope to succeed in the ED?
No organ system. EM manages a particular spectrum of disease, but does not claim one organ, age group, or gender as their own. The majority of federally-funded research in the U.S. is funneled through the NIH which has been separated into silos that specialize in a particular organ (heart, lung, blood, kidney), pathology (mental health, cancer), or age (pediatric, geriatric). In 2012, there is no “National Institute of Pre-hospital and Emergency Medicine”. In fact, by law, congress would need to close one institute to form a new one and none of the current institutes have volunteered to jump on the chopping block.
The result is that EM research is usually judged by non-EM professionals. Policy-makers have recognized this paradox. In 2006 the Institute of Medicine’s “State of Emergency Medicine” report recommended the formation of an organization to coordinate emergency activities across various segments of government and private sectors. The report noted that emergency-based research and research training could be improved, prompting NIH staff to assess the extent of funding for emergency care and emergency medicine research and research training. In response, the Emergency Care Coordination Center (ECCC) was officially opened in 2008 (see “EP Helms New Federal Emergency Care Agency” on www.epmonthy.com). However, without any NIH institute or independent funding stream, the ECCC impact has not had the effect that a theoretical “Institute of Emergency Medicine” would have.
Few RO1 (independent senior scientist) Funded Researchers. One of the most prestigious grants that federal agencies award is the “RO1”. There are other awards for more junior investigators, but the R-awards distinguish those bench or clinical investigators recognized by their peers as capable of independent investigations. These individuals become the mentors for junior scientists within their research realm and ultimately sit on the study sections that award grants to future scientists. Developing a critical mass to represent EM at federal agencies requires time and sustained commitment.
The Emergency Medicine Response
Vulnerable Populations. It is true that some EM patients – a minority – are critically ill and incapable of initially providing informed consent. Clearly, when contemplating experimental therapies, the risks and potential benefits must be clearly explained to patients and families. This is exactly why Institutional Review Boards (IRB) review research protocols wherever clinical research is conducted. The IRB evaluates the potential risks and benefits to the patient population within the context of clinical equipoise (scientific uncertainty). If no uncertainty exists about a diagnostic test or therapeutic intervention, than exposing any patients to the risk is unwarranted. Yet much, perhaps most, of what we do in medicine is not based upon scientific evidence.
To squelch scientific contemplation and investigation in EM will surely stifle the intellectual growth of our specialty and limit our ability to continue improving patient-centric outcomes. Recent history is filled with examples of emergencies that could only be assessed in the ED (acute myocardial infarction, acute ischemic stroke, post-cardiac arrest therapeutic hypothermia) with randomized controlled trials, yet mechanisms to protect these vulnerable patients were found.
Example: ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). The effectiveness of Intravenous Fibrinolytic Treatment in Acute Myocardial Infarction (GISSI) study proved that streptokinase reduced mortality and that the response was greater when administered sooner after symptom onset. The second International Study of Infarct Survival (ISIS-2) subsequently demonstrated reduced mortality with aspirin, which had a synergistic effect when combined with streptokinase. GUSTO-1 suggested a slight benefit of tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) over streptokinase. All of these studies were RCT’s recruiting vulnerable (acute MI) patients in hectic ED settings, not from cardiology offices or inpatient beds days after admission. Somehow these investigators found a way to ethically recruit and randomize vulnerable subjects and the result was to improve the management of acute myocardial infarction (decreased mortality and cardiac morbidity).
There is another perspective on vulnerable populations, too. The ED is the safety net for some. They either lack medical/dental insurance altogether or cannot afford the loss of wages that midday office appointments would mandate. Since the ED remains open around the clock and has relatively efficient one-stop shopping for diagnostic testing, prescriptions, and referrals, it is the only pragmatic medical interface for a segment of society. In fact, many of our patients would not obtain timely (or any) medical care if not for their access to the ED. If research neglects to assess new diagnostic tests or therapeutic interventions on this population, clinicians will remain uninformed about how scientific advances apply to this socio-economic segment of patients. While the intent of the “vulnerable population” label is to protect research subjects from predictable risks/harms that they may not be able to understand at the time of consent, completely blocking them access to medical research also ensures that they cannot benefit from medical research and that study findings from dissimilar populations will be applied to them.
No Organ System. The EM “organ system”
resides in a unique skill set of diagnosis, resuscitation, and acute stabilization. No other specialty possesses this unique skill set which is why the American Board of Emergency Medicine exists. In my opinion, as current and future investigators advance the frontiers of EM research using accepted methods for RCT’s (CONSORT), diagnostics (STARD), and meta-analyses (PRISMA), the benefits of the unique EM skill set for the individual patient will become increasingly apparent. This mandates the continuation of EM research into the future, which will require increasing funding opportunities as qualified investigators are developed. When the stakes are highest, shouldn’t our patients be able to rely on the highest quality evidence that can only be obtained in our unique setting?
Few R01 Funded Investigators. EM is a relatively young specialty. Within the research universe, EM investigators certainly have much to learn from our bench and clinical scientists in other specialties. The impetus is upon EM to identify and support their most promising investigators, while federal organizations need to ensure that the mentoring infrastructure, funding streams, and study section representation are adequate to ensure that EM patients receive care based upon the priorities and evidence established by and in ED settings. Recently, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (one institute within the NIH) established the Office of Emergency Care Research “to foster basic, translational, and clinical research and research training for the emergency setting”. This office is meant to provide a conduit between various NIH silos, but has no separate funding mechanism and the acting director is the Deputy Director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Not exactly an “Institute of Emergency Medicine,” but it’s a step.
Does EM research have a future? Most definitely. We have much to learn and probably more to teach our colleagues in other fields. As a specialty we will need to continue to identify and promote (academically and metaphorically) our most promising researchers, recognizing the distinct investigative fields of bench, clinical, and implementation science. The ultimate objective is to improve our patients’ outcomes through reliably efficient, cost-effective models of EM care. With presidential debates swirling around a fragile economic recovery and an unprecedented aging demographic while facing an astounding national debt, your voices and perspectives will be essential to ensure a seat at the table for EM research in coming decades. The next evolution in emergency care depends upon it!
Ken on May 16, 2012 5:57 pm
Great topic and article Chris.
Researcher on May 20, 2012 6:45 am
What are the top priorities?
Chris Carpenter on May 21, 2012 8:40 am
Prioritization depends upon who is asked. As a geriatric EM researcher, I would say that we need to study cost-effective models of caring for aging baby-boomers in the ED. Ask a Critical Care-EM researcher and you’ll receive opinions about ventilator management, central pressure monitoring, early goal directed therapy, or optimal pressor selection. Although all EM clinicians and researchers share an expertise in the “unique skill set of diagnosis, resuscitation, and acute stabilization”, we each have our biases about where EM can or should prioritize improvement efforts with more robust research data.
Personally, I think that the most systematic mechanism to establish priorities is to make the process transparent via open meetings and peer-reviewed publications. For examples, see http://pmid.us/21676064 or http://pmid.us/21498881 or http://pmid.us/21036294 or http://newfrontiers.americangeriatrics.org/chapter.php?ch=3.
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Dementia has long been a condition both prolific and mysterious, affecting loved ones in millions of families around the world. Alzheimer’s and other diseases blot out the memories of those they afflict, giving them the illusion of vanishing in plain sight as they are moved to assisted living or cared for at home. Author Lynn Casteel Harper, a Baptist minister and nursing home chaplain, explores our fears of aging and dementia, and the stigma around it. Harper’s personal experiences are presented alongside theology, history, science, and more, eventually confronting her own genetic risks of developing Alzheimer’s. It’s a complicated, enlightening look at how “losing” one’s mind butts up against our own perceptions of mortality.
An estimated 50 million people in the world suffer from dementia. Diseases such as Alzheimer’s erase parts of one’s memory but are also often said to erase the self. People don’t simply die from such diseases; they are imagined, in the clichés of our era, as vanishing in plain sight, fading away, or enduring a long goodbye. In On Vanishing, Lynn Casteel Harper, a Baptist minister and nursing home chaplain, investigates the myths and metaphors surrounding dementia and aging, addressing not only the indignities caused by the condition but also by the rhetoric surrounding it. Harper asks essential questions about the nature of our outsize fear of dementia, the stigma this fear may create, and what it might mean for us all to try to “vanish well.”
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Sugar Pie DeSanto: The Forgotten Queen of Chess Records?
By Every Record Tells A Story on January 12, 2015 • ( 6 )
There’s a song I heard recently that I haven’t been able to shake from my head. It’s a doozy of a song, soulful and funky, called “In The Basement” and it’s sung by Sugar Pie DeSanto and Etta James.
It’s a great duet and was recorded whilst both singers were recording stars of Chess Records in Chicago nearly fifty years ago.
Etta James I knew of course. I think we can assume even the most foggy-minded amongst us – a politician or high court judge, for example – will have at least a dim awareness of her work.
But who, I wondered, was Sugar Pie DeSanto?
It turns out the lady is still singing today – I hope she won’t mind my pointing out she will be eighty years old this year – and she has quite a history. This story – and the peak of her recording career – has been collected on a CD called “Go Go Power – The Complete Chess Singles 1961-1966”.
Growing up in the Fillmore area of San Francisco in the 1950s, Umpeylia Marsema Balinton was hanging out in a gang called the Lucky 20s with her friend Jamesetta Hawkins.
Peylia and Jamesetta sometimes got into trouble and Jamesetta Hawkins spent time in a junior detention centre. But they were both keen singers, and Hawkins formed a singing group called the Creolettes, which featured Peylia’s sister. In 1954, when Hawkins was just 15, The Creolettes auditioned for bandleader Johnny Otis.
Otis was so impressed, he offered to record them in Los Angeles the next day. When he asked Hawkins how old she was, she lied and said “18”. He then sent her home to get permission from her mother, who was in jail at the time. Hawkins forged the signature, Otis rechristened her group Etta James and the Peaches and the following year Etta James topped the R&B charts with “Roll With Me Henry”.
Not to be outdone, in 1955 Peylia entered a talent contest in Los Angeles. Johnny Otis saw her and offered to record her too. Just like he did with Etta James, Otis did a rechristening act and Sugar Pie DeSanto was born.
Success didn’t come overnight, but in July 1960 a single, “I Want To Know” reached #4 on the Billboard R&B chart. Offers of live work came flooding in, and a year later DeSanto was opening for James Brown for a year long tour. In 1962, she was signed by Chess Records for $10,000. Sugar Pie went on to have six hit singles on the Cashbox R&B chart.
It wasn’t just the USA that liked some Sugar Pie. DeSanto made quite an impression on the UK via sixties TV proto-pop show Ready Steady Go! in 1964.
With her hair in curlers, the four feet eleven inch high singer sang “I Don’t Wanna Fuss” whilst rolling around on the floor*. Her tour – on the American Folk Blues Festival package alongside Howling Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson and Lightnin’ Hopkins – was a great success, not least because of DeSanto’s performances which included wild dancing and back flips. The photos from the tour certainly show quite a character and performer. But then that’s what you might expect from someone who opened for James Brown for a year.
However, it wasn’t until 1965 that Billy Davis at Chess Records had the bright idea of bringing Etta James and Sugar Pie DeSanto – two old friends – back together. They cut three sides, two co-written by DeSanto and her writing partner. “In The Basement” was the highlight of those sessions.
Take a listen, and put on your dancing shoes…
Perhaps Etta James summed things up best herself in this quote:
“I recorded with my old friend from San Francisco, nutty wildass Sugar Pie DeSanto. I dug singing “In The Basement” a song that took us back to when we were kids cutting up, smearing on lipstick, kissing on boys, being bad gang girls with our homemade tattoos and floppy jeans. With happy voices chattering in the background, the record is an all night-long party with funky music blaring.”
* If anyone can trace YouTube footage of her performance, please let me know.
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This is why I love your blog. I never know what you will write about next. Another well written article on a great artist that I have never heard of. Keep up the good work and have a great new year.
Thank you for saying that – I’m so pleased to hear you enjoy what some might call variety and what others would see as a random scattergun approach!
Glad you like the music – still can’t get it out of my head…
Great post. Haven’t heard any Sugar Pie DeSanto, but I’ll be looking to pick up this compilation at some point. Great stuff!
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Commodore: Structural issues being corrected at RBDF container city on Abaco
LocalNovember 20, 2020November 25, 2020 at 3:50 am Royston Jones Jr.
Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) Commodore Dr Raymond King.
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) Commodore Dr Raymond King said efforts are underway to correct the structural issues at the marine base container city on Abaco.
Marines have been stationed at the site for more than a year.
“Efforts are ongoing with the construction of deeper — [with] assistance from Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) — and additional sewer black and gray water discharges and tanks to mitigate environmental flooding issues due to tide levels and the need for frequent sewer pumping services,” King told Eyewitness News.
Purported photos of conditions at the container city, which made the rounds of social media last month, showed toilets filled with feces and a makeshift outdoor kitchen that included a gas stove, cooler and foldable table on top of pieced-together plywood.
The defense force has been seeking a new location for the base.
According to King, the ideal locations identified are privately owned properties, zoned for domestic subdivisions.
“Hence, efforts are underway to correct the structural issues associated with the base container city’s present location,” he said.
The base container city has now been connected to BPL’s electrical power supply and has an emergency generator.
Generators for the site were running continuously for almost a year.
When serviced, the site was temporarily without power.
A new field kitchen facility and a containerized gallery have been secured.
In the interim, the National Emergency Management Agency will ensure food preparation and catering services until the replacement equipment is acquired and the exhaust repaired.
Additionally, the commodore said the defense force will procure new galley equipment and other appliances, including a washer and drier for the base.
King also advised approval has been obtained for the resumption of essential Internet, Cable and telephone services.
He said he was awaiting fund authorization to procure materials and supplies needed to undertake the necessary upkeep and maintenance of the base container city.
Marines have continued to reside on the island to shore up security operations, and a rotation is expected to be implemented in short order.
Due to a steady increase in cases of COVID-19, Abaco remains under a 6pm to 5am weekend curfew and weekday curfew Monday through Friday from 9pm to 5am.
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Main Difference – Alliteration vs. Assonance Assonance and Alliteration are two literary devices authors use to add a rhyming effect to their work. Alliteration, Consonance, Assonance ISAT Prep Alliteration, assonance, and consonance Poets, authors, and song writers use these as tools. assonance--The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds, especially in stressed syllables, with changes in the intervening consonants, as in the phrase tilting at windmills. While these two devices may seem pretty similar, there are a few differences that set the… The word alliteration is a noun. The repetition of an initial consonant sound, as in “a p eck of p ickled p eppers.” Although alliteration is often associated with literary language, it also appears in many common idioms and advertising slogans. However, assonance between consonants is generally called consonance in American usage. Please note: comment moderation is enabled and may delay your comment. This is the repetition of identical or similar consonant sounds that are placed closely together in a word, sentence, ... Another term is Assonance. They both involve the repetition of consonants, but they have a striking difference. Assonance, Alliteration, and Consonance Alliteration: Alliteration is a term that describes a literary stylistic device. Enter for a chance to win a copy worth £6.99 (rrp)! Alliteration is the repetition of one or more initial sounds, usually consonants, in words within a line. You certainly understand how tto bring a problem to light and make it important. Truly, it makes her day enjoyable, structured and continuous. ALLITERATION is the repetition of the BEGINNING sounds of nearby words. The words are placed together in a row in alliteration. Alliteration is often used in poetry to create an effect. "Difference Between Alliteration and Consonance." It is the repetitive sounds, especially vowels, at any point in the word. Alliteration and consonance are applied in the worlds of literature, poetry, and prose to add rhythm, to pieces of work, engage a reader’s auditory skills, and make the piece interesting. Mrs. Ryan's video to explain alliteration, assonance, and consonance using examples from "Dear Mama" by Tupac and "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes. Consonance, on the other hand, is similar to alliteration in that it employs the repetition of consonants. Assonance vs. Alliteration Identify which of the following examples are either Alliteration or Assonance. Alliteration. It’s surprising you’re not more popular since you definitely have the gift. These have to do with repeating word sounds. For example, “She sells sea-shells Poets use certain tricks while choosing words in the poems to make their poems more fluid and appealing to the ears of the listener or the … Alliteration, assonance, and consonance are all poetic sound devices. Thank you so very much for all the help your site is giving myself to aid my daughter's education at home. Assonance is a resemblance in the sounds of words/syllables either between their vowels (e.g., meat, bean) or between their consonants (e.g., keep, cape). Children will be encouraged to look at alliteration in poetry and stories. Example Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Win Stories from The Couch Potato and Pals! Any way I’ll be subscribing in your feeds or evgen I fulfillment you gget admission to CONSONANCE is the repetition of the CONSONANT sounds of nearby words that do not rhyme. Even though the two are almost similar since they deal with the repetition of consonants, they are varied in their meanings, applications, and position in a sentence. Symmetrical alliteration is similar to palindromes in its use of symmetry. All three – Assonance, Alliteration and Consonance, create sound effects. It is distinguished from consonance, however, because the consonants, in this case, are repeated at the beginning of two or more words in a sentence. Educated people recognize and appreciate these. Alliteration, Assonance, and Consonance are all useful in literature because they create a general flow. 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Alliteration and consonance are applied in the worlds of literature, poetry, and prose to add rhythm, to pieces of work, engage a reader’s auditory skills, and make the piece interesting. Assonance and Consonance are two poetic devices that are often used in literature. Win a copy of “The DNA Detectives – The Stone Age Mystery” by Dr Mandy Hartley. There is no need to resubmit your comment. Once you know the basics of crafting a poem, you’re ready to start adding “poetic devices” like alliteration, consonance, and assonance.You’ve probably heard of alliteration before, but the other two might be new to you. Alliteration Vs. Assonance. Assonance vs. Consonance. This video will teach you all about the different ways you can use the sound of words for effect. Alliteration vs. Assonance. Assonance vs. Consonance. August 27, 2019 < http://www.differencebetween.net/language/difference-between-alliteration-and-consonance/ >. eg. Assonanza vs Allitterazione vs Consonanza. Assonance is a resemblance in the sounds of words/syllables either between their vowels (e.g., meat, bean) or between their consonants (e.g., keep, cape). Certain purple fabrics make great curtains. Consonance can further be divided into two types: alliteration and sibilance, while Assonance does’t have any such sub categories. Consonance is defined as the repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase. work fellows. Spuddy learns that balancing screen time and playtime is the root to true happiness. A good alliteration activity for children is to show them a sentence like the following:Walter walked warily to the waterfront. Assonance. Password must contain at least 10 alphanumeric (letter or number) characters. When analysing poetry your primary-school child might mention alliteration, assonance and consonance. The first and last brush sweeps fast and best. These sounds can be pleasing if the poet wants the reader to feel relaxed, abrasive if the reader should feel tense, or any other mood. Children will love this page turning adventure, written to inspire them with a love of science! eg. Teachers could encourage children to think of their own character, and then write a sentence similar to this one containing a verb, adverb and noun that all start with the same letter. La differenza tra assonanza, allitterazione e consonanza sta fondamentalmente nell'uso di vocali, consonanti e collocazione di alfabeti dal suono simile all'interno delle parole in una riga della poesia. I am really very impressed with the quality of these worksheets.’, 'I have been so impressed with TheSchoolRun and have really enjoyed completing your weekly worksheets with my two older children. Pretty portion of content. Assonance (or vowel rhyme) is the repetition of a vowel sound in a sentence to create an internal rhyme. Alliteration, assonance and consonance are effective tools in creating an effect and making writing more memorable. Alliteration, assonance and consonance are effective tools in creating an effect and making writing more memorable. on TV, so I simply use web for that purpose, and ... Qual'è la differenza tra Assonance e Alliteration e Consonance? Authors pay special attention to the words they write in their poems, short stories, and novels. It is sometimes used in children's songs:Pease porridge hot,Pease porridge cold,Pease porridge in the pot,Nine days old. Most people have heard this word b efore. You'll see. The main difference between Assonance and Consonance is that Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in words that are closely found while Consonance is the repetition of the same consonants or the same consonant pattern in short … He said he would come home hot and on foot. You can think of literary devices as special effects for writing. perfect pike in all parts/ fragments of regret. So, what is the difference between alliteration and consonance? A literary device is a tool used by speakers and writers in order to produce a certain effect by manipulating words and using them in unique and unexpected ways in poetry, prose, narrative articles, and essays concerning philosophy. Similar to alliteration, it has the ability to affect the rhythm, tone, and mood of a piece. strategies to your won website. Consonance. Cite Can each stand for the other or can the two be interchanged with each other? Consonance is a type of alliteration; however, consonance can involve the repetition of similar letters or sounds at the end of words. Two common forms of literary devices include alliteration and consonance. DifferenceBetween.net. Views: 54. ‘The daily resources programme is absolutely brilliant. Comparing Alliteration, Assonance and Consonance: There is an example of all three of these terms in one line of the poem, "The Raven," written by Edgar Allan Poe: And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain. page are actually awesome for people knowledge, well, keep up the nice As nouns the difference between alliteration and consonance is that alliteration is the repetition of consonants at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals while consonance is (prosody) the repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels as in assonance. A little bit of fidgeting makes silly kids snicker. Conversely, the consonant sound in consonance is repeated with emphasis on the end of the stressed words. La differenza tra assonanza, allitterazione, e consonanza fondamentalmente risiede nell'uso di vocali, consonanti e nel posizionamento di alfabeti dal suono simile all'interno delle parole in una riga del poema. consonance vs alliteration Alliteration is defined as the repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of a phrase in closely connected words. Those are the questions most people would ask and can only be answered by diving deeper into the study of both words and differentiating them. Alliteration may be taught in early Key Stage 2, but assonance and consonance would probably not be taught until Year 5 or Year 6 English. I'm finding your site an absolutely fantastic resource alongside the stuff being sent from my son's school. They may also come across it when discussing persuasive writing in advertising, for example: Alliteration makes writing sound punchy and can be memorable for the person reading it. However, in consonance, the repetition happens at the end of closely connected, following, or adjacent words in a sentence. Photo by João Silas on Unsplash. 2) Assonance: the repetition of a vowel sound either at the beginning or in the middle of words. Consonance vs Alliteration. Password must contain at least one uppercase character. The repeated sound is in the stressed syllable of the word: The dreaded dawn arrived. They are also used to engage the workpiece reader’s auditory senses. Alliteration Repetition of initial consonant sound. The two are mainly different in terms of what letter type is repeated and where. Summary of Alliteration Vs. Consonance. • Categorized under Language,Words | Difference Between Alliteration and Consonance. They all add a sense of lyricism to a poem, or a song. L et’s start with alliteration. 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Trade and development nexus :
McLEAN Sheldon
HUMPHREY Errol
KHADAN Jeetendra
reflections on the performance of trade in goods under the CARIFORUM-European Union Partnership Agreement A CARIFORUM perspective
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Given the asymmetry in the levels of development and capacity which exist between the EU and CARIFORUM States, the architects of the CARIFORUM-European Union (EU) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) anticipated the need for review and monitoring of the impacts of
implementation. Article 5 and other provisions in the Agreement therefore specifically mandate that monitoring be undertaken to ensure that the Agreement benefits a wide cross-section of the population in member countries.The paper seeks to provide a preliminary assessment of the impact of the EPA on CARIFORUM countries. In so doing, it highlights some critical information and implementation gaps and challenges that have emerged during the implementation process. The analysis however, is restricted to goods trade. The services sector will be the subject of a separate report.
The paper draws on a combination of quantitative and qualitative analyses. While the paper undertakes a CARIFORUM-wide analysis for the most part, five CARIFORUM member states including Barbados, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Saint Kitts and Nevis and Saint Lucia are examined more closely in some instances. These economies were selected by virtue of economic structure and development constraints, as a representative subset of CARIFORUM, which comprises the CARICOM membership as well as the Dominican Republic.
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A Guide for Caribbean Trade Unionists on the CARIFORUM-European Community Economic Partnership Agreement
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Brochure in response to the labour movement’s concerns about the potential effects and consequences of the CARIFORUM Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Community (EC).
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Research on Biodiversity and Climate Change at a Distance
DANGLES Olivier
LOIRAT Jean
FREOUR Claire
Collaboration Networks between Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean.
GURALNICK Robert
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Biodiversity loss and climate change are both globally significant issues that must be addressed through collaboration across countries and disciplines. With the December 2015 COP21 climate conference in Paris and the recent creation of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), it has become critical to evaluate the capacity for global research networks to develop at the interface between biodiversity and climate change. In the context of the European Union (EU) strategy to stand as a world leader in tackling global challenges, the European Commission has promoted ties between the EU and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) in science, technology and innovation.
However, it is not clear how these significant interactions impact scientific cooperation at the interface of biodiversity and climate change. We looked at research collaborations between two major regions—the European Research Area (ERA) and LAC—that addressed both biodiversity and climate change. We analysed the temporal evolution of these collaborations, whether they were led by ERA or LAC teams, and which research
domains they covered. We surveyed publications listed on the Web of Science that were authored by researchers from both the ERA and LAC and that were published between 2003 and 2013. We also run similar analyses on other topics and other continents to provide baseline comparisons. Our results revealed a steady increase in scientific co-authorships between ERA and LAC countries as a result of the increasingly complex web of relationships that has been weaved among scientists from the two regions. The ERA-LAC coauthorship increase for biodiversity and climate change was higher than those reported forother topics and for collaboration with other continents. We also found strong differences in international collaboration patterns within the LAC: co-publications were fewest from researchers in low- and lower-middle-income countries and most prevalent from researchers in emerging countries like Mexico and Brazil. Overall, interdisciplinary publications represented 25.8%of all publications at the interface of biodiversity and climate change in the ERA-LAC network. Further scientific collaborations should be promoted 1) to prevent less developed countries from being isolated from the global cooperation network, 2) to ensure that scientists from these countries are trained to lead visible and recognized biodiversity and climate change research, and 3) to develop common study models that better integrate multiple scientific disciplines and better support decision-making.
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